Nicholas Kristoff of the New York Times writes about New Haven education reforms

Those of us in the mix know New Haven's education reforms are breaking new ground in a variety of ways, including a view of teachers' unions as partners instead of enemies. In yesterday's New York Times, columnist Nicholas Kristoff highlights New Haven's efforts to drive student achievement by ensuring the small number of teachers not up to the task (and who cannot get there with support and training) will no longer be leading classrooms. No one expected that to affect hundreds of teachers, and it did not.

But that's not the extent of education reform in New Haven, and it's certainly not the goal. The goal, as always, is the provision of a world-class education to every student, and everything written about education reform needs to drive that home.

We're thrilled Domus Academy is part of New Haven's effort to replace that one-size-fits-all approach to education so every child graduates with a shot at the American dream. Schools like this belong in every city, where there's a small group of young people who are struggling. Instead of blaming them, or their parents, or the system, let's just provide them with the educational environment they need to find success.

And as our last post showed, they are 100% capable of that success.

Aaaaaand: We're back! With amazing results!

Domus Academy is producing some seriously amazing student gains. Check out this bar graph from the New Haven Public Schools regarding our progress getting kids to Proficiency and Goal on the CMTs. Yes, that's us, to the far left, outpacing everyone else. It's hard to not crow when these gains have been made by young people many folks had written off. Everyone had low expectations of what they could achieve--it's hard to reach your full potential when adults don't think you have far to go.

Let's change that thinking, folks. Clearly, as these results show, it's wrong-headed.