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by Anne Wicks, Director of Education Reform at the Bush Institute and William McKenzie, Editorial Director at the Bush Institute Read the introduction

Kerri Briggs, Director of Education Reform at the George W. Bush Institute and Cynthia G. Brown, Vice President of Education Policy at the Center for American Progress, said of Change Agents: «Our two organizations applaud the release of this timely report that will help states to ensure that a high - caliber principal leads every school in the nation... This report and the accompanying companion guide build on New Leaders» experience in the field and give states tools and strategies to reframe policies to bolster the principal talent pipeline.»

-LSB-...] instance, choice enthusiast Jay P. Greene, who heads a Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, recently wrote on his -LSB-...]

Abby Hoak - Morton serves as the Manager, Education Reform at the George W. Bush Presidential Institute.

School districts are the most effective place to direct education reform at scale.

Patrick Wolf of the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas was the lead researcher on

«Michigan can have a brighter future if its own mathematics, science, engineering and literary experts at its great universities are asked to work out college - ready standards for Michigan high schools,» said Stotsky, Professor of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas.

This position is most prominently espoused by Jay Greene, the head of the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, who has argued the evidence for a correlation between test scores and life prospects is weak, especially with regards to high - stakes testing.

The hard work and dedication of educators in these priority schools often goes unrecognized, but at the 2011 NEA Representative Assembly in Chicago, examples of innovative and collaborative approaches to education reform at NEA Priority Schools Campaign sites were highlighted during a presentation in front of more than 8,000 delegates.

Wall Street Journal op - ed by ROBERT MARANTO, editor of the Journal of School Choice, AND DIRK C. VAN RAEMDONCK, chief of staff and graduate coordinator, Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas

If you want to help with our efforts, visit the Texas Institute for Education Reform at www.texaseducationreform.org.

In fact, just last year, the union boss stepped in it big time when, speaking about education reform at an AFT conference, she said,

Ashely Carter attended a talk on the future of education reform at The Center for Education Reform along with Friendship Public Charter School founder and SBOE #ESSATaskForce member, Donald Hense.

NEW YORK — The recent resignations of high - profile school chiefs Joel Klein in New York and Michelle Rhee in Washington, D.C., raise questions about the future of education reform at...

While in Massachusetts, Dr. Berman was the President of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents (MASS) and authored the policy reports «Education Reform at Risk» (1995), «The Impact of Special Education on Education Reform» (1997 and 2001), and «Beyond Discord: Resolving the Tensions Between Charter and Public Schools» (2005).

Dr. Patrick Wolf is distinguished professor and 21st Century Chair in School Choice in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions.

The network and its leaders have developed a deep understanding of what it takes to catalyze education reform at the city level, as evidenced in the 2012 report Kick - Starting Reform — co-authored by CEE - Trust and Public Impact — which drew on profiles of three high - impact CEE - Trust members to identify lessons for reformers in other cities.

NEW YORK — The recent resignations of high - profile school chiefs Joel Klein in New York and Michelle Rhee in Washington, D.C., raise questions about the future of education reform at a time when school districts across the U.S. are adopting policies the two icons of change pioneered.

Greene is a conservative school reform advocate and the endowed professor of education reform at the University of Arkansas.

JAY P. GREENE ([email protected]; @jaypgreene) is Distinguished Professor and head of the department of education reform at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

The fourth annual State of American Education will consist of a crossfire - style debate between two thought leaders in education policy who will discuss emerging issues in education reform at the national level.

01/01/2011: LULAC Releases the Education Advocacy Toolkit, a guide to equip education advocates with the tools necessary to advocate for education reform at the local, state and / or federal level.

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Currently he is a doctoral academy fellow and a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas.

Corey A. DeAngelis is a distinguished doctoral fellow and a Ph.D. student in Education Policy in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas where he is affiliated with the School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP).

Patrick Wolf, holder of the Twenty - First Century Chair in School Choice at the U of A, co-authored a summary of the latest reports on the publicly funded private school choice program in Louisiana with Jonathan Mills, a senior research associate in the Department of Education Reform at the U of A. Wolf directs the School Choice Demonstration Project.

I recently collaborated with Jay Greene, head of the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, to observe whether private school - educated adults are likely to espouse anti-Semitic beliefs after controlling for a variety of background characteristics.

Ian Kingsbury is a doctoral fellow and a Ph.D. student in education policy in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas.

Liz Finne, director of the Center for Education Reform at the Washington Policy Center, is another lawyer and education advocate who would like to serve.

A lot of education reform at the moment centers around not just the amount of tech in the classroom, but its implementation.

«We have chosen four school districts that understand how critical school leadership is to improving student outcomes,» said Eva Chiang, Deputy Director of Education Reform at the Bush Institute.

In a story Feb. 24 about charter schools, The Associated Press erroneously reported the first name of the director of the Center for Education Reform at the Washington Policy Center.

These are federal stimulus dollars designed to spur education reform at the state level.

«The reality is that we've had very small expansions in the use of market forces, so, not surprisingly, we've had modest effects from choice programs,» writes Jay P. Greene, head of the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, in Why America Needs School Choice (a book that arrived in the midst of the 2011 activity).

Author Bio: Alexandra Boyd is a Doctoral Fellow in Education Policy in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas and a Research Assistant in the Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas.

Jay P. Greene is the 21st Century Professor of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas and a fellow at the George W. Bush Institute.

Brian Kisida is a Senior Research Associate, Patrick J. Wolf is a Distinguished Professor, and Evan Rhinesmith is a Doctoral Academy Fellow, all in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas.

Andrew Kelly, director of the Center on Higher Education Reform at the American Enterprise Institute, argues that the Obama plan will not address low rates of college readiness and student success but will strain public budgets and crowd out innovation.

Education reform at any level, from local to national, has a tremendous impact on what gets implemented within a school or district.

«But you don't need a lot of people to opt out to throw a monkey wrench into the system,» said Jay Greene, a professor of education reform at the University of Arkansas.

Patrick Wolf is a professor of education policy and holds an endowed chair in school choice in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, with financial ties to the Walton Foundation, a major player in school choice advocacy.

Michael Q. McShane is a research fellow in education - policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute and a distinguished doctoral fellow in the department of education reform at the University of Arkansas.

He is also a doctoral fellow in the department of education reform at theUniversity of Arkansas.

Corey DeAngelis is a Distinguished Doctoral Fellow and a Ph.D. student in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas.

Michelle Rhee, founder and CEO of StudentsFirst, spoke on education reform at the Harvard School of Public Health as part of its series, «Decision Making: Voices from the Field.»

President Barack Obama exits the stage after speaking on education reform at the National Urban League 100th Anniversary Convention in Washington on July 29.

Competency - based education needs to earn external validation if it is to endure, pronounced a landmark paper from the Center on Higher Education Reform at the conservative - leaning American Enterprise Institute.

Jay Greene is professor of education reform at the University of Arkansas and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

Stuart Buck is a doctoral student in education reform at the University of Arkansas and author of Acting White: An Ironic Effect of Desegregation (forthcoming, Yale University Press).

Latinos themselves support education reform at higher levels than other groups, but their elected officials often reject school choice.