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What’s the problem: A conversation with Pat Greco on transforming education through rapid problem solving
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What’s the problem: A conversation with Pat Greco on transforming education through rapid problem solving

WLEI - Lean Enterprise Institute’s Podcast

January 6, 202046m 17s

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Show Notes

Pat Greco In 2011, Dr. Pat Greco began as the superintendent of the Menomonee Falls School District in Wisconsin. She faced no shortage of problems: a suspension rate seven times higher than the state average, performance gaps across income and race, cost overruns, and a failure to meet performance goals defined under the No Child Left Behind Act among others. Not to mention a new administration was upending collective bargaining for public sector employees instilling fear within the teachers she was setting out to lead. By the end of her tenure she had led the school district to rank as one of the country’s best. She did so primarily through PDCA cycles in the classroom between teachers and students, as well as between management and the board of education.