Sentences with phrase «public school administrator interests»

DPI deputy state superintendent Mike Thompson acknowledged that it was not the mission of the group that came up with the system — which included union and public school administrator interests and the governor's office — to make recommendations on how districts should use the results of the system.

Not exact matches

In a posh hotel not far from Central Park, a small group of lobbyists, administrators, and legislators gathered to consider an interesting question: Does anybody in the public schools ever hear the policy debates that rage back and forth at the state level?

It's rarely wise for administrators (or school boards, or mayors) to pick unnecessary fights, but it's also unwise to shy away from those that need to be fought through on behalf of the public interest.

And he answers, «certainly not because I have any direct self - interest — no... I'm not profiting from my involvement in charter schools (in fact, I shudder to think of how much it's cost me), and I have little personal experience with the public school system because I'm doubly lucky: my parents saw that I wasn't being challenged in public schools, sacrificed (they're teachers / education administrators), and my last year in public school was 6th grade; and now, with my own children, I'm one of the lucky few who can afford to buy my children's way out of the NYC public system [in] which, despite Mayor Bloomberg's and Chancellor Klein's herculean efforts, there are probably fewer than two dozen schools (out of nearly 1,500) to which I'd send my kids.»

St. Louis has a strong public school cartel, an alliance of teachers union leaders, central board administrators, and various public - school interest groups that has an established routine for managing the schools and is typically skeptical of any proposal for change.

Those entrusted with directing our public schools can bring to bear the creativity of experts, parents, administrators, and other concerned citizens to find a way to achieve the compelling interests they face without resorting to widespread governmental allocation of benefits and burdens on the basis of racial classifications.

• Risk underestimated the resistance to change from the organized interests of the K - 12 public education system, at the center of which were the two big teacher unions as well as school administrators, colleges of education, state bureaucracies, school boards, and many others.

The second thing that might be even more interesting: When revenues were growing in public schools, they had a preference for non-teaching staff, but when revenues were falling, they actually laid off teachers more than they laid off administrators and all other staff.

And there is no better way to complete the public schooling monopoly — to let the teacher unions, administrator associations, and other adult interests do one - stop shopping for domination — than to centralize power in one place.

Our campaign includes more than 50 education advocacy organizations plus teachers and school administrators, representatives of charter schools and traditional public schools, urban and rural interests, business and organized labor, faith - based groups and community groups.

Despite the reluctance of school administrators to speak up and push back against this ludicrous accountability exercise that has been promoted by politicians and corporate education reformers who have many self - interested reasons for maintaining this misguided testing endeavor, it is well - known that the «standardized» testing mandate only serves to continue the false narrative of failing American public education in order to drive the profit - making agenda of those who seek to privatize education and undermine the public trust.

In June, she convened a diverse group of about 30 participants with strong interests in gifted kids from all over Minnesota representing parents, legislators, public and private school educators and administrators to work on «New Directions: Gifted Education in Minnesota Vision and Strategic Planning.»

This week's edition is fairly abbreviated, with stories touching upon the challenges that increased pro se litigation create for public interest advocates and for court administrators, continued coverage of the debate about the autonomy of public - interest clinical programs at state - run law schools, and more.

In addition to our work within school districts, Sound Discipline offers workshops and special events which are open to the public for teachers, administrators, counselors, paraprofessionals, youth development program providers, parent educators and others who are interested in Positive Discipline and trauma informed approach to working with children and youth.