Sentences with phrase «decisions about school operations»

One key area of agreement emerged: Teachers needed to be involved in decisions about school operations, including a new process for evaluation that created instructional leadership specialists to help struggling teachers.

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The upshot is that, when school boards make decisions about policy or money or about the myriad rules governing school operations, they tend to give heavy weight to the interests of unions - and may often depart, as a result, from what is best for children and effective education.

A public governing board or official — typically elected — made the most important decisions about the school's operations.

Meanwhile, in declaring that «Schools should teach about the French Revolution, not have their parents act it out», Rotherham reinforces a conceit found far too often found among Beltway reformers (and, as evidenced from Teach For America President Wendy Kopp's thoughtless piece on releasing teacher performance data, even among some operator - oriented reformers): That families — especially those from poor and minority backgrounds — just aren't equipped to make smart decisions when it comes to school operations.

In any case, democratic control of actual day - to - day school operations shouldn't really be a concern, especially if parents can make choices about the kind of schools their kids attend and that the schools engage parents in school decision - making (most - directly, in what their kids learn).

Devolving authority to building principals who were closer to the classroom and who could make better decisions about budgets, staffing, professional development, and operations to support their schools.

The decision, passed by a 6 - 0 vote, came after a positive recommendation from city staff members who had determined that the Summit K2 school plans to follow rules about student drop - off times, hours of operation, noise, parking and other issues observed by the former Windrush Sschool plans to follow rules about student drop - off times, hours of operation, noise, parking and other issues observed by the former Windrush SchoolSchool.