Sentences with phrase «accountable system of public school»

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Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of issues with mayoral control, includnig student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable for the public school system as compared to the previous community board system.»

Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of issues with mayoral control, including student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable for the public school system as compared to the previous community board system.»

Critics have carped that the Bloomberg - led system fails to give parents sufficient voice — whatever that means — but the current arrangement is a night - and - day improvement over the old Board of Education, which was not only less accountable to the public, but failed at its most basic mission: improving our schools and teaching our kids.

The selection has raised larger questions about who should finance education, how schools should be held accountable, and even how we define the value of a public school system.

Many states have reformed their teacher evaluation systems to hold public school teachers accountable for the academic achievement of their students.

The public school system has mostly failed to provide those urban minority communities with the same quality of educational opportunities as their white peers, and in the early 90s policy leaders of both parties said enough was enough and began to support the charter school concept: public schools that would be independent from school district bureaucracies, free to innovate and more accountable for results.

The NYS Charter Schools Act of 1998 was created for the following purposes: • Improve student learning and achievement; • Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at - risk of academic failure; • Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods; • Create new professional opportunities for teachers, school administrators and other school personnel; • Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and • Provide schools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement rSchools Act of 1998 was created for the following purposes: • Improve student learning and achievement; • Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at - risk of academic failure; • Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods; • Create new professional opportunities for teachers, school administrators and other school personnel; • Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and • Provide schools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement rschools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement rschools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement results.

It also offers a window into the N.C. Department of Public Instruction's struggles to hold charter schools accountable as the schools become a larger piece of the state's public education sPublic Instruction's struggles to hold charter schools accountable as the schools become a larger piece of the state's public education spublic education system.

Coalition Members: Our Community, Our Schools, Alliance AFT, Coalition for an Accountable System of Education, Dallas AFL - CIO Central Labor Council, LULAC District III, NEA Dallas, Texas State Teachers Association, North Texas Jobs with Justice, Dallas Friends of Public Education, Texas Organizing Project, Foundation for Community Empowerment, Tejano Democrats, Stop the Takeover, Texas AFT, Mexican American Democrats, Oak Cliff Coalition of the Arts, Association of Hispanic School Administrators, Zen Holmes Community Outreach Center, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans and Service Employees International Union.

And as a bonus suggestion, how about placing something at the bottom of every report so that we the citizens can hold legislators and our fellow voters accountable for the public school system they create?

Charters are tuition - free public schools open to all, independent of the traditional public school systems, and free to choose their own educational programs while being held accountable for improved student performance.

Beyond that, the Board seeks $ 960,000 in new ongoing funding to hold itself and the Utah State Office of Education more fiscally accountable and shore up data security in the state's public school system.

They argue that the tax - credit programs draw needed funds out of the public school system, redirecting money to private schools that aren't accountable for student performance.