Reform Isn’t Enough: New School Growth Requires Public Support

SE2 has released a white paper, “Reform Isn’t Enough: New School Growth Requires Public Support,” which argues that strategies to build public support and demand for high-quality new schools should be part of school reform.

Successful school reform is an issue close to the heart for many of us at SE2. We’ve had the opportunity to work with clients and volunteer our time at a number of organizations that focus on improving school performance.

“Reform Isn’t Enough: New School Growth Requires Public Support” uses a communications lens to examine how to take what so many insiders already know – that high-performing, and often new, schools can efficiently and effectively increase student performance – and get this information to the families and communities who would benefit from it most. Access to these schools, along with useful data about school performance, can be the winning ticket for students. But if that knowledge and data never reach the people who make decisions about where students go to school, then it only impacts a lucky few.

We hope “Reform Isn’t Enough: New School Growth Requires Public Support” helps to engage a conversation about how intentional communications and outreach can accelerate and spread effective school reform across Colorado.