But if school autonomy means more
flexibility at school level to think of and react on the needs of the community by crafting curriculum, teaching and assessment so that they benefit all children, then I think more autonomy can really enhance both quality and equity of education.
The key is making sure that schools and educators have the tools to provide students with the kind of education they need to clear the bar, including resources, the ability to build teams of excellent educators, and enough
flexibility at the school level to adjust the length of the school day and year (among other things).
«While we are responding to a need for
flexibility at the school level to do what's right in a particular context, we're creating clear parameters around what high - quality teaching and learning is across the district,» Cheatham said.
This means that teachers and principals have more
flexibility at the school level to meet the needs of their students and help them succeed.
However, public charter schools have more
flexibility at the school level in setting curriculum, budgets, scheduling and staffing.
Not exact matches
Since 2010, the excessive freedoms and
flexibilities they have given to
schools, and their obsessive focus on deregulation, has left the Government powerless to control spending
at school level.
On the other hand, my experience also shows that in order to make use of the power of collaboration as a means of achieving both excellence and equity in
schools, governments need to foster greater
flexibility at the local
level.
Koppich argues, however, that teacher interests can be protected via reform - oriented collective bargaining agreements that put student performance first by promoting
flexibility and collaborative problem solving
at the
school level.
The reform strategy must be one that was devised
at the
school level — by the PTA, the local
school council, Title One committee, or local governing group made up of parents
at the
school level — and they must have
flexibility in developing the strategy that best suits the needs of their
school.
This additional
flexibility at the district
level would encourage comprehensive and coordinated planning and reduce the compliance burden associated with all of the specific federal funding streams, while the state commitment to progressive funding would ensure that additional resources continue to be directed to the
schools and students with the greatest need.
Like No Child Left Behind, ESSA requires states to test students every year, but provides a bit more
flexibility for states to try out new kinds of tests or use a nationally recognized college entrance test
at the high
school level.
There should be a much clearer consensus around the target, and then much more
flexibility for educators
at the
school level to innovate towards better outcomes.
Charter public
schools in Idaho already have some opportunities for
flexibility, through curricular choices and their performance certificates, and this option opens the door for traditional public
schools to have the same opportunities to make governance decisions
at a local
level.
Based on insight from
school districts, state education agencies, policymakers and education organizations, this policy framework guides states and districts in working together to create
flexibility to support scaling personalized learning, including explorations of defining areas of
flexibility at the state and federal policy
level, the supports needed for district implementation of personalized, competency - based education and the roles of states and districts in this work.
The «Soft NFF» has given
flexibility to local authorities in 2018 - 19 and 2019 - 20 to adapt the national formula
at local
level to achieve the best possible picture overall for their
schools.
With 90 % of funds remaining
at the discretion of our local
school board, our
school is afforded greater
flexibility and control of our resources, in comparison to traditional public
schools where
school - based budgets are set
at the district
level.
Hawaii Public Charter
Schools were implemented as a system to give more power, autonomy and flexibility to schools at the local
Schools were implemented as a system to give more power, autonomy and
flexibility to
schools at the local
schools at the local
level.
A coalition of 10 California districts that together serve more than 1 million students also submitted an NCLB waiver proposal, which raises questions about both the wisdom of a department decision to grant
flexibility at the district
level and the state's ability to manage two different
school accountability systems.
NCLB architect and ranking Democratic committee member George Miller (CA) agreed with «the need to balance the accountability we worked so hard to implement in NCLB with greater
flexibility at the local
level and less prescription
at the federal
level,» but cautioned that some sort of federal oversight was needed lest
schools return to a time when group averages obscured individual student performance in
schools.
And third, ESSA provides more
flexibility at the local
level for
school improvement, requiring evidence - based strategies rather than the specific interventions of private tutoring and
school choice that were mandatory for all struggling
schools under the NCLB's
school improvement grants program.3
The program, which was authorized through the state's new education law, H.B. 7069, provides greater
flexibility and autonomy to the principals of the highest - performing 20 percent of
schools at each
level.
Allowing for greater deregulation with more
flexibility and freedom
at the
school level without oversight for student outcomes will lead to no better and probably worse outcomes for students.
We need to give
school districts the
flexibility to make decisions
at the local
level that support our students» overall success and ensure financial resources are not being taken away from instruction.»
This overall dedication to a robust outcomes - based education
at the program,
school and institute
levels ensures rigorous, up - to - date, and fluid curricula that provide the essential learning outcomes of the disciplines while retaining the
flexibility to adjust to an ever - changing academic landscape.