Not exact matches
The money came tied to some fundamental changes in
public education, among them the adoption
of a
statewide teacher evaluation
system that could make it easier to fire those who log years
of poor performance.
Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach;
Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part
of the
statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric
system for students in Detroit; Match
Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness
of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit
Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation
of entrepreneurial leadership.
The
Public Education Information Management
System (PEIMS), TEA's
statewide database, reports key demographic data, including race, ethnicity, and gender for students and school personnel, as well as student eligibility for subsidized lunch (a standard indicator
of poverty).
By accountability, we mean that every school or
education provider - at least every one that accepts
public dollars - should subscribe to a coherent set
of rigorous,
statewide academic standards,
statewide assessments
of student and school performance, and a
statewide system of incentives and interventions tied to results.
Ingham School Officers Association (ISOA) Michigan Association for Administrators
of Special
Education (MAASE) Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) Michigan Association for Educational Data
Systems (MAEDS) Michigan Association
of Intermediate School Administrators (MAISA) Michigan Association for Media in
Education (MAME) Michigan Association
of School Administrators (MASA) Michigan Association
of School Boards (MASB) Michigan Association
of School Personnel Administrators (MASPA) Michigan Institute for Educational Management (MIEM) Michigan Negotiators Association (MNA) Michigan School Business Officials (MSBO) Michigan School
Public Relations Association (MSPRA) National Association
of Media and Technology Centers (NAMTC) National Association
of State Directors
of Special
Education (NASDE) REMC Association
of Michigan REMC
Statewide $ ave Bid Project
These schemes also include tax breaks for private school participants, a
statewide voucher
system, special
education vouchers, takeover policies that allow unelected czars to control
public schools, and an expansion
of private charters.
We have designed and delivered
statewide systems of professional learning for the Connecticut State Department
of Education and the New Mexico
Public Education Department and built training and resources to help the Florida Department
of Education transition to their new standards.