Sentences with phrase «policy levers states»

The policy levers states use to support and sustain the recruitment and development of school leaders include:

This discussion paper is a companion piece to the InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards: A Resource for State Dialog (April 2011) and describes policy levers states can use to adopt and implement the new standards.

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The GOP also hopes to increase its share of the nation's state legislative chambers — potentially increasing its foothold on the levers of power to set policy.

He said «renewing a millionaires» tax this year» is a policy priority that has a much stronger chance without Republicans holding one of the state's levers of power.

States use different policy levers to decide how to sentence people, Shannon said.

Advocates and state officials should think about how the neglected policies could be used as a lever to improve teacher quality, experts say.

• U.S. Department of Education's leadership and structure — trim programs and staffing; eliminate the Office of Civil Rights and transfer its functions to the Justice Department; restore the bully pulpit and reduce the use of regulation as the Secretary's principal lever for affecting state and local policy; and create collaborative relationship with relevant House and Senate leadership.

«Intuitively, I had not expected this to be an important policy lever, but there are a lot of indicators that things are not going well for students in the middle school grades in the United States,» says West, who serves as executive editor of Education Next.

The fact that this sector is already integrated into the broader higher education system, through federal aid and some state aid programs, suggests that these policy levers might be used to better leverage the private sector to further policymakers» goals, such as increasing educational attainment overall and for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

In Smith's model, as it was refined over time, curriculum standards serve as the fulcrum for educational reform implemented based on state decisions; state policy elites aim to create excellence in the classroom using an array of policy levers and knobs — all aligned back to the standards — including testing, textbook adoption, teacher preparation, teacher certification and evaluation, teacher training, goals and timetables for school test score improvement, and state accountability based on those goals and timetables.

As long as states play the lead role in education policy making, their actions will have significant implications for other actors with greater access to levers for change.

Dr. Paul Manna, a recognized scholar of education and author of the new Wallace Foundation Report, Developing Excellent School Principals to Advance Teaching and Learning: Considerations for State Policy, joins the conversation to discuss policy levers available to states to promote effective princPolicy, joins the conversation to discuss policy levers available to states to promote effective princpolicy levers available to states to promote effective principals.

As for states: Through policy, accreditation and funding for principal training programs, and other levers, they have a major role to play in getting schools the leadership they need.

This quarter's content focuses on policy levers to effect change, including policy at the school district, state and regional levels:

Formed in 2013, this aligned action network brings together state chiefs and their education agency staff who are committed to activating key policy levers around licensure, program approval, and data as they transform educator preparation in their respective states.

Using these levers, the Education Department can create incentives for states to adopt certain policies.

He described three matters policymakers must understand before taking action: principals» place on their state's policy agenda; six possible levers that could trigger change; and their state's unique context, including the ways in which key education - related institutions interact.

In 2017, state policy makers — particularly state legislators and state education agencies — placed great emphasis on key policy levers affecting educator preparation.

One recurring theme from my conversations with state legislators this year was that they are unfamiliar with the major state policy levers pertaining to educator preparation — accreditation, licensure, and program approval.

Further, these experts will explore State Board authority and other policy levers to advance leadership, with specific lessons from Tennessee and Missouri.

Regarding the legislators noted in the article in Education Week, the opening sentence says plenty, «Seeking more allies for his school improvement agenda, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today asked a select group of state legislators to keep «pushing very, very hard» on the policy levers that he and President Barack Obama have made a top priority.»

The report identifies state -, district -, and school - level levers including transcript analysis, master schedule, credit policies and graduation requirements.

When grounded in agreed - on standards for teaching — such as the recently revised Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC) Model Core Teaching Standards — and developed in ways that overcome the challenges cited, evaluation can be an effective lever for state and local policy.

The report identifies state and local levers, such as transcript analysis, credit policies and graduation requirements, to mitigate the challenge.

The action plan provides an overview of key levers in ESSA to support the concept of a well - rounded and complete education, actionable policy points to engage and communicate with state and district leaders around ESSA, and strategies for developing a communications plan.

From the School Board to the State House, there are policy and budget levers at every level of government.

In addition to a review of the current state of research and practice in SEL for these three traditionally underserved student groups, this brief explores potential policy levers for using SEL to better prepare these student populations for success in school and life.