Sentences with phrase «into federal sanctions»

As time goes on and the better schools are pulled more and more into federal sanctions - we're going to look to deemphasize the notion that these schools are failing,» said Rich Zeiger, chief deputy to state schools chief Tom Torlakson.

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Nothing shouts hypocrisy from the mountaintop like right wingers trying to ram through a Federal law to officially sanction government intrusion into the private lives of its citizens.

Even the 1994 federal Title I reforms, which required states to develop the three major prongs of an effective accountability system (academic standards, tests linked to the standards, and a mixture of assistance and sanctions for low - performing schools) did little to stimulate California into action.

Mr. Martin and the executives on the Civic Committee of the Chicago Commercial Club, who blame the teachers union for contributing to academic failure by imposing restrictions on teachers and administrators alike, used the threat of federal sanctions to pressure the city to put many schools into private hands, outside union jurisdiction.