Sentences with phrase «cuny schools autonomy»

Christian says that the failure to allow individual school autonomy is the price of doing backroom business with a behemoth like Chartwells.

The role and selection of school governors is now on the agenda as accountability issues come into sharper focus because of increasing school autonomy.

NY1 Capitol report Erin Billups, who staked out the Red Room get - together, reports Sen. Kevin Parker stormed out of the meeting and accused Zimpher of «berating» lawmakers who are not supportive of the so - called empowerment plan that would give the SUNY and CUNY schools autonomy from the Legislature — particularly when it comes to setting tutition.

«The Government has fragmented the school system, removed local democratic accountability and has conferred excessive school autonomy onto a school governance system that it is widely accepted is not fit for purpose.

On topic question topics included the mayor's proposed $ 20 million allocation for arts programs and whether this is all new spending, whether it's typical for elementary schools to have arts teachers, the mayor's proposed $ 4.4 billion capital spending to address classroom overcrowding, how many new classroom seats that spending would produce and where they would be located, whether all trailers used by schools would be eliminated, the definition of «problematic behavior» used in dealing with the Absent Teacher Reserve, what the state funding to be used for middle school after school programs would have otherwise been used for and DoE support for schools that will participate in the program providing increased school autonomy.

The report's preface promises to hold states accountable for preserving private school autonomy:

States could only lose up to 10 points (a eighth of the total) for impinging upon private school autonomy and only Alabama loses more than three points.

CER could have been tougher regarding school autonomy, especially on Florida and states that mandate NNR tests, but in general the high marks were warranted.

Mandating the state test is certainly a greater infringement on private school autonomy — essentially dictating what is taught when and how — but the NNR tests are not cost - free.

As Matt Ladner has noted, regulations that impinge upon private school autonomy may reduce private school participation in the program.

Reduced private school autonomy may also mean reduced choices for students.

The latter might sound good to advocates for greater school autonomy, but it has created many problems in terms of charter school quality.

And the trade of school autonomy for school accountability is now accepted as a hear article of faith.

I hope that Smarick will reconsider his support for empowering the government at the expense of school autonomy and families» preferences.

To be effective, these authorizers must want to be in the charter schooling business, need to have the resources and staff to do the work, and must be committed to the idea of charter school autonomy.

• too much school time is given over to test prep — and the pressure to lift scores leads to cheating and other unsavory practices; • subjects and accomplishments that aren't tested — art, creativity, leadership, independent thinking, etc. — are getting squeezed if not discarded; • teachers are losing their freedom to practice their craft, to make classes interesting and stimulating, and to act like professionals; • the curricular homogenizing that generally follows from standardized tests and state (or national) standards represents an undesirable usurpation of school autonomy, teacher freedom, and local control by distant authorities; and • judging teachers and schools by pupil test scores is inaccurate and unfair, given the kids» different starting points and home circumstances, the variation in class sizes and school resources, and the many other services that schools and teachers are now expected to provide their students.

In this fashion, mainstream schools can no longer justifiably complain about charter competition if they are unwilling to embrace the innovation school autonomies which are comparable to those enjoyed by charter schools.

His leadership also led to the district achieving its best - ever dropout and graduation rates, driven largely by attention to all students, a focus on adult performance, the promotion of choice and school autonomy, and intensive efforts to engage parents and the community.

«The devolution of previously ring - fenced technology and training budgets directly to schools is allowing schools the autonomy to source their own training and tools, meaning they have got to act smart in choosing the right resources» says Dave.

In the recent Colorado Congress of Parents decision, a Colorado district court took the legal protection of local school autonomy even further.

Katie Harrison would like to see schools becoming more autonomous: «We need to improve school autonomy by allowing teachers much greater freedom with what and how they teach, with less scrutiny.»

Beginning with four innovation schools but able to expand, the zone could for the first time give district schools the autonomy charters enjoy.

The Australian Government is pushing for greater school autonomy and «school choice».

But if school autonomy means more flexibility at school level to think of and react on the needs of the community by crafting curriculum, teaching and assessment so that they benefit all children, then I think more autonomy can really enhance both quality and equity of education.

Country - level variables included in the analysis were per capita GDP, teacher salary levels, average expenditure per student, external exit exams, school autonomy in budget and staffing decisions, the share of privately operated schools, and the portion of government funding for schools.

Bureaucratic barriers to school autonomy and improvement remain, from costly contract - driven funding obligations to middle - management practices that limit school budget flexibility.

We also found that early childhood quality standards can get in the way of charter school autonomy.

Four of them were schools nominated by school system leaders as schools that had had autonomy for several years, had dramatically improved learning outcomes for students, and that the system leaders felt that the schools would have available some evidence that would enable us to explore the possible links between school autonomy and outcomes for students.

In theory, test - based accountability was a mechanism for ensuring that schools were performing, making it possible to reduce micromanagement, slash regulation, and boost school autonomy.

Generally, school autonomy seems to have a positive impact — but only when schools are given extensive decision - making powers over the purchase of supplies, the hiring and rewarding of teachers, and the choosing of instructional methods.

How do we facilitate some form of democratic control that doesn't constrain family choice, impinge on school autonomy, or replicate the shortcomings of traditional school boards?

And deference to local control and private - school autonomy make it extremely difficult to contemplate the prescription of academic knowledge that must be imparted by all schools that are funded directly (districts and charters) or indirectly (via tax credits, vouchers, and ESAs).

These folks — mainly freedom - loving libertarians — strongly support two of the three principles that have long defined charter schooling: parental choice and school autonomy.

The new CTU contract will not have «phony» merit pay (differentiated pay) but will have the «real» thing (school autonomy).

Other reform tactics included reducing the size differences between secondary schools (secondary schools used to be the largest across OECD countries but are now the smallest), decentralization, increased school autonomy, professional development, and the introduction of national exams.

«The EBacc is also a further restriction on school autonomy and another attempt to manage the education system through exam reforms and league tables, rather than investing in the resources that truly make a difference.

Despite acknowledging that «no one in New Zealand wants to return to the old system,» Edward Fiske and Helen Ladd are largely negative in their conclusions about choice and school autonomy, arguing that they fail to improve schools in low - income areas and instead often exacerbate their problems.

David Simmons, head of the Local Government Association's children and young people board, commented that: «School autonomy is supposed to drive up standards, but in the case of school meals we now have a two - tier system where one type of school can effectively exempt pupils from healthy choices and instead chose to sell fatty and sugary foods.

We need to ensure that we don't diminish the distinctiveness of these choices by allowing opponents (or even allies) to insert language that would undercut school autonomy or religious liberty.

The net effects of these policies on school autonomy and differentiation are unclear.

This is essential reading for policy specialists concerned with balancing school autonomy and government oversight, and with debates over parental choice of schools.

Performance Contracting A quality authorizer executes contracts with charter schools that articulate the rights and responsibilities of each party regarding school autonomy, funding, administration and oversight, outcomes, measures for evaluating success or failure, performance consequences, and other material terms.

Possible strategies include certification waiver processes and alternate routes that balance charter school autonomy and accountability.

To mitigate those concerns, any portability proposal should include strong protections for private school autonomy.

Although the LSP regulations explicitly state that they «exist to minimize the rare harmful circumstance rather than to regulate day - to - day conditions in participating schools,» [48] many schools have chosen not to participate in the scholarship program due to concerns about the impact of the regulations on school autonomy.

Just as important, city and district leaders should create funding structures and partnerships to make sure that charter school autonomies and entrepreneurialism lead to innovations and improvements in special education.

The second half of the book seeks to apply the theoretical framework to three policy case studies in the areas of school finance, school accountability, and school autonomy and parental choice.

Also, due to both the short - term commitments of some alternatively certified teachers and school autonomy over personnel, the teacher turnover rate nearly doubled.

It also sought to increase school autonomy under its Independent Public Schools initiative, but Labor had already supported school autonomy during the Rudd and Gillard era through the Empowering Local Schools initiative.

The new entity can sit outside the existing school district, or take the district over and transform it via school autonomy, pupil - based funding, and closure and replacement of unproductive schools.