School Progress Project Essays
These essays explore key observations from the School Achievement page in more depth.
Districts Don't Make Schools Excellent, Schools Do. An Introduction
School Progress Project essay
Districts Don't Make Schools Excellent. Schools Do: Dayton's Bluff Elementary
School Progress Project essay
Districts Don't Make Schools Excellent, Schools Do: Reilly Elementary
School Progress Project essay
Articles and Resources
This section includes essays, reports, commentary, and reporting that help explain both the problem and possible paths forward.
Essays
Minnesota's READ Act needs improvement
Essay / Star Tribune
Accountability is the broccoli of education reform; states must eat more of it
Essay / The 74
Reports and Research
Urban Institute: States' Demographically Adjusted Performance on the 2024 National Assessment
Adjusted state performance analysis
Progressive Policy Institute: Inside the Mississippi Marathon
State improvement report
Fordham Institute: From the Teacher's Desk: A Science of Reading Progress Report
Literacy implementation report
Substack and Commentary
SCHOOLED by Mike Petrilli
Education commentary
School Yourself by Karen Vaites
School improvement commentary
Aldeman on Education by Chad Aldeman
Data and policy commentary
The Ed+celerated Leader by Chris O'Brien
School leadership commentary
The Next 30 Years by Robert Pondiscio
Education and literacy commentary
Minding the Gap by Natalie Wexler
Literacy and curriculum commentary
News and Analysis
Community
A more interactive discussion space may be added later. For now, this page serves as a hub for ideas, essays, and useful materials related to school progress in Minnesota.