Sentences with phrase «school reform policies»

It then considers alternative school reform policies focused on improvements in teacher quality, identifying how much change is required.

Her research and teaching has been focused on urban school reform policy and practice, culturally relevant instruction, teacher student relationship - building practices, and civic education.

Since then, she has opposed the standardized test - based school reform policies of the Obama administration.

: How Current School Reform Policy Maintains Racial and Economic Inequality, edited by E. Mayorga and B. Picower.

In Education Reform in Florida, sociologists and historians evaluate Governor Jeb Bush's nation - leading school reform policies since 1999.

The West London free school founder made the remarks in a report by the Institute of Economic Affairs, which proposed: «The government's flagship schools reform policy will fail to make a substantial difference unless the government allows for - profit companies to provide free schools.»

The difference between the opinions of the uninformed group and those of each of these two groups provides clear estimates of the impacts of new student - performance information on public assessments of local schools and public views about school reform policies.

The popular course focuses on school reform policy from the perspective of the classroom, school, and district, specifically by looking at leadership and pedagogy and a deep investigation into the purpose of schools.

They concluded that those states that had the greatest student achievement gains shared the following school reform policies: smaller class size, greater access to pre-K programs, and more spending on resources for teachers.

The leading school reform policy in the United States revolves around strong accountability of schools with consequences for performance.

If it worked out, I hoped, Rick might invite me to his next encounter with a «UFO,» or Unidentified Federal Official, where we try to explain that policy people and teachers who question the current school reform policies are not «wingnuts.»

In Newark, N.J., the mayoral election has been won by Ras Baraka, a community activist who has opposed the school reform policies of school superintendent Cami Anderson.

I thought of it as an opportunity to test, once and for all, the effectiveness of school vouchers as a school reform policy.

REALITY: First conceived by the Commercial Club of Chicago, Chicago's school reform policy — «Renaissance 2010» — is based not on sound research and analysis, but on market principles of privatization, competition, and commercialization.

The document provides detailed positions on the main issues in public education today, taking positions counter to many of the school reform policies of the Obama administration.