Research and Thought Provokers

Chronic Misalignment
Why calls for better alignment don't work, and how a shared language can remove common barriers 

This article, from Deloitte Review, explains how a shared language (or map) can help people better contribute to the goals of organizations.  It is centered upon the use of Deloitte's "Enterprise Value Map," the success of which inspired the development of the Education Performance Map™.

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A Process View of Education

This is a 14-page whitepaper that examines the extent to which standard process theory (input, process, output) can help us understand what we see in public education - particularly around cost trends, variability in results and the importance of inputs. 

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