Sentences with phrase «significant education policy reform»

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John and Furnish in a statement credited Cuomo for having «championed a progressive agenda that has included significant policy and legislative progress on affordable housing, public education reform, and women's rights.»

If you think about it, we made significant changes to public policy in education in 2010 as a part of our First to the Top agenda proposed by Gov Bredesen — a Democrat, followed by nightmarish changes to the teachers» environment in 2011 by eliminating collective bargaining, tenure, and removing TEA from their seat at the table, all in the name of «reform.»

Massell's (2008) analysis of education policy activity in the early 1990s, for example, suggested that, for many states, K — 12 education standards represented «a central framework guiding state education policy and practice» (2), as compared to other states where policy initiatives did not stem from any significant internal standards - based reform impetus.

To broadly share and communicate the results of our TURN regions and the state and local efforts to work collaboratively to develop and implement significant education reform policies and programs that impact student learning.

The Texas Legislature is now in full swing and, of course, the Texas Institute for Education Reform (TIER) is at every table on every significant public education issue at stake, hopefully providing meaningful policy advocacy leEducation Reform (TIER) is at every table on every significant public education issue at stake, hopefully providing meaningful policy advocacy leeducation issue at stake, hopefully providing meaningful policy advocacy leadership.

A clear example that poses a significant threat to the opportunity to learn for children who are suffering most from the achievement gap is the President's call to launch» a national competition to improve our schools» as the lead policy frame for the coming year's education reform - modeled on the Race to the Top and the Innovation Fund initiatives.

This is true, and it's a fine argument for focusing education policy efforts on sustainable teacher quality reforms, such as recruiting more academically talented young people into the profession, requiring new teachers to undergo significant apprenticeship periods working alongside master educators, and creating career ladders that reward excellent teachers who agree to stay in the classroom long - term and mentor their peers.

This report identifies six policies that the federal government should include as part of significant federal financing reform for early care and education.