The latest round came in October after Time came out with a story onVergara v. California and the sparring between reformers and the Big Two unions
over teacher quality reform that featured the headline Rotten Apples and included a cover photo of an apple about to be smashed by a judge's gavel.
Not exact matches
But the bulk of the city's school
reforms over the past decade have focused elsewhere, on building a pre-kindergarten system, creating new curriculum materials and instructional strategies and, above all, improving
teacher quality — work that's largely unrelated to high school attendance.
According to Duncan, «
Over 40 states are developing next - generation accountability and support systems,» guided by the CSSOs, and «many states are moving forward with
reforms in
teacher and principal evaluation and support, turning around low - performing schools, and expanding access to high -
quality schools.»
Over the past decade, Florida has introduced a comprehensive program of school
reform that has five main points: school accountability, literacy enhancement, student accountability,
teacher quality, and school choice.
Over the decade, we have witnessed — perhaps contributed to — the advance of school
reform: the proliferation of school choice from vouchers to tax credits, charters, and online learning; the evolution of accountability's focus from schools to
teachers; renewed attention to national standards; and a more realistic understanding of the uncertain connection between educational expenditures and school
quality.
Given the vastness of the terrain, the course will be grounded in three education policy /
reform initiatives that have gained considerable currency
over the past decade: (1) Standards and Accountability (2)
Teacher Quality & (3) School Choice - Vouchers and Charter Schools
While it may not be widely known, many of the positive changes seen in education
reform over the past few decades — from replication of high -
quality charter schools to expansion of
teacher residency programs — have been made possible, at least in part, through partnerships with AmeriCorps and other national service programs.
The Gates Foundation has invested $ 5B
over the past decade in various school
reform initiatives, including small school advocacy and
teacher quality reform.
Save for a few NAACP branches (including its affiliate in Connecticut, have stepped up in the discussions
over Gov. Dan Malloy's school
reform effort, and advocated on behalf of Bridgeport mother Tanya McDowell, who will serve five years for trying to provide her child with a high -
quality school), the nation's oldest civil rights group offers nothing substantial on addressing issues such as ending Zip Code Education policies, expanding school choice, addressing childhood illiteracy, and revamping how
teachers are recruited, trained, paid, and evaluated (especially when it comes to bringing more black men into the teaching profession).
Richard Berman, executive director of the Center for Union Facts, says yesterday's «Day of Action» is no more than the latest attempt by the powerful
teachers union to pull the wool
over the public's eyes: «Randi Weingarten doesn't care about
reforming schools in the name of
quality education; she cares about exploding government budgets in the name of filling her union's bank account.»
For more than a decade, the debate
over public school
reform has created friction between
teachers unions, administrators, school boards, parents, policymakers, and other stakeholders in public education and has fueled disagreements
over how to improve the
quality of teaching and learning for children.
The final budget bill cut state K - 12 spending by nearly $ 800 million,
over7 percent — the largest amount in Wisconsin's history — and limited local governments» abilities to make up for these cuts through property taxes.14 That same year, Gov. Walker passed major tax cuts primarily targeted toward corporations and the wealthy that totaled $ 2.33 billion
over 10 years.15 Gov. Walker and Act 10 proponents argued that the bill's
reforms would allow schools to offset these cuts by reducing
teachers» benefits and hiring lower - paid
teachers, preventing budget cuts from affecting students.16 Gov. Walker also argued that eliminating requirements to bargain
over salary structures, hiring, and working conditions would give schools additional flexibility needed to attract and retain higher -
quality teachers.17
Over the course of her distinguished career at CTL, Dr. Hargan has done extensive state and national consulting work in systemic
reform, and has served on national and local organizations including the President's Task Force on USAID to Education in Underdeveloped Countries, the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform, the Early Childhood Task Force of the National Arts Education Partnership and the Prichard Committee Task Force on Teacher Qu
reform, and has served on national and local organizations including the President's Task Force on USAID to Education in Underdeveloped Countries, the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades
Reform, the Early Childhood Task Force of the National Arts Education Partnership and the Prichard Committee Task Force on Teacher Qu
Reform, the Early Childhood Task Force of the National Arts Education Partnership and the Prichard Committee Task Force on
Teacher Quality.