On July 28, 2020, Common Good hosted the third forum of the Campaign for Common Good to explore overhaul of school bureaucracy. Educators today are crushed by accumulated red tape, diverting time and resources and causing a plague of burnout. Yet success in the classroom hinges on the skill, caring, and personality of each teacher. Local and individual responsibility must become a guiding principle for organizing schools. COVID-19 only underscores the need for adaptability in schools.

Panelists

Maddie Fennell
Executive Director, Nebraska State Education Association

Rick Hess
Resident Scholar and Director, Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute

Paul Hill
Founder, Center on Reinventing Public Education; Research Professor, University of Washington Bothell

Janet Horton
Partner, Thompson & Horton LLP

Paul C. Light
Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service, NYU Graduate School of Public Service

David Osborne
Director, Reinventing America’s Schools Project, Progressive Policy Institute; Co-Author, Reinventing Government

Chris Stewart
CEO, brightbeam

Philip K. Howard
(Moderator) Chair, Common Good