Sentences with phrase «even conservative reformers»

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Contrary to the arguments of some conservative reformers, focusing on achievement gaps even helps White middle class children by improving the quality of teaching, curricula and school environments all students experience.

In fact, it allows for Romney and conservative and Republican reformers acting as surrogates for his campaign to make a strong case that neither Obama nor Duncan are fit to take on the tough task of advancing systemic reform from the federal level; given that swing states such as Virginia have been granted waivers despite their poor records on advancing reform, they can even argue that the waivers are politically - motivated by the president's re-election concerns (even though there is no evidence of this).

Even if the Obama Administration played no role in Common Core's implementation, conservative reformers who oppose the standards would find problems with them because they fundamentally don't believe that state governments (or any government, for that matter) should be in the business of shaping curricula and the standards that guide them.