Sentences with phrase «over education reform»

The program adds a new element to debates over education reform: Can families use state funds to customize a child's education?
The truth is that the modern fight over education reform has changed less than the people fighting would have us believe.
Her new adventure is a reminder that despite all of the debates over education reform, the movement is actually providing both students and educators with more opportunities than ever.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo fired the first salvo in what's shaping up to be a contentious battle over education reform, signaling he plans to push next year for sweeping changes — like making it easier to fire low - performing teachers and increasing the number of charter schools.
Cami Anderson, the superintendent of the Newark public school system who became a lightning rod in the debate over education reform in New Jersey and nationally, resigned on Monday, eight months before her contract was to expire.
Some education advocates have been locked in a battle with Gov. Andrew Cuomo over his education reform plans, especially around teacher evaluations.
Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT: «The Coalition Government has presided over education reforms that have fundamentally undermined the job of teaching and leadership in schools».
Since becoming speaker 12 months ago, Heastie has had few public policy disagreements with Cuomo, save for the tug - of - war over education reform measures in last year's budget.
Photo of Secretary of Education Betsy Devos by Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ. [DeVos rose quickly to national political power over education reform through the authority given her by Congress in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
SEDL's work on charters, a unique policy instrument for increasing school - site control over education reform, examined the establishment and design of charter schools in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
The Chicago Teachers Union jabbed at Mayor - elect Rahm Emanuel on Thursday over education reforms pending in Springfield, a sign that upcoming talks on a new contract might not be easy.
Cuomo, and branches of government in Albany, including NYSED, the Board of Regents and the New York State legislature have been repeatedly dismissive of parental concerns over education reforms in New York State.
Since he made those comments during an interview with the Daily News editorial board, Cuomo has reiterated his intentions to battle unions over education reforms, most recently with a letter he sent to state education officials outlining what appeared to be his second - term schools agenda, including questions about firing teachers, extending the probationary period before tenure and boosting the charter school sector.
Problems with the NHS and disputes over education reform have also led to major clashes between the leadership and the left of the party, while disputes over pensions have also soured relationships with many unions.
And while the Democrats and I.D.C. members might spar over education reform proposals, there will likely be battles over school funding along more traditional partisan lines.
Richard Whitmire has written a deep and dramatic account of the turmoil over education reform across the country.
While education reform often focuses on test standards, teacher accountability, and classroom size, a far larger factor looms over education reform.
But pundits say the Vergara decision has also energized the already bitter race for state superintendent of schools — a contest where simmering hostilities over education reforms, mostly among Democrats, have broken into the mainstream.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan placed technology front and center in the national dialogue over education reform earlier this...
The union could be flexing its muscle in advance of the upcoming legislative session's showdown over education reforms and funding.
Green says that «the Connecticut Education Association is at war with Gov. Malloy over his education reform strategy,» that Malloy is only trying to «convince taxpayers, parents and teachers that his plan is a moderate, unified effort to improve schools» and that the «CEA is telling teachers that the strategy is a threat to every teacher in the state.»
As debate continues over an education reform model for Nashville's public schools, two local groups have teamed up to offer an event that will highlight the reform experience of the Recovery School District in New Orleans.
[T] here is quiet crisis taking place in rural schools across America in a neglected corner far from the debates that rage over education reform.
The involvement of such high - profile Obama alumni highlights the sharp schism within the Democratic Party over education reform.
The deal ended a two - week - long stalemate over an education reform that enjoyed near - universal support at the start of the legislative session, only to end up tabled by its authors when the governor asked for changes they felt would gut it.
SEDL's policy research focused on the following school reform strategies as they played out in selected states and local districts: resource allocation in local districts, teacher mentoring, policymaker participation in community dialogues on education reform, and the charter school as a policy instrument affecting school - site influence over education reform.
THOUGH PEOPLE REMAIN starkly divided over education reform in D.C., the one thing both critics and supporters agree on is that the old way of evaluating teachers had to change.
Families for Excellent Schools, which has wrangled with Bridgeport administrators over education reform, is behind the election - year initiative.
Losing her at a time when the unions are gearing up for a major battle with Cuomo over education reform would be disruptive — to say the least.
We now take for granted that it's an important — if often vitriolic — platform for public policy debate, including the high - pitched battles over education reform.
Moskowitz, a 49 - year - old former Upper East Side councilwoman, is the face of the city's charter - school movement — and by extension a player in the national debate over education reform.
Today, this story has been weaponized by every side in the endless war over education reform.
Will the NEA and the AFT continue to exert veto power over education reform?
As NPR's Larry Abramson reports, states have been pushing for more control over education reform.
More broadly, how do you assess the roles of the national AFT, and the [National Education Association], in the fight over education reform?
ALBANY — Teachers» unions are leveraging an unprecedented statewide protest of standardized testing in public schools as their latest weapon in a war with Governor Andrew Cuomo over education reform — whether the parent activists who began the so - called «opt out» movement like it or not.
While this is a local election - the Democratic mayoral primary - the race is being closely watched far beyond the District because the outcome could carry significant implications for the national debate over education reform.
Stanford University's Terry M. Moe sits down with EdNext editor Marty West to discuss how political debates over education reform have unfolded around the world, with a focus on the role played by teachers unions.
The warm greetings given by both Republicans and Democrats on the committee reflect Duncan's reputation as a centrist in the ideologically fraught battles over education reform.
In this episode of the Education Next podcast, Stanford University's Terry M. Moe sits down with EdNext editor Marty West to discuss how political debates over education reform have unfolded around the world, with a focus on the role played by teachers unions.
Those holding the neutral position declined from 44 percent to 36 percent between 2009 and 2010, likely reflecting the heightened attention to charter schools in national debates over education reform (see Figure 2).
No slight intended, but if everyone who has seen Davis Guggenheim's massively popular documentary Waiting For «Superman» spent an hour with Cullum and his students in Greatness, the debate over education reform would be about firing up teachers, instead of firing them.
In the summer of 2000, perfectly timed to shape the election debate over education reform, came a new RAND study that claimed to contradict the conventional research wisdom on the connection between school expenditures and class size on the one hand and student achievement on the other.
A Haimson - Woestehoff editorial critiquing President Obama's education reform agenda was published in Education Week in June, 2010, and was the first time they publicly used the term «parents across America» in referring to a «silent majority» of parents whose voices have gone unheard in the debate over education reform.
Moskowitz, a 49 - year - old former Upper East Side councilwoman, is the face of the city's charter - school movement — and by extension a player in the national debate over education reform.
But because they haven't had to litigate these ideas in the same way as those who came before them, they are also more free to question or to hold ideas that don't necessarily line up with the way sides have been drawn in media and political debates over education reform.
Parent advocates from across the country converged on New York City on Monday, February 7 for the first national forum of Parents Across America, a parent - led movement to make parent voices heard in the national debate over education reform — and to promote positive, common - sense solutions that will improve public schools nationwide.
How to overcome the challenges of poverty is at the center of the debate over education reform, with an increasing focus on effective teaching.
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