Sentences with phrase «much as reformers»

As Jay P. Greene of the University of Arkansas has argued, even more than broad public support, choice policies need the support of concentrated constituencies along with that of the general public to counter-balance the opposition of concentrated constituencies that want to curb or eliminate educational choice programs: «As much as reformers may be motivated to promote equity, a basic lesson about political reality is that more advantaged people tend to have more political power.»

Not exact matches

The Protestant Reformers, it is true, discovered the worst idolatries of all within the Catholic Church, much as the prophets of old accused the children of Israel of whoring after other, pagan gods; but they did not doubt that Christianity alone worshiped the true God without taint of idolatry.

This was a good move by the Reformers, but as with pretty much everything the Reformers did, they did not quite go far enough.

However, as a reformer Cromwell could be encouraged: «You are capable of accomplishing very many things throughout the whole kingdom, and with the Most Serene Lord King you can do much good.

The intent of the reformers was not so much to secularize worship as to sanctify common life.

There are other signs Mr. Blake may not be as much of a reformer as he purports to be.

Brodsky is portraying himself as a proven reformer who will bring to bear the power of the office on transforming institutions in much the same way he has in the Assembly.

Now a materials scientist and a science education reformer at Yale University, Ramirez appreciates Lady Liberty as much more than an iconic tourist destination.

As I observed last year in Letters, three decades as an education roustabout have taught me at least one thing: The passion that so many bring to school reform fuels a confidence that the next big idea will be the one that works, and leaves reformers loath to spend much time asking why the last big idea (and the one before that) didn'As I observed last year in Letters, three decades as an education roustabout have taught me at least one thing: The passion that so many bring to school reform fuels a confidence that the next big idea will be the one that works, and leaves reformers loath to spend much time asking why the last big idea (and the one before that) didn'as an education roustabout have taught me at least one thing: The passion that so many bring to school reform fuels a confidence that the next big idea will be the one that works, and leaves reformers loath to spend much time asking why the last big idea (and the one before that) didn't.

In 2013, when one could just start to glimpse that some reforms might be going south, I mused, «Reformers have greeted with a surprising lack of interest the seemingly self - evident fact that the fruits of policy innovation depend as much on how policies are carried out as on whether they're carried out... Earlier reform efforts failed when their champions got mired in changing «professional practice» while ignoring policy.

Ironically, despite taking this stance, Ravitch casts the debate in much the same way as do her opponents: market - oriented reformers on one side and democratic traditionalists on the other.

Many reformers and funders have written off schools of education as beyond repair, and much of the current energy for teacher preparation is centered on non-traditional programs like Teach For America.

What makes these volumes particularly valuable for professional reformers is that they are written by people who hadn't previously thought much about high school except as a piece of their pasts.

The city's Old World persona has frustrated the reformer at least as much as it has intrigued the tourist.

Having spent a lot of time with reformers over the past 25 years, I can confidently report that most will privately concede that much didn't work out as hoped or as they'd anticipated.

Indeed, anyone who has spent much time in the company of school reformers in the past decade has seen this practice turn almost comical, as when charter - school operators try to one - up one another over who can claim the most disadvantaged student population.

They can protest this characterization all they want, but one reason we've heard so much about pre-K in the past few years is that, as far as many reformers were concerned, the big and interesting fights on teacher evaluation had already been won.

The divide among education reformers over how much regulation and oversight are needed for school choice to work is highlighted as reformers react to Betsy DeVos's nomination as education secretary.

When you consider all the ways in which American public education harms the lives of children black and brown as well as denies them brighter futures, it is critical that reformers put as much energy into transforming the systems as some are doing in taking down Confederate statues in public parks.

Weingarten, you see, is the president of the American Federation of Teachers, and for much of his book, Brill treats Weingarten the way reformers always treat her and her union: as the enemy.

Yet as reformers, we can't spend nearly as much time on DeVos» public failures.

But given the conservative movement's other problems (including, as Washington Examiner columnist Noemie Emery notes, a sense of entitlement and embrace of a victim mentality unfitting of itself), the importance of the movement playing a strong role in shaping systemic reform, and the need for the movement to update how it applies first principles to today's issues, it is a much - needed fight that conservative reformers can win.

Unfortunately, the problem Casey faces, as does many reformers, is that the nation's public schools aren't helping much in offering examples of successes in college attainment and completion.

As reformers learned the hard way three years ago with then - Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty's re-election defeat (and three years earlier with the defeat of Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson), you can't simply count on voters to concern themselves only with overhauling failing schools, especially if the candidate's flaws — including an inattentiveness addressing quality - of - life issues, and a demeanor at which even Winston Churchill would look askance — are too much for voters to overlook.

He also seems to have a problem with what he calls «self - styled» reformers who have come on to the scene in recent years, essentially arguing that the likes of Steve Brill and Davis Guggenheim (as well as one would suspect, the editor of this publication) have no business offering an opinion, much less pushing for systemic reform.

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Brill is a fan of Shanker as an education reformer (and says nice things about my biography of Shanker), but throughout the book, Brill unfortunately voices much of same class bias reflected by NEA members.

And the people's anger will only grow as they realize that much of the money that paid for all the mailings and television ads to support Finch's plan was donated by national education reformers like Michelle Rhee ($ 100,000 and counting), Mayor Michael Bloomberg ($ 20,000), and Connecticut businesses that should never have diverted funds to this anti-democracy initiative.

By giving every student direct access to digital instruction, student interests and readiness can be identified, instructional tools can be modified to each student's particular situation, and a personalized learning environment can be created, much as the 20th century reformer John Dewey had envisioned.

The final admonition, is not so much a message for the Corporate Education Reformers as a reminder to those who have banded together to challenge their efforts to dismantle public education.