In today's political climate, we are proposing to hold teachers accountable for results while still not giving
them much authority over their schools.
Not exact matches
• too
much school time is given
over to test prep — and the pressure to lift scores leads to cheating and other unsavory practices; • subjects and accomplishments that aren't tested — art, creativity, leadership, independent thinking, etc. — are getting squeezed if not discarded; • teachers are losing their freedom to practice their craft, to make classes interesting and stimulating, and to act like professionals; • the curricular homogenizing that generally follows from standardized tests and state (or national) standards represents an undesirable usurpation of
school autonomy, teacher freedom, and local control by distant
authorities; and • judging teachers and
schools by pupil test scores is inaccurate and unfair, given the kids» different starting points and home circumstances, the variation in class sizes and
school resources, and the many other services that
schools and teachers are now expected to provide their students.
Over the last 20 years, England didn't abolish its «local education
authorities» — Blighty's version of
school districts — but it conferred so
much autonomy on individual
schools and their boards of governors that it essentially marginalized those
authorities.
That drew criticism from some
school choice advocates who said under that scenario DPI would have too
much authority over private voucher
schools.
The plan also suggests that, to accomplish swift and deep reform akin to The Mind Trust's outlined plan, the Indiana General Assembly might want to consider passing a law that enables the state to take
over «failing» districts
much like it now has the
authority to replace the leadership at «failing»
schools.
It means local
authorities do not have as
much control
over the creation of new
schools and places as they once did, although they can invite bids for free
schools and academies in their areas.
The lowest performing
schools in Detroit will be taken over by a new authority created in partnership with the state, Detroit Public Schools and Eastern Michigan University, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R) and DPS Emergency Manager Roy Roberts announced at a news conference to much fanfare and some pr
schools in Detroit will be taken
over by a new
authority created in partnership with the state, Detroit Public
Schools and Eastern Michigan University, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R) and DPS Emergency Manager Roy Roberts announced at a news conference to much fanfare and some pr
Schools and Eastern Michigan University, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (R) and DPS Emergency Manager Roy Roberts announced at a news conference to
much fanfare and some protests.