Welcome

I'm Kyle Hutzler - a sixteen year old highly interested in business, economics, and finance. Over the past two years, I've spent upwards of 200 hours working on a policy paper on education reform. My original intentions with this paper - completed independently - were simply to make the most of my perverse sense of fun. Along the way, I happened to learn of the Davidson Fellowship - a scholarship for gifted high-school students.

It was from here that I began to redirect the work for submission - garnering the support of professionals close to home and around the country. In July 2008, I learned that I was selected as a 2008 Fellow and was honored to attend the awards ceremony at the Library of Congress in September. Here you will find the portfolio as submitted in March 2008.
- Fall 2008

Sunday, November 25, 2007

What to strive for

The federal government will quantify progress in three specific areas, measured annually after the five year interim period:

13.1 First, American students’ performance on international benchmarks must reassume top-5 positions in reading, math, and science.
13.2 Second, gaps in equality among socioeconomic and racial gaps must be reduced to less than 5-percent; and in-school and between-school variance as a percentage of OECD averages should be ranked as one of top-ten smallest internationally.
13.3 Third, a composite measurement of American schools by means of the School Effectiveness Metric must be within 95-105% of the mean budget.

Each metric is significant in maintaining international competiveness, ensuring equality, and maximizing efficiency.

13.4 Annually, the federal government will release performance results, conclusions, and recommendations. The Executive Branch will be awarded discretionary funds to fulfill these recommendations by means of incentives-based programs or otherwise.

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