Sentences with phrase «supporting systemic reforms»

The programs are aimed at supporting systemic reforms without dictating what such reforms should look...

Paul Reville: NCLB represents an ambitious attempt by the federal government to support the systemic reforms that had been adopted in virtually all of the states in the 1990s.

PT3 bibliography: Technology integration in higher education: An annotated bibliography and resource list to support systemic reform.

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Teach For America, which Mr. Steffensen cites as an example of society's desire for quick private - sector fixes in lieu of politically and fiscally costly systemic reform, is a new national teacher corps that recruits, trains, places, and supports outstanding individuals who commit two years to teach in urban and rural areas suffering from persistent teacher shortages.

Programmatic approaches to addressing dropping out are popular because they are easier to implement than systemic reforms, and they target students who clearly need support.

I don't think that the existence of cheating «gives tacit support to arguments that standardized testing should not be used in evaluating teachers or for systemic reform,» it seems to demonstrate the problems that occur when reformers use low quality, and poorly administered, standardized tests as the primary measure of teacher quality.

Chief in these efforts is the Smart Arkansas suite, a series of programs that deal with elementary, middle and high school reform, professional development, and that combine for a more strategic and systemic way to support low - performing students.

At the same time, their silence gives tacit support to arguments by traditionalists that standardized testing should not be used in evaluating teachers or for systemic reform (even when, as seen this week from American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and others critical of the state education policy report card issued by Rhee's StudentsFirst, find it convenient to use test score data for their own purposes).

As I told UrbanFaith's Christine A. Scheller, this is just one more example of the NAACP's biggest problem: An organization which was once proudly and rightfully in the forefront of school reform in the last century lacks an education advocacy road map that supports systemic school reform.

Centrist Democrats, in particular, are worried that civil rights - and progressive reformers will drive out conservatives in the movement (as well as White moderates such as themselves), weakening long - term support for advancing systemic reform.

We've collaborated with the Collaboration for Effective Educators Development, Accountability and Reform (CEEDAR) Center and The National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) as well as launched a diverse coalition of organizations to support states in their efforts to develop teachers and leader who can successfully prepare students with disabilities to achieve college and career - ready standards.

Our policy reform efforts coupled with strategic litigation support led to a major systemic overhaul.

Payzant believed that a systemic approach to school reform led by the district was necessary to support and organize school improvement.

Despite the decline, Schott has done plenty on behalf of the union and AFT to oppose systemic reform; this includes Schott President John Jackson, co-writing a letter with Pedro Noguera and Judith Browne Dianis of the Advancement Project (which received $ 150,000 from the union in 2014 - 2015) criticizing civil rights groups for supporting standardized testing and the accountability provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act.

He also served as the director of the Systemic Supports for School Reform program at the Center for Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins University and as a member of the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners.

But the fact that the Obama administration granted Virginia a waiver in the first place in spite of its record of obstinacy on systemic reform, along with the fact that many of the 32 other states granted waivers (along with the District of Columbia) have also set low expectations for districts and schools to improve the achievement of the poor and minority kids in their care, has put President Obama in the uncomfortable position of supporting the soft bigotry of low expectations for children — especially those who share his race and skin color.

Supported by the National Science Foundation, USI is a systemic change initiative charged by the School District of Philadelphia to reform math, science, and technology instruction that...

The centerpiece of the Center's systemic reform work is multi-year support, technical assistance and coaching to Connecticut school districts.

As we move into ESSA implementation, states and local districts are faced with both challenges and opportunities to plan comprehensive reforms that include systemic support for principals and other school leaders.

The benefits include: • Provides schools with a regional coordinator to support implementation • O ffers opportunities to learn from other schools on the NPDL journey • Provides access to a CEC team of experts in implementing systemic change • Access to regional network meetings three times each year • Ability to participate in support webinars • Deep connection with the Teacher Union Reform Network (TURN)

Under its three integrated pillars, it will provide finance and guarantees for investments, technical support to local authorities and companies and strive to improve the investment climate through systemic reforms and good governance.