Sentences with phrase «curriculum reform as»
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As Diane Ravitch seeks allies in her lifelong crusade for meaningful curriculum reform, she might stop and ask: Where will she find her friends now?
In addition to almost two decades in the classroom, she has served as department chair, both academic and also grade level Dean, a parent and faculty educator, and a leader of curriculum reform.
Showing growing concern over the rising tide of religious extremism, students suggested a wholesale reform of the Pakistan's history curriculum to eliminate discrimination against minorities and other disadvantaged groups so as to undertake a holistic and long - term effort to eliminate the scourge of intolerance from society.
Education: The mayoral candidate wants to reform the curriculum for pre-K through 12th grade to better incorporate vocational studies and apprenticeships, as well as upgrade schools with new technology.
«However, it is concerning that despite rising levels of sexual bullying and sexual harassment by children and young people, the provision of PSHE and SRE has been under pressure as a result of Government - driven curriculum reforms, funding cuts and changes to accountability requirements.
Responding to reports that the Secretary of State for Education is planning to introduce an «Advanced Baccalaureate» as part of reforms to A-levels, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «This is another example of Michael Gove's ideological manipulation of the school curriculum.
As the NASUWT warned at the time, Government reforms to the National Curriculum were driven through without effective consideration being given to how this curriculum would beCurriculum were driven through without effective consideration being given to how this curriculum would becurriculum would be assessed.
In a paper written for the conference, Roseman also touched on the role of scientists and scientific organizations such as AAAS in reforming science education, including the development of standards and the curriculum materials, assessments, and teacher professional development that are aligned to them.
Child marriage and early pregnancy continue to hinder girls» progress in education as does the need for teacher training in gender sensitive approaches and curriculum reform.
After two years working in Portland, I found my way to Bay Area, California where I taught 9th grade social studies for 3 years while I supported faculty in developing their capacity to hold space for critical conversations around diversity, inclusion, and equity, as well as supporting social justice curriculum reform within the network.
By all means, we should do everything we can to boost those numbers, starting as early as possible, and including common - sense reforms like reintroducing serious academic content to the elementary and middle school curriculum and replicating «no excuses» charter schools like KIPP.
Systemic reform, as recommended by summiteers, meant aligning the chief components of education: academic goals, curricula, instruction, and exams.
School Reform Minister Nick Gibb said: «All pupils should have the opportunity to study foreign languages as part of a core academic curriculum that prepares them for life in modern Britain.
The challenge for all schools is to use the new Subject of Computing as a driver for excellence for all pupils: the challenge for our nation is to realise the vision of curriculum reform in a new generation of innovative, creative young entrepreneurs.
Montserrat Gomendio, deputy director of education and skills at the OECD, said: «We applaud Scotland for having the foresight and patience to put such an ambitious reform as Curriculum for Excellence in place; we hope that our OECD review will help ensure that it will live up to its full potential and realise excellence and equity right across Scotland.»
Under the reforms, communities gain unprecedented power over local schools» curricula, significant portions of the school day go to arts instruction and community service, and teachers are required to incorporate hands - on, exploratory teaching techniques pioneered by researchers such as HGSE professors Eleanor Duckworth and Howard Gardner.
In the early 1980s, spurred by disappointing national test results and reports such as «A Nation At Risk» — the seminal document published in 1983 that decried the mediocre state of public education in America and recommended sweeping change to fix the problem — other states mounted reforms using administrative reorganization or new curriculum as levers for change.
The G.A.O. defines systemwide reform as encompassing five components: goals or standards for all students, curricula tied to those goals, student assessments tied to the curriculum, high - quality instructional materials, and professional development.
Just as policymakers have worked to modernize and reform curriculum, assessment, and instruction, they also need to modernize the way we finance school buildings.
International data are seen as «drivers» for national and local reform in terms of teacher qualifications, curriculum improvement, and sources of comparative information on narrowing the gaps and successful school management.
Like many, I'm convinced that what happens inside the classroom — curriculum and instruction — has as much of an impact (if not more) on student outcomes than structural reforms.
This option covers an array of activities, such as modifying curriculum, altering the school's management structure or choosing a school reform model.»
New York — Practicing educators praised the College Board, at its annual meeting here last week, for providing a sensible approach to educational reform, and they challenged the organization to continue pressing for a high - school curriculum that develops students» competencies as well as their knowledge of specific subjects.
Although Riley's approach to turning around Lawrence has included several key reforms, such as the «implementation of a new curriculum, establishment of Acceleration Academies, and a focus on data - driven instruction,» creating a Match - style tutor corps with help from Match leaders was also a top priority.
In the end, the teacher professionalism agenda has functioned like a black hole, sucking in much of the available energy, attention, and funds and leaving little for other reforms - not just other teacher - related reforms (such as those urged by the Excellence Commission), but also a very different list of changes (technology, choice programs, preschool, new curricula) that might prove more effective and economical as strategies for boosting pupil achievement.
In sum, it seems quite possible that the moment is at hand for curriculum and instructional material to be taken seriously as a reform lever.
They urged school districts to reform curricula by creating practical, relevant courses (such as shop, home economics, and driver's education) based on students» needs and interests.
Despite persuasive evidence suggesting that a high - quality curriculum is a more cost - effective means of improving student outcomes than many more - popular ed - reform measures, such as merit pay for teachers or reducing class size, states have largely ignored curriculum reform.
This insight is no surprise to those of us who have long championed curriculum and rich academic content as ed reform's great un-pulled lever — or who support Common Core simply because it puts curriculum onto the reform agenda.
As part of this, the UAE has implemented its plan for «First - Rate Education», which outlines dramatic reforms to the curriculum, a strategy for improving teaching through professional development and a commitment to encouraging the development of 21st Century skills in schools.
Based on the author's experiences as a teacher and as an anthropologist, it discusses how both using and anxiously suppressing race labels (being what Pollock calls «colormute») affect everyday and policy discussions about achievement, discipline, curriculum, reform, and educational opportunity.
Reliable, neutral evaluations are another obstacle to curriculum coming into its own as a true reform lever, but there's encouraging news here, too: A new, independent organization called EdReports.org has begun reviewing instructional materials for alignment to the Common Core, providing something akin to a free Consumer Reports of curriculum.
In short, curriculum's day as the neglected stepchild of education reform seems to be coming to an end.
As these less - demanding, nonintellectual courses proliferated, a new «movement» was born, the Life Adjustment Movement, a federally sponsored curriculum reform effort that began soon after World War II.
There is enormous potential to achieve tremendous leverage via curriculum reform, as scholars such as Russ Whitehurst of the Brookings Institution have argued.
According to Center on Education Policy case studies in California and Michigan, officials are using an NCLB loophole, opting for superficial interventions — such as hiring improvement «coaches» or changing the curriculum — over implementing the bold reforms envisioned by the law's crafters.
You will explore the elements of a standards - based reform framework: clear expectations for students; rigorous curricula aligned to standards; professional development that improves instructional quality; and assessment as a tool for feedback and accountability.
Despite decades of one - off interventions and reforms, such as improved curriculum, greater choice and accountability, or teacher training, significant achievement gaps still exist across the country between white and black students, and wealthy and poor students.
A recent Friedman Foundation report, for example, bemoaned testing requirements that «may force all participating schools to move in the direction of a single, monopolistic curriculum and pedagogy...» And analysts at the Cato Institute went so far as to send letters to Indiana private schools urging them not to participate in the state's new voucher program, which it called a «strategic defeat» for school reform, in part because of its testing and transparency requirements.
Drawing from his own remarkable experience as a veteran classroom teacher (still in the classroom), Ron Berger gives us a vision of educational reform that transcends standards, curriculum, and instructional strategies.
Education reform efforts have been largely focused on one - off interventions, such as improved curriculum, greater choice and accountability, or teacher training.
Having also served as director of mathematics, executive director of curriculum and instruction, and assistant superintendent for curriculum and professional development, she draws on her experience in curriculum and educational technology as the district embarks on major reforms in technology integration and blended learning.
In Smith's model, as it was refined over time, curriculum standards serve as the fulcrum for educational reform implemented based on state decisions; state policy elites aim to create excellence in the classroom using an array of policy levers and knobs — all aligned back to the standards — including testing, textbook adoption, teacher preparation, teacher certification and evaluation, teacher training, goals and timetables for school test score improvement, and state accountability based on those goals and timetables.
This summer Brizendine will be working as a literacy specialist for Teach For America in Houston, and hopes to find a «dream job» in school reform, professional development, curriculum design, or literacy coaching.
While an increasing number of schools have begun to adopt some of the changes promoted by the emerging middle - level - school reform movement — such as hands - on, experiential curricula and increased parental involvement — many have not yet embraced such changes, NMSA leaders said.
As I look out over the current school reform landscape I see it is categorized by policies that seek to standardize, homogenize, and corporatize public education through the use of one - size - fits - all curriculum standards, high stakes testing, micro-management of school operations from distal bureaucrats, teacher evaluation policies based on mis - interpretations of current research, and heavy reliance on corporate education providers camouflaged as non-profits operating via charter schoolAs I look out over the current school reform landscape I see it is categorized by policies that seek to standardize, homogenize, and corporatize public education through the use of one - size - fits - all curriculum standards, high stakes testing, micro-management of school operations from distal bureaucrats, teacher evaluation policies based on mis - interpretations of current research, and heavy reliance on corporate education providers camouflaged as non-profits operating via charter schoolas non-profits operating via charter schools.
All three studies described school reform efforts that utilized teacher leaders in addition to other strategies, such as the use of a new curriculum (Balfanz et al., 2006), professional development workshops for teachers and changes in the structure of the school day (Ruby, 2006), or a training program for school administrators (Weaver & Dick, 2009).
In fact, similarities between the two parties are so strong that current Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham is now spruiking national teaching standards and curriculum as core bones of Liberal policy: two reform areas developed under federal Labor.
In districts such as Long Beach, Calif., and Aldine, Tex., teachers well informed by smart professional development carried out sophisticated curriculum reforms.