Sentences with phrase «much autonomy states»

But exactly how much autonomy states will have is TBD — there's a battle brewing between the department and Congress.

Not exact matches

summary of Canadian health care system: Canada has a single payer health care system, where the provinces are responsible for health care budgets, administration and delivery, yet have inter-provincial agreements that ensure you are covered anywhere in Canada (for those in the US not familiar with Canada, our provinces are much like your states; with a bit more autonomy from our federal government).

Converting to being an independent state would be much harder than joining the EU once it achieved independence status and it worked out all of the necessary «divorce» arrangements with the U.K. And, that job would be made easier than it might be by its already substantial legal autonomy with its own legal system (except for the U.K. Supreme Court), its own legislature, etc..

The new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) returns substantial autonomy to states when it comes to school accountability, teacher evaluation, school improvement, and much else.

• 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.

Though much of the report focuses on the state - autonomy part of the bargain, this section tries to remind the reader that increased accountability was a 35 - year cause.

How much of a threat to charter autonomy are this law and the related state accountability systems?

That's much of the genius behind charter schools, which, when state laws get it right, allow school leaders true autonomy and allow teachers to choose schools that align with their personal philosophies.

Education Week's Alyson Klein reports that Secretary DeVos told a gathering of secondary school principals on September 25 «that she wants to cut the federal red tape that she thinks is holding them back from serving students to the best extent possible,» and that «she'll encourage state and district leaders to give them as much autonomy as possible.»

This new initiative works to fix Maryland's current restrictive and vague charter public school law by creating an independent authorizer within the state, allowing for much needed increased autonomy.

The state has given the charter schools full autonomy over curriculum, hiring and firing and budgets, while keeping its traditional schools on a much tighter leash.

The accountability structure of No Child Left Behind places too much autonomy on states to create their own standards with no regard for whether they mark legitimate proficiency of students.