Strengthening Student Learning Through Innovation and Flexibility

By Kanchan Srivastava. On March 28, The Hamilton Project hosted a policy forum exploring options for strengthening student learning through innovation and flexibility, with a focus on three new Hamilton Project policy proposals to be released in conjunction with the forum.
The forum began with a fireside chat between Allan Golston, President of U.S. Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Anthony Bryk, President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Additional event participants included: James Cole, General Counsel, delegated duties of Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Education; Jim Manzi, Author of Uncontrolled: The Surprising Payoff of Trial-and-Error for Business, Politics, and Society; Robert Hughes, President, New Visions for Public Schools; Richard Murnane, Thompson Research Professor of Education and Society, Harvard University Graduate School of Education; Carol R. Johnson, Former Superintendent of Boston, Memphis and Minneapolis Public Schools; and Grover “Russ” Whitehurst, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Center on Children and Families, The Brookings Institution. More...