Sentences with phrase «good reform initiatives»

How many good reform initiatives have been started with great fanfare only to end with a whimper?

The good news is that we have government policy and legislative leadership with the most aggressive reform orientation in history, and there are in fact some good reform initiatives in motion.

We were concerned, though, that despite applications of the best reform initiatives, too many of our students still did not achieve to their potential; that authentic learning (which we believe so critical to urban student success) was largely missing; and that the fundamental issue of how to teach critical thinking was rarely addressed as an integrated element of instruction.

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But given that several individual racial justice groups, as well as larger collectives like the Movement for Black Lives and the police - reform oriented Campaign Zero initiative, have all come out with various policy agendas targeting specific issues, this doesn't really hold up.

Many evangelicals believe that societal reform is a top - down process: Remove President Barack Obama and frustrate initiatives of the Democratic Party and you're well on your way.

Legislators considering changing their divorce laws should consider the full range of legal options available to them, such as those compiled by Americans for Divorce Reform and posted on their Internet «Divorce Reform Page «69 This site presents arguments for and against the initiatives as well as model legislation.

In the 2014 State of State handbook which accompanied the speech, the governor detailed these as well as other reform initiatives, emphasizing that matching small donations with public funds would give «voice to small donors» and «help enable a diverse pool of candidates with substantial grassroots support, but little access to large donors, to run competitive campaigns.»

Over the past three decades or so UK central government has had repeated successive and much - hyped reform initiatives ostensibly designed to make the government machine work better and cost less.

Several good government organizations have supported this reform initiative for decades.

«The Senate supports enhanced disclosure to ensure transparency and accountability in government, and will modify the Governor's ethics proposals, as well as the education reform initiatives advanced as part of the Executive budget,» the Republican conference stated.

The push comes after the Trump administration has pledged an investment in infrastructure nationally, though that initiative that slowed amid the slog to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act as well as federal tax reform.

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, said that while he supported the new initiative by Governor Cuomo to better track individuals with HIV in order to eliminate the AIDS epidemic, more funding and reforms were needed.

Cuomo included $ 75 million in the budget for reform initiatives, including expanding pre-K as well as creating community schools, extending the school day or year, and rewarding high - performing teachers.

Some of these initiatives include, the Better Buffalo Fund; Upstate Revitalization Initiative; an enhanced historic preservation tax credit; land banks legislation; zombie properties reforms; brownfield redevelopment reforms; Complete Streets law and funding; Community Risk & Resiliency Act; Age Friendly / Health Across All Policies; Cleaner Greener and Clean Energy Communities; Climate - Smart Communities grants; and craft beverage reforms.

It was the second annual «Vote Better NY» Advocacy Day for Election Reform organized by NYC Votes, a non-partisan voter engagement initiative run by the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) and its Voter Assistance

One of Mayor's early initiatives, the Science Teacher Improvement Program, assisted other organizations to strengthen the qualifications of science teachers and reform teaching materials, as well as increase student interest and understanding in science.

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 reform.

Counter-organization and outreach to groups that will benefit from reform (particularly parents of children doing least well in the conventional school system) can counter opponents» initiatives.

This is true of other promising reform initiatives as well.

Building off of Boston Public School's (BPS) successful PreK initiative, this project aims to operationalize the recommended PreK - 3rd grade reform strategies and pioneer their implementation at scale, all the while examining this particular case of education reform and its incremental progress towards better meeting young children's needs.

Had these reforms emerged from purely legislative initiatives, they could be reversed easily if it became evident that they were not working as planned or if a better approach had been discovered in later years.

Yet, opponents of parent choice and other transformational education reform initiatives continue to place one obstacle after another in the path of parents seeking the power to choose the best educational environment for their children and / or to fundamentally change some of the systems that purport to educate their children.

For better or worse, those people have mostly been left out of the headlines, the reform initiatives, the policy debates, and the performance indicators.

This report reviews the reform initiatives and performance data as well as the experiences of parents under the leadership of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel Klein.

When Spillane and Jennings (1997) looked more closely at nine second - and fifth - grade teachers in the suburban district, they found that the extent to which teachers» practices reflected the district's literacy initiative depended on how well the reforms were elaborated by the district.

Originally envisioned to resemble the Recovery School District reform initiative in New Orleans and Michigan's Education Achievement Authority, the Commissioner's Network hasn't been as well received by Parent Power advocates in the state as Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor would like.

As we contemplate how it is possible that elected officials like Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy remain steadfastly committed to his anti-teacher, anti-public education, pro-Common Core testing and pro-charter school corporate education reform initiatives we might do well to remember the words of the great Danish philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard, who observed that fools are those who «believe what isn't true [and / or] refuse to believe what is true.»

Our goal is to link reform at the local and state level so that states can put the powers they do have to their highest and best use, and local leaders with ideas and initiative will not constantly fight against state law and administrative actions.

In addition, we boast a wide range of well - intentioned reform organizations and intervention initiatives of business and education leaders.

As a result of their «education reform» initiatives, well over $ 100 million in taxpayer funds will go to charter schools rather than the state's local public school system.

At the community level in the United States, numerous municipalities are now pursuing so - called «collective impact» reform initiatives that apply a systems perspective to achieve better educational and life outcomes for children and youth.

With the re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act on the table, Race to the Top continuing, the Investing in Innovation (I3) rules set, a reorganization of Madison schools (scroll for links) and local budget choices that may privilege new initiatives over existing programs and services; it is a good time to repost one of my favorite essays on education reform: David Tyack's «A Conservationist Ethic in Education?.»

It is intended to help the public and educators alike to better understand and follow the twists and turns of the current reform initiative.

Most recently her work has been directly connected to the reform in standards, assessments, and accountability, as well as within various projects in NC's Race to the Top initiative.

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Formed by Jennifer Alexander and Alex Johnston, the present and former CEOs of ConnCAN, A Better Connecticut spent an additional $ 700,000 on television and other advertising in support of Governor Malloy's Education Reform Initiatives.

The organization formed by Jennifer Alexander and Alex Johnston, the present and former CEOs of ConnCAN, A Better Connecticut has spent $ 2 million on television advertising and other paid public relations to support Malloy and his Education Reform Initiatives.

He said the increase in spending would allow the department to fund the increased demand for Pell grants as well as reform early learning initiatives and the Race to the Top program.

Furthermore, as result of Governor Malloy's «education reform» initiative, high school teachers in Connecticut will then be «evaluated» on how well their students do on this NEW Common Core aligned SAT.

ConnCAN, ConnAD and A Better Connecticut led the record - breaking $ 6 million dollar lobbying effort in support of Governor Malloy's «Education Reform» initiative.

And, thanks to the Madison citizens and BOE who support its district educational leaders to evaluate controversial reform initiatives with rigor and trust their educational expertise to bring joy and creativity back to learning as well as teaching.

Since Malloy introduced his corporate education reform initiative in 2012, charter school and education reform organizations have spent well over $ 7 million on lobbying and advertising — a record - breaking amount for Connecticut.

Readers will recall that A Better Connecticut, ConnCAN and other corporate education industry organizations have spent a record $ 6 million and counting lobbying in support of Malloy's education reform initiative to date, including more than $ 2 million in television advertisements thanking Malloy for his «leadership.»

During the question and answer period following Malloy's talk, Jennifer Alexander, the CEO of ConnCAN and co-founder of A Better Connecticut, the corporate education reform lobbying group, tossed Malloy a soft - ball question about the town meetings Malloy held around the state to promote his education reform initiative in 2012.

These initiatives are well positioned to implement reforms using the guided pathways framework.

This decision made 3,000 miles away and behind closed doors will dramatically impact our children and their teachers, since Malloy's education reform initiative requires that teachers be judged on how well their students do on these unfair tests.

In his book As Good as It Gets (2010), education reformer Larry Cuban talks about the difficulty of sustaining even the most innovative reforms, let alone starting universal initiatives.

Critics of reform efforts in Chicago say many of the well - funded initiatives to fix CPS involve opening more privately run charter schools and closing down the district's traditional neighborhood schools.

It also urged other related initiatives to amplify the value of better reporting, including reforms on titles, a best - interest standard, and increased proficiency requirements.

She will speak about animal law and protection, as well as her work as chair of the Committee to Protect Greyhounds, a political action committee that works to pass ballot initiatives that reform and phase out greyhound racing in the state.