Sentences with phrase «poor leadership in schools»

Sir Michael Wilshaw, chief inspector of Ofsted, has claimed that poor leadership in schools is putting off Teach First graduates from continuing in the profession.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Conversations are frank, and real problems are tackled: poor RE in Catholic schools, grave worries about plans for sex education there, pressures on the young from social media, a longing for strong leadership on some of these issues from Bishops.

When Norm Morrow became the principal of Jefferson High School in Los Angeles four years ago, the art deco building was severely overcrowded, had poor security, and — two months into his leadership — was one of 12 schools statewide to be audited because of low academic performance.

They include Jim Barksdale, the former chief operating officer of Netscape, who gave $ 100 million to establish an institute to improve reading instruction in Mississippi; Eli Broad, the home builder and retirement investment titan, whose foundation works on a range of management, governance, and leadership issues; Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Computers, whose family foundation is valued at $ 1.2 billion and is a major supporter of a program that boosts college going among students of potential but middling accomplishment; financier and buyout specialist Theodore J. Forstmann, who gave $ 50 million of his own money to help poor kids attend private schools; David Packard, a former classics professor who also is a scion of one of the founders of Hewlett - Packard and has given $ 75 million to help California school districts improve reading instruction; and the Walton Family Foundation, which benefits from the fortune of the founder of Wal - Mart, and which is the nation's largest supporter of charter schools and private school scholarships (see «A Tribute to John Walton,»).

Robinson, Lloyd and Rowe noted that: «Instructional leadership theory has its empirical origins in studies undertaken during the late 1970's and 80's of schools in poor urban communities where students succeeded despite the odds... these schools typically had strong instructional leadership, including a learning climate free of disruption, a system of clear teaching objectives, and high teacher expectations for students.»

«Because I started my career at the school and knew the community, I believed that the student population was essentially the same as when I had been principal in 1987 and 1988, and the school had suffered because of lack of leadership with vision and commitment, not poor students and teachers,» explained Yeager.

In an interview, he characterized the quality of educational leadership programs as «very poor,» the very weakest of education schools» offerings.

Why that happens can range from poor leadership and ineffective teachers to out - of - school factors that affect student learning, such as living in poverty.

Alliance also had to close a school for poor performance in 2012, replace the leadership and some staff and reopen as the Renee and Meyer Luskin College - Ready Academy.

There's no reason to believe that such a system will validly identify and remove those who are unable or unwilling to improve; will improve the effectiveness of all others; will identify excellence in teaching or leadership; will provide incentives for good practices (or avoid incentives for poor practices); or will enhance school environment and working conditions.

Working in some of the poorest, most challenging rural places, the RSCT involves young people in learning linked to their communities, improves the quality of teaching and school leadership, advocates for appropriate state educational policies, and addresses the critical issue of funding for rural schools.

Inspectors visited Plymouth Studio School in March and found students regularly missing lessons, poor leadership and poor exam results.

Second, U.S. education schools have typically done a poor job of fostering leadership in new recruits and providing prospective administrators with the skills they need to create more opportunities for teachers to lead.

Supt. John Deasy and the board have together brought an unrelenting focus on poor children of color and there has been much progress as a result of his leadership including increased graduation and attendance rates, increases in the numbers of African American and Latino students taking Advanced Placement courses and exams, and reduced suspensions along with an overhaul of the school discipline policy.

With that move, the CEA joined the leadership of the American Federation of Teachers — Connecticut Chapter in throwing their support and money behind the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with tenure for all public school teachers and repealing collective bargaining for teachers working in the poorest districts.

Yet Teach First's latest report also finds that schools in the poorest areas three times more likely to be rated as «inadequate» or «requires improvement» for effective leadership.

Weingarten, along with the leadership of the American Federation of Teachers — Connecticut Chapter and the Connecticut Education Association have endorsed Malloy despite the fact that Governor Malloy remains the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose repealing tenure for all Connecticut public school teachers and unilaterally eliminating collective bargaining rights for a teachers working in the state's poorest schools.

With Randi Weingarten in Connecticut today, the leadership of the AFT and CEA have a unique opportunity to actually force Malloy to stand up, step up and come clean about his 2012 effort to eliminate tenure for all public school teachers and repeal collective bargaining for teachers working in Connecticut's poorest school districts.

Last summer, Randi Weingarten and the leadership of the American Federation of Teachers — Connecticut Chapter was committed to endorsing Governor Dannel Malloy's and his effort to get re-elected to the governor's office despite the fact that Malloy was the only sitting Democratic Governor in the nation to propose doing away with tenure for all public school teachers and unilaterally repealing collective bargaining rights for teachers in the poorest school districts.

The K — 12 leadership team for the Augusta School District in Arkansas can tell you what it takes to turn around academically distressed schools in a poor, rural school district: persisSchool District in Arkansas can tell you what it takes to turn around academically distressed schools in a poor, rural school district: persisschool district: persistence.

Missouri has many many problems that Kansans (our sister state in KC) don't face - poor infrastructure, terrible schools, terrible leadership - I believe even as a Democrat we are ready to put the power elsewhere, as Jeff City (Capitol) has shown for countless years that very little is changing, and the bar is sliding backward.

But time — along with the fact that half of all fourth - graders on free - and reduced - cost lunch in suburban schools are functionally illiterate — has proven that integration on its own doesn't deal with the systemic problems of low - quality teaching, shoddy curricula, lackluster leadership, and cultures of low expectations (especially for poor and minority kids) that plagues American public education even when those kids are put into suburban middle - class schools.

To the extent that the failure of low performing schools reflects the challenges that disadvantaged students bring to the classroom, and not simply poor leadership or instruction, more attention to those challenges may be necessary in the form, for example, of health clinics, counselors, or mental health specialists.

Encarnación speaks about the unique leadership challenges in property - poor school districts.

teacher6402: «The reason that scores and achievement are so low in urban districts is due to many factors: transient leadership, unqualified administrators, lack of curricula, poverty and transient students, lack of parental and community support, politicians posturing at the expense of poor and urban communities, and yes - ineffective teachers who often get in to urban school districts because they lack the skill set and content knowledge to get in to other districts.»

Delta State overhauled its program to focus on instructional leadership, featuring a full - time internship and financial support so teachers can spend a year preparing to become principals who can transform schools in a poor, mostly rural region.