Sentences with phrase «national urban school reform»

In 1991, Canton turned its back on tradition and embarked on a path that brought it to the forefront of national urban school reform.

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At last week's Askwith Forum, «Transformative Change in American Schools,» Michele Cahill, — vice-president for national program and director of urban education at Carnegie Corporation of New York, — spoke to the importance of transformative change and systemic reform within K — 12 schools across the nation, focusing largely on Common Core StaSchools,» Michele Cahill, — vice-president for national program and director of urban education at Carnegie Corporation of New York, — spoke to the importance of transformative change and systemic reform within K — 12 schools across the nation, focusing largely on Common Core Staschools across the nation, focusing largely on Common Core Standards.

It is particularly urgent that urban high schools be reformed, and in 2000, the Carnegie Corporation of New York launched a national initiative, Schools for a New Society, to help urban communities redesign their high sschools be reformed, and in 2000, the Carnegie Corporation of New York launched a national initiative, Schools for a New Society, to help urban communities redesign their high sSchools for a New Society, to help urban communities redesign their high schoolsschools.

James J. Kemple, the executive director of the Research Alliance for New York City Schools, who conducted a study comparing the city's school reform efforts to a «virtual» control group modeled from other urban districts in the state, including Buffalo, Yonkers, Syracuse, and Rochester, «found New York City students improved significantly faster than the control group on both the New York state assessments and the National Assessment of Educational Progress during the reform period, from 2002 to 2010.»

The National Institute for Urban School Improvement, funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, was created to facilitate and unify reform efforts in general and special education in the nation's urban school distrUrban School Improvement, funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, was created to facilitate and unify reform efforts in general and special education in the nation's urban school distSchool Improvement, funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, was created to facilitate and unify reform efforts in general and special education in the nation's urban school distrurban school distschool districts.

In addition to being a key - team member for many of CTAC's partnerships, Mr. Eglinton served as CTAC's co-project director for the TIF - supported Leadership for Educators» Advanced Performance Initiative (LEAP) with the Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools, directed CTAC's National Urban Reform Network, led site research and evaluations teams in Christina (DE) Denver (CO) and Newark (NJ) and trained district leadership teams, community collaboratives, corporate leadership groups and policymaking bodies at local, state and nationalNational Urban Reform Network, led site research and evaluations teams in Christina (DE) Denver (CO) and Newark (NJ) and trained district leadership teams, community collaboratives, corporate leadership groups and policymaking bodies at local, state and nationalnational levels.

In a combined 10 years leading the city's schools between them, Rhee and Henderson's experiment in school reform became a national bellwether for urban schools.

More broadly, the Renewal effort's fate will have implications for the larger national debate over urban school reform.

Kent McGuire, Southern Education Foundation Marty Blank, National Coalition for Community Schools Marc Morial, National Urban League Warren Simmons, Annenberg Institute for School Reform Jeannie Oakes Ben Jealous John Jackson, The Schott Foundation Doris Williams, Rural School and Community Trust Peter Edelman, Georgetown Center for Poverty & Inequality Nadine Burke Harris, Center for Youth Wellness

I've received training in the National Science Foundation's Urban Systemic Initiative, which targets systemic math and science reform in urban schUrban Systemic Initiative, which targets systemic math and science reform in urban schurban schools.

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