Sentences with phrase «good local schools accountable»

Ed Miliband should appoint someone committed to good local schools accountable within the framework of local democracy.

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The report argues that there is now insufficient local oversight of school performance and the creation of locally accountable school commissioners, appointed by partnerships of local authorities across city or county regions, would act to address this vacuum and support better local coordination of education.

Many people believe education is best run at the local level because school boards and school officials better serve the public when they are able to be held accountable by the local community they serve; when the decision - makers have local roots, many believe they do a better job than a monolithic federal bureaucracy hundreds or thousands of miles away.

«The public has demonstrated once more that it want good local schools run by democratically accountable local councils.

«If it is about choice for parents and the public, evidence shows that what parents and the public want are good local schools run by local councils, democratically accountable to local communities.

A school that is accountable to the community, in our view, reflects local values and customs, has indicators of success that are visible and well - communicated to the public, and allows parents to choose schools if they are not satisfied with the service.149

Chris Keates, general secretary of the Nasuwt teaching union, said the fact that low number suggested the public wanted good local schools run by democratically accountable local councils.

«Student assessment is essential to informing good teaching and can help communities hold local schools accountable for effectively serving all students, but children must not be hurt in the process,» said Dr. María Cuca Robledo Montecel, IDRA president and CEO.

Rather than putting government officials between the public and the schools, we should find better ways to make local schools accountable to the public and to ensure that the standards the local community upholds are of value to students and society.

«We think that local authorities are best placed to decide how to allocate school funding because they have the expertise, know their schools best and are accountable to parents.»

And one way we are doing that is by empowering and engaging parents of our most vulnerable students, as well as working with local leaders and civil rights groups, in the fight to improve their child's elementary and secondary education and helping them to hold school systems accountable when it comes to their children's future.

These are self - awareness, self - management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision - making.26 While there are existing assessments that measure aspects of SEL for particular groups of students, none of these assessments» purpose is to hold schools accountable for students» SEL.27 Nonetheless, providing local educators with insights into how well students are developing their SEL can be useful to inform instructional practice.