The phrase
"education reformers" refers to people who advocate for changes or improvements in the education system. They work to revise policies and practices to enhance the quality of education for students.
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There is a national trend toward
corporate education reformers investing heavily in state and local campaigns — including city council and school board races.
I don't think it's because there are many
education reformers who reject the science here (unlike many in teacher preparation).
Using data to understand and improve education has been at the top of the to - do list for most
education reformers in recent years.
The film also explores innovative approaches taken
by education reformers and charter schools that have refused to leave their students behind.
The long - term goal of
many education reformers is to create a teaching force in which nearly all teachers are high - performing.
That is the case in 2016,
as education reformers struggle with the meaning of choice and opportunity two decades after founding the first charter schools and voucher programs.
A major debate
among education reformers over how best to reduce the achievement gap broke out during the 2008 presidential campaign.
I have been more willing than
most education reformers to acknowledge that some degree of selection bias is inevitable in a system of choice.
A merit pay system that does not actually reward individual teachers is likely to add cost and produce minimal results, except as a weapon to be used
against education reformers in the future.
But, given the power of the status quo,
education reformers across the political spectrum must join forces where they can for there to be any chance of success.
We are researchers, thought leaders, policy experts, tool - builders, and on - the - ground consultants who work with
leading education reformers.
Education reformers insist they help to identify and remove ineffective teachers, while offering more feedback for teachers to improve their practice.
While education reformers continue to present a coalition built on contradiction, those who oppose their agenda have yet to build a strong coalition of their own.
For the past several decades,
American education reformers have focused on reading and math test scores as the primary means of holding schools and teachers accountable for improving student performance.
Higher education reformers are keen to find fixes for remedial education, some of them aggressive state policies, because students who are assigned to the courses are unlikely to make it to graduation.
But we're weary of
hearing education reformers pretend that just changing policies and management systems — name your favorite — will put an excellent teacher in every classroom.
There is one standard for teachers and a very different, much lower standard of accountability for the
professional education reformers and their corporate entities.
This should all sound familiar to
education reformers because these are the market conditions faced by the administrators running urban schools today.
Consequently, it
gives education reformers an opportunity to redeem their progressive credentials and fight for students and the party.
The same old story emerges in how
certain education reformers paint pictures of corrupt, black school boards in urban districts that teach out - of - control students.
Independent charter supporters say it's because their schools aren't focused on growth, scale, and replication — priorities among
mainstream education reformers.
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