Sentences with phrase «kinds of education reform»

As leaders in our city, we strongly endorse the kind of education reform that would have kept Washington in the running for Race to the Top funding.

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Our education system needs real change... fundamental reform... the kind of reform that Governor Cuomo outlined last month in his State of the State presentation.

His party's indifference to the institution of marriage, opposition to education reforms and weakness on crime mean he has no route map to deliver the kind of society that can underpin a smaller state.

«There's budget reform, and then primary reform, education reform, so there's all kind of great things that will have a tremendous impact, a positive impact on the state of California,»

After leaving office, Bush created the Foundation for Excellence in Education to promote the kinds of reforms that he had backed in Florida, started an organization for reform - minded state education leaders called Chiefs for Change, and launched, with former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise, the initiative Digital Learning Now to promote the smart use of teEducation to promote the kinds of reforms that he had backed in Florida, started an organization for reform - minded state education leaders called Chiefs for Change, and launched, with former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise, the initiative Digital Learning Now to promote the smart use of teeducation leaders called Chiefs for Change, and launched, with former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise, the initiative Digital Learning Now to promote the smart use of technology.

These are precisely the kinds of far - reaching reforms that my colleagues and I called for four years ago when the Koret Task Force on K - 12 Education, based at Stanford's Hoover Institution, evaluated Florida's Jeb Bush - era policy changes.

RH: You know, hearing you talk about schooling with this kind of breadth takes me back to the world of education reform that we started out in back in the 1990s and early 2000s.

But college - for - all is another example of the kind of unrealistic, aspirational moon shot (like every child reading on grade level by 2014) that education reform seems powerless to resist.

DeVos has a long history of supporting the kinds of accountability and school - choice policies that a broad swath of the education - reform community has championed over the last two decades.

They require different skills from the intellectual ones posited by education reform, new apps of all kinds, the myriad proliferating school choices, and data - driven teaching.

At stake is not just the credibility of the reform movement but the prospect, at last, of convincing America that an excellent education is a civil right worth the kind of struggle that so far is exhilarating New Orleans with the possibility of transformational change.

Sitting in on meetings and listening to faculty members, he realized that for K - 12 education reform to be successful in the United States, incredible people at the top needed a new kind of training.

Mark Pudlow, spokesperson for the Florida Education Association, the teachers union that has fought pitched battles against many of Florida's recent initiatives, acknowledges the result of Florida Virtual School's approach: «[It] never developed the kind of mistrust that tends to be associated with other reform ideas.»

Since traditional union contracts make it virtually impossible to replace an ineffective teacher, liberal education reformers and conservatives alike disagree with teachers» unions and their allies, which have generally treated any kind of reform as an existential threat.

The Education Policy Outlook 2015 looked at a wide range of education reforms, but as it was the first report of its kind it did not list which reforms had been most suEducation Policy Outlook 2015 looked at a wide range of education reforms, but as it was the first report of its kind it did not list which reforms had been most sueducation reforms, but as it was the first report of its kind it did not list which reforms had been most successful.

Given the need to improve the quality of instruction and the lack of clarity and shared knowledge about what systems and activities improve teaching, this is the right time to take stock of what is known; what kinds of activities are currently underway; and what will be needed going forward as reforms roll through the education system.

The Colorado legislature late last month approved, as part of an omnibus education - reform bill, an experimental public - school voucher program, the first of its kind in the country, experts say.

I like that DeVos hasn't spent her life in education bureaucracies, is an outspoken champion of all kinds of educational choice, strikes those who've driven Obama - era school reform as an «outsider,» and is a small government conservative.

Moreover, if it was to keep its promise of acting as a kind of venture capitalist for education reform, at some point these design teams would need to become self - sustaining, taking fees from school districts in return for their expertise.

«I think Harvard's role in education reform is to produce the kind of education leaders that the field needs.»

«As a huge advocate of social and emotional learning, Raymond is much more thoughtful and a big - picture kind of guy in ways that run counter to the tenets of the corporate reform movement,» such as merit pay, said Carl Cohn, a member of the State Board of Education, director of the Urban Leadership Program in the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University and retired superintendent of Long Beach Unified.

Once again, the National Education Association has shown it has no interest in any kind of meaningful educatioEducation Association has shown it has no interest in any kind of meaningful educationeducation reform.

In effect, the NDSG has been a kind of informed democratic conscience of U.S. education, constantly reminding the mainstream of alternatives and possibilities, and offering a criticism of educational reform and practice in the light of its enduring concerns with democracy and the estate of childhood.

Still, fairly stark divisions have emerged within education reform over what role «the market» should play in determining what kinds of public schools should exist and expand.

This kind of antiquated, «one best system» thinking is detrimental to the future of further advances in education accountability and finance reform, as well as, ultimately, the growth in educational achievement of the children of Texas.

By standing together against the interests of corporate driven education reforms, whose sole purpose is for profit, we are creating a vision for the kinds of schools our students deserve.

While some of the union's spending is on education - related matters, that money is typically targeted to fight any kind of meaningful reform.

It's the central tenet of President Trump's plan to reform American education: Give more families access to the kind of school choice that has always existed in America for those who can afford it.

Frankly, I would rate the reform bill about a 7 on a scale of 1 - 10, where a 10 represents the boldness in structural reform that would begin to truly transform the culture of public education and produce the kind of enhancement in student achievement our children deserve.

But, The Philadelphia Daily News reports, some critics say Broad's education reform efforts through the Broad Foundation may be harming the kinds of schools he's trying to help — the public schools that once trained first - and second - generation Americans like him.

Education Secretary Kirsty Williams: Reform is needed «not to teach to the test... but to develop a curriculum that enables our children to perform better in the kind of skills that Pisa tests»

In 1989, when the Chicago School Reform Act gave rise to local school councils and other major policy changes, Linda Lenz, then an education writer for the Chicago Sun - Times, saw the need for a publication that would focus on public education with the kind of detail and depth that her newspaper and others could not.

Many Democrats have championed education reforms of some kind without being hurt at the ballot box, Jarosz Brady says.

The film talks about the kinds of real reform — inside schools and in society as a whole — that we urgently need to genuinely transform education in this country.

The Center for Education Reform, a pro-charter advocacy group, traced charter - school closures since 1992 in what it called the «first - ever national analysis» of its kind.

«We're kind of on the exact opposite end of the spectrum of the «No excuses» model,» teacher Gailen McQuillen told the Rivard Report, referring to a core value that has taken center stage in the education reform discourse.

In addition to collecting over $ 41,000 from the national education reform organizations, the Students For Education Reform (SFER) PAC in Colorado also received more than $ 17,000 via in - kind services from SFER itself, most of which was to pay for SFER staff assigned to the Colorado campaign, along with the payments for voter lists, rent and other costs related to their «independent» expenditure in support of Denver's pro-education reform caeducation reform organizations, the Students For Education Reform (SFER) PAC in Colorado also received more than $ 17,000 via in - kind services from SFER itself, most of which was to pay for SFER staff assigned to the Colorado campaign, along with the payments for voter lists, rent and other costs related to their «independent» expenditure in support of Denver's pro-education reform candireform organizations, the Students For Education Reform (SFER) PAC in Colorado also received more than $ 17,000 via in - kind services from SFER itself, most of which was to pay for SFER staff assigned to the Colorado campaign, along with the payments for voter lists, rent and other costs related to their «independent» expenditure in support of Denver's pro-education reform caEducation Reform (SFER) PAC in Colorado also received more than $ 17,000 via in - kind services from SFER itself, most of which was to pay for SFER staff assigned to the Colorado campaign, along with the payments for voter lists, rent and other costs related to their «independent» expenditure in support of Denver's pro-education reform candiReform (SFER) PAC in Colorado also received more than $ 17,000 via in - kind services from SFER itself, most of which was to pay for SFER staff assigned to the Colorado campaign, along with the payments for voter lists, rent and other costs related to their «independent» expenditure in support of Denver's pro-education reform caeducation reform candireform candidates.

Christine Campbell and Betheny Gross outline the kinds of evidence school districts need to provide in order for communities to decide whether education reforms are working.

Teachers there are very frustrated with this kind of education «reform» and TFA is just another branch of that reform which will not be welcomed by most teachers there.

«Folks are engaged in the right kinds of reforms and practices in the turnaround effort, but for me the proof will be in the pudding,» said Mitchell Chester, state commissioner for elementary and secondary education.

Ravitch drives home the message that real education reform, the kind that serves all children and strengthens our public schools, is the civil rights issue of our time.

By preparing a new kind of teacher inside the classroom — providing the practical learning, the hands - on experience and the support network they need to be effective right away — NCTR and its teacher residency program partners are building a real movement for education reform from the ground up.

I'd argue foremost that we must end our reliance on a kind of bureaucratic logic in education reform that assumes everything can and should be solved managerially.

Just as inclusion of social science research on law practice can broaden and improve the intellectual apprenticeship in United States law schools, so, too, can social science research on legal education itself can help law schools with the process of reform.32 Research that looks across a variety of kinds of law schools is needed to inform changes in pedagogy that are sensitive to differences in missions, constituencies, and resources.