Sentences with phrase «public education in this country»

No one can conclude that the overall performance of public education in this country is adequate for the century ahead.

The bell would no longer control public education in our country.

If you believe that every child has the right to a quality education, then there is no more important work than providing the right leadership to dramatically transform public education in this country.

Want to imagine a different path to improving public education in this country?

Public education in this country really needs the serious, consistent support of parents and the community working hand - in - hand with our children's teachers and other school staff.

The equal provision of quality public education in this country is the fight that my generation must take on.

There are a lot of things wrong with public education in this country.

That's the exact opposite of what public education in our country was set up to do.

Nonetheless, the myth of the «common school» deserves credit for many of the accomplishments of public education in this country.

The 1 % wants to control public education in this country — and they do not want parents to have a say in our own children's education.

We see ourselves as part of movement to transform public education in our country.

«Today begins a new era, a new time in public education in our country,» he intoned confidently into the microphone.

«The ongoing wave of teacher strikes across the US is changing the conversation about public education in this country.

It came about, in California, in part because we have one of the lowest per - pupil expenditures for public education in the country.

We want to get to a world where we have the best public education in the country, we want to get to a world where we have real good jobs, not just low - level jobs,» Ms. Teachout said on NY1.

Brill's book is a dramatic rendering of a few of the characters (friends like Democrats for Education Reform chief Joe Williams and Colorado State Sen. Mike Johnston) and the work undertaken to reform public education in this country.

There is no question that we are degrading public education in this country and that the ideas of the politicians in regard to the Title 1 public schools will further erode public education in this nation.

«There are lots of people who have benefitted from the greatness of public education in this country who want it to be great again for everybody and are willing to use their money... to give back,» he said.

Public school teachers, parents and administrators need to elevate the issue of how public education in this country is under siege and currently undergoing its greatest challenge for survival from the threat of privatization and high - stakes standardized testing.

Goldstein rightfully notes that public education in this country differs in two key ways from high - performing systems in Europe and Asia.

To them, the end always justifies the means and the Corporate Education Reform Industry won't stop until they truly destroy public education in our country.

As a former member of a Board of Education she witnessed the growing negative consequences of the «No Child Left Behind Act» and the «Race to the Top Initiative,» especially in the standardized testing nightmare that is now driving public education in the country.

Actually, this commonsense approach to improving teacher quality mirrors how other nations have approached the challenge for improving public education in their countries.

Volunteering in classrooms provided me two very distinct understandings about public education in our country.

«It is now well past time that we move beyond damaging lawsuits like Vergara that demonize educators and begin to work with teachers to address the real issues caused by the massive underinvestment in public education in this country,» said Weingarten.

Little Johnny is asking if you'd like fries with that because the public education in this country is as poor as it is.

The «right» to a public education in this country has made schools impotent to discipline young people who have turned the education system into a race for the bottom.

«Even in this political season, it is important to remember that the fate and direction of public education in this country should not be a partisan issue,» he said in a written statement.

Instead, the Court argued, «the notion that school district lines may be casually ignored or treated as a mere administrative convenience is contrary to the history of public education in our country.»

Public education in this country is going to continue to struggle and fail as long as public schools try to be all things to all people.

I strongly recommend it to anyone remotely concerned with the state of public education in this country.

The first lie promotes the illusion that public education in this country is failing.

«It does not take years of teaching in the classroom to understand that public education in this country is in deep crisis.

Most Americans agree that public education in their country is broken.

However, what should also be included in his campaign platform as well as in the campaign platforms of other presidential candidates that is also highly significant is the future of public education in the country.

In all our years working to improve public schools, we have never been so optimistic about a strategy that we believe has the potential to dramatically change not only the lives of thousands of students but also the paradigm of public education in this country.»

Public education in this country will be saved and will grow in new and exciting ways only if those who believe in public education take action.

Hearing someone speak out against the current attacks on teachers as you did in your The Last Word segment gives me hope that someday sanity will return to our discussions of public education in this country.