Sentences with phrase «controversial education ideas»

In the waning days of the Bloomberg administration, when many of the mayor's controversial education ideas are once again under attack, one chief target of critics has been the school network structure, which broke up the geographically organized school districts and allowed principals to self - select into one of about 60 support organizations.

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A controversial idea is gaining traction in Buffalo as a means for improving education for city students.

A new study by a University of Illinois employment law expert determined that the First Amendment often fails to protect the most controversial ideas expressed by faculty in higher education.

Al Shanker, the brilliant (if controversial) leader who led union efforts to win collective bargaining rights in New York City, denounced the idea of vouchers: «Without public education, there would be no America as we know it,» he cried.

Since gaining prominence through the support of economist Milton Friedman decades ago, school vouchers, which subsidize student tuition at private and parochial schools with public dollars, are one of the most controversial ideas in education policy.

Such changes are controversial because the idea of measuring a teacher's contributions to student learning contests the predominant labor management model in education: salaries and benefits that increase with experience, and layoffs based on reverse order of seniority.

Leaving Brookings in 1992, he joined entrepreneur Chris Whittle in founding the Edison Project, a controversial, profit - making venture dedicated to bringing novel ideas, private - sector know - how, and efficient management to the American education system.

That's the idea behind the increasingly controversial Common Core State Standards developed by education consultants with help from governors and school officials around the country.

On the one hand, McCrory stresses controversial and ideological ideas like expanding virtual (i.e. online) education, especially virtual charter schools.

The idea of arming some teachers has been controversial and has drawn sharp opposition from the National Education Association, the country's largest teachers lobby, among other groups.

Apparently, teachers and principals have no need to hear about research on international education policy and are too sensitive to deal with «controversial» ideas.

Evaluating teachers based on how well their students perform is a controversial idea, heavily promoted by the Obama administration and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as part of their program for reforming Americana eEducation Arne Duncan as part of their program for reforming Americana educationeducation.

2.10.2 Intellectual freedom includes: (a) the rights of all Staff to express opinions about the operation of the University and higher education policy more generally; (b) the rights of Staff to pursue critical open enquiry and to discuss freely, teach, assess, develop curricula, publish and research within the limits of their professional competence and professional standards; (c) the right to participate in public debates and express opinions about issues and ideas related to their discipline area; (d) the right of all Staff to participate in professional and representative bodies and to engage in community service without fear of harassment, intimidation or unfair treatment; and (e) the right to express unpopular or controversial views, although this does not mean the right to vilify, harass or intimidate.