Sentences with phrase «reform efforts undertaken»

This becomes even more clear when you look at his claim to fame, a report released last yeara by Manhattan Institute on school climate throughout the city and the school discipline reform efforts undertaken by the New York City Department of Education under Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his successor, Bill de Blasio.

While there, I represented the district on education reform efforts undertaken by the superintendent, such as changing educational programs and implementation of reforms at the school.

What Bill Gates May Wrought in Education Philanthropy: Two years ago, your editor detailed the successes and failures of the school reform efforts undertaken by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The most - successful school reform efforts undertaken by philanthropists have not been ones that attempted to focus on school district bureaucracies, but on expanding opportunities for high - quality education for children and families.

That approach is called for in the science - education - reform efforts undertaken by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Science Teachers Association, both of which have pilot...

«During my tenure in the House, I can't remember a more sweeping reform effort undertaken by this or any other committee,» said Rep. Bill Goodling, R - Pa., the panel's chairman.

The now - stillborn school reform effort undertaken by the Los Angeles Unified School District, for example, flourished under reform - minded California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (whose state board backed charter school chain Green Dot's successful move to force the district into a corner) and a state legislature that was seeking a share of Race to the Top dollars.

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Complicating reform efforts further is the Working Families Party undertaking a new campaign for a system of public matching for political campaigns.

Showing growing concern over the rising tide of religious extremism, students suggested a wholesale reform of the Pakistan's history curriculum to eliminate discrimination against minorities and other disadvantaged groups so as to undertake a holistic and long - term effort to eliminate the scourge of intolerance from society.

They resolved that their article would not be just another well - meaning declaration gathering dust on some forgotten shelf, and they have undertaken a number of efforts to galvanize the scientific community around real reform.

By the mid-1990s, sociologist Anthony Bryk and his colleagues found that, at best, one - third of the councils had undertaken a coherent reform effort that led to improvement.

The failure of the United States to close the international test - score gap, despite assiduous public assertions that every effort would be undertaken to produce that objective, raises questions about the nation's overall reform strategy.

Yet we must also address out - of - school issues, and we have to undertake meaningful efforts to ensure that people of color are both leading and supporting education reform.

In 2014, Ohio undertook a major education reform effort to transform the way that students in the state receive high school education.

To support this effort, NCNSP has also disseminated an Action Plan for High School Innovation to guide local districts and schools in undertaking reforms on their own.

New Orleans» post-Katrina public school reform efforts and outcomes have been the focus of intense national scrutiny as other districts consider undertaking what they consider to be similar reforms.

Such reform will be challenging and difficult, but it is doable and it is imperative that California undertake this effort.

From where Dropout Nation sits, the effort will damage the laudable reform efforts the administration has undertaken, especially the Race to the Top and I3 initiatives.

Efforts to reform Chicago schools have been undertaken in two phases, the first focused on elementary schools, the second, beginning in 1995, on high schools (Allensworth and Miller, 2002).

Whatever is or isn't done to interrupt the slippery slope engaged by those who litigate without the benefit of counsel, I hope that those involved in the current justice reform efforts will consider the research undertaken by Professor Macfarlane, Justice Gray and the Institute.