Sentences with phrase «as an education reformer»

That is the case in 2016, as education reformers struggle with the meaning of choice and opportunity two decades after founding the first charter schools and voucher programs.

Eager to showcase his compassion, he drew upon his record as an education reformer in Texas to make the case for educational accountability.

ne month after being named Florida's «superintendent of the year» by her peers in December, MaryEllen Elia was booted from her job in a 4 - 3 vote that stirred debate there and nationally as education reformers rallied to her defense.

One month after being named Florida's «superintendent of the year» by her peers in December, MaryEllen Elia was booted from her job in a 4 - 3 vote that stirred debate there and nationally as education reformers rallied to her defense.

As education reformers who focus so much attention on innovation I often find that we miss opportunities to strengthen our work by maintaining what was effectively working in the schools we are helping turn around.

As chair of the Education Committee, (he's perhaps best known as his role as an education reformer, and lead paintiff in the CFE case), Jackson fought to get PCBs out of classrooms and to phase out dirty boilers that polluted the air.

FERA would seal their fates as education reformers when Virginia Gilder, then the wife of one of their major political reform benefactors, Wall Street financier Richard Gilder, asked Carroll what she could do to help fix the schools.

On the Ed Next blog, Mike Petrilli writes about some of the approaches education reformers should consider embracing if we want to give less affluent kids a better shot at moving up: 1) working harder to identify talented children from low - income (and middle - income) communities and then providing the challenge and support to launch them into the New Elite via top - tier universities, and / or 2) being more realistic about the kind of social mobility we hope to spur as education reformers.

Support Betsy DeVos For Secretary Of Education January 2, 2017 by Grant Callen As education reformers and school choice supporters, we now have an unprecedented opportunity to express support for one of our own to become the U.S. Secretary of Education.

After a tenure that earned him a reputation as an education reformer, Vallas was replaced in 2001 by Arne Duncan, who later became U.S. Secretary of Education.

The article focuses on Vergara's guiding light — David Welch, a tech titan who has found a second career as an education reformer.

As education reformer Larry Sand writes for UnionWatch in his recent post «Bain Explained ``:

Brill is a fan of Shanker as an education reformer (and says nice things about my biography of Shanker), but throughout the book, Brill unfortunately voices much of same class bias reflected by NEA members.

While President George W. Bush left office with an uncertain education legacy — his signature initiative, No Child Left Behind, has had mixed results — Governor Bush of Texas achieved genuine success as an education reformer, and the state's schools still bear the mark of his influence.

It matters a great deal whether these claims are true not simply because the truth matters, but because DeVos was nominated due to her record as an education reformer.

Significantly, neither of them likely views himself as an education reformer since their work is not specific to a particular setting, demographic, or type of school.

Indeed, as an education reformer, I find the survey encouraging.

As education reformers and school choice supporters, we now have an unprecedented opportunity to express support for one of our own to become the U.S. Secretary of Education.

As education reformers, we have to invest our time and effort to earn that trust if we want transformational change for communities.

This does not mean that as education reformers we have to abdicate having an agenda.

«As education reformers, it is important to strive to innovate education so every child in our country can compete in the 21stcentury with the rest of the world.

One would think Democrats who identify themselves as education reformers would fight for immigrants in state houses and in Congress.