School Reform at Scale

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stanley S. Litow is Professor of the Practice at Duke University where he also served as Innovator in Residence and also teaches at Columbia University. He previously served as deputy chancellor of schools for New York City and as president of the IBM Foundation and vice president of Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs at IBM. At IBM, he helped create Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH), the innovative grade 9 to 14 school connecting school to college to career. He is also co-author of</span> <a href= "https://amzn.to/3iRaZv7"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Breaking Barriers: How P-TECH Schools Create a Pathway From High School to College to Career</span></em></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">from Teachers College Press. Stan also serves as a Trustee of the State University of New York (SUNY) where he chairs the Academic Affairs Committee. </span></p> <h2><strong>Show Highlights</strong></h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why don't education reforms go to scale?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">P-Tech creates a pathway from high school to college to career. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Get past the politics in education.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Education is the bottom line for profitability for all Americans.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">A formula that sets up conditions where ALL kids can soar. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">An educational resource that can end the economic and cultural divide.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Students determine when they are college ready.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><