Sentences with phrase «education reformers recognized»

In those days, education reformers recognized the important role of the family in the education of children.

Even the education reformers recognize that the three most powerful factors determining test scores are poverty, language barriers and the number of students who need special education services

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Norman Seabrook, the president of the Correction Officers» Benevolent Association and a nationally recognized labor official, civic leader and reformer, said to Feerick: «As a community district leader for many years, you have demonstrated a strong commitment to fighting for affordable housing, to creating a better education system, quality health care, and achieving economic stability.

Before chastising education reformers, however, it is crucial to recognize how young an innovation the randomized field trial truly is.

Those same progressive «education reformers» who are worried what a President Trump might do should recognize that the same stuff they've cheered under Obama has opened the door for Trump — or future imitators.

Education reformers have long recognized the clout of NEA and AFT when it comes to contentious issues like performance pay, charter schools, and testing.

It is crucial to recognize that «reformers,» not educators, have driven this shift: In a 2008 survey, for instance, education pollsters Steve Farkas and Anne Duffett asked, «For the public schools to help the U.S. live up to its ideals of justice and equality, do you think it's more important that they focus equally on all students regardless of their backgrounds or achievement levels... or disadvantaged students who are struggling academically?»

The 1st Annual Empower Mississippi Awards Luncheon will honor Lt. Governor Tate Reeves with our «Education Reformer of the Year» Award and recognize key members of the state legislature for their hard work in ensuring more Mississippi families have access to high quality educationEducation Reformer of the Year» Award and recognize key members of the state legislature for their hard work in ensuring more Mississippi families have access to high quality educationeducation options.

«Because of Lt. Gov. Reeves» leadership, more parents than ever will have the opportunity to choose the best educational setting for their children, and I'm proud to recognize him with our 2016 «Education Reformer of the Year» award.»

Some education reformers speak the language of the market, as if educational choice were akin to buying a car or a house, but educational pluralism recognizes that education is a public good, not merely an individual choice.

Fullan (1991) recognized systems thinking's importance in education by writing that too many education reformers promote piecemeal change that can result in unintended consequences, or no consequence, due to mitigating circumstances in other areas of an organization.

Instead of recognizing the impact poverty and language barriers actually have on educational outcomes, the «education reformers» claimed that if we just hold teachers accountable, test scores will go up and students will succeed.

Of course, most school districts recognize that «high» participation rates aren't enough to win accolades from the education reformers so students HAVE to be taught how to score better on the SBAC and SAT tests.

As a nationally recognized corporate education reformer, Commissioner Pryor's language is designed to play to his corporate education reform allies, not teachers or those who believe in the important of unions and collective bargaining.

In late November, an estimated thousand mourners, including Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, gathered at Memorial Church at Harvard University to honor the life and work of Theodore R. Sizer, the internationally recognized education reformer who died this past October.