Sentences with phrase «system of schools»

A voucher system of school choice seems to fit that bill.

The old system of school funding was based on a complicated and arbitrary formula to determine a base level of funding to all school districts.

Naturally, parents are most interested in finding the best schools for their own children; they have less incentive to care about the overall performance of an entire system of schools.

But improvement means more than the pursuit of higher test scores; it also means creating a better system of schools so that all students have an equal educational opportunity.

The challenge for urban superintendents is to improve a whole system of schools and not settle for just a few more good campuses.

This last component would put greater pressure on systems of schools to provide a well - rounded education to all kids.

Now, our state's system of schools reflects our goals for student success.

Maintained discipline under the rules and disciplinary systems of the school.

The Association for Equity in Funding (AEF) is a group of Wisconsin school districts that seek financial equity in the state system of school financing.

These wealthy new investors became known as «venture philanthropists,» and they believed they could fix the broken system of schools in this country.

The district's passing rate of 31.2 percent for the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment test was, according to the state's Education Department, «exceptionally below» the state average of 59 percent in 2002.

And some states will probably not apply at all, because they are wary of disrupting their current systems of school accountability when Congress is likely to thoroughly rewrite the law within the next couple of years, Mr. Wilhoit said.

«The NASUWT has identified that the current system of school governance prevents the Welsh Government from putting truth to its commitment to protect jobs and raise standards.

«The NASUWT has argued consistently that the current system of school governance is not fit for purpose.

Statewide systems of school improvement and support were focused largely on compliance and sanctions based on bald, end - of - year data that provided little evidence of how results were achieved and moreover, were not useful for making decisions at the school and system levels.

The Association for Equity in Funding (AEF) is a group of Wisconsin school districts that seeks financial equity in the state system of school financing.

Tailored for children with autism, the Princeton House Charter School in center - city Orlando is exempt from the A-to-F state system of school grading that strikes fear in so many Florida educators» hearts.

Despite all the controversy around OECD's PISA testing, in its work with actual nations and systems, you do not see OECD promoting more US - style market - based systems of school competition or teacher preparation.

Dan and Larry wrap up their conversation about developing equitable, supportive, and restorative systems of school discipline by discussing how districts can start making changes.

We now have a much greater understanding of how schools can make a difference, and, although there are still too many young people failing to achieve their potential, by underpinning our national system of schools with the values and the five key points outlined in this report, we believe both the learning of pupils and the professional development of teachers will benefit greatly.»

Regrettably, through all the NCLB trashing, Winerip never described these issues so that lay readers, almost certainly unfamiliar with this context, could at least understand the current environment let alone learn about the complexity of the law and the challenges of designing policy for our decentralized system of schooling.

We have an astonishingly under - resourced, deprioritized, and inchoate system of school supports for kids on the right side of the academic distribution.

Milwaukee has the most extensive system of school choice in any American city.

The program is aimed at helping low - income families navigate a complex system of school choice by providing information on all types of schools, helping parents choose the right school for their children and providing support through the application process.

In the effort to improve student achievement, we have pushed the existing system of schools into hyperdrive, asking students and staff to work at a speed that negatively affects learning in the long run.

The task before us is creating arrangements that empower families, practitioners, and the community and help develop a continuously improving system of schools.

Looking back 25 years later, Coleman himself would note that the Coleman Report's focus on administrative issues had largely ignored what he had long considered key: the necessity of talking to students about the social systems of schools and how they actually felt, day to day, going to school.

To address the structural inequities that perpetuate the opportunity gap and affect low - income students and students of color, Education Pioneers is building a network of leaders and partners in education who can reimagine systems of schools nationwide.

In her much - lauded book, Unaccompanied Minors: Immigrant Youth, School Choice, and the Pursuit of Equity, she investigates what life is like for Latin American — immigrant youth facing the complicated system of school choice in New York City.

Nevertheless, while Detroit's district schools are so bad that it's not a very high bar, Detroit does show how even a significantly regulated system of school choice can outperform the government's system of district schools.

Following the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court reversal of the Rodríguez decision that found the Texas system of school finance unconstitutional, he resigned from the Edgewood ISD to establish IDRA to advocate school finance reform and improved educational opportunities for all children.

As Thomas Jefferson put it, in arguing for a national system of schools, the idea was to have a common curriculum where «a foundation [would be] laid for a government truly republican.»

We want to put an end to the antiquated system of school funding which saw so many young people miss out on resources because of an unfair postcode lottery.

The goal is to create a «system of schools rather than a school system,» said Bradley Leon, the new chief innovation officer for the Shelby County district.

In this installment of Dan and Larry's discussion based on their shared focus on developing and sustaining equitable, supportive, and restorative systems of school discipline, they cover remedies and approaches to the problem.

«By continuing to expand a parallel system of schools that does not provide equal opportunity to all students, the children of my public school district have become victims of a system that is neither fair nor equitable,» Record said.

During the Great Depression the state assumed the major role for funding schools: «provided for the operation of a uniform system of schools in the whole State for a term of eight months... and relieved the county board of education of the responsibility for operating and maintaining the public schools of the county,» according to the 1933 School Machinery Act.

Within the span of one year, all public - school employees were fired, the teacher contract expired and was not replaced, and the state took control of almost all public schools, dramatically reshaping the teacher workforce and providing the first direct test of an alternative to the U.S.'s century - old system of school governance.

The PSFA funding formula has never been adjusted to provide sufficient funding or a method of allocating funds that is rationally related to the goals and objectives of the education reform legislation or related to student achievement as measured by the state's systems of school district accountability and accreditation.

Prior to this, Mahnaz was the director of strategic planning, research and evaluation at Fulton County Schools, a charter system of schools serving over 96,000 students in Atlanta, GA..

Scratch the surface and this same system of schooling is happening in our own schools; producing what William Deresiewicz recently coined «Excellent Sheep» in his publication of the same name: flocks of very clever students, well trained within a system to pass exams, yet whom are often unable to think for themselves.

A smaller public sector, perhaps, but it is noticeable that as Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove is creating a far more market - like system of school provision; he is also protecting spending levels.

«The public deserves to see in place a robust and independent system of school accountability that does not allow those who are privileged to be running state funded schools to operate within their own secret garden.

We should accomplish the following four tasks by September 2017 so we can build an equitable, transparent, dynamic, self - improving, choice - driven, citywide system of schools.