Sentences with phrase «of sweeping education reform»

In spite of sweeping education reform, only 10 % of schools are «future ready» and 70 % of change initiatives fail.

In Turkey, Gombas observed firsthand the effects of sweeping education reforms in the 1990s, which increased the length of compulsory schooling from five to eight years.

Student achievement in New Orleans drastically increased as a result of the sweeping education reforms.

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Special education reform is notoriously difficult in New York City; Bloomberg's sweeping special education reforms have been criticized by a number of advocates in recent years.

Before the latest ethics reform craze swept the state Capitol in reaction to the Sheldon Silver corruption scandal, education was the top topic of debate among lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Cuomo is proposing sweeping education reforms as part of his 2015 budget.

The decrease is likely also driven by the changed political calculus for both unions and charter groups after most of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's sweeping education reform proposals failed during last year's legislative session.

Besides his ethics promise Cuomo insists he will only increase state education spending by $ 327 million if the Legislature does not accept his sweeping education reforms, which include a new teacher evaluation system and an increase of the charter school cap.

In the early 1980s, spurred by disappointing national test results and reports such as «A Nation At Risk» — the seminal document published in 1983 that decried the mediocre state of public education in America and recommended sweeping change to fix the problem — other states mounted reforms using administrative reorganization or new curriculum as levers for change.

Reville played a primary role in the drafting and passage of the Achievement Gap Act of 2010 — the most sweeping education legislation since the landmark Education Reform Act of 1993 - which included the nation's first «smart cap» lift on charter schools and created the pathway for more than 44 Innovation Schools that are now up and running across teducation legislation since the landmark Education Reform Act of 1993 - which included the nation's first «smart cap» lift on charter schools and created the pathway for more than 44 Innovation Schools that are now up and running across tEducation Reform Act of 1993 - which included the nation's first «smart cap» lift on charter schools and created the pathway for more than 44 Innovation Schools that are now up and running across the state.

The National Center on Education and the Economy, which developed the plan, compares the wave of innovation that could result from such an initiative to the sweeping experimentation in welfare reform that states engaged in prior to...

To some, the CFE case had become an irrelevancy, the original complaints swept aside by 12 years of massive education - reform efforts in New York and the nation.

On February 17, 2009, Barack Obama signed one of the most sweeping federal education reforms in American history.

State education report calls for sweeping reforms in teacher evaluation Daily News: The California Department of Education on Monday released a comprehensive new report calling for sweeping reforms in the way teachers are recruited, trained, mentored and eeducation report calls for sweeping reforms in teacher evaluation Daily News: The California Department of Education on Monday released a comprehensive new report calling for sweeping reforms in the way teachers are recruited, trained, mentored and eEducation on Monday released a comprehensive new report calling for sweeping reforms in the way teachers are recruited, trained, mentored and evaluated.

1987 — PEA issued «Governing NYC Schools,» a report calling for sweeping reforms in the role of the New York City Schools» Chancellor, Board of Education and Community School Boards.

These sweeping generalizations are very effective in removing all blame from the school system and preventing education reform efforts that could ensure that EVERY child receives the same quality of schools and teachers that wealthy students enjoy.

One of its goals was to get the powerful United Teachers of Los Angeles to adopt a sweeping education reform agenda.

The four candidates supportive of Denver Public Schools» brand of education reform swept the school board election yesterday.

Massachusetts» success started with the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993 (MERA), a sweeping bill of reform that was prompted by a court decision McDuffy vs. RobeReform Act of 1993 (MERA), a sweeping bill of reform that was prompted by a court decision McDuffy vs. Robereform that was prompted by a court decision McDuffy vs. Robertson.

These «CORE» (for California Office to Reform Education) districts now have sweeping flexibility to implement their own accountability systems, separate from the state of California's, and the ability to largely police themselves with help from a new independent oversight panel.

It also puts the state out of touch with education reforms sweeping the nation, and could put our schools out of contention for new pots of federal money.

The National Research Council, the research arm of the National Academies, said in its report Friday that it is premature to draw sweeping conclusions about the effectiveness of school reform under the Public Education Reform Amendment Act (Preform under the Public Education Reform Amendment Act (PReform Amendment Act (PERAA).

It's part of the reason that Congress passed and President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act last December, the most sweeping education - reform bill since No Child Left Behind, and the most significant deregulation of American education in recent memory — now in need of a secretary who will enforce its terms.

It was also able to remain focused on quality during a period of increased application activity that followed sweeping education reforms in Tennessee in 2009 - 11.

Big Picture Learning is a leader in school reform and is consistently identified by a sweeping range of education leaders as one of the most effective models in the country.

«I've watched this process... with real dismay,» board Chairman Allan Taylor said of changes made last week by the legislature's Education and Appropriations committees to limit a sweeping reform package proposed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.

The Department of Education's Special Education Reform passed in 2012 had sweeping implications for how New York City schools serve students with special needs.

This sweeping social analysis of Connecticut's education system came as a surprise to those that have experienced the blunt force of the No Child Left Behind Act or Race to The Top, or other educational reforms that do, in fact, target various people to punish.

More broadly troubling to teachers and education - reform observers, however, was DPS Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb's concurrent announcement that he plans to unilaterally modify the Detroit Federation of Teachers» collective bargaining agreement, the first test of a sweeping new state law.

As an overhaul of No Child Left Behind (NCLB)-- the sweeping federal education law that sets most national school policy — continues to lag in Congress, Duncan is beginning to get answers about the viability of his plan to relieve states of the law's requirements in exchange for implementing some of his choice reforms.

In stunning expose written by Adam Johnson of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), it becomes undeniably clear that Bill Gates has reached the point where his billions not only fund the myriad of corporate education reform initiatives that are sweeping the country and the world, but his investment in the media taints much of the coverage of these developments.

I don't raise the question in the hopes of getting any good responses but just so those who count public education reform noses will push their spectacles up on their foreheads and blink at a future that's a bit farther out then is measured by the sweep of a watch's second hand.

Before you heed or put too much stock in the voice of the critic of the Common Core or any of the changes sweeping our country in regards to education reform, I challenge you to carefully listen for their solution.

In 1990, Kentucky enacted one of the most sweeping education reform measures in American history.

Published by the Standing Committee on Professionalism of the American Bar Association, chapters are devoted to legal education, diversity, professional development, and the transformative reforms sweeping England, Australia and Canada.

The Act made sweeping reforms to child welfare legislation, affecting young people with special education needs under the age of 25.