Posted by: Larry Cuban Posted on: May 16, 2001 at 11:00 AM Message: To get the conversation started let's begin with the questions posed at the end of the keynote. They are: Whose standards should we use in judging our success? In your project what are the explicit and implicit standards used by NSF, project participants, and top district officials in judging the success of the innovation? Which ones carry the most weight? Why? What are the costs and benefits to the project and to the district in negotiating support for sustaining the project? There are inevitable tradeoffs in choosing whose standards for judging success, working to gain support from administrators and practitioners elsewhere in the district, and determining tactics to deal with unique local factors. Which is more important in the quest for sustainability: longevity of the project's vision and goals, or working to have the project survive in any fashion? How much change is acceptable in the vision, goals, and work of the project to secure an assured future? Looking forward to hearing from you.