Sentences with phrase «democratic goal of schooling»

We added to this literature by investigating the impact of the Swedish voucher scheme on a fundamental democratic goal of schooling, social cohesion, measured as civic attitudes of students toward ethnic minorities and immigrants.

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The goal of the project is to develop schools that model democratic citizenship and teach students — and adults — to use their First Amendment rights responsibly.

Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive Republican nominee, and Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, who last week secured enough delegates to claim the Democratic nomination, both express support for the NCLB law's goals and its use of testing to measure schools» success.

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While the parents and teachers Miretzky studied did not espouse the value of democratic communities per se, the values they did espouse — investment in the school community, direct and honest communication, trust, mutual respect and mutual goals — «all reflect the «communication requirements «of such communities» (2004, p. 814).

To support student outcomes, appropriate uses of public funds, and democratic goals when offering private school vouchers, states can:

It also lists considerations for policymakers when looking at ways to support private school options that ensure good student outcomes, appropriate uses of fund, and democratic goals.

We may each have our own answers, and Dr. David Labaree of Michigan State University, posed three general goals in his 1997 article: «democratic equality - schools should focus on preparing citizens; social efficiency - schools should focus on training workers; and social mobility - schools should prepare individuals to compete for social positions.»

Our goal is to support and share the Strong Arts, Arts Integration, and Democratic Practice of HOT Schools and to advocate for The HOT Approach in teaching and learning.

An amendment offered this week by five Democratic senators would have required states to take action if a school is persistently low - performing or if any subgroup of students misses state - set goals for consecutive years.

The democratic and distributed leadership model advances the efficient implementation of decisions, maximizes the range of knowledge and experience that go into school administration, makes all key administrative decisions visible to all, holds everyone accountable for the effective management of the school, promotes harmonious administration, cultivates the civic goals of schooling, and may likely increase teacher retention.

Last summer, as he opened a convening of education organizations which had responded to a call for innovative designs to assess student and school performance, he reflected on the important role of ordinary citizens and organizations in civil society had to helping educational institutions advance their democratic goals.

Third, high school diversity contributes to furthering the goals of democratic citizenship.

This short version consisted of 6 items describing autocratic leadership (e.g., «The instructor decides alone what to do regarding the organization and operation of the school») and 5 items describing democratic leadership teaching style (e.g., «The instructor allows students to set their own goals») only two of the five dimensions were used.