Sentences with phrase «of educational reform»

These views heavily represent one side of the educational reforms in play in American politics.

And we are supporting the long - term sustainability of educational reform efforts across states and districts.

She is a nationally recognized expert in the area of educational reform, teacher mentoring, and special education.

If we answer that question, then the vision of educational reform may be a bit clearer.

I think it's neat that educators have been almost completely removed from the process of educational reform.

In an era of educational reform and accountability, it seems reasonable to ask, how much of this money will be spent to improve learning outcomes?

If the goals of technology integration are separated from the goals of educational reform, teacher educators are faced with an important choice.

In the end, the real driver of educational reform must be competition from new entrants, blessed, not regulated, by local governments.

More importantly, it has led to a significant reduction in the potential of educational reform efforts to actually enrich educational outcomes for all our children.

In times of educational reform, it is even more essential to build a foundation of general understanding about gifted children and their educational needs.

More standardized testing of students, more data collection from teachers, more purchasing of educational reform materials and we can expect more punitive actions towards teachers and schools.

The current and ongoing research found within this textbook is meant to continue supporting the notion of educational reform.

She is a nationally recognized expert in the area of educational reform, principal leadership and mentoring, and heart centered learning.

The organization started with and maintains a vision of educational reform, while it has evolved, grown, and adapted to adjust to current educational challenges.

Ravitch points to Dewey's school in Chicago (which closed in 1904, when Dewey left the University of Chicago for Columbia), the Lincoln School at Teachers College in New York, and the Winnetka, Illinois, public schools of the 1920s as admirable models of educational reform.

There was the birth of the take - anywhere traditionally published ebooks, the hope of educational reform through bells and whistles digital textbooks, and perhaps most important of all, the self - publishing arm that allowed anyone to write, publish, and potentially sell a book.

Our surveys further show that AAE members support many of the educational reforms embraced by this coalition.

Just the fact that a young person can so articulately get to the heart of educational reform is an example of what could be possible if we encouraged students to assess their schools, examine public education, provide feedback on what they see, and suggest ways of addressing the problems.

State officials in New York should «eliminate over-regulation» to quicken the pace of educational reform there, a citizens» task force has concluded.

Observers of American education have frequently noted that the general direction of educational reform over the years has not been forward but back and forth.

«In pursuing the goals of educational reform over the past several decades, educational policy makers have focused on teachers, administrators, and school structures as keys to higher educational achievement.

Along with smaller school and class sizes, this kind of project - based, hands - on learning is a key component of educational reform espoused by nonprofits such as the Gates Foundation — as well as by educators.

«An indispensable contribution to ongoing national and international discussions of educational reform.»

MarGrady Research study «Moving Up: Progress in Newark's Schools from 2010 to 2017,» by educational researcher Jesse Margolis of MarGrady Research and NYU, analyzed the district's progress since 2010 — including both NPS and charter schools — looking specifically at the effectiveness of educational reforms pertaining to student outcomes and achievement.

In 2011, Real Hartford reported that one Hartford parent refused to allow her child to take the state standardized tests in protest of educational reform policies in the city schools.

Julie Brannan, director of education and training, says: «This consultation is the next step in our Training for Tomorrow programme of educational reform.»

Since then, the «opt out» movement has grown across the country and Connecticut as thousands of parents and students across the country are refusing to take state tests in protest of educational reforms associated with high - stakes testing.

There was the birth of the take - anywhere traditionally published ebooks, the hope of educational reform through bells and whistles digital textbooks, and perhaps most important of all, the self - publishing arm that allowed anyone to write, publish, and... [Read more...]

On the practical level, the freedom to construct an agenda, to focus on what's important in terms of educational reform as we go forward, the opportunity to be reflective, to travel and learn from effective practice in the field.

Tyack and Cuban's (1995) definition of educational reform on pages 2 — 3 goes beyond student academic success.

To support the latest standards we encourage cross-curricular instruction — something that has been an important component of educational reform for the past two decades.

Both Kozol and Sacks decipher the language of this army of elite parents — and contemporary versions of educational reform that have adopted their language — as thinly disguised racism and classism.

«The government has, in the last decade, pushed through an incredible number of educational reforms.

The government has announced that as part of its educational reform initiatives, it is investing in the expansion of tertiary institutions to absorb the high numbers of entrants that are likely to emerge from second - cycle institutions following the introduction of the Free SHS policy.

Washington — Charging that an emphasis on multiple - choice tests could «undermine many of the educational reforms which the governors and President Bush wish to achieve,» a coalition of three dozen education and civil - rights groups last week urged those leaders to use alternative forms of assessment to measure progress toward national goals.

If the Holy Grail of every educational reform, including the Common Core, is to raise a nation of readers, especially in this age when entire libraries are now at our students» fingertips, isn't the path to a love of reading illuminated by giving students more choice over what they read and when they read it?

Author Bio: Tom Loveless is a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. Loveless» research focuses on education policy and the politics of educational reform.

The commissioner of education at the time (now executive director of the National Association of Secondary School Principals), Gerry Tirozzi, insisted that «the teacher is the center of educational reform.»

Similarly, those who specialize in educational - equity issues have concentrated too much on sexual harassment and compensatory programs for the poor and «have not adequately worked together to influence the mainstream of educational reform,» says the study,...

As an experienced leader in education, Nathan actively mentors teachers and principals, and consults nationally and internationally on issues of educational reform, leadership and teaching with a commitment to equity, and the critical role of arts and creativity in schools.

In addition to directly surveying the implementers of educational reform, we need to investigate a possible connection between the high stakes testing programs that are often part of standards - based reform and student dropout rates.

As the new administration tackles the minefield of educational reform, we encourage them to consider spending in one area where public opinion and strong evidence converge.

It also seems to me that as a result of educational reforms headmasters / principals are in the process of re-defining how school leadership is being enacted across the country.

, Restructuring schools: The next generation of educational reform (pp. 1 - 28).

Against this backdrop of educational reform in the United States and China, and along with intensified global economic and educational competition, this is an opportune time to conduct an international comparative examination that sheds new light on and shares new perspectives about the complex issue of teacher effectiveness (Crossley & Waston, 2003).

For instance, in the United States, where the tone of educational reform is leaning more and more toward accountability — with the Race to the Top initiative and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Plan — states are mandated to develop a teacher evaluation system that is rigorous in measuring teacher effectiveness, as indicated by student academic growth.

These opposite trends of educational reform policies and practices highlight the fact that the Chinese and U.S. educational systems can be a potent source of learning for each other.