Shared Systems 2021 Companion Papers: Education Reform in Response to the Pandemic & Design Principles Analysis

2021

Shared Systems was the Partnership for the Future of Learning's work group focused on redesigning public education systems to better serve children and advance equity, democracy, and trust.

Education Reform in Response to the Pandemic (January 2021) argues that decades of top-down, accountability-driven reform and governance power shifts sidelined families and educators, leaving districts unprepared for COVID's "triple crisis." The paper calls for representative, community-centered governance and sustained system renovation across education, health, and supports.

Design Principles Analysis (January 2021) reviews 45 reform frameworks to surface common principles, conflicts, and gaps, to help communities translate shared values into system design and accountability.

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