Sentences with phrase «confidence in public education»

Conservatives insist the program gives children in struggling school districts an alternative, but opponents see it as vote of no confidence in public education and complain it pulls precious state dollars away from public schools.

Even worse for Weingarten and the AFT, Duncan didn't take too kindly to her attempt to shame him into submission; he doubled down on his earlier remarks, arguing that the AFTs (and NEA's) defense of traditional teacher compensation policies «undercut the public's confidence in public education.»

The Public Engagement Toolkit: Create public commitment and strengthen confidence in public education.

This new system will rekindle Americans» confidence in public education, and this should lead to a greater public willingness - once people understand how and why additional resources will make a difference - to invest more in education.

Americans are losing confidence in public education, disheartened by the resistance to common sense changes and turned off by the toxic rhetoric.

Then again, it is the ministry whose three objectives «focus on establishing high levels of student achievement; reducing the gaps in student achievement; and ensuring high levels of public confidence in public education» [vi].

«Confidence in public education is a rare thing these days; anything we can do to improve that is good.»

After all, if the public schools continued to underperform, the nation's confidence in public education itself — which to Shanker was both a positive democratic force in society and the root of union leverage — would dissipate.

Not exact matches

there is much that has happened in the past few months that has knocked my confidence in texas public education.

He spent most of his speech on the need to change the state's education system and the need to bolster public confidence in the justice system.

Enrollment, meanwhile, has risen in recent years, after four decades of decline, and more affluent families are putting their students in the city's public schools, a sign of growing confidence in a DCPS education.

He claimed the education system is facing a «perfect storm of both decreasing public confidence and increasing pressure in the system as the greater emphasis on end - of - term exams creates even more work for examiners over the summer».

Improving Schools for Every Student Huffington Post, 10/28/15» [Professor] Paul Reville, who served as secretary of education in Massachusetts, is quick to defend the standards movement as crucial to establishing higher expectations for all students and maintaining public confidence in schools.

But the Education Next poll varied the query for another (randomly selected) group of respondents, who were given the opportunity to choose among four answers, «How much trust and confidence do you have in the men and women who are teaching children in the public schools?»

They will be successful by altering education policy debates, forging powerful public - private partnerships, and restoring public confidence in our schools.»

«The public is losing confidence in the ability of the higher - education sector in particular to control costs,» note the authors, adding that «all of higher education has a stake in addressing this problem, including the elite institutions that are under less immediate pressure than others to alter their teaching methods.»

Michael Feuer, dean of The George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development, suggested the dip in confidence among PDK / Gallup poll respondents might reflect the influence of recent public debates over whether college is worth the money.

• Who has right ideas for public education: 81 percent of parents said they believe teachers have the right ideas for their public schools; 77 percent said principals have the right ideas; 70 percent gave the nod to parent organizations; 39 percent said their governor has the right ideas; 37 percent had confidence in mayors / local officials; and 33 percent said business owners / corporate executives have the right ideas.

The new degree program will be a «catalyst to drive change,» McCartney said, producing a new generation of education leaders who are expected to alter education policy debates, forge powerful public - private partnerships, and restore public confidence in the US school system.

By painting a false picture of student achievement, they compromise public confidence in the nation's schools, in the process undermining education and weakening the United States.

With the help of such celebrities as basketball legend and business icon Earvin «Magic» Johnson, Jr., founder of the not - for - profit Khan Academy Sal Khan, and actor and television personality Montel Williams, the Stand Up campaign highlights the success of the nation's public schools — and works to bolster public confidence in the institution of public education.

«Only though a clearly defined and appropriate federal role, a willingness to explore a revised charge of the U.S. Department of Education, and placing primary responsibility for education in the hands of locally elected school boards who clearly have the greatest confidence of the public, will school reform efforts thrive at local levelEducation, and placing primary responsibility for education in the hands of locally elected school boards who clearly have the greatest confidence of the public, will school reform efforts thrive at local leveleducation in the hands of locally elected school boards who clearly have the greatest confidence of the public, will school reform efforts thrive at local levels.»

«Misleading comparisons and alarmist sound bites about us plummeting down league tables do the teaching profession a great disservice and undermine public confidence in our good and improving education service,» said Brian Lightman, general secretary of the ASCL head teachers» union.

Those schools undermine public confidence in charter schools, and public education as a whole, not to mention the damage done to students.

Citing an alleged lack of transparency and consultation, the Newark Public Schools Advisory Board voted unanimously in April to re-name itself the Newark Board of Education and to declare no confidence in Superintendent Anderson.

The boost in public school confidence parallels the increase in Americans» satisfaction with public school education as measured in Gallup's annual Work and Education survey, conducted ieducation as measured in Gallup's annual Work and Education survey, conducted iEducation survey, conducted in August.

The report goes on to say that «although Justice Camp made significant efforts after complaints were made to the Council to reform the thinking and the attitudes which influenced his misguided approach to the Trial, in the particular circumstances of this inquiry, education — including social context education — can not adequately repair the damage caused to public confidence through his conduct of the Wagar Trial.»

Justice Camp's reliance on education and contrition as a «prescription for maintaining his unique and privileged position in society must yield to a result that more resolutely pursues the goal of restoring public confidence in the integrity of the justice system.»

Delivering public legal education is important in raising awareness of legal rights and empowering people to have the confidence to gain access to justice.

The Task Force believes that the financing mechanisms for law school education and the pricing practices they facilitate must change, and that continued public confidence in the system of legal education is dependent on that change.

In an effort to enhance the credibility of the profession and instill confidence in the public eye, the home inspection associations then operating in Canada created a «qualifications set» for home inspectors that required education, training, and a set of professional standards and ethics to folloIn an effort to enhance the credibility of the profession and instill confidence in the public eye, the home inspection associations then operating in Canada created a «qualifications set» for home inspectors that required education, training, and a set of professional standards and ethics to folloin the public eye, the home inspection associations then operating in Canada created a «qualifications set» for home inspectors that required education, training, and a set of professional standards and ethics to folloin Canada created a «qualifications set» for home inspectors that required education, training, and a set of professional standards and ethics to follow.