Sentences with phrase «necessary education reform»

While implementation of the standards has been complex, halting them will prevent necessary education reform and students will continue to be unprepared for college:

This action will slow down necessary education reform.

«The CRC is giving Floridians the opportunity to vote «yes» on several important issues including ethics reform in government, rights for victims of crime, prohibiting oil drilling in state waters, and necessary education reforms,» Chairman

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They support healthcare reform that includes a public option; they want to protect Social Security, reform education, and believe it's necessary to deal strongly with both pharmaceutical companies and climate change.

The state must continue to support, and if necessary, reform our system of public education.

George is right to identify them as a serious opponent of the reforms that are necessary for improving education although David Cameron would be wise to avoid anything like the language used in this article.

The reform was necessary and was welcomed by the country's major science organisations (the German Research Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [DFG], the Max Planck Society and the German Science Council) and the organisation that represents university heads (Association of Universities and Other Higher Education Institutions, or Hochschulrektorenkonferenz), although the HRG has been one of the most hotly debated topics in the country's academic circles.

Betting everything on standards - based reform is neither wise nor necessary, says Ronald A. Wolk, chairman of the board of Editorial Projects in Education.

Some have criticized Gov. Chris Gregoire's education reform proposal for lacking boldness, but she said the bill moving through the Legislature has everything necessary to prepare the state to apply for millions of new dollars from the federal government.

Third, the reforms necessary for 529 accounts to offer real advantages to less affluent families paying for private K - 12 education would result in a complex system.

Instead, the Lib Dems promise a review of higher education finance in the next Parliament «to consider any necessary reforms, in the light of the latest evidence of the impact of the existing financing system on access, participation and quality».

Education leaders across the reform spectrum should be appealing to this natural interest and building API support for the reforms necessary to improve public schools.

The changes were necessary, argued Superintendent Donald W. Ingwerson, because the district's current busing program interferes with efforts to increase parental involvement and bring about other school improvements mandated under Kentucky's landmark education - reform law.

Anyone hoping to see him one day create the broad consensus necessary for fundamental education reform will have to wait at least another year.

The report noted that the Department of Education and Training (DET) had made «considerable progress» since audits in 2008 and 2013 to improve its long - term strategic planning, but further significant reforms was necessary.

Grogan believes that because the parent constituency of inner - city schools is not politically powerful, foundations serve as necessary advocates for education reform, pushing for improvements and using their influence and resources on behalf of these families.

«Because the standards are so important, we have to give teachers the necessary tools and resources to effectively teach to the new standards or they are doomed to becoming another failed education reform.»

In my new book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education, I describe how I came to repudiate my support for choice and accountability, though not for curriculum reform, which I still believe is necessary and valuable.

As Heckman and Carneiro point out, the evidence on the benefits of competition within education is limited - a necessary consequence of the lack of serious experimentation with meaningful choice - based reforms.

That is in keeping with its stated mission, «to prepare low - income students with the scholarship, dedication, and honor necessary to succeed in college and lead exemplary lives, and be a catalyst for education reform in Chicago.»

Finance reform is necessary, along with full - day kindergarten and high quality early childhood education, if we are serious about having a world - class public education system.

However, we all (winners and losers in the 66 fight) must ultimately take stock of what happened and what is possible in Colorado on the reform and funding fronts before we return to the education battlefield to do what each of us believes is necessary to improve public education.

Washington's education establishment — meaning its lawmakers, school districts and teachers unions — is so resistant to reform that not even the prospect of $ 250 million in the middle of a severe recession could persuade it to accept the necessary painful changes.

The results suggest that the standards that NJ bureaucrats had in place prior to adopting the Common Core provided more of the Level 3 and 4 higher - order skills cited in education reform literature as necessary capabilities for competing in a global economy.

A deep understanding of financing strategies and a willingness to engage in finance reform is necessary to ensure all children have access to high quality early care and education.

Necessary state budget cuts could be a boon, rather than a burden, to education if state governors and legislators adopt meaningful education reforms by introducing more competition and school choice in their states.

Rather than provide the necessary resources, fight the new Common Core Testing madness and repeal the damaging impact of his corporate education reform industry plan, Malloy is pulling out the state's credit card and ordering «computers, tablets and other electronic devices in order to meet the requirements of Common Core.»

01/01/2011: LULAC Releases the Education Advocacy Toolkit, a guide to equip education advocates with the tools necessary to advocate for education reform at the local, state and / or federEducation Advocacy Toolkit, a guide to equip education advocates with the tools necessary to advocate for education reform at the local, state and / or federeducation advocates with the tools necessary to advocate for education reform at the local, state and / or federeducation reform at the local, state and / or federal level.

We are at the point where for a variety of reasons I believe it has become necessary for us to restore and rebuild the consensus among Texans and particularly our opinion leaders that for over 25 years made Texas the national leader in standards and accountability - based education reform.

This necessary opinion leadership is not yet sufficiently energized for this next phase of education reform, but I submit that the current state of and prognosis for our public education system represents a threat even more onerous to our economic and cultural future and it is one that is worthy of a similar long - term commitment to overcome.

Whatever happens, the lawsuit serves as another example of parents pushing to reform American public education by any means necessary.

This necessary opinion leadership is not yet sufficiently energized for this next phase of education reform, but the current state of and prognosis for our public education system represents a threat even more onerous to our economic and cultural future and it is one that is worthy of a similar long - term commitment to overcome.

Despite the differences, we all agree that education reform is necessary.

The necessary opinion leadership is not yet sufficiently energized for this new phase of education reform, but the prognosis for our public education system represents a threat even more onerous to our economic and cultural future and it is one that is worthy of a similar long - term commitment to overcome.

We find ourselves at a point in the progress of education reform in which clear acts of conscience will be necessary to preserve the integrity of public education.

Considering the issues you raise, I hope you will send it on to Connecticut policymakers so they can consider necessary changes to this year's «education reform» legislation.

Inside, the reader will find participants» thoughts on how education reformers might address challenges in four distinct areas: 1) allocation and alignment of resources to support standards - based reform and higher expectations for all students, 2) generating resources for the interventions and specialized programs necessary to support the learning of students with special needs, 3) allocating resources to support learning in alternative education settings, and 4) developing funding strategies for dual enrollment programs.

Education policy circles are filled with people who think the schools are in desperate need of major reform, but who also believe that collective bargaining and unions are necessary components of public education (and work life generally)-- and they know the two sets of beliefs are inEducation policy circles are filled with people who think the schools are in desperate need of major reform, but who also believe that collective bargaining and unions are necessary components of public education (and work life generally)-- and they know the two sets of beliefs are ineducation (and work life generally)-- and they know the two sets of beliefs are in tension.

The resulting report builds on a growing body of research on civic capacity and community organizing for education reform, which examines the work of groups across sectors to identify a shared agenda and mobilize the human and financial resources necessary to move their agenda forward.

In the first instance, we who are heavily involved with K - 12 reform are in a continuing debate with those who would predestine many of our students to a vocational pathway that is void of the rigor necessary for success in the 21st century workplace, which is synonymous with postsecondary success on either pathway — college or career education leading to industry certification.

(a) Provides employment and / or practicum experiences with adolescents in urban public school settings; (b) Provides ongoing support in the development of skills necessary to be an effective group facilitator, utilizing a science - based affective curriculum; (c) Heightens facilitators» understanding of the cultural and contextual factors that impact the psychosocial development of urban adolescents and their ability to achieve academically; (d) Exposes facilitators to the process of designing, implementing and evaluating large scale preventive interventions; (e) Examines educational policy and its implications for practice and research for urban education and school reform; and (f) Encourages facilitators» interest and pursuit of careers in education, psychology social work, counseling and / or other related fields.

Policymakers and the public are coming to the conclusion that standards - based education reform has taken the nation as far as it can and that a new generation of learning and teaching is necessary to prepare students for a successful tomorrow.

Although Malloy has yet to announce whether he will seek re-election next year and he has not filed the necessary paperwork be a candidate, his fundraising operation is in full - swing and the corporate education reform industry has become one of, if not the, largest sources of campaign cash for his political aspirations.

This adequacy cost study is desperately needed to provide the hard, real - world data necessary to get education finance reform done right in Connecticut.

So while Malloy and Jumoke congratulate themselves about their education reform achievements, parents in every other Hartford school would do well to remember, smaller class sizes, having a teacher and an instructional assistant in every classroom and providing more support services is not a result of Malloy's education reform efforts but a result of Malloy, the State of Connecticut and the City of Hartford actually stepping forward and providing the resources necessary to make appropriate changes --- changes that should be being made at every Hartford School if only elected officials would address the broader issue inadequate funding for Connecticut's schools.

We are talking about billionaires and millionaires and the major education reform companies, organizations and foundations dumping tens of millions of dollars into state and local efforts to elect handpicked accomplices or even, where necessary, changing the rules to make it easier to open charter schools and dismantle the core elements of a broad - based public education system.

Instead, both political parties, and all levels of government, have advanced reforms that, while well intentioned, have not risen to the level necessary to address the depth and breadth of the daunting challenges of equity and excellence facing American public education at the beginning of the 21st century.»

But ignoring all that, federal and state policies cemented the idea that standards are the necessary first step in education reform without considering the historical and statistical evidence demonstrating that the standards / outcome - based theory is incorrect.

«Parents and teachers are working hard every day to make sure every child in New Jersey gets a great education, and while recent tenure reform represents meaningful progress, more reforms are necessary for our students to achieve the results we want for them,» said Craig Wallace, StudentsFirst's state director for New Jersey.

These experiences, combined with more than 25 years of experience as a teacher, specialist, literacy coach, literacy coordinator, and university instructor, culminate in deep knowledge of the necessary elements of school reform and the field of literacy education.