Sentences with phrase «about failing schools»

What are we doing about failing schools, how do we pay teachers and what we are paying for are questions that are implicitly raised in every budget.

They didn't want to do anything about the failing schools cause they didn't want to upset anyone.

Next, read about what to do about failing schools.

Even if states could get away with making cosmetic changes under these programs, their combined impact helped to build demand in state capitols to do something serious about failing schools — and supplied resources that states could leverage toward this end.

Still, if reformers want the federal government to do something about failing schools, they should team up with the good folks at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools and push for dramatically higher federal funding for charter schools, as well as smart policies to encourage the rapid replication of quality schools.

«It's incredibly important that as the city weighs a number of important decisions over the next weeks and months about failing schools that parents» voices are heard today,» Jeremiah Kittredge, the executive director of F.E.S., said during a press conference following the rally.

There were familiar proclamations about failing schools: «This is a massive crisis!»

Pardon my skepticism, but it feels like we have been here before with earlier programs designed to address concerns about failing schools, like A Nation at Risk and No Child Left Behind.

His leadership style brings me back to a quote about failing schools and school turnaround from former Interim APS Superintendent, Errol Davis:

Val Verde parent Ariana Hernandez said the principal was upset when she found out the parents would be addressing the board about the failing school.

On the school's web site, though, someone was apparently desperate to find something positive about the failing school, noting that it's «the only Garden School in Los Angeles» and «we pride ourselves in taking the classroom outside, not limiting our students within the confines of a traditional classroom.»

St. Louis is my home and we need to talk about our failing schools and the chaos of violence among young people in this community.

Created in the Race - to - the - Top - application era to convince federal proposal - scorers that Tennessee was serious about its failing schools, the ASD was charged with, well, doing exactly that.

As for state control, statistical modeling shows that having a child in public school and saying that extracurriculars and advanced academics are important aspects of school quality are all negatively associated with preferring that the state education agency make decisions about failing schools.

THE BIPARTISAN bill crafted by House and Senate lawmakers to replace No Child Left Behind leaves it to the states to decide what to do about failing schools.