Not exact matches
NECPA's mission is to create broad
public understanding of the benefits of high
quality early childhood care and
education and a raised awareness of the «professional expertise»
required to deliver that high
quality care and an appreciation of the advantages that children receive from accredited centers and schools.
«The extraordinary demands of educating disadvantaged students to higher standards, the challenges of attracting the talent
required to do that work, the burden of finding and financing facilities, and often aggressive opposition from the traditional
public education system have made the trifecta of scale,
quality, and financial sustainability hard to hit,» concludes the report, «Growing Pains: Scaling Up the Nation's Best Charter Schools.»
The nation's primary K — 12
education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA),
requires states to provide richer information on outcomes for all students, produce high -
quality public reports, and rethink their accountability systems to provide transparency and value to the
public.
In «The Common Core Takes Hold,» Robert Rothman of the Alliance for Excellent
Education acknowledges a number of McShane's concerns: states» shrinking budgets will likely impact the funding necessary for implementation; there is little to no
quality monitoring of the new resources that are being created; the new assessments — and the technology
required to implement them — are hugely expensive; the
public at large is poorly informed and their support for the standards is waning; and a significant drop in student test scores following implementation of Common Core - aligned assessments is a real concern.
And in a
public education world where the unions have typically been able to protect even the lowest - performing teachers, that kind of
quality upgrade seemed doable only because the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation had offered the city a grant that
required the union to cooperate in return for a huge injection of funds into the school system.
FundEducationNow.org believes success is possible only through a well - planned and sustained collaboration that includes the broadest spectrum of advocates.In addition, FundEducationNow.org is currently a plaintiff suing the Florida Legislature for failing to perform its «paramount duty» to provide a free, high
quality, safe, efficient and uniform system of
public education as
required by Article IX, section 1 of the Florida Constitution.
«Dianne Kaplan deVries was a tireless advocate for the rights of all Connecticut
public schoolchildren — regardless of economic background, race or town of residence — to receive the
quality education our state constitution promises and
requires.
In an effort to provide high -
quality preschool
education, policymakers are increasingly
requiring public preschool teachers to have at least a Bachelor's degree, preferably in early childhood
The rules
requiring waiver states to submit plans for providing poor and minority children with high -
quality teachers was unworkable because it doesn't address the supply problem at the heart of the teacher
quality issues facing American
public education; the fact that state
education departments would have to battle with teachers» union affiliates, suburban districts, and the middle - class white families those districts serve made the entire concept a non-starter.
This budget language has the effect of allowing school divisions to carry - over, for appropriation in fiscal year 2003, state fund balances for any Direct Aid to
Public Education account with the exception of the SOL Algebra Readiness program and those
required to meet the Standards of
Quality (i.e., Basic Aid, Textbooks, Vocational EducationSOQ, Gifted
Education, Special EducationSOQ, Remedial EducationSOQ, VRS Retirement, Social Security, and VRS Group Life).
The state teachers union, the Florida
Education Association, is claiming that «the tax - credit scholarships divert state money away from a quality public education system the state is required, under the Florida Constitution, to provid
Education Association, is claiming that «the tax - credit scholarships divert state money away from a
quality public education system the state is required, under the Florida Constitution, to provid
education system the state is
required, under the Florida Constitution, to provide.»
The goal of
public education in Wisconsin today and in the years to come should be to allow all parents to choose which schools their children attend,
require every school to compete for every student who walks through its doors, and make sure every child has the opportunity to attend a
quality school.
Reaching our goal of a high -
quality education for all children, regardless of address, will
require research - backed policies that reimagine how we provide
public education.
NECPA's mission is to create broad
public understanding of the benefits of high
quality early childhood care and
education and a raised awareness of the «professional expertise»
required to deliver that high
quality care and an appreciation of the advantages that children receive from accredited centers and schools.