Sentences with phrase «public school policies»

Teacher unions have used their political war chest to defend the status quo and defeat efforts to make needed changes in public school policy.

Test - based accountability has been a primary feature of public school policy since 2001, when the No Child Left Behind Act required states to adopt annual assessment programs, identify sanctions for schools that did not meet performance targets, and publicly report student achievement.

Thousand Oaks, CA — In a historic year that saw unprecedented changes and improvements to national charter public school policy, Compass Charter Schools (CCS), a California public charter school, is proud to celebrate National Charter Schools Week (NCSW) this week, May 7 - 11.

The Education Directorate Dress Standards and Uniforms in Canberra Public Schools policy, procedure and guideline provide direction and advice to schools in developing and implementing school based student dress standards.

... Jonathan Schleifer, New York executive director for the advocacy group Educators 4 Excellence, said in a statement Farina has a history of «supporting teachers and considering their experiences in developing public school policies.»

Voter anger over the public's loss of control over public school policy is being felt in Pennsylvania too, where the state's incumbent Gov. Tom Corbett faces an uphill climb in November's election, according to recent polls.

50CAN strengthens the impact of our work to improve public school policy through innovative and best practice supports in communications, mobilization, policy and research.

If public school policy gives teachers a roadmap for their education, homeschool policy merely provides parents with a target destination.

Does your association need to get up to speed on land - use and development practices or learn about public school policies and practices, the basic issues of water infrastructure or transportation issues that impact your members and local communities?

about the Bill Gates - Eli Broad - Walton family oligarchy that is dictating much of public school policy these days, and I was struck by her final paragraph, which hadn't jumped out the first time I read it (before Occupy Wall Street happened!)

Thousand Oaks, CA — In a historic year that saw unprecedented changes and improvements to national charter public school policy, Compass Charter Schools (CCS), a California public charter school, is...

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Originally published in the Seattle Times on September 10, 2015 Friday's Washington state Supreme Court decision against charter schools revealed that public school policy in Washington is about money — and only money.

Outside the school, more than 100 Chicago police officers, Secret Service guards (including snipers posted on two roofs), and platoons of other city workers kept the public out of the public school the president chose for the site of the event celebrating his public schools policy.

For you can be sure that Gates, Duncan, Obama, DeVos, do not send their kids to the public schools their policies have trashed.

public school policies that ensure all students have a rigorous quantitative reasoning foundation that prepares them to attend and complete college.

It is a discerning indictment of the public school policy that now pervades our society.