Sentences with phrase «about local control of our schools»

While folks (rightfully) gave our mayor a standing ovation for throwing the gauntlet down about local control of our schools, they should have stayed standing for the following point as well:

Not exact matches

Getting angry and motivated to act is not about townsfolk arming themselves with pitchforks and storming the local school — it's about parents arming themselves with information and taking control of the food they and their kids eat.

I don't envy the task of a trying to ensure quality control at 300 local schools, and I'll write more about the issue of on - site quality control as I learn more from my district.

«The BTF looks for whether he follows through on returning control to the local districts as opposed to control by the state,» he said, pointing to concerns about teacher evaluations and the role of charter schools.

Education Next's Mike Petrilli talks with Gene about his experience as a school board member — and now, school board president — and whether he sees a future for this last bastion of local control.

In fact, for all the talk about the «democratic values» implicit in local control, the decibel level of the past few years has been caused less by a legitimate debate about the merits of the work than an internecine fight over which faction would control the local teachers union, a mayor's race pitting «old» vs. «new» Newark (read: Sharpe revanchists vs. Cory defenders), and the aspirations of what Curvin calls the «resource distributors» — those who view the power and wealth allocation opportunities of the school system as an end in itself.

Brockman's bill for achievement school districts — a reform that could grant for - profit charters the ability to wring control of a low - performing school from a local school district — is not about teachers, he insists.

Federal compulsion will not bring about better schools in a country that has a two century history of local control.

In this movement, some researchers saw democracy in action as power devolved from the state to local schools, sometimes culminating in outside stakeholder involvement.147 Many contentions about site - based management, community control of schools, community schools, and school choice were based on democratic and communitarian theory.148 Some researchers and policy makers influenced by economic theory have begun to view the relationship between schools and communities differently.

This helps them to make informed decisions about their children's education, whether the school is under the control of a local authority, run by a MAT or is a standalone academy.

Finally, one of the best things about our school is the amount of local control.

The resulting substantial waivers to the stringent requirements of NCLB, the proliferation of high - stakes testing across the states, and the concerns about the loss of control over public schools by local communities proved too much.

Shirley said the return of schools to local control should not be about the successful turnaround of the once - failing school — but the condition of the entity that initially failed it.

We need one, and actually, the solution is simple enough: If Governor Brown is serious, as it seems he is, about valuing local control and local decision - making, then the goal of state policy should be to foster a vibrant and locally - responsive set of service providers that can provide ongoing professional development, coaching, and support to schools and districts.

Ofsted's rankings illustrate these differences by ranking councils in terms of the inspection judgements made about schools in their areas, including academies which are outside of local authority control.

In addition to the shock of the initial test results, there has been growing concern about whether implementation of the standards will reduce local control of schools and make it easier for the federal government to dictate what schools teach.

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You can also find information about trustees, local governors, the accounting officer and financial officer of each single or multi-academy trust, and about the governors of maintained, foundation, voluntary - aided or voluntary - controlled schools.

This project sought to answer state policymakers» immediate questions about early implementation of California's new school finance system, the Local Control Funding Formula.

The letter is one of the most powerful statements to date about the failure of the corporate education reform industry agenda and the need to re-take control of our public schools and preserve local control, parental involvement and the values inherent in a true system of public education.

They will talk about local control and will tweak accountability formulas, but the educational system will likely still be controlled in a top - down fashion instead of a bottom - up approach like California recently introduced for school finance.

Black students and families are the main consumers of public charter schools in New Orleans and have been most vocal about the lack of diversity in the teaching staff and school leadership as well as a lack of local control over the city's schools.

In order to inform community discussions about the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) in SCUSD and at individual school sites, below are links to all «Required Data» (per the Legislative Analyst's Office) associated with each Priority laid out in the LCAP by the State of California.

And to address years of concerns about his signature 2013 law, the Local Control Funding Formula, Brown is finally ready to require that school districts be more transparent about how the funds are used and how this spending promotes the stated goal of the law: to get more help to English - language learners, foster students and students from impoverished families.

The new legislation returns control of about $ 40 million in federal dollars to local school officials.

To help educators become that trusted voice, ASCD's next issue of Policy Points, to be released in the coming weeks, dispels those aforementioned Common Core myths, addressing widespread questions about federal involvement and local control of schools as well as other misunderstandings related to the standards» relationship to curriculum, their cost to states, student privacy, and more.

Mr. Naeyaert spoke nary a word about the Governor's decisions to strip local control for the schools away from Detroit, the disbanding of the elected school board, or the disastrous working and learning conditions in Detroit's schools that have necessitated the recent sick outs in the city.

Plaintiffs alleged in their lawsuit that HB7069 took away some of the constitutional powers to make decisions about public schools and undermined local control of public schools.

Mr. Fulop said he supports wresting control of city schools from the state eventually, but his initial plans include diverting a portion of local revenues collected from tax - abated properties to city - school recreational programs and finding space for more charter schools (the city has about 10 charters now, with one slated to close.)

In California, recent policy shifts have created a high degree of local control with the expectation that school districts will think differently about school and district improvement.