Sentences with phrase «local flexibility»

When standards and benchmarks / objectives are highly specified, they do not allow for much local flexibility in the development of district curricula, instruction, and assessment practices and policies.

Furthermore, they do not appear to allow for much local flexibility in the development of district curricula, instruction, and assessment practices and policies.

The bill includes provisions that will reduce administrative burdens and lower program costs, while increasing local flexibility.

It's a franchise that provides national support along with local flexibility.

But the governor is adamant that the state should remain hands off, giving local flexibility time to find its footing before making dramatic adjustments.

She has said her goal is state and local flexibility in education and indicated that she might use the process to advance school choice.

Unfortunately, this legislation does not do enough to define the federal role in terms of consolidating programs and increasing local flexibility to meet diverse circumstances.

F40 will want to carefully assess the full implications, particularly the issue of local flexibility, before responding to the proposals.

Meanwhile, the turnaround program is on thin ice on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are sympathetic to those clamoring for greater local flexibility on turnarounds, including teachers unions, principals» organizations, and advocates for district and state officials.

To ensure that local authorities can start planning their budgets for next year with certainty, I do not intend to proceed, for 2017 to 2018, with proposals to create a new central schools block, allow local flexibility on the minimum funding guarantee or to ring - fence the schools block within the dedicated schools grant.

«To ensure that local authorities can start planning their budgets for next year with certainty, I do not intend to proceed, for 2017 - 18, with proposals to create a new central schools block, allow local flexibility on the minimum funding guarantee or to ring - fence the schools block within the dedicated schools grant.

NSBA therefore supports H.R. 1504, the Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act, introduced by Rep. Kristi Noem (R - SD), which would restore local flexibility and authority to school districts struggling to comply with some provisions of HHFKA.

Furthermore, junior doctors» contract, the New Deal, and the European Working Time Directive must be renegotiated to provide more local flexibility when designing staff rotas in hospitals.

States have to find ways to not only improve the capacity of districts and schools, but do so in a way that still enables local flexibility.

Based on our member - approved resolutions and informed by an effort from 2013 in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, the WASB has asked for resources to be provided with as much local flexibility as possible on how they can be used in recognition of the differences between the 422 school districts in Wisconsin.

Mr Schleicher also told the House of Commons Education Select Committee that global evidence suggests greater local flexibility for schools is linked to higher results.

Margie also completed a Presidential Management Fellowship at the U.S. Department of Education where she oversaw evaluations of various programs under No Child Left Behind, including alternative teacher certification, state and local flexibility provisions, and out - of - school - time programs.

Governor's budget plan stresses reforms including local flexibility and accountability programs.

The North Carolina AIG Program Standards are critical in providing a statewide framework for quality programming, while still honoring local flexibility.

Any changes to the E-rate program should not undermine innovation by local school districts through mandates and should maximize local flexibility.»

The legislation, the Every Child Achieves Act (S. 1177), strikes a careful compromise that requires states to establish rigorous school accountability systems for student achievement that include more measures than the current law requires, while also offering local flexibility in designing and delivering the extra support the lowest - performing schools need to help students.

The budget also proposes a $ 1.6 billion early education block grant that combines three existing programs to promote local flexibility, focusing on disadvantaged students and improved accountability.»

NSBA will remain vigilant in its advocacy efforts to work toward a final bill that provides the resources, guidance, and local flexibility needed to ensure that each and every public school student has access to the highest quality education they deserve.

The Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Superintendents incorporate student academic progress as a significant component of the evaluation while encouraging local flexibility in implementation.

They provide the big reading / language arts picture and sufficient guidance for developing local curriculum, instruction, and assessment without unduly constraining local flexibility.

We were interested in the differences among the documents in the level of detail represented in their benchmarks, and wondered how this might impact local flexibility in the creation of systems of curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

Sustaining and supporting local flexibility in use of funds for discretionary purposes, such as early childhood programs.

School leaders counter that, without additional specialty cash or local flexibility over class sizes, districts will be forced to lay off thousands of arts and P.E. teachers to clear funding space for new core subject teachers in K - 3.

«The Repeal and Replace Act would block grant money to the state in the name of local flexibility but at the same time it would dramatically cut that funding.

HR 1504 would restore local flexibility and authority to school districts struggling to comply with some HHFKA provisions.

Overall, however, the newest reauthorization of the Perkins law enables more local flexibility than previous versions.

States developed the standards, accepted them voluntarily and implement them with local flexibility.

Watching intently are vocal advocacy groups who worry that too much local flexibility or insufficient transparency, especially for reporting on spending, may translate to diminished services for the very students the LCFF aims to accelerate.

A great advantage of the CCRS is that good practice can now be shared broadly while providing local flexibility for deciding how best to teach.

«We're working with school nutrition professionals from across the country on the Healthy School Meals Flexibility Act to ensure that our schools have local flexibility in meeting sodium and whole grain requirements, while maintaining healthy nutritional standards,» said Hoeven.

When we face the unending rise of mandates, and especially now that local flexibility is mitigated by the tax cap structure, we do not have extensive numbers of options.

Or are statewide evaluations the latest Rube Goldberg invention, with too much complexity and too little of the local flexibility that would allow for continuous improvement in teaching?

At the very time Duncan was espousing the virtues of state and local flexibility, he and Ali were doubling down on 1960s - style top - down regulations.

F40 chair, Councillor Ivan Ould, who is also Lead Member for Children's Services in Leicestershire, said: «Broadly speaking the proposals appear to present a fairer method of funding our schools but f40 will want to carefully assess the full implications, including the issue of local flexibility and details about the transitional arrangements, before responding in detail to the consultation.

«We should have local flexibility that will allow us to use resources and target those who need assistance.»