Sentences with phrase «over accountability»

We're moving into the era where states are going to have more authority over accountability systems.

The approach is tight - loose, incentives over mandates, transparency over accountability.

We're going into a new era where states have more authority over accountability systems.

On a national level, the cheating story cuts to the heart of a major education policy debate over accountability.

There will be still be fights over accountability, but those will be at the state level, and advocates will need to keep up the pressure for equity.

Those issues include the creation of a board that would have control over the accountability system, he said.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday with a high - stakes dispute between businesses and human rights groups over accountability for foreign atrocities.

The Miami - Dade County, Fla., school board has refused to renew the contract of the district's first inspector general, citing concerns over his accountability and productivity.

Q: What does CORE mean by emphasizing capacity - building over accountability, and how does your strategy differ from NCLB's?

He blames the fall in applications partly on increased teacher workload as well as worries over accountability in the profession and has called on the government to develop clearer routes into teaching.

It's looking extremely likely that by January, states will find themselves with a whole lot more discretion over their accountability systems, interventions in low - performing schools, teacher evaluations, and much else.

It's not that Perry was a worse «education governor» than Bush (or, for that matter, Ann Richards) before him, but that he presided over an accountability strategy that was running out of steam.

Some liberals want a fight to the death over accountability for high - performing schools that aren't doing right by some demographics, yet a Fordham Institute analysis demonstrated that such schools are few and far between.

In traditional education, however, there's a nationwide war raging over accountability, with many states seeking ways to rate not only teachers and schools, but also teacher preparation and early childhood programs, based on quantifiable outcomes.

But because the new Every Student Succeeds Act shifts significant responsibility over accountability and other matters to states and districts, there's renewed hope that parent, community, civil rights, and other groups will have more sway over what has been, in many cases, a narrower decisionmaking process.

(Calif.) Nine months after California's dustup with U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan over accountability and the Common Core, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — seems to have decided California was right: States need more time to train teachers, prepare assessments and teach students in the new standards before schools can be held accountable.

His dissertation combines political and economic sociology perspectives to investigate education reform in Chile, focusing on the ethical, ideological, and technical controversies over accountability, testing, and school choice.

A bipartisan panel of congressional staffers who expressed a collective desire to advance ESEA reauthorization — even in the face of deep disagreement over accountability particulars — and who affirmed that members of Congress value insight from individual educators on improving policy so it's more effective at the school and classroom levels

The shift in authority over accountability determinations back to the states is one of ESSA's defining characteristics and, indeed, ED's suggested guidelines affirm the states» responsibility for identifying their accountability goals, indicators, milestones, and interventions.

Obama's climate agenda has attracted criticism from congressional Republicans who have been hammering the administration over the accountability and transparency of its global warming efforts.

That said, the perfumed silver lining in the report may be the emphasis on transparency over accountability.

To that end, Smarick encourages private school leaders to think about three key areas of opportunity: building a school network structure, encouraging incubation of high - potential schools, and considering an authorizer model as a way to quell concerns over accountability to the public and policymakers.

But using their approach in a systematic manner will at least reveal the degree to which their decisions about what information to include and to exclude distorted the facts and thereby confused the debate over accountability.

Delisle pointed out that educators often lose sight of creating well - rounded students because they are busy fighting over accountability and who is at fault in the classroom.

Rather than provide states and districts with more control over their accountability and improvement systems, as Congress intends, the side effects of the CRA can actually impinge on these efforts.