Ed100.org

Overview

You want to help make education work better. But where to begin?

Education is: students and teachers spending time in a place for learning with the right stuff and a system that supports success.

Using this statement as a scaffold, Ed100 explains, in plain language, the many Theories of Change that compete for attention in education reform efforts.

The education system is too big to work on all of it at once, especially on a volunteer basis. It is easy to become lost in the weeds; Ed100 was originally created as a set of primers to provide new Full Circle Fund members a map through those weeds. Which organizations and thinkers bring what perspectives to this work? What are the core facts? What causes people to view change ideas so differently from one another?

In 2011, Full Circle Fund made these primers available to the public as Ed100.org, an interactive resource for people who want to learn how to make education work better, especially in California. Ed100 helps clear the brush and get you straight to the most important ideas and resources without dumbing anything down.

• Visit Ed100.org
• Explore the Ed100 community on Facebook
• Follow @Ed100_ on Twitter

Full Circle members can find out more on the Full Circle members-only platform here: http://member-fullcirclefund.jiveSBS.com/groups/impact-guid

Praise for Ed100.org

"Ed100 helps connect the dots among the many forces of change pushing and pulling education change – and shows why Full Circle Fund has rapidly become one of the Bay Area's most influential non-profit organizations."

  Ted Mitchell

  former President, California State Board of Education

  CEO, NewSchools Venture Fund

"…should be required reading for anyone involved in educational policy or leadership."

  Dom Summa

  Former Assistant Executive Director (retired),

  Negotiations and Organizational Development

  California Teachers Association

"…accomplishes more in about 100 posts than thousands of pages' worth of articles and studies about school reform."

  David N. Plank

  Executive Director

  Policy Analysis for California Education

"…does a great job of pulling together the various issues facing education in California today."

  Ellen Moir

  Executive Director, New Teacher Center

"…asks important questions about education change, which is harder than it sounds."

  Mary Perry

  Deputy Director, EdSource

"…puts the essentials of California's school results into a readable form."

  Ted Lempert

  President, ChildrenNow

"…one of the most thoughtful – and thought-provoking – pieces on education reform I've seen."

  Merrill Vargo

  Executive Director, Pivot Learning Partners

"…cuts directly through the hype. Here, in brief form, are the major factors driving or impeding change in California schools."

  Susanna Loeb

  Professor of Education

  Director of the Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice at Stanford

"…a crisp and clever summary of the many ideas that compete for attention among education reformers today."

  Bill Jackson

  President, GreatSchools

"Full Circle provides a clear and completely credible picture of the challenges facing California and manages in very concise terms to knock away the fog and get down to the real issues. They are a voice of reason that points to how California's future depends on improving its schools."

  Eric Hanushek

  Senior Fellow

  Hoover Institution, Stanford University

NAME: Ed100
WEB: www.Ed100.org
GRANT TERM: 2010-2011
AUTHOR: Jeff Camp

"Education change is complex work. When I left the tech sector and began exploring ways to help make education work better I wished for a jargon-free resource to help me understand the full range of competing ideas and perspectives. It didn't exist. Eventually, with help from many people, I decided to write it as Ed100.org."

Jeff Camp

Chair,
Education Impact Circle