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YouthTruth Announces Strategic Partnership with The New Teacher Project
December 19th, 2011
I am pleased to announce a new partnership between YouthTruth and The New Teacher Project, which will bring student perspectives to teacher performance evaluations. See the video below for details or read the press release. ...
Listening to Beneficiaries: Why Are We So Bad At It?
September 22nd, 2011
CEP has been actively exploring the topic of beneficiary feedback through its YouthTruth project since 2008. We were very pleased to share what we are learning – and to challenge the status quo — on the Tactical Philanthropy blog this week, where the following post was originally published. ...
Student Feedback: A Missing Link in Education Reform
November 18th, 2010
The following post by Valerie Threlfall, Director of CEP’s West Coast office, was originally published on the Huffington Post. With Joel Klein’s resignation as New York City schools chief, close on the heels of Michelle Rhee’s departure from Washington, DC, there is no shortage of controversy in today’s education community. ...
Age is Not a Prerequisite for Insight
October 5th, 2010
When I joined CEP in 2008, YouthTruth was simply an idea on a piece of paper. Our goal was to bring new voices, those of the beneficiary, to bear on the decision-making of school leaders, those who manage schools, and, perhaps most importantly, those who fund schools. ...
YouthTruth: Engaging Staff and Students in Gathering and Processing Feedback
October 1st, 2010
“You don’t need lots of gimmicks. All I need to know is that you are going to listen and take my feedback seriously. ...
Student Feedback: The Missing Piece in Education Reform
September 28th, 2010
We are in the midst of an unprecedented period of experimentation across the US education system. Check out any of the recent debates on proposed teacher assessment systems or commentary on the DC mayoral election, which many describe as a referendum on education reform, for evidence. ...
Student Feedback: A Complementary Performance Indicator to Student Test Data
December 11th, 2009
We are witnessing a relatively unprecedented moment, at least in recent history, as the U.S. ...
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Lessons from a Risk Taken
I really appreciate your willingness to share this and your assessment of what didn't work out as planned or anticipated. Thanks.
I really appreciate your willingness to share this and your assessment of what didn't work out as planned or anticipated. Thanks.
Lessons from a Risk Taken
Jon, thanks for the comment. If there’s one thing we learned, it’s that the cost in time and effort and dollars were all higher than...
Jon, thanks for the comment. If there’s one thing we learned, it’s that the cost in time and effort and dollars were all higher than...
Lessons from a Risk Taken
Thanks for sharing the lessons learned, and what I sense are second thoughts about the cost/benefit of the whole enterprise. I appreciate the thirst for...
Thanks for sharing the lessons learned, and what I sense are second thoughts about the cost/benefit of the whole enterprise. I appreciate the thirst for...
Foundations and Impact Investing: What Is Really Going On?
Great insight. Sometimes it's great to invest in multiple countries as security as the economy in one country might decrease and increase in another.
Great insight. Sometimes it's great to invest in multiple countries as security as the economy in one country might decrease and increase in another.
Foundations and Impact Investing: What Is Really Going On?
Great questions. It is likely still too early to get a handle on whether the (potential) results reflect the hype meaningfully. However, I will be...
Great questions. It is likely still too early to get a handle on whether the (potential) results reflect the hype meaningfully. However, I will be...
