Participants identified eight
education reform efforts affecting services to highly capable students.
Not exact matches
Contributors including Deborah Meier, Jeannie Oakes, Gloria Ladson - Billings, Wayne Au, Katy Swalwell, Anthony Cody, and Jim Cummins explain how
reform movements
affect teachers and administrators, and how widely - accepted mistruths can hinder genuine
efforts to keep public
education equitable, effective, and above all, truly public.
Independent public charter schools remained the norm as the public charter school movement grew from a fledgling
reform effort into a major force in public
education, now
affecting 2.7 million students and families nationwide.
During the two - and - a-half hour session, «Teacher Evaluation In the Classroom,» attended by about 200 people, stakeholders
affected by the ongoing
reform effort shared their perspectives with the audience while answering questions from both moderator John Mooney,
education writer and co-founder of New Jersey Spotlight magazine, and audience members comprised largely of concerned parents and educators.
In addition, the award will support general operational needs of The Mind Trust, including its aggressive community engagement
efforts to ensure those most
affected by
education reform are engaged in conversation.
ASCD will explore the critical connection between poverty and
education, and examine how the link
affects school
reform and
education improvement
efforts during the upcoming Spring 2015 Whole Child Symposium — tomorrow, May 6.