Sentences with phrase «national education reform»

They dismissed the parent - trigger law as a way for national education reform groups to exert their influence at a local level.
A new estimate of the cost of proposed national education reforms has come from one who formerly managed the federal role in the schools.
State Charter Association Congratulates Four New Charter Schools Slated to Open in 2017 - 4/13/2016 National education reform leader joins charter school community at Capitol for Charter Awareness Day this Thursday - 4/18/2016
She has more than 18 years of experience working on federal education policy, most recently as an independent consultant developing policy and writing for national education reform organizations and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
One of the most striking developments in the entire campaign was the arrival of Michelle Rhee's national education reform advocacy organization, StudentsFirst, although here, in Connecticut, they've created a front - group called GNEPSA.
It's an entirely new argument from Moskowitz, who has emerged as one of the most politically potent forces in national education reform over the last several years.
Somewhat paradoxically, Douglas County is an atypical school district that tells the story of national education reform writ small.
P.E. 4Life's Flannery says her organization has mobilized support for the program and advocates that a review of physical education standards be part of overall national education reform efforts.
Ralph Martire's presentation on national education reform and the the federal Equity and Excellence Commission's report presented at the National Conference of State Legislators in Atlanta, GA..
National officials from Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst, Teach for America and other national education reform groups donated to the Sackler fundraiser.
Ms Rodgers will replace the recently departed Ms Margery Evans, who served as the inaugural CEO of AITSL for six years and established the organisation's role in delivering national education reforms such as the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and the Australian Professional Standard for Principals.
It is time to stop fighting against each other over the smaller problems we can solve at the local level and take on the far more threatening problem — national education reform policy.
Due to join AITSL in October, Ms Rodgers said she was looking forward to relocating to Australia, saying «it's an honour to be appointed as CEO of AITSL, which has an outstanding reputation and an impressive track record in delivering important national education reforms and providing national leadership for the teaching profession».
Last week, the Department of Education announced plans for a «national education reform conference on labor - management collaboration» to be held early next year, where they plan to «highlight examples of progressive collective bargaining agreements across the country and promote opportunities for management and labor to forge reforms at the state and district level.»
· Achieve, Inc., a major national education reform coalition, gave the Texas system, adopted in 2009 and to date only partially implemented, its only top rating in accountability criteria in terms of its college and career readiness indicators.
Mr. White has been a consultant to both the College Board and the ACT and has served on two national education reform committees.
Standards - based reform has been the de facto national education reform strategy for more than two decades.
Kevin P. Chavous is an attorney, author, national education reform leader.
Outside spending is also not restricted to larger urban school districts, as national education reform groups have targeted school board elections in smaller cities such as Elizabeth, N.J., and Burbank, California.
When not funding Governor Malloy's political action committee or various Connecticut and national education reform organizations, the attendees and donors to the Sackler fundraiser are busy running hedge funds and investment companies.
Several very conservative players in national education reform, in addition to Broad, have made parent trigger proposals a key part of their agenda.
As 1991 New Hampshire Teacher of the Year and 1996 New Hampshire Media Educator of the Year, Kim has been actively involved in local, state, and national education reform efforts for over two decades, including Souhegan High School, Monadnock Community Connections School, Five Freedoms Project, and most recently, the Q.E.D. Foundation.
The findings, said Michigan State University's Rebecca Jacobsen, refute the argument that school boards have become ineffective and obsolete in the wake of national education reform.
blog post, although Educators 4 Excellence is silent on the issue, their primary funding comes from the Gates Foundation and other national education reform groups.
New York, Washington and Chicago, where CEO Ron Huberman resigned last week, have operated as Petri dishes for national education reforms in the past decade.
Twenty - five years after turning her Princeton senior thesis into a national education reform program called Teach for America, Kopp is taking her model global.
New York's charter school leaders and advocates, some of the national education reform movement's most vocal and influential supporters, have remained resolutely on the sidelines throughout the debate over Trump's education secretary pick, Betsy DeVos.
Johnson is married to Michelle Rhee, a leader of the national education reform movement.
Chief among the Republicans» supporters is New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany, a super PAC run by the pro-charter advocacy organization StudentsFirstNY — the state branch of the national education reform organization founded by former Washington, D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee.
«Under significant pressure from the Catholic schools sector, the Minister finally agreed to a review of the socioeconomic status (SES) methodology — six years after Gonski recommended it, four years after the National Education Reform Agreement required it and 12 months after his own department encouraged it,» he explained.
«Inspiration,» «heart,» «democracy,» «models for national education reform»... so advertise the covers of four books from the series on small schools by Teachers College Press.
I'm excited about building an institute in New York that will be a real center for discussion and debate of educational values and reform direction, and again hope to have a voice in national education reform.
Within the exploration of school reform, participants considered topics including high quality teachers, national education reform, public / private partnerships, and implementation strategies.
We have five states that signed up to the National Education Reform agreement and just after the previous federal election the Abbot Government made a deal with the other states which really was a deal that meant that those states did not have the same level of accountability and transparency around the funding.
«Our review puts David Gonski's report into practice and will tailor the national education reform agenda to the NSW context,» Mr Stokes said.
Twenty - odd years into school reform (and at least five into my blathering about the need for such a thing) there's still no national education reform advocacy group or PAC.
The Alliance for School Choice, a national education reform group, set up PACs in several states to elect state lawmakers.
Preus (2007) observed that the national education reform movement in China has moved its educational system toward a decentralization of elementary and secondary education.
According to the last set of federal and state campaign finance reports, Governor Malloy, the champion of the corporate education reform industry and the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers working in the poorest schools has received well over a quarter of a million dollars from leaders and political action committees associated with the national education reform and privatization effort.
Kevin P. Chavous is a noted author, attorney and national education reform leader.
Kevin P. Chavous is a noted attorney, author, and national education reform leader.
Julio Fuentes, president and CEO of the Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options, a national education reform group, said the FEA challenged the tax - credit scholarship program but not other Florida voucher programs because the scholarships help predominantly low - income students.
Johnson is married to Michelle Rhee, a leader of the national education reform movement.
A Hartford Superior Court Judge is being asked today to authorize an «agreement» between the Malloy Administration and Leeds Global Partners, a major player in the national education reform industry.
He is a founding board member and executive counsel for the American Federation for Children and the Alliance for School Choice, a noted author and national education reform leader.
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