But his confidence was bolstered by his 1995 reelection, and he was determined to confront the challenge of
improving public education in the city.
The honest attempt to find common ground on the crucial issue
of improving public education deserves wide support and participation from diverse interests, including the skeptical teachers union.
The traditional arguments in favor of school choice - that it will allow children to escape failing schools; that it will
improve public education through competition - are well known.
Future Is Now works to
improve public education by organizing and supporting effective educators and lead improvements in their schools, districts, and unions.
If our nation is serious
about improving public education, we would begin by funding all schools appropriately and paying teachers salaries worthy of professionals.
Over the past 20 years, organizing has emerged as a powerful force aimed
at improving public education, addressing injustice, and advancing youth development in low - income communities.
After more than two decades of only limited success, why is the national effort to
radically improve public education largely confined to fixing the schools the country already has?
Cash says he continues to ask parents to be engaged with their children's education as he remains committed to
improving public education in the city.
We base our findings on the analysis of six excellent examples of how teachers and their unions have been critical to
improving public education systems in collaboration with administration.
The law seeks to
improve public education through four «pillars:» stronger accountability for results; more freedom for states and communities; proven educational methods; and more choice for parents.
Future Is Now works to
improve public education by organizing and supporting effective educators to lead reforms in their schools, districts, and unions.
Anyone that has spent time running a school or in the classroom knows that unions are only one of the challenges in terms
of improving public education.
Taking aim on the entire charter sector and ignoring the same issues in district schools does nothing to
improve public education as a whole.
Believing that a high - quality education can transform the life trajectories of children and families, The Rainwater Charitable Foundation currently focuses on
improving public education for children from birth through 12th grade by concentrating our efforts on early childhood education and school leadership.
Believing that a high - quality education can transform the life trajectories of children and families, we currently focus
on improving public education for children from birth through 12th grade by concentrating our efforts on early childhood education and school leadership.
The Mind Trust and UNCF will host another in a series of «community conversations» designed to engage the local community in discussions
around improving public education in Indianapolis.
Seventy - five faculty members at Case Western Reserve University wrote in an open letter to voters that incumbent Deborah Owens Fink «has continued to sideline important issues associated
with improving public education in her effort to debase and distort the teaching...
The survey showed that NEA members believe that NCLB has
not improved public education because of inadequate funding, the punitive nature of the law, and the sole reliance on standardized testing to measure student achievement, according to information from the NEA.
But a 2011 set of case studies of six districts, including ABC, that have developed and sustained strong relationships between teachers and their unions and administrators
while improving public education found thirteen common themes, including:
I am looking forward to continuing our work with the parent plaintiffs in PEJ's teacher quality cases, and to launching new initiatives with the 50CAN network that will expand the scope of legal
strategies improving public education for kids all across the country.
Malliotakis said the statue should remain, adding that the commission was a waste of time and that the city should prioritize deteriorating transit conditions and
improving public education standards.
«Legislators are going to have to weigh which they value more: advice from hedge fund billionaires that come with checks or the concerns of students, parents and teachers about what's needed to
truly improve public education.»
With your recent interview with Roland Martin, you stated that the original intent of charter schools was to create laboratories for creative ideas that can
improve public education generally.
At the end of the summer, Fordham staff will choose the seven best and the seven will convene, by email, as a school board, and suggest what governance policies are most necessary to
most improve our public education system.
programs aim to address the barriers, while offering a quality experience for very busy people to
greatly improve public education in their states and districts.»
After working on the enormously hard problem of
improving the public education sector for most of our careers, we welcome and want to try any smart solution — such as using networks — to solve our intractable education challenges.
Indiana enjoyed almost 24 years of steady, collaborative effort to
improve public education under Republicans H. Dean Evans and Suellen Reed, but Bennett's election four years ago marked an end to the partnership among policymakers, educators, parents and the business community.
«While there will always be room for improvement when it comes to educating our students, these NAEP scores are further validation that Arizona charter schools are raising the bar and
improving public education statewide,» said Sigmund.
Teach for America is focused on attracting high - functioning individuals into education to fulfill its mission of having high - quality teachers in low - performing schools, and also embedding in those individuals a desire to contribute to
improving public education now and in the future.
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.