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1. How States Can Promote Local Innovation, Options, and Problem-Solving in Public Education. Linking State and Local School Improvement

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Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), Posamentier, Jordan, Lake, Robin, and Hill, Paul

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State policy plays a critical role in determining whether and how well local education improvement strategies can be implemented. As states rework their education policies under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), state and local leaders need a way to assess their current policy environment and identify the changes needed to encourage local innovation and problem-solving. To identify the legal and regulatory barriers to local autonomy, the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) researched 14 states that already have one or more large cities pursuing local innovation strategies. We find that: The accretion of state law over the years has constrained local education leaders' ability to innovate, improve, and transform their schools; States have set up command-and-control frameworks, viewing districts rather than schools as public education's first responders, which is at odds with school-level efforts to address the particular needs of students and communities; and State policy leads to conflicts and disincentives that play out for worse at the local level. This analysis is intended to help policymakers, education leaders, and advocates understand the changes in state law and policy needed to support local strategies that empower educators, promote new schooling options, and let parents choose.

Published
2017

2. The Case for Coherent High Schools

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University of Washington, Center on Reinventing Public Education, Hill, Paul T., and Maas, Tricia

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High school redesign is one of the most elusive reform challenges to date. This paper explains why personalized high schools are hard to get and keep in a traditional school district, and shows how they can be made much more broadly available through changes in policy and philanthropic investments. Drawing from examples of successful and unsuccessful high school redesign efforts, this paper argues that stable leadership, school-level autonomy, and choice for both staff and families are necessary to support high school redesign at scale. One appendix is included: Impediments to Coherency. Endnotes are also included.

Published
2015

3. Patient Understanding of Abnormal Imaging Findings Under Pennsylvania Act 112: A Call to Revise Mandated Notification Message Language.

Author

Mittl GS, Cook TS, Hill PA, Cho J, Shea JA, Kahn CE Jr, and Zafar HM

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Adult, Humans, Pennsylvania, Surveys and Questionnaires, Language
Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Pennsylvania Act 112 notification reading level and presentation on patient understanding and anxiety., Methods: Four notifications were developed by alternating 12th grade and 6th grade reading level Act 112 language with letters or infographics. Using Amazon Mechanical Turk, 909 US adult volunteers were randomly assigned to one notification followed by a survey. Participants who answered all 12 survey questions on understanding, anxiety, and sociodemographics were paid $0.10. Chi-square analysis and multivariate regression were used to determine the impact of notification type and sociodemographic data on understanding of communicated information and anxiety., Results: Sixty percent of participants (489 of 821) correctly understood all three questions directly answered within notifications regarding Act 112 subject, next steps, and process for obtaining reports. Approximately half of respondents understood that notifications indirectly conveyed "definitely" or "possibly" abnormal test results (344 of 821 [42%] and 99 of 821 [12%], respectively). Compared with the 12th grade letter, correct understanding of all directly communicated information was lower with the 12th grade infographic after adjustment (odds ratio, 0.61; 95% confidence interval, 0.39-0.95; P = .028) and equivalent with the 6th grade infographic and letter (P = .744 and P = .316). Correct indirect understanding of abnormal test results was not associated with notification type after adjustment but was associated with higher anxiety (odds ratio, 2.86; 95% confidence interval, 0.57-1.35; P < .001)., Conclusions: Layperson understanding of information directly and indirectly communicated in Pennsylvania Act 112 is suboptimal, regardless of reading level or presentation. New Act 112 language is needed to improve patient understanding, which would ideally be coproduced with Pennsylvania patients, policymakers, and other relevant stakeholders., (Copyright © 2021 American College of Radiology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Published
2021
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