Pub 10 2020-2021 Issue1

10 USU Charter School Authorizing – We’re Bullish about Student Learning U tah State Universities’ (USU) Aggie bull is a symbol of strength in Utah, and especially on its 25 cam- puses that stretch across Utah. USU’s land grant mission to serve Utah was extended even further in July 2021 when the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) approved the USU Board of Trustees’ proposal to authorize new charter schools in Utah. With this approval in place, USU’s Center for the School of the Future (CSF) was designated by the USU Board of Trustees to assist in processing applications to authorize charter schools. CSF’s legislatively authorized mission is to foster 100% student learning proficiency in CSF client schools so all students are liberated from the constraints of limited opportunity. Consequently, CSF is truly, in Aggie- like fashion, bullish on student learning! CSF’s organizational vision is to collaborate with education, business and government professionals who are passionate about 100% student proficiency. The nexus of our collaboration is in redesigning learning-outcome oriented systems in support of the professionals in public district and charter schools. These results are achieved with measurable outcome-oriented partnerships with universities, policy makers, private foundations, business professionals and other stakeholders. Our collaboration is animated by our shared passion to cultivate effective and sustainable deployment of research-based learning systems that are known to produce increased learning proficiency in K-12 students. CSF’s core value proposition is to increase student learn- ing as measured by metrics of sustained levels of profi- ciency. Linked values include: a) systems level interventions and solutions; b) practices anchored to learning sciences; c) decisions and actions grounded in ethics, equity of student learning outcomes, and relevant systems of knowledge; and d) setting the context for learning proficiency within the broader interests of society. CSF was established in 1999 by the Utah Legislature, and was charged with promoting best practices in the