Sentences with phrase «public education reform»

One of the most important and high - profile issues in public education reform today is the replication of successful public charter school programs.

Our mission is to ensure the school is the center and driving force of public education reform and innovation.

I have written and spoken extensively on public education reform for the last decade.

We need public education reforms, investments in public health, and creation of sustainable financing structures for both health and education.

Whether his plan is either practical, attainable, or a feasible substitute for widespread public education reform, remains to be seen.

With this attitude prevalent even among many who call themselves reformers, bold systemic public education reform and hope for our under - served children in failing schools are still pipe dreams.

In this era of standards and accountability, educators have to move themselves from the sidelines to the forefront of public education reform to meet the needs of a 21st century society.

There is very little doubt among sophisticated observers that Texas has led the nation in public education reform over the past decade or so and that it has served as -LSB-...]

MITUL engages in communication, education and advocacy, promoting a strong role for teacher unions in defining and leading public education reform — within teacher unions and with opinion leaders, policy - makers and advocacy organizations.

Clearly, a major centerpiece of George W. Bush's success as Governor of Texas and a significant plank in the platform for his Presidential candidacy was his leadership of the Texas public education reforms in accountability and standards of the mid to late 1990's, and nowhere were these reforms in more evidence than in Houston, which -LSB-...]

With Communities for Public Education Reform (CPER) in its final stages of operations, we absolutely need philanthropy to re-engage with community organizing for progressive education reform.

Under Mayor de Blasio, the City embarked on historic rapid, at - scale public education reforms including, but not limited to, providing free high - quality pre-Kindergarten to over 53,000 children this past school year.

Her comments came during a panel discussion on education reform here in Denver with Michael Bennet, superintendent of Denver's public schools, and other public education reform leaders.

UNCF's Vice President Sekou Biddle, who has worked in urban public education reform for almost two decades and served on the District of Columbia State Board of Education, helps facilitate these conversations.

The conversation made an impression on Nicole, who is the president and founder of The Expectations Project, a national organization that mobilizes people of faith to support public education reform and close the academic achievement gap.

Providentially — since I reject the the possibility that it was by design — that's what occurred as public education reform unfolded over the last twenty - five or so years.

Whereas a victory for Seattle teachers would greatly encourage teachers everywhere, including members of the Port Jefferson Station Teachers Association and the New York State United Teachers, to continue in our increasingly stronger efforts to combat damaging and abusive public education reforms in our own communities; and

I am slightly encouraged that the courts might have been awakened to the public policy implications of all that is happening with so - called public education reform.

Having just completed a brutal round of jousting in the interest of public education reform during the Texas legislative session, I have a renewed appreciation for the obstacles we face in achieving meaningful systemic change in our education delivery system.

Venture philanthropists use their private money to steer public education reform debates and create model programs.

If you want to understand where public education reform is heading, look south and east to Florida, where the governor - elect, Rick Scott, is talking about a new funding student formula that is more likely to destroy the public school system than accomplish anything else.

I don't raise the question in the hopes of getting any good responses but just so those who count public education reform noses will push their spectacles up on their foreheads and blink at a future that's a bit farther out then is measured by the sweep of a watch's second hand.

Osborne cited examples of successful public education reform in cities such as New Orleans, Indianapolis, Denver, and Washington, D.C.

In an era of aggressive public education reform, it is important to ask not only whether new initiatives are effective in raising student achievement, but also how they can best maximize current investments in teaching and learning.

But for me this article hits a nerve because it undermines the goals of public education reform through either ignorance or duplicity.

The document proposes demoting the department to a presidential «Advisory Council on Public Education Reform,» a sub-Cabinet-level agency that would serve as a consultant to states.

MITUL engages in broad communication, education and advocacy around the role of teacher unions in defining and leading public education reform.

Clearly, a major centerpiece of George W. Bush's success as Governor of Texas and a significant plank in the platform for his Presidential candidacy was his leadership of the Texas public education reforms in accountability and standards of the mid to late 1990's, and nowhere were these reforms in more evidence than in Houston, which was recognized as the best urban school district in America in 2002.

There is very little doubt among sophisticated observers that Texas has led the nation in public education reform over the past decade or so and that it has served as a model for the nation in the advancement of standards and accountability.

Broad has long backed charter schools and other public education reforms.

Prior to C1A, House spent six years in urban public education reform, first with Pittsburgh Public Schools.

Additionally, Communities for Public Education Reform (CPER) offered financial assistance in convening key grassroots leaders and organizers to the summit where AROS was launched in Los Angeles, while the Ford Foundation provided support for coordination of AROS's early activities.

There is very little doubt among sophisticated observers that Texas has led the nation in public education reform over the past decade or so and that it has served as a model for other states and the nation in the advancement of standards and accountability.

A recognized leader in advancing meaningful reforms in public education, CEI's mission is to make the school the center and driving force of public education reform and innovation.

The current climate on public education reform is often caustic and divisive.

Because of my interest in public education reform, the purpose of this post is to better prepare disadvantaged children for academic success (though good parenting initiatives would have powerful benefits across the gamut of societal problems).

John and Furnish in a statement credited Cuomo for having «championed a progressive agenda that has included significant policy and legislative progress on affordable housing, public education reform, and women's rights.»

In the U.S., the principal lever for K - 12 public education reform for the last 40 years has been test - based accountability.

Still, the field of organizing for public education reform is young, under - resourced, and limited in scale and scope.

In the very visible arena of public education reform, the decisionmakers directly involved — parents, teachers, superintendents, and politicians — are all recognized as the drivers when it comes to making change.

Trying to stop both charters and vouchers would have caused the teacher's unions, the primary engine of resistance to public education reform, to appear unreasonably rigid which would have undercut their power.

In 2007, the D.C. Council passed the Public Education Reform Amendment Act (PERAA), which reconfigured D.C. Public Schools under control of the Mayor.

Mr. Merriman's op - eds, commentary and guest blogs have been featured in The New York Times, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, The Huffington Post, Gotham Schools and Eduwonk and he is a frequent guest on major TV and radio outlets on public education reform and policy.

CEI's mission is to make the school the center and driving force of public education reform and innovation.

His successful career in the tech industry has led to many philanthropic interests, including public education reform.