This legislative initiative is a call for systemic change in the teaching and learning happening in our schools today. In a call for systemic change schools and classrooms across the state need to implement systemic changes that support personalized and rigorous learning based on equitable practices, a group of education, business, advocacy and philanthropic leaders said the school superintendents’ association. This legislative initiative is a call for systemic change in the teaching and learning happening in our schools today. Core component areas for school redesign improvements and specific steps to meet those recommendations are laid out in this resource and other resources referenced that support this rationale supporting the legislation.
This legislative initiative is a call for systemic change in the teaching and learning happening in our schools today. A school system’s transformation is not a quick, one-time process, but rather a comprehensive multi-year, multi-layered and stakeholder-inclusive journey. This legislation could be introduced and partially funded in the first year while districts examine what they are already doing well to meet the expectations of the legislation and in the second year fully implement the practices and initiate accountability to measure growth in critical and creative thinking.
This legislative initiative is a call for systemic change in the teaching and learning happening in our schools today. The student population is rapidly changing. More students of color are entering our schools. The workplace is changing, jobs with repetitive tasks are being replaced by automation and robotics. The teaching and learning in our schools has varied little from what we all experienced when we were younger. We need to move into the 21st Century within our schools. Minnesota is faced with one of the worst achievement gaps in the nation.
This legislative initiative is a call for systemic change in the teaching and learning happening in our schools today. Minnesota students have little opportunity to experience learning experiences that addresses their mental health needs. Inequities in learning opportunities exists across the state, leaving students outside of the corridor between St. Cloud and Rochester, without the same learning opportunities.