Sentences with phrase «education reform policies»

I am very thankful to be able to elevate the voices of parents and community members who experience the fall out of corporate education reform policies.

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The evaluation of teachers based on the contribution they make to the learning of their students, value - added, is an increasingly popular but controversial education reform policy.

Well, that's hard to pin down but what is important to know is that by 2006, Mr. Gates had become the most influential person in education reform policy in America.

The National Council on Teacher Quality was founded in 2000 and often advocates for education reform policies opposed by teacher unions.

To broadly share and communicate the results of our TURN regions and the state and local efforts to work collaboratively to develop and implement significant education reform policies and programs that impact student learning.

Education reform policy discussions are increasingly dominated by two themes: college and career readiness and the Common Core State Standards.

Governor M. Jodi Rell poses with education leaders following a signing ceremony May 26 at Hockanum School in East Hartford where she signed into law a new comprehensive education reform policy bill.

Governor M. Jodi Rell signed into law a comprehensive education reform policy bill passed in the final days of the 2010 legislative session.

They go on to say that the reason is that Massachusetts and New Jersey «have adopted education reform policies very similar to the ones proposed in Governor Malloy's original education reform.»

Put bluntly, they have adopted education reform policies very similar to the ones proposed in Governor Malloy's original education reform bill,» it wrote.

Roll back Malloy education reform policies by not interfering in high - performing schools, which would be subjected to different standards than lower - performing schools.

Whether he will weigh in on the issue that is most on the minds of many teachers and parents — the controversy over the Common Core and other education reform policies — is an open question.

From the 1990s until the end of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in 2015, state and federal education reform policies had a virtually exclusive focus on holding public schools accountable for student test scores in reading and mathematics.

Our focus on education reform policy and its opponents has obscured our focus on the original target customers — kids and families.

Over the past six years of his career, while working in government and for education nonprofit groups like StudentsFirst and TNTP, he has specialized in breaking down complex education reform policy issues into easy - to - understand concepts.

Today's post, which is entitled Hartford Board of Ed: Out of Order is a must read for anyone interested in how education reform policy, charter schools and Hartford politics are all intertwined.

While Malloy claims he is investing another $ 132 million into Connecticut's poorest schools, the truth is that Connecticut taxpayers are being forced to waste even more money on Malloy's failed education reform policies.

It is time to stop fighting against each other over the smaller problems we can solve at the local level and take on the far more threatening problem — national education reform policy.

Anything short of that and he undermines his own credibility and the role he can play in putting together the best education reform policies for Connecticut.

Back in May 2010, hundreds of the nation's education foundation, policy, and practice elites were gathered for the NewSchools Venture Fund meeting in Washington to celebrate and learn from the most recent education reform policy victories in my home state of Colorado and across the country.

ERN has become the «go - to» source for model education reform policies.

«My job is to raise issues that need to be raised,» he said, such as a regressive tax structure that hurts the middle class, and unfair education reform policies.

In These Times, warns us that ««The Teacher Shortage» Is No Accident — It's the Result of Corporate Education Reform Policies.»

To broadly share and communicate the results of the TURN regions and the state and local efforts to work collaboratively to develop and implement significant education reform policies and programs that impact student learning.

Another group, Catholics For Independent Action, transferred $ 250,000 on April 6 to New Yorkers For A Balanced Albany, the political action committee arm of StudentsFirstNY, a grassroots organization that has pushed for education reform policies and charter school support.

Derrell Bradford is the executive vice president of 50CAN: The 50 - State Campaign for Achievement Now, and the executive director of its New York branch, NYCAN, with more than fourteen years working in education reform policy and advocacy.

Yes, his strange statement directly contradicts itself, in addition to contradicting his education reform policies (critical thinking and analysis are important skills to teach our children) and his improving Iowans» health initiatives (dude, we should eat less beef, filler or no filler, and only eat grassfed).

James held a rally at City Hall on Sunday to call on the State to fully fund city schools in line with the Campaign for Fiscal Equity and to criticize Gov. Cuomo's education reform policies.

Queens Democratic Sen. Michael Gianaris in an interview on Monday compared Gov. Andrew Cuomo's education reform policies to anti-labor measures being enacted under Republican Scott Walker in Wisconsin.

Teachers rally again at the state Capitol against the governor's education reform policies, while budget negotiations between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders continue.

Several critics of Florida's education reform policies have previously opined that Florida's 4th grade scores were almost certain to shoot upward once low - performing students were retained in third grade.

Ladd concludes: Education reform policies «are not likely to contribute much in the future — to raising overall student achievement or to reducing [gaps in] achievement.»

But her meaning is clear enough from what she does say: education reform policies «are not likely to contribute much in the future — to raising overall student achievement or to reducing [gaps in] achievement.»

Unfortunately, we in the education reform policy community have turned a blind eye to these innovations and more customized solutions, instead focusing on creating more uniform schools, to ensure more predictable outcomes.

In recent work, he linked economic theory with statistical theory to study how best to measure teacher quality, an important input to education reform policies.

«When it comes to education reform policies, we detect more than a hint of bipartisanship,» West said.

It's been a long time since a politician pronounced trust as an education reform policy.

With the 2014 elections over — well, almost over — those interested in school choice may be wondering what the results mean for that education reform policy.

The bottom line: The activists are worried that if she becomes president, she won't depart much from President Obama's education reform policies, which critics say have contributed to the privatization of public education.

Many teachers today, including NEA members, have been angry at the Obama administration for education reform policies that they say have harmed public education, including its support for the expansion of charter schools and the controversial evaluation of teachers by student test scores.

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Dr. Kirst is the author of numerous books and articles focusing on school finance, curriculum politics, intergovernmental relations and education reform policies.