Sentences with phrase «reforms focused on equity»

School finance reform focusing on equity and adequacy: To remedy inequities in funding across schools and districts, the Act established an amount that all areas would be eligible to receive from the state or a «foundation budget».

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The OECD also stated that the focus of continuing reforms should be on «developing high - quality teaching profession, making leadership a key driver of education reform, ensuring equity in learning opportunities and student well - being, and moving towards a new assessment, evaluation and accountability that aligns with the new 21st - century curriculum».

True educational equity comes from comprehensive school reform, which incorporates academic improvements along with health care, housing policy, funding changes, family support and other policies that allow students to go to class safely and actually focus on their work, and that provides teachers with a work environment and enough support to operate creatively, not like infantilized robots.

«A bipartisan bill will not have everything that everyone wants, but it must build on our common interests: high standards; flexibility for states, school districts and schools; and a more focused federal role that promotes equity, accountability and reform,» U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said in a statement about Harkin's bill Tuesday.

Her work broadly focuses on urban school reform, data - informed leadership for equity, and how educators make sense of policy implementation.

His honors thesis in the education department focused on public school reform for equity in Cambridge, MA.

Dr. Holme's research focuses on the politics and implementation of educational policy, with a particular focus on the relationship among school reform, equity, and diversity in schools.

Her work focuses on school reform and educational equity.

[1] Each wave of reform has been led by different combinations of leaders and stakeholders: government officials, educators, parents, and activists (focused on equity); business leaders and policymakers (focused on excellence / accountability); and parents (focused on choice and pushing back against assessment).

This set off a second wave of reforms, beginning in Kentucky and followed by 26 other states, focused on «adequacy» rather than on «equity.»