Sentences with phrase «impact on school reform»

If CCSS were to enhance public knowledge of the performance of local schools as compared to schools elsewhere in the state and nation, the impact on the school reform debate could be substantial, especially (but not exclusively) in those districts that are ranked below average nationally.

The foundation is the largest education funder in the U.S., and in that role it has the potential to have an outsize impact on school reforms.

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As a clinical psychologist, a mother of three and a co-founder of Challenge Success, a Stanford birthed project focused on school reform and parent education, I have seen the impact of excessive parental oversight and intrusion into every aspect of children's lives.

At 6:30 pm on Tuesday, the Rev. Al Sharpton will take part in a discussion with the New School's Maya Wiley on «key issues impacting civil rights, social justice, and criminal justice reform in NYC and nationally.»

A new report by the Geiger Gibson / RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) examines the impact of health reform on community health centers (CHCs) and their patients.

Whereas business - driven educational reform has largely focused on the K - 12 years, recent studies, including one by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), have now shown that the quality of care infants and toddlers receive can significantly impact their cognitive and social development through elementary school — and even beyond.

Special coverage of district and high school reform and its impact on student opportunities for success is supported in part by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

In three new articles published in Education Next, researchers with the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA - New Orleans) at Tulane University, directed by professor of economics, Douglas Harris, show the impact of the reforms on student performance; consider to what degree the city's system of school choice provides a variety of distinct options for families; and take a careful look at the city's unique centralized enrollment system.

The district's controversial chancellor, Michelle Rhee, resigned a year after IMPACT launched, when the mayor who appointed her, Adrian Fenty, lost a reelection bid in a campaign focused on school reform.

In a study published in Education Next earlier this month, Doug Harris looks at the impact of school reforms on student achievement across the school district in New Orleans.

Today we'll talk with Paul about these heroes, the impact they had on our schools, and his optimism that digital learning might finally succeed where so many other reform efforts failed.

A Progressive Policy Institute study of D.C.'s charter experience summarized the situation perfectly: «There is no clear evidence that charter schools have had a direct impact on student achievement in DCPS schools or otherwise driven systemic reform.»

In a new forum for Education Next, Lindsey Burke, director of the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation, and Shavar Jeffries, president of Democrats for Education Reform, debate how Trump's policies his first year as president stack up, and whether the impact of his administration on the nation's schools and colleges has been for better or for worse.

On June 26th ~ the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) ~ the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) ~ the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) ~ The Alliance for Excellent Education ~ and the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform held a briefing on Capitol Hill ~ Absenteeism in the Middle Grades: The Prevalence ~ the Impact ~ and Turning it ArounOn June 26th ~ the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) ~ the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) ~ the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) ~ The Alliance for Excellent Education ~ and the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform held a briefing on Capitol Hill ~ Absenteeism in the Middle Grades: The Prevalence ~ the Impact ~ and Turning it Arounon Capitol Hill ~ Absenteeism in the Middle Grades: The Prevalence ~ the Impact ~ and Turning it Around.

And if student testing has an impact on reform, it will be due to the better information parents receive about the amount of learning taking place at each school.

«Clearly, there is a great need for rigorous evaluation research, which should focus both on the impact of school discipline reforms and on their potential unintended consequences,» the authors note, emphasizing that reducing suspensions is a starting point in effective school discipline reform but that changing school culture can have «spillover» effects on teachers and peers which raise important questions for further study.

A study by Matthew M. Chingos and Paul E. Peterson on the long - term impact of school vouchers on college enrollment and graduation won the 2016 Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Prize awarded for Best Academic Paper on School Choice and Rschool vouchers on college enrollment and graduation won the 2016 Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Prize awarded for Best Academic Paper on School Choice and RSchool Choice and Reform.

Her research focuses on educational policy and politics, and urban school reform, including the development and implementation of education policy and the impact of policy on the educational opportunities for at - risk students.

Though this work centers on Minnesota schools, the CSC's impact — in terms of school - reform research and policy formation — reaches well beyond that state's borders.

«To be chosen for this medal by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, which has had such a profound impact on my life and on education reform across the nation, is a deeply felt honor,» Canada said.

A new report by Public Impact's Daniela Doyle and Tim Field, The Role of Charter Restarts in School Reform: Honoring our Commitments to Students and Public Accountability explores a variation on school closure in which a charter school's operator and board change, while the school continues to serve the same stuSchool Reform: Honoring our Commitments to Students and Public Accountability explores a variation on school closure in which a charter school's operator and board change, while the school continues to serve the same stuschool closure in which a charter school's operator and board change, while the school continues to serve the same stuschool's operator and board change, while the school continues to serve the same stuschool continues to serve the same students.

But as pundits and practitioners thrust and parry over these issues, they may be overlooking the potential impact of CCSS on public perceptions of school quality and public support for school reforms.

Commenting on the report, David Laws, chairman of EPI, said: «For too long the debate about «academisation», the possible roles for local authorities in school improvement, and the impact of structural reform on our school system has been dominated by political ideologies, half - truths and hunches, rather than by evidence and careful analysis.

«Governments have seemed unwilling to have a key school reform rigorously tested against the evidence, and too often the critics have also wanted to make their case without reference to the emerging data on how structural change is impacting on attainment and value added.

How can it be that we pile dollars upon dollars and launch reform after reform yet have so little impact on student learning in our public schools?

An article in the Fall 2013 issue of Education Next looks at the impact of Wisconsin» s collective bargaining reform on school districts.

In the initial analysis, I assessed the impact of these reforms on the chance that students would graduate from high school and enter college.

The problem is that often the forest gets lost because the leaves aren't counted: the authors describe a CREDO report's conclusions on the cumulative advantage of urban charter schools for poor African American students but give the reader no sense of how trustworthy they deem the report to be nor how significant the purported charter - school impact is — compared, for example, to results of any other major school - reform strategy.

While at ED, she co-authored the 2004 Report to Congress on the Implementation and Impact of the Comprehensive School Reform Program, and contributed to the 2001 Title I report High Standards for All Students.

There is little research about the impact of school closings on student achievement, according to Barbara Gross of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, a nonprofit educational research and policy group that has been giving technical help to the actischool closings on student achievement, according to Barbara Gross of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, a nonprofit educational research and policy group that has been giving technical help to the actiSchool Reform, a nonprofit educational research and policy group that has been giving technical help to the activists.

These two arguments were based on different models for how reform based on standards and tests would impact schools and students.

This final report on the scale - up of Success for All, funded by a federal Investing in Innovation (i3) grant, examines the implementation, impact, costs, and expansion of this whole - school reading reform.

A recent study on the impact of school financing reforms beginning in the 1970s highlighted the importance of adequate funding for children's — especially low - income children's — success in school and later in the workplace.

As policymakers consider the design, expansion, or reform of private school choice programs, they should carefully examine not just a program's likely impact on short - term metrics such as test scores, but also how it might shape long - term outcomes, including college enrollment and graduation.

The Fellowship provides hands - on experience to enhance students» understanding of critical issues impacting education reform and expand their skill sets to prepare them to be change agents and effective leaders within the charter school sector.

By gathering a critical mass of leading researchers focused on education reform, the Department of Education Reform will be uniquely positioned to have a meaningful impact on education policy research and the quality of screform, the Department of Education Reform will be uniquely positioned to have a meaningful impact on education policy research and the quality of scReform will be uniquely positioned to have a meaningful impact on education policy research and the quality of schools.

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

At a recent panel discussion held at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. and sponsored by the organization, Broader, Bolder Approach to Education (BBA), panelists called for policy reforms to address the impact of poverty on schools, students, families, and neighborhoods.

Education reform at any level, from local to national, has a tremendous impact on what gets implemented within a school or district.

As the AEI authors write, it would be deeply disappointing if major reforms of schools and schooling moved the needle on test scores but didn't have a lasting impact on kids» lives.

Evaluations of discipline reform should not be limited to the impact on students who are at risk of being suspended, but also assess the impact of new approaches on school safety and quality of the instructional environment.

Bay State's Public Schools, Health Care, and Economy Stand Out (US News) Professor Paul Reville shares his perspective on Massachusetts» Education Reform Act and the impact it had for setting high standards for public schools in theSchools, Health Care, and Economy Stand Out (US News) Professor Paul Reville shares his perspective on Massachusetts» Education Reform Act and the impact it had for setting high standards for public schools in theschools in the state.

The impact of state policies and actions on local implementation efforts: A study of whole school reform in New Jersey.

I Used To Think... And Now I Think...: Twenty Leading Educatiors Reflect on the Work of School Reform (HEL Impact Series)

Each State approved to use a differentiated accountability model must agree to provide data to the Department comparing its model to its existing accountability system, the impact of the interventions applied to schools and districts, and the effects of differentiating accountability on student achievement and school reform.

We study the impact of post-1990 school finance reforms, during the so - called «adequacy» era, on the distribution of school spending and student achievement between high - income and low - income school districts.

Looking at achievement trends across these different assessments raises questions about the effectiveness of our current approach to school reform in the U.S.. By 2008 and certainly by 2012, we should have seen evidence of a positive impact on achievement from the test - driven reforms of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (NCLB).

Weaver and Dick (2009), Khourey - Bowers et al. (2005) and McGee III (2006) examined the impact of a school reform initiative, which included unspecified teacher leader practices in addition to other forms of support to teachers, on teachers» implementation of instructional materials.

She conducted regional and national studies over the last 30 years on leadership preparation approaches and school and district reform initiatives, and published numerous books and articles on leadership preparation and its impact, including (with Linda Darling - Hammond and others) Preparing principals for a changing world: Lessons from effective school leadership programs (Jossey - Bass, 2009).

This study examines the impact of the Whole Schools Initiative (WSI), an arts integration model for comprehensive school reform, on students» academic performance as evidenced primarily by their scores on standardized state exams.