Rethinking Accountability: Stephan Turnipseed
Stephan Turnipseed, executive director of strategic partnerships for LEGO Education, discusses a need for creativity in our schools and the negative impact of high-stakes testing at the Rethinking Accountability conference hosted by SCOPE in Washington, D.C.
Policymakers; school and district leaders; business, teacher, parent, and civil rights organizations; education foundations; and members of the media gathered June 11 for a conference on Rethinking Accountability: Putting Students and Learning First. The conference discussed how schools, districts, and communities across the nation are charting new paths to student- and learning-focused accountability, and how new approaches are making a difference in improving education.
The conference was hosted by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education and sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Sandler Family Foundation.
LEGO Education has a 30-year history in developing educational resources and solutions that make learning engaging, challenging, and fun for all learners. Turnipseed led LEGO Education North America for 16 years. During this time, he was responsible for helping to transform LEGO Education from a product sales company to an educational resource leader, working with educators, industry experts, and academia to help inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow. Turnipseed is passionate about inspiring children through education and is a proponent of hands-on learning.