The spring issue of VUE, developed in partnership with Brown University’s Graduate School of Education/Urban Education Policy (UEP) Program, illuminates some of the initial outcomes of the UEP program from the perspective of recent graduates. Launched in 2006 and designed to prepare the next generation of urban education policy leaders, the UEP program has spawned five cohorts of graduates now facing and reflecting on the chronic problems of under-performing urban schools and districts. |
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An emerging generation of change agents are deeply involved at the forefront of education reform efforts in the early years of their careers.
At one urban charter school, an arts curriculum has addressed one of today’s most pressing education questions: How can schools keep students engaged? For data to be used effectively to inform decision making, it needs to be accessible to the people who use it most: teachers.
School operations are often left out of the school reform conversation, but ensuring that schools are resourced, supported, and maintained efficiently is the foundation for effective change.
Charter schools and their performance are often in the spotlight, but little attention is paid to the charter school authorizers that can make the difference between a school that fails and one that succeeds.
The director of Brown University’s Urban Education Policy Program answers questions about how it is shaping and connecting the future leaders of education reform. |
