But with school choice such a trigger point for those engaged
in education reform work, it's critical that discussions be framed fairly and accurately.
Our new statewide commitment to raise achievement and cut achievement gaps in half by 2030 are an important part of mobilizing citizens to realize the full potential of our rising generation and continue the momentum Kentucky has built over decades of leadership
in education reform work.
Yet his commitment to children is clear
in his education reform work.
Not exact matches
Announcing his resignation (below) to the world he said: «I believe we've made great steps, with more people
in work than ever before
in our history, with
reforms to welfare and
education, increasing people's life chances, building a bigger and stronger society, keeping our promises to the poorest people
in the world and enabling those who love each other to get married whatever their sexuality, but above all restoring Britain's economic strength.»
I
work in education and some of the most innovative
education reform grassroots organizing is happening
in Chicago.
She has 3 children and is the founder of the Redefine Positive Project, an initiative that is
working to
reform HIV / AIDS
education in public schools across the nation.
Although my thinking is inspired by the seminal
work Practical Theology: The Emerging Field
in Theology, Church, and World, edited by Don Browning (Harper & Row, 1983), my thoughts essentially are an attempt to make sense of what I do, and thereby add one more opinion to the important effort to
reform and renew theological
education.
That Msgr. Shea and his colleagues
in Bismarck have welcomed him to the University of Mary, giving him a platform from which to extend his
work into the Latino worlds of U.S. Catholicism while continuing to be the go - to consultant for Catholic Studies programs across the country, testifies to that young school's bright future as one of the leaders of Catholic higher
education reform.
But when there's real progress underway — when the White House advances early childhood
education; when a culture of school food
reform is the new normal
in districts nationwide; when the
work takes on a life of its own — then the entrepreneur is ready to take on a different challenge, and begin
work anew.
After 28 years
working to get kids into college, Thacker left his job as a high school counselor
in 2004 to write «College Unranked: Ending the College Admissions Frenzy» and found the
Education Conservancy, through which he is building a broad - based
reform coalition of educators at both the supply (high school) and demand (college) sides of the equation.
Our plan is to have our website serve as a primary reference for external inquiries so that other individuals and organizations can replicate the
work of the Fund, or tailor our successes
in early childhood
education, school food
reform, and disaster readiness to fit their own communities and organizations.
Silver has also taken issue with Cuomo's call for a new
education reform commission, saying the Board of Regents — which the Legislature, not the governor, appoints — is already
working to address myriad problems
in the public school system.
Here is a brilliant female scholar, a professional, an educationist and a patriotic Ghanaian whose diligent
works and strong educational
reforms have raised Ghana's image
in education to enviable heights.
In accepting this responsibility on behalf of his colleagues, Speaker Heastie has stepped forward at an incredibly important time for New York as a whole, and I look forward to working with him to enact an aggressive agenda that ensures economic opportunity for all, improves and reforms our education system, ensures justice in perception and in reality, and restores trust in our government.&raqu
In accepting this responsibility on behalf of his colleagues, Speaker Heastie has stepped forward at an incredibly important time for New York as a whole, and I look forward to
working with him to enact an aggressive agenda that ensures economic opportunity for all, improves and
reforms our
education system, ensures justice
in perception and in reality, and restores trust in our government.&raqu
in perception and
in reality, and restores trust in our government.&raqu
in reality, and restores trust
in our government.&raqu
in our government.»
«The speaker laid out a comprehensive agenda this week on issues like
education, reproductive rights and criminal justice
reform, so we have a lot of
work to do here
in Albany and that is what we will be focusing on,» said Michael Whyland, spokesman for Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D - Bronx.
Like Cameron
in his first ever PMQs, where he marked a shift
in Tory strategy by declaring he would
work with the then prime minister Tony Blair on his
education reforms, we must similarly mark ourselves out to the public.
Mr Salter, who entered parliament as part of Labour's landslide victory
in 1997, said he wanted to be free to
work with Labour back benchers to put forward «positive proposals» on
education reform.
«With just one week left
in the legislative session, I am committed to
working with all parties to extend mayoral control and achieve common sense
reforms that ensure every child receives the first - class
education they deserve,» Flanagan said
in the statement.
Mr Kennedy, who has made it clear he would continue to
work with the government on constitutional
reform, left the door open to further links «if the prime minister made a proposal»
in areas such as health or
education.
Under the Ashdown formula, the Liberal Democrats have
worked with Labour on areas of mutual interest, such as constitutional
reform, but have opposed the Government
in other areas such as spending on health and
education and preparation for the euro.
Brian has the demonstrated passion to
work as the next State Senator to address the critical needs
in education funding, housing affordability, criminal justice
reform and economic development.
Typically, schools use the governor's budget proposal as a
working point for crafting budgets, but this year Cuomo has proposed tying $ 1.1 billion
in school aid increases to his
education reforms, including teacher evaluations.
«Despite the progress outlined
in this tentative deal there is clearly a lot of
work ahead of us, including stronger criminal justice
reforms; full funding for our state's public
education system; ensuring affordable college for all New Yorkers, including DREAMers; additional support for Planned Parenthood; and ethics and voting
reforms,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.
«
In the Senate, I want to fight for public safety and criminal justice reform, education programs, affordable housing, increased access to mental health care, economic development and opportunities, and social service reforms, especially as they affect middle class families and the working poor,» he said in a statemen
In the Senate, I want to fight for public safety and criminal justice
reform,
education programs, affordable housing, increased access to mental health care, economic development and opportunities, and social service
reforms, especially as they affect middle class families and the
working poor,» he said
in a statemen
in a statement.
Nick Gibb returns to Government as Minister of State for Schools -
working with Nicky Morgan to ensure no let up
in education reforms.
«For some strange reason, even though we reached out to them, the leadership of the teachers» unions still seem to be resistant to any type of help to the schools even though we
work closely with them on all types of
education reform, and even though
in our mind this is not an «us versus them» scenario,» Dolan said.
Now Loeb's racially charged comment about a black state senator threatens to become an unwelcome distraction as Success seeks to expand its footprint
in New York and as Moskowitz
works to cement her status as a national leader on
education reform with a new book.
- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower
in real terms than they were
in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the
work must be done
in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to
work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The
education system is currently going through widespread
reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade
It also featured promises of more
education reforms, with the «best headteachers»
working in more than one school as trusts, academies and federations are expanded.
While ethics
reform may be dominating much of the conversation
in Albany,
education advocates are hoping the public and lawmakers don't forget there's much
work to be done regarding teacher evaluations.
Before rejoining Mr. Schneiderman's staff as Mr. Kwatra's replacement, Mr. Lasher spent 15 months as executive director of the
education reform group StudentsFirstNY, but before that, he
worked for Mayor Bloomberg as the administration's chief lobbyist
in Albany.
Speaking to the BBC,
Education Secretary Michael Gove said that he was delighted that fewer children were now
in under - performing or failing schools, and suggested the figures were «proof that our
reforms are
working».
«As an IDC member, David has been an effective champion for us,
working with Governor Cuomo to
reform state government, expand civil rights and invest
in public
education and environmental protection.
Public employee unions have a huge amount of sway near the heart of the state's bureaucracy, and
in 2014, they
worked against the governor who had angered their members with his tough negotiations on labor contracts and his support for pension and
education reforms.
In response to Obama's address, House Committee on
Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline, R - Minnesota, called on Obama to
work with Congress to enact real
reform.
While enumerating what she believes were worthy achievements of the former
Education Minister during the administration of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joyce Bawa Mogtari said Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang's «diligent works and strong educational reforms have raised Ghana's image in education to enviable height
Education Minister during the administration of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joyce Bawa Mogtari said Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang's «diligent
works and strong educational
reforms have raised Ghana's image
in education to enviable height
education to enviable heights.»
Joyce Bawa Mogtari, secretary to Mr. John Dramani Mahama, writes commending the poor performance of Professor Naana Jane Opoku - Agyemang, «Agymang's diligent
works and strong educational
reforms have raised Ghana's image
in education to enviable heights!»
In «real politics» he had worked with the Government when it was in the national interest, he said, and cited his support for Tony Blair's education reforms and the Government's decision to renew Trident But, he said, it hadn't been possible to take the quieter approach that he'd hoped to follow at PMQ
In «real politics» he had
worked with the Government when it was
in the national interest, he said, and cited his support for Tony Blair's education reforms and the Government's decision to renew Trident But, he said, it hadn't been possible to take the quieter approach that he'd hoped to follow at PMQ
in the national interest, he said, and cited his support for Tony Blair's
education reforms and the Government's decision to renew Trident But, he said, it hadn't been possible to take the quieter approach that he'd hoped to follow at PMQs.
It's also not lost on observers that
Education Reform Now, the group that has been running an ad campaign accusing the UFT of blocking a measure to lift the charter school cap and causing the state to lose out
in the first round of «Race to the Top» cash, is being repped by KnickerbockerSKD — a firm that also
works for Bloomberg.
«We're
working hard to get corporate America engaged
in reforming STEM [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics]
education,» he says.
She previously
worked as Senior Officer for the Academic Cooperation Association, where she was actively involved as an expert
in higher
education policy developments and
reforms at national and European level (Bologna, ET2010); higher
education internationalisation and international cooperation; mobility; student services and attractiveness of European higher
education; trans - national
education.
Toward the end of its review of the commission's
work, the task force states, «
Education reform will only come about
in the United States when the delivery system itself is reconstructed around clear principles, sound ideas and learning - centered rules, incentives and power relationships.»
«AISD officials had to struggle with the competing agendas of numerous outside partners such as Austin's business leaders, the «First Things First» program of the Institute for Research and
Reform in Education, the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Learning's
work in «Disciplined Literacy,» the Dana Center for Mathematics at the University of Texas, the Gates and Dell Foundations, and other organizations... As one upset veteran high school teacher put it: «We're getting this academy, and then... we're going to do this and that....
«Because of Harvard's strong reputation and potent convening power and because of the excellent example we have here
in Massachusetts, both with the achievements of and limitations of current
education reform work, this seems like an ideal place and time to do that
work.»
She says providers who already have good on - programme delivery are among the least nervous about the changes ahead when it comes
in to teaching, learning and assessment - good initial assessment, good advice and guidance, an emphasis on an individual learning plan that encompasses both training and assessment (the mainstays of high quality
work - based
education, remain to the fore of the
reforms.
Democratic senator Mary Landrieu, a cosponsor of the «Three R's» bill,
worked tirelessly, and against considerable opposition from members of both political parties, to increase the targeting of federal
education dollars to low - income communities and schools
in an effort to better support their school
reform efforts.
Derrell Bradford is the executive vice president of 50CAN: The 50 - State Campaign for Achievement Now, and the executive director of its New York branch, NYCAN, with more than fourteen years
working in education reform policy and advocacy.
America has an
education system
in need of disruptive change, and yet too often we approach
reform with the notion of accommodating what we know has not
worked.
In that position, in addition to his management responsibilities, his grant making work focused on education reform and the development of quality teachers and administrator
In that position,
in addition to his management responsibilities, his grant making work focused on education reform and the development of quality teachers and administrator
in addition to his management responsibilities, his grant making
work focused on
education reform and the development of quality teachers and administrators.
«As our teacher
education reforms flow through, we also want this Review to look at how teaching graduates make the transition to
working in schools.