«My sense is that this could be linked to the current emphasis in our public
schools on accountability and results,» she says.
To inform schools, authorizers and the public on school performance, every fall, CCSA publishes Academic Accountability Report Cards that show the results of every charter
school on the Accountability Framework and CCSA's Minimum Criteria for Renewal.
To inform schools, authorizers and the public on school performance, CCSA publishes Academic Accountability Report Cards every fall that show the results of each charter
school on the Accountability Framework and CCSA's Minimum Academic Accountability Criteria.
Not exact matches
You may recall that the original impetus for focusing
on this previously unexplored set of skills, in How Children Succeed and elsewhere, was the growing body of evidence that, when it comes to long - term academic goals like high -
school graduation and college graduation, the test scores
on which our current educational
accountability system relies are clearly inadequate.
For those who don't have the time to read up
on this very noble endeavor, which so far as I can tell is similar in many ways to Geoffrey Canada's Harlem Children's Zone, or SF's New Day for Learning
schools, this from your website encapsulates it: «LA's Promise works with
schools to manage resources efficiently, equitably, and with a mindset of
accountability.
Additional
Accountability Requirements: The Statewide
School Wellness Policy (2005) adopted by the State Board of Education requires school districts to report annually to the state on the implementation of their local wellness policies at the district and individual school
School Wellness Policy (2005) adopted by the State Board of Education requires
school districts to report annually to the state on the implementation of their local wellness policies at the district and individual school
school districts to report annually to the state
on the implementation of their local wellness policies at the district and individual
school school level.
Additional
Accountability Requirements: Statute Title 70, Section 24 - 100b (2005) requires each
school district to report to the state Department of Education
on the district's wellness policy, goals, guidelines, and progress in implementing the policy and attaining the goals.
I just received an email from the Houston ISD
School Health Advisory Council on which I sit, alerting me to the fact that the Texas state legislature is presently considering a wide - ranging school accountability bill (HB400) which will weaken... [Continue re
School Health Advisory Council
on which I sit, alerting me to the fact that the Texas state legislature is presently considering a wide - ranging
school accountability bill (HB400) which will weaken... [Continue re
school accountability bill (HB400) which will weaken... [Continue reading]
The Obama agenda has focused almost exclusively
on systemic
school reform to address the achievement deficits of disadvantaged students: standards, testing, teacher evaluations, and a continued, if different, focus
on accountability.
Most criticism of the federal lunch program in recent years has centered
on health and nutrition, but documented abuses in
school districts in North Carolina, Ohio, New Jersey and elsewhere have prompted questions about
accountability.
Don't forget to sign up for the
School Nutrition Foundation webinar
on Wednesday, November 28, 2012, «Successful
Accountability Practices for Breakfast - in - the - Classroom»!
And especially in this moment when we really care a lot about
accountability in
schools, there has been an increasing emphasis
on finding measures — like a student's standardized test scores — to tell us if a teacher is a good teacher.
Today,
on behalf of Corporate
Accountability International and in collaboration with the Campaign for a Commercial - Free Childhood, I submitted the following comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture regarding its proposal to require
schools to only allow marketing for those foods allowed under the agency's «Smart Snacks» nutrition guidelines.
A joint project of Corporate
Accountability International and Dr. Nicholas Freudenberg and Monica Gagnon of The City University of New York, the guide focuses
on four local policy approaches:
school policy, «healthy» zoning, curbing kid - focused marketing, and redirecting subsidies to healthier businesses.
The second results area (Pillar 2) focuses
on improving the quality of education in 125 selected low - performing SHS through: (i) strengthened
school management and
accountability; (ii) improved mathematics and science teaching and learning; (iii) expanded information, communication technology and internet connectivity in
schools; and (iv) the implementation of
school performance partnership plans.
The role and selection of
school governors is now
on the agenda as
accountability issues come into sharper focus because of increasing
school autonomy.
«I will continue to work to extend mayoral control because I believe very strongly in the
accountability it provides, but I also believe that the 50,000 boys and girls in Harlem, Brooklyn and the Bronx who are now
on waiting lists for a seat inside a charter
school deserve the best possible education we can provide,» Flanagan said in the statement.
In February, approximately half of the
schools were taken off the struggling and persistently struggling lists after federal
accountability statuses from the 2014 - 15
school year showed those
schools had made progress and would not otherwise have been put
on the receivership list (a few
schools also closed).
The UFT is hitting the airwaves today with a 60 - second radio spot that slams for - profit charter
school management companies as «more interested in making money and ducking
accountability than fighting for our kids» and spending «millions
on false attacks against teachers and public
schools.»
Senate Majority Coalition Co-Leader Dean G. Skelos said, «This agreement is a reasonable compromise that builds
on the legislation we passed to enhance
accountability in
schools and give our students the first - class education they deserve.
«Do you support measures that increase
accountability, transparency and that increase the input of
school district parents in the decision to permit and maintain charter
schools, as well as measures to reduce the negative fiscal impact
on school districts with large numbers of charters?»
These directors would focus
on bringing greater coherence to the process of
school creation, raising standards and improving local
accountability.
Teachers from across the UK will be gathering to debate a range of motions
on topics including pupil indiscipline, the mental health of teachers, workload, pay and conditions, marking and the
school accountability system.
Focusing
on a notion of
accountability which is broader than just league tables and published measurement scores, the Big Education Inquiry argued for greater local control over
schools and education and a democratic input into local
school systems.
The prosecutor, Preet Bharara, speaking at the New York Law
School on Friday, castigated how deal - making has long been done in Albany — by «three men in a room» (the governor, the State Assembly speaker and the State Senate majority leader), who work in secret and without
accountability to decide most vital issues.
Cuomo is expected to call for greater teacher
accountability this month in his combined State of the State and budget address
on Jan. 21, including an overhaul of how teachers and
schools are rated.
Now, those leaders are beginning to craft their legislative priorities, which will include eliminating the state's cap
on charter
schools, increasing funding for established charters, and establishing more
accountability measures for district
schools and teachers.
Education - focused rallies at the Capitol
on Tuesday called for greater
accountability and funding for
schools and teachers in the new year.
With his signature yesterday, President Barack Obama set the nation's public
schools on a sweeping new course of
accountability that will change the way teachers are evaluated and how the poorest performing
schools are pushed to improve.
«The NASUWT therefore continues to call
on the DfE to work with teachers to reform the primary
school accountability framework to tackle its adverse implications for pupils and staff in
schools.
Commenting
on the statement by the Secretary of State for Education setting out proposals to reform the system of primary assessment, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «It is important to recognise, and as the NASUWT has stated consistently, that many of the concerns expressed about statutory primary assessment are the direct result of their use in the current high stakes
school accountability regime.
He further announced that he wanted increased
accountability in education, with
school funding based
on performance.
Alhough students» scores
on the Common Core - aligned state tests won't be used for teacher and principal evaluations, the growth scores will still be calculated and used for
school accountability to comply with federal law, a state Education Department official said.
Stranger still was Cuomo's criticism of this page for having dared to, well, criticize him for lining up with Silver & Co.
on public -
school accountability.
Cuomo's campaign spokesperson, Abbey Fashouer, counters that he «has made education equity a central focus of his tenure, investing a record $ 27 billion with a focus
on our neediest
schools, while demanding
accountability measures so that the door to opportunity is open for every child — regardless of income, zip code or ethnicity.
«It's an
accountability tool but it's also a
school improvement tool,» chancellor Carmen Fariña, who selected members of the group, said in an interview
on Tuesday.
Yes, I am willing to talk tactics of how we do this (I would start with restoring LA oversight and local democratic
accountability over all state funded
schools), but until we get to grips with the disaster of academisation we don't deserve to be taken seriously
on anything else.
«The NASUWT remains clear that a fit for purpose
accountability system should consider the performance of
schools in the round and not solely
on the basis of narrowly focused test and examination results.»
Commenting
on the release of the Association of
School and College Leaders» (ASCL's) paper
on intelligent
accountability, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said:
In the remaining nine months of 2014, pro-charter groups focused more
on strengthening
accountability measures for teachers and pushing the state and city to take immediate action to fix failing
schools.
Bloomberg has just three years left
on his mayoral term, and the focus is expected to stay
on items such as boosting charter
schools and working toward
accountability measures.
More than 800 UFT members boarded buses headed for Albany at dawn
on March 27 to lobby state lawmakers for more public
school funding, charter
school accountability, an extended and enhanced millionaire's tax, support for Community Learning
Schools and other important education initiatives.
You need some kind of
accountability to make sure those
schools... are still delivering
on the standards agenda.»
Collaboration with parents is vital to improving struggling
schools, promoting educational equity, addressing the over emphasis
on high - stakes testing, and increasing charter
school accountability.»
«In addition, we posted an online survey to which 2,400 parents, educators, community members and other stakeholders responded to share feedback
on school quality indicators, teacher preparation,
school improvement, and
accountability system design.»
Joining de Blasio
on a press call this afternoon, Duncan insisted that the mayoral control system has both led to improvements to local
schools and created a rare kind of electoral
accountability for educational performance.
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on Texas education contains posts
on accountability, testing, college readiness, dropouts, bilingual education, immigration,
school finance, race, class, and gender issues with additional focus at the national level.
In 2013, Deming was named a William T. Grant Scholar for his project, The Long - Run Influence of
School Accountability: Impacts, Mechanisms and Policy Implications, which explores the impact of test - based school accountability on post-secondary attainment and earnings, how high - stakes accountability impacts outcomes, and how test - based accountability in high school can complement college prepar
School Accountability: Impacts, Mechanisms and Policy Implications, which explores the impact of test - based school accountability on post-secondary attainment and earnings, how high - stakes accountability impacts outcomes, and how test - based accountability in high school can complement colleg
Accountability: Impacts, Mechanisms and Policy Implications, which explores the impact of test - based
school accountability on post-secondary attainment and earnings, how high - stakes accountability impacts outcomes, and how test - based accountability in high school can complement college prepar
school accountability on post-secondary attainment and earnings, how high - stakes accountability impacts outcomes, and how test - based accountability in high school can complement colleg
accountability on post-secondary attainment and earnings, how high - stakes
accountability impacts outcomes, and how test - based accountability in high school can complement colleg
accountability impacts outcomes, and how test - based
accountability in high school can complement colleg
accountability in high
school can complement college prepar
school can complement college preparation.
In Indiana and Michigan, for example, there are virtually no restrictions
on home
schoolers and very little
accountability to government.
Bolder, Broader Action: Strategies for Closing the Poverty Gap Education Week, May 27, 2011 «We have set the nation's highest standards, been tough
on accountability and invested billions in building
school capacity, yet we still see a very strong correlation between socioeconomic background and educational achievement and attainment,» writes Senior Lecturer Paul Reville.