Sentences with phrase «controversial education proposals»

Heastie did not offer details on his negotiations with Cuomo over the controversial education proposals, including a plan to overhaul teacher evaluations and one to provide the state with the power to take over failing schools and districts.

Not exact matches

The slow implementation of Putonghua (Mandarin) instead of Cantonese in Hong Kong schools, the controversial proposal for a «Moral and National Education'that focuses on building Chinese patriotism, and the perception that Hong Kong housing and other resources are being unequally allocated to Chinese visitors, are some of the sources of discontent expressed by certain segments of society.

As reported here back in May, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) has parted ways with its former House Republican allies over the latter's controversial proposal, contained in the House Education & the Workforce Committee's Child Nutrition... [Continue reading]

As reported here back in May, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) has parted ways with its former House Republican allies over the latter's controversial proposal, contained in the House Education & the Workforce Committee's Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) bill, to block grant school food in three states.

The House Education and the Workforce Committee's draft Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) bill has yet to make it out of committee, but its proposals are so controversial that the committee is already feeling the need to respond to critics.

The New York State Education Department has released its proposed changes to the controversial Common Core standards and wants the public to have its say on the proposal.

Top education officials urged the State University of New York to drop a controversial proposal for charter school teachers.

Labor leaders and some public - education advocacy groups, on the other hand, are hoping for a majority of exclusively mainstream Democrats which would be more inclined beat back pro-charter legislation and a controversial tax credit proposal.

Prime Minister Theresa May has defended her controversial grammar school proposals and insists that it will not be a return to the 1950s education system.

Hobby's controversial proposal, published on the NAHT blog, follows recent government intentions to places a stronger focus on progress as a measure of schools, and the introductions of the new Progress 8 measure at GCSE and baseline tests at the beginning of a child's formal education.

In it, he calls Head Start «the most important social and educational experiment of the second half of the 20th century» — and offers the following controversial proposal for extending its benefits beyond early education:

It's not, however, as efficient as it could be, according to the U.S. Department of Education, which last month floated a controversial proposal to remake the entire system.

The controversial education bill unveiled in this year's Queen's speech has been dropped, but grammar school proposals remain on the agenda

More controversial in state and national policy discussions have been proposals to enable parents, especially low - income parents, to exercise greater choice over their children's education through school vouchers, tax credits, charter schools, or home schooling.

Here's a quick update on some last minute controversial proposals affecting public education that ultimately didn't become law.

Education Minister Christopher Pyne has distanced himself from the controversial proposals to withdraw federal funding from public schools, and means - test public school parents.

I could go on to defend each of Malloy's proposals point - by - point, but I'll finish by addressing what might be the most controversial education reform proposal out there: linking teacher evaluations to standardized test results.

The administration promised $ 1 billion in new spending on preschool; spurred states to adopt controversial K - 12 reforms such as performance - based teacher evaluations and the adoption of the Common Core State Standards through its Race to the Top grant program and waivers to the No Child Left Behind law; significantly expanded the federal School Improvement Grant program to turn around low - performing schools; targeted for - profit colleges and attempted to increase accountability in the higher education sector; and pushed a proposal by the president to make community college free.

A controversial proposal before Congress that would redirect federal Impact Aid funding away from public school districts and toward education savings accounts (ESAs) for students in military families is drawing criticism from the very families it is intended to benefit.

But on Friday, state education officials also unveiled several changes to the proposal — which doesn't require a General Assembly vote to become official policy — that dial back a few of REPA II's most controversial points.

As Congress takes up President Obama's proposals to update the «No Child Left Behind» (NCLB) law, national education experts today offered recommendations to overhaul NCLB's controversial testing and accountability provisions.

SALT LAKE CITY — A proposal unveiled Tuesday by Gov. Gary Herbert's education adviser could see Utah's controversial school grading system swapped for a report card that accounts for demographics and college - level coursework.

Throughout Florida's legislative session, education reform groups and teachers» unions have done battle over proposals to pass a very controversial «parent trigger» law.