Sentences with phrase «teacher policy reforms»

According to the National Council on Teacher Quality, which advocates on teacher policy reforms, 20 states now require school districts to consider student performance when deciding whether to grant teachers tenure.

But it's much to the credit of the current U.S. secretary of education, Arne Duncan, that he has carefully kept his distance, insisting instead on accountability, choice, and teacher policy reforms that the Broader, Bolder group finds dispensable.

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The site is truly comprehensive, not only covering all aspects of school food reform (including competitive food) but also related topics such as drafting a solid wellness policy, starting a school garden, or dealing with teachers who hand out candy rewards.

They make it clear that unless the preparation provided to teachers and the consultations we provide to parents are grounded in some form of definitional consensus, our field will undermine its ability to play a greater role at the table of school reform and policy development.

ALBANY — The final budget bill containing education funding and policy, introduced on Tuesday afternoon, included modified versions of many of Governor Andrew Cuomo's original reform proposals, including an overhauled teacher evaluation system.

Cuomo took an aggressive position during his budget and policy address Wednesday, threatening to withhold a significant funding increase for schools if lawmakers don't approve his controversial reform proposals, such as an amendment to the state's teacher - evaluation system that would increase the ratings» reliance on standardized testing.

«While there's still more to do this session on charters and the education investment tax credit, and more to ensure every child has access to great schools, Governor Cuomo fought hard to make meaningful reforms to tenure, arbitration policies and teacher evaluation criteria and his vision and hard work paid off.»

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As for policy, Cox pointed to the Republican Party's support for education reform efforts that have put them at odds with politically influential teachers unions.

Responding to the report published today by Policy Exchange arguing for reform of the public sector pay and pensions frameworks, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «This report appears to be another example of supporters of the Coalition Government seeking to rally support for localised pay in the face of a dearth of evidence to back up the Coalition's proposals for the abolition of national pay frameworks for public services.

As he launched the policy at the West Africa Senior High School in Accra today [Tuesday], the President said quality teacher training was essential to achieving the educational reforms to the fullest.

Whether he will weigh in on the issue that is most on the minds of many teachers and parents — the controversy over the Common Core and other education reform policies — is an open question.

For ways students and teachers can help, check out two free online resources: The Quick & Easy Guide to Green Cleaning Schools, an initiative of the Healthy Schools Campaign's Green Clean Schools and the Cleaning for Healthy Schools Toolkit, an initiative of the National Collaborative Work Group on Green Cleaning and Chemical Policy Reform in Schools.

The logic of standards - based reform is «fundamentally at odds» with that of loose - coupling, because reform violates the premise that teachers should be buffered from outside interference and makes «what actually gets taught a matter of public policy and open political discourse.»

If we want to change education in the U.S. — more profoundly than we can by reforming curricula or standardized tests or teacher - certification policies — we have to believe, too.

Although 43 states are employing strategies that encourage elementary teachers to teach higher - order thinking skills, few have developed comprehensive policies for reforming the curriculum to include such skills in the early grades, a study by a federally sponsored research center shows.

«Bob's 35 - year track record in school reform, coupled with his work as a teacher, public policy advisor and foundation director will serve him well for this assignment.»

«We can only achieve ambitious reform in education policy through sustained effort, commitment and collaboration — teachers and principals must be a part of this — and this forum showed dedication to achieving that,» Ms Rodgers said.

That recognition has driven a tidal wave of controversial policy reforms over the past decade, rooted in new evaluation systems that link teachers» ratings and, in some cases, their pay and advancement to evidence of classroom practice and student learning.

Today's advocates for better schools are insurgent groups that challenge the establishment by encouraging parents to engage actively in K - 12 reform efforts, demanding major changes in school choice and teacher policies, as well as school governance.

Hurrah for the Education Policy Council of Florida's House of Representatives for endorsing the bold teacher - reforms of pending bill HB 7189, now headed for the House floor tomorrow or Thursday.

But since its inception in 2005, Democrats for Education Reform, a political action committee based in New York City, has sought to use campaign donations to smooth the way for policies such as expanding charter schools and differential pay for teachers that are sometimes opposed by traditional Democratic constituencies.

Manno focuses on three of these nonprofit organizations that have had helped to lift charter school caps, implement «parent trigger» policies, and reform teacher effectiveness provisions.

National Survey shows increased support for vouchers, but public's views on merit pay, charters, and other policies have not changed, though teacher opposition to reforms intensifies

Joan Baratz - Snowden, the vice president for education policy and reform, has become the deputy director of the educational - issues department at the American Federation of Teachers.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Donald G. Gill asked for $ 900 - million in new money for education, including $ 134 million for «reform costs,» the costs of carrying out3board policies regarding inservice training for teachers and administrators.

There seems a growing recognition that value - added gains are a fair and important indicator of school performance and they address an issue that has crippled education reform for decades: Poor alignment between teacher training, teaching practices, and public policy.

A high - school English teacher in her ninth year, Keigan and other fellows have been involved in shaping the details of SB 191, the Colorado reform bill that made major changes to teacher - related policies, including evaluations and tenure.

Furthermore, many argue that freedom from sometimes constraining teacher contracts and district policies can infuse a breath of fresh air badly needed in school reform.

Moreover, summative assessment sat at the core of many of the policy reforms that the leaders described: additional accountability levers such as teacher evaluation systems and statewide school report cards draw on data coming out of these summative tests to make determinations and comparisons regarding teacher and school - level performance.

Calls to reform teacher layoff policies have begun to appear with regularity in newspaper editorials, policy briefs, and statehouses — and for good reason.

Contrary to claims that teacher evaluation reforms are leading to strict, one - size - fits - all policies, data suggests that local districts are implementing state - based teacher evaluation reforms inconsistently.

Peterson, Howell and West: Teachers Unions Have a Popularity Problem The Wall Street Journal, June 4, 2012 «On behalf of Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance and the journal Education Next, we have asked the following question since 2009: «Some people say that teacher unions are a stumbling block to school reform.

A better means of driving reform would be to reward states and districts based not on unenforceable promises but on specific, concrete steps to overhaul anachronistic policies like teacher tenure, now granted in most states as a matter of course after just a couple of years in the classroom.

To date, major reforms of teacher policy include changes in performance evaluation, professional development, incentives, and pre-service teacher training.

The less satisfied respondents are with teacher quality, the more likely they are to support reforms to teacher - related policies.

She was one of the first people in ed - reform to understand that we weren't going to beat the teachers unions with op - eds and policy papers (as much as it pains me, a think - tank guy, to say that).

He worked as schoolteacher, teacher educator and policy advisor in Finland and has studied education systems and reforms around the world.

Michael McShane is research fellow in education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute and coeditor with Frederick Hess of Common Core Meets Education Reform: What It All Means for Politics, Policy, and the Future of Schooling (Teachers College Press, policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute and coeditor with Frederick Hess of Common Core Meets Education Reform: What It All Means for Politics, Policy, and the Future of Schooling (Teachers College Press, Policy, and the Future of Schooling (Teachers College Press, 2013).

by Brett Wigdortz, founder and CEO, Teach First; Fair access: Making school choice and admissions work for all by Rebecca Allen, reader in the economics of education at the Institute of Education, University of London; School accountability, performance and pupil attainment by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within - school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of London.

Since systemic reform requires big changes in philosophy and policy, these three pieces were particularly welcome: David Osborne applied his steer / row framework to teacher empowerment in charters, Politico showed what D.C.'s robust charter sector is accomplishing, and Fordham offered a terrific taxonomy of state - level school governance.

Based on the author's experiences as a teacher and as an anthropologist, it discusses how both using and anxiously suppressing race labels (being what Pollock calls «colormute») affect everyday and policy discussions about achievement, discipline, curriculum, reform, and educational opportunity.

A sharp divide among Democrats was in full view at the party's national convention in Denver, where urban mayors and educators, gathered at a forum sponsored by Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), challenged the dominant role of teachers unions in shaping policy.

Also in this issue: six recommendations to fix Detroit's broken school system, three expert opinions on whether high schools should offer two - tiered diplomas, and a piece on the Vergara v. California case that considers whether litigation is the best approach to reforming teacher tenure policies.

A study from the Consortium of Policy Research in Education (CPRE) of Philadelphia schools after the reform found that schools using positive rather than punitive disciplinary measures had more faculty cohesion, better teacher morale, and served higher socioeconomic status students than schools not complying with the reform.

For those interested in the finer points of education policy, I'd also recommend: Alyson Klein on helping long - term English - language learners, Chad Aldeman on the difficulty of «raising the bar» for teacher preparation entry, Mike Petrilli's Education Next piece on a schools agenda for working - class families, Kathleen Porter Magee on a great - news story for Catholic schools, Nat Malkus on the Title I funding fight, and Paul Peterson on the «Bush - Obama» approach to reform.

Common reform policies included the use of objective student data to evaluate teacher performance, more frequent classroom observations, and the rollout of performance - based incentives (or disciplinary action).

And this is how the teachers unions have used their political power in shaping the nation's schools: not by imposing the policies they want, but by blocking or weakening those they don't want — and thus preventing true reform.

It would be bigger and better funded, but it would similarly offer extra money to states if they pursued certain types of policies, including preschool expansion, teacher quality reforms, extra funding for schools with extra challenges, and curriculum changes.

It's a good point, and highlights the problems with a reform strategy that is dismissive of suburban concerns and proudly unconcerned with how preferred policy solutions (accountability, teacher evaluation) play out in upper - income precincts.