Sentences with phrase «parents about education reforms»

New York Education Commissioner John King Jr.'s office is looking at alternative ways to engage with parents about education reforms after canceling a series of forums following a raucous meeting in Poughkeepsie.

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BARRINGTON Karen Rogers, professor of gifted studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., and author of «Reforming Gifted Education: Matching the Program to the Child,» will talk about four things parents must ask of schools for their gifted children at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Hough Street School, 310 S. Hough St.. The program is sponsored by the Barrington Council for the Gifted and Talented, and there is a $ 5 fee for non-members at...

Mayor Byron Brown says he is open to mayoral control if that's what it takes to improve Buffalo's schools, but feels a conversation is needed with parents and others in the city — and statewide — about how to reform public education.

To be sure, mistakes were made: Not understanding the limitations or unintended consequences of federal leadership on education; a disastrous, ill - timed excursion into teacher evaluation reform; a technocratic impulse that was insufficiently sensitive to parents» concerns about issues like student privacy; and on and on.

School vouchers provide funds to parents to enable them to enroll their children in private schools and, as a result, are one of the most controversial education reforms in the United States (to see an interview with Patrick Wolf about his evaluation of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program and about its likely future please click here).

Parents» perspectives on education reform are often missing from the education policy debate, with technocrats typically arguing with one another about what parents want or what's best foParents» perspectives on education reform are often missing from the education policy debate, with technocrats typically arguing with one another about what parents want or what's best foparents want or what's best for them.

When I became involved in education reform more than two decades ago, the movement was about empowering parents to make choices for their own children rather than having choices made for them by well - meaning but distant bureaucrats and professionals.

After all, they had come to Miami, thanks to Darrell Allison, president of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina, a Raleigh - based school - reform organization, for a two - day event hosted by Jeb Bush's Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), to get advice about education reform, and they didn't want to embarrass Education (ExcelinEd), to get advice about education reform, and they didn't want to embarrass education reform, and they didn't want to embarrass the host.

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

During the next two weeks, while Congress is on spring break, PAA members will reach out to their Senators and Congressmen in their home offices to share our views, talk about the reforms needed to improve our children's schools, and open up a positive dialogue between lawmakers and parents, who have the most at stake in stronger, more effective federal education policies.

It's not surprising that parents and taxpayers have limited knowledge about schools or education reform.

To manage effective grading reform, education leaders must engage teachers, parents, communities, and policymakers in a rational discussion about grading.

During the two - and - a-half hour session, «Teacher Evaluation In the Classroom,» attended by about 200 people, stakeholders affected by the ongoing reform effort shared their perspectives with the audience while answering questions from both moderator John Mooney, education writer and co-founder of New Jersey Spotlight magazine, and audience members comprised largely of concerned parents and educators.

Winston graduates successfully attended other private and public high schools, but education reform in Texas prompted parents to ask about a college preparatory high school curriculum that addressed learning disabilities.

We think of parent trigger not as a new law, but as a new paradigm, as an entirely new way of thinking about public education and education reform and a break from the debate that has dominated the conversation around education reform for a good part of the last decade.

Fellow Connecticut education advocate and columnist Wendy Lecker has yet another MUST READ piece about the Corporate Education Reform Industry's attack on public education and how Connecticut's leaders are failing to protect our state's students, parents, teachers and publiceducation advocate and columnist Wendy Lecker has yet another MUST READ piece about the Corporate Education Reform Industry's attack on public education and how Connecticut's leaders are failing to protect our state's students, parents, teachers and publicEducation Reform Industry's attack on public education and how Connecticut's leaders are failing to protect our state's students, parents, teachers and publiceducation and how Connecticut's leaders are failing to protect our state's students, parents, teachers and public schools.

On the eve of a potentially catastrophic Board of Education vote to turnaround ten more Chicago schools, the school reform research group Designs for Change has released a report showing that school turnarounds are not worth the extra expense, and that the unheralded reforms brought about under the authority of parent - led, democratically - elected local school councils have been far more effective.

For more than two years many Connecticut teachers, public school advocates, parents of public school students and others have been warning about the dangers that will result from Governor Malloy's corporate education reform industry initiative.

«Just as a good parent is always concerned about whether he is being good parent, authentic education means we are always «reforming» what we do.

Ben Austin tells the Weekly, «The Parent Trigger isn't just a new law, it's an entirely new way of thinking about public education and education reform.

This frustration and fatigue over failed «reforms,» and a growing consensus among parents and educators about more - promising ways to provide all children with a great education, make this a critical moment to reclaim the promise of public education.

Parents are outraged over news that a lobbyist for the American Federation of Teachers bragged about watering down an education - reform bill at the AFT's national conference last month.

Designed for distribution at black churches around the state, «A Stone's Throw» relies exclusively on testimony of African American parents, students, educators and education - reform advocates, each with praise to sing about the wonders of charters schools or a lament about the lack of charters in Mississippi — even though the phrase «charter school» doesn't appear until a quarter through the film.

Here we're talking about programs such as Leadership, Education, Athletics in Partnership (LEAP); Connecticut PreEngineering Program; Connecticut Writing Project; neighborhood youth centers; Parent Trust; science program for Educational Reform Districts; wrap - around services; Parent Universities; school health coordinator pilot; technical assistance — Regional Cooperation; Bridges to Success; Alternative High School and Adult Reading; and School to Work Opportunities.

So while Malloy and Jumoke congratulate themselves about their education reform achievements, parents in every other Hartford school would do well to remember, smaller class sizes, having a teacher and an instructional assistant in every classroom and providing more support services is not a result of Malloy's education reform efforts but a result of Malloy, the State of Connecticut and the City of Hartford actually stepping forward and providing the resources necessary to make appropriate changes --- changes that should be being made at every Hartford School if only elected officials would address the broader issue inadequate funding for Connecticut's schools.

Parents are slowly learning about one of the most disturbing and, quite frankly, scary elements of the education reform movement....

Putting aside the reality that the actual number of poor parents with four or five children in the school system is extremely low, the stunningly ignorant and disturbing approach to «doing something» about the crippling impact of poverty in Hartford is a stark reflection about how out - of - touch many in the Corporate Education Reform Industry actually approach the real issues that are limiting educational achievement in Hartford and other poor communities across Connecticut and the nation.

How the Hartford Board of Education responds to Kishimoto's flawed «re-design analysis» will signal Hartford parents, teachers and citizens about whether they have a Board of Education that is interested in what is best for Hartford's students or whether they are more dedicated to handing Hartford's schools and the soul of Hartford's public education system over to the corporate education reform Education responds to Kishimoto's flawed «re-design analysis» will signal Hartford parents, teachers and citizens about whether they have a Board of Education that is interested in what is best for Hartford's students or whether they are more dedicated to handing Hartford's schools and the soul of Hartford's public education system over to the corporate education reform Education that is interested in what is best for Hartford's students or whether they are more dedicated to handing Hartford's schools and the soul of Hartford's public education system over to the corporate education reform education system over to the corporate education reform education reform industry.

If you had a child in the Madison, Connecticut public schools you'd have a superintendent, school administrators and Board of Education that was committed to telling the truth about the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Testing System and dedicated to putting children, parents, teachers and their public schools above the Corporate Education Reform Industry's ongoing attempt to undermine public education in the UniteEducation that was committed to telling the truth about the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Testing System and dedicated to putting children, parents, teachers and their public schools above the Corporate Education Reform Industry's ongoing attempt to undermine public education in the UniteEducation Reform Industry's ongoing attempt to undermine public education in the Uniteeducation in the United States.

Facing push back from teachers and parents about the pace and nature of education reforms, Governor Malloy was forced to call for a «slow down» in the pace of reforms, especially tying teacher evaluations to standardized test results.

One of the remarkable things about contemporary education reform may be its lack of interest in responsible parenting.

Before the event Julio joined The Grade, our amazing podcast, to talk about about the importance of education reform around the nation, parent advocacy and more.

Julio stops by to speak about about the importance of education reform around the nation, parent advocacy and more!

Working with grassroots activists on the ground to provide parents buses that can inform families about the quality of choice options (along with information on, for example, what a child should know by third grade) would not only improve data quality, but also bolster support for school choice and education reform overall.

While Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy, his Commissioner of Education, Department of Education and a group of Connecticut superintendents continue to lie and mislead parents about their fundamental right to opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC testing scheme, parents in Connecticut and across the country are stepping up to protect their children from the corporate education reform industry's Common Core testEducation, Department of Education and a group of Connecticut superintendents continue to lie and mislead parents about their fundamental right to opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC testing scheme, parents in Connecticut and across the country are stepping up to protect their children from the corporate education reform industry's Common Core testEducation and a group of Connecticut superintendents continue to lie and mislead parents about their fundamental right to opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC testing scheme, parents in Connecticut and across the country are stepping up to protect their children from the corporate education reform industry's Common Core testeducation reform industry's Common Core testing scam.

Jennifer Jacobsen is a parent, education advocate and has become a leading voice in the effort to educate parents about the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC Test and the unprecedented effort by the government and corporate education reform industry to collect data about our children.

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