Sentences with phrase «for education reform efforts»

That ambitious plan is key to her broader aim of establishing Success as what the network describes as a «catalyst and national model for education reform efforts,» and a legitimate citywide competitor to the incumbent public school system.

As for policy, Cox pointed to the Republican Party's support for education reform efforts that have put them at odds with politically influential teachers unions.

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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.

He played an instrumental role in ensuring New York State qualified for, and won, $ 700 million in Federal Race to the Top dollars, a US Department of Education sponsored effort to spur innovation and reform in state and local district K - 12 eEducation sponsored effort to spur innovation and reform in state and local district K - 12 educationeducation.

New Yorkers For A Balanced Albany, a super PAC backed by supporters of education reform and charter school efforts, is spending more money in potentially pivotal races for the state SenaFor A Balanced Albany, a super PAC backed by supporters of education reform and charter school efforts, is spending more money in potentially pivotal races for the state Senafor the state Senate.

The event is sponsored by Education Reform Now, a group that has ties to Taveras: the New York - based 501 (c) 3 nonprofit is helping support the national Mayors for Educational Excellence Tour, which is meant to highlight new educational efforts in four specific U.S. cities.

ALBANY — The two long - serving members of the state Board of Regents ousted by lawmakers on Tuesday were brave soldiers for the Common Core standards and other recent education reform efforts, board chancellor Merryl Tisch said.

The call for changing New York's education reform effort is growing louder.

New Yorkers For A Balanced Albany is led by Angela Dickens, the general counsel for StudentsFirstNY, a group that has backed education reform and charter school efforts in New YoFor A Balanced Albany is led by Angela Dickens, the general counsel for StudentsFirstNY, a group that has backed education reform and charter school efforts in New Yofor StudentsFirstNY, a group that has backed education reform and charter school efforts in New York.

It is widely recognized as the first step toward ambitious national standards in science for all students and a major influence on current efforts to reform science education in the U.S., including the National Research Council's A Framework for K - 12 Science Education (2012) and the Next Generation Science Standards released by Achieveeducation in the U.S., including the National Research Council's A Framework for K - 12 Science Education (2012) and the Next Generation Science Standards released by AchieveEducation (2012) and the Next Generation Science Standards released by Achieve in 2013.

A 2001 Nobelist for creating a new form of matter known as a Bose - Einstein condensate, Wieman has since become a leader in the effort to reform U.S. undergraduate education.

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.

This shift also, however, provides an opportunity for those who wish to whitewash school failure and to stonewall efforts to overhaul education policy through school turnarounds and systemic reforms.

In his final chapter, Putnam recommends a variety of well - known school - based reforms, such as moving poor children into better schools, compensatory financing for schools in poor neighborhoods to enable them to attract the best teachers and counselors, more school - based extracurricular activities and social services, and more effort to engage the whole community in the education process.

Among today's advocates for young people are nonprofit insurgent groups that challenge the education establishment by organizing, educating, and mobilizing parents in a variety of roles and in different ways, empowering them to engage in K — 12 reform efforts.

For the best development I chose Race to the Top, because the initiative, the key reform effort of the Obama Administration, demonstrated broad political support for charters, merit pay and data - driven education refoFor the best development I chose Race to the Top, because the initiative, the key reform effort of the Obama Administration, demonstrated broad political support for charters, merit pay and data - driven education refofor charters, merit pay and data - driven education reform.

Podcast: Andy Smarick and Joe Williams (Democrats for Education Reform) discuss efforts to ensure that Race to the Top funds are used to promote rReform) discuss efforts to ensure that Race to the Top funds are used to promote reformreform.

Even though Powell Jobs stands squarely on the reform side of education's long - running civil war over how to make things work better for American students, the XQ effort seemed to represent a refreshing change of direction.

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.

Thom Markham, Ph.D., President of GlobalRedesigns, and Senior National Faculty member at the Buck Institute for Education, is a psychologist and educator who served as a Director with Active Learning, Inc., an innovative motivational and learning skills camp program for high school and college students, taught at an award - winning high school, where he led school reform efforts and developed a highly - acclaimed internship - based program, and co-founded the Marin School of Arts and Technology, an innovative charter high school in Novato, California.

P.E. 4Life's Flannery says her organization has mobilized support for the program and advocates that a review of physical education standards be part of overall national education reform efforts.

Under the umbrella of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) the group coordinated a major effort in 2010 to urge the New York State legislature to lift a charter school cap that had been a stumbling block in the state's first bid to win a federal Race to the Top (RttT) grant.

In a new article for Education Next, Joanne Jacobs looks at one of these reform efforts from a different angle.

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.

My own book, Education Myths, may have bolstered efforts to enact the incentive - based reforms that dominated the decade, but it did not provide the conceptual rationale for the movement.

In the Wall Street Journal, Stephanie Banchero notes that, while significantly outspent by teachers unions, Democrats for Education Reform and Stand for Children have spent about $ 3.5 million on local campaigns in an effort to challenge the power of unions.

«The notion of high - stakes testing was brought on as one component of Louisiana's overall reform efforts and not in isolation,» said Scott Norton, director of standards and assessments for the Louisiana Department of Education.

As a result, while debates between teachers» unions and reform - minded Democrats have been fierce, they have also largely stayed within the bounds of Democratic convention, with even Democrats for Education Reform seeking to temper criticism of teachers» unions by embracing «reform» unionism and denouncing Republican efforts to curtail collective bargareform - minded Democrats have been fierce, they have also largely stayed within the bounds of Democratic convention, with even Democrats for Education Reform seeking to temper criticism of teachers» unions by embracing «reform» unionism and denouncing Republican efforts to curtail collective bargaReform seeking to temper criticism of teachers» unions by embracing «reform» unionism and denouncing Republican efforts to curtail collective bargareform» unionism and denouncing Republican efforts to curtail collective bargaining.

None of this offers much succor to those hoping for bipartisan efforts on NCLB / ESEA reauthorization, and it might just be raising eyebrows over at Democrats for Education Reform.

Strong chapters on school desegregation, bilingual education, education for the disabled, and school finance all support Davies's argument that «in the 1970s, reform often emanated from... within the federal bureaucracy, from the lower federal courts, and through the energetic efforts of congressional staffers, lobbyists, and public interest law firms.»

And they note we're now seeing state - level reforms, fueled by the efforts of ConnCAN, Democrats for Education Reform, and their peers, that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago.

Officials from the Education Commission of the States and the Coalition of Essential Schools last week announced plans for an unusual joint project that will link state - level education reforms with building - level restructuringEducation Commission of the States and the Coalition of Essential Schools last week announced plans for an unusual joint project that will link state - level education reforms with building - level restructuringeducation reforms with building - level restructuring efforts.

The camaraderie was the latest attempt to build support both for Mr. McWherter's education - reform package, which remains stalled in a House - Senate conference committee, and for tax - reform efforts tabled by lawmakers.

Far from being a «dead end» (as asserted by Marc Tucker in Education Week recently), better teacher evaluation systems will be vital for any broad reform effort, such as implementing the Common Core.

He will be an asset to Harvard, and we hope to draw on his experience and wisdom as we accelerate our efforts for education reform in Boston.»

23 - 26 — Education reform: National conference on Kentucky's education - reform efforts, sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Education, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, and the Partnership for Kentucky School Reform, to be held in LexingEducation reform: National conference on Kentucky's education - reform efforts, sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Education, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, and the Partnership for Kentucky School Reform, to be held in Lexingtonreform: National conference on Kentucky's education - reform efforts, sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Education, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, and the Partnership for Kentucky School Reform, to be held in Lexingeducation - reform efforts, sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Education, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, and the Partnership for Kentucky School Reform, to be held in Lexingtonreform efforts, sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Education, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, and the Partnership for Kentucky School Reform, to be held in LexingEducation, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, and the Partnership for Kentucky School Reform, to be held in LexingtonReform, to be held in Lexington, Ky..

Therefore, it does not represent a stark departure from current reform efforts, but instead presents a framework for science education that has evolved from those previous efforts.

Indeed, the influential Democrats for Education Reform expends much of its efforts spreading that very message.

The essays have rightly suggested — whether arguing for or against alternative routes, for or against current practice in schools of education — that unless the present and growing shortage of good teachers is overcome, no other efforts at school reform can succeed.

«It is hard to get these people hired,» says John Ayers, executive director of Leadership for Quality Education, a Chicago education reform group that has worked with New Leaders and supports itsEducation, a Chicago education reform group that has worked with New Leaders and supports itseducation reform group that has worked with New Leaders and supports its efforts.

Education Redesign: Building a New Model for All Date TBD $ 149 per person Based upon the research of HGSE Professor Paul Reville, director of the Education Redesign Lab, explore why current education reform efforts are failing and how we might work to design a new educatioEducation Redesign: Building a New Model for All Date TBD $ 149 per person Based upon the research of HGSE Professor Paul Reville, director of the Education Redesign Lab, explore why current education reform efforts are failing and how we might work to design a new educatioEducation Redesign Lab, explore why current education reform efforts are failing and how we might work to design a new educatioeducation reform efforts are failing and how we might work to design a new educationeducation system.

Accountability systems have worked well with other reforms — such as effective choice policies, the expansion of early - childhood - education and other school - readiness programs, and efforts to improve the teaching force through evaluation and tenure reform — to improve education for children around the country.

Based upon the research of HGSE Professor Paul Reville at the Education Redesign Lab, the workshop explores why current education reform efforts are failing and how we might work to design a «new engine» to drive better outcomesEducation Redesign Lab, the workshop explores why current education reform efforts are failing and how we might work to design a «new engine» to drive better outcomeseducation reform efforts are failing and how we might work to design a «new engine» to drive better outcomes for all.

The National Institute for Urban School Improvement, funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, was created to facilitate and unify reform efforts in general and special education in the nation's urban school dEducation Office of Special Education Programs, was created to facilitate and unify reform efforts in general and special education in the nation's urban school dEducation Programs, was created to facilitate and unify reform efforts in general and special education in the nation's urban school deducation in the nation's urban school districts.

From the Gates Foundation high school initiative to the Annenberg Challenge, from the Children's Scholarship Fund to the Broad Prize for Urban Education, philanthropic efforts are playing a catalytic role in contemporary school reform.

After a decade of efforts to improve public schools incrementally, the initiative for education reform has shifted to outsiders who propose radical measures.

Gov. Evan Bayh, who plans to unveil a major education - reform proposal next year, recently hired Don Ernst to direct efforts to plan and win public support for the new program.

The text - based chat followed the release last month of Quality Counts at 10: A Decade of Standards - Based Reform, the 10th annual Education Week report on state policy efforts for improving education (Jan. Education Week report on state policy efforts for improving education (Jan. education (Jan. 5, 2006).

The seminar — promoted through a collaboration between HGSE and the Center for Public Policy and Educational Evaluation (Centro de Políticas Públicas e Avaliação da Educação, or CAEd) of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in Brazil — focused on education reform, specifically U.S. efforts to develop 21st - century skills through teacher education, leadership development, and the definition of standards for teachers and school leaders.

In our work at Democrats for Education Reform, my colleagues and I regularly interact with elected officials across party lines in efforts to advance positive academic outcomes for students.