Julian Vasquez Heilig - Community Based Education Reform

The video discusses the evolution of community-based accountability in education, contrasting it with top-down approaches. The speaker shares a personal story from 2012, leading to the development of community-based accountability, which emphasizes local control and empowerment. This approach has been adopted in places like California, showing positive impacts such as reduced suspensions. The video highlights the benefits of community-based models over privatization and top-down reforms, advocating for education reform by and for communities.

What was the main idea the speaker developed during the flight from the academic conference in Rome?

How did the concept of community based accountability evolve in California according to the speaker?

What are some of the priorities that communities focus on besides test scores in the local accountability plans?

What is the speaker's perspective on the effectiveness of top down approaches to education reform?

In what ways does the speaker suggest evaluating teacher quality through community based methods?