Sentences with phrase «improvement than the federal government»
In creating its name, the Legislature indicated that the new agency should take a less dictatorial and punitive approach to school improvement than the federal government prescribed during the past decade under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
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For example, each year's fifth graders must score better than the previous year's fifth graders, or the federal government would step in and set mandatory improvement plans.
«As decision - making shifts away from the federal government, it is more important than ever that our nation's schools be led by individuals who possess the skills and technical prowess to design and adopt school improvement strategies that truly make a difference for kids.»
The federal government has an ambitious goal of connecting 99 percent of America's students to high - speed broadband and wireless in their schools by 2018; at the state level, more than $ 2 billion has been allocated to support technology infrastructure improvement in schools (US Department of Education 2013; California Department of Education 2013, 2014, 2015).2 In spite of these investments, a large number of schools need significant infrastructure upgrades (Gao 2015).
And, as decision - making shifts away from the federal government, we recognize that it is more important than ever that our nation's schools be led by individuals who possess the leadership abilities and technical prowess to design and adopt school improvement strategies that will truly make a difference for students.
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Some examples of those projects include the 457 miles of track between Washington, D.C.'s Union Station and Boston's South Station that has gotten more than $ 3 billion from the federal government for improvements.