36. The 2030 Task Force Report, w/ Dr. Chris Merker
Links!First, just put down your name and email here if you're interested in participating in the book group at all. I'll follow up with details. Here are the two books:Manny Teodoro's Profits of Distrust: Citizen-Consumers, Drinking Water, and the Crisis of Confidence in American Government, andAmanda Lewis and John Diamond's Despite the Best Intentions (2nd edition)2030 Task Force links:2030 Task Force websiteMedia hubOpen Records hubHow to get involvedContact/Signup
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35. Governance and Self-Governance [TOSA]
I kept trying to get my thoughts down to 3 minutes in order to deliver them at public comment on June 9th 2025, but I, um, overshot it a little.
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34. Facilities, Enrollment, Stability [TOSA]
LINKS!Secondary School Ad Hoc Committee (including application)Secondary School Configuration summary
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33. April School Referenda Recap!
A couple of colleagues from School Perceptions join me to talk about what we saw with the 89 school referendum questions on the ballot April 1st!Here's the blog post breaking down referendum results, including graphs and everything.Here's the info on Tosa's Secondary Ad Hoc Committee.And here's a link to the School Perceptions podcast, for any school leaders out there!
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32. Board Accountability, School Quality Measures, and Perverse Incentives, with Vladimir Kogan
In this episode:Meet Vlad KoganLearn about quality measures that isolate school effects from out-of-school effects.Understand some of the factors that impede school board accountability.Hear a bit about Vlad's forthcoming book
For the second time in six years, an upscale suburban school district in Wisconsin is asking residents for millions of dollars to keep the lights on. This is the story of how we got here, and what we can do about it.
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