Sentences with phrase «on key education reform»

As we have done in the past, we will produce a scorecard at the end of the legislative session, scoring members on key education reform votes.

This session, we will again keep you updated on key education reform and school choice bills that are pending in the legislature.

The charter schools ballot initiative proposed for the November election was born out of parental frustration with the Legislature's failure to move on a key education reform...

THE charter schools ballot initiative proposed for the November election was born out of parental frustration with the Legislature's failure to move on a key education reform.

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A group supportive of charter schools and education reform that backed Republicans in key state Senate races spent $ 4.2 million on advertising, mail and GOTV to help give the GOP conference full control of the chamber.

An extra # 2bn in education spending on Britain's most disadvantaged four - to six - year - olds will be a key Liberal Democrat demand in the event of a hung parliament, rather than their traditional call for electoral reform, Nick Clegg says.

Local State Senate candidate Sara Niccoli, a young mother who has made education reform a key plank of her campaign platform, responded to Elia's comments in a letter released on the first of September.

Though he has already rolled out a lot of key points from his upcoming speech, Cuomo still has much ground to cover — especially on criminal justice and education reform.

Mayor Bill de Blasio won a second term in a landslide on Tuesday, bringing four more years of Democratic rule to New York City as Council members hope for more action on key issues such as police reform, affordable housing and education.

However after a meeting for Lib Dem MPs, the party's education spokesman David Laws announced there was still a need for «clarification» on key issues such as education, taxation and voting reform.

Comprehensive school reform has been identified by both Democratic and Republican administrations and Congress as a key strategy in turning around the country's lowest performing schools, but this fact does not make NAS just like any other education group in D.C. Instead, it means that after a great deal of review, comprehensive school reform emerged as one of the country's best hopes for public school improvement on a grand scale.

You can join EdNext editors for weekly discussions on key issues in education reform by subscribing to the EdNext podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, or Stitcher.

The OECD also stated that the focus of continuing reforms should be on «developing high - quality teaching profession, making leadership a key driver of education reform, ensuring equity in learning opportunities and student well - being, and moving towards a new assessment, evaluation and accountability that aligns with the new 21st - century curriculum».

As you know, Washington's request for ESEA flexibility was approved based on Washington's commitments to carry out certain actions in support of key education reforms.

Key aspects of the previous education reform bill focused on development of new evaluation criteria for teachers and principals, and establishment of a four tier rating system.

HARTFORD, CT. — Students, parents and clergy will gather on the north steps of the Capitol building at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 2 urging state legislators not to back down from key measures in last year's education reform law (Public Act 12 - 116).

RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI - Empower Mississippi released the 2016 Education Report Card today, grading every member of the legislature on key school choice and education reform votes from the past legislativeEducation Report Card today, grading every member of the legislature on key school choice and education reform votes from the past legislativeeducation reform votes from the past legislative session.

She advised the secretary and assistant secretary on the Obama Administration's major education reform initiative, ESEA flexibility, which grants waivers of key provisions of the ESEA in exchange for state - led reforms in the areas of standards and assessments, accountability, and educator evaluations.

The key to success is this: If we are to move forward on education reform, the states and local authorities must be allowed to lead.

Payzant said that these three elements: quality of leadership, instruction, and curriculum are levers for education reform; smaller schools or SLCs allow you to focus on these keys.

Not only did Pryor play a key role in the creation of Achievement First, Inc., but he served on its Board of Directors until he resigned to become Malloy's «education reform» point - person.

The education secretary has in her grasp some key levers to head off the perfect storm that is beginning to gather: in seeking information, before the election, about the workload challenges facing schools, she knows that: Ofsted needs extensive reform, possibly replaced with validated peer - to - peer accountability and the incoherent sequencing and pace of curriculum changes need to be rethought with school leaders thinking about what will have a significant impact on children's learning.

Wendy Lecker puts her finger on two things of great importance: first, certain of the power brokers in public education in Connecticut are determined to increase the number of privately managed charter schools, and they are using every opportunity that presents itself — from the Sheff settlement to the Turnaround option in Obama's Race to the Top — to pursue just this goal; and second, a key factor in the advance of school privatization is «the corporate education «reform» industry's narrative... that our public education system is failing.»

Negotiators on the platform committee met this past weekend in Orlando (you can watch here, starting at the 31st minute) and changed an earlier draft of the K - 12 education plank (one of five education sections) that had drawn criticism from activists who wanted the Democrats to take a stand against some of the key elements of corporate reform, including on charter schools and test - based accountability.

Check back for much more on the key issues surrounding student data and privacy, the Corporate Education Reform Industry's efforts and the failure of public officials to address this growing problem.

The Texas waiver request is of particular interest to education leaders and policy experts, not only because of the state's considerable student population, but also because Texas has suggested that it would apply for a waiver without agreeing to all of the college - and career - readiness, school improvement, and teacher effectiveness reforms that the department is requiring in exchange for flexibility on key components of the law.

on Key Bridgeport activist in battle to stop education reform industry leaves Working Families Party

According to a press release issued at the time, «The reorganization addresses Governor Dannel P. Malloy's six principles on education reform, including: (1) Enhancing families» access to high - quality early childhood; (2) Turning around Connecticut's lowest - performing schools and districts; (3) Expanding the availability of high - quality school models; (4) Removing red tape and other barriers to success; (5) Ensuring that our schools are home to the very best teachers and principals; and (6) Delivering more resources, targeted to districts with the greatest need - provided that they embrace key reforms that position our students for success.»

While many key actors in the Corporate Education Reform Industry have been involved with Gary Solomon and his companies, one of the most prominent names on Solomon's list of close colleagues is the Great Paul Vallas, the Education Reform Guru and former CEO of the Chicago, Philadelphia and New Orleans public school systems.

In addition to the «No Child Left Behind» era's overall focus on low achievers, the key controversy regarding education reforms that would benefit high - ability children involves the idea of separating them from everyone else.

UWP has primary goals that follow the National Writing Project model, which is based on the beliefs that teachers are the key to education reform, teachers make the best teachers of other teachers and teachers benefit from studying and conducting research.

Hartford, Connecticut — Today, the Northeast Charter Schools Network (NECSN) joined Governor Dannel P. Malloy, students and clergy to rally on the steps of the State Capitol and urge state legislators not to back down from key parts of last year's education reform law (Public Act 12 - 116).

The report is still widely cited and discussed, and indeed many commentators see the MacCrate Report as the key predecessor to the Carnegie Report.4 The MacCrate Report certainly had a substantial impact on legal education, but the Carnegie Report, in my opinion, is destined to have a greater practical impact on the reform of legal education.

The aim of this discussion paper is to provide an overview of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Australia and some commentary from Early Childhood Australia (ECA) on key issues for ECEC that arise from the Australian Government's Reform Agenda for Early Childhood Education education and care (ECEC) in Australia and some commentary from Early Childhood Australia (ECA) on key issues for ECEC that arise from the Australian Government's Reform Agenda for Early Childhood Education Education and Care.