Anne Wicks
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The Don Evans Family Managing Director of Opportunity & Democracy @thebushcenter. Always cheering for #nerdnation @GoStanford and my son’s teams 🏀🏈⚾️🏐
Dallas, TX
Joined January 2011
PIE Network is powered by and for advocates, including the dynamic Network leaders who serve on our Board. Join us in welcoming PIE Network's newest Board members: @KaregaRausch of @QualityCharters & @annewicks of @TheBushCenter. Learn more about the Board https://t.co/2eLwSrmZaF
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The Don Evans Family Managing Director of Opportunity and Democracy of the Bush Institute, @annewicks , argues that pluralism is the “messy, sometimes bruising, central tenet of U.S. democracy” and provides the kind of friction our best leaders use to sharpen their
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Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Salim Asrawi, Co-Founder and President of @texasdebrazil. While we sadly weren’t at the delicious Brazilian steakhouse, we were at the @TheBushCenter Forum on Leadership, discussing our journeys immigrating to the United States and
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So honored to join the @Commit2Dallas board!
We are honored to welcome @TheBushCenter's @AnneWicks to our Board of Directors. With a strong background and a deep passion for education, democracy, and opportunity, Anne brings invaluable expertise and vision to our team!
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I loved sitting down with @arthurbrooks and my @TheBushCenter colleague @andrewk - join us if you need a little dose of wisdom to help navigating our complex world with your sanity (and dare we say soul) intact!
NEW: The #Strategerist episode with @arthurbrooks on why happiness is a direction, not a destination; how healthy regret can be productive; why love is so important in our lives; and how to put happiness into practice. Listen to the episode: https://t.co/5gTJ3nfgKV
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Texas once was on track with proven reading instruction. Now, though, my colleague @annewicks and I make the case why it should learn from states like Mississippi and Colorado that are basing their instruction on scientifically backed strategies. https://t.co/PBJHZZaLE4
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Instructive article by @annewicks & @Bill_McKenzie on Texas’s efforts to adopt the science of reading. They highlight data from our June report showing that < ⅓ of Texas teacher prep programs adequately cover scientifically based reading instruction.
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Texas, and other states, can be poised to make an incredible impact on their young people if they can effectively implement the science of reading.
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“@TrenaceDorsey explained that only 13% of Fort Worth students scored high enough on SAT or ACT exams to be considered ready for college, a career or the military. Parents were shocked.” @annewicks @Bill_McKenzie
https://t.co/k7sw4TyX33
#SoR #txed #txlege @WeArePPM @KatyLiteracy
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The state has for decades, over numerous initiatives, attempted to battle its literacy crisis by adopting the science of reading.
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The Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System caught only 31% of the struggling readers. Burns called that level of accuracy "shocking," saying it was "quite literally the lowest I've ever seen."
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“Flipping a coin would actually be better” for identifying struggling readers, one researcher said of the test created by influential curriculum developers Fountas and Pinnell.
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“The backlash against testing, @mpolikoff said, has come ‘at the worst possible time given the damage that’s actually been done.’” @lrj417 via @The74
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#AssessmentHQ @TNakiaT @kearney_melissa @MeredithWDodson @CEDR_US
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USC paper claims that grade inflation and pandemic leniency are shielding the true extent to which children have fallen behind.
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“Rather than continuing to work together to help all children meet high standards, too many state leaders have settled for moving the goalposts, lowering the standards, and pretending that everything [is] okay. It isn’t.” @AimeeGuidera via @The74
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Guidera: The pandemic simply illuminated & exacerbated what’s been happening in education for years: the dismantling of a culture of high expectations
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ICYMI, Standardized tests are good…we should listen to what the results are telling us:
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By: Dale Chu and Chad Aldeman Chad Aldeman is a nationally recognized expert on education policy and my compatriot on the EduProgress: Unpacked blog. There are few people in the education sector as...
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@annewicks highlights how Mississippi started a reading revolution. @TheBushCenter @MissDeptEd @kymyona_burk
https://t.co/otyxqWvqox
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Mississippi's success shows that, if taught properly, all kids can succeed – and that change is possible even in big, bureaucratic systems. “The ability to read becomes the ability to learn, to solve problems, to work – and, ultimately, to vote.” — @annewicks Read more
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The MS reading story: steadfast leadership + policy with both accountability and support + research based instruction = kids win. It’s an honor to tell it in this @TheBushCenter Catalyst issue about policy that actually works. @kymyona_burk, #DrCareyWright, & team amaze me!
Mississippi's success shows that, if taught properly, all kids can succeed – and that change is possible even in big, bureaucratic systems. “The ability to read becomes the ability to learn, to solve problems, to work – and, ultimately, to vote.” — @annewicks Read more
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Congrats to @SCORE4Schools for a terrific Summit today, and many thanks for including me in the rich, frank discussion about what’s needed to prepare more people for lives with opportunity and choices.
.@annewicks from @TheBushCenter discusses the importance of using education and workforce data to drive innovation for the future of work.
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We aren't just building a strong baseball program on The Farm, we are building leaders in life who will take core values with them wherever they go. #GoStanford
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