Sentences with phrase «for curriculum reform»

Chiefs for Change released a report examining how ESSA «presents new opportunities for curriculum reform,» which can be a «powerful and underused driver of school improvement.»

In my new book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education, I describe how I came to repudiate my support for choice and accountability, though not for curriculum reform, which I still believe is necessary and valuable.

It was when she moved to third grade, looping with some of the kids she had two years earlier in the first grade, that her passion for curriculum reform reached its peak.

Council for Curriculum Reform.

Areas covered by the Act include extending compulsory education from six years to nine years of education, providing 12 years of basic education free of charge, setting the direction for curriculum reform, and revising the system for teacher recruitment, training, and professional upgrading.

The act offers new directions for curriculum reform, provides new systems for teacher recruitment and training, and extends national educational requirements.

Gerald W. Bracey this month will become the new executive director of the Alliance for Curriculum Reform, replacing Gordon Cawelti.

The business consultants at Booz Allen Hamilton — Joyce Doria, Horacio Rozanski and Ed Cohen — made their case for curriculum reform and suggested courses in psychology, economics and human behavior.

Not exact matches

For our efforts to go beyond such survival - mode, and to actually do what conservative pundits are calling for, depend a great upon a broader reform movement to restore genuine liberal education to the general curriculum and to give its champions real powFor our efforts to go beyond such survival - mode, and to actually do what conservative pundits are calling for, depend a great upon a broader reform movement to restore genuine liberal education to the general curriculum and to give its champions real powfor, depend a great upon a broader reform movement to restore genuine liberal education to the general curriculum and to give its champions real power.

As Diane Ravitch seeks allies in her lifelong crusade for meaningful curriculum reform, she might stop and ask: Where will she find her friends now?

The most difficult of all areas for reform is likely to be the curriculum.

EL's whole - school reform model combines a highly detailed, interdisciplinary curriculum that focuses on active learning, teamwork, and character education with training and coaching for teachers and school leaders.

Education: The mayoral candidate wants to reform the curriculum for pre-K through 12th grade to better incorporate vocational studies and apprenticeships, as well as upgrade schools with new technology.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo praised the tenure of outgoing Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch on Monday, but at the same time indicated he will push for broad reforms to the state's education curriculum and Common Core standards.

Responding to reports that the Secretary of State for Education is planning to introduce an «Advanced Baccalaureate» as part of reforms to A-levels, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «This is another example of Michael Gove's ideological manipulation of the school curriculum.

Reforms to make the school curriculum for 11 to 14 - year - olds more flexible and better tailored to pupils» needs have been published by the exams watchdog today.

They also disagree that the Reform Party has no philosophy, saying it will focus on repealing the Common Core curriculum and pushing for state - level term limits.

«It is regrettable that the publication of Key Stage 2 SATs results today has been marred by the Government's mishandling of curriculum and assessment reforms which has created deep anxiety, confusion and uncertainty for pupils and schools.

The governor's proposal also calls for federal support to keep Brooklyn's ailing hospitals open, changing the controversial Common Core school curriculum, ending standardized testing for grades K - 2, begin construction of four new casinos in the fall, allow public funding of political campaigns and reforming the state's ethics policy.

In a paper written for the conference, Roseman also touched on the role of scientists and scientific organizations such as AAAS in reforming science education, including the development of standards and the curriculum materials, assessments, and teacher professional development that are aligned to them.

Another recommendation called for reform of undergraduate science and engineering curricula — what is taught and how it is taught — arguing that too many university teachers and professors are ill equipped to present science and engineering material in an interesting and engaging manner for a wider variety of students.

With its interdisciplinary and vocationally orientated curriculum, Witten - Herdecke has helped to pave the way for reformed courses in medicine at public universities.

The jury also wanted to determine how private universities use their advantages over public universities to develop efficient and innovative courses, the idea being that private institutions might offer models for introducing reforms to improve teaching, focus courses, and establish more vocationally orientated curricula at public universities.

There, he set the strategic direction for undergraduate and graduate education and research, and initiated undergraduate curriculum reform, successful diversity efforts, multidisciplinary research centers and graduate offerings, and international programs.

Child marriage and early pregnancy continue to hinder girls» progress in education as does the need for teacher training in gender sensitive approaches and curriculum reform.

After two years working in Portland, I found my way to Bay Area, California where I taught 9th grade social studies for 3 years while I supported faculty in developing their capacity to hold space for critical conversations around diversity, inclusion, and equity, as well as supporting social justice curriculum reform within the network.

«We support the government's drive to reform technical education, which has been at the heart of our curriculum for some time.

Standing for reform apparently means supporting rigorous testing, a back - to - basics curriculum, higher standards, more homework, more science and math, more phonics, something called accountability, and a host of other often daunting initiatives.

She criticized state education leaders for not upholding their end of the standards - based reform by not developing curricula for their own teachers to use in following the new standards.

Proposals for education reform generally focus on teachers and curricula.

Although 43 states are employing strategies that encourage elementary teachers to teach higher - order thinking skills, few have developed comprehensive policies for reforming the curriculum to include such skills in the early grades, a study by a federally sponsored research center shows.

School Reform Minister Nick Gibb said: «All pupils should have the opportunity to study foreign languages as part of a core academic curriculum that prepares them for life in modern Britain.

The challenge for all schools is to use the new Subject of Computing as a driver for excellence for all pupils: the challenge for our nation is to realise the vision of curriculum reform in a new generation of innovative, creative young entrepreneurs.

In Boston, MCAS is an important part of a seamless standards - based reform effort that includes clear expectations for what students should learn, curriculum aligned with the standards, high - quality instruction and professional development to help teachers improve their practice, and assessments that provide students with a way to demonstrate what they have learned and how they can apply it.

School Reform Minister, Nick Gibb said: «I am delighted that BT is extending the successful Barefoot project, providing innovative support for primary teachers on the new computing curriculum.

Standardized Test Outcomes for Students Engaged in Inquiry - Based Science Curricula in the Context of Urban Reform.

Montserrat Gomendio, deputy director of education and skills at the OECD, said: «We applaud Scotland for having the foresight and patience to put such an ambitious reform as Curriculum for Excellence in place; we hope that our OECD review will help ensure that it will live up to its full potential and realise excellence and equity right across Scotland.»

• Supporting the teaching of computer coding across different year levels in schools; • Reforming the Australian Curriculum to give teachers more class time to teach science, maths and English; and, • Requiring that new primary school teachers graduate with a subject specialisation, with priority for STEM.

Furthermore, the reforms to A level curriculums have been enforced to ensure that they properly prepare students for undergraduate study and the working world.

In the early 1980s, spurred by disappointing national test results and reports such as «A Nation At Risk» — the seminal document published in 1983 that decried the mediocre state of public education in America and recommended sweeping change to fix the problem — other states mounted reforms using administrative reorganization or new curriculum as levers for change.

The list includes some good news for education reformers, including an examination of how one state is already seeing positive results from its decision to put a high - quality curriculum at the heart of its reform efforts; a look at how the hottest show on Broadway is inspiring a generation of students to explore American history; and a deep dive into the world of higher education with an array of new experiments that are making college degrees more accessible, especially for at - risk students.

The G.A.O. defines systemwide reform as encompassing five components: goals or standards for all students, curricula tied to those goals, student assessments tied to the curriculum, high - quality instructional materials, and professional development.

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.

Longer school days, a move toward a less segregated two - pillared system, and a push for standardized national curricula are among the various reforms adopted by the country since their initial low scores on PISA provoked change.

One interpretation of the emphasis on developing the common core curriculum is that these debates provide a convenient diversion from potentially more intractable fights over bigger reform ideas like using improved teacher evaluations for personnel decisions, expanded school choice, or enhanced accountability systems.

Recent curriculum reforms in China are creating a demand for new ways to engage students in deeper learning experiences.

WASHINGTON — To many of the educators keeping a careful eye on national efforts to set curriculum standards for students, the proposals in the Clinton Administration's education - reform bill present a mixed bag.

International data are seen as «drivers» for national and local reform in terms of teacher qualifications, curriculum improvement, and sources of comparative information on narrowing the gaps and successful school management.

On February 6, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited the Ed School for the Askwith Forum, «Fighting the Wrong Education Battles,» at which he discussed either - or orthodoxies about school reform, including competing claims about the importance of in - school and out - of - school influences on student achievement, and the struggle to advance both a well - rounded curriculum and school accountability.

A number of schools appear to have responded with whole - school reform models or a new curriculum — also options for schools in corrective action.