Sentences with phrase «improvement of public education based»

We share examples of success, encourage collaboration, and work toward the continual and long - term improvement of public education based on solid research.

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Further, it is unlikely that district authorizers will move beyond the regulatory - driven, compliance - based accountability systems that are the hallmark of public education or the troubling hit - and - miss formation of new schools that is raising questions about the ability of charter schools to deliver improvement on the scale that our country needs.

In 2008, the NEA unveiled the «Great Public Schools for Every Student by 2020» project, in which the union committed to «creating models for state - based educational improvement,» «developing a new framework for accountability systems that support authentic student learning,» and «fostering a constructive relationship with U.S. Department of Education leadership.»

As a long - time member of the Public Education Leadership Project, a joint initiative between HBS and HGSE, Higgins co-authored a book with her colleagues on managing central office - school relationships called, Achieving Coherence in District Improvement; this book is based upon their work with large urban districts over a ten - year time period.

Offering a counter-narrative to the school improvement prescriptions that dominate national education debates, a new book based on 15 years of data on public elementary schools in Chicago identifies five tried - and - true ingredients that work, in combination with one another, to spur success in urban schools.

Also during his term, the district was selected by Harvard Business School for the Public Education Leadership Project as one of nine urban districts in America that demonstrated national level improvement and the preschool — implemented under the Kohn Administration — was recognized nationally and served as the basis of state legislation to support preschool for at - risk children statewide.

Free and appropriate public education (FAPE)-- Special education and related services provided pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 for students with disabilities at public expense, under public supervision, at no charge to the parents and based on the child's unique needs as set forth in the student's individualized educationeducation (FAPE)-- Special education and related services provided pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 for students with disabilities at public expense, under public supervision, at no charge to the parents and based on the child's unique needs as set forth in the student's individualized educationeducation and related services provided pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 for students with disabilities at public expense, under public supervision, at no charge to the parents and based on the child's unique needs as set forth in the student's individualized educationEducation Improvement Act of 2004 for students with disabilities at public expense, under public supervision, at no charge to the parents and based on the child's unique needs as set forth in the student's individualized educationeducation program.

Though new to education, Human Performance Improvement is well established in evidence - based practices, including medicine, energy, construction, and other sectors in which the cost of human error or under - performance is high and can be damaging to workers, the environment, or the public.

Ron is the Chief Program Officer for the non-profit school improvement network EL Education, a national network of over 160 public project - based schools in 30 states.

Although the foundation implies that this market - based model will lead to the improvement of all schools in a system, a different endgame is clear through its philanthropic portfolio: The foundation endorses the eventual elimination of public education altogether, in favor of an across - the - board system of privately operated schools.