Sentences with phrase «local reform initiatives»

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But at the moment the response to his display of power is a drearily familiar one: terrified local officials are lying low, afraid to take the initiative with reforms for fear their behaviour is misconstrued.

school food reform initiatives, including «Chefs Move to Schools,» a campaign to encourage chefs to adopt their local schools for cooking demonstrations and -LSB-...]

school food reform initiatives, including «Chefs Move to Schools,» a campaign to encourage chefs to adopt their local schools for cooking demonstrations and nutrition advice, and a school food recipe contest for kids.

The extent that the «Northern Powerhouse» and city deals initiatives will energise local democracy is open to debate, particularly as many of these reforms have been introduced without citizens being consulted.

The center was created this summer to «critically examine the assumptions upon which traditional schools have been based» and to assist aft locals engaged in reform initiatives.

Overarching local nonprofits such as New Schools for New Orleans and Teach NOLA have coordinated and supercharged the reform initiatives, and national organizations such as Teach for America and the New Teacher Project have expanded their presence in New Orleans.

So far, the task force has succeeded in completing the first - ever performance assessment of reform initiatives in the four provinces and continues to work closely with local governments to develop long - term strategy and action plans to improve performance of the education sector.

A member of numerous national, state, and local boards, he has participated in national initiatives and associations to reform K - 12 education.

She created the AFT Innovation Fund, a groundbreaking initiative to support sustainable, innovative and collaborative education reform projects developed by members and their local unions.

In September 2008, Weingarten led the development of the AFT Innovation Fund, a groundbreaking initiative to support sustainable, innovative and collaborative reform projects developed by members and their local unions to strengthen our public schools.

What's more, the criteria seek to judge states on how much support their reform plans have from the community, including local school districts that plan to participate in Race to the Top - financed initiatives.

Yet Governor Malloy's ill - conceived «education reform» initiatives and the new Common Core standards and standardized testing mandate will require local communities to spend tens of millions of dollars of additional dollars that they do not have.

The net result of Malloy's «plan» for Connecticut would be cuts in local schools, high property taxes, especially for Connecticut's dwindling middle class, and more money for his campaign donors and political allies who are profiting off Malloy's Corporate Education Reform Industry initiatives.

Our goal is to link reform at the local and state level so that states can put the powers they do have to their highest and best use, and local leaders with ideas and initiative will not constantly fight against state law and administrative actions.

Five years ago I was invited to join a newly formed education reform initiative comprised of Mayor Finch, then Superintendent John Ramos, then Board of Ed chair Barbara Bellinger, other community leaders, heads of local social service organizations, and business leaders.

As a result of their «education reform» initiatives, well over $ 100 million in taxpayer funds will go to charter schools rather than the state's local public school system.

Section 1003 (a) of Title I, Part A, allocations are awarded to assist Title I schools in Improvement in coordinating the delivery of research - based federal, state and local school reform initiatives that support teaching and learning in high poverty, low - achieving schools.

One of the continuing themes of Dropout Nation is the intersection between reforms started by federal education policy and school reform initiatives on the state and local levels.

The argument for breakup becomes even stronger today when you consider the important equity promise of Gov. Jerry Brown's remarkable LCFF / LCAP school funding reform initiative, which places even greater authority at the local level to get things right for kids.

Dr. Wood - Garnett is an accomplished educator with extensive experience in leading complex P — 20 education reform initiatives at the local, state, and national levels.

Over the past several months Huffman has increasingly become the target of criticism from disgruntled educators and resentful local school administrators who've grown frustrated with his perceived take - no - prisoners style of implementing contentious education reform initiatives.

With the re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act on the table, Race to the Top continuing, the Investing in Innovation (I3) rules set, a reorganization of Madison schools (scroll for links) and local budget choices that may privilege new initiatives over existing programs and services; it is a good time to repost one of my favorite essays on education reform: David Tyack's «A Conservationist Ethic in Education?.»

Educators at the district and school levels actively interpret external reform initiatives in light of their own beliefs, preferences and experiences, and they mobilize resources to fit local reform agendas (Spillane, 1996, 1998, 2002; Corcoran, Fuhrman, and Belcher, 2001).

Those recommendations include «The Court should form a standing committee to maintain accountability for closing the justice gap and to monitor the effectiveness of reform initiatives,» «The Court should encourage the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Access to Justice Commission, and local bar associations to create pipelines of services for modest - means clients,» and «A primary objective of future rulemaking projects should be to make the civil justice system more accessible to modest - means clients.»

Most of the Innocence Network organizations are affiliated with universities, but they need donations to help pay for DNA tests, provide staffing for case intake and litigation, support reform initiatives at the local, state or national levels, and help educate the public.

Possible topics about pedagogy include: • Structuring statutory drafting courses • Simulation courses designed using mock legislatures or committees • Course linkages with real - world legislators and special interest organizations • Service learning or clinical opportunities for law students • Courses focused on law reform efforts • How to employ Plain - English principles in statutory and rule drafting • Theoretical perspectives on statutory drafting • Involving political realities in law school drafting courses • Teaching practical aspects of drafting that addresses theories and principles of statutory interpretation and construction Possible topics about practice include: • Unique challenges of drafting laws and / or regulations in specific areas such as criminal law, environmental, health law, etc. • Lawyering for non-profits, federal and state agencies, local governments, and other clients in frequent need of rule - drafting • Practicing in employment law, health law, environmental law, and other heavily regulated fields where private clients require rule and policy drafting • Non-legal drafting opportunities, such as sports league rules, industry trade group policies, and university rules Possible topics about politics include: • Political influences affecting legislative drafting • Direct democracy and the unique challenges of drafting initiatives and referenda • The implications of special interests driving drafting decisions • Polictics and its influence on legislative history • Lobbyists as legislative drafters.

The work initiatives include CDEP reform; local jobs for local people; improved employment service performance; and targeted industry strategies.