Sentences with phrase «by education reformers»

I have previously written in this space an analysis of the promise and perils of the embrace of soft skills by education reformers.

The film also explores innovative approaches taken by education reformers and charter schools that have refused to leave their students behind.

I have previously written in this space an analysis of the promise and perils of the embrace of soft skills by education reformers.

Voters have a choice between Thurmond, the status quo candidate embraced by the teachers» unions, and Tuck, the change advocate supported by education reformers like former Obama administration Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and retired Rep. George Miller.

In an effort to start a new school that provides the type of education being advocated by education reformers like Tony Wagner, Sir Ken Robinson, and Daniel Pink, I am preparing a charter application for Da Vinci High School which will provide an opportunity for students to discover their passions and pursue them.

The Wal - Mart heiress» money went exclusively to independent expenditure efforts controlled by education reformers.

Designed to reflect changes in math instruction being called for by education reformers, these questions required students to spend up to five...

Influential thinkers like Jim Collins, author of Good to Great; Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter; Harvard Business School professor and author of The Innovator's Dilemma, Clay Christensen; and In Search of Excellence author Tom Peters, who are often asked to address national education conferences and are prominently cited by education reformers, were not assigned in any courses in the sample.

«The reasons teachers are leaving the profession has little to do with the reasons most frequently touted by education reformers, such as pay or student behavior,» said Dunn, assistant professor of teacher education.

Around the country, new evaluation systems pushed by education reformers in the hope of weeding out low - performing teachers have generally disappointed their proponents, as they have identified relatively few teachers as subpar.

The typically overlooked race for state superintendent of public instruction is under a national microscope as it pits incumbent Tom Torlakson, a former teacher closely aligned with labor unions and the school establishment, against fellow Democrat Marshall Tuck, a charter school administrator backed by education reformers who advocate for controversial policy shifts like school vouchers and changes to teacher employment laws.

New Orleans» nearly full - scale conversion to charter schools after Katrina has been closely watched by education reformers around the country, many claiming the city's bold move might be a harbinger of the reform needed to rescue other struggling urban districts.

In fact, the most well - known purveyor of the philosophy is probably the Knowledge Is Power Program's (KIPP) charter schools, which are frequently pointed to by education reformers as the model for the future of uplifting poor children, and which distinguish themselves in part by rating those students that don't dropout on their «character,» an amorphous concept KIPP defines as «grit, zest, self - control, optimism, gratitude, social intelligence, and curiosity.»

Taken together, the level of spending by the education reformers broke all Connecticut records for a referendum vote.

She says they are all «demoralized» today because they are all under attack by education reformers.

School choice has risen in the past decade due to an increased emphasis by education reformers on charter schools, magnet schools and school vouchers (Goldring and Phillips 2008).

On a typical school day several weeks ago, sixth graders in blue pleated skirts and ties flipped through new primary source books on colonial America, part of the school's newly streamlined curriculum provided by Amplify, the digital education product company favored by education reformers.

However, embracing the belief that good teachers make good schools, Guggenheim offers hope by exploring innovative approaches taken by education reformers and charter schools that have — in reshaping the culture — refused to leave their students behind.

Unfortunately, his favored style reform has failed in the past and should not be supported by education reformers.

ESA's, known as «Vouchers 2.0» by education reformers, offer parents the option to receive money in an account that they can use for private school tuition and other educational expenses to supplement learning or in lieu of sending their children to public schools.