Sentences with phrase «substantial autonomy»

Historically, teachers and administrators have been granted substantial autonomy, and their pay and jobs have been almost totally secure, regardless of their performance.

Although enjoying substantial autonomy from the central office, charter schools were required to enroll students with at - risk backgrounds, particularly at the middle - and high - school levels.

The new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) returns substantial autonomy to states when it comes to school accountability, teacher evaluation, school improvement, and much else.

Individual investors — or the handful of advisors, such as your grandfather's firm, who are granted substantial autonomy by their clients whose focus is on building wealth — who aspire to long - term success can not afford the luxury of impatience (though they usually think the opposite is true).

To achieve these objectives, KIPP schools leverage strong student - behavior policies with rewards and sanctions; contracts between students, parents, and teachers; longer school days and school on Saturdays; substantial autonomy for principals; and close monitoring of school performance in terms of student achievement and college readiness.

The arrangement affords school leaders substantial autonomy to handcraft their schools to fit the needs of their students.

In fact, in most of the countries that performed well in PISA — such as Canada, Finland, and Japan — schools now have substantial autonomy with regard to adapting and implementing education content and allocating and managing resources.

Consistent with one of the key intentions of charter schools, ECMS has substantial autonomy surrounding curriculum and pedagogy in order to serve as a «catalyst in the restructuring of our public schools» (Connecticut State Department of Education, 2013).

Mr. Buffett, how do you satisfy yourself that Berkshire isn't subject to the same risk with its highly decentralized structure and the very substantial autonomy given to senior leadership of the operating companies?

This federal law replaces NCLB and returns substantial autonomy to the states when it comes to school accountability, teacher evaluation, and more.

But those of us in the «independent charter sector» who enjoy substantial autonomy (or at least the promise thereof), who have articulated a mission for their school and have the support of a thoughtful governing board are in a position to speak loudly to their mission and principles.

But what matters the most for high levels of thriving is that people who cowork have substantial autonomy and can be themselves at work.

In Maine, Democratic Gov. John Baldacci is proposing a new set of measures, including allowing student - achievement data to be used in evaluating educators, and letting districts create «innovative» schools that would have substantial autonomy.

So to a certain extent, the substantial autonomy has to be tempered with recognition of those kinds of things that need to be and fall back on the responsibility of the host district,» Green said.