Sentences with phrase «changes in school governance»

It would be very nice to believe that if only unions would get out of the way, we could make enormous strides with fairly simple changes in school governance and human capital policies.

«Changes in School Governance and Principals» Roles: Changing Jurisdictions, New Power Dynamics, and Conflict in Restructured Schools.»

In fact, Moe concludes that incremental change in school governance and practice is the best option both because of the clear preferences of the American public and the low risk attached to staging change over time.

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Seeing the upcoming mayor's race as an opportunity to make some much - needed changes to school governance in New York City, the UFT has reconstituted its School Governance Commschool governance in New York City, the UFT has reconstituted its School Governance governance in New York City, the UFT has reconstituted its School Governance CommSchool Governance Governance Committee.

In discussing how the school system's governance structure should be changed, the candidates contended that local districts and superintendents needed to be re-empowered.

Just look back to the fight over renewing mayoral control of schools in 2009, the administration staunchly resisted governance changes.

These included changing the format of Panel for Educational Policy meetings to allow for more public comment, revising the city's school closing and co-location processes to make it more difficult for the city to close or co-locate schools, adding parent training centers so that parents in groups like the Community Education Councils can participate knowledgeably in the structures of governance, and restoring a degree of authority to district superintendents vis - à - vis principals.

A new report by the Environmental Change Institute (ECI) at the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford concludes that better governance could have lessened the impact on the poorest and most vulnerable, and affected populations have been let down by the authorities in the past.

In an executive summary made available to Education Week last week, the report's authors outline two distinct approaches to school governance that state lawmakers could tap to make changes in unsuccessful schools and districtIn an executive summary made available to Education Week last week, the report's authors outline two distinct approaches to school governance that state lawmakers could tap to make changes in unsuccessful schools and districtin unsuccessful schools and districts.

Today's advocates for better schools are insurgent groups that challenge the establishment by encouraging parents to engage actively in K - 12 reform efforts, demanding major changes in school choice and teacher policies, as well as school governance.

This potential shift to a fully academised system presents an extensive yet, in NGA's view, underplayed change, one where all schools are effectively moved into the third sector and so bringing about a transformation to governance by trusteeship.

They need real governance change in the form of state takeover, outsourcing of their schools (perhaps to a «recovery» district), and maybe even closing the district.

And though the authors of this report acknowledge the «countless intervening factors» that «no doubt affect a school board member's ability to influence district achievement» and which they haven't covered in this report, they nevertheless provide an invaluable guide to policymakers for making a few simple changes in board governance that could effect major improvements for student academic performance.

It calls into question a central tenet of many school reform initiatives — that educational improvement will come through changes in school structure and governance.

Reform efforts such as school choice, charter schools, reconstituting schools, and reducing class size all rest on the belief that changes in structure or governance will result in higher student achievement.

And a number of community groups proposed other changes in the system's governance — including the suggestion that Mayor Michael R. White appoint the school board.

Since systemic reform requires big changes in philosophy and policy, these three pieces were particularly welcome: David Osborne applied his steer / row framework to teacher empowerment in charters, Politico showed what D.C.'s robust charter sector is accomplishing, and Fordham offered a terrific taxonomy of state - level school governance.

After all, Cuban concludes, changes in governance, school size, curriculum, and organization «have had few effects on classroom practices and, consequently, students» academic outcomes.»

In light of the recent and wide ranging changes within the education sector, the Co-operative Group sought to understand the practices, values and impacts of different models of school governance and engagement to inform the development of a sustainable, impactful model of future activity within education.

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Changing governance arrangements clearly can make a difference in the way urban public school systems function, but such a strategy requires the right combination of ingredients - committed and skilled leadership by the mayor, willingness to use scarce resources, a stable coalition of supporters, appropriate education policies, and a cadre of competent, committed professionals to implement the reforms.

The Governance Committee of the Metro Nashville School Board met on Saturday and made recommendations for policy changes that will result in more financial transparency for all schools, including publicly - funded, privately run charter schools.

Even as a commission spent the past two years planning for the largest school district merger in the nation's history — the former Memphis city district and an adjacent suburban system became the unified 140,000 - student, 222 - school Shelby County district on July 1 — the landscape of governance within the legacy city school system was changing rapidly to favor parental choice and more autonomous schools.

Nor do I think these two changes would completely resolve the political interference in local school governance.

It allows parents, via a petition, to force change in the governance of a failing school should the petitioners get a majority of parents to sign on.

Working in partnership with state associations, for example, NSBA recently launched two initiatives to support school boards: an update of its school governance guide, the «Key Work of School Boards,» and a «Leading the Change Toolkit» to guide school boards» efforts to turn around chronically low - performing scschool boards: an update of its school governance guide, the «Key Work of School Boards,» and a «Leading the Change Toolkit» to guide school boards» efforts to turn around chronically low - performing scschool governance guide, the «Key Work of School Boards,» and a «Leading the Change Toolkit» to guide school boards» efforts to turn around chronically low - performing scSchool Boards,» and a «Leading the Change Toolkit» to guide school boards» efforts to turn around chronically low - performing scschool boards» efforts to turn around chronically low - performing schools.

Malloy's bill required that school governance councils be given the opportunity to; (1) to review the fiscal objectives of the draft budget for the school and provide advice before it was submitted, (2) participate in the hiring process of administrators, (3) work with school administration to develop and approve a school compact, (4) be involved in developing and approving a written parent involvement policy outlining the role of parents in the school, (5) participate in analyzing school achievement data and school needs relative to the improvement plan for the school, (6) assist the principal in making programmatic and operational changes for improving the school's achievement and the list goes on.

stipulates that if 50 percent +1 of the parents of children in a failing school sign a petition, it can «trigger» a change in the governance of that school either by getting rid of some teachers, firing the principal, shutting the school down or turning it into a charter school.

Under the law, if a majority of parents with children at a failing public school sign a petition, they can «trigger» a change in the school's governance, forcing the school district to adopt one of a handful of reforms: getting rid of some teachers, firing the principal, shutting the school down, or turning it into a charter school.

The law stipulates that if 50 percent +1 of the parents of children in a failing school sign a petition, it can «trigger» a change in the governance of that school either by getting rid of some teachers, firing the principal, shutting the school down or turning it into a charter school.

And instead of demanding the bill be stopped until these issues are resolved, the Executive Director of the organization responsible for promoting and preserving Connecticut's school athletic programs is backing Governor Malloy's version and condemning any changes that would bolster the role of teachers and unions in the school governance process.

The District has made a good faith effort to implement the 2007 law that placed public schools under mayoral control, but there is no evidence that the change in governance has been a factor in improved standardized test scores, according to the first major independent study of D.C. school reform.

A change in local governance, however, will not address a very significant issue that the School District of Philadelphia faces: inadequate state funding to provide all students in the District with the educational opportunities they need to meet state standards and graduate ready for work or further education and a bright future.

The research highlighted here illustrates that school turnaround is possible in the presence of a concerted strategy that incorporates evidenced - based best practices: Aggressive action on the part of school districts, resources and requirements, governance and staffing changes, data - driven decision making, and a focus on school culture and nonacademic supports for disadvantaged students.

For the sake of this article, governance efficacy is defined as the power of school boards, among others, to change the face of education in their communities through positive and appropriate policymaking, equitable resource allocation and transparent accountability for all stakeholders.

Our Theory of Action for Change is training school board - superintendent teams in Reform Governance ® in Action to create and empower more effective and productive governaGovernance ® in Action to create and empower more effective and productive governancegovernance teams.

In the end, Connecticut lawmakers gave parents a consolation prize in the form of school governance councils, which are parent - led advisory bodies that have legal standing to recommend extensive changes in troubled schoolIn the end, Connecticut lawmakers gave parents a consolation prize in the form of school governance councils, which are parent - led advisory bodies that have legal standing to recommend extensive changes in troubled schoolin the form of school governance councils, which are parent - led advisory bodies that have legal standing to recommend extensive changes in troubled schoolin troubled schools.

The law outlines five options for change: Replace all or most of the school staff; contract with a private entity to operate the school as a public campus; reopen the school as a charter school; restructure the school's governance through staff changes or other means; or turn the operation of the school over to the state Department of Education, which has indicated it's not interested in such takeovers.

«The changes dictated by the settlement explore every possible way to get the school back to free tuition; give students, faculty and alumni a powerful role in Cooper's governance; and create a more fiscally conservative approach supported by a reshaped Board of Trustees.

Bren visiting lecturer and co-founder of the Bren School's Governance for Sustainable Development Program Durwood Zaelke discusses a variety of issues related to climate change in a March 12 interview on E&E TV, a division of the environmental news service E&E Publishing.

Beyond academic governance, Flex Time models may also have an impact on collective agreements (which stipulate working hours and requirements of consultation and / or agreement prior to changes in any changes to the delivery of courses affecting terms and conditions of staff or faculty work) or on Law School budgets (some of which collect tuition by «term» rather than for each credit).

Virtually all the reforms set out above would involve at least two layers of governance — first through the Law School and University collegial governance for approval of changes to academic rules (assuming a model is chosen not already provided for in the rules) and through the Federation of Law Societies of Canada's approval process.

Currently, Ms. Hania is a Ph.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, where she is examining the debate on the State's changing role in environmental protection and the shift to a participatory, pluralistic and localized mode of water governance in Canada.