Sentences with phrase «aimed at failing schools»

The Allentown Morning Call wrote Sunday that «Corbett said he wants vouchers «aimed at failing schools,» where parents, if they choose, «should be able to go the public school next door... or that private school... and take that money and get that opportunity.»

Not exact matches

And DiNapoli notes that state lawmakers had little time to consider changes to the state's education policy — which included measures aimed at new teacher evaluation criteria, changes to teacher tenure and plans to close schools deemed to be struggling or failing.

Capping charters in a certain neighborhood, for instance, is a shot aimed directly at parents in Harlem — where a proliferation of charters is starting to offer real alternatives to failing district schools.

New York's controversial receivership law that allows for the takeover of failing public schools withstood a court challenge by the teachers union, with a state Supreme Court judge this week rejecting a number of arguments aimed at deeming the statute unconstitutional.

Having been a part of two failed efforts to bring a form of IR to my own school, I sense that this video is aimed in large part at their own school staff as a means to encourage reluctant colleagues to take a risk and join the cohort.

Policymakers should focus on «translating» diverse political interests and adjudicating conflicts between them to arrive at goals regarding what should be taught, the rewards offered for getting the job done, and the sanctions aimed at those schools or individuals consistently failing to improve.

18, no. 2), Dan Goldhaber takes aim at my new book, The Testing Charade: Pretending to Make Schools Better, in which I argue that test - based accountability has failed on balance and that it is time to explore alternatives.

Hundred of mayors attending the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Orlando this weekend unanimously endorsed «parent trigger» laws that are aimed at giving parents the opportunity to force immediate changes to failing schools, reports Stephanie Simon of Reuters.

New York City school officials who fail to embrace education initiatives aimed at producing «heightened accountability» may be removed from office, the New York Board of Regents has warned.

Now, the Motor City is taking aim at a crisis of equal proportions — its failing schools — with an unprecedented gamble on school leadership.

As a first step, Gov. Chris Gregoire has brokered bills, now before lawmakers, that would revamp teacher and principal evaluations, give the state power to intervene in failing schools and strengthen other policies aimed at helping Washington compete.

'' [A] nother governor lamented that his state's plan «stymies any attempt to hold schools accountable for student performance and includes provisions aimed at preserving the status quo in failing schools.»»

Racine Unified Break - Apart Plan Similar to the failed takeover maneuver aimed at Milwaukee Public Schools, Republican lawmakers included a break - apart plan that targets the Racine Unified School District.

Similar to the failed takeover maneuver aimed at Milwaukee Public Schools, Republican lawmakers included a break - apart plan that targets the Racine Unified School District.

Republicans have defended the small increase by pointing out that they are setting aside money in other education programs, such as one aimed at helping students in failing schools, or giving bonuses to select teachers.

Charter Proponents Focus On Shutting Down Failing Schools On Wednesday morning, NACSA head Greg Richmond will join New Jersey Schools Commissioner Chris Cerf and California charter schools advocate Jed Wallace at Washington D.C.'s National Press Club to announce a new campaign, «One Million Lives,» that aims to crack the whip on thSchools On Wednesday morning, NACSA head Greg Richmond will join New Jersey Schools Commissioner Chris Cerf and California charter schools advocate Jed Wallace at Washington D.C.'s National Press Club to announce a new campaign, «One Million Lives,» that aims to crack the whip on thSchools Commissioner Chris Cerf and California charter schools advocate Jed Wallace at Washington D.C.'s National Press Club to announce a new campaign, «One Million Lives,» that aims to crack the whip on thschools advocate Jed Wallace at Washington D.C.'s National Press Club to announce a new campaign, «One Million Lives,» that aims to crack the whip on the duds.

If they can not find any position at all, they should aim their anger at the universities with law schools that have, in their self - interest, bloated up far out of proportion to the needs of the economy and also stopped failing anyone since the early 90s.