Governance

All Education 3.0 stakeholders share a sense of participation in a common journey.

Well-governed and well-managed systems

All levels of an Education 3.0 system develop clear budgeting processes aligned to learning outcomes, with best-practice procurement management that includes Total Cost of Ownership calculations and effective piloting and evaluation processes.

The system uses a transparent process to make and communicate decisions at every level, as well as a sophisticated method of sharing information with outside stakeholders.

Management decisions are devolved or centralized as appropriate, with supportive procedures in place to manage the continuous improvement of the curriculum.

Data driven accountability

Education 3.0 systems use data to drive an adapted system of school standards and accountability for each stakeholder group. They also create their own assessments and score them internally to permit early interventions.

Teachers, schools, and the system as a whole use data diagnostically at frequent intervals to assess each student's progress and identify the most effective teaching practices.

To measure progress at the system level, systems collect data on achievement gaps, reading and math achievement, funding equity, teacher attraction and retention, and student attraction, retention, and engagement.

Innovation management

Education 3.0 leaders create a culture in which changes to the prevailing model are encouraged, tried, and implemented.

Each school and the entire system become learning organizations with ambitious, innovative, and supportive cultures, where new ideas are encouraged at all levels of responsibility.  

Successful innovations are first locally owned and adapted, then reviewed and scaled across the broader system.

Integrated partner ecosystems

No school system can have all the people, knowledge, or know-how it needs.  Partnerships in areas such as professional development and technology integration are key to holistic, sustainable change.

Partners buy in to the vision, are committed to the system's success, and work with the system to accelerate change. Systems and partners build long-term relationships that support long-term goals and build an environment of mutual trust to foster innovation and risk-taking on both sides.

Partnerships are woven into the fabric of change and integrated into teaching and system administration on a daily basis.

Research 

Managing School Districts for High Performance: Cases in Public Education Leadership. Harvard Education Press.  Over twenty case studies and other readings offer a powerful and transformative approach to advancing and sustaining the work of school improvement.

Resource    

Creating the Capacity to Support Innovation. The Schlechty Center for Leadership in School Reform discusses the keys to building a new school culture. 

Webinar    

Building an Ecosystem of Partners for Next-Generation Education Systems
Bill Fowler, Director, Cisco Global Education        

Case Study

Building 21st Century Schools Requires Top to Bottom School District Support.  In the Trussville City Schools in Alabama, administrators, principals and teachers are building a joint commitment to new ways of teaching and learning.