Opinion Guest Essay from the New York Times
By Ross Wiener
This article is a great read for community members who are frustrated with today’s public school accountability standards. Are our education outcomes that we hold schools accountable for the ones that actually determined whether a young person flourishes? This article by Ross Wiener, an independent education policy consultant, builds the case for community-based whole school models where “rigorous academic learning is embedded in real problems, with real audiences and real stakes.”