Sentences with phrase «of school autonomy»

What is most disappointing is the absence of serious dialogue and debate on the merits of school autonomy.

And the trade of school autonomy for school accountability is now accepted as a hear article of faith.

Any claims of school autonomy leading to improved student achievement are flawed.

At stake here is basically the question of school autonomy vs. conference policy.

The real genius of school autonomy is that when one thousand flowers bloom, we are able, given time, to see which flowers bloom brightest.

Higher levels of school autonomy are a characteristic of many higher performing systems - headed by China, the Netherlands, the UK and Hong Kong (which is considered as a separate school system in such education rankings).

The false cries of school autonomy disguised the true aim of academy chains taking over vast numbers of schools, replacing the democratically accountable local authority system that has produced our world class education system.

I hope that Smarick will reconsider his support for empowering the government at the expense of school autonomy and families» preferences.

We often see ourselves in a situation where we are trading off of the idea of school autonomy for this idea of being able to compare apples to apples, which sort of doesn't really make sense, because parents and kids are different across the spectrum.

In 1992, the Minister of Education commissioned a steering committee to explore the possibility of extending the scope of school autonomy and introducing school - based management in Israel.

For more than a decade, certain educational experts and Ministry officials have advocated the delegation of power to school principals rather than to the Ministry and regional inspectors; they have also stressed the need for a higher degree of school autonomy and more relief from the rigid constraints of the national curriculum.

Arizona was among the pioneers of the American charter school movement when it passed its law back in 1994, and has led the way ever since, in no small part because of its high scores in the areas of school autonomy, teacher freedom and the wide latitude it allows for freedom to innovate.

England is entering into a new era of school autonomy, with headteachers freed from local authority and even Department for Education strangulation - as it is implied - to take forward their own professional visions.

A recent study claiming a positive effect of school autonomy is severely flawed.

In many ways, Australia was a leading adopter of school autonomy — particularly in the ACT and Victoria.

And although PTE cites various international surveys about the benefits of school autonomy, it ignores the fact the OECD found UK schools had a greater level of autonomy than in most other school systems over allocation of resources, employment of staff and spending the budget.

Rather than turn back from the model of school autonomy, a Labour government would accelerate more schools in that direction.

In a national study conducted in schools across Australia, measures of school autonomy were collected from teachers and school leaders, along with...

Alliance's founding principal of school autonomy helped build our culture of innovation and an important reason for Alliance's leadership in personalized learning.

Rarely, however, have these diverse sources come together to deliver a comprehensive statement on the merits of school autonomy for improving student outcomes.

The curricular homogenizing that generally follows from standardized tests and state (or national) standards represents an undesirable usurpation of school autonomy, teacher freedom, and local control by distant authorities.

«Strong charter laws feature independent, multiple authorizers, few limits on expansion, equitable funding, and high levels of school autonomy,» said Alison Consoletti Zgainer, CER Executive Vice President and the report's lead editor.

«If we could give all of our schools the autonomy that the I - Zone has and the ASD has and the charter schools have — I think it'd be a recipe for success,» he said.

Obscuring the debate on the merits of school autonomy is the slippery use of language.

Whatever the merits of school autonomy (and there are many) we also have a right to expect the government to supply the basics for the system to succeed: sufficient teachers and money, for a start.