LFA's "Guiding Document' available for download!

February 22, 2007 7:35 AM

At the Learning First Alliance Summit on Public Schools in 21st-Century America, you will be asked to help create a shared agenda for future work by the Alliance. Today, we are releasing a “Guiding Document” that will help frame our conversations at the Summit, where we will begin shaping this agenda together. (You can download this Document here.) You can use this blog to offer your input into this draft.

This first draft represents an emerging consensus drawn from the major policy statements and reports of alliance member organizations. At the summit, we will ask you to help us identify priority areas for these organizations’ work together.

The attached document is very much a draft: It has not yet received the benefit of your input. While you may choose to share it confidentially with key staff in your organization, please note that this draft is not final, and it is not for distribution. Still, e invite your comments: Please feel free to offer your comments through the "Comments" section below, or to send them directly to Claus von Zastrow at vonzastrowc@learningfirst.org

As you review the attached draft, please consider the following questions:
• Does the draft capture the major principles that undergird our common work in public education?
• Does it present a compelling vision for public schools in the 21st century with which you can agree?

Thank you again for coming to this summit. We look forward to seeing you on March 9th.