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The Problem of the School Inspector Concept: Give the Education Sector credit for offering a new approach to systemic reform with last week's report on how states and the federal government could embrace the school inspection concept based on the model used in Great Britain.

Instead of trying to buy systemic reform with school - level investments, a new goal is to leverage private money in a way that redirects how public education dollars are spent.

AFC also advocates for systemic reform with respect to school discipline and the role of New York Police Department personnel in schools.

October 27: Higher Education, the Cost Disease, and Systemic Reform with Professor Mark Yudof, University of California at Berkeley School of Law and president emeritus.

Not exact matches

The administration's patent reform agenda «reflects recognition that there are systemic problems with the patent system,» Meurer says.

IFLR's coverage of the Isda annual general meeting in Miami has outlined the Commodity Futures Trade Commission's (CFTC) chairman Christopher Giancarlo's plans for a proposed reform of the swaps framework to better balance systemic risk mitigation with healthy market activity.

A new paradigm in the fight against childhood obesity and diet - related illnesses, Cook for America ® promotes school food reform with an emphasis on holistic, systemic change.

«The Administration has already begun the process to create the independent watchdog the Speaker is referring to by establishing a first - ever outside not - for - profit organization to monitor the system, advocate for the rights of people with special needs and disabilities and recommend future systemic reforms,» Introne said in the statement.

And help us with reform so that we can cure these systemic issues.»

«I want to thank the Commission members and staff for their dedication and public service, and look forward to reviewing the Commission's findings in detail and continuing to work with the Legislature to enact systemic reform.»

«If enacted, this bill would run rough - shod over systemic reforms carefully negotiated with the Legislature to avoid saddling local property taxpayers with additional unmanageable burdens,» Cuomo said.

The mayor set aside $ 1.5 million in the executive budget to study systemic issues with the BOE and said another $ 18.5 million would be included in the adopted budget if the board agrees to make significant reforms.

is RECOGNIZING that the mayoral control «reform» — like previous efforts to change the system's governance without clearly articulating the educational purpose of the reform or facing society's deep systemic problems of poverty and racism — still leaves the city with schools that fail to meet the academic, social and emotional needs of our students;

«These reasonable reforms address a scandal that affected over $ 1 billion in public funds and revealed profound systemic problems with how the state awards certain large contracts,» said the letter, sent Friday.

But, as with any systemic change, reform would seriously threaten the interests of those who currently benefit from the existing arrangements.

Then, this past April, she teamed up with three other scientific superstars — Bruce Alberts, former president of the National Academy of Sciences and former editor - in - chief of Science; Marc W. Kirschner, founding chair of the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School; and Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate, former director of NIH, and current director of the National Cancer Institute — to publish «Rescuing US biomedical research from its systemic flaws,» a critique and call for reform that seems already to have altered the course of the workforce debate, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

He argues that the leadership of the Milwaukee schools, the school board and the central office, attempted to respond with systemic and school - based reforms, but were perpetually thwarted by managerial and political constraints that he describes with chilling insight and accuracy.

I was intrigued, skeptical, and completely hooked on CRPE's agenda: to think up provocative ideas about systemic reform; do rigorous, honest research to learn if they work or not; and then actively work with thought leaders to inform policy.

Not coincidentally, both are affiliated with CRPE, which has studied systemic reform for ages and dedicated significant recent bandwidth to SEA reform.

Besides gaining access to district buildings, these schools also tend to attract principals and teachers who like the idea of working more closely with districts and being part of systemic reform.

D.C. has recently undertaken two invaluable reforms that, when combined with the city's other systemic features, place D.C. on the brink of becoming the urban school system of the future.

The program explores the challenges of implementing standards - based reform and equips participants with strategies for overcoming common hurdles and becoming catalysts of systemic change.

You will also have opportunities to reflect on your personal leadership strengths and explore strategies for developing a team with the full range of capacities needed to lead systemic reform.

There are major problems with this legislation; anybody who thinks federal dictates have disappeared are in for a surprise, and anybody who would like to see the federal government exercise its power to fix systemic school funding problems and seriously broaden the scope of reform are in for a letdown, too.

We believe that education reform is best achieved through a systemic approach, with attention to multiple contexts.

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.

Since the 1960s, efforts to reform education — including various curricular changes, reading approaches, teacher preparation, money for the disadvantaged, and different instructional approaches — have failed to bring about true systemic change because the reforms fail to deal with a different definition of learning.

The state is now engaged in systemic reform, which seeks to change the culture of low expectations in state, to prepare all students with rigorous coursework at both the secondary and postsecondary levels.

I don't think we're going to have large scale success with systemic reform until we see districts able to understand some of these process things.

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.

During Allison's tenure with the Wichita Public Schools, systemic reform strategies were being implemented and Wichita's enrollment grew.

Given the role of NEA and AFT affiliates as prime campaign financiers of state legislative campaigns, along with the fact that districts are often the centers of political power in southern states, the federal lever is critical to advancing systemic reform.

AFC is a recognized leader in school reform efforts, with expertise in bringing together community - based organizations, parents» groups, and government agencies to address systemic problems and improve outcomes and options for all students.

As the Executive Director of High Schools for Edison Schools and the Chief Academic Officer for Great Schools Workshop in Sacramento, CA, Patrick worked with building and district administrations in nine states to implement systemic high school reform.

The problem with that strategy is that even the Gates Foundation does not have nearly enough money to buy systemic reform one school at a time.

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

As Dropout Nation has documented over the past three years, the administration's No Child waiver gambit is already damaging systemic reform efforts on the ground; the administration's declaration last Saturday that there is supposedly too much testing, has also given ammunition to traditionalists and movement conservatives otherwise unconcerned with education policy.

In recent years, we have partnered with an urban school district in a systemic middle level science curriculum reform effort.

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.

Some of this certainly has to do with NEA and AFT affiliates, which have worked hard to beat back any efforts at systemic reform especially in the area of overhauling teacher quality.

What we should do instead is expand upon the accountability measures set in place a decade ago under No Child — and provide families with the data they need (including, contrary to the assertions of our friend, Andy Rotherham, value - added data on teacher performance) so they can make smart choices and spur systemic reform.

He is a domestic education and workforce development specialist with almost 40 years of experience in the design, development, and management of projects and programs dealing with educational policy, teacher education and professional development, college and career readiness, workforce development, and systemic reform.

In a statement, Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, said he looked forward to «continuing to work with the Legislature to enact systemic reform.»

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.

These days, Hess seems to be more - obsessed with making «bold» and «contrarian» pronouncements that do little to advance much - needed systemic reform than the rigorous, thoughtful scholarship on education issues that once were his stock and trade.

He also seems to have a problem with what he calls «self - styled» reformers who have come on to the scene in recent years, essentially arguing that the likes of Steve Brill and Davis Guggenheim (as well as one would suspect, the editor of this publication) have no business offering an opinion, much less pushing for systemic reform.

What Pondiscio thinks they should do is ignore other systemic reforms and tout his silver bullet: A national curriculum with Core Knowledge at its heart.

Assessing What Really Matters in Schools: Creating Hope for the Future, by Ronald J. Newell and Mark J. Van Ryzin, asserts that» «since the 1960s, efforts to reform education — including various curricular changes, reading approaches, teacher preparation, money for the disadvantaged, and different instructional approaches — have failed to bring about true systemic change because the reforms fail to deal with a different definition of learning.»»

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.

Within Black America, there is a lot of disagreement between old - school civil rights players — who continue to see integration, busing and equity lawsuits as the cure for achievement gaps between blacks and whites — and the younger generation of African - Americans, who understand that more - systemic reforms (including breaking ranks with the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers) is critical to black economic and social advancement.