Sentences with phrase «in educational governance»

Bold experiments in educational governance such as mayoral control of urban systems, «recovery districts,» and charter management organizations

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Topics in Robert Miles» «Genius of Warren Buffett» class at UNO this week included «the Oracle of Omaha's educational timeline, investment principles, management philosophies, corporate governance, succession plan, mistakes, philanthropy and more,» according to the class marketing materials.

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

We will consider requests to support social, community, civic, educational and economic endeavors if these support corporate business goals and meet contribution guidelines and / or if the organization's staff is involved in the governance of the organization.

He said good governance cut across all stratas of the society as he charged all and sundry including educational institutions, legislature, executive, judiciary and the media to promote good governance in their own way.

In 1951 Henry Usborne set up the One World Trust as an independent educational Charity to provide secretarial support to the Group, promote and disseminate knowledge on world governance.

In the case of Democratic Republic of Congo, the decline in educational attainments was the result of a decades - long progressive collapse of governance — along with a drop in copper prices — that drove the DRC's GDP per capita down from approximately $ 300 per capita (in constant USD 2000) in the 1970s, to approximately $ 100 at the beginning of the periods of civil war that started in the late 1990s (Human - Security - Report, 2012:92In the case of Democratic Republic of Congo, the decline in educational attainments was the result of a decades - long progressive collapse of governance — along with a drop in copper prices — that drove the DRC's GDP per capita down from approximately $ 300 per capita (in constant USD 2000) in the 1970s, to approximately $ 100 at the beginning of the periods of civil war that started in the late 1990s (Human - Security - Report, 2012:92in educational attainments was the result of a decades - long progressive collapse of governance — along with a drop in copper prices — that drove the DRC's GDP per capita down from approximately $ 300 per capita (in constant USD 2000) in the 1970s, to approximately $ 100 at the beginning of the periods of civil war that started in the late 1990s (Human - Security - Report, 2012:92in copper prices — that drove the DRC's GDP per capita down from approximately $ 300 per capita (in constant USD 2000) in the 1970s, to approximately $ 100 at the beginning of the periods of civil war that started in the late 1990s (Human - Security - Report, 2012:92in constant USD 2000) in the 1970s, to approximately $ 100 at the beginning of the periods of civil war that started in the late 1990s (Human - Security - Report, 2012:92in the 1970s, to approximately $ 100 at the beginning of the periods of civil war that started in the late 1990s (Human - Security - Report, 2012:92in the late 1990s (Human - Security - Report, 2012:92).

Author Bio: Tom Loveless is a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. Loveless» research focuses on education policy and the politics of educational reform.

«In fact,» Hess concludes, «educational competition can not be divorced from discussions about testing, teacher certification, school district governance, educational administration, or other frustrating conversations that many school choice proponents have long wished to avoid.

Finally, we should continue to provide incentives for and encouragement to charters and educational management organizations to join the state and districts in the kind of novel forms of school turnaround work and governance now being pioneered in Lawrence.

All this is reported in the 4th annual survey of public opinion on educational issues by Harvard's Program on Educational Policy and Governance and Education Next, which I, with William Howell and Martin West, help to direct.

It calls into question a central tenet of many school reform initiatives — that educational improvement will come through changes in school structure and governance.

Schools are complex business operations and the triangulation of effective resource management and administration, robust governance and educational leadership are key ingredients in successful schools.

For each trustee and local governor who has served at any point over the past 12 months, their full names, date of appointment, term of office, date they stepped down (where applicable), who appointed them (in accordance with the trust's articles), and relevant business and pecuniary interests including governance roles in other educational institutions must be recorded.

Reflecting on the value and significance of education in the globalized era of the 21st century requires tackling global dynamics (economic, political, cultural, social, educational, etc.) with new forms of cooperation and democratic social organization to respond to the challenge of governance in a cosmopolitan society.

Yet not to confront the challenges of structure and governance in public education in our time is to accept the glum fact that the most earnest of our other «reform» efforts can not gain enough traction to make a big dent in America's educational deficit, to produce a decent supply of quality alternatives to the traditional monopoly, or to defeat the adult interests that typically rule and benefit from that monopoly.

school governance is faced with big questions about who is in charge of public education in North Carolina and how we should improve student outcomes along the educational continuum.

RSC remit: Tackling educational underperformance and inadequate governance in open academies

NET will add value to the school by providing educational, governance and «back office» support, and will work in partnership with the school leaders to ensure that bespoke support sustains the journey of improvement already embarked upon.

Since the school opened, Eton's role as educational sponsor is developing but involves involvement in governance, a visible and meaningful collaboration among staff and pupils, and the provision of advice and expertise.

In response to these concerns, David Harris responded that, while he is open to different ideas about governance, that evidence suggests that districts under mayoral control perform better and are more accountable to voters by giving them a single line at the voting booth by which to express displeasure over educational issues.

Critique relevant transformational leadership theory, contemporary educational leadership and / or governance models in the context of digital and collaborative learning.

This book comprehensively assesses the strengths and weaknesses of what remains of the old in education governance, scrutinizes how traditional governance forms are changing, and suggests how governing arrangements might be further altered to produce better educational outcomes for children.

At the same time, in refreshing moments of candor, Hill and Jochim acknowledge that the educational governance approach for which they advocate has its own issues.

This year, educational sessions are grouped into nine strands: Advocacy, Governance and Executive Leadership, Innovations in District Management, New Board Member Workshops, School Board / Superintendent Partnerships, Student Achievement and Accountability, Study Halls, Technology + Learning Solutions, and Master Class.

Organizational change management, forecasting reductions in costs, improving educational research, the ineffectiveness of most governance tools, even negotiation tactics, it is all here.

In today's high - stakes educational environment, the daily pressure on governance leaders is enormous.

increased capacity to improve the effectiveness of governing boards in line with the «Competency framework for governance» (particularly boards» ability to provide strategic leadership and data - driven accountability for educational standards and financial performance)

«The school board governance model protects student outcomes for the many, not the few, and strives to resolve inequities in educational delivery and service.»

A change in local governance, however, will not address a very significant issue that the School District of Philadelphia faces: inadequate state funding to provide all students in the District with the educational opportunities they need to meet state standards and graduate ready for work or further education and a bright future.

The Foundation is a steady investor in educational excellence in the region and seeks to identify quality where it exists regardless of an individual school's governance model.

Working with diverse populations from coast to coast, and from our southern to northern borders, it is this passion for commitment that makes Treviño an effective leader and one of the country's leading trainers and teachers in the areas of effective school board governance, urban education, the politics of education, and the foundations of educational leadership.

In the current environment where districts are challenged to do more with scare resources, effective governance is the only way to focus on critical priorities that fulfill the mission of a quality educational program for all students.

Experts in their fields and passionate about educational equity, the KIPP Foundation's Board of Directors provide trusted governance and oversee our work.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the San Diego Unified School District supports a ESEA reauthorization bill that provides school districts the flexibility and resources needed to respond to the educational challenges in local communities, and provides greater local flexibility in the use of ESEA funding for Titles I, II and III as states and school districts are in the best position to make spending decisions to facilitate local innovation and student achievement, without placing undue burdens on districts that would adversely impact effective governance; and

A partnership governance group has recently been established, to support strategic development in a time of significant educational change.

First and most generally, the idea of progress — moving forward, improving educational opportunities and governance — seemed to be lost in the efforts to maintain and preserve.

Awarded by the National School Board Association's (NSBA) Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE), the CUBE Award recognizes school boards that exhibit excellence in school board governance, academic improvement, educational equity, and community engagement.

While charter school expansion is part of an education privatization movement favored by Republicans in particular, who say families need more choice when it comes to kids» educational options, the movement has been dogged by controversy as several charter schools have abruptly closed almost as soon as they opened due to financial and governance problems.

Although Connecticut law requires that School Governance Councils be utilized in school districts that are facing the greatest challenges, in Bridgeport, Paul Vallas appears either unwilling or unable to meet his obligation to include the community, parents, and teachers in the educational decision - making process.

Contracts between boards of education and not - for - profit educational management organizations... the local or regional board of education for a school participating in the commissioner's network of schools, as described in section 10 - 223h, that is implementing a turnaround plan that assigns the management, administration or governance of such school to a not - for - profit educational management organization, as defined in section 10 - 223h, shall include in each contract with such approved not - for - profit educational management organization a requirement that such not - for - profit educational management organization annually submit to the Commissioner of Education, and make publicly available, a report on the operations of such school...»

Three school districts earned the 2017 CUBE District Award for their innovation and excellence in school board governance, academic improvement, educational equity and community engagement: Pennsylvania's Pittsburgh Public Schools, Tennessee's Shelby County Schools, and Texas» Lancaster Independent School District.

Topics in Robert Miles» «Genius of Warren Buffett» class at UNO this week included «the Oracle of Omaha's educational timeline, investment principles, management philosophies, corporate governance, succession plan, mistakes, philanthropy and more,» according to the class marketing materials.

Our lawyers are also actively involved in the governance of schools, school boards and other educational institutions.

Our monthly evening meetings where members enjoy dinner, cocktails, and networking with fellow Information Governance and Records Management Professionals along with quality educational sessions that addresses one of the latest trends or issues in Information Governance and Records Management

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