Sentences with phrase «reforms over the past few decades»

While it may not be widely known, many of the positive changes seen in education reform over the past few decades — from replication of high - quality charter schools to expansion of teacher residency programs — have been made possible, at least in part, through partnerships with AmeriCorps and other national service programs.

This was one of the major concerns about justice system reform over that past few decades — reports with tons of wonderful ideas and recommendations for what other people should do but little in the way of actual action on the ground.

The authors noted that major educational and school reforms over the past few decades have not sufficiently focused on the SEL factors that are necessary to education, employment, and family life.

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The foundation of real reform is the recognition the world has changed over the past few decades.

Race to the Bottom Michael McGill Focusing on the push over the past few decades to «save» the nation's schools by applying rigorous business strategies, Michael McGill, M.A.T.» 67, C.A.S.» 70, Ed.D.» 72, a former superintendent, argues that corporate reform has actually weakened public schools, with narrower curriculums and a slashing of «nonessentials» like art and languages.

The main reason there's been so little achievement gain over the past few decades arising from the reforms that so many of us have been pressing is precisely because neither curriculum nor instruction much changed.

Over the past few decades, education reforms in Brazil and Chile have been widely celebrated as successful, and most students are much better - off than their predecessors were 15 years ago.

The reading scores of 17 - year - olds on the National Assessment of Educational Progress constitute the single most accurate indicator of the effectiveness of our schooling, and as we look at the low reading scores of 17 - year - olds over the past few decades of reform, we see no real movement.

Over the past two decades, the demand for reform has caused the teachers» unions to do little more than budge on a few issues.