Sentences with phrase «robust education reforms»

The reason, in my view, is that the politicians most likely to stand up for smart, robust education reforms — expanding charter schools but also holding them accountable, for example, or setting high standards and empowering educators to meet them as they see fit — are mainstream conservative Republicans.

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It is robust and includes continued education reforms, cuts taxes, and protects tenants.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chandra M. Hayslett, Communications Director [email protected] 212-257-4350 New Yorkers Overwhelmingly Want Deal on New Teacher Evaluation System New Poll Shows Robust and Resilient Support; No Excuse Seen for Losing $ 300 million New York (Nov. 29, 2012)-- A new teacher evaluation system that would ensure that New York City received $ 300 million in additional State education funding enjoys overwhelming support among City voters in general and parents in particular, according to a new poll released today by StudentsFirstNY, the education reform advocacy group, and conducted by Anzalone Liszt Research.

«We sought assurances from the Minister today on the timely introduction of overall SEN reform, but the Minister refused to accept the recommendations of the scrutinising committee, and that decision, coupled with the lack of robust financial data, means that the Welsh Liberal Democrats can not support the Education Bill as it currently stands.

In June 2006, Chairwoman Mikulski received the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative's (JOCI) report, «From Sea to Shining Sea: Priorities for Ocean Policy Reform,» which recommended robust funding for ocean research, education, observation and exploration.

Meanwhile, we've learned a lot about how much harder it is to walk the walk of education reform than simply to talk the talk, and about how the most robust of theories are apt to soften and melt in the furnace of actual experience.?

There it's fairly obvious that the GOP doesn't know what it stands for on education anymore — partly because much of its reform agenda has been co-opted by Messrs. Duncan and Obama, partly because it has long tended (at least in Congress) to ignore this topic, partly because it has much else on its none - too - robust policy platter.

So long as there was a reasonably robust bipartisan consensus backing serious education reform, they could not do much to halt its advance.

«When it comes to the education of their kids, every parent deserves robust opportunities to control the education of their youth, and access to full transparency of information to allow them to be informed consumers,» said Jeanne Allen, the founder and chief executive of the Center for Educatioeducation of their kids, every parent deserves robust opportunities to control the education of their youth, and access to full transparency of information to allow them to be informed consumers,» said Jeanne Allen, the founder and chief executive of the Center for Educatioeducation of their youth, and access to full transparency of information to allow them to be informed consumers,» said Jeanne Allen, the founder and chief executive of the Center for EducationEducation Reform.

Prior to BAEO, Offiong served as an Analyst with Bellwether Education Partners, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the achievement of low - income students by cultivating, advising, and placing a robust community of innovative, effective change agents in public education reform and improving the policy climate for thEducation Partners, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the achievement of low - income students by cultivating, advising, and placing a robust community of innovative, effective change agents in public education reform and improving the policy climate for theducation reform and improving the policy climate for their work.

This is why movement conservatives not engaged in education discussions are naturally be more - supportive of measures such as the expansion of school choice (because they conform to their views that markets and private actions by families should be the deciding forces in education) than of other reform efforts that seem to involve what they may perceive more - robust federal or state government roles, or involve what they consider to be an abrogation of roles they think should be in the hands of families or local governments.

* Choice and Competition — This area of reform has been a nationwide battleground for many years and this session will see a revival of a range of serious efforts in Texas to expand robust education choices to meet the needs of students and their parents, with funding following the child.

Let's be clear: The need for rigorous, college - preparatory curricula with strong content is as critical an element in reforming American public education as advancing standards and accountability, overhauling teacher quality, expanding school choice, bolstering Parent Power, improving school leadership and building robust data systems.

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