Sentences with phrase «of meaningful education reform»

Once again, the National Education Association has shown it has no interest in any kind of meaningful education reform.

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«I will prioritize passing meaningful ethics reform, supporting our middle class families and small business owners, fighting tirelessly for better public education, and providing the residents of our district with the resources and services that they deserve.»

As the future congressman from this great district, I know Keith stands ready to deliver on the same fundamental issues he has fought for alongside me in the legislature — bringing more affordable housing to our neighborhoods, pushing through meaningful criminal justice reform and ensuring that all of our children have every chance to succeed with the promise of a first - rate education.

Bob McManus on what he hopes to hear from Cuomo regarding education reform: «Any proposal that lacks meaningful mechanisms for ridding the schools of incompetent teachers — that is, for cracking the union hold on the process — is also fraudulent.»

And when it comes to education policy, which does a particularly good job of stirring people's passions, opportunities for advancing meaningful policy reform would appear entirely fleeting.

Yet we must also address out - of - school issues, and we have to undertake meaningful efforts to ensure that people of color are both leading and supporting education reform.

By gathering a critical mass of leading researchers focused on education reform, the Department of Education Reform will be uniquely positioned to have a meaningful impact on education policy research and the quality ofeducation reform, the Department of Education Reform will be uniquely positioned to have a meaningful impact on education policy research and the quality of screform, the Department of Education Reform will be uniquely positioned to have a meaningful impact on education policy research and the quality ofEducation Reform will be uniquely positioned to have a meaningful impact on education policy research and the quality of scReform will be uniquely positioned to have a meaningful impact on education policy research and the quality ofeducation policy research and the quality of schools.

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As Heckman and Carneiro point out, the evidence on the benefits of competition within education is limited - a necessary consequence of the lack of serious experimentation with meaningful choice - based reforms.

Peter Smyth, a retired educator and administrator, and also a co-founder of Community Voice, says, «After a career in education and research into educational reform, I have come to these conclusions: while South Carolina Superintendent Zais has applied for a waiver to No Child Left Behind, his proposals reflect those of Secretary Duncan and the current and previous administrations, policies which have not achieved their goals and have made raising test scores and graduation rates, rather than meaningful learning, the default goals of American education.

Clair), the chair of the Senate Education Committee — that Pavlov's strident quest for local control is getting in the way of meaningful reform that's produced positive results in states like Massachusetts and Tennessee.

A recognized leader in advancing meaningful reforms in public education, CEI's mission is to make the school the center and driving force of public education reform and innovation.

Today, Mitt Romney squandered an opportunity to participate in a meaningful discussion of real education reform by attempting to disguise attacks on teachers and public education as meaningful policy proposals.

• A deep - seated belief in the inherent right of all children to a quality education; • A professional life dedicated to improving education for teachers and their students; • A passionate commitment to improving teaching and learning in America; • Unwavering dedication to the professional integrity and competence of teachers; • Visionary and boundless energy, eternal optimism, and expert leadership; • An innate capacity to inspire collaboration and mobilize support that enabled unparalleled achievements in the history of American education reform; and • A clear vision coupled with steadfast commitment and fierce determination which has led to historic milestones in American education and meaningful impact on teaching and learning.

Properly implemented, charter schools hold the potential for bringing meaningful reform to Washington's public education system, as they have in other parts of the country.

Advocates for Children of New York (AFC)'s Immigrant Students» Rights Project combines our distinctive leadership in the field of public education advocacy with our in - depth knowledge of the needs of immigrant students, students learning English, and their families to improve student achievement and advance meaningful reform.

PEJ utilizes a variety of legal actions to achieve its mission, including pursuing impact litigation, amicus brief filings, Freedom of Information Act requests, and other law - related avenues that seek to achieve meaningful reforms of education laws or policies that fail to prioritize students» rights.

A crescendo of support from education researchers, analysts, reform advocates, and lawmakers about the need for additional learning time for our nation's under - performing students may well result in the coming months in meaningful reform.

brothers come from Marxist backgrounds but really are, when it comes to education reform, not progressives but reactionaries — fervently protective of the status quo — blindly pro-union, claiming that more money will solve our education woes, all the while fighting against every meaningful way of improving the system.

The joke here is that both Casey and the Klonsky brothers come from Marxist backgrounds but really are, when it comes to education reform, not progressives but reactionaries — fervently protective of the status quo — blindly pro-union, claiming that more money will solve our education woes, all the while fighting against every meaningful way of improving the system.

Research examining how effective leaders leverage incentives and penalties in our schools, districts, and state offices of education, then, is critical for a deeper understanding of how accountability can be a constructive force for meaningful education reform.

The California Office to Reform Education (CORE), the nonprofit organization representing the California school districts of Fresno, Garden Grove, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco, Sanger, and Santa Ana Unified, focuses on improving student achievement by «fostering highly productive, meaningful collaboration and learning» between its members (CORE website).

[Review of the book Meaningful urban education reform: Confronting the learning crisis in mathematics and science].

While some of the union's spending is on education - related matters, that money is typically targeted to fight any kind of meaningful reform.

The Texas Legislature is now in full swing and, of course, the Texas Institute for Education Reform (TIER) is at every table on every significant public education issue at stake, hopefully providing meaningful policy advocacy leEducation Reform (TIER) is at every table on every significant public education issue at stake, hopefully providing meaningful policy advocacy leeducation issue at stake, hopefully providing meaningful policy advocacy leadership.

Having just completed a brutal round of jousting in the interest of public education reform during the Texas legislative session, I have a renewed appreciation for the obstacles we face in achieving meaningful systemic change in our education delivery system.

«A strategic use of state - funded vouchers could be appropriate, but this diversion of public education dollars was a step too far and diminishes resources for meaningful reform efforts already underway at the local level.»

Successful education reform efforts — such as the Harlem Children's Zone, which provides «wraparound» social and health services alongside charter schools, or California's Linked Learning schools, which connect teenagers to meaningful on - the - job training — are built on this more holistic understanding of the forces that shape a child's life and determine her future.

Although Marimon lacks any meaningful classroom or teaching experience, she is a proven member of the corporate education reform aficionados» club.

Especially with a cadre of new governors and legislators taking office, along with issues that intersect with education such as criminal justice reform on the agenda, reformers should use the time now to pass meaningful legislation that will help all of our children.

Business, unions, educators, advocates and elected officials all came together around a plan that puts children ahead of adults and paves the way for meaningful education reform.

Fortunately, there are nonprofit education reform organization's like Achieve which give teachers the ability to evaluate open education resources against a set of meaningful criteria including alignment to standards, quality of assessment, and opportunities for deeper learning.

But without effective and meaningful reform, the cost of innovation that never takes place in education is incalculable.

The Governor's nominees reflect a strong commitment to meaningful, bipartisan reform of public education in...

Her focus is on education, where the teachers unions have blocked meaningful reforms for years; protecting bad teachers from being terminated, promoting based on seniority instead of merit, taking over local school boards with hand - picked, union - financed candidates, attacking charter schools, prioritizing teacher compensation and job security over student achievement, and pushing a social agenda in front of academic fundamentals.

In a growing number of states and school districts, new, more meaningful evaluation systems have focused principals» attention on instruction, prompted valuable discussions in schools Read more about Grading the Graders: A Report on Teacher Evaluation Reform in Education -LSB-...]