{"id":121823,"date":"2022-10-25T01:20:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T01:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/25\/what-we-can-do-to-ensure-a-quality-education-for-military-children\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:58:58","slug":"what-we-can-do-to-ensure-a-quality-education-for-military-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/commentary\/2022\/10\/25\/what-we-can-do-to-ensure-a-quality-education-for-military-children\/","title":{"rendered":"What we can do to ensure a quality education for military children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military leaders have repeatedly raised concerns about the quality of K-12 public schools around military installations. At an Association of Defense Communities annual forum, Gen. David L. Goldfein, then Air Force chief of staff, called it the number one issue for airmen. Gen. Charles Q. Brown, the service\u2019s current chief of staff, has done the same. In fact, in 2018, then-Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/1449706\/service-secretaries-say-quality-of-schools-reciprocity-of-licenses-should-be-co\/\" target=\"_blank\">education quality would be a factor in strategic basing decisions<\/a>. The rest of the forces have been mandated by Congress to follow suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why is education quality in elementary and secondary schools a matter of national force readiness? It\u2019s because highly talented professionals with specialty jobs have been leaving the forces due to the less than stellar quality of K-12 education that their children receive around their assigned duty stations. That rate of departure has been significant enough to erode national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The average military family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarychild.org\/news\/press-releases\/2020\/mcec-survey-reveals-significant-concerns-for-militaryconnected-students\" target=\"_blank\">can move as many as nine times during a child\u2019s 13-year K-12 school experience<\/a>. In addition to the typical stressors associated with moving, military children often encounter different curricula and pedagogical approaches as they transition from school to school. Gaps in education are all too often the result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the former superintendent of a district where 75% of students are military impacted, I\u2019ve spoken to commanding generals who say that school transitions can be such a gamble that education is one of the top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/policy-politics\/school-quality-a-critical-family-issue-for-military\/2019\/09\" target=\"_blank\">concerns<\/a> for military families when they\u2019re considering settling in a particular community.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/opinion\/2022\/03\/30\/the-top-5-lifestyle-concerns-for-military-families\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/675534.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The top 5 lifestyle concerns for military families<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Spouse Angle is a podcast breaking down the news for military spouses and their families.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solution: Third-party review, accreditation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This matter concerns me not just as a district superintendent but also as the Missouri state commissioner for the Military Interstate Children\u2019s Compact Commission, or MIC3, which resolves school transition issues for children of service members. I believe the way to address this issue is a standard of quality assurance and continuous improvement that\u2019s similar to the process for Department of Defense Education Activity, or DoDEA, schools but that\u2019s geared for public school districts that serve military families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Certainly, the armed forces understand the concept of a third-party review and quality assurance. An external third party that deals with different states as well as overseas education institutions brings a breadth of perspective that district leaders, who only know about their own procedures, can\u2019t duplicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s why my district, Waynesville R-IV, went through the accreditation process offered by Cognia, a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that focuses on continuous improvement and accredits primary and secondary schools globally. Having an external entity analyze what\u2019s being done in a school system can provide a clearer perspective regarding areas for improvement and future actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A worldwide standard of quality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organization we worked with, Cognia, accredits and reviews DoDEA school districts and serves public schools near 90 DoD installations across 23 states. Many service members from different parts of the world are already familiar with it as a quality designation. That third-party endorsement provides a level of assurance to parents who really loved the school their child attended in another country, for example, and are now returning stateside. While the new school may be a long way away from the country they just left, the accreditation lets the family know that it has a similar mindset. They can expect a similar vision, a similar level of expectation and, thus, similar outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to reassuring parents, accreditation helps students who are ready to go on to college. Those students may go to a foreign college that requires certification, or they may be returning stateside. In either case, postsecondary colleges and universities will look for accreditation such as certified school transcripts and a diploma. That\u2019s especially important for U.S. universities that may not have a lot of experience working with military kids. When those universities see that the overseas school has an accreditation they recognize, it facilitates the process for those students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military impacted districts are unique places, and I\u2019ve loved working with military kids. But in such districts, leaders need to reach out beyond their state to see what\u2019s going on across the world. A quality assurance process can provide teachers and district leaders with the reliable, unbiased feedback they need to make that a possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the MIC3 state commissioner and a district superintendent, I\u2019m hoping to see quality assurance processes revitalized throughout military school districts. Developing increased consistency in practices and expectations in our network of military school districts is extremely important to improving educational quality for military kids. Knowing that a public school district that serves military families has gone through a process of accrediting and verification just as DoDEA schools do will be a huge comfort to military parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Dr. Brian L. 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