Redefining the “experts” in education reform might be the key to success | Matt Candler

Can we radically shift our perception of who should be enacting real change in K-12 education?

- The right kind of education reform will happen with people instead of to people.

- Part of this requires redefining who the "experts" are in education. It might be beneficial to loosen control on the part of those that train principals and teachers.

- If educators can view themselves as hosts to the conversation of what schools could look like, the movement for change becomes more courageous.

Matt Candler is founder and board chair of 4.0 Schools. To date, 4.0’s invested in more than 1,000 founders, equipping them to run trials of better ways to teach and learn across the US. Matt’s past gigs include: teacher/coach/principal in public and private schools; HQ Ops and Comms at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and later at Chicago Public Schools; helping people launch education ventures at LearningNext, KIPP, NYC Charter Center, New Schools for New Orleans. Matt learns best when he's making and breaking things, so he makes electric motorcycles after his kids go to bed. Learn more about that at nightshiftbikes.com.