Sentences with phrase «when state education reform»

She is co-author of Learning Policy: When State Education Reform Works with David K. Cohen (Yale Press, 2001).

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A story in The New York Times explained that when New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo wanted entrée to the hedge - fund crowd for his political fundraising, he had first to meet with Joe Williams, the executive director of Democrats for Education Reform.

In place of Labour's hopeless acceptance of mediocrity in education, which has seen Britain tumble down the world league tables just when we need our children to be doing better than those in other countries, we will offer the hope of a decent education for every child, with immediate action to raise standards and radical reform to end the state monopoly over new school places.

Such cuts also have counteracted and sometimes undermined important state education reform initiatives at a time when producing workers with high - level technical and analytical skills is increasingly important to the country's prosperity.

During a CapTon interview last night, Senate Education Committee Chairman John Flanagan said state lawmakers are willing to work with Gov. Andrew Cuomo on education reform, but warned the governor not to propose anything too «draconian» when it comes to overhauling thEducation Committee Chairman John Flanagan said state lawmakers are willing to work with Gov. Andrew Cuomo on education reform, but warned the governor not to propose anything too «draconian» when it comes to overhauling theducation reform, but warned the governor not to propose anything too «draconian» when it comes to overhauling the system.

Unrest over the Common Core intensified this fall, when education commissioner John King canceled and subsequently rescheduled a series of public forums on the state's education reforms.

The proposals are drawing criticism from those in New York who have opposed the tougher exams and other education reforms, which King championed when he was the state's education commissioner.

During a Capital Tonight interview last night, Assembly Education Committee Chair Cathy Nolan recognized the «triple threat» faced by the state, financially speaking, at the moment: Lower than expected PIT revenues, a $ 4 billion deficit and the feds planning to do «who knows what» when it comes to health care reform.

When he broached the income inequality discussion, he framed it not as a matter of the very rich versus the very poor, but the zeroed in on the need to reform public education in the state, casting the teachers unions (generally supported by Democrats) as the villains in this telling.

Toward the end of its review of the commission's work, the task force states, «Education reform will only come about in the United States when the delivery system itself is reconstructed around clear principles, sound ideas and learning - centered rules, incentives and power relationships.&states, «Education reform will only come about in the United States when the delivery system itself is reconstructed around clear principles, sound ideas and learning - centered rules, incentives and power relationships.&States when the delivery system itself is reconstructed around clear principles, sound ideas and learning - centered rules, incentives and power relationships.»

When it comes to the study of implementing education reforms, analysts tend to focus on the formal channels of implementation and the standard tools of public administration — for example, intergovernmental hand - offs (federal to state to district to school), alignment of curriculum, assessment and other components of the reform, professional development, getting incentives right, and accountability mechanisms.

When they got together here last week, governors from around the country explored an issue they say every state leader is grappling with: how to pinpoint and replicate what works in reforming education.

Instead, it focuses on three specific challenges that are often encountered when districts, especially small districts, grapple with the costs of their highest - need special - education students, and it makes three recommendations that districts and states could put into practice today, without waiting for reforms or help from Washington, as they seek ways to mitigate those problems:

MONTGOMERY, ALA. — The meeting here of a state education - reform task force was running past a scheduled lunch break when Ginny Bugg inadvertently dropped a «bomb.»

My point is that when states like Massachusetts set out to do education reform in the 1990s, we intended to achieve a radical new goal for education: educating all of our students, so that not just a few, but all were prepared to be successful in college and careers.

Alabama will have complied with a judicial mandate to reform its education system when its students are able to communicate in a second language, can apply algebraic concepts, are familiar with artistic styles from diverse cultures, and exhibit confidence in their ability to achieve, a state - level panel has suggested.

The partnership, founded a little over a year ago, is made up of 100 education and arts organizations, foundations, businesses, and government agencies that want to make sure the arts are not left out when districts and states craft reform plans under the federal Goals 2000 program.

Washington — When Gov. Rudy Perpich of Minnesota talks about education reform, his message has a distinctly different tone than that of most state and national leaders.

His forthright support of state graduation standards, at a time when other superintendents were praying for a reprieve, was critical to the success of the Massachusetts education - reform efforts.

They also impede important state education reform initiatives at a time when producing workers with high - level technical and analytical skills is increasingly important to the country's prosperity.

Allowing students to attend schools near their parents» place of employment is particularly important when the selected school offers before - and after - school programs, concluded the 15 - member California Commission on School Governance and Management, which was authorized under the state's 1983 education - reform law.

When the numbers result in a Blue State: Red State ratio of 9:1, one suspects, with even more than 90 percent confidence, that RttT is as much or more a partisan boondoggle as an education reform strategy.

That was certainly true in 2010, when a voter backlash against Obamacare triggered a wave of Republican victories, especially at the state level, which in turn set the stage for major progress on education reform priorities in 2011 (rightfully dubbed «the year of school choice» by the Wall Street Journal).

The education secretary persisted, however, stating that «there is no reverse gear when it comes to our education reforms».

But when it comes to the relationship between the Connecticut Council for Education Reform and Pryor's state agency, something is significantly amiss.

When that didn't happen, he and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan essentially rewrote it on their own by releasing a waiver package that allows states that adapt the administration's reforms to opt out of the law's most cumbersome requirements.

At the same time, their silence gives tacit support to arguments by traditionalists that standardized testing should not be used in evaluating teachers or for systemic reform (even when, as seen this week from American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and others critical of the state education policy report card issued by Rhee's StudentsFirst, find it convenient to use test score data for their own purposes).

This commitment to think outside of the box was illustrated two years ago, when Education Secretary Arne Duncan asked for a report titled «Strong Performers and Successful Reforms: Lessons from PISA for the United States,» prepared by a team of analysts — I was one of them — with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

A month later, when Villaraigosa hosted a forum to discuss education reform prior to his State of the City address, Broad was at the round table.

«If adopted these reforms could help expand the availability of online education alternatives and increase the number of students taking advantage of them, potentially improving student achievement and reducing costs at a time when the state budget is chronically in the red,» concluded Mr. Izumi.

At a time when globalization and technology are dramatically altering the world we live in, is education reform in the United States headed down the right path?

Despite being an out - of - state education reform operative, Guenther testified in favor of Malloy's education reform initiative when it was proposed in 2012.

California Schools Flunk Education Group's Ratings California is sorely lacking when it comes to school reform, failing to adopt policies to limit teacher tenure and use student test scores in teacher evaluations, according to a rating of states issued Monday by a high - profile education advocaEducation Group's Ratings California is sorely lacking when it comes to school reform, failing to adopt policies to limit teacher tenure and use student test scores in teacher evaluations, according to a rating of states issued Monday by a high - profile education advocaeducation advocacy group.

OK, I'm a bit biased when it comes to Nebraska (my home state) and people from there, but I believe this young guy named Justin Wayne has the potential to be a national leader on education reform.

When Malloy's Education reform bill passes and becomes law, Steven Adamowski will immediately qualify for a pension and participation in the State of Connecticut's Teacher Retirement Heath and Prescription Drug Benefit Program when he retiWhen Malloy's Education reform bill passes and becomes law, Steven Adamowski will immediately qualify for a pension and participation in the State of Connecticut's Teacher Retirement Heath and Prescription Drug Benefit Program when he retiwhen he retires.

When state officials moved forward anyway, Barnes says she filed a complaint this month with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, asking federal education officials to bar North Carolina'sEducation's Office for Civil Rights, asking federal education officials to bar North Carolina'seducation officials to bar North Carolina's reforms.

At a time when states across the U.S. are approving legislation to promote charter school growth, this bill was out of touch with the community, and it would have taken California backwards in achieving true education reform.»

A recent San Francisco Chronicle article points to the nearly 90 charter schools that may open this fall, in part because «flexibility is allowing charter schools to grow as other public schools are undoing a series of education reforms that began more than a decade ago when California's state budget was flush with cash.»

The U.S. Department of Education simply needs to put instructional improvement in the foreground when it reviews and evaluates states» progress in reforming educational policies — there's no need for new legislation or regulation for this action.

Governor Malloy's original «education reform» bill included language that mandated that when the State of Connecticut takes over a school system, the education commissioner will have the authority to approve or reject the local board's choice for superintendent.

«We expected a legal challenge when we drafted the measure,» said Lisa Macfarlane, state director for Democrats for Education Reform and one of the architects of the November 2012 charter initiative.

In fact, in midterm elections in Colorado, when the group Democrats for Education Reform — an advocacy group of Republican money masquerading as centrist Democrats — made a high - spending bid to grab control of the state education board, their slEducation Reform — an advocacy group of Republican money masquerading as centrist Democrats — made a high - spending bid to grab control of the state education board, their sleducation board, their slate lost.

The focus on collaboration as a means for reform in public education comes at a critical time when teachers unions are facing attacks that threaten to destroy collective bargaining rights in several states.

He served in that role until 1993, when he was appointed Massachusetts Deputy Commissioner of Education, just days after the state's Education Reform Act was signed into law.

Our state was embarrassed recently when we failed to qualify for President Obama's Race to the Top education - reform competition.

Michigan became the latest state to sink its teeth into the question of teacher discipline and tenure Thursday, when the state House passed a four - bill education reform package.

The story goes back to January 2011 when a consultant for Greenwich billionaire Steve Mandel approached state officials on Mandel's behalf to inform them that the hedge - fund manager and his wife were interested in promoting «education reform» in the City of Bridgeport.

Torlakson and state officials were miffed when the eight districts that formed the California Office to Reform Education called on Duncan to demand that the state give districts both the math and English language arts tests.

However, no matter how you calculate it, the education reform industry has become the biggest «player» when it comes to lobbying Connecticut State Government.

Instead of continuing to throw millions of precious tax dollars into the proverbial, but very real, pit of failed education reforms; instead of continuing to enrich test corporations and educational entrepreneurs who game the system; instead of maintaining the false and demoralizing narrative that our students and teachers are failures, our state legislators need to take this opportunity to tell the CSDE and CSBE that it will no longer support expensive mandates that unnecessarily impact our budget health when a re-design of state assessment practices has been encouraged by recent federal legislation.