Sentences with phrase «federal pressure»

And if they mean that some states adopted the standards because of federal pressure, they are right.

And when bubble - in tests define what gets taught, we end up with narrow and shallow curriculum (and federal pressure certainly played a big role in this).

By the time the law is fully implemented in 2018, most schools will be free from any sort of federal pressure to improve.

All of this has been complicated by reformers» habit of leaning heavily on federal pressure, first through the No Child Left Behind Act and more recently on the Obama administration's Race to the Top program, to force states and cities to move — even if that meant that policies were pushed forward while still half - baked.

In addition to the growing body of research supporting the benefits of alternative campus discipline programs, there is now federal pressure for districts to rethink their practices: schools may face sanctions if discipline policies are found to unfairly target minority students.

The only possible outcome of Secretary Duncan putting more federal pressure on the states to adopt the Common Core is stoke the fires of conservative backlash — and to lose many of the states that have already signed on.

Absent federal pressure, the Common Core standards would have been a voluntary initiative in 15 or 20 states, with far greater commitment from participating state officials.

The search for answers will intensify this year, especially with federal pressure from the No Child Left Behind Act.

It's still unclear whether the revival of the Stull Act in Los Angeles or the rising federal pressure will lead to new evaluations in other California districts.

Despite federal pressure to increase charter schools — based on the notion that charter schools are superior to traditional public schools, in spite of no conclusive evidence in support of that claim — charter school enrollment remains concentrated in just five states.

This study is released at a time of mounting federal pressure to expand charter schools, despite on - going and accumulating evidence of charter school segregation.»

Frederick M. Hess, a resident scholar and the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, blamed the widespread testing problems in part on federal pressure to quickly introduce new assessments based on the Common Core State Standards in many states, and other new college and career - ready standards in others.

Partly as a result of federal pressure, many large urban districts have also embraced the idea that they should slash student suspensions and expulsions, on the grounds that doing so will interrupt the «school - to - prison pipeline.»

«Federal pressure is a hard thing for people to swallow,» said Conor Williams, a senior researcher at New America, «but this law doesn't give enough federal pressure for enough schools and doesn't define the guardrails we need.»

Whether countervailing forces — federal pressure, political pressure from organized parent groups, or conscientious officials committed to the law's goals — are strong enough to force states and districts to implement meaningful turnaround efforts remains to be seen, but the evidence so far is not encouraging.

Northern Territory eventually gave in to federal pressure and imposed a blanket 130 km / h speed limit (just above 80 mph).