Sentences with phrase «public school reform schemes»

Cruz does misunderstand the significance of the charter school threat — and Sol Stern does an admirable job of explaining the danger of «public school reform schemes» in his blog — but for the most part Cruz avoids the elephant in the room: THE Catholic Church.

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Second, Don McAdams, founder of the Center for Reform of School Systems, argued that philanthropy typically entails limited dollars in the grand scheme of things, but has an outsized influence because this money is nimble and can be used to drive a state or a district's reforms, where it's hugely difficult to redeploy more than a sliver of public funds.

Parents might have seen Cheatham as a scapegoat in an ill - conceived «reform» scheme, but a labor negotiator for the Chicago Public Schools said it was Cheatham who helped devise controversial plans for both a longer day and to use student test scores in teacher performance evaluations.

The Corporate Education Reform Industry and its allies like President Obama, Former President George W. Bush, presidential candidate Jeb Bush and Democratic governors Andrew Cuomo and Dannel Malloy have repeatedly claimed that the Common Core, the Common Core testing scheme, diverting scarce public funds to charter schools, privatizing public education and evaluating teachers based on the Common Core test results would be good for the nation's public school students, their parents and the country's future.

This unprecedented development was the direct result of a growing awareness by parents, students, teachers and public education advocates that the standardized testing scheme isn't useful and that the Corporate Education Reform Industry is turning public schools into little more than testing factories.

This past Tuesday (October 13, 2015) former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd - Bennett, one of the nation's leading Corporate Education Reform Industry leaders, pleaded guilty for her role in a $ 23 million kick - back scheme with Gary Solomon and his education reform companies, The SUPES Academy and Synesi AssocReform Industry leaders, pleaded guilty for her role in a $ 23 million kick - back scheme with Gary Solomon and his education reform companies, The SUPES Academy and Synesi Assocreform companies, The SUPES Academy and Synesi Associates.

The Corporate Education Reform Industry has spent a record - breaking $ 6,767,957 plus in support of Governor Malloy's «education reform» agenda ------ An Agenda that includes forcing the Common Core and the Common Core testing scheme on Connecticut's public schools while cutting taxpayer support for public education and increasing public funding for privately owned and operated charter scReform Industry has spent a record - breaking $ 6,767,957 plus in support of Governor Malloy's «education reform» agenda ------ An Agenda that includes forcing the Common Core and the Common Core testing scheme on Connecticut's public schools while cutting taxpayer support for public education and increasing public funding for privately owned and operated charter screform» agenda ------ An Agenda that includes forcing the Common Core and the Common Core testing scheme on Connecticut's public schools while cutting taxpayer support for public education and increasing public funding for privately owned and operated charter schools.

Dedicated to promoting the privatization of public education, more taxpayer funds for privately owned, but publicly funded charter schools, the Common Core, the Common Core testing scheme and a host of anti-teacher initiatives, Students for Education Reform, Inc. (SFER) was created in late 2009, according to their narrative, by a couple of undergraduate students at Princeton University.

With Election Day less than nine weeks away, Connecticut teachers, parents and public school advocates continue to wait for an indication as to whether any of the candidates for governor will truly stand up against the tide of the corporate education reform industry, including their absurd, unfair and expensive Common Core testing scheme.

In response to the growing public concern about the Common Core, the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing scheme, and the inappropriate and unfair use of standardized test scores when evaluating Connecticut's public school teachers, a growing number of state representatives and state senators are stepping forward and introducing legislation that would stop, or at least slow down, the damaging Corporate Education Reform Industry's agenda that is undermining public education in Connecticut.