It's a last - resort scenario for any mayor, much less one who just launched a re-election campaign for her second term who's made fixing Syracuse's shaky finances
a core part of her agenda.
Not exact matches
As newer technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning take precedence, nearly 98 %
of Indian companies have innovation as
part of their
core agenda this year and are planning organisational design changes, according to a study by New York - headquartered HR consulting firm Mercer Global.
Those groups would like to scrap the Common
Core as
part of a reform
agenda that would also target teacher tenure and boost charter schools and voucher systems.
Now I serve as education strategist for the organization, which includes directing two key
parts of their
agenda: creating an app that will work for a teacher distribution channel like EdModo, and deepening the feedback model that is a
core part of the application and platform.
Various news accounts make clear Common -
Core repeals will be
part of their
agenda; indeed, the Washington Post recently reported several pro-Common
Core governors expect such fights in the upcoming legislative season.
And yet, I find myself troubled by a
core part of the current reform
agenda.
The latest serving
of education reformy slop was served to us in the pages
of The New York Times where, first, one
of the paper's All Purpose Pundits David Brooks repeated false claims about the Common
Core and denigrated anyone who disagreed with its
agenda as being
part of a «circus.»
Since the corporate education reform industry began ramping up their lobbying efforts as
part of Governor Malloy's education reform initiative
of 2012, the various charter school advocates and education reform groups have spent a record breaking $ 8.4 million on behalf
of their pro-charter school, pro-Common
Core, pro-Common
Core testing, anti-teacher
agenda.
But then, in a bizarre move that appears to be yet another attempt to acquiesce to Governor Dannel Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman's ongoing education reform and anti-teacher
agenda, the leader
of the CEA claims that although the state should not use the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common
Core SBAC test as
part of the state's teacher evaluation program, it is okay to use the NWEA's MAP standardized test as a teacher evaluation tool.
Since the corporate education reform industry began ramping up their lobbying efforts as
part of Governor Malloy's education reform initiative
of 2012, the various charter school advocates and education reform groups have spent a record breaking $ 7.9 million on behalf
of their pro-charter school, pro-common
core, anti-teacher
agenda.
Even if it's not a
core part of your role, written communication skills will prove important to many day to day tasks, for example when sending emails, giving presentations, setting meeting
agendas or putting together briefs for a project.
With respect to the European
agenda this year, I began with four days
of training in Slovenia (
Core Skills 3 & 4), followed by a two - day workshop in trauma (open to a diverse group
of medical, educational, and counseling professionals and attended by individuals from various
parts of Europe including, for example, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, and Sweden).