Merrill Vargo / commentary

Merrill Vargo is both an experienced academic and a practical expert in the field of school reform. Before founding Pivot Learning Partners (then known as the Bay Area School Reform Collaborative, or BASRC) in 1995, Dr. Vargo spent nine years teaching English in a variety of settings, managed her own consulting firm, and served as executive director of the California Institute for School Improvement, a Sacramento-based nonprofit that provides staff development and policy analysis for educators. She served as Director of Regional Programs and Special Projects for the California Department of Education. She is also a member of Full Circle Fund.

Posts by Merrill Vargo / commentary

• On the limits of planning (or, It’s all about the pants) ~  May 10th, 2013
• Under Common Core, leaders face big challenge of designing change ~  April 16th, 2013
• Let’s shelve the CSTs so the real work can begin ~  March 17th, 2013
• Fostering thinking requires relinquishing control ~  February 12th, 2013
• Creativity in the classroom is what’s really at stake with accountability ~  January 6th, 2013
• Common Core will falter if global competitiveness is sole goal ~  October 23rd, 2012
• The crisis that we don’t discuss ~  September 12th, 2012
• Finding the Yellow Brick Road to the Common Core ~  August 22nd, 2012
• It’s still true: The future tends to happen first in California ~  July 22nd, 2012
• Schools must repair their other damaged infrastructure: relationships ~  May 22nd, 2012