Sentences with phrase «education reform movement emphasized»

Starting in the mid-1980s, a standards - based education reform movement emphasized beefed - up subject - matter content, with a test given at the end of the year to see whether students had «gotten» it.

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By making equal opportunity a central theme of the movement, organizations such as the BAEO, the Friedman Foundation (established by Milton and Rose Friedman and now known as EdChoice), Democrats for Education Reform, and other groups in favor of school choice have put Republican support at risk by emphasizing the role that vouchers can play in opening school doors to the disadvantaged.

When Mr. Fulop takes office on July 1, Jersey City could join New York City, Newark and Bridgeport, Conn., as another local laboratory for a national movement known as education reform that emphasizes tougher standards for teachers, uses test scores to grade schools and educators and promotes alternatives such as charter schools.