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Board declines to join Carnegie Future of High School Network; members split over data and 'guinea pig' concerns
Summary
The Mesa Public Schools Governing Board voted 3-2 against a memorandum of understanding with the Carnegie Foundation's Future of High School Network. Supporters said the program would provide professional learning and data tools; opponents said it risked treating students as experimental subjects and questioned data-sharing safeguards.
The Mesa Public Schools Governing Board voted 2-3 against approving a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to join the Carnegie Foundation's Future of High School Network.
Supporters described the MOU as offering $100,000 in professional learning, access to national cohorts and tools to improve data systems that track student learning and outcomes. Board members and district staff said participation could provide technical support to measure whether recent changes to high-school scheduling and programs are achieving desired outcomes.
Opponents raised repeated objections about data sharing, the proposed…
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