In 2016, John wrote a series of articles for the Texas Association of School Administrators just as an A-F school grading policy was in the works. You can find them here.

The conversation about what Benefits-Based Accountability does for a school, its teachers, and students. John and Dr. Goins hit it off and now Dr. Goins is one of bravEd's true ambassadors. True Accountability with John Tanner can be heard here.

Executive Director Craig Harper hosts this conversation with John Tanner, accountability researcher, author, and founder of bravEd, and Dr. Marc Feuerbach, superintendent of Cartersville City Schools, in Cartersville, Georgia. John is the leading designer of the PAGE initiative that resulted in True Accountability for Georgia Schools (TAGS). Cartersville City Schools is one of the original pilot districts that formed TAGS and is implementing benefits-based accountability throughout the system. You can listen here.

In Jan 2022 bravEd released an advocacy/policy brief with an audience of policy makers interested in accountability. You can download it here.

Anette visits with John Tanner, an educational writer and thought leader committed to a benefits-based accountability in every school and community. Accountability in effective organization is a truth-telling communication and directional system used to build trust with the organization’s stakeholders. It can be done well or poorly, and there are consequences for both. It would never be turned off in a crisis, which is when it is most urgently needed. Listen here.

Anyone who has worked with us knows that we keep a curated list of the benefits most often mentioned by parents and students. We use this list to get schools and districts started in the work. We'll keep the latest version here and let everyone know when updates are available.