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Rethinking the Teaching Profession Community Forum

April 26, 2023

Zoom

Despite decades of research proving the importance of great teachers, little public attention has focused on realistic solutions to make teaching a more sustainable, flexible, attractive profession. It’s time to rethink the role of the teacher. How can schools rethink the "one teacher, one classroom" model? What would it take for the demands of the teaching job to be shared across a team of professionals? Please join us for a community forum where we will raise these questions and gather input from across the education sector including teachers, administrators, and paraprofessionals.

Rethinking Education

April 13, 2023

Our education system is at a crossroads. After years of disruption from the pandemic, there’s an instinct by some to return to “normal." But we can’t go back. The old way wasn’t working. As a state, we have never fulfilled our promise to educate all students. And, for students facing systemic racism or economic hardship, or who are neurodiverse learners, putting back the old system often simply means rebuilding the same barriers that have denied them opportunities. It’s time we acknowledge the shortcomings of our education system and begin to build approaches to learning that match the ways our children and youth understand and navigate their daily lives. It’s time to truly rethink education. And we see this as the new focus of our Condition of Education project. Over the coming year and beyond we will be asking bigger questions about how we rethink when, where, and how students learn.