Sentences with phrase «debate over education reform»

Those holding the neutral position declined from 44 percent to 36 percent between 2009 and 2010, likely reflecting the heightened attention to charter schools in national debates over education reform (see Figure 2).

Stanford University's Terry M. Moe sits down with EdNext editor Marty West to discuss how political debates over education reform have unfolded around the world, with a focus on the role played by teachers unions.

In the summer of 2000, perfectly timed to shape the election debate over education reform, came a new RAND study that claimed to contradict the conventional research wisdom on the connection between school expenditures and class size on the one hand and student achievement on the other.

Moskowitz, a 49 - year - old former Upper East Side councilwoman, is the face of the city's charter - school movement — and by extension a player in the national debate over education reform.

In this episode of the Education Next podcast, Stanford University's Terry M. Moe sits down with EdNext editor Marty West to discuss how political debates over education reform have unfolded around the world, with a focus on the role played by teachers unions.

While this is a local election - the Democratic mayoral primary - the race is being closely watched far beyond the District because the outcome could carry significant implications for the national debate over education reform.

No slight intended, but if everyone who has seen Davis Guggenheim's massively popular documentary Waiting For «Superman» spent an hour with Cullum and his students in Greatness, the debate over education reform would be about firing up teachers, instead of firing them.

The program adds a new element to debates over education reform: Can families use state funds to customize a child's education?

A Haimson - Woestehoff editorial critiquing President Obama's education reform agenda was published in Education Week in June, 2010, and was the first time they publicly used the term «parents across America» in referring to a «silent majority» of parents whose voices have gone unheard in the debate over education reform.

Cami Anderson, the superintendent of the Newark public school system who became a lightning rod in the debate over education reform in New Jersey and nationally, resigned on Monday, eight months before her contract was to expire.

Moskowitz, a 49 - year - old former Upper East Side councilwoman, is the face of the city's charter - school movement — and by extension a player in the national debate over education reform.

But because they haven't had to litigate these ideas in the same way as those who came before them, they are also more free to question or to hold ideas that don't necessarily line up with the way sides have been drawn in media and political debates over education reform.

Parent advocates from across the country converged on New York City on Monday, February 7 for the first national forum of Parents Across America, a parent - led movement to make parent voices heard in the national debate over education reform — and to promote positive, common - sense solutions that will improve public schools nationwide.

Her new adventure is a reminder that despite all of the debates over education reform, the movement is actually providing both students and educators with more opportunities than ever.

How to overcome the challenges of poverty is at the center of the debate over education reform, with an increasing focus on effective teaching.