Sentences with phrase «tough standards and accountability»

They preach tough standards and accountability for the public schools they chronically underfund.

Those states that have instituted reasonably tough standards and accountability systems have experienced real gains in achievement.

Not exact matches

Turning rhetoric into reality will be a tough call — public spending cuts show no sign of letting up and the combination of rising demand for school places, lack of accountability and cuts to education budgets in real terms will need careful consideration if we are to improve standards and equity in education within the next administration.

Bolder, Broader Action: Strategies for Closing the Poverty Gap Education Week, May 27, 2011 «We have set the nation's highest standards, been tough on accountability and invested billions in building school capacity, yet we still see a very strong correlation between socioeconomic background and educational achievement and attainment,» writes Senior Lecturer Paul Reville.

He also tackles the tough topics — standards, accountability, and high - stakes testing.

Thus they face an even tougher form of accountability than state standards and tests: the ability of parents and students to leave the school if they aren't satisfied.

Accountability structures and tougher standards, charter schools, and school - choice programs have changed the educational experience of hundreds of thousands of children and their families.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed legislation that will make some significant changes in the state's accountability system and budgeting requirements for schools, including tougher high school graduation standards and elimination of a requirement that school districts must spend 65 percent of their operating budgets on classroom instruction.

It doesn't erase the need for rigorous standards, tough accountability, vastly improved data systems, better teacher evaluations (and training, etc.), stronger school leaders, the right of families to choose schools, and much else that reformers have been struggling to bring about.

Will an election year come when Republican and Democratic candidates try to outbid one another with proposals for expanding charters, setting high standards, formulating tough accountability regimes, and curbing union power?

The states that made the most progress after allowing for other factors — Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Kentucky, and Georgia, to name the top five — have taken steps, in various ways, to raise academic standards and back them up with rigorous assessments, implement tough but thoughtful accountability systems, and strengthen human capital practices to attract, develop, and retain educators who can deliver on high standards.

During the 1994 reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which ultimately forced the states to begin developing their accountability systems, Shanker was a staunch proponent of tough standards, and penned a pivotal article blasting a proposal to water down the bill.

Although the threat of a lawsuit should not deter states from developing rigorous standards and tough but fair accountability systems, it should serve as a warning to states...

But tougher standards, strict accountability, consistent leadership and improved instruction are yielding measurable progress for D.C. students.

Klein was new to education, but he felt strongly that the system needed tougher standards and more accountability.

If only national standardizers — many of whom truly want high standards and tough accountability — would look a little further than the ends of their beaks.

At that time, another generation of school reformers argued that differentiated curriculums and instruction had sent U.S. schools downward in international rankings on tests; through the 1980s and 1990s, they pressed for uniform curriculum standards, common assessments, and tough accountability rules for schools, teachers, and students.

«Our governor has not been a fan of data,» said Ryan Smith, executive director of Education Trust - West, a civil rights and education group that generally backs tough school accountability standards.

Tell lawmakers it's time for tougher standards and more oversight and accountability for charter schools.

Some conservatives in favor of tougher education standards and more standardized testing are using the data to argue Texas needs to hold school districts to higher accountability standards.

My thoughts drifted to what Alphie Kohn wrote, «Invoking such terms as «tougher standards,» «accountability,» and «raising the bar,» people with little understanding of how children learn have imposed a heavy - handed, top - down, test - driven version of school reform that is lowering the quality of education in this country.»

I'd like to see climate campaigners seek the same level of accountability and tough standards in this industry — and international carbon accounting — as they called for in gas drilling.

«We have set the nation's highest standards, been tough on accountability and invested billions in building school capacity, yet we still see a very strong correlation between socioeconomic background and educational achievement and attainment.