Sentences with phrase «as education reform legislation»

The school commission's response is built on the same logic as the education reform legislation President Bush steered through Congress last year: It trades greater flexibility for tougher accountability.

Not exact matches

He championed legislation that made a difference for tens of thousands of families such as the STAR program and education and real property tax reform.

Still, even as a number of other measures melted away from the budget talks, Cuomo stuck with including education reforms, as well as ethics legislation, in the final budget agreement.

The measure, known as the Education, Labor and Family Assistance budget bill, included a suite of ethics reform legislation that address client disclosure for state lawmakers who are attorneys as well as per diem and campaign finance reform.

But the education reform legislation as proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo was always considered to be a heavier lift in the Assembly, where the state's teachers» unions are especially close with lawmakers.

During her appointment, she set a high bar, and had a powerful track record: 95 percent of Richmond's lowest performing schools achieved full accreditation under Virginia's Standards of Learning reform legislation, and the district improved from 18 percent to 91.7 percent of all schools meeting this standard as measured by the State Department of Education.

Key members of the House education committee are drafting legislation that would fold 11 federal education programs, including major initiatives such as Goals 2000, into a $ 1.4 billion block grant designed to spur reforms.

It should not come as surprise that even after the extraordinarily ambitious school finance reform legislation is fully implemented, in some — and perhaps even in many — districts the quality of a student's education will still be dependent on where a child is born, and on the wealth of his or her parents.

In order to maximize profits from reforming and privatizing public education, it's essential that as many states as possible adopt reform legislation as quickly as possible.

The agenda, which was unveiled at ASCD's 2009 Annual Conference, is designed to help the Association, its members, and other educators influence policy discussions and decisions regarding federal education legislation as well as reforms at the state and local levels.

As important school choice and education reform legislation approaches action in the full chamber, we will alert you to key votes.

This key legislation served as the foundation for recent education reforms.

Educator effectiveness is a top Obama administration reform priority, and ASCD will be working to enact this important legislation and advocating its inclusion as a central part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization.

As the 2004 presidential campaign takes shape, President Bush's education platform emphasizes the education reforms he advocated in the «No Child Left Behind» legislation enacted in 2002.

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce is advancing a series of legislation designed to reform elementary and secondary education law, currently known as No Child LefEducation and the Workforce is advancing a series of legislation designed to reform elementary and secondary education law, currently known as No Child Lefeducation law, currently known as No Child Left Behind.

Just a few weeks ago, Bridgeport, Windham and other school districts cheered when the Legislature approved and Governor Malloy signed legislation that allocates an additional $ 98 million as part of the new «education reform» act.

The network was created at part of the education reform legislation passed by the state legislature earlier this year to turn around schools, such as the Milner Core Knowledge Academy at 104 Vine Street, considered one of the 25 lowest - performing schools in Connecticut.

Congressman Bishop spent his career as a public school teacher in Box Elder County and Senator Stephenson led the effort to pass Utah's initial charter school legislation and continues to play a key role in Utah's education reform movement.

Especially with a cadre of new governors and legislators taking office, along with issues that intersect with education such as criminal justice reform on the agenda, reformers should use the time now to pass meaningful legislation that will help all of our children.

In his time in the legislature he has passed significant education reform legislation such as expanding choice options for children with special needs, children trapped in failing schools as well as the nation's largest Educational Savings Account program.

As originally proposed, Malloy's «education reform» initiative was the most anti-teacher, anti-union education reform legislation proposed by any Democratic governor in the nation.

His corporate education reform legislation is widely recognized as the most anti-teacher piece of legislation ever introduced by a Democratic governor.

MYTH: The main problem with education is the lazy or incompetent teacher, who is protected by corrupt unions and supervised by out - of - control local school councils, so the key to reform is a system of rewards and punishments and the dismantling of rights to organize (as with state legislation currently under debate).