Sentences with phrase «local control»

During the 2012 election cycle, we saw the corporate «education reform» lobby begin to play their hand when it comes to the notion of local control of public education.

The tools provide baseline chronic absence levels — a key accountability measure for Local Control Accountability Plans.

It's also lacking in local controls: aside from a power button at the back, there's not a single button or switch to be found.

• Support for local control of schools is on the rise.

The decision highlighted the importance of local control over education.

The reformers opposing this bill are hiding their position on local control.

The answer for this is to push the state legislature for more local control of funds.

I believe it would serve as a foundation / anchor for the discussion of keeping our schools under local control.

Common Core, they say, is not a curriculum; it is not being driven by the federal government; it will not interfere with local control of schools.

Even still, school districts within an individual state often offer key differences from their neighboring counterparts as local control also plays a critical role in shaping school policy and implementing educational programs.

, a nonprofit group in the state, views the state - run district and the growing charter sector as a move away from local control.

On the right, it's mostly about local control and unregulated school choice.

The first two would restore local control over charter decisions, and the third would assure that all public schools be fully - staffed with certified teachers.

This is not just silly, taking away local control, but it is fundamentally stupid for a state that depends a great deal on tourism to pristine beaches.

The system will enhance local control by giving districts the option of choosing additional indicators that work best for their students, their parents, their teachers and their communities.

Many union affiliates support local control, which gave more power to parents.

The task force recommended a revamp of the common core system, more stakeholder input, a reduction in standardized testing, and increased local control over standards and curriculum.

These new policy changes, however, were met by sharp criticism from opponents who felt that new state - level reforms would undermine local control.

More important, it would also give individual school districts local control over the implementation.

It will be founded on greater local control and greater freedom for staff, within the context of the right incentives and minimum standards.

Some believe they're an unwanted government intrusion into local control of schools, while others say nationwide standards are necessary to ensure a quality education across the country.

However, as the school finance cases demonstrate, states are perfectly willing to raise the principle of local control when it suits their interests.

I will lead this effort and work to regain local control for public schools.

Supporters of the ballot measure emphasize that the vote is more about delivering renewables and taking back local control, rather than being a referendum on smart grid technologies.

But combined with RT, it may have also improve local control of the heart tumor.

Other districts have been returned to local control after making little academic progress.

Our model would cut taxes for 2.7 million residents in 117 cities and towns while maintaining local control and education funding levels.

«It's not local control versus federal control,» he says.

Local control also adds to this equation as individual district policy can create additional variance from district to district.

He says local control of what teachers teach and what standards kids are held to, that's the issue.

The bipartisan bill represented a movement toward local control of education.

However, parents, school boards, and educators will still retain local control.

We find that, for the most part, state policy is not set up to promote local control and diverse, autonomous schools.

But it's unclear if the oldest schools in the program will meet the five - year goal and questions remain over how to return local control.

Critics say the tests pull too much time and resources away from the classroom, diminish local control of schools and are stressful for students.

Strategies for treatment are aimed at local control (surgery) and distant control (chemotherapy).

* Research around the world shows that local control does more to protect the environment that corporate control.

In some states where local control exists, the district can make that decision individually.

The referendum was carefully drafted by Democratic and Republican legislators to ensure it included strong local control, accountability, and achievement provisions.

They argue, however, that their concerns are about safety and local control rather than their bottom lines.

What local control used to mean is sort of what charter schools mean today.

You'll get local controls for that music, meaning you can take your tunes running with you.

But local control requires community engagement, board members indicated.

Further, they seek local control over charter approval.

I'd argue that even the Mom and Pop charters need to be held accountable to the same transparency and local control measures as any large charter chain.

Combined therapy provided complete local control for 92 percent of patients with advanced disease.

To that extent, they may bolster local control even if they involve a loss of school board autonomy.

And more are on the way soon, including important ones exploring local control in the digital era and the true — and hotly debated — costs of online learning.