Comments on: No Quick Fixes On Schools http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/11/20/no-quick-fixes-on-schools/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:13:38 -0600 hourly 1 By: Erin Johnson http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/11/20/no-quick-fixes-on-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-4889 Erin Johnson Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:14:11 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=1487#comment-4889 How the term "no quick fixes" ever became applied to schools is a mystery. Reforms are binary. Either they do something to improve student learning (most often measured by test scores) or they don't. So it doesn't matter how thoughtful the Gates Foundation is in spending its money, if the reforms don't effect improvements in student learning then that spending will be considered unwise. So does anyone think that any of the programs being developed by the Gates Foundation will result in improvements in classroom instruction and thus student learning? If so, which ones? How the term “no quick fixes” ever became applied to schools is a mystery. Reforms are binary. Either they do something to improve student learning (most often measured by test scores) or they don’t.

So it doesn’t matter how thoughtful the Gates Foundation is in spending its money, if the reforms don’t effect improvements in student learning then that spending will be considered unwise.

So does anyone think that any of the programs being developed by the Gates Foundation will result in improvements in classroom instruction and thus student learning? If so, which ones?

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