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A non-profit corporation, The Mind Trust is focusing on three primary areas to improvelearning in Indianapolis. The idea is to create “Opportunity Schools” whichwould have greater oversight in their own domains. By reducing the size of the school district's central office, individual qualifying schools will receive funds that wouldhave been used by the administration. The school leadership can then spendmoney to improve the education of the students in their building. This ispublic school with an entrepreneurial structure.
At the heart of the initiative is:
- A great teacher in every classroom.
- A great leader in every school.
- An environment that fosters excellence and multiplies success.
“Decades of failure demonstrate that it’s not the people who areat fault, it’s the system. Most IPS schools don’t have the conditions thatresearch shows schools need to succeed. This plan creates those conditions,”said David Harris, Founder and CEO of The Mind Trust.
My ongoing concern in the rhetoric of saving education is savingthe "system" instead of providing better opportunities for the students. I think Indianapolis is moving in the right direction by offeringmore freedom to the talented teachers and administrators they employ.
What do you think? Would this plan work at your school?
