Sentences with phrase «sense curriculum reform»
The truth is that proponents of common - sense curriculum reform — e.g., the notion that schools should choose textbooks and reading programs that can display some evidence of effectiveness — haven't had any levers by which to advance such reforms.
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By all means, we should do everything we can to boost those numbers, starting as early as possible, and including common - sense reforms like reintroducing serious academic content to the elementary and middle school curriculum and replicating «no excuses» charter schools like KIPP.
«This agreement is an important first step in strengthening our curriculum and a victory for practical, common - sense reform,» Pyne said.
Russ, for instance, has eloquently written that «leaving curriculum reform off the table or giving it a very small place makes no sense.»
That is not to say that efforts to improve teacher quality, modernize curriculum, infuse technology into the classroom where it makes sense and other reforms should not be pursued.