Sentences with phrase «school autonomy leading»

As noted previously in The Conversation by Glenn Savage (here and here), there is a lack of rigorous and robust evidence that school autonomy leads to better student outcomes.

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After leading the Church's successful resistance to the Socialist government's effort to diminish the autonomy of Catholic schools in the early 1980s, Lustiger developed a good relationship with President François Mitterrand.

The NEC also used the occasion to kick against the call for autonomy of local government councils, stating that the ghost of the effects of primary schools left in the hands of the local governments in the past had continued to haunt the teachers, leading to its near - collapse in terms of personnel, funding and infrastructural development.

«It's become evident that women who request federally funded sterilization are subject to a set of policy barriers that impede their reproductive autonomy,» explained Sonya Borrero, M.D., M.S., assistant professor of medicine, Pitt School of Medicine, and lead author of the study.

In a new article for Education Next, David Osborne, director of the project on Reinventing America's Schools at the Progressive Policy Institute, finds Denver's pursuit of this strategy, which has increased school leader autonomy, has produced impressive gains in student achievement, leading to growing public support for the reforms.

• too much school time is given over to test prep — and the pressure to lift scores leads to cheating and other unsavory practices; • subjects and accomplishments that aren't tested — art, creativity, leadership, independent thinking, etc. — are getting squeezed if not discarded; • teachers are losing their freedom to practice their craft, to make classes interesting and stimulating, and to act like professionals; • the curricular homogenizing that generally follows from standardized tests and state (or national) standards represents an undesirable usurpation of school autonomy, teacher freedom, and local control by distant authorities; and • judging teachers and schools by pupil test scores is inaccurate and unfair, given the kids» different starting points and home circumstances, the variation in class sizes and school resources, and the many other services that schools and teachers are now expected to provide their students.

His leadership also led to the district achieving its best - ever dropout and graduation rates, driven largely by attention to all students, a focus on adult performance, the promotion of choice and school autonomy, and intensive efforts to engage parents and the community.

In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character development).

The autonomy afforded to schools during the period of the education sectors evolution, that included LMS and GM status, led schools to think carefully about their internal capacity to respond to a range of activities previously discharged via the local authority.

Schools are taking on markedly more autonomy under the academies programme, multi-academy trusts (MATs) are springing up around the country, and all the talk is now of a «self - improving and school - led system».

The district had been freed from mayoral control after more than a century, and a high - energy superintendent was leading bold moves to de-emphasize central administration, give schools greater autonomy, and engage families in a revitalized portfolio of educational choice.

Because charter schools have more autonomy when it comes to choosing retirement options for their teachers, they're poised to innovate and lead by example, especially in regard to teachers» retirement benefits.

David Osborne, senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute, completed an analysis of D.C.'s two sectors, documenting how competition led the district sector to emulate charters in many ways, including more diverse curriculum offerings; new choices of different school models; and reconstituting schools to operate with building level autonomy, especially giving principals freedom to hire all or mostly new staff.

Behind this trend is the idea that providing schools with more autonomy, coupled with more intense accountability, will lead to innovation and better results.

Just as important, city and district leaders should create funding structures and partnerships to make sure that charter school autonomies and entrepreneurialism lead to innovations and improvements in special education.

It discusses how teacher - led schools offer more autonomy to teachers, share decision making responsibilities among teachers, and make the principal position optional.

Dynamism Devotees are better suited to meet parental demands and to empower autonomy - seeking educators — but they can't promise that their «unbundling» of the system won't lead to lots of poorly served schools (and kids).

A combination of funding pressures, a push by Superintendent John Deasy to find innovative ways raise academic achievement and a desire by local school sites to gain more control has led to a big jump this year in schools adopting new «autonomy» models.

The Association's mission is to support student achievement through high - quality charter schools, advocate for student equity and charter school autonomy, and lead Arizona charter schools as a sustainable, strong credible organization.

ACSA's mission is to support student achievement though high - quality charter schools, advocate for student equity and charter school autonomy, and lead Arizona charter schools as a sustainable, strong credible organization.

At Grattan, Jensen was the Director of the school education program, leading research reports on teacher development, evaluation and accountability, school competition and autonomy, and education strategy and implementation.

These teacher - led schools have core autonomies in governance, scheduling, curriculum and staffing.

They say their policy is to support autonomy, with schools leading the education system.

The Arizona Charter Schools Association is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support student achievement though high - quality charter schools, advocate for student equity and charter school autonomy, and lead Arizona charter schools as a sustainable, strong and credible organiSchools Association is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support student achievement though high - quality charter schools, advocate for student equity and charter school autonomy, and lead Arizona charter schools as a sustainable, strong and credible organischools, advocate for student equity and charter school autonomy, and lead Arizona charter schools as a sustainable, strong and credible organischools as a sustainable, strong and credible organization.

Arizona was among the pioneers of the American charter school movement when it passed its law back in 1994, and has led the way ever since, in no small part because of its high scores in the areas of school autonomy, teacher freedom and the wide latitude it allows for freedom to innovate.

As an education expert on the Association's Board of Directors, Rendón will advise Arizona's largest charter support organization in its mission to support student achievement though high - quality charter schools, advocate for student equity and charter school autonomy, and lead Arizona charter schools as a sustainable, strong and credible organization.

Secretary DeVos is right when she says that American state schools appear to have grown accustomed to being in receive mode, waiting for orders from on high as to what they are to do next; while independent schools continue to enjoy their autonomy and capacity for innovation, which was once a rationale for the charter sector as well, but that sector has lost its vitality since philanthropists suborned leading educational entrepreneurs into specializing in test prep, so impatient did they become to see the effects of their spending reflected in national test score reports, an improvement that has not been forthcoming.

In many ways, Australia was a leading adopter of school autonomy — particularly in the ACT and Victoria.

If the high - autonomy schools leave the district's SELPA, it could lead to denials by the board when they come up for their five - year renewal.

We will support evidence - based policy reforms aimed at ensuring principals have the autonomy and data they need to lead schools with strong cultures focused on improving teaching and learning, and that they are trained to use teacher evaluations to deliver high - quality observations and feedback.

«Strong charter laws feature independent, multiple authorizers, few limits on expansion, equitable funding, and high levels of school autonomy,» said Alison Consoletti Zgainer, CER Executive Vice President and the report's lead editor.

In some cases, greater autonomy leads to less accountability, especially for charter schools that hire for - profit providers.

The Mind Trust supports the launch of fully autonomous Innovation Network Schools through the Innovation School Fellowship, a fellowship for individuals seeking to open new schools or restart chronically failing schools within Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS), and Educator Empowerment Awards to help high - performing IPS schools convert to Innovation Network School status to give them full autonomy to lead their sSchools through the Innovation School Fellowship, a fellowship for individuals seeking to open new schools or restart chronically failing schools within Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS), and Educator Empowerment Awards to help high - performing IPS schools convert to Innovation Network School status to give them full autonomy to lead their sschools or restart chronically failing schools within Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS), and Educator Empowerment Awards to help high - performing IPS schools convert to Innovation Network School status to give them full autonomy to lead their sschools within Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS), and Educator Empowerment Awards to help high - performing IPS schools convert to Innovation Network School status to give them full autonomy to lead their sSchools (IPS), and Educator Empowerment Awards to help high - performing IPS schools convert to Innovation Network School status to give them full autonomy to lead their sschools convert to Innovation Network School status to give them full autonomy to lead their schoolsschools.

Yet experience tells us that in the absence of an accountability structure and / or the will to create one, school - level, or principal autonomy, will lead to chaos and injustice.

Proponents of charter schooling contend that this autonomy - for - accountability bargain leads to improved student achievement in individual charter schools by allowing schools the freedom to implement innovative practices and be held accountable only for their outputs.

The collapse of two multi-academy trusts this year was a reminder that school autonomy can lead to bad decisions as much as it can innovation

The collapse of two multi-academy trusts this year was a reminder that school autonomy can lead to bad decisions as much as it can innovation, especially when a MAT grows too rapidly.

Emotional self - regulation promotes security, autonomy, and resilience in young children (Rolfe, 2004); leads to feelings of happiness; and provides the foundation for school readiness (Newton, 2008).