Have We Created a New Science of Teaching Yet? Early College High School as a Case Study

Abstract

Dr. Baird is responsible for policy development and the implementation of the Foundationââ¬â¢s program devoted to college readiness and success for underserved students. His portfolio of work over the last two decades includes teacher quality and teacher education reform programs, school-university partnerships and the creation of Early College and Collegegoing high schools. Specifically, Baird has developed and assessed strategies that support and make possible partnerships between broad access universities, community colleges and public/charter schools. He has developed grants and partnerships to support policies that stimulate innovation and improvement of developmental education, alignment of P-12 and post-secondary college readiness determinations and supports, early credit accumulation, and credit transfer. WWNFF, under his leadership, has been successful in securing the commitment of 20 jointly-operated Early College High Schools. Baird has worked extensively with federal, state and local governments to secure funding and policy support for underserved, minority, 1st generation college-going students. He represents WWNFF with leading national philanthropies (such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York) and with community organizations and state policymakers to further the Foundationââ¬â¢s strategic goal of strengthening the civic mission of colleges and universities.