Sentences with phrase «powerful standards movement»

There were plenty of folks feeling frustrated because charters, on the whole, weren't focused on quality from an academic perspective, and in general were somewhat opposed to an increasingly powerful standards movement.

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In their continuing efforts to extract more school spending from state legislatures through the courts, advocacy groups recently acquired a powerful new weapon: the standards movement.

Despite its lofty goals for every student and the support of some of the most powerful national players in education reform, the modern standards and accountability movement has hit a rough patch, if you haven't noticed.