Sentences with phrase «much education reform work»

Reville, who founded the Ed Redesign Lab as a way to rethink how we educate children, said that although much education reform work has been done over the past two decades in the United States to close the «achievement gap» created from income disparities, there is still a persistent, iron - clad correlation between zip code and destiny.

Not exact matches

While ethics reform may be dominating much of the conversation in Albany, education advocates are hoping the public and lawmakers don't forget there's much work to be done regarding teacher evaluations.

After much discussion, all the parties agreed that Education Reform Now (ERN) would be that lead organization, working with the New York Charter School Association, the New York City Charter School Center, and several charter management organizations.

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't.

«The whole controversy about the Common Core and the assessments risks becoming an enormous distraction from the much more difficult work, the central education reform work of devising effective strategies for educating children to higher levels,» says Reville.

For the past decade, the Wallace Foundation has focused its education philanthropy (to the tune of $ 300 million) «exclusively around the notion that to make school reform work for kids, we need to spend much more time and attention on leadership,» said M. Christine DeVita, the foundation's president.

In fact, the work has been under way for much of the past year, and few areas are more suited for bipartisan action than education reform.

For example: Last week's release of National Assessment of Educational Progress scores led to much finger - pointing about what's working and what isn't in education reform.

In recent years, left - leaning groups like Democrats for Education Reform worked closely with Republican governors on issues like charter schooling, teacher evaluation, digital learning, and much else.

The author of several books, including The Woman Who Knew Too Much: Alice Stewart and the Secrets of Radiation and Insomniac, she is at work on a book about the encroachment of so - called «reform» upon higher education.

All of this helps convince working - class and professional families that much of the education - reform agenda has no interest in or is hostile to their concerns.

Michael Cohen has worked to promote standards - based education reform in significant and varied leadership positions for much of his career.