Sentences with phrase «major education reform efforts»

Awards recipients become Fellows of the Golden Apple Academy of Educators who mentor Golden Apple Scholars, lead science instruction at our STEM Institute, and contribute to major education reform efforts in Illinois and nationally.

Put in place principals specially trained to turn around failing schools and help ensure that major education reform efforts around teacher effectiveness, innovation and common core are carried out effectively

The No Child Left Behind law, the major education reform effort of the last decade, is overlaid by a gloss of civil rights rhetoric, but it has done nothing to address the concentration of black and Latino students in the same schools, and the lack of resources they face.

In 2014, Ohio undertook a major education reform effort to transform the way that students in the state receive high school education.

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It is widely recognized as the first step toward ambitious national standards in science for all students and a major influence on current efforts to reform science education in the U.S., including the National Research Council's A Framework for K - 12 Science Education (2012) and the Next Generation Science Standards released by Achieveeducation in the U.S., including the National Research Council's A Framework for K - 12 Science Education (2012) and the Next Generation Science Standards released by AchieveEducation (2012) and the Next Generation Science Standards released by Achieve in 2013.

In Poland, Buzek was the architect of major reforms of the health care, pensions, and education systems, as well as an effort to decentralize government.

Under the umbrella of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) the group coordinated a major effort in 2010 to urge the New York State legislature to lift a charter school cap that had been a stumbling block in the state's first bid to win a federal Race to the Top (RttT) grant.

Investment in educational hardware and software, while «a major component in educational restructuring and reform initiatives,» has not been matched by coordinated efforts to train teachers to use the equipment effectively, a new report from the Southern Regional Education Board concludes.

Gov. Evan Bayh, who plans to unveil a major education - reform proposal next year, recently hired Don Ernst to direct efforts to plan and win public support for the new program.

A leading national effort to reform science education suffered a major setback last week when the National Science Foundation withdrew its financial support.

At first, it may seem counterintuitive to suggest that a massive, well - intentioned education - reform effort — supported on both sides of the political aisle, by major philanthropic foundations, and by some prominent voices in the civil - rights community — could be anything other than a blessing for American education.

Weingarten has launched major efforts to place real education reform high on the nation's and her union's agendas.

In the months immediately following her election, Weingarten launched major efforts to place education reform and innovation high on the nation's agenda.

The Mississippi Senate last week handed a setback to Gov. Ray Mabus's efforts to fund a major new education - reform program in the state without a tax increase.

Over the last half century, three major movements have dominated efforts to reform education in the United States: equity - based reforms, which were a product of the 1960s and 1970s; the school choice movement, which arose in the late 1980s and took hold in the 1990s; and standards - based reform, which came about in the 1990s and the 2000s.

Independent public charter schools remained the norm as the public charter school movement grew from a fledgling reform effort into a major force in public education, now affecting 2.7 million students and families nationwide.

In this age of widespread democracy, accountability is taken to mean a variety of things, and is a major focus of recent education reform efforts being made at national and state levels.

Knowing that along with the Gates Foundation, both the Broad Foundation and the Walton Foundation constitute the «big three» in major philanthropic funding for the corporate education reform effort, I decided to dig just a little more.

The news story began with «State Board of Education members angrily criticized lawmakers» attempts to scale back a major education reform bill, saying Wednesday that the watered - down bill could stall the effort to fix the state's worst schoolEducation members angrily criticized lawmakers» attempts to scale back a major education reform bill, saying Wednesday that the watered - down bill could stall the effort to fix the state's worst schooleducation reform bill, saying Wednesday that the watered - down bill could stall the effort to fix the state's worst schools.»

State Board of Education members angrily criticized lawmakers» attempts to scale back a major education reform bill, saying Wednesday that the watered - down bill could stall the effort to fix the state's worstEducation members angrily criticized lawmakers» attempts to scale back a major education reform bill, saying Wednesday that the watered - down bill could stall the effort to fix the state's worsteducation reform bill, saying Wednesday that the watered - down bill could stall the effort to fix the state's worst schools.

Meanwhile, in addition to the Denver campaign work being funded through the SFER PAC, Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) was also engaged in a major effort to support the same set of pro-education reform candidates running for the Denver school Reform (DFER) was also engaged in a major effort to support the same set of pro-education reform candidates running for the Denver school reform candidates running for the Denver school board.

We are talking about billionaires and millionaires and the major education reform companies, organizations and foundations dumping tens of millions of dollars into state and local efforts to elect handpicked accomplices or even, where necessary, changing the rules to make it easier to open charter schools and dismantle the core elements of a broad - based public education system.

The new merit pay language mirrors the evaluation policy: both seem to align the union with education reform efforts more than ever before, but come with major caveats.