Sentences with phrase «tenure reform among»

«I have a lot of agreement with the president and Arne Duncan on these education issues, and I've said that publicly many times,» Christie said in March at a televised forum on education.Christie has said that he and the president often see eye to eye on charter schools, teacher evaluation, and tenure reform among other topics.

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But he has also said recently that he wants education reform to be among the achievements that define his tenure, along with his legacy same - sex marriage and gun control legislation.

But the governor's plan would effectively give him ownership of the state's massive public school system, and would be among the most ambitious changes he's pursued in his governorship, a tenure that so far has included legalizing same - sex marriage, strengthening gun control, creating a statewide property - tax cap and reforming the state pension system.

Cuomo's ambitious education reform proposals include raising the charter cap by 100 slots, weighing standardized tests more heavily in teacher evaluations and linking evaluations with tenure awards, among other reforms.

Included among the proposed reforms is a teacher evaluation system based half on student test scores, an increase in the length of time before a teacher is eligible for tenure and allowing the state to take over failing schools and districts.

Among them, he added, were key reforms that defined Mr. Thompson's tenure: a warrant amnesty program, a policy not to prosecute some low - level marijuana offenses and a special unit devoted to wrongful convictions.

There is little evidence evaluation reforms had any differential effect by university selectivity, while tenure reforms appear to have reduced supply more among candidates from less selective universities.

And, she said, Florida just last year launched a sweeping education reform that among other things did away with teacher tenure.

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The group selected its candidates through questionnaires that asked, among other queries, whether they supported teacher - tenure reform.

During Henderson's five - year tenure, test scores have improved, schools have beefed up academic and extracurricular offerings and the system — once considered among the most dysfunctional in the nation — has been hailed by President Obama as an example of promising reform.

The report argues that better teacher preparation should be considered among other reforms, such as linking teacher evaluations to student test scores, lengthening the tenure period and finding ways to fire ineffective teachers.

«The first half of his tenure was marked by a series of reforms: closing more than one dozen failing schools and programs and creating several others that have thrived; decentralizing the system by cutting the headquarters staff by more than half; giving principals power over budget decisions; creating choice for city families, and competition among middle and high schools; and signing a landmark pay - for - performance teachers» union contract that was hailed as a model in the nation.

Among the «teacher advocacy group's» major funders is Education Reform Now, another corporate funded advocacy group that spends its money promoting charter schools and an end to tenure and «seniority - based layoff.»