Tag: Research

Carnegie Corporation of New York

THE ELEMENTS OF A HIGH-IMPACT REPORT

In early 2020, my Carnegie Corporation of New York colleague Jim Short hosted a convening of our foundation’s education grantees, with a focus on high-quality curriculum and instructional materials. Over the course of that day, it became clear that those tools could only do so much to advance student learning on their own. Realizing their potential also required professional learning grounded in the curriculum and … Continue reading THE ELEMENTS OF A HIGH-IMPACT REPORT

Unknown's avatarDebra Wexler
The Human Project

REINVENTING CONSENT

The Human Project has an ambitious goal: recruiting 10,000 New Yorkers to help solve our community’s biggest challenges by sharing the bits of information they create from moment to moment, every day. The study has the potential to make groundbreaking discoveries that extend and improve lives — from preventing diabetes and asthma to improving schools and relieving financial stress. The opportunity to be part of such a … Continue reading REINVENTING CONSENT

Unknown's avatarDebra Wexler
New Leaders

UNTAPPED

In 2015, I oversaw publication of Untapped, the most successful report in New Leaders’ history. Untapped transformed a dry program evaluation into a compelling, public-facing report making the case that quality, job-embedded training was essential to unleashing the transformative potential of teacher leadership. To promote the report, I partnered with the U.S. Department of Education to launch Untapped at a Teach to Lead summit in Washington, DC, with a panel … Continue reading UNTAPPED

Unknown's avatarDebra Wexler
TNTP

RAISING THE BAR FOR NEW TEACHERS

One of my biggest contributions at TNTP was overseeing communications around the Assessment of Classroom Effectiveness (ACE). ACE is a pioneering initiative requiring that educators trained through the organization’s Teaching Fellows program demonstrate meaningful results in the classroom in order to earn certification. Teachers who make a strong start are more likely to remain successful over their careers. Yet most schools and preparation programs pay … Continue reading RAISING THE BAR FOR NEW TEACHERS

Unknown's avatarDebra Wexler