Sentences with phrase «of real education reform»

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.

Gov. Ned McWherter of Tennessee said last week that he intends to seek a second term in office to oversee «the promise of real education reform» in the state.

Not exact matches

Show Me Democracy tells the story of seven St. Louis college students who are battling injustice, raising awareness about police brutality and fighting for real reform in their community and within the local education system.

But when there's real progress underway — when the White House advances early childhood education; when a culture of school food reform is the new normal in districts nationwide; when the work takes on a life of its own — then the entrepreneur is ready to take on a different challenge, and begin work anew.

At the same time, large - scale reforms to the health, education and welfare systems — along with reductions in youth service provision and the number and services of children's centres — means confusion and real concern for professionals and families alike.

Paladino concluded: «No, I'm not leaving the school board, not when it's time to help implement the real choice elements of Trump's plan for education reform.

He championed legislation that made a difference for tens of thousands of families such as the STAR program and education and real property tax reform.

• Continuing to promote education reform - ensuring that high school graduates are fully prepared for college and careers, and making sure that workforce - training programs address real - world needs of New York employers.

He ticked off a list of school governance reforms the union is pushing for in Albany: don't allow the citywide Panel for Educational Policy to be controlled by one person; give Community Education Councils a real voice, especially concerning co-locations; and require that the schools chancellor be an educator.

Citing stances the Senators have taken detrimental to the cause of working people, the flyers highlight: Protecting a failed tax system that favors the privileged at the expense of working people; increasing the tax on health insurance; siding with big corporations and against teachers and students to pass a Charter School Bill - with no real reform; creating a new Tier V pension; and attacking education by supporting an irresponsible property tax cap.

Meanwhile, the flow of political donations from centenarian Leonard Litwin's Glenwood slowed to a trickle following the arrests in Albany, and the real estate industry as a whole is falling behind in spending as hedge funds pump money into lobbying for education reform.

«This budget demonstrates fiscal discipline and proposes real reforms that puts students ahead of the education bureaucracy and leverages major investment to spur private sector growth.

Our education system needs real change... fundamental reform... the kind of reform that Governor Cuomo outlined last month in his State of the State presentation.

«The real story is that Michael Gove's plans for A-level reform are not based, as he appears to be claiming, on evidence of widespread concerns in the higher education sector about the rigour and relevance of A-levels.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

Real education reform would include broader social reform that attacks poverty, segregation, and under - resourcing of schools in poor, segregated communities,» Hawkins said....

Even though Foley did not receive the CEA board's endorsement, he «remains committed to real education reform, including addressing the needs of the 100,000 children who are in under - performing schools and closing Connecticut's achievement gap, which remains the worst in the nation,» spokesman Chris Cooper said.

«I am hoping now that the mayor of New York City understands that to do real education reform it's about helping schools to get better and not about closing schools,» said Mulgrew, speaking at a state press conference on Feb. 16 in Albany with the governor, State Education Commissioner John King and NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi standing beeducation reform it's about helping schools to get better and not about closing schools,» said Mulgrew, speaking at a state press conference on Feb. 16 in Albany with the governor, State Education Commissioner John King and NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi standing beEducation Commissioner John King and NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi standing beside him.

No, I'm not leaving the school board, not when it's time to help implement the real choice elements of Trump's plan for education reform.

But what is so absurd about these flights of wishful thinking is that there is not a single word about the real lessons which Labour needs to learn — the need for radical banking reform, the need for a massive revival of British manufacturing (when this year the UK deficit on traded goods is likely to exceed the entire UK budget deficit), the need to take back public control of the NHS and education system, the need for a jobs and growth strategy rather than a programme of endless cuts, the need for an effective anti-poverty strategy and a huge reduction in inequality.

Since 1985, Project 2061 has led the way in science education reform by first defining adult science literacy in its influential publication Science for All Americans and then specifying what K - 12 students need to know in Benchmarks for Science Literacy, which helps educators implement science literacy goals in the classroom; the AAAS Science Assessment website with more than 700 middle school test items; and WeatherSchool @ AAAS, an online resource where students can use real - world data to learn about the fundamental principles of weather and climate.

But real education reform requires using the power of choice and competition to provide incentives to create more good and to reduce bad.

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.

Second, these heated debates have led school - choice proponents to pay too little heed to crucial questions of market design and implementation — especially the extent to which reforms have, or have not, created a real market dynamic in education.

Republicans have a significant opportunity in next year's election to win on the education issue by continuing their push for a reform - based education agenda and arguing against the idea that more money without real structural reform can fix the ills of our education system.

If there is any real threat to education reform it isn't the inclusion of advocates who believe deeply in social justice, it's the inability of cultural fundamentalists to realize there is no future in their own supremacy.

«There is a real concern that the organizations in control of ncate are not committed to an overall reform of teacher education,» said Calvin M. Frazier, commissioner of education in Colorado, in explaining the move...

Experiments can not faithfully represent a real world characterized by multivariate, nonlinear (and often reciprocal) causal relationships Moreover, few education researchers have much difficulty detailing contingencies likely to limit the effectiveness of a proposed reform that were never part of a study's design.

Its recommendations symbolized both a coming of age for American education — a real readiness to confront and compare school outcomes — and an essential foundation under the standards - based reforms to follow.

Coined by conservative George Will in a January, 2002, column (Waiting for Real Education Reform), the 9/91 factor points out that from birth to age nineteen, ninety - one percent of a child's life is spent outside the boundaries of the schoolhouse.

The foundations and donors supporting the education reform movement do have one enormous advantage over their philanthropic counterparts in the arts, health, the environment, human services, and any number of other fields, namely, the presence of measures of student achievement that allow real comparisons of school performance.

A major theme in education reform has always been the imperative to give real authority to the consumers — and, inevitably, take some of it from the providers.

Particularly problematic is how this way of thinking has caused school - choice proponents to ignore crucial questions of market design and implementation — especially the extent to which reforms have, or have not, created a real market dynamic in education.

Even though accountability is increasingly recognized as the linchpin of education reform, only a few states have made real progress in establishing accountability systems.

The Philadelphia story, then, is not so much a tale of for - profits winning against nonprofits or district - run schools, but a valuable lesson in how to approach education reform effectively and produce real results.

Marking three years since the review into school funding was released Haythorpe said that needs - based funding for schools is the most important issue in the education sector and the Gonski reforms are the best chance it has had in a generation of getting real change and equity.

Through its growing cadre of NBCTs, moreover, the board is potentially in a position to foster and aid real education reform through the expertise and leadership potential of the NBCTs as mentors, coaches, and school leaders.

Yet the history of education reform in the United States makes clear that efforts to foist top - down changes on the nation's schools never get anywhere quickly and never produce real uniformity.

This implies that the real challenge for conservatives like my pal Andy has less to do with the nature of reform than ensuring that the public and private functions served by education are brought into proper balance, held there, and made to work optimally for as many of our children as is humanly possible.

In arguing against regulation, Jay writes: «But real education reform requires using the power of choice and competition to provide incentives to create more good and to reduce bad.»

The exhaustion of the present wave of education reform thus creates a real danger.

Apart from whatever platitudes are dispensed to American students, the President's real message on education reform will be delivered early next year, when Education Secretary Arne Duncan makes the first round of Race to the Toeducation reform will be delivered early next year, when Education Secretary Arne Duncan makes the first round of Race to the ToEducation Secretary Arne Duncan makes the first round of Race to the Top grants.

The President's real message on education reform will be delivered early next year, when Education Secretary Arne Duncan makes the first round of Race to the Toeducation reform will be delivered early next year, when Education Secretary Arne Duncan makes the first round of Race to the ToEducation Secretary Arne Duncan makes the first round of Race to the Top grants.

Frustrated with the pace of reform, this person asks the great philosopher of progressive education how to bring about real change in American schools.

The best part is that after Dr. Ravitch explains all things corporate reform, she provides real solutions to the challenges of public education.

To win that war, those of us who see teachers unions as the biggest impediment to any real education reform can not afford to let up.

A Department for Education spokesman said on Thursday: «The overriding objective of this government's reforms is to increase the supply of good school places so parents have real choice.

«The teacher evaluation system in DC is a direct product of the damage that education reform is doing to real education....

And when we talk about improving public education, and the very real and increasing threat that is coming from the corporate «education reform» types, who want to layoff teachers, ban or reduce collective bargaining rights, take - over public schools and transfer the care and control of our public schools to various third parties... let's not forget that many districts do not fund enough IA positions and every district fails to fairly compensate IAs for the incredible work they do.

Stefan Pryor, the non-educator Education Commissioner, missed his real calling in life: Pryor was born to be a third rate comedian in a fourth rate theater company; but fate dealt him a bad hand, and he ended up being a big player in corporate education reform in the great state of ConEducation Commissioner, missed his real calling in life: Pryor was born to be a third rate comedian in a fourth rate theater company; but fate dealt him a bad hand, and he ended up being a big player in corporate education reform in the great state of Coneducation reform in the great state of Connecticut.