Sentences with phrase «attention as an education reform»

By Rosemary Carey, Michigan Education Association In just a short period of time, Romulus Middle School went from being one of the 108 Michigan schools labeled «Persistently Lowest Achieving Schools» to the center of national attention as an education reform...

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I'm a little pessimistic, because faculty members come out of graduate schools with a loyalty to a particular field, and it's very hard to get their attention or arouse their passion for larger sets of problems, such as pedagogy or the reform of theological education.

In an era of widespread disagreement on education reform, increased confidence in local control of education, and the absence of a dominant theory on where reform goes from here, visionary mayors are emerging as leaders of thought and action in defining a new role for municipalities to play in developing and educating young people, with particular attention to children living in poverty.

With our focus on closing the achievement gap between blacks and whites, framing reform as the «civil rights issue of our time,» and the attention and praise we have heaped on inner - city charter schools — one of reform's few bona fide success stories — we have tacitly made education reform a race - based endeavor.

It isn't, at least, to anybody paying attention to the past decade of school «reform,» which has attempted to run America's public education system as a business.

The Bridgeport Board of Education race has garnered national attention and is now seen as proof that parents, teachers and public school advocates can use elections to beat back the corporate education reform Education race has garnered national attention and is now seen as proof that parents, teachers and public school advocates can use elections to beat back the corporate education reform education reform industry.

Los Angeles Unified School Board Election Has Nation's Attention The race for three Los Angeles Unified school board seats has drawn more than $ 4 million in donations — as well as the attention of education leaders nationwide — as the district's powerful unions and the reform movement battle for control of public eAttention The race for three Los Angeles Unified school board seats has drawn more than $ 4 million in donations — as well as the attention of education leaders nationwide — as the district's powerful unions and the reform movement battle for control of public eattention of education leaders nationwide — as the district's powerful unions and the reform movement battle for control of public education.

As thought leaders debated the future of American public education during the Department of Education's «Education Drive America» 2012 Bus Tour this week, and with more news that the nation's students are falling behind, attention is once again turning to the next great hope in education reform: the Common Core State Seducation during the Department of Education's «Education Drive America» 2012 Bus Tour this week, and with more news that the nation's students are falling behind, attention is once again turning to the next great hope in education reform: the Common Core State SEducation's «Education Drive America» 2012 Bus Tour this week, and with more news that the nation's students are falling behind, attention is once again turning to the next great hope in education reform: the Common Core State SEducation Drive America» 2012 Bus Tour this week, and with more news that the nation's students are falling behind, attention is once again turning to the next great hope in education reform: the Common Core State Seducation reform: the Common Core State Standards.

In the past two decades, however, schools have undergone a period of constant reform and restructuring, and the talk surrounding public education has become mean - spirited and antagonistic, giving greater attention to vouchers, «choice,» charter schools, and winner - take - all high - stakes tests as the only viable solutions to the crisis in public education.

One reason D.C.'s education reforms attracted significant attention across the country was their timing: DCPS started using IMPACT to evaluate teachers during the 2009 — 2010 school year, just as the education reform organization The New Teacher Project (TNTP) released a report recommending that districts develop evaluation systems that rate teachers «based on their effectiveness in promoting student achievement.»

The result of all of this work is emerging as The California Way, which builds on a collaborative team approach to positive education change and is now attracting national attention as an alternative to test - driven reform.

Some of DCPS's education reform efforts, such as teacher evaluations and school closures, have drawn a lot of attention.

Recently there has been growing attention in education reform literature on the benefits of using students» voices as a tool for actively engaging students» in the decision - making processes that effect their educational experiences.