But because
the focus of education reform has shifted away from the elementary grades toward older students, few Americans know about this crisis in early literacy.
While math and science became
the focus of education reform in 1958, math and reading are the contemporary targets of NCLB.
In short, helping traumatized children learn, should become a major
focus of education reform.
Greg AnrigIn a nice summary of what top researchers tell us should be
the focus of education reform in this country, the Century Foundation's Greg Anrig offers an excellent Commentary in Ed Week.
Helping traumatized children learn should be a major
focus of education reform.
The focus of education reform discussions has shifted from the question of which school a child should attend to the learning that takes place within a school.
There's little doubt that this should remain a major
focus of education reform — and when it's successful, will encourage many more young people to delay childbearing, which increases their odds at getting married before starting a family.
Not exact matches
He also is one
of the founders
of FWD.us, a lobbying group
of powerful silicon valley entrepreneurs
focused on many political matters, such as immigration and
education reform.
Consequently, Mr. Tilson is involved with a number
of charities
focused on
education reform and Africa.
First, I could not solely
focus my research on mathematics instruction; because the
education I witnessed was so integrated and was indicative
of best practices, I changed the study to be part
of a growing body
of knowledge on school restructuring and
reform.
As a clinical psychologist, a mother
of three and a co-founder
of Challenge Success, a Stanford birthed project
focused on school
reform and parent
education, I have seen the impact
of excessive parental oversight and intrusion into every aspect
of children's lives.
«The speaker laid out a comprehensive agenda this week on issues like
education, reproductive rights and criminal justice
reform, so we have a lot
of work to do here in Albany and that is what we will be
focusing on,» said Michael Whyland, spokesman for Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D - Bronx.
Robin's platform will
focus on single payer health care, economic equality, police and criminal justice
reform, housing for all, humane immigration
reform, better public
education, LGBTQ rights and ending the influence
of money on politics.
Powell Jobs, the founder
of Emerson Collective (a company that
focuses on
education, immigration
reform, environment and social justice
reforms) just paid a hefty $ 16.5 million for a four - floor mansion in San Francisco, in an all - cash transaction.
And Mayor de Blasio is so ideological, and is really not
focused on the needs
of the people
of New York City and is changing so many good
reforms that were put in place by Rudy Giuliani and Mike Bloomberg [on] welfare, with respect to policing policies, and with respect to
education,» he said.
Cuomo is widely expected to make
education reform a main
focus of his speech tomorrow.
Law and order,
education, welfare
reform and immigration will be pretty much the main
focus of the PM's attention — in addition to growth.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered his State
of the State address and budget presentation on Wednesday,
focusing on
education investment and
reforms.
He is a proponent
of campaign finance
reform, term limits, greater
focus on
education and a «balanced» effort to address climate change.
The governor proposes increasing
education funding by $ 1.1 billion (only half
of the $ 2.2 billion that nearly every
education and student -
focused organization in the state is demanding), but only if the legislature agrees to draconian
education reforms that mistakenly blame teachers for poor student outcomes in underfunded, high need, low wealth districts.
«I believe that Rubain is a man with a clear and
focused vision to tackle head on the issues impacting residents in the 20th district, such as public safety concerns and NYPD policing
reforms; the lack
of quality affordable housing; sound and quality
education for the youth; and the lack
of jobs and unemployment.
His team is also expected to continue
focusing heavily on test scores as a performance measure, one
of the more controversial aspects
of his
education reforms.
Collaborating with more than ten City agencies, the initiative will build upon existing regulatory
reforms by reaching small businesses and under - served New Yorkers across the five boroughs, promoting
education and compliance as part
of enforcement, and reducing violations by
focusing on cross-agency collaboration to simplify rules and compliance processes.
Gianaris» platform
focuses on fighting pollution from power plants, preventing terrorism and attacks by sexual predators and consumer protection for airline passengers, while Arcabascio's campaign
focuses on job creation, more hospitals, deregulation
of insurance companies and
education reform.
Hogan also supports Say Yes to
Education, which has been the
focus of school
reform in Syracuse in recent years.
Because the
education -
reform agenda has not
focused on this type
of policy to date, as Finn notes, there would not be a strong coalition in place to counter the opposition.
Focusing education reform plans more effectively requires an understanding
of context, in this case, key characteristics
of the Hispanic population and the schools they attend.
Skandera was best known as a former deputy
education commissioner in Florida under Governor Jeb Bush, who had been pursuing a high - profile, accountability -
focused agenda
of education reforms.
Education reform is the child
of political
reform, so we're
focused on
reforming politics to make it possible.
In that position, in addition to his management responsibilities, his grant making work
focused on
education reform and the development
of quality teachers and administrators.
First, in its rehearsal
of the responses, outcomes, and derivatives
of Risk, the one advance since 1983 that gets short shrift from Koret (so short that it is virtually unmentioned) is the recent
reform focus not just on teachers as linchpins
of the
education system but on teaching as the very core
of what happens in schools and thus
of school
reform.
Kohn, who has written hundreds
of articles on
education, parenting, and related topics including for The New York Times and the Atlantic, believes the new
focus on rewarding students enables politicians and educators to avoid true educational
reform.
«While much public discussion has been solely
focussed on funding, we've been getting on with the job
of delivering a quality
reform agenda in teaching
education.»
At last week's Askwith Forum, «Transformative Change in American Schools,» Michele Cahill, — vice-president for national program and director
of urban
education at Carnegie Corporation
of New York, — spoke to the importance
of transformative change and systemic
reform within K — 12 schools across the nation,
focusing largely on Common Core Standards.
STEM
education — the
focus on science, technology, engineering, and math — has become the choice du jour for educational
reform and was prominently mentioned in President Obama's State
of the Union address earlier this year.
Smith continued to
focus on
education reform, particularly standards - based, as director
of the
education program for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
When it comes to the study
of implementing
education reforms, analysts tend to
focus on the formal channels
of implementation and the standard tools
of public administration — for example, intergovernmental hand - offs (federal to state to district to school), alignment
of curriculum, assessment and other components
of the
reform, professional development, getting incentives right, and accountability mechanisms.
Author Bio: Tom Loveless is a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. Loveless» research
focuses on
education policy and the politics
of educational
reform.
The reason it became reductionist is because
education reform is complex and has a lot
of ground to cover, so people thought they'd
focus on a few things and get that moving and then figure out the rest later.
I was sold by HGSE's
focus on urban
education, the support they provide preservice teachers through mentoring, and its renowned faculty in the field
of education and school
reform.
The New Normal for Federal
Education Spending (3/4/10) Choice and Residential Segregation (2/23/10) Studies Find No Effects (1/7/10)
Focus of School
Reform Shifting to Teachers (12/17/09) Are Middle Schools or Middle Schoolers the Problem?
A longtime corporate supporter
of national school -
reform efforts has announced plans to
focus its grantmaking exclusively on regional
education initiatives.
We promote
education reforms of all stripes, with a particular
focus on school choice and standards - based
reform.
Given this reality, many
education leaders have rightly made it their priority to recruit high - quality teachers to work with their students, and many
of the leading
education reform efforts
focus on teachers.
Instead, it
focuses on three specific challenges that are often encountered when districts, especially small districts, grapple with the costs
of their highest - need special -
education students, and it makes three recommendations that districts and states could put into practice today, without waiting for
reforms or help from Washington, as they seek ways to mitigate those problems:
While her primary
focus — and the
focus of many media reports about her — has been on vouchers, tax credits, and
education savings accounts, organizations she has led or helped found have also advanced other
reform initiatives, such as accountability for student learning and more - rigorous academic standards.
Chester E. Finn Jr., who served as an assistant secretary in the U.S. Department
of Education under President Reagan and is now a scholar at the conservative think tank, has also taken the helm
of a little - known foundation he says will
focus almost exclusively on K - 12
reform issues.
Her research
focuses on educational policy and politics, and urban school
reform, including the development and implementation
of education policy and the impact
of policy on the educational opportunities for at - risk students.
The most likely remaining candidate is school -
focused reforms, which have the vigorous support
of the EEP side
of the
education reform debate.
The
Education Equality Project (EEP) supported a continuation
of accountability and other school -
focused reforms.