Sentences with phrase «many reform efforts»

The school reform efforts of the past generation have been dominated by the language of human capital deployment, with too little attention given to human capital development.
In many ways professional development is the link between the design and implementation of education reforms and the ultimate success of reform efforts in schools.
The bonus pay is part of a series of reform efforts for the priority schools.
Look Who's Talking Now provides necessary support for the inclusion of students in education reform efforts by detailing a variety of research practices across the country.
Should we not even waste our time on high schools and instead focus school food reform efforts on elementary schools?
After all, if health care is taking this long to reform, how long will the president's more politically entrenched tax reform efforts take?
Importantly, although accomplished after the entry of a court order, these deeper policy changes were not specifically ordered by the court, but instead represented creative reform efforts by the political branches.
The bad news: Many of those initiatives still focus on the same flawed assumptions that have undermined education reform efforts for years.
I am a strong proponent of successful education reform efforts at the state and local level.
Here is an updated paragraph with the current reform efforts focused on utilizing technology in mathematics education.
While there's evidence school choice can produce positive results, it's hard to say whether it's better than the many other reform efforts.
Teacher leaders — current or former classroom teachers working with other classroom teachers and other educators in the school or district — are present in many reform efforts in mathematics and science education.
And we are supporting the long - term sustainability of educational reform efforts across states and districts.
Successful outcomes (including college and career readiness) for students receiving special education services requires their inclusion in standards - based reform efforts and their participation in statewide assessment and accountability systems.
That argument appears to have faded for now with the death of the Republican health care reform effort, but the congressman has found a new issue with which to needle the governor.
The report touched off a wave of school reform efforts focused on setting new expectations — or standards — for what students should learn in school.
For supporters of recent reform efforts like the Common Core, an improvement in reading and math scores would likely be seen as a validation.
I invite those of you who see yourselves reflected in the list above to consider getting involved in justice reform efforts — there are many opportunities available!
But for much less than school reform efforts such as reduced class size or extended school day, «high - dosage,» integrated tutoring produces substantially better results.
Participants will discuss the key gaps in preparing students to be contributors to a knowledge - based economy and democratic participation, and examine the options to support reform efforts.
She now has taken the lead on the latest major reform effort in the city.
It's important to think hard about states, which have constitutional authority over K - 12 and provide most of the money, but historically have done little to drive reform efforts.
All current school reform efforts aim to improve teaching and learning.
Unfortunately, that's been a recurrent theme in 40 years of school reform efforts across the country.
Without coaching, many comprehensive reform efforts will fall short of real improvement.
And even with the school reform efforts over the the past decade, it may still be another decade — or more — before anyone can declare something approaching victory.
The reports sit until the next round of reform efforts which takes the same approach.
In fact they are the gold standard prerequisite in education finance reform efforts.
Nor can they be held responsible for the politics of destruction that national reform efforts have funded.
First, there were large - scale investigations of state reform efforts.
Instead, it builds on at least a decade's worth of federal reform efforts.
She has lead school and district reform efforts in rural, urban, and suburban districts.
The law must support, not hinder, state and local reform efforts and help educators in their mission to prepare students for college, career, and citizenship success.
This testing lies at the very heart of current education reform efforts because it provides the fuel that the current education reform machine relies upon: data.
And opponents of choice have an obligation to offer an alternative reform strategy that rests on something more solid than the high hopes and good intentions that have attended decades of failed reform efforts.
In that regard it is vital as well that the many reform efforts underway (as discussed in part 1 of this chapter) are integrated into such a national plan of action.
While there, I represented the district on education reform efforts undertaken by the superintendent, such as changing educational programs and implementation of reforms at the school.
Our policy reform efforts coupled with strategic litigation support led to a major systemic overhaul.
Our evidence of a clear, strong relationship between cognitive skills and economic growth should encourage continued reform efforts.
As a result, the entire reform effort lost credibility with we teachers.
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.
After the first year of the partnership, schools often return to our conferences to receive further guidance and support and to plan for future reform efforts.
Over the past decade he has led a number of significant reform efforts that have helped narrow the achievement gap and increase student performance on both state and national assessment exams.
There is also evidence that distributing leadership and building strong leadership teams in schools can help foster continuity in reform efforts even if a principal leaves.
Our expensive and aggressive ed reform efforts still focus far too little on what kids do in school all day.
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