Dr. Jack Grayson recently hosted an APQC Education North Star webinar on his most recent white paper that delves into the untapped potential of our education system.In Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, there is the famous opening line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”Many educators focus on “the worst of times”, pointing to drastic budget cuts, layoffs, furloughs and travel restrictions, on top of decades of stagnant student achievement gains, deplorable dropout rates, and little progress in closing the achievement gap.
This webinar covered the following topics:
- Building a foundation of change off his recent white paper: “Why this could be the Best of Times for Education”
- Discussed detail behind his 4 recommendations
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Discussed suggestions for action planning steps to implement the 4 recommendations
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One of the favorite past times of APQC staff is to talk about the latest book that Jack is reading. With such a varied background, you never know if this week it is going to be a Harvard Business Review article, or a book on Chaos Theory. Obviously this week's book caught Jack's eye because of the name, but the story turned out to be one that was also unexpected.
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