education reformers
Learning system improvers
Education reformers are people who advocate for significant changes to educational systems, policies, or practices.
The term encompasses a wide range of viewpoints—from those pushing for more standardized testing and charter schools to those favoring progressive pedagogy and reduced testing.
Because reform implies improvement, the label is self-congratulatory; critics of a particular agenda rarely call themselves reformers.
Education reformers clashed over whether the new curriculum would help or harm students.
- school choiceSelecting among educational institutions
- progressivismPhilosophy advocating societal reform
- charter schoolsIndependent public education institutions
- constructivismActive knowledge-building theory
- standardized testingIdentical assessments across populations
blended learning · curriculum standards · race to the top · back to basics · decentralization · Khan Academy · small class sizes · No Child Left Behind · high-stakes testing · John Dewey · humanism · essentialism · pragmatism · merit pay · Maria Montessori · Montessori · Montessori
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