Sentences with phrase «target of reform efforts»

First, relatively affluent districts tend to have higher opt - out rates, with opt - out less common in the disadvantaged districts that are often the target of reform efforts.

Not exact matches

Greece needs to become more proactive, leading the rescue effort, pushing multiple growth - targeted reforms and evade the current passivity of awaiting dictums from abroad.

Campaign finance reform advocates kicked off a mailing campaign this week, targeting specific districts as they ratchet up their efforts in support of a public financing system.

Not surprisingly it has been the target of recurring efforts at reform.

The Rockefeller Foundation last week launched a three - part, multi-million-dollar initiative designed to encourage widespread adoption of innovative school - reform efforts targeting the needs of at - risk children.

Democratic senator Mary Landrieu, a cosponsor of the «Three R's» bill, worked tirelessly, and against considerable opposition from members of both political parties, to increase the targeting of federal education dollars to low - income communities and schools in an effort to better support their school reform efforts.

With a new generation of reform - minded philanthropists targeting high - profile efforts that will influence educational politics and policy, the time is ripe for a project that targets methodological advances and improvements for cost modeling strategies.

Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) had traditionally been a target for reform efforts thanks to a history of low - performing schools, a seemingly insurmountable achievement gap between student groups, and a relatively high proportion of state funding relative to local aid.

Often, the first programs to go have been programs for gifted children, the double target of spending cuts and school reform efforts.

Union acquiescence may have taken the wind out of the sails of the reform effort, but it is now rejuvenated by the targeting of tenure itself through the courts in California.

Broad has become a major target of teacher unions for his efforts nationwide to reform public schools through charters and an academy that trains executives to run them.

The ability to assess the level of proficiency targets is important to shining light on which states are engaging in much - needed systemic reform efforts, and casting antiseptic sunlight on those that are failing them miserably.

The bills are meant to target under - performing districts around the state, including Detroit, which has already become emblematic of sweeping reform efforts.

There are a ton of education reforms and policies tackling this problem through things like charter schools, college - and - career ready standards, targeted professional development, wrap - around services and more — all efforts that have made progress to closing the Black - white achievement gap.

District reform efforts often include the establishment of new school - based teacher leader positions (e.g., literacy coaches) to work with principals and with district consultants to provide professional development assistance (e.g., demonstrations, in - class coaching, school professional development, or PD, arrangements) to individual teachers and teams of teachers in the targeted focuses of reform.

In the state of Michigan, for example, even the decision of the state's highest court has not prevented consumer advocates from continuing their lobbying efforts on behalf of auto insurance reforms targeted at the use of credit scores in policy underwriting.

Ultimately, current reform efforts only target litigation abuse and ignore the more fundamental problem of the flood of low - quality software patents.