Sentences with phrase «several education improvement efforts»

This focus on outcomes has its roots in her experiences in Texas, where during the 1980s and 1990s she was chief lobbyist for the Texas Association of School Boards and worked on several education improvement efforts piloted by business leaders, including a commission headed by billionaire H. Ross Perot.

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An informal survey of several state Chapter 2 coordinators last week also revealed that while many officials approve of the Reagan Administration's proposal to increase funding for the program by approximately 50 percent, they do not think it will translate into many significant education - improvement efforts at the local level.

The authors (from four nonprofit education research groups that compile the report annually) detail several successful efforts that have increased graduation rates, but stress that improvement has come from targeted local interventions, not overarching national initiatives.