Sentences with phrase «current education policy reform»

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Current chancellor Dennis Walcott shares his thoughts on NYC education as he prepares to leave office, making sure Mayor Michael Bloomberg's school - reform policies are secured.

So people have a hard time connecting compelling current concerns — such as widespread corruption, or non-competitive elections, or a need for major improvements in such fundamental policy areas as education — with the possibility for reform through state constitutional change.

This is the fifth in a series of personal reflections on the current state of education reform and contemporary conservatism by Andy Smarick, a Bernard Lee Schwartz senior policy fellow with the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

Without systems redesigned to support them, new schools «either have to exist outside the system to survive, or they get derailed... because the current structures and policies are inappropriate or ineffective in sustaining the new designs,» said the Annenberg Institute for School Reform's Warren Simmons in Education Week.

When it comes to school reform, a current wave of rhetoric and recent changes in federal education policy, including the No Child Left Behind Act, have put the spotlight on the academic achievement gap.

In the current data - driven reform environment, more and more education policymakers are asking for reliable evidence of the effectiveness of new and existing policies and programs.

But it's much to the credit of the current U.S. secretary of education, Arne Duncan, that he has carefully kept his distance, insisting instead on accountability, choice, and teacher policy reforms that the Broader, Bolder group finds dispensable.

90, resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, highlight the shortcomings of current education reform debates, noting that «almost all of the ideas currently on the mainstream table leave the basic structure of American schooling fundamentally unchanged.»

In commissioning this new research and bringing it to the attention of policy makers on the federal level, the Civil Rights Project hopes to contribute sound research to the current debates surrounding education reform and federal oversight.

If you step back from day to day vitriol that characterizes the current education - policy «debate,» and glimpse the larger picture, two worldviews on education reform emerge.

Peter Smyth, a retired educator and administrator, and also a co-founder of Community Voice, says, «After a career in education and research into educational reform, I have come to these conclusions: while South Carolina Superintendent Zais has applied for a waiver to No Child Left Behind, his proposals reflect those of Secretary Duncan and the current and previous administrations, policies which have not achieved their goals and have made raising test scores and graduation rates, rather than meaningful learning, the default goals of American education.

«The School Reform Landscape: Fraud, Myth and Lies exposes and provides an action - packed story documenting research - based evidence that counters current policy driven propaganda suggesting that standardization and centralization should provide a road map for education in the 21st century.

As I look out over the current school reform landscape I see it is categorized by policies that seek to standardize, homogenize, and corporatize public education through the use of one - size - fits - all curriculum standards, high stakes testing, micro-management of school operations from distal bureaucrats, teacher evaluation policies based on mis - interpretations of current research, and heavy reliance on corporate education providers camouflaged as non-profits operating via charter schools.

In fact, similarities between the two parties are so strong that current Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham is now spruiking national teaching standards and curriculum as core bones of Liberal policy: two reform areas developed under federal Labor.

Assessing educational reforms for their impact on democracy is particularly relevant in the current educational policy climate that favors practices potentially antithetical to civic education.

These results show that several thousands of New Orleans» children have brighter futures because of current reforms, and these efforts — and the progress they promise — must continue to anchor education policy as we transition toward unification.

The commonalities and differences in the teacher - voice organizations and fellowships suggest that the current education - reform environment has spurred the birth of these groups that are all working toward getting more teachers directly involved in the policies that impact their daily teaching experiences.

While education reform has taken on different meanings over time, the current movement for reform supports policies including:

The advocates» brief argues that the state needs to reform the allocation of state funds for charter public schools, because current laws and policies threaten charter public schools» ability to provide a high - quality education to students.

Register for LILA now to hear Ravitch's provocative and unfiltered opinions about the current state of education reform and the policy and communications challenges facing educators today.

If you step back from day - to - day vitriol that characterizes the current education policy «debate» and glimpse the larger picture, two worldviews on education reform emerge.

Ravitch not only provides the evidence of the falsity of these claims and reforms, she also discusses how current education rhetoric and policy are damaging our public schools, our communities, our democracy and most importantly, our children; how these policies go against everything our founders intended public education to be and everything science knows about child development.