Sentences with phrase «over school reform»

Still, the research is limited as to how effective closing schools is, and it has become a sore spot in the battles over school reform nationwide.

This week, we will look at the next possible directions that the battle over school reform may go in the coming two years.

Saying that «public education is too important... to be reduced to nothing more than a battlefield in the cultural wars,» a task force of education and religious leaders issued a set of guidelines last week for debate over school reform.

CHICAGO (Reuters)- Public school teachers in Chicago voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three - year contract, ending a bitter dispute with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over school reforms that prompted the first strike of city teachers in 25 years.

The No Child Left Behind Act's revolution certainly has reignited a battle of ideas over school reform.

Alexander Russo saw it as evidence that «the Democratic party has decided against an all - out civil war over school reform.»

A long feature story about battles over school reform in Newark appears in the current issue of the New Yorker.

In Michigan, the EAA's real governing power is housed in an executive committee dominated by gubernatorial appointees; and now the governor has also taken over the School Reform and Redesign Office, formerly under the state superintendent.

The Cold War may be over, but the battle over school reform still rages.

It's Ted Kolderie, a Minnesota «policy entrepreneur» and one - time Citizen's League director who spent much of the 1970s,»80s, and»90s in the middle of discussions over school reform.

How far Hogan will go in fighting the Democratic - controlled legislature over school reform remains an open question.

The focus was on how new organizations like DFER and 50CAN are seeking to mobilize parents when it comes to policy debates over school reform.

And she has written five books, including «Left Back: A Century of Battles Over School Reform» (2001) and «The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn» (2003), an influential examination of the censorship of school books by left - and right - wing pressure groups.

Let's not politicize the debate over school reform to find wedge issues or accentuate divisions.

Plainly, the battles over school reform are far from over.

But Mehta, Schwartz, and Hess urge readers to consider these reforms as a means for broadening the largely static debate over school reform.

Keeping the document handy may prove helpful if one wants to understand the interstices of the debate over school reform.

«The list goes on and on,» says Peterson, who suggests keeping it handy «if one wants to understand the interstices of the debate over school reform.»

Up against the state budget deadline, the Legislature today will consider a few last - minute items that could prove pivotal in the debate over school reform.