For years, education leaders have tried to push school reforms that have ultimately failed. It's time for a new approach.

So said Gary Ravani, 35-year veteran public school teacher and president of the California Federation of Teachers' Early Childhood/K-12 Council, in his article featured in The Washington Post. 

"It's time for policymakers to look at reforms that have actually succeeded in raising achievement for challenged populations of students," he said. 

Ravani, citing a study by the Consortium on Chicago School Research featured in Organizing Schools for Improvement, said schools with similar demographics saw dissimilar outcomes. 

"Reform strategies outlined in this post are models of reform demonstrated to work," Ravani said. "These emphasize the importance of school leadership that can organize teachers, parents and communities around a consensus-based goal. All emphasize that key supports must be in place for teachers and students. Such reform does not scapegoat teachers or demonize their unions. All provide evidence that it is time to stop banging our heads against the wall of false reform and begin implementing reform that works."

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Article by Kassondra Granata, EducationWorld Contributor