Sentences with phrase «as some reformers put»

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«I admit that I have always harbored an exaggerated view of my self - importance — to put it bluntly, I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes (each with his General Theory) or, even better, a scientist like Einstein» George Soros

For the reformers the Bible was a treasure trove of divine wisdom to be heard, read, marked, learned, and inwardly digested, as the Book of Common Prayer's collect for the second Sunday in Advent puts it, to the end that «we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life,....

For the reformers the Bible was a treasure trove of divine wisdom to be heard, read, marked, learned, and inwardly digested, as the Book of Common Prayer's collect for the second Sunday in Advent puts it, to the end that «we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou has given us in our Savior Jesus Christ.»

«He is a bona - fide reformer, and I know as Attorney General he'll put equal and fair justice above all.

Robert Redford puts in a stellar performance as a zealous prison reformer in this meditation on the ardor of idealism.

I'm referring, of course, to the decision to appoint John King (another smart, committed reformer and all - around great guy) as «acting» Education Secretary for an entire year, rather than put him through the Senate confirmation process.

In truth, as Jon Schnur, the original architect of Obama's Race to the Top initiative puts it, «No serious reformer says accountability should just be based on test scores.

As longtime reformer Michael Fullan puts it in a recent paper, «The key to system - wide success is to situate the energy of... read more

As one put it, school reformers who hoped to receive NASDC grants had to «cast aside their old notions about schooling — to start with a clean sheet of paper, and be bold and creative in their thinking, and to give us ideas that address comprehensive, systemic change for all students for whole schools.»

When you consider all the ways in which American public education harms the lives of children black and brown as well as denies them brighter futures, it is critical that reformers put as much energy into transforming the systems as some are doing in taking down Confederate statues in public parks.

I agree that poorly prepared teachers is one cause of the high dropout rate, but as with most problems, many causes exist, including an anti-intellectual culture that values over-paid athletes and celebrities w / no obvious talent (e.g. Kim Kardashian); parents who think all their male children will grow up to be Yankees so never put books in the kids» hands; pseudo education reformers who sell a narrative that a first year teacher is no different from a veteran with a grad degree and thirty years teaching experience, administrators who hire based on coaching rather than teaching, school boards that cut library programs rather than sports, etc..

As Congress prepares to consider reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act and presidential hopefuls gear up for their 2008 campaigns, those who carry the mantle of school reformer are doing what they can to put the issue at the front and center of the nation's agenda.

What these reformers should do now is call upon the Obama Administration to call off the waiver gambit, fully embrace the approach to accountability put in place under No Child, and begin negotiating with congressional leaders on a reauthorization of the law as it should have done a long time ago.

Is that putting the interests of kids ahead of adults, as the reformers suggest we should always to do?

As the Courant knows, Dan Malloy and the «education reformers» have put an inordinate weight on the role of standardized testing (i.e. his comment that he supports teaching to the test so the test scores go up).

As always, JRP has unravelled the complexites of the issues for all of us in elegant and substantive prose that puts the robotic machinations of the «reformers» to shame.

Although corporate education reformers love to talk about providing students with «school choice,» this latest effort to put another Achievement First, Inc. school in the North - end would mean that the children of Clark any remaining public school children would be provided «choice,» as long as their «choice» was a charter school.

One reason for this holding was the fact that the old law was, as Justice MacDonnell put it, «the subject of uniformly withering criticism from law reformers, academics and all levels of the Canadian judiciary for more than 30 years» (par.