SMHC

Other Resources from the Education Community

Sir Michael Barber, McKinsey and Company, SMHC Task Force Co-Vice Chair :

• A recent speech he gave to Nottingham Trent University at the graduation ceremony - a statement on the moral purpose of education reform.
• McKinsey and Company’s Education Report (Sept. 2007) written with his colleague Dr. Mona Mourshed.
• A leaflet for his book, Instruction to Deliver, (Methuen, May 2008) on how to reform large systems including education systems.
• A speech on teaching talent at Aspen Institute’s conference .

Edward E. Lawler, Center for Effective Organizations, SMHC Task Force Member :

• Lawler’s recently published book, Talent: Making People Your Competitive Advantage.
• His colleague John Boudreau’s book, Investing in People.
• Information about both books can be found at the Center for Effective Organizations .

Gerry Tirozzi, National Association of Secondary School Principals, SMHC Task Force Member:

• NASSP position statement on National Standards.
• NASSP position statement on Highly Effective Principals.
• NASSP position statement on Professional Compensation for Principals.
• Education Week article on the issue of compensation.

Sharon Robinson, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and SMHC Task Force Member:

• Partnerships That Work:  Turning Around Low-Performing Schools:  congressional briefing on June 19 from representatives of five exemplary partnerships involving schools of education, and K-12 schools or districts.
• AACTE publication Partnerships That Work: Turning Around Low-Performing Schools (June 2008), which includes selected profiles of 21 partnerships between teacher preparation programs and PK-12 schools located in 17 different states.

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards:

• A report reflects deliberations of about 40 national education policy leaders asked to look at both the progress and the future of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) in the context of the educational policy environment anticipated for the coming decade or two.
• Ed Week summarizes a study of the effectiveness of National Board Certified teachers, adding to the several studies that have emerged, concluding that National Board Certified teachers do produce more student learning gains than other teachers.

Matthew Kramer, Teach for America, SMHC Task Force Member:

• Teach for America Program Continuum describing how TFA is recruiting, selecting, and training a highly talented teaching corps and group of future leaders.