Sentences with phrase «based education reform agenda»

By the early 1990s, attempts to improve public education had morphed into the standards - based education reform agenda, often called test - based accountability.

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Termed the «New York Promise Agenda,» the broad - based proposals include criminal justice reform, voting access, women's rights protections, fighting homelessness, preventing faith - based discrimination, protecting the environment, and improving immigrants rights and access to education.

Is it a fundamental principle on which to base an entire education reform agenda?

Together, they pushed an education reform agenda, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), that emphasized higher standards and more accountability, a results - based approach that parents liked.

Additionally, Reville was the executive director of the Pew Forum on Standards - Based Reform, a Harvard - based, national education policy think tank that convened leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to set the national standards agBased Reform, a Harvard - based, national education policy think tank that convened leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to set the national standards agbased, national education policy think tank that convened leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to set the national standards agenda.

He is the former executive director of the Pew Forum on Standards - Based Reform, a Harvard - based, national education policy «think tank» which convened the U.S.'s leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to set the national «standards» agBased Reform, a Harvard - based, national education policy «think tank» which convened the U.S.'s leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to set the national «standards» agbased, national education policy «think tank» which convened the U.S.'s leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to set the national «standards» agenda.

Republicans have a significant opportunity in next year's election to win on the education issue by continuing their push for a reform - based education agenda and arguing against the idea that more money without real structural reform can fix the ills of our education system.

This response committed to a reform agenda for teacher education that aimed to add rigour to the system and provide a stronger evidence base for ITE in Australia.

Creating new resources, processes, and values is hard and gradual work — The temptation of any reform agenda — especially one as rational and intuitive as competency - based education — is to imagine that vis - a-vis policy change or of their own will, schools can simply flip a switch and suddenly exist in this new, mastery - based paradigm.

President Obama's education agenda includes two key programs that reward states that adopt or expand these test - based reforms of teacher evaluation.

Those concerned about the future of public education should not be fooled: the agenda of these players is about privatization and market - based reform.

ASCD's 2012 Legislative Agenda, which outlines the association's public policy priorities for the year, calls for whole child — based education reforms.

Prior to joining the Patrick Administration, Mr. Reville had chaired the Massachusetts State Board of Education, founded the Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy, co-founded the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE), chaired the Massachusetts Reform Review Commission, chaired the Massachusetts Commission on Time and Learning, and served as executive director of the Pew Forum on Standards - Based Reform, a national think tank which convened the U.S.'s leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to set the national standards agenda.

Unsurprisingly, a person with such a low regard for teachers has bought in to the entire corporate education reform agenda of test based accountability and choice.

In addition to «The Big Six,» other organizations that are presently lobbying Connecticut legislators in favor of the charter school and «education reform» agenda include the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, the North East Charter Schools Network, Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school chain with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more public funds.

Like much that takes place in public education these days, this effort to secure state approval fits the «corporate education reform» agenda, is based on misleading information and deception, and will result in further undermining established teacher training programs while — at the same time — continuing to enrich those who seek to profit and privatize public education.

Pushing his education reform agenda, Bush called for ending teacher tenure, implementing teacher evaluations and compensation based on standardized test scores and utilizing alternative paths to certification / licensure.

Her focus is on education, where the teachers unions have blocked meaningful reforms for years; protecting bad teachers from being terminated, promoting based on seniority instead of merit, taking over local school boards with hand - picked, union - financed candidates, attacking charter schools, prioritizing teacher compensation and job security over student achievement, and pushing a social agenda in front of academic fundamentals.