In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents. It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years. There should be no profit in education or healthcare.

Looking forward to being a part of the program with the Schlechty Center crew this week in Florida. Always a great event.

Listening to John Tanner preach effective accountability. Here’s a slide that parallels what the medical field would look like if the educational accountability model would be applied.

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Survey 100 organizations that do transformational work in schools and ask about the biggest obstacle to the work. All 100 will tell you it's the way accountability gets done. It doesn't have to be that way and we don't need a policy change to get there. brave-ed.com

Accountability feels like a loaded word in education, but it doesn't need to be that way. The truth is accountability is a discipline of leadership that leaders can control regardless of the policy. To find out more click below. brave-ed.com

Accountability and testing have become commensurate with each other, which is a misrepresentation of both. Organizations account for what matters. Testing is a research tool. If you'd like to see what it looks like to manage both well... brave.ed.com

Accountability done well has a rising tide effect on an organization’s efforts. Accountability done poorly is a massive albatross around the neck of every leader in it. Doing it well or poorly is a choice, one we've been researching four years. brave-ed.com

The only reason anyone accounts for what they do is to create trust in the minds of those that matter. If the current accountability system in schools isn't designed to promote trust it shouldn't be called accountability. A better way is possible. brave-ed.com

Go ask your stakeholders what matters to them regarding schools. Odds are they will list ~30 benefits with basic academics coming in around #20. Academics matter, but we've missed the mark on what we need to account for.

Three things are undisputed in the voucher literature: 1) among the largest negative academic impacts ever recorded 2) voucher schools can and do discriminate 3) school districts lose state portion of revenue. The entire debate is whether all this should keep happening.

“It is hardly the mark of American exceptionalism to have created an alternative approach to education for some whose proponents now have reason to cheer for the demise of the Democratic institution that serves everyone else…” by John Tanner #txed #txlege #vOUCHersHurt

One of the most important charts for Texas: Attendance in public schools is holding steady while funding continues to drop. What we're witnessing is an historic disinvestment from public education.

Texas teachers outspend any other state in buying their own supplies for their students that’s all we need to know about that scab Greg Abbott

If you are in a school, you already spend considerable time grappling with the current accountability system. If you opt to spend that time a little differently--no policy change required--it may be one of the most transformational things you can do.

Today, the TX House Public Education committee is holding an interim hearing on Greg Abbott's failed voucher scam. We are facing a historic school funding crisis. So, why are we here talking about ways to defund local schools instead of how to FINALLY fully fund our

Here's a thought: What if the bloated emperor of educational accountability really isn’t wearing a thing and we’ve just become numb to the view? It would mean a new and much improved view is possible, and highly preferable. brave-ed.com Come see for yourself.

Business leaders and parents now what the same thing for our young people: teach them to deal with uncertainty. Learn to collaborate. Focus on digital literacy. Etc. So why is accountability only focused on basic academics?

These images will be in each building. Parents and students, ask those in the building what they mean and why they’re important. Our commitment is to deliver more of these benefits that you’ve asked for. John Tanner

It is a fallacy to think that we need a test to account for anything in a school. We need assessments to aid with research, but accounting for what matters isn’t reliant on testing. Thinking testing is the solution is short-signed, unimaginative, and profoundly unhelpful.