Sentences with phrase «state education reform initiatives»

They also impede important state education reform initiatives at a time when producing workers with high - level technical and analytical skills is increasingly important to the country's prosperity.

Such cuts also have counteracted and sometimes undermined important state education reform initiatives at a time when producing workers with high - level technical and analytical skills is increasingly important to the country's prosperity.

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They were on hand to visit a classroom and to promote the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's philanthropic initiatives — not to mention the millions in grants it's made possible — to expand education reforms in the Bluegrass State.

«The Senate supports enhanced disclosure to ensure transparency and accountability in government, and will modify the Governor's ethics proposals, as well as the education reform initiatives advanced as part of the Executive budget,» the Republican conference stated.

Tisch is driving the state's implementation of the tougher standards, despite that she has been critical of other education reform initiatives, particularly in New York City.

After leaving office, Bush created the Foundation for Excellence in Education to promote the kinds of reforms that he had backed in Florida, started an organization for reform - minded state education leaders called Chiefs for Change, and launched, with former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise, the initiative Digital Learning Now to promote the smart use of teEducation to promote the kinds of reforms that he had backed in Florida, started an organization for reform - minded state education leaders called Chiefs for Change, and launched, with former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise, the initiative Digital Learning Now to promote the smart use of teeducation leaders called Chiefs for Change, and launched, with former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise, the initiative Digital Learning Now to promote the smart use of technology.

I also oversee about 200 employees at our state education agency, and we are in the midst of major initiatives and reforms.

For students to benefit from these changes, however, state education leaders must avoid tinkering with new initiatives and instead seek courageous, whole - system reforms.

Maine has become the eighth state to join Re: Learning, a cooperative education - reform initiative sponsored by the Education Commission of the States, the Coalition of Essential Schools, and participatineducation - reform initiative sponsored by the Education Commission of the States, the Coalition of Essential Schools, and participatinEducation Commission of the States, the Coalition of Essential Schools, and participating sStates, the Coalition of Essential Schools, and participating statesstates.

State - Level K - 12 Education Reform Activities and Examples and Summaries of State Initiatives to Develop Goals, Standards, and Outcomes, forthcoming.

The National Center on Education and the Economy, which developed the plan, compares the wave of innovation that could result from such an initiative to the sweeping experimentation in welfare reform that states engaged in prior to...

The Education Department this month announced two initiatives to help states develop systemic reforms linked to national standards in mathematics and science.

Most states are turning to standards - based reforms to achieve systemic improvement of education, according to a new report outlining state education initiatives.

A member of numerous national, state, and local boards, he has participated in national initiatives and associations to reform K - 12 education.

Led by Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen, the General Assembly, and the State Board of Education, business organizations, foundations, and Republican Senator Bill Frist's SCORE initiative, reform partisans have increasingly supported the use of TVAAS data in the assessment of school and teacher performance.

The progress of reform: An appraisal of state education initiatives.

Originally envisioned to resemble the Recovery School District reform initiative in New Orleans and Michigan's Education Achievement Authority, the Commissioner's Network hasn't been as well received by Parent Power advocates in the state as Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor would like.

The challenge state won, in no small part, because they opposed Governor Malloy, Mayor Finch and Paul Vallas» education reform initiatives.

Taxpayer funds continue to flow to out - of - state companies for Malloy's «education reform» initiative

She advised the secretary and assistant secretary on the Obama Administration's major education reform initiative, ESEA flexibility, which grants waivers of key provisions of the ESEA in exchange for state - led reforms in the areas of standards and assessments, accountability, and educator evaluations.

Joseph P. Frey, Senior Project Director, Senior Associate for National School Reform, is responsible for key CTAC education initiatives relating to teacher evaluation, teacher licensure and certification, performance - based compensation, teacher preparation, state - to - district and state - to - school assistance, and college readiness.

A state department of education (SDE) that is served by the Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) requested information on support for high school students, with a focus on whole - school reform, primarily behavioral and school climate initiatives.

posted Madison Superintendent Thomas Scarice's letter to legislators about the fundamental flows associated with Connecticut's «education reform» initiative and what Connecticut's students, teachers and public schools really needed from state government.

Public education reform was the first policy initiative Walker called for in his State of the State address and the first issue the state Legislature took up after inauguraState of the State address and the first issue the state Legislature took up after inauguraState address and the first issue the state Legislature took up after inaugurastate Legislature took up after inauguration.

Through the Race to the Top initiative, for example, the Obama administration succeeded in incentivizing states: Even with relatively small pots of money — just $ 4 billion, or less than 2 percent of federal education spending — the administration encouraged states to prioritize innovative teacher and principal reforms and develop rigorous academic standards.22 Thirty - four states modified their policies in response to the federal initiative, even though only 19 states received federal funding to do so.23

In March of 2012, North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis and ten other state lawmakers flew to Florida on the dime of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC), an organization known for endorsing conservative education reform initiatives, including school vouchers.

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.

Fully fund Title II, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which provides resources for states and districts to strengthen teacher and principal preparation programs; reform educator certification and licensure requirements; develop career advancement initiatives for teachers; and offer professional learning opportunities for teacher leaders and principals.

Despite being an out - of - state education reform operative, Guenther testified in favor of Malloy's education reform initiative when it was proposed in 2012.

As a result of their «education reform» initiatives, well over $ 100 million in taxpayer funds will go to charter schools rather than the state's local public school system.

* The Obama administration's central education initiative to date, the $ 4.3 billion Race to the Top competition, sent money to 11 states and the District of Columbia, all of which promised to implement these reforms.

Malloy claims that his «initiative» is providing Connecticut's 30 most struggling school districts with another $ 132 million in state aid, but the truth is that this year's increase is only about $ 45 million and that in order to get those funds, school districts were required to accept a series of new mandates and programs aimed at further implementing Malloy's corporate education reform agenda and diverting scarce public dollars to private companies.

One of the continuing themes of Dropout Nation is the intersection between reforms started by federal education policy and school reform initiatives on the state and local levels.

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«We expected a legal challenge when we drafted the measure,» said Lisa Macfarlane, state director for Democrats for Education Reform and one of the architects of the November 2012 charter initiative.

NCTR bridges the gap between practice and policy by focusing on state and federal level education reform initiatives, financial sustainability, and program scale.

Dr. Wood - Garnett is an accomplished educator with extensive experience in leading complex P — 20 education reform initiatives at the local, state, and national levels.

The initiative is a competitive grant program designed to «encourage and reward states that are creating the conditions for education innovation and reform,» according to its materials.

Gates is the leader of education philanthropy in the United States, spending a few billion dollars over more than a decade to promote school reforms that he championed, including the Common Core, a small - schools initiative in New York City that he abandoned after deciding it wasn't working, and efforts to create new teacher evaluation systems that in part use a controversial method of assessment that uses student standardized test scores to determine the «effectiveness» of educators.

The Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE), a statewide reform initiative led by Senator Bill Frist, has published an interim report on the state of education in TenneState Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE), a statewide reform initiative led by Senator Bill Frist, has published an interim report on the state of education in TEducation (SCORE), a statewide reform initiative led by Senator Bill Frist, has published an interim report on the state of education in Tennestate of education in Teducation in Tennessee.

While Malloy is touring the state claiming that his goal is to «win back» the respect of teachers, parents and public school advocates, later this week, Commissioner Pryor and SDE Turnaround Director Morgan Barth will be handing the microphone over to the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, a corporate funded lobby group that has spent over $ 160,000 lobbying on behalf of Malloy's «education reform» inEducation Reform, a corporate funded lobby group that has spent over $ 160,000 lobbying on behalf of Malloy's «education reform» initiReform, a corporate funded lobby group that has spent over $ 160,000 lobbying on behalf of Malloy's «education reform» ineducation reform» initireform» initiative.

But let us not forget that on February 8, 2012, Governor Dannel «Dan» Malloy, a Democrat, used his State of the State speech to eliminate teacher tenure as part of his corporate education reform industry initiative.

# 2: Governor Malloy's education reform initiative requires that the state's teacher evaluation programs to be linked to standardized test scores despite the fact that standardized tests scores are primarily influenced by poverty, language barriers, and the lack of special education services for students.

Over the past three years, these so - called reformers have spent a record breaking $ 6 million plus lobbying on behalf of Governor Malloy's education reform initiatives, many of which have been aimed at promoting the privatization of public education in the state.

Pryor began his tenure by using no - bid contacts to pass out millions of dollars in public funds to out - of - state companies for the purpose of developing Malloy's «education reform» initiative and transforming the State Department of Education into a gravy train for the corporate education reform industate companies for the purpose of developing Malloy's «education reform» initiative and transforming the State Department of Education into a gravy train for the corporate education reform education reform» initiative and transforming the State Department of Education into a gravy train for the corporate education reform induState Department of Education into a gravy train for the corporate education reform Education into a gravy train for the corporate education reform education reform industry.

In 2012 Malloy rolled out his «education reform» initiative becoming the first Democratic governor in history to call for eliminating teacher tenure for all public school teachers and unilaterally repealing collective bargaining rights for teachers in the state's poorest schools.

While Connecticut's public schools continue to suffer from inadequate state funding and Governor Dannel Malloy and his administration strive to undermine, dismiss and destroy the CCJEF school funding lawsuit that would finally ensure that Connecticut meets its State Constitutional obligation to provide all students with a quality education, Malloy's corporate education reform initiative has fueled an unprecedented growth of charter schools in Connectstate funding and Governor Dannel Malloy and his administration strive to undermine, dismiss and destroy the CCJEF school funding lawsuit that would finally ensure that Connecticut meets its State Constitutional obligation to provide all students with a quality education, Malloy's corporate education reform initiative has fueled an unprecedented growth of charter schools in ConnectState Constitutional obligation to provide all students with a quality education, Malloy's corporate education reform initiative has fueled an unprecedented growth of charter schools in Connecticut.

During the question and answer period following Malloy's talk, Jennifer Alexander, the CEO of ConnCAN and co-founder of A Better Connecticut, the corporate education reform lobbying group, tossed Malloy a soft - ball question about the town meetings Malloy held around the state to promote his education reform initiative in 2012.

The push, heavily motivated by federal funding initiatives such as the $ 4.35 billion Race to the Top program, and major education reform philanthropies, seeks to accelerate the rate of improvements in education and the number of United States students succeeding in school, career and life.

Lisa Macfarlane is the Washington State Director for Democrats for Education Reform, a co-founder of the League of Education Voters, a past President of Schools First (Seattle's levy and bond committee), the sponsor of two statewide education funding initiatives, and a PCO in the 46th Education Reform, a co-founder of the League of Education Voters, a past President of Schools First (Seattle's levy and bond committee), the sponsor of two statewide education funding initiatives, and a PCO in the 46th Education Voters, a past President of Schools First (Seattle's levy and bond committee), the sponsor of two statewide education funding initiatives, and a PCO in the 46th education funding initiatives, and a PCO in the 46th District.