Sentences with phrase «meaningful education reform»

The «measurable» fad has made meaningful education reform impossible.

What President Obama termed «the most meaningful education reform in a generation» has proven, for my money, to be more a cautionary tale than a model.

Legislators will have the opportunity to pass meaningful education reform in the form of charter schools.

In «Innovative Program Spurred Meaningful Education Reform,» Joanne Weiss, former chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and director of the federal Race to the Top program, argues that the initiative spurred comprehensive improvements nationwide and in numerous policy areas.

What President Obama termed «the most meaningful education reform in a generation» has proven to be more a cautionary tale than a model.

EPM alumni are making an impact in the lives of children through meaningful education reform on the local, state, and national level.

As a long time Nevadan, I am very pleased to see the substantial effort toward meaningful education reform.

Five years have passed since the final winners in the $ 4 billion contest were announced, so there has been enough time to assess whether the program encouraged meaningful education reform or promised a lot but changed little.

He gave the money because he is interested in furthering meaningful education reform.

The good news is this process offers a great opportunity to consider meaningful education reforms that allow states to do more with less...

Once again, the National Education Association has shown it has no interest in any kind of meaningful education reform.

Necessary state budget cuts could be a boon, rather than a burden, to education if state governors and legislators adopt meaningful education reforms by introducing more competition and school choice in their states.

I think our best shot at meaningful education reform along the lines you propose is in engaging teachers in this «seeing» of what and more importantly, HOW, they teach, through the very real eyes of others divergent experience.

For an alternate take, please see «Innovative Program Spurred Meaningful Education Reform» by Joanne Weiss.

New York, NY — As final negotiations wrap up on the state budget, public school parent activists and students today rallied outside Tweed Courthouse to urge legislators to pass the meaningful education reforms outlined in Governor Cuomo's education Opportunity Agenda.

While moving on from NCLB is probably essential to produce further growth in student performance, «consequential accountability» was an important and meaningful education reform and ought not be dismissed as a failed initiative.

Finally, we see the parent trigger as a distraction from the real work our schools require — implementing proven, common - sense strategies for parent involvement and meaningful education reform.

The Parent Trigger is a distraction from the real work our schools require — implementing proven, common - sense strategies for parent involvement and meaningful education reform.

In fact, the teachers unions and their fellow travelers who slavishly fight against any meaningful education reform are really reactionaries.

Grounded in our research and policy work, RI - CAN teams with our citizen advocates and key state officials to develop and enact concrete, meaningful education reforms through both legislative and administrative action.

Business, unions, educators, advocates and elected officials all came together around a plan that puts children ahead of adults and paves the way for meaningful education reform.

Adequacy studies have proven nationwide to be a critical first step toward any meaningful education reform that has resulted in improved student achievement.