Sentences with phrase «quality reforms as»

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If the product of their work is not taken seriously» as, for instance, an invaluable reference in a synod of bishops dedicated to a program of comprehensive reform» it may be a very, very long time before people of their quality will make a comparable effort to help the bishops with much of anything.

Struggling quality wine producers such as Treasury Wines have also been calling for reform.

The research suggested politicians should be looking at the following: continued welfare reform, with a particular emphasis on developing a contributory system; keeping taxes as low as people believe are possible to deliver high quality services; avoiding punishing people for things they can not possibly do without like driving or buying and selling houses; more proportionate sentencing; and restricting so - called health tourism.

«The district that I will represent might be getting bigger, but I'm still going to be the same Jim Tedisco — as independent and outspoken as ever in speaking up and telling it like it is when it comes to reforming Albany and improving the quality of life for New Yorkers.»

Faso, who is running for Congress in the 19th Congressional District (Gibson is not seeking re-election) on the Republican, Conservative, Independence and Reform lines, announced the formation of this committee earlier this year as a way to work with veterans to provide guidance and advice on a range of veteran - related issues, including access to quality healthcare and job placement.

If elected, he said he would focus on tackling corruption and ethics reform in Albany, as well as affordable housing and responding to constituents» quality of life issues.

Moreover, the quality of decision making would be improved if the abolition of the Lords was accompanied by appropriate reforms to the House of Commons (such as changing the voting system to PR and greatly strengthening select committees to scrutinise legislation and temporarily appoint outside expert advisers, etc).

Dr. Shah's research and experience in the delivery of evidence - based medicine will be critical as we work in New York State to reform health care by improving the quality, safety and value of health care.

«Despite all these shortcomings in way in which GCSEs have been reformed, teachers and school leaders have continued, as ever, to ensure that pupils receive high quality learning experiences and can secure the best possible chance of exam success tomorrow.

«I believe that Rubain is a man with a clear and focused vision to tackle head on the issues impacting residents in the 20th district, such as public safety concerns and NYPD policing reforms; the lack of quality affordable housing; sound and quality education for the youth; and the lack of jobs and unemployment.

«This input will be integral to shifting the delivery of specialized instruction in our city, as we push for reforms that gives every child high - quality opportunities in a more equitable and prosperous system,» Adams said in a statement.

As he launched the policy at the West Africa Senior High School in Accra today [Tuesday], the President said quality teacher training was essential to achieving the educational reforms to the fullest.

The process of reform — known as the Bologna Process, which has since expanded to include the current 47 countries — has subsequently added to this agenda additional ideals such as equal access to higher education, student - centered learning, and student participation in quality assurance and governance within their institutions.

Pay - for - performance — reimbursing health care providers based on the results they achieved with their patients as a way to improve quality and efficiency — has become a major component of health reforms in the United States, the United Kingdom, and other affluent countries.

In the absence of race - based constraints, some reform efforts that aim to improve school quality, such as charter schools, open enrollment, magnet schools, and vouchers, may intensify segregation by income, race, or achievement (see «A Closer Look at Charter Schools and Segregation,» check the facts, Summer 2010).

Please join Education Week reporter Christina Samuels as she moderates a lively discussion with leading experts on the challenges of delivering high - quality special education services in the context of a reforming high school.

And although such an approach is promising, as with any instructional reform strategy designed to bolster at - risk students» skills, the key in implementation will be accommodating differences, not only between linguistic and racial groups but also within them, while maintaining relentless attention to quality.

The G.A.O. defines systemwide reform as encompassing five components: goals or standards for all students, curricula tied to those goals, student assessments tied to the curriculum, high - quality instructional materials, and professional development.

He writes that money does not play a pivotal role in education quality and achievement, perhaps a harbinger that Romney's education - reform platform wouldn't include new money, as Obama's plan did.

Based on years of research studying how to improve the quality of education in Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, Mexico and many other countries in Latin America, as well as his work as an advisor to governments, private groups, and foundations involved in education reform, Reimers recommended developing three sets of competencies.

The first decade of the 21st century has also had a dominant strategy: incentive - based reforms, such as increasing competition among charter and district schools, merit - pay plans to improve teacher quality, and school - level accountability based on testing.

Let us also try some promising hybrids, such as the Teacher Advancement Program, developed by the Milken Family Foundation, which enhances teacher professionalism in ways that also recall a number of the recommendations of A Nation at Risk and the latter - day «alternative view» of teacher quality reform.

First, it should be conceded that Duncan has a great idea, rewarding states willing to undertake reforms such as launching high - quality charter schools (while closing bad ones) and using data to evaluate teacher effectiveness.

Despite persuasive evidence suggesting that a high - quality curriculum is a more cost - effective means of improving student outcomes than many more - popular ed - reform measures, such as merit pay for teachers or reducing class size, states have largely ignored curriculum reform.

Instead of regarding teacher unions as an obstacle to reform, a perspective I vehemently held for many years, I imagine teacher unions serving as a partner to improve teacher quality, thus, improving student learning.

The release in January of the Teaching Commission's report, «Teaching at Risk: A Call to Action,» presents us with an opportunity to reconsider the importance of teacher quality as a critical variable in the current effort to implement standards - based reform and high - stakes accountability.

Where the tests are well aligned to high - quality standards and where they contain enough tasks requiring deep analysis and writing by students, matching teaching to the tests may work reasonably well, at least as a first step in reform.

Still, the Massachusetts senator has outlined a series of education proposals, putting flesh on the reform bones in some areas, such as his plans for improving teacher quality and...

The problem, NCTQ's Kate Walsh told me, is that teacher quality has been ignored as a reform issue until fairly recently.

A: As a result of standards - based reform and the assessments, we are more focused than ever before on the quality of instruction, but instruction isnâ $ ™ t the only thing.

Education Next's Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week about whether teacher quality is eclipsing accountability and choice as a reform strategy and what role research plays in this.

But as pundits and practitioners thrust and parry over these issues, they may be overlooking the potential impact of CCSS on public perceptions of school quality and public support for school reforms.

In order to achieve this, the Commission suggests the government should mandate all schools in the ten lowest performing local authorities to take part in area - wide programmes, as well as reform the training and distribution of teachers across the country and create new incentives — including better starting pay — to get more of the highest - quality teachers into the schools that need them most.

His version of reform, judging by his record, centers on boosting teacher quality and supporting students with added services such as after - school programs.

Americans balk at some market - based reforms, such as paying more for teachers who work in fields like math and science, where quality teachers are in scarce supply.

As Schwarzenegger ran for reelection in 2006, he deflected questions about his education policies by commissioning, with the leaders of the state legislature, an independent research project to recommend funding levels and reforms needed to provide a quality education for every child in California.

You will explore the elements of a standards - based reform framework: clear expectations for students; rigorous curricula aligned to standards; professional development that improves instructional quality; and assessment as a tool for feedback and accountability.

For example, when vouchers were offered as a reform strategy directly against «doing what it takes to put a fully qualified teacher in every classroom,» 84 percent of respondents voted for teacher quality in contrast with 17 percent who voted for vouchers.

Universities have warned that reforms to teacher training courses could see high quality teacher trainees turned away as national limits are reached.

Second, TNTP does not view policy reform efforts as separate from the daily work of recruiting, training, and hiring high - quality teachers, but rather as an integral part of it.

Before joining Education Northwest, Fleischman was a vice president at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), where he created and led a number of U.S. Department of Education - funded school improvement projects such as the Comprehensive School Reform Quality Center, the Supplemental Educational Services Quality Center, and the Scientific Evidence in Education Forums.

Achieve serves as a significant national voice for quality in standards - based reform and regularly convenes governors, CEOs and other influential leaders at National Education Summits and other gatherings to sustain support for higher standards and achievement for all of America's schoolchildren.

In May 2011, the National Charter School Resource Center and the U.S. Department of Education hosted a full - day conference to explore emerging city - based movements that embrace high - quality charter schools as an integral component of their reform strategies.

But it's haphazard and the retirement reforms are of varying quality in terms of their utility as retirement policy — eg saving money by making it harder for new teachers to vest.

May 2011, the National Charter School Resource Center and the U.S. Department of Education hosted a full - day conference to explore emerging city - based movements that embrace high - quality charter schools as an integral component of their reform strategies.

Given the need to improve the quality of instruction and the lack of clarity and shared knowledge about what systems and activities improve teaching, this is the right time to take stock of what is known; what kinds of activities are currently underway; and what will be needed going forward as reforms roll through the education system.

The parents union, along with the parent empowerment efforts of StudentsFirst's New York affiliate (which is helping families in the Big Apple's traditional district fight for school libraries as well as lobby for teacher quality and other reforms), is actively helping families do more than just have a voice.

Further education reforms will be hampered by low teacher quality as long as the salaries of teachers do not rise to a competitive level — the level that would attract many high - quality applicants.

I don't think that the existence of cheating «gives tacit support to arguments that standardized testing should not be used in evaluating teachers or for systemic reform,» it seems to demonstrate the problems that occur when reformers use low quality, and poorly administered, standardized tests as the primary measure of teacher quality.