Sentences with phrase «decisions about academic standards»

, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and ranking Democrat Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.) want to shift decisions about academic standards, whether and how to evaluate teachers, what to do about low - performing schools and other matters to states and local school districts.

Because ESSA reins in the federal government's influence over local decisions about academic standards and accountability, states and districts will have more power to decide how best to gauge student progress toward becoming well - rounded.

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The latest draft of proposed common academic standards offers more - detailed expectations of what students should know and be able to do by the end of high school in math and language arts, but also notes that some decisions about curricula should be left to individual states and schools.

Most critically, we can use the reauthorization process to keep states and local districts in control of making vital decisions about standards, curriculum and academic content.

The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning defines responsible decision making as «the ability to make constructive and respectful choices about personal behavior and social interactions based on considerations of ethical standards, safety concerns, the realistic evaluation of the consequences that stem from actions and the well - being of self and others.»