Sentences with phrase «most essential reform»

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Otherwise we shall have missed the true starting point and our reforms will end in the deformation of what is most essential.

Taxpayers in New York will get the two things they need most — lower taxes and the continuation of essential and high quality municipal services — only if Albany finally demonstrates the will to reform state mandates, giving local officials the tools and flexibility to implement real and sustainable property tax relief.

• Describe those essential skills in the context of curriculum reform and show how they are consistent with most common educational improvement initiatives today.

Such evaluation systems are an essential precondition for effective tenure reform, but have been missing from most past state tenure reform proposals

But after many hours of conversations with researchers and practitioners as diverse as Anthony Bryk (Stanford University), Linda Darling Hammond (Stanford), Gene Bottoms (Southern Regional Education Board), Judy Codding (America's Choice cofounder), and Ted Sizer (Coalition of Essential Schools), Vander Ark became convinced that high school was where the reform money was most needed and that existing high schools were intrinsically weak institutions that could not be fixed on the margins.

The most essential aspect in the curriculum reform is the shift from focusing on learning objectives related to single subjects to an emphasis on broader competencies crossing all learning in schools.

Pursuing equity for the most English learners across the country means that high - quality bilingual education must be an essential, but not exclusive, tool in the English learner reform toolbox.

Over the past fifteen years, Wiggins worked on some of the most influential reform initiatives in the country, including Vermont's portfolio system and the Coalition of Essential Schools.

A new report from EdSource, titled Preparing World Class Teachers: Essential Reforms of Teacher Preparation and Credentialing in California, identifies seven key challenges that the state must address to ensure an effective teaching force — and the most promising strategies to address them at a local and statewide level.

The Importance of After - School Programs in Education Reform Worldwide The Expanded Learning and Afterschool Project, 2012 Eva L. Baker, President of the World Educational Research Association, describes after - school programs as essential to — and possibly the most effective strategy in — school rReform Worldwide The Expanded Learning and Afterschool Project, 2012 Eva L. Baker, President of the World Educational Research Association, describes after - school programs as essential to — and possibly the most effective strategy in — school reformreform.

Through Lusi's analysis of Kentucky's attempts at implementing the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), the most essential lesson that emerges is a critical need to focus on the bureaucratic structure, staffing, and morale within the SDE itself.