Once put in place, though, these types of changes are difficult to roll back, said Paul Hill, the founder of the Center on Reinventing Public Education.
Schools don’t work like businesses — beta testing a particular practice, looking at the results and moving forward based on the outcome.
Instead, these types of realignments can become the status quo, regardless of what the data says, according to Hill.
After my previous story, I did hear from some educators who’ve had positive experiences applying the 50 percent floor.
But that doesn’t change the reality that strong evidence is lacking that such a practice is academically effective on a large scale.
Persons:
Paul Hill, hadn’t, Brian Conrad, who’ve, you’ve, that’s, ”
Organizations:
Reinventing Public Education, Schools, San Francisco Unified School District, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas, North
Locations:
Hill, That’s, California, San Antonio, North Carolina