Sentences with phrase «democratic system of education»

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That system seemed to undercut the democratic gains that were being made in law, politics, education «and family life; it tended rather toward a new feudalism, dominated by robber barons and served by a new class of.

Included are varied specifics such as: economic theory; psychiatry; systems analysis; the growth of bureaucracies; the science of management; the development of the democratic ideal; striving for universal education; personalism (fulfilling the earlier promise of the Enlightenment); the rise and fall of colonialism; and modem liberation movements.

They involve new laws and policies, radical changes in mentalities and lifestyles, codes of conduct for businesses and institutions, changes in the content of curricula and textbooks, new norms and decision - making methods in politics, health care and education systems, new strategic priorities for international cooperation, radically new approaches to development, fundamental transformation of democratic principles and mechanisms - a new social ethos imposed on all.

Focusing on a notion of accountability which is broader than just league tables and published measurement scores, the Big Education Inquiry argued for greater local control over schools and education and a democratic input into local schoolEducation Inquiry argued for greater local control over schools and education and a democratic input into local schooleducation and a democratic input into local school systems.

At the ILEA's core was a commitment to a local, democratic and accountable education system in the interests of all London's children and young people.

Independent Democratic Conference leader Jeff Klein was similarly noncommittal in his response to some of the governor's education proposals, including the proposed changes to the teacher evaluation system.

For instance, to explain the meaning of «to be citizens and economic participants in a democratic society» he says that «there is widespread agreement that an adequate system of education is one that «ensures that a child is equipped to participate in political affairs and compete with his or her peers in the labor market.

These reforms are creating new tiers in an already stratified education system, thereby threatening the institution of public education and our nation's democratic ideals.

«Providing high - quality education for every child is a moral imperative if we truly want to live up to the ideals of a public education system and a democratic society,» she says of her commitment to urban education.

Their successes have led community organizers and a growing number of education policymakers to see California's fledgling community schooling movement as a holistic, bottom - up reform that can restore equality of opportunity and the democratic promise of the state's system of universal public education.

Fifteen years ago, our book, Charter Schools in Action, foresaw this innovative governance and delivery system for education as a hopeful path to stronger student achievement and as an engine «to recreate the democratic underpinnings of public education and rejoin schools to a vigorous civil society.»

A new article assesses the impact of DFER, an organization founded to create a «safe place» for pro-charter, reform - oriented Democratic politicians to make much - needed changes to the education system.

In a democratic society people are free to be as conservative or liberal as their intelligence and conscience lead, but institutions built to nurture and sustain such a society are not, nor are their programs.Whether we wish to admit it or not, every education system tries to produce a certain kind of human being, attempts to develop in people dispositions to think, feel, and act in certain ways.

A Democratic Constitution for Public Education offers an interesting assessment of the current state of affairs in the public educatioEducation offers an interesting assessment of the current state of affairs in the public educationeducation system.

«The Nevada Association of School Boards continues to oppose efforts to weaken the public education system, which is the foundation of a free and democratic society,» stated Dr. Dotty Merrill, Executive Director, Nevada Association of School Boards.

To: Speaker Carl Heastie Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb Assembly Education Committee Chairwoman Catherine Nolan Majority Leader John Flanagan Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins Senate Education Committee Chair Carl L. Marcellino Governor Andrew Cuomo Educators for Excellence - New York (E4E - New York), a teacher - led organization of over 13,000 New York City public school educators, believes that a multi-measure system of student achievement and a fair system of teacher evaluation is essential to supporting, developing, and retaining high - quality educators.

Born of an interesting political marriage — Democratic state legislator Polly Williams and Republican Governor Tommy Thompson — the program started as a way to address the city's troubled education system.

We must wage an unequivocal fight for a democratic and responsive educational system, overturning mayoral control and resisting corporate «education reform,» which have disenfranchised communities from the governance of their schools.

Thanks to Governor Malloy, Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch, Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, and education reformer extraordinaire Paul Vallas, the Democratic establishment has presided over an ongoing effort to destroy Bridgeport's public educatioEducation, Stefan Pryor, and education reformer extraordinaire Paul Vallas, the Democratic establishment has presided over an ongoing effort to destroy Bridgeport's public educatioeducation reformer extraordinaire Paul Vallas, the Democratic establishment has presided over an ongoing effort to destroy Bridgeport's public educationeducation system.

By moving away from the school district concept of education, it allows for states to serve a more - effective role as regulators — and thus, democratic control of public education as a system of funding the best school options for every child is maintained.

The Department of Public Instruction developed a school rating system with input from the governor's office, Republican and Democratic legislators and education officials.

Sustaining our democratic values and improving our education system call for a host of more coordinated and widespread education, economic, and housing policies — including policies to raise curricular standards, tackle insufficient funding for schools with a large share of low - income students, promote access to education resources from early childhood to college, improve dual language programs, provide economic support for families, and create more integrated schools and neighborhoods.

Although Malloy is the only Democratic Governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in «turnaround» schools, the announcement that Stefan Pryor will be leaving his position at the end of this year was seen by some as a signal that Malloy was going to shift away from his corporate education reform industry and privatization policies and would use a second term to provide more support for Connecticut's real public education system.

Teachers and other eduational experts make the case for embracing a democratic approach to education that places teachers exactly where they need to be — at the steering wheel of educational systems worldwide.

Bridgeport's Democratic Primary to select Board of Education candidates will be held tomorrow and campaign finance reports filed last week reveal that Achievement First Inc., the charter school management company co-founded by Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, continues to play a dominant role in the effort to control Bridgeport's public educatioEducation candidates will be held tomorrow and campaign finance reports filed last week reveal that Achievement First Inc., the charter school management company co-founded by Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, continues to play a dominant role in the effort to control Bridgeport's public educatioEducation, Stefan Pryor, continues to play a dominant role in the effort to control Bridgeport's public educationeducation system.

This system will continuously strive to improve public educations» role in serving the needs of our free, fair, and democratic republic.

Left unchecked, this dual system of education highlights the significance of organizations like the NAACP — to help us live up to our democratic ideals.

An incumbent Democratic governor who has pushed anti-labor bills and his running mate, Paul Vallas, one of the nation's leading champions in the effort to destroy public school teachers, their unions and the public education system.

Her claim that she is somehow above engaging in «political debate» suggests that she doesn't know the meaning of the term, doesn't understand the role of the Board of Education or apparently feels that the obligation of democratic governmental systems simply don't apply to her.

There is a group of corporations, led by a group of «education reformers,» and backed by a group of Republican and Democratic politicians, all of whom are engaged in an effort to destroy public education, and hand the nation's education system over to corporations and consultants, who can make a huge amount of money.

In Pencils Down we take the high - stakes tests to task, deconstruct the damage they cause to our education system, highlight their inaccuracy as tools of measurement, and offer visionary forms of assessment that are more authentic, democratic, fair, and accurate.

In Connecticut, Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman and the «education reformers» have devoted themselves to ensuring that the children, parents, teachers and public schools of the Constitution State are saddled with an absurd and damaging teacher evaluation system that utilizes the Common Core SBAC testing scam results to evaluate teachers.

A vanguard organization of the hippie movement, Students for a Democratic Society, wrote a manifesto including democratic student involvement throughout the public education systeDemocratic Society, wrote a manifesto including democratic student involvement throughout the public education systedemocratic student involvement throughout the public education system in 1962.

Now called the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Republican and Democratic leaders, along with the Corporate Education Reform Industry and the leadership of the teachers» unions are heralding the new system which continues the effort to privatize public education, turn schools into little more than testing factories and undermine teachers and the teaching prEducation Reform Industry and the leadership of the teachers» unions are heralding the new system which continues the effort to privatize public education, turn schools into little more than testing factories and undermine teachers and the teaching preducation, turn schools into little more than testing factories and undermine teachers and the teaching profession.