Rethinking School and Community: Centering Hope in School and Community
Jess DeCarolis [Address given for the 11th Annual Rowland Conference at the University of Vermont on Oct. 26, 2022] Thank you Mike. Thank you to the Rowland Foundation and Chuck, the trustees, and of course to Barry and Wendy Rowland who are remembered by all of us for their belief and faith in all of […]
The Complexity of School Change
We talk about the education system all the time. When we do, our mental images can look like organizational flow charts representing school and district structures. Students answer to teachers, who answer to administrators, who communicate with the central office, and on up the chain of command. It‘s easy to imagine direct lines of communication, […]
Compliance or Passion?
Recently I read a featured editorial in my local paper that addressed the climate for school transformation here in Vermont. The columnist metaphorically described his view of what was needed to move our schools forward. His belief was that the Governor and his Secretary of Education should be driving the “school improvement train,” that the […]