Overview:
AYPF was pleased to partner with education policy expert Jack Jennings to discuss his new book, Fatigued by School Reform.
In a conversation moderated by Dr. Loretta Goodwin, AYPF deputy director, we focused on the book and broader lessons around American K-12 education, economic opportunity and teacher quality.
About Jack Jennings:
Jack Jennings is the former president and CEO for the Center on Education Policy, a Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan, nonprofit education research organization. From 1967 to 1994, he served as subcommittee staff director and then as a general counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Education and Labor.
In Fatigued by School Reform, Jennings describes how effective school reform must focus on the backgrounds of the students’ parents and on teachers as the most important indicators of students’ progress in school.