Red Tape in Schools: A Virtual Forum on July 28
WHAT: The bipartisan Campaign for Common Good will hold a Zoom forum at noon (EDT) on Tuesday, July 28, to explore overhaul of school bureaucracy. Educators today are crushed by accumulated red tape, diverting time and resources and causing a plague of burnout. Yet success in the classroom hinges on the skill, caring, and personality of each teacher. Local and individual responsibility must become a guiding principle for organizing schools. COVID-19 only underscores the need for adaptability in schools.
The forum will explore how simplified systems will enhance morale and effectiveness. It will discuss the Campaign’s proposed plank on education: “Purge School Bureaucracy to Unleash the Human Spirit.”
WHO: The forum will feature the following panel members:
Maddie Fennell, Executive Director, Nebraska State Education Association
Rick Hess, Resident Scholar and Director, Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Paul Hill, Founder, Center on Reinventing Public Education; Research Professor, University of Washington Bothell
Janet Horton, Partner, Thompson & Horton LLP
David Osborne, Director, Reinventing America’s Schools Project, Progressive Policy Institute; Co-Author, Reinventing Government
Chris Stewart, CEO, brightbeam
Philip K. Howard (Moderator), Chair, Common Good
WHEN: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Noon to 1:00 pm (EDT)
WHERE: Registration for the forum is required and available here.
The Campaign for Common Good is a bipartisan initiative to overhaul legacy bureaucracies. More information on the Campaign is available at www.commongood.org. The Founder and Chair of Common Good is Philip K. Howard, a lawyer and author, most recently, of Try Common Sense (W. W. Norton, 2019). To speak with Philip Howard, contact Emma McKinstry at emckinstry@highimpactpartnering.com.