Sentences with phrase «greater school autonomy»

The principles promoted by successive governments - of ever - greater school autonomy and parental choice and community involvement - are seen as great strengths in improving schools.

The report by MPs has examined partnerships and co-operation between schools, against a background of greater school autonomy and different levels of accountability.

This plan, announced in September last year, sought to place Australian students amongst the top five highest performing nations in rigorous international performance tests through a combination of additional, targeted funding using a model mirroring the Gonski proposal, new initiatives in teacher training and accountability, personalised student learning plans, greater school autonomy, and a raft of other Commonwealth initiatives.

The Australian Government is pushing for greater school autonomy and «school choice».

The latter might sound good to advocates for greater school autonomy, but it has created many problems in terms of charter school quality.

Not exact matches

Supporters of free schools say they bring greater educational autonomy to parents and communities and that flexibility over the curriculum and qualifications required to teach can improve learning.

Our elementary schools have a great amount of autonomy, so each principal decides what kind of breakfast they will have at their school.

It's unclear whether academies will work in the smaller and much more numerous primary schools — of which so far around 10 % are academies; and whether primary heads and governors have the breadth of expertise and the time to take on the responsibilities of greater autonomy.

«It is unfortunate that DOE is trying to stifle the autonomy of charter schools when their time would be better spent on evaluating what great teachers and leaders in the very best charter schools, traditional district schools and nonprofit providers are doing to make pre-kindergarten an investment that pays off in increased student achievement,» Merriman said.

Lastly, if greater autonomy and decision - making were reserved for the local level, would schools be more responsive to student needs and provide more personalized learning experiences?

Mandating the state test is certainly a greater infringement on private school autonomy — essentially dictating what is taught when and how — but the NNR tests are not cost - free.

Many senior school business management professionals find themselves on call long after 5.00 pm, are now working across groups of schools, are responsible for a wider range of school functions and larger, more dispersed teams, and alongside greater autonomy and responsibility, face greater scrutiny and public accountability.

If converting to a standalone academy, the potential for greater autonomy in certain areas of school life may be one of your key motivations.

The private schools retain a great deal of operational autonomy, but the price of public support is some form of public accountability.

School leaders and classroom teachers would have greater say over how they'd be assessed, as well as increased autonomy.

For the most part, the Gates early - college initiative focuses on the motivation of students, hoping that greater autonomy and more challenging material will help keep them engaged and interested in school.

However, there are a number of academic professionals who believe schools being granted greater autonomy can only be an advantage.

The Aspiring Principals Program (APP) is the centerpiece of the Bloomberg - Klein regime's efforts to boost the quality of school leadership — and central to their broader strategy of empowering principals with greater autonomy.

Katie Harrison would like to see schools becoming more autonomous: «We need to improve school autonomy by allowing teachers much greater freedom with what and how they teach, with less scrutiny.»

Yet while school boards» capacity to innovate may be greater in practice than it is in theory, they enjoy less autonomy than other local governments.

I think the wide diversity in charter school offerings (think of Carpe Diem and Great Hearts both operating under the same regulatory structure) is confirmation that such a system can still appreciate autonomy and respect diversity.

We offered «greater resources, the opportunity to have a new school design, and a bit of autonomy,» Jupp says.

«We are committed to establishing a worldwide educational system by simultaneously raising the standards of learning, affording greater autonomy at the local school level, and creating increased accountability for student success,» said Lillian Gonzalez, the director of the Department of Defense Education Activity,...

The Commonwealth Pilot Schools model, for example, gives greater autonomy and some additional support to help schools turn around their own perforSchools model, for example, gives greater autonomy and some additional support to help schools turn around their own perforschools turn around their own performances.

Again, international evidence suggests that greater autonomy for schools is often associated to better learning outcomes.

On Monday Education Minister Christopher Pyne unveiled the Initiative which plans to make approximately 1500 public schools become independent by 2017 and follows an election promise by Prime Minister Tony Abbott to have greater principal autonomy and parental engagement in school matters.

The elected Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) retained authority over the system's 16 still - viable schools, an administrative domain that shrank further as several of the best schools fled central control for the greater autonomy that comes with charter status.

The district had been freed from mayoral control after more than a century, and a high - energy superintendent was leading bold moves to de-emphasize central administration, give schools greater autonomy, and engage families in a revitalized portfolio of educational choice.

Schools were given greater autonomy in return for more accountability.

In general, charter schools are held accountable for results, and in return they are given greater autonomy than district schools.

They find that not only do greater accountability, autonomy, and choice (in various configurations) in a country's school system boost student achievement, they also boost noncognitive skills and increase equity (breaking the link between student achievement and socioeconomic status).

Inspired by a lecture from Albert Shanker, the longtime president of the American Federation of Teachers (whom Reichgott Junge heard describe charter schools as «the best answer so far» to the ills of the American education system) she worked with civic leaders and fellow representatives to draft and implement a bill granting greater autonomy for a subset of the North Star state's schools.

Great schools of choice aren't government schools with a smidgen of autonomy and some freedom for parents to opt in.

Curriculum reform was also prioritised, with a core curricular developed with the goal of providing schools with greater autonomy and responsibility.

This reduced funding, argued proponents of the bill, could be offset at the district level by employee contributions to health - care and pension programs as well as savings gained by local school districts exercising greater autonomy over spending.

Increased autonomy has seen greater work intensi cation and accountability for both school leaders and teachers.

Jo Mason, Director of Innovations and Professional Learning at the Principals Australia Institute, spoke to Education Matters magazine's Kathryn Edwards about the importance of harnessing teacher and principal health and wellbeing in our schools, encouraging positive relationships and how principals can best deal with greater autonomy.

As school principals across Australia have been granted greater autonomy and responsibility over decisions and directions at their school, the call to nurture their health and wellbeing has been thrust into the spotlight.

By extending learning time, concentrating on school leadership, and giving many schools greater autonomy, the district made noticeable gains in reading scores and significant gains in math scores.

With greater autonomy and collaboration across an age range from three to 18, The Three Rivers, which was previously a Multi-Academy Trust made up of The King Edward VI School, along with Chantry and Newminster Middle Schools, is able to provide better links throughout the school experience to improve career opportunities for staff and students School, along with Chantry and Newminster Middle Schools, is able to provide better links throughout the school experience to improve career opportunities for staff and students school experience to improve career opportunities for staff and students alike.

[28] Amazingly, charters, which were supposed to have greater freedom and autonomy, now seem to have more burdensome regulations to meet than their traditional school counterparts.

Reforms targeting governance and funding policies were also included in the analysis, such as the increase in the number of academies in England as part of moves to gives schools greater autonomy.

Charter schools are publicly funded schools that operate outside the direct control of local school districts, under a publicly issued charter that gives them greater autonomy than other public schools have over curriculum, instruction, and operations.

Although HHS's teachers were doing a great job thinking through pace — students were working through different lessons and projects based on their strengths and needs and teachers appeared to be monitoring each students» progress along the way — the school's current focus on teacher autonomy in turn means a focus on courses.

The teacher turnover rate also nearly doubled, apparently because schools had greater autonomy over personnel and because of the increase in educators from alternative preparation programs such as Teach for America.

Yet overall private schools are reported by teachers to embody a greater feeling of community, offer more teacher autonomy, and more teacher influence over curriculum.

Getting this turnaround work right is important now more than ever, particularly as the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA, gives states greater autonomy to support their lowest - performing schools.

Charter schools have greater autonomy than traditional public schools when it comes to programming, and they can appeal to families of different income levels through innovation in curriculum, teaching, and learning methods.

Charter schools were supposed to be a compact — more autonomy in exchange for greater accountability.

Arizona laws provide public charter schools more autonomy in exchange for greater accountability for improved student achievement.