Sentences with phrase «primary goal of reform»

The primary goal of reform efforts should be to make it easier for problem solvers to gain access to and traction in the system, coupled with thoughtful public oversight of results.

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Following a core tenant of school reform, that students must be present in order to learn, one of KSSN's primary goals has been to reduce chronic absenteeism in its schools.

Raising standards should be the primary goal of education reform.

UWP has primary goals that follow the National Writing Project model, which is based on the beliefs that teachers are the key to education reform, teachers make the best teachers of other teachers and teachers benefit from studying and conducting research.

Standards - based reform traces its roots to the 1983 publication of A Nation at Risk by Secretary of Education Terrel Bell's National Commission on Excellence in Education.1 With its warning of a «rising tide of mediocrity,» notions of excellence, achievement, and accountability became the primary goals of state and federal education policy.

Health care reform continues to be a primary concern for the administration and Congress; however, comprehensive «repeal and replace» efforts have lagged in momentum lately, losing support in favor of more attainable legislative goals.