Sentences with phrase «of modern education reform»

TIME.com — The source list in Steven Brill's Class Warfare may read like the Who's Who of modern education reform, but the chapters that precede it often feel more like The Real Housewives of Policy Wonk County.

America's public education system was wildly successful right up to the advent of modern education reform.

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Gérin - Lajoie was responsible for reforming Québec's education system and formulating Québec's first international - relations policy, two milestone achievements of this period that helped to define modern Québec.

Christian women of the modern era have been pioneers in areas such as education, health care, business, artistic expression, social reform, and worldwide evangelism.

It bestowed upon the church also the gift of highly educated and cultured ministers who, profoundly aware of the needs of modern life, became the proponents of the advancement of modern civilization and the leaders of many progressive movements in education and social reform.

As we celebrate National School Choice Week, education - reform advocates would be wise to reflect on purpose of school choice as articulated by Milton Friedman, the father of the modern school choice movement.

The three major accomplishments of Shanker's career, according to Kahlenberg, were the founding of modern teachers» unions, his leadership of education reform in the»80s and»90s, and his dedication to «tough liberalism,» which the author described as a philosophy «more politically persuasive and substantively potent than either traditional liberalism or traditional conservatism.»

Despite its lofty goals for every student and the support of some of the most powerful national players in education reform, the modern standards and accountability movement has hit a rough patch, if you haven't noticed.

Education Next is a magazine whose top editors are supporters of modern school reform, including the Core.

An essential history of the modern education - reform movement, both infuriating and inspiring.»

On June 4, 1991, Minnesota Gov. Arne Carlson signed into law a bill that set in motion one of the most significant — and controversial — education reform movements in modern history.

Creating a new system of schooling that replaces so - called zip code education with school choice has been part and parcel of the modern school reform effort.

The critics of modern school reform that I know are people who see enormous trouble in the public education system, but don't think it will be fixed by spending billions of dollars on questionable teacher assessment systems linked to standardized test scores, or expanding charter schools that are hardly the panacea their early supporters claimed they would be, or handing out federal education dollars based on promises to change schools according to the likes and dislikes of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distieducation system, but don't think it will be fixed by spending billions of dollars on questionable teacher assessment systems linked to standardized test scores, or expanding charter schools that are hardly the panacea their early supporters claimed they would be, or handing out federal education dollars based on promises to change schools according to the likes and dislikes of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distieducation dollars based on promises to change schools according to the likes and dislikes of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distiEducation Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distinguished.

Save for a few instances, such as the initial efforts of Southern governors (including Alexander during his tenure as Tennessee's governor) and chambers of commerce during the 1970s that spurred what became the modern school reform movement, it has been the federal government that has been the driving force in coaxing states to take full responsibility for the districts they control as part of their constitutional provisions requiring them to provide education.

A Department for Education spokesperson said: «As part of our plan for education we have made important reforms to our exam system to ensure young people leave school ready to succeed in life in modernEducation spokesperson said: «As part of our plan for education we have made important reforms to our exam system to ensure young people leave school ready to succeed in life in moderneducation we have made important reforms to our exam system to ensure young people leave school ready to succeed in life in modern Britain.

The bills we filed in July and being considered by the Legislature today will usher in the next chapter of education reform in our Commonwealth by helping the lowest - performing districts catch up to their peers and ensuring healthy districts have the modern tools and ideas at their disposal to continue to improve.

The 1983 Nation at Risk report, which marked the start of the modern era of education reform, did not so much as mention the dropout problem even as it called for higher graduation requirements.

Yesterday, in one of the most extraordinary statements I've ever seen in modern American politics (except for maybe a few from Tea Baggers) was provided by The Connecticut Council for Education Reform, a new corporate lobby group that was formed to support Malloy's «Education Reform» bill.