Sentences with phrase «constant public focus»

The constant public focus on standardized test scores suggests the belief that the threat of sanctions or promise of rewards (mostly in the form of increased funding) will enhance students» test scores and improve school quality — that schools can somehow be coerced or seduced into improvement.

Not exact matches

Although the share of this group, heavily weighted toward schools with a religious focus, has been relatively constant, the growth in other schools of choice shows a clear trend away from the regular public schools.

Jerenze Campbell, reporting from his viewpoint as a principal coach in Maryland's Prince George's County Public Schools, describes the constant barrage of new initiatives — and the endless meetings and trainings that come along with them — that have resulted in less time to focus on students and classroom instruction.

A likely answer is that California is so focused and busy on environmental projects that redistribute wealth to various constituencies that they no longer are concerned about public safety (the San Bruno natural gas line explosion in San Francisco in 2010, the constant blow ups of water pipes under the streets of Los Angeles, the retrofitting of the San Onofre Nuke Plant, so that it could be a peaker plant that could ramp up and down to back up intermittent green power, failed and the plant was shut down eventually resulting in the South West Blackout in 2011).

When faced with corporate demand for constant micromanaging of public image and an increasing global focus on corporate social responsibility, PR managers are more essential than ever to organizations of any size.