Sentences with phrase «to improve education in the state»

It touches on changes to testing, uncertainty with what to expect, and the hopes they have for improving education in the state, whether Common Core is the answer or not.

Every Governor aspires to have the legacy of improving education in their State.

A report prepared for Gov. Robert Orr of Indiana by a task force studying ways to improve education in the state calls for the introduction of merit - pay programs for teachers, a new state - governance structure for education, and an immediate extension of the school year.

That must change if TFA alumni want to see social impact, Mostaghimi said, since simply sending teachers into low - performing schools year after year hasn't necessarily improved education in the state.

But when the legislators go back to Montgomery for the 2012 session they'll get another chance to improve education in the state by giving parents more choices.

As a member of the charter class of Leadership Alabama I learned about the depth of our challenges in education, and also about the role citizens played in organizing efforts to improve education in states such as Kentucky.

Two new Quinnipiac University polls show that New York voters trust the teachers» unions more than Governor Andrew Cuomo to improve education in the state, and two thirds of New York State voters say the Common Core aligned standardized tests are not an accurate way to measure how well students are learning.

Cuomo says he thinks steps like establishing teacher evaluation plans will do more to improve education in the state.

If states continue to implement the standards in ways that undermine systems working to improve education in their state (like teacher evaluation, school accountability, school choice, etc.) more and more states will feel the pressure to abandon the standards.

With Election Day behind many of them, nearly half the nation's governors gathered here last week to face a tougher task than getting or staying elected: improving education in their states.

We work hard to advocate legislation that will improve education in our state, and positively affect jobs for teaching professionals.