Sentences with phrase «improve public education overall»

He dives into the history of Utah Public Education and parental rights, showing how school choice provides an important bridge to improve public education overall.

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In a constructive response to competition, school faculty and administrators may implement reforms that use resources more efficiently, improve the overall quality of education within the traditional public schools, and increase responsiveness to student needs.

Entitled, Try It Again, Uncle Sam, the report's overall conclusion is that Americans aren't convinced that federal involvement will improve public education.

The overall argument of the report — that efforts to bring college preparatory education to public schools (and improve the rigor of curriculum in American public education) is contributing to the nation's dropout crisis — doesn't hold water when one knows that the nation's five - year graduation rate has barely budged between the Classes of 1991 and 2007 (81 percent and 78 percent, respectively).

The central idea of the school - reform community, Perry said, is that improving public education will lead to an overall improvement in New Orleans social conditions, and that this goal justifies the radical changes they have imposed on schools here — firing teachers, closing schools, moving students every few years.

Our overall goal is to identify what works to improve education, and to translate that information to policymakers for their decisions about public investments in the education system from preschool through college.

The charter school model holds great promise for developing education innovations and improving the quality of public education overall, but the current direction of the charter school sector toward a few narrow approaches cuts short this potential.

Overall, with good implementation by the charter board, these changes will result in improved financial management and accountability of funds allocated to public education.»

Five Wisconsin public schools, including one Dodgeville School District elementary school, have been named Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education for overall academic excellence or success in improving their student academic achievement.