Sentences with phrase «time education reform advocate»

Long time education reform advocate, Caprice Young, is taking over the troubled Magnolia Public Schools charter network, but it won't be official until a set of test results come in.

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«During his time in the House, he has represented our community well and has been a tireless advocate for education reform and increased opportunity for all Floridians.

With the nomination of Betsy DeVos — the soon - to - be former chair of the American Federation for Children and a lifelong school - choice advocate — as the next secretary of education, many folks are now trying to understand for the very first time the role vouchers and private school choice play in the reform universe.

According to Ravitch, writing in a recent New York Times op - ed essay, titled, of course, Waiting for a School Miracle, all these high - powered education reformers, from President Obama to Arne Duncan to Jeb Bush to Michael Bloomberg, are claiming «miracles» for their reform efforts; and Ravitch is there, a one - woman Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Devil's Advocate, to throw some almighty holy water on the hype fires.

The school choice reforms adopted by the legislature this year are already receiving national attention with the Washington Times saying, «Mississippi parents and school choice advocates hit a trifecta last week» after expansions to the charter school law and the Education Scholarship Account (ESA) program, and a renewal of the Dyslexia Scholarship Program occurred on the same day.

POLITICS Chalkbeat: Walton memo recommends charter advocates do more to persuade Democrats Daily Signal: Latest NAEP Scores Show DeVos Was Right About Public Schools Sacramento Bee: Charter school backers spend millions to support Villaraigosa for governor Chalkbeat: Candidates backed by powerful coalition sweep Newark's historic school board election LA Times: The power game behind the search for a new L.A. schools leader Chalkbeat: CO Democrats overwhelmingly reject Democrats for Education Reform at state assembly

A crescendo of support from education researchers, analysts, reform advocates, and lawmakers about the need for additional learning time for our nation's under - performing students may well result in the coming months in meaningful reform.

Some long - time Mississippians and education advocates say that the reforms alums are focusing on, like charter schools, will simply perpetuate a revolving door of teachers and do not necessarily improve schools.

On another front, Adamowski also spends a good deal of his time speaking and advocating for «education reform».

As Wendy Lecker writes in her latest commentary piece for the Stamford Advocates and Hearst Media Group newspapers, «The time has come to repeal Malloy's education reforms and develop proposals that will actually improve our schools.»

Fellow education blogger Diane Ravitch, the nation's premier public education advocate, opened the New York Times this morning and noted that even the New York Times has been «snowed» by the Corporate Education Reform Industry and their false narrative that the solution to the challenges facing public education in the United States is to have more standardizededucation blogger Diane Ravitch, the nation's premier public education advocate, opened the New York Times this morning and noted that even the New York Times has been «snowed» by the Corporate Education Reform Industry and their false narrative that the solution to the challenges facing public education in the United States is to have more standardizededucation advocate, opened the New York Times this morning and noted that even the New York Times has been «snowed» by the Corporate Education Reform Industry and their false narrative that the solution to the challenges facing public education in the United States is to have more standardizedEducation Reform Industry and their false narrative that the solution to the challenges facing public education in the United States is to have more standardizededucation in the United States is to have more standardized testing.