Sentences with phrase «gain control of the school system»

A video posted online shows then - gubernatorial candidate Cuomo backing the mayor of Rochester — his eventual lieutenant governor, Robert Duffy — full throttle in his 2010 bid to gain control of the school system.

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The dramatic shift has been partially attributed to First Nations peoples (a term that replaced the word «Indians» in the 1970s) gaining local control of education in 1973 and changing the on - reserve school system from a more traditional education to one mixed with First Nations history, culture, and values.

Gladwell's call to innovation and experimentation in our schools got me thinking about the idea of educational entrepreneurship and how supporting a spirit of adventure and risk within the boundaries of our public school system may allow us to realize more of the gains that we were hoping for rather than more of the same like the past two decades of tight control and, as Gladwell suggests, regimentation.

However, without the changes Massachusetts made to its entire system of teacher licensing (e.g., subject area licensing tests for all prospective teachers, criteria for achieving full licensure after beginning teaching, and criteria for license renewal for veteran teachers), it is unlikely there would have been enduring gains in achievement for students in all demographic groups and in all its regional vocational / technical high schools — gains confirmed by tests independent of control or manipulation by Massachusetts or federal policy makers.

Mayors in New York City and Chicago have gained control of the massive public school systems in those cities and have put reforms into place.

If we can't gain control of our own local school systems, what hope do we have of solving our other more complex problems?

PHILADELPHIA (AP / WTXF)-- Philadelphia has moved another step closer to gaining control of the city's struggling public school system after 16 years of state oversight.