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Bored High School Pupil Slumped On Desk In Classroom

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May 18, 2021
Education}

It’s Past Time for a K-12 Redesign

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May 18, 2021
Education}

K-12 public education, already in crisis pre-COVID-19, is on a steep downward trajectory — with the severe lack of instruction time, staggering learning loss, alarming dropout numbers, and serious student disengagement. With half of the schools closed nationwide a full year without providing in-person instruction, and only returning with reduced instruction hours despite heaps of additional funding, it’s overdue time for a K-12 redesign. Read More ›

money printing process concept illustration

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May 12, 2021
Education}

More Money Can’t Solve the K-12 Education Crisis

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May 12, 2021
Education}

Money can’t buy happiness. Nor can pumping excessive money into our K-12 public education system buy student achievement. But people will still try, and when it doesn’t produce the desired outcome, they will try again, setting the threshold of required money higher than before. And, so the insane cycle repeats itself — again and again and again. Read More ›

Chemistry themed club. Interests and topic club. Group interaction and communication. Share interests hobbies talents and skills. School club education. Teacher and pupils test tubes in classroom

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April 12, 2021
Education}

K-12 Redesign: Achievement Instead of Time

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April 12, 2021
Education}

The U.S. K-12 education system is based on time, not student achievement. Too many students exit the system logging the required time but not meeting learning proficiencies. A redesign that promotes students based on their competency, not the school calendar, is urgently needed. Read More ›

Back To School Concept - Books And Pencil With Apple On Table

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February 18, 2021
Education}

It’s Time to Rethink School

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February 18, 2021
Education}

As we enter spring, we approach almost one full year since most of our country’s schools shut their doors. Teachers, parents, and students were forced to adjust to an entirely new way of learning. In some cases, it worked reasonably well. But unfortunately, even the most successful experiences were still not as engaging nor effective as in-class instruction. Read More ›

coronavirus fears close schools worldwide amid the virus pandemic outbreak, school closed or shutdown concept

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January 28, 2021
Education}

Time to Expand Our Reach

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January 28, 2021
Education}

The coronavirus pandemic, which brought schools nationwide to a sudden close, half of which have yet to reopen, has shaken up K-12 public education. Yet with this setback, we also have an opportunity to provide meaningful, lasting transformation to our education system to a greater degree. Read More ›

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January 12, 2016
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Education Reform Must Begin With the Legislature Says Former Seattle School Board President

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January 12, 2016
Discovery Institute, Education}

This week, the Legislature begins its deliberations during this short session. The top priority will be “education” and the need to comply with the Supreme Court decisions on charter schools and funding. The charter school issue should be the easier of the two according to Don Nielsen, former Seattle School Board President and author of Every School: One Citizen’s Guide To Transforming Education. Read More ›

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October 20, 2015
Education}

Tom Alberg Says Schools Need ‘Radical’ Fixes

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October 20, 2015
Education}

In a Seattle Times interview, Tom Alberg — co-founder of the Seattle venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group, who also serves on the Advisory Board of Discovery Institute’s new program on education reform — cites K-12 education reform as on of the most important issues of our time, and gives his recommendations on what is necessary to fix education locally in Seattle: Q: What are issues that need to be addressed? Alberg: I think the one place that a lot of tech people are really concerned about is education, K-12 education. I mean, we should have the best public schools (in the country) and we don’t. I think we need some radical steps and my two radical steps are: Transfer Read More ›

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September 26, 2015
Education}

Senior Fellow Don Nielsen in The Seattle Times: Washington’s Education System Should Serve Parents Over Unions

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September 26, 2015
Education}

Donald Nielsen, Senior Fellow of Discovery Institute’s newly-launched American Center for Transforming Education, thinks it’s time Washington state puts the needs of the parents—and, by extension, the children and taxpayers—first. Read More ›

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September 26, 2015
Education}

Senior Fellow Don Nielsen in The Seattle Times: Washington’s Education System Should Serve Parents Over Unions

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September 26, 2015
Education}

Donald Nielsen, Senior Fellow of Discovery Institute’s newly-launched American Center for Transforming Education, thinks it’s time Washington state puts the needs of the parents—and, by extension, the children and taxpayers—first. Read More ›

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October 24, 2014
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Halt turnover in school administration to improve education

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October 24, 2014
Discovery Institute}

By DI Senior Fellow Don Nielsen. Originally published in The Seattle Times.

ISSUES related to public education have a certain circularity about them. What seems to get fixed becomes unfixed. This happens time and time again.

Currently, we have the state Supreme Court directing our legislators to increase spending on education. We have the teachers union filing Initiative 1351 to mandate class-size reductions in all schools. Though well-intentioned, these players contribute to the fallacy that putting more money into our schools would reduce the dropout rates and eliminate the achievement gap. Read More ›