Sentences with phrase «government holding schools accountable»

• Only 19 % supports the federal government holding schools accountable for what students learn, a major premise underlying both the Bush and Obama education policies.

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«I think the most important thing is finally holding local governments and school districts accountable,» said Sen. Jeff Klein, D - Bronx, an early supporter of the tax cap.

Schools may be held accountable for teenage pregnancy rates under new government plans to improve pupils» wellbeing.

It took another authorization and a clear signal from the Bush administration that the federal government was serious about accountability in order for the states to come up with plans to hold their own schools and districts accountable.

Under present day standards and accountability systems, states, pushed and prodded by the federal government, have moved from trying to force districts to educate students to a minimum level of basic skills and to do something about schools that are obviously failing, to holding districts, schools and teachers accountable for (in the words of the Common Core State Standards Initiative) «preparing all students for success in college, career, and life.»

New data and accountability Finally, when we contemplate disruption in education, many questions remain as to how the government will hold a «next - generation» school system accountable to ensure equity, rigor, and excellence.

Rather than a case of federal overreach, the CRDC allows the federal government to empower state and local education providers to improve their policies and provides parents, policymakers, and advocates the tools to hold schools accountable.

Perhaps it is time for central government to yield some of the control over standards and accountability that it has amassed in the last 30 years in exchange for the opportunity for districts and schools to innovate around what students are taught and how the actors in the system are held accountable.

The government could hold schools accountable for gender equality suddenly, which may have spurred changes.

Many proponents of private school choice — both the voucher and tax credit scholarship versions — take for granted that schools won't participate (or shouldn't participate) if government asks too much of them, regulates their practices, requires them to reveal closely held information and — above all — demands that they be publicly accountable for student achievement.

Because district schools are not held directly accountable to parents, some policymakers have attempted to impose accountability through top - down government regulations.

20 The DCL further contained the most thorough details to date of schools» specific obligations to combat gender - based violence and harassment.21 With the issuance of this letter, OCR signaled that the government would initiate a more aggressive enforcement policy to hold schools accountable for Title IX violations.

We need a social justice union that opposes institutional racism and organizes with students, parents, and other working people to hold schools and government accountable to our common interests.

At a time when Ofsted and the Government are holding schools more accountable for the Pupil Premium, it will also help schools to ensure that they are making the most of their funding at a time of scarce public resources.»

So if standardization is the enemy of innovation, hasn't the federal government contributed to that in its efforts to hold schools accountable, including charters?

reciprocal and comprehensive, with each level of the system — school, district, state, and federal government — held accountable for the contributions it must make to produce an effective system;

Government does this by: maintaining a high bar for charter school authorization; holding schools accountable for performance; ensuring all schools are equitably serving all students; and communicating transparently with the public and with schools themselves about school performance — not by making day - to - day school - based decisions.

In Oregon, the answer by government has often been to implement more testing, requirements, and bureaucracy to try and hold schools accountable.

Executive services: Supporting and holding school leaders accountable, conducting board and government relations, and maintaining school facilities

And, the entity that we should all expect to lead the way in holding all schools accountable for students» achievement levels is the state government.

When it comes to the role of the federal government in public schools, a majority of respondents said Washington should play no role in holding schools accountable, paying for schools or deciding the amount of testing.

Since employees are accountable to their bosses; companies are accountable to their shareholders; and the government should be accountable to the people, then it's not too far off the mark to think that schools should be held accountable to the standards they've established.

You, as a law school professor, can publish and urge your colleagues to publish and speak in several venues about analyses of the cause of the problem, and the responsibility of those accountable for its solution, including law societies, and governments and lawyers who have failed to hold law societies to account for their refusal to try to solve the problem.

People want someone held accountable for government's failure to keep our school kids and teachers safe, no question.