Innovation Schools Act of 2008 in Colorado
I was just reading about this! How amazing-- a state law that actually encourages schools to develop programs to improve student outcomes--and to obtain waivers from policies that would get in the way of innovation! Wow. It's about time! Schools that are drowning in paperwork have a reprieve when they design effective programs for student learning.
That is exactly what we need in special education.
(Colorado's Innovation Schools Act)
For example, Procedures Lite, a Massachusetts program, should be expanded to schools nationwide! For information about Procedures Lite, please visit (Special Education Day)
Maybe there is hope. Let's hope.
That is exactly what we need in special education.
(Colorado's Innovation Schools Act)
For example, Procedures Lite, a Massachusetts program, should be expanded to schools nationwide! For information about Procedures Lite, please visit (Special Education Day)
Maybe there is hope. Let's hope.
posted by Miriam Kurtzig Freedman, M.A., J.D. at
6:28 PM
3 Comments:
Procedures Lite sounds phenomenal! I'm a Special Ed teacher who's moving to Massachusetts this coming year. Are all districts a part of Procedures Lite, or, since it's a pilot, is it only a few districts right now? Being freed from the burdens of paperwork would actually free more time for me to focus on my students!
Hello Dan,
Welcome to Massachusetts! We need good teachers!
Procedures Lite it being used in some districts--not statewide. It's still a pilot. The goal is exaclty what you write--freeing teachers to teach!
Good luck with your move.
Miriam
Miriam,
Here is our webpage, which has a lot posted about Innovation Schools, especially an op-ed about Manual High and video and Power Point presentation by Rob Stein, principal of Manual High: http://www.washingtonpolicy.org/Centers/education/index.html
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