📚 Education May 11, 2026 · Frederick Hess

Five Lessons for School Reformers: 2026 Edition

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Five Lessons for School Reformers: 2026 Edition
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I first encountered the challenges of school reform 35 years ago as a high school teacher in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I was struck by the fact that bold-faced state and district initiatives had no obvious impact on what I saw happening in our acclaimed magnet school. When I headed off to pursue my PhD, I found myself wondering just why this might be.
Five years later, I wrote Spinning Wheels to try to understand when and why districts pursued various reforms. But I ran into a serious problem: Eve

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