Cassandra Tognoni

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At @MoskowitzEva #SXSWEdu session w/ combative audience questions - devolved into panel dismantling common charter misconceptions one by one

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LA spends $189M to build a student info system? Insane. Via @EdSurge

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.@FerebeeIPS Great teachers are attracted to great leaders Principal must be responsible for teacher recruitment not just district #lead2016

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DCPS principal: In order to have true autonomy, means autonomy in staffing decisions/spend too #lead2016

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DCPS principal: often autonomy so limited in edu, like going to the $ store w/ 79 cents. Buy anything you want but only have $.79! #lead2016

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Roza says there is no secret sauce but ROI superstar districts do share same values

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Roza gives abbreviated version of edu finance and historical increases in spending #lead2016

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.@arneduncan on public apathy: we need to figure out how to move from budget numbers to stories about kids and impact #lead2016

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.@arneduncan: Until parents are knocking down our doors demanding better schools, we'll keep puttering along #lead2016

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.@arneduncan: we can't ask taxpayers for another nickel if we don't deliver results. Grand bargain is more resources, more results #lead2016

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.@arneduncan on transparent school spending info: "This is really about empowering parents and community groups to demand change." #lead2016

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.@arneduncan says he doesn't blame politicians but voters. Voters don't care enough about edu, never put it in their top 3 issues #lead2016

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.@arneduncan says there is not one in 15K school districts that at scale strategically place best teachers in poorest schools #lead2016

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.@arneduncan: teacher salaries = 85% of school spend. How can we only report on 15% spending? What company could get away w/ that #lead2016

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.@arneduncan: the opaqueness in school finance is part of why we're not improving the way that we want #lead2016

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.@arneduncan now fewer guardrails but court of public opinion, commitment to civil rights, moral leadership will challenge failing districts

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.@arneduncan: bad part of NCLB was that it was very loose on goals but v tight on how to hit those goals. His admin helped reverse #lead2016

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Roza talks giving principals data on relative spending &outcomes w/in district Tough but necessary convos #lead2016

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83% of teachers prefer $5k bonus to two fewer students #lead2016 @EdunomicsLab @GUPublicPolicy

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Wait, what?