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Dr. Vivian Loseth
Executive Director, Youth Guidance
Vivian Loseth is the chief executive officer of Youth Guidance, an agency that works with Chicago Public Schools to provide programs for at-risk youth. She is an advocate for community schools and has won multiple awards for her activism on behalf of children’s educational rights, including the Golden Apple Award for Supporting Family Involvement in Education and Social Worker of the Year for both Chicago and the State of Illinois. Loseth is a consultant in the areas of school change and social supports for students. She received her bachelor’s degree from Knoxville College in Tennessee, a master’s degree in social work from the University of Chicago and a post-graduate certificate in family systems and organizational planning from Northwestern University’s Family Institute. She is the National Faculty and Implementation Coordinator at the Yale University Child Study Center.
New education chief
June 30, 2010 - 12:47pmMy recommendation is someone who: loves children; has knowledge of how they grow and learn;
makes decisions in the best interest of children (not adults); and...
College preparation
June 9, 2010 - 9:29amIn regards to the college completion rate, we have to identify the reasons. Is it due to academic failure? What percentage is simply due to lack of funding? How...
School closing and turnarounds
May 17, 2010 - 1:02pmAs soon as I read “new process”, I think “What went wrong with the old process?” and “Are we admitting failure?”
I, too, agree that we must attempt to show...
High school reform
May 17, 2010 - 10:12amFirst, let’s define “improvement”. What assessments will be used and how will success be measured. Second, who will be “at the table” defining the above? Do...
Voucher impact
April 30, 2010 - 11:03amThe idea of vouchers has been raised more than once. Both its supporters and detractors have valid viewpoints and the effect will have immediate and long-term...
Judging teachers
April 26, 2010 - 11:34amThe factors by which students’ performance can and should be measured are innumerable. Many are intangible, but with far-reaching results. Some can not be measured...
What's next for NCLB?
February 17, 2010 - 5:10pmI would also commend the efforts by the Department of Education to bring together leaders from both parties to find ways to guide and improve our federal leadership’s...
Will turnarounds work?
January 25, 2010 - 2:12pmTurnaround can work. However, as we all know, the "devil is in the details." In addition, we have some learnings from our Chicago model of turnarounds, both negative...