Sentences with phrase «recent reform efforts»

For supporters of recent reform efforts like the Common Core, an improvement in reading and math scores would likely be seen as a validation.

Too many recent reform efforts have been grounded in the belief that outcomes are the entry point for change.

Yet it is hard to argue from recent reform efforts that the aim has been to increase the «information we can stuff into her brain in the first few years.»

Have recent reform efforts improved Chicago's schools?

Many think Canada has already reached that turning point, as evidenced by the multitude of opinions on recent reform efforts, particularly on copyright.

Improving methods for evaluating teacher performance and using the resulting information to change teaching practice has been a focus of recent reform efforts.

It suggests that many recent reform efforts — among them improved developmental conditions from birth to age five, universal prekindergarten, reduced class sizes in the early grades, and standardized curricula — are succeeding in keeping Baltimore...

All of the recent reform efforts, from the diploma project to the Common Corpse, have been unfunded mandates.

With many of the worst patent suits clustering in Texas, recent reform efforts have focused on requiring that patent suits be brought in forums that have meaningful ties to the dispute.

Although it would seem that Johnson is eminently qualified as a patent expert, many of his views lie contrary to recent reform efforts — including reforms proposed by the White House itself.