!"#$%&'() +,+- is the bluepiint foi an euucational ievolution, cieateu by the 2u1S ueistackei Fellows.

The vision incluues

ten iueas foi change, oiganizeu into thiee uistinct aspects of the euucation system: !"#$% '$()*$+, -%%./$*)/0 12"3$*).%,
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0ui public schools giow incieasingly moie uiveise eveiy uay. While many
schools, both uiban anu iuial, aie incieasingly maue up of a majoiity of Black
anu Latino stuuents, Black anu Latino teacheis iepiesent only about 14.6% of
the teaching woikfoice. As euucational leaueis, we must iethink anu ievise
ieciuiting stiategies to incoipoiate a moie blenueu appioach that combines
technology anu human talent to ensuie that oui chiluien have the best anu
biightest euucatois in fiont of them.

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It is moie than encouiaging leaueis to think outsiue the box; it is thinking like theie is no box (Bess, 2u1S). Euucation is
complex; to meet the neeus of oui stuuents, we neeu to look within oui oiganizations foi change oppoitunities anu
exteinally to change how we woik with otheis to meet the neeus of oui stuuent population. It is time to look ueeply at
policies anu positions so we aie not hinueieu by what we peiceive to be tiue, but insteau iuentify all that is possible.

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Teachei Piepaiation is a key component of a gieat euucation system. Countiies that piouuce high achieving stuuents
also piouuce highly effective teacheis. 0niveisities must woik moie uiligently than evei to iefine theii teachei
euucation piogiams anu help all people inteiesteu in woiking with stuuents to gain a bettei unueistanuing of touay's
chilu. In oiuei to continue oui quest of piouucing piouuctive membeis of society, chiluien of all ages neeu to be
consiueieu inuiviuuals anu shoulu be taught as such.




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As euucational leaueis we must implement a cultuie of thinking, places wheie
a gioup's collective, as well as an inuiviuual's, thinking is valueu, visible, anu
actively piomoteu as pait of the uay-to-uay expeiience of all gioup membeis
(Ritchhait, 2u11). Business leaueis say oui stuuents neeu these seven skills to
be successful in the woilu of woik: ciitical thinking anu pioblem solving;
collaboiation acioss netwoiks; agility anu auaptability; taking initiative anu
entiepieneuiialism; effective oial anu wiitten communication; accessing anu
analyzing infoimation; anu cuiiosity anu imagination (Wagnei, 2u1u).

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Euucation is key to impioving the economic anu social vitality of a community, state, anu countiy. The countiies
ianking among the economically anu euucationally auvanceu unueistanu that this success comes by offeiing vaiious
euucational oppoitunities that aie iobust, challenging, well-iounueu, anu iesponsive to the countiy's talent neeus.
Finlanu anu Singapoie aie two countiies that exemplify how vaiieu leaining options oi pathways can leau to inuiviuual
anu societal success. With the belief that theie is value in all people anu all caieeis, both embaikeu on a mission to
iemove baiiieis anu the social piejuuice typically associateu with vocational oi caieei anu technical euucation (CTE).
Ten iueas foi the futuie of euucation fiom the 2u1S ueistackei Fellows


...lossloo! 1be foct ls yoote oevet
qoloq to leoJ otbets effectlvely ooless
yoo pot yoot wbole beott loto wbot
yoo ote Joloq. lf lt ls jost o job to yoo
lts qoloq to be jost o job fot tbem.

-8o Shembechler
unlverslLy of Mlchlgan
looLball Coach
human capital


1be ottltoJe of 5loqopote
eJocotots ls tbot tbete ls oo
petfect system lo tbe wotlJ. 1bete
ote pockets of excelleoce lo mooy
ploces ooJ tbe key ls bow to oJopt
tbem to o locol cootext ooJ
lmplemeot tbem well.

-Marc S. 1ucker, 5otpossloq 5booqbol
innovative education

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Fiequent stanuaiuizeu, high-stakes testing is not necessaiy to iaise stuuent achievement. Classioom assessments,
incluuing foimative, summative, anu uiagnostic testing, shoulu be given foi the sole puipose of teaching anu
leaining. Teacheis shoulu have extensive tiaining in ueveloping anu auministeiing these assessments anu shoulu be
iesponsible foi completing a compiehensive evaluation of each stuuent uuiing the semestei. Assessments shoulu nevei
be useu as a punitive measuie to punish schools oi evaluate teacheis. This type of piactice naiiows the cuiiiculum,
leaus to teaching to the test, fails to measuie ciitical thinking oi pioblem solving ability, anu wastes tax uollais that
coulu be useu to iaise stuuent achievement.




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As Ameiicans continue to uefine what we want in an euucational system foi the 21
st
centuiy,
it is impoitant to iemembei that answeis to the uilemmas we face can be founu in all coineis
of the woilu anu not just within oui own boiueis. Lessons that can be leaineu fiom leauing
countiies incluue viewing euucation as a collective iesponsibility, investing in human capital,
builuing equitable systems of suppoit, balancing exteinal anu inteinal accountability anu
having a guiuing vision that uiives euucation policy beyonu political election cycles anu
quick-fix faus (Nalone, 2u1S).

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0ui euucational system will only impiove anu meet the neeus of oui stuuents in the 21
st

centuiy thiough bolu leaueiship. Nany factois keep us "in a cage" anu unable to make lasting
change anu impiovements. School leaueis neeu to be cieative pioblem solveis with a cleai
anu piecise vision of a teiiific school oi uistiict. We must not only be bolu, but also ethical
thioughout the uecision-making piocess. 0ui woius anu actions as leaueis will eithei keep
us in the cage oi bieak us out. Fieueiick Bess states, "leaueis have fai moie fieeuom to
tiansfoim, ieimagine, anu invigoiate teaching, leaining, anu schooling than is wiuely-
believeu." Let's be biave anu tiuly make the uiffeience!

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School funuing uoes not ueteimine whethei stuuents aie successful. The 0niteu States spenus ioughly six times moie
money pei yeai on euucation than any othei countiy, yet is not wieluing the same high iesults. Noie 0niteu States
euucation uollais aie useu foi non-instiuctional aieas than any othei countiy. Expenses ielateu to tianspoitation,
extiacuiiiculai activities, anu health caie come out of the staiting balance, making that laige buuget look ueceivingly
helpful to euucatois. Fuithei, funuing between cities anu states aie often unequal, cieating schools that can pioviue,
anu those that cannot. These two funuing issues sepaiate the 0niteu States fiom othei countiies leauing euucation.

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Peisonal anu social tiansfoimation go hanu-in-hanu. We know that oui euucation
system is fiagile, yet a movement to change it can be gieatly influenceu by people
woiking togethei with uiscipline anu peisistence. We must altei oui thinking
about: assessment, euucation funuing, teachei piepaiation, globalization, what
ieal-life expeiiences stuuents neeu, anu the iole of euucation in the 0niteu States.

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}ames Bailey ! Talisa Bixon ! Nichael }ohnston ! }effiey Lauei ! Annette Lauiia ! Penny Nillei-Nelson
Kimbeily 0ffenbeckei ! Kaila Paikei ! B. Ni0nuiae Piince ! Kiisty Spann ! Eiic Whitney ! Becky Wilkins




5mott people mlss
tbe motk wbeo
tbey ote loseosltlve
to coltotol lssoes.
cooomlcolly
otleoteJ floooce
people ooJ
ooolytlcol otleoteJ
eoqloeets coo floJ
tbe toplc of soclol
ootms ooJ voloes
too soft fot tbelt
tostes. 5o tbey
lqoote coltote - ot
tbelt petll.

-!ohn . koLLer
leoJloq cbooqe

lf we coolJ cbooqe ootselves,
tbe teoJeocles lo tbe wotlJ
woolJ olso cbooqe. As o moo
cbooqes bls owo ootote,
so Joes tbe ottltoJe of tbe
wotlJ cbooqe towotJs blm. we
oeeJ oot wolt to see wbot
otbets Jo.

-MahaLma Candhl

institutional culture
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