Sentences with phrase «of systemic efforts»

Additionally, they demand a deep analysis of the systemic efforts to continuously improve.

When we first visited schools in spring 2016 for this project — a multi-year, multi-method study of systemic efforts to support schools implementing personalized learning — teachers seemed to be taking on an unsustainably heavy lift as they transitioned to personalizing student learning (PL).

Not exact matches

My own view right now is that we need to be engaged in an intense systemic consciousness - raising effort in the light of radical transcendence.

For those of us who have invested years of professional training in putting on the intrapsychic glasses, it usually requires strenuous effort to learn to also see people through the interpersonal - systemic glasses.

GOP Congressman Michael Grimm lost the Independence Party's ballot line when he did not turn in enough valid signatures from voters in the district, but he appealed the decision arguing that a systemic problem with the Board of Elections unfairly placed obstacles in his signature - gathering efforts.

In a wide - ranging speech on «ending systemic racism,» Hillary Clinton presented a $ 125 billion plan to assist poor and minority communities with job training, education and re-entering society after incarceration, part of an effort to speak directly to African - American voters as the Democratic primary contest heads to South Carolina.

She gave the example of the effort to pass public financing in New York State as one solution to target the systemic problem of money in politics.

is RECOGNIZING that the mayoral control «reform» — like previous efforts to change the system's governance without clearly articulating the educational purpose of the reform or facing society's deep systemic problems of poverty and racism — still leaves the city with schools that fail to meet the academic, social and emotional needs of our students;

Viral vectors have the main adverse effect of inducing neutralizing antibodies, while several non-viral vectors present toxic effects (e.g. respiratory system).14, 15 In an effort to deliver efficiently the necessary drug concentration to the tumor site and prevent systemic adverse effects, the concept of administering local treatment for lung cancer has been explored.

Intensive local therapy was followed by up to a year of less intense systemic treatment with cis - retinoic acid (a derivative of vitamin A) and interferon in an effort to control any microscopic tumors that had spread to distant sites from the initial cancer.

It is therefore critical that fashion players complement existing efforts to reduce the negative impacts of the current system with a radical, longer - term, systemic transformation that moves towards a positive vision of a system that works: a circular economy.

Scattered efforts - sometimes called «random acts of innovation» - have begun to coalesce into a systemic connection between the everyday practices of labor relations and a quality school - reform agenda.

As Dr. Chard indicated, the efforts of individual groups like CAEP are not enough: we must approach education reform holistically and at a systemic level.

Nebraska and Florida reported that they are working on content standards, but these efforts are not exclusively part of either state's systemic - improvement plan.

Over the past decade he has led a number of significant systemic reform efforts that have helped narrow the achievement gap and increase student performance on both state and national assessment exams.

But White's own background and study of sociology had given her the belief that systemic anti-segregation and anti-poverty measures, not just individual effort, are essential to improving the lives of poor and minority children.

The Public Education Fund Network this month will begin the process of upgrading its member funds» programming from «feel good» philanthropy projects to more politically charged efforts aimed at systemic change.

Written by the RAND Corp. of Santa Monica, Calif., the study analyzes efforts by the New York City - based Wallace Foundation to foster systemic out - of - school - time programs in five cities: Boston; Chicago; New York City; Providence, R.I.; and the District of Columbia.

In this section we address our second question about the state «s leadership role in efforts to improve teaching and learning: How do clusters of policies — systemic efforts at shaping education reform — get embedded in state agencies and transmitted to create a local impact?

Through these efforts teachers will be able to will enhance school climate, make a difference in the lives of their students, change the fabric of their classroom communities and impact systemic change in their districts.

For example, the $ 31 million invested by private individuals, corporations and foundations to support The Mind Trust's efforts has helped build the infrastructure needed to transform our city's schools, making Indianapolis one of the nation's best - positioned cities to drive systemic change.

How do clusters of policies — systemic efforts at shaping educational reform — get embedded in state agencies and transmitted to create a local impact?

Chief in these efforts is the Smart Arkansas suite, a series of programs that deal with elementary, middle and high school reform, professional development, and that combine for a more strategic and systemic way to support low - performing students.

Since the 1960s, efforts to reform education — including various curricular changes, reading approaches, teacher preparation, money for the disadvantaged, and different instructional approaches — have failed to bring about true systemic change because the reforms fail to deal with a different definition of learning.

But it is a tad difficult to take the president seriously on his commitment to systemic reform in light of his effort to eviscerate the No Child Left Behind Act and its Adequate Yearly Progress provisions that have helped spur a decade of systemic reforms.

We've collaborated with the Collaboration for Effective Educators Development, Accountability and Reform (CEEDAR) Center and The National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) as well as launched a diverse coalition of organizations to support states in their efforts to develop teachers and leader who can successfully prepare students with disabilities to achieve college and career - ready standards.

Jacobson's chapter, «School - Community Partnerships: A Typology for Guiding Systemic Education Reform,» draws on the experiences of the Coalition for Community Schools and other partnership efforts to help policymakers and researchers understand the value and different types of partnership approaches.

«While many are focusing on the idea of de-tracking, for me that is one change that is part of a larger systemic effort to improve outcomes,» he said.

Some of this certainly has to do with NEA and AFT affiliates, which have worked hard to beat back any efforts at systemic reform especially in the area of overhauling teacher quality.

In addition, this consensus statement outlines a core set of research - based systemic, instructional and relational goals as well as processes that underscore, characterize and shape both effective school climate improvement and pro-social instructional efforts.

Weingarten's cynical attempt to flip the definition of segregation, which has always referred to systemic efforts to exclude minorities from schools, neighborhoods, and elsewhere, is particularly hypocritical in light of the Wall Street Journal's revelations about UFT Charter School.

The legislation also indicates that one purpose of the recognition program is to help spur systemic collaboration and coordination within and beyond schoolhouse doors and to promote a shift from narrowly defined student achievement and traditional education reform to broader, more comprehensive efforts that recognize the crucial out - of - school factors that influence teaching and learning.

New systemic efforts to support schools have struggled to gain traction in the face of difficult school - level conditions: weak internal capacity, competing priorities, and the rapid pace of change.

2) school systems redirecting their efforts to making the student the center of the learning process and committing to a purposeful / systemic focus on culturally responsive pedagogy for all professional development until it becomes a part of the school culture reflective in classroom environments, teacher practices, and curriculum adoptions / design.

Curricula divorced from standards is ineffective and will cause systemic problems up and down the line (including frustrating efforts to evaluate teachers and the most - important matter of all — ensuring every child learns).

A caveat here in the history of such an initiative more than two decades ago: The California New Teacher Project, which funded reduced class loads and extensive mentoring for rookie teachers, resulted in improved performance of both students and teachers, but that success did not continue when the efforts did not take hold in a systemic way.

The ability to assess the level of proficiency targets is important to shining light on which states are engaging in much - needed systemic reform efforts, and casting antiseptic sunlight on those that are failing them miserably.

Assessing What Really Matters in Schools: Creating Hope for the Future, by Ronald J. Newell and Mark J. Van Ryzin, asserts that» «since the 1960s, efforts to reform education — including various curricular changes, reading approaches, teacher preparation, money for the disadvantaged, and different instructional approaches — have failed to bring about true systemic change because the reforms fail to deal with a different definition of learning.»»

Also critical to sustainable and systemic school improvement efforts is ensuring that individuals across all levels of the system are engaged in reform.

Some of the most ambitious efforts to address the underachievement of African - American boys and young men have involved broad, systemic reforms — carefully conceived and clearly articulated transformations of entire school districts that are designed to run seamlessly from pre-kindergarten through high school.

The problems experienced in a corporation, therefore, are almost always due to systemic flaws rather than to a lack of effort or ability on the part of individuals in that organization.

With these efforts, we aim to expand our reach, shift toward systemic engagement, and increase awareness and understanding of California's new funding formula to support equity in public education.

Despite clear evidence that Clinton would not continue the Obama Administration's systemic reform efforts, centrist Democrat reformers still worked tirelessly on behalf of Clinton's campaign.

An exploration of the efforts of the leaders of Gwinnett County Public Schools as they create an intentionally systemic school leadership strategy.

Another coauthor, Philadelphia Student Union, has been one of AFT's lead groups in its effort to oppose systemic reform and school choice in the City of Brotherly Love; it collected $ 20,000 from AFT in 2013 - 2014.

The systemic reform effort of the 1990s was built around three general principles.

There are many dimensions of action affecting this moment in time — a renewed focus and emerging consensus regarding the kinds of learning outcomes essential for success in today's globally connected world; significant efforts to promote innovation affecting all facets of education, particularly regarding new teaching and learning strategies and opportunities; and a renewed focus on key elements of necessary systemic change, in which the roles of the federal government, the states, school systems and schools are better aligned and more coherently understood.

Previous work on the impact of philanthropy in education terms these types of status quo investments as «lower leverage» grants, which can include funding for efforts in professional development, unrestricted or general purpose grants to schools, or special - purpose grants to fund a particular program or activity (e.g. arts enrichment).4 The contrasting approach — the «higher leverage» investment — is investment with the potential to exert systemic influence on public education, which can be divided into two broad categories: 5

Since Single Plans go through several levels of approval, from the school site, to the local district, to the governing board, we understand that they are intended to reflect a systemic effort to improve these schools.

Bosetti's prior research also includes The Evaluation of the California Linked Learning District Initiative, a multiyear study of a major systemic effort to transform high schools through programs of study that integrate rigorous academic instruction with a demanding technical curriculum and work - based learning.