Sentences with phrase «as education reform takes»

CHICAGO — As education reform takes hold, we find ourselves traveling through another dimension — one not only of hysterics but also of childish behavior.

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While the super PAC backed by the statewide teachers union faltered in aiding Democrats in down - ballot state Senate races, the education reform group StudentsFirstNY is taking a victory lap today as the chamber will largely remain the same.

Just as Mr. Cuomo was unenthusiastic about permanent mayoral control, Mr. de Blasio was unenthusiastic about Mr. Cuomo's education reform agenda, particularly his push to increase the use of standardized testing to measure teachers and his plans to take state control of struggling schools.

When Michael Gove took over at the Ministry of Justice after the election it was seen as his opportunity to introduce to the legal system some of the reforming zeal clearly demonstrated at the Department for Education.

Some years ago, when AAAS launched an effort to reform science education, it said that true reform will take about as long as Halley's Comet's orbital period [of about 76 years]-- that's why they labeled their initiative Project 2061.

While education reform has taken a slightly different trajectory following the appointment of Theresa May as Prime Minister, who has since put forward proposals to lift the ban on grammar school in England, Education Secretary Justine Greening has reaffirmed the government's commitment to academies and suggested that they will still be a central part of educatioeducation reform has taken a slightly different trajectory following the appointment of Theresa May as Prime Minister, who has since put forward proposals to lift the ban on grammar school in England, Education Secretary Justine Greening has reaffirmed the government's commitment to academies and suggested that they will still be a central part of educatioEducation Secretary Justine Greening has reaffirmed the government's commitment to academies and suggested that they will still be a central part of educationeducation policy.

During his time as schools chief, he took on the reform groups, the local school councils, the education schools, the state board of education, and the education research community.

Too many of today's education reform debates are conducted as if they were winner - take - all contests that must leave a single reform strategy standing.

Even as it faces a multimillion - dollar financial crisis and scrambles to meet new federal education requirements, the nation's second largest district is taking on a new challenge: restroom reform.

Chester E. Finn Jr., who served as an assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Education under President Reagan and is now a scholar at the conservative think tank, has also taken the helm of a little - known foundation he says will focus almost exclusively on K - 12 reform issues.

If reform is to take place as the rest of the 21st century unfolds, it will happen because more competition is being introduced into the American education system.

Democrats for Education Reform board member Whitney Tilson denounced Hanushek's take as «nonsense,» arguing that «the dirty little secret of American education» is that the «top one - third of students» get the «best one - third of teachers» (see here aEducation Reform board member Whitney Tilson denounced Hanushek's take as «nonsense,» arguing that «the dirty little secret of American education» is that the «top one - third of students» get the «best one - third of teachers» (see here aeducation» is that the «top one - third of students» get the «best one - third of teachers» (see here and here).

In a bill sent to the legislature this month as part of his education - reform package, Mr. Ridge, a Republican who took office this year, aims to make the state's 53 «learning outcomes» voluntary learning targets.

As a result, it has been difficult for observers to determine which factor or group of factors was most responsible for these gains: a revised and strengthened licensing system; revised or new licensure tests; the use of first - rate standards in most classrooms, in annual state student tests, and in the professional development programs all teachers took for license renewal; and / or the major changes in K - 12 governance and finance introduced by the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993.

It's taken as an article of faith in the education reform community: we're screwing poor kids by giving them less effective teachers than their more affluent peers enjoy.

STANFORD — As states catch their breath after rushing to meet the January 19 deadline for submitting applications for the first round of Race to the Top grants, education researcher Andy Smarick of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute warns that the administration must take steps to ensure that Race to the Top funds are spent in ways that promote reform.

The action was taken under the state's 1990 school - reform law, which requires the commissioner of education to formally terminate all department employees and abolish their positions by the end of June as he overhauls the state...

The appointment of the progressive Liberal, who replaced Christopher Pyne, will see the boost of Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector and will also see him take control of the government's $ 4.4 billion childcare reforms as they move out of social services and back into the education portfolio.

Education reform generally, and in California especially, seems to follow a pattern of taking one step up and two steps back, as successions in leadership and shifts in the political winds lead to the dismantling of earlier reforms and the layering on of new ones.

Just as the education - reform movement is starting to figure out how to use test - score data in a more sophisticated way, the Obama administration and its allies in the civil - rights community want to take us back to the Stone Age on the use of school - discipline data.

In this, the second annual national survey of U.S. adults conducted under the auspices of Education Next and the Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG) at Harvard University, we observe a public that takes an increasingly critical view both of public schools as they exist today and, perhaps ironically, of many prominent reforms designed to improve them.

The education secretary Nicky Morgan said: «From helping to set up one of the country's top academy chains, to acting as a council member for the Institute of Education, to overseeing our ambitious qualification reform programme, Amanda has extensive experience at the frontline of the education system, making her uniquely qualified to take up this importeducation secretary Nicky Morgan said: «From helping to set up one of the country's top academy chains, to acting as a council member for the Institute of Education, to overseeing our ambitious qualification reform programme, Amanda has extensive experience at the frontline of the education system, making her uniquely qualified to take up this importEducation, to overseeing our ambitious qualification reform programme, Amanda has extensive experience at the frontline of the education system, making her uniquely qualified to take up this importeducation system, making her uniquely qualified to take up this important role.

Another sponsor, a group called School Choice Week, was launched last year as a public relations gimmick to take advantage of the opportunity for rapid education reforms.

Given the need to improve the quality of instruction and the lack of clarity and shared knowledge about what systems and activities improve teaching, this is the right time to take stock of what is known; what kinds of activities are currently underway; and what will be needed going forward as reforms roll through the education system.

Moreover, if it was to keep its promise of acting as a kind of venture capitalist for education reform, at some point these design teams would need to become self - sustaining, taking fees from school districts in return for their expertise.

The members of our network all want to see strong federal and state policy conditions, but as city - based «harbormasters» for ed reform that sit outside the system, they're taking a multifaceted approach to creating the strongest education ecosystem possible.

I hope some of your readers will take a look at my new book, «Addicted to Reform: A 12 - Step Program to Rescue Public Education,» because it's a thorough indictment of «school reform» as practiced during the Bush and Obama AdministraReform: A 12 - Step Program to Rescue Public Education,» because it's a thorough indictment of «school reform» as practiced during the Bush and Obama Administrareform» as practiced during the Bush and Obama Administrations.

This model, known as the CORE system (for California Office to Reform Education), takes a broad view of a school for evaluation.

Save for a few instances, such as the initial efforts of Southern governors (including Alexander during his tenure as Tennessee's governor) and chambers of commerce during the 1970s that spurred what became the modern school reform movement, it has been the federal government that has been the driving force in coaxing states to take full responsibility for the districts they control as part of their constitutional provisions requiring them to provide education.

The network and its leaders have developed a deep understanding of what it takes to catalyze education reform at the city level, as evidenced in the 2012 report Kick - Starting Reform — co-authored by CEE - Trust and Public Impact — which drew on profiles of three high - impact CEE - Trust members to identify lessons for reformers in other creform at the city level, as evidenced in the 2012 report Kick - Starting Reform — co-authored by CEE - Trust and Public Impact — which drew on profiles of three high - impact CEE - Trust members to identify lessons for reformers in other cReform — co-authored by CEE - Trust and Public Impact — which drew on profiles of three high - impact CEE - Trust members to identify lessons for reformers in other cities.

As such, NCLB takes a very narrow view of what the goal of education reform should be.

To give context around the ongoing connection of former trustees Arnold and Mincberg to high - stakes, test - based education reform, take a look at Center for Reform of School Systems, an education governance consulting firm on which Paula Arnold serves as a board member along side the Godfather of No Child Left Behind, Rod reform, take a look at Center for Reform of School Systems, an education governance consulting firm on which Paula Arnold serves as a board member along side the Godfather of No Child Left Behind, Rod Reform of School Systems, an education governance consulting firm on which Paula Arnold serves as a board member along side the Godfather of No Child Left Behind, Rod Paige.

Empower PAC was created to support candidates who took difficult votes - as well as to support challengers against those who have stood in the way of student - centered education reforms.

As educators are on the front lines every school day, we need to take the lead in reforming public education and ensuring our voice and experience is included in the larger conversations on reform.

As the 2004 presidential campaign takes shape, President Bush's education platform emphasizes the education reforms he advocated in the «No Child Left Behind» legislation enacted in 2002.

They can specifically address a particular «reform,» such as the absurd standardized testing frenzy or you can take a broader perspective on the need to promote positive developments in public education in the United States.

Meanwhile in Pennsylvania, the AFT has worked with its Keystone State affiliate to challenge school reform efforts as well as take on moves by Gov. Tom Corbett to reduce education spending.

The bill, known as the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act, would also make more money and regulatory flexibility available to for - profit colleges, many of which have been cited for high costs, low graduation rates and a history of taking advantage of low - income students and military veterans.

Schools Week understands one such campaign, the StudentsFirst movement in America — an education reform group that pledged to empower parents — had «impressed» PTE's strategists as the «right way to take the debate to ordinary people».

I have no doubt Derrell will bring the same amount of fire and intensity to his performance as he does going head to head on national news taking on the status quo,» said Jeanne Allen, president of the Center for Education Reform (CER).

Westerberg provides comprehensive research on high school reform from leading education experts, candid examples from his 26 years as a principal, and thought - provoking insights from other high school leaders who have taken up the call to improve their schools.

Brown's Funding Plan Faces Vigorous Review — and Speed Bump The chair of the Assembly Education Committee turned Gov. Jerry Brown's comprehensive plan for education finance reform into bill form Thursday, ensuring that all aspects will get an extensive review, while raising the possibility that the plan may not pass in time to take effect July 1, as the governEducation Committee turned Gov. Jerry Brown's comprehensive plan for education finance reform into bill form Thursday, ensuring that all aspects will get an extensive review, while raising the possibility that the plan may not pass in time to take effect July 1, as the governeducation finance reform into bill form Thursday, ensuring that all aspects will get an extensive review, while raising the possibility that the plan may not pass in time to take effect July 1, as the governor wants.

As the chief architect of education reform in Michigan, DeVos should take blame for doing no favors to struggling public schools in Detroit and the rest of the state.

In the past two decades, however, schools have undergone a period of constant reform and restructuring, and the talk surrounding public education has become mean - spirited and antagonistic, giving greater attention to vouchers, «choice,» charter schools, and winner - take - all high - stakes tests as the only viable solutions to the crisis in public education.

While the issue will remain a point of debate between lawmakers, education groups and the administration - the committee's action would suggest that mandate reform will be dropped from the budget negotiations and instead be taken up as part of two bills currently pending.

The Chicago Teachers Union sees itself as having been on the front lines of education reform for more than a decade, and this is now a radicalized union, taken over two years ago by an activist faction.

As more Americans take a big bite of the education reform sandwich, more choose to spit it out.

A multiracial fightback against the testing industrial complex — one that is explicitly ant - racist and takes up issues of class inequality — has the potential to change the terms of the education reform debate and envision a world where authentic assessments are used to support students as they engage in classroom inquiry about how to achieve social justice.

But since the 1960s, successful efforts by teachers» unions to pass state laws forcing districts to bargain with them, along with school funding lawsuits and property tax reforms such as California's Proposition 13, have led to states taking a more prominent role in all aspects of education.

Especially with a cadre of new governors and legislators taking office, along with issues that intersect with education such as criminal justice reform on the agenda, reformers should use the time now to pass meaningful legislation that will help all of our children.