The Root Causes of Fragmentation in Public Education

Joselin Padron-Rasines, Consultant, Education First, & Sophie L. Ferrer, Principal, Education First The following blog synthesizes information first published in Education First’s report,  Addressing Fragmentation in Public Education, which is the foundation of the Coherence Lab.  Fragmentation in education is the lack of integration, coordination and collaboration that occurs within and across education organizations and […]

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Using a Coherence Mindset Helped Pennsylvania Respond to COVID-19 

Isabel Rahm, Director of Leadership Academy, Council of Chief State School Officers When the COVID-19 pandemic closed school buildings, there was a lot of fear and uncertainty. Education leaders across the country shifted into crisis response to ensure the health and safety of their students, and to get students and teachers set up for remote […]

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Louisiana’s early adoption and approach to integrating reforms is a model for other states.

When senior Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) leaders connected with teachers in 2011 to assess how implementation of key reforms was going, they quickly learned that they needed to improve the implementation reform process. In particular, teachers said LDE needed to do a better job of aligning tools and resources it created or collected to […]

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