Not exact matches
Teachers need to be able to
articulate their own professional development, record evidence and clearly demonstrate that they are reaching their targets and working towards a common
goal to improve the
educational outcomes of their pupils.
Independent groups start charter schools with public - school funds, yet in return for a renewal process based on achieving
goals articulated in a charter document, they have more flexibility around management and
educational programs: their teachers need not be unionized, for example.
In the process, Obama and Duncan are retreating from the very commitment of federal education policy,
articulated through No Child, to set clear
goals for improving student achievement in reading and mathematics, to declare to urban, suburban, and rural districts that they could no longer continue to commit
educational malpractice against poor and minority children, and to end policies that damn children to low expectations.