Sentences with phrase «purpose of a public education system»

And since when has the purpose of our public education system been to produce already trained workers for private industry?

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«The basic purpose of this commission, according to the governor's charge, was to «comprehensively review and assess New York State's education system, including its structure, operation and processes...» In failing to deal at all with such major issues as funding, special education, the lack of appropriate supports for English language learners, as well as ignoring major current controversies such as implementation of [teacher evaluations] and common core systems, the commission has ill - served students, parents, and the public at large.»

There's no reference to any public purpose for education, despite acknowledging a paragraph or two later that «maintaining American preeminence requires a world - class system of education.»

One of the central features of By All Means is a set of convenings which serve two purposes: 1) to bring together teams from the six or seven cities in which we'll be establishing learning labs for our design work; 2) to bring together a national audience of thought leaders to consider some controversial subjects relating to the future of public education and that system's work with economically disadvantaged students.

To establish that the school was a «state actor,» he made five arguments: that Arizona law defines a charter school as a public school; that a charter school is a state actor for all purposes, including employment; that a charter school provides a public education, a function that is traditionally and exclusively the prerogative of the state; that a charter school is a state actor in Arizona because the state regulates the personnel matters of such schools; and that it is a state actor because charter schools, unlike traditional private schools, are permitted to participate in the state's retirement system.

As organizations adjust to keep pace with 21st Century learning demands, Avis» Letters serve to re ignite in each of us our moral purpose as educators and inspire us to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to an inclusive, sustainable and high quality public education system.

A key improvement of ESAs over school vouchers and tax credits is that funds not used for K - 12 educational purposes can be «saved» or rolled over each year and used for continuing or higher education, thus changing the «use it or lose it» mentality in the current public school funding system.

The Board of Education accepts content - based high school end - of - course tests administered as a part of another state's accountability system for the purpose of awarding verified credit to students who transfer to Virginia public schools.

Above all, we should remember that the primary purpose of both the ALF and the Augusta Public Library System, is to promote literacy and education.