Charter schools» intense focus on quality, culture and accountability undergirds
successful school reform efforts.
The most -
successful school reform efforts undertaken by philanthropists have not been ones that attempted to focus on school district bureaucracies, but on expanding opportunities for high - quality education for children and families.
For one, his proclamations that families aren't equipped to manage schools fails to consider the reality that some of the most -
successful school reform efforts have been — and continue to be — done by folks who didn't know much about education until stumbled into reform.
At the same time, Rotherham fails to remember that for all the preening of Beltway reformers, the most -
successful school reform efforts have been — and continue to be — done by folks who didn't know much about education until stumbled into reform.
In the 11 years since the state took over Philadelphia, the district has gone through an array of overhauls, including the hand - off of school operations to outfits such as Edison Schools, and even the hard work of reformers such as Paul Vallas (who began Chicago's
successful school reform effort and has just finished up a successful stint overseeing the revamp of New Orleans» school system).
Not exact matches
Woolwich — Senate President Steve Sweeney, Assemblyman John Burzichelli and Assemblyman Adam Taliaferro joined with local officials, educators and others today in a community forum to mark the increase in
school funding for the Kingsway Regional School System as the result of the successful effort to include the school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE&
school funding for the Kingsway Regional
School System as the result of the successful effort to include the school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE&
School System as the result of the
successful effort to include the
school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE&
school funding
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Bridgeton — Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assemblyman John Burzichelli joined with local officials, educators and others in a community forum to mark the increase in
school funding for the Bridgeton School District as the result of the successful effort to include the school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE&
school funding for the Bridgeton
School District as the result of the successful effort to include the school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE&
School District as the result of the
successful effort to include the
school funding reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE&
school funding
reform plan in the new state budget.READ MORE»
«Dennis Walcott has been working his entire life to help New York City's
school children, and I am confident that experience will help him build on the
successful reform efforts of the past nine years and improve our classrooms for the generations to come,» Bloomberg said in a statement praising Steiner's decision.
Any serious
reform effort must articulate a credible strategy for replicating
successful schools.
Rothstein's tack differs from Murray's in that Rothstein tries to provide evidence of the limited potential of
school reform by debunking specific claims of
successful efforts.
As education leaders who have implemented
successful education
reforms around the country, we believe that Title II - A, the largest Federal resource dedicated specifically for the development of teachers and
school leaders, is vital to our
efforts.
Moreover, with U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan making the replication of
successful charter
schools a key component of his
school -
reform plan, the District's
efforts could well serve as a model for the nation.
Pennsylvania can easily start by embracing the approach taken by Louisiana and its so - far
successful reform effort in New Orleans, handing over control of traditional
schools to an array of Parent Power groups, community organizations, and charter
school operators.
The now - stillborn
school reform effort undertaken by the Los Angeles Unified School District, for example, flourished under reform - minded California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (whose state board backed charter school chain Green Dot's successful move to force the district into a corner) and a state legislature that was seeking a share of Race to the Top do
school reform effort undertaken by the Los Angeles Unified
School District, for example, flourished under reform - minded California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (whose state board backed charter school chain Green Dot's successful move to force the district into a corner) and a state legislature that was seeking a share of Race to the Top do
School District, for example, flourished under
reform - minded California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (whose state board backed charter
school chain Green Dot's successful move to force the district into a corner) and a state legislature that was seeking a share of Race to the Top do
school chain Green Dot's
successful move to force the district into a corner) and a state legislature that was seeking a share of Race to the Top dollars.
From where Casey sits, the criticism of Brown and others about the unwillingness of the AFT to embrace any
reform of the obsolete process for teacher dismissals — including the Big Apple affiliate's
successful opposition to Bloomberg's
effort this year to give the city's
schools chancellor final say over dismissing those alleged and convicted of criminal misconduct (and those engaged in inappropriate behavior with students)-- amounts to» a vicious slander» geared to «chip away at public support for the due process rights» and to «distract» people from the city's failures to put more
effort into firing such teachers.
Successful education
reform efforts — such as the Harlem Children's Zone, which provides «wraparound» social and health services alongside charter
schools, or California's Linked Learning
schools, which connect teenagers to meaningful on - the - job training — are built on this more holistic understanding of the forces that shape a child's life and determine her future.
But since the 1960s,
successful efforts by teachers» unions to pass state laws forcing districts to bargain with them, along with
school funding lawsuits and property tax
reforms such as California's Proposition 13, have led to states taking a more prominent role in all aspects of education.
The value - added achievement awards were so
successful in encouraging
school and district improvement
efforts that Senator Bill Frist's State Collaborative on
Reforming Education launched its own rewards program in 2012.
Focusing on the development of a campus» climate as a learning environment is fundamental to improved teacher morale and student achievement (Nomura, 1999) and formally assessing and addressing
school climate is essential to any
schools»
effort toward
successful reform, achievement and making a difference for underprivileged student groups (California P - 16 council, 2008).
He describes a number of
successful programs and models that support students at risk of dropping out, and calls on
school leaders to use this knowledge to guide
reform efforts.