The goal is to increase the knowledge and capability transmitted by schools and to do so for no or few additional resources by 2020. For these purposes there are unlikely to be any panaceas. Simply achieving greater school finance equity, obtaining more and better prepared teachers, having smarter school administrators, having understandable standards and an aligned curriculum, or having other changes such as vouchers, contracts, or charter schools are unlikely by themselves to be sufficient. Recommendations must be fully integrated and mutually compatible. CORE takes as a given that its recommended reforms must be compatible and wherever possible mutually reinforcing.
Practicality is Crucial.
CORE is not enslaved to a notion of immediate political acceptance. However, CORE is eager that the ideas it recommends be feasible and that one can envision the societal changes necessary in order to gain their adoption. Seeking the elements of success in schools. CORE is examining the operating components of approximately a dozen successful schools, those which add value to the learning of their students. Understanding public perceptions CORE is engaged in the development of relatively new polling techniques in which respondents are provided with information prior to being asked to express their opinion about an education related matter.