Although overshadowed by more spectacular conflicts over desegregation, community control, and open schooling, the movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s generated more than 70 state laws seeking to
create educational accountability and hundreds of articles, pamphlets, and books about how to create more efficient and accountable educational systems.
Not exact matches
Joining de Blasio on a press call this afternoon, Duncan insisted that the mayoral control system has both led to improvements to local schools and
created a rare kind of electoral
accountability for
educational performance.
With
accountability standards
creating more public scrutiny than ever before,
educational leaders must focus their efforts on instruction
«We are committed to establishing a worldwide
educational system by simultaneously raising the standards of learning, affording greater autonomy at the local school level, and
creating increased
accountability for student success,» said Lillian Gonzalez, the director of the Department of Defense Education Activity,...
by Brett Wigdortz, founder and CEO, Teach First; Fair access: Making school choice and admissions work for all by Rebecca Allen, reader in the economics of education at the Institute of Education, University of London; School
accountability, performance and pupil attainment by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within - school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration:
Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and
educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of London.
In 2008, the NEA unveiled the «Great Public Schools for Every Student by 2020» project, in which the union committed to «
creating models for state - based
educational improvement,» «developing a new framework for
accountability systems that support authentic student learning,» and «fostering a constructive relationship with U.S. Department of Education leadership.»
Rising
educational expectations, increasing
accountability, equitability for diverse populations, and new technologies are
creating opportunities for gaining growth and higher outcomes for every student.
In Smith's model, as it was refined over time, curriculum standards serve as the fulcrum for
educational reform implemented based on state decisions; state policy elites aim to
create excellence in the classroom using an array of policy levers and knobs — all aligned back to the standards — including testing, textbook adoption, teacher preparation, teacher certification and evaluation, teacher training, goals and timetables for school test score improvement, and state
accountability based on those goals and timetables.
«In this age of
educational accountability through standards and assessments with only one right answer and success measured by test scores, we need to keep young minds open for alternative ways of thinking... teach students not to get a job, but
create one.»
At the same time, NCLB needs major revisions to make sure it focuses on the most important kinds of learning,
accountability for improvement, and
creates genuine
educational opportunity for all our children.
As states and districts across the country aim to
create a robust set of
educational options including alternative settings, they must be able to effectively collect and use the most relevant and reliable data to develop
accountability systems.
(Calif.) Confronted with a host of new policies and conditions
created by a wholesale restructuring of the school testing and
accountability system, local
educational agencies submitted 416 waiver applications last year — a 30 percent increase over 2016.
CSDC is committed to
creating school choice and more
educational opportunities for children by developing and financing optimal yet affordable
educational facilities for charter school organizations demonstrating good governance and strong
accountability for academic and
educational results.
The NYS Charter Schools Act of 1998 was
created for the following purposes: • Improve student learning and achievement; • Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at - risk of academic failure; • Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods; •
Create new professional opportunities for teachers, school administrators and other school personnel; • Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of
educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and • Provide schools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based
accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement results.
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Accountability Measures In The Special Needs Bill March 3, 2015 by Grant Callen and Brett Kittredge Senate Bill 2695, The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act,
creates a pilot program to give parents the option of withdrawing their child from a public school and receiving an Education Scholarship Account (ESA) with $ 6,500 to help pay for
educational expenses outside the traditional public school.
Accordingly, the goal of «shared
accountability» is to «
create an
accountability environment in which all participants [including governmental organizations] recognize their obligations and commitments in relation to each other» (p. ix) and their collective
educational goals.
Brian values the human and technical aspects of
creating responsive
educational assessment and
accountability systems.
This risks
creating a silo approach to
educational oversight and
accountability.
We also anticipate continuing discussions regarding prioritizing best policies and best actions for students and
creating and utilizing the right incentives and
accountability systems to improve student achievement, increased
educational quality, graduation rates, and capital and technology needs.
Topics to be explored include how organizational culture influences such things as making staffing decisions, using data driven professional development, understanding the barriers to organizational reform, managing and changing culture, understanding governance structures for public and private schools and other organizations, and
creating principles of equity, diversity, inclusivity,
accountability as well as researching future
educational visions.
The recent election showed there is strong public support for improving district
accountability,
creating better
educational outcomes, supporting students beyond the classroom, and making sure every child in every neighborhood has access to a great school.
Charter schools were
created to provide public education choices for families, encourage competition to fuel innovation and change, improve
educational outcomes for students, and promote academic and operational
accountability for public schools.
As there is no software to install on school computers with Bookstream accounts, the time it takes for a teacher to
create an account and begin uploading material takes about thirty minutes, an unheard of time span in the world of
educational accountability for technology use.
Your new therapist should have the level of work and
educational experience that caters to your specific needs, as well be able to
create a sense of safety, trust,
accountability, empowerment, understanding, honesty and support for you.