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The following examples offer some insight into the types of work The Public Good performs, as well as the quality of work clients can expect.
Demands on teachers to increase student achievement through the use of standards and technology tools have, in effect, required teachers to invent new models for teaching. Too often, these new demands are not accompanied by new resources or re-tooling, as would be expected in the business sector. Education Commission of the States (ECS) asked the question: What would happen if teachers had at their fingertips powerful technology-based tools geared to supporting standards-based instruction?
ECS decided to find out what kinds of tools could bring teaching into the 21st century, and to build a framework for the ideal "smart desktop" for teachers. ECS contracted with Dixie Griffin Good to manage the project, which included three phases of research, and to write the final report.
Click here to see a summary of the report, including policy recommendations, critical questions and components of a smart desktop system. Smartshort (217Kb pdf)
The Fund for Colorado’s Future developed the Smart Schools Academies to assist leaders charged with improving student achievement in schools rated low or unsatisfactory on Colorado’s School Accountability Report. The fee-free program brought together teams of leaders — superintendents, principals and board of education members — to develop a common framework and approach to school transformation over a six-month period.
As the external evaluator, The Public Good used surveys, observation and document review to evaluate and report on the program’s implementation and effects. Click here to see the report. Smart Schools Academies Evaluation Report (56kb pdf)
The founders of Community Initiatives, Inc. work with organizations, corporations and communities around the world to shape change and accelerate results. Tyler Norris, Darvin Ayre and Gruffie Clough asked Dixie Griffin Good to help them explain the principles of managing change in complex systems, and to highlight the research that underpins their work in building healthy communities. The result was Trendbenders: Building Healthy and Vital Communities, published in 2002 by AHA Press. Click here for excerpts. www.communityinitiatives.com/trendbenders.html
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