Sentences with phrase «uniform system of education»

Commission member Julie Underwood, a school law professor at UW - Madison and the former dean of the university's School of Education, said she wants the commission's work to build not from a total blank slate, but from the state Constitution's requirement of providing a «uniform system of education.»

The Harford County Public School System maintains a reasonably uniform system of education for its youth, providing educational experiences and opportunities designed to meet unique student needs.

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Adaptability: finally, education programmes must be adaptable to the various needs of the learners rather than expecting learners to fit in with a prescribed syllabus, uniform pedagogical style or system.

Although many schools throughout the New York City school system choose to require uniforms, the New York City Department of Education (DOE) does not require students to wear uniforms as part of its code of conduct and instead applies a voluntary uniform policy.

Striking down the state's voucher plan for contravening the state constitution's requirement of a «uniform» public education system, the court opened the door to challenges to the state's 350 charters, which, by definition, are not uniform.

They assign the legislature a responsibility for provision of an education system that is 1) «Thorough and Efficient,» 2) «General and Uniform,» or 3) the legislature's «Paramount Duty.»

These education experts have forsaken the reform consensus; they now argue instead for an improved version of the «one best system» of American public schools — which harks back to the Horace Mann - era conviction that a single, uniform public - education system, run by professional educators, is the surest path to both literacy and civic unity.

There are few things more difficult than changing a position from elected to appointed, but we encourage the legislature to continue the education reforms of the past four years, and move forward with proposals this year to switch to a uniform system that includes all elected school board members, whose election coincides with the presidential election, and all appointed superintendents.

FundEducationNow.org believes success is possible only through a well - planned and sustained collaboration that includes the broadest spectrum of advocates.In addition, FundEducationNow.org is currently a plaintiff suing the Florida Legislature for failing to perform its «paramount duty» to provide a free, high quality, safe, efficient and uniform system of public education as required by Article IX, section 1 of the Florida Constitution.

Fund Education Now grades legislators on their efforts to provide and fund «a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools that allows students to obtain a high quality education» as outlined in Article IX, section 1 of the Florida ConsEducation Now grades legislators on their efforts to provide and fund «a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools that allows students to obtain a high quality education» as outlined in Article IX, section 1 of the Florida Conseducation» as outlined in Article IX, section 1 of the Florida Constitution.

In a suit challenging the state's school finance system, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that its education provision requiring uniform public schools (Article X, Section 3) related to the character of instruction offered in the public schools, and not the size, boundaries or composition of the school districts.

So she teamed up with other education advocates to sue the state, arguing that Florida is violating its Constitutional obligation to provide «a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools.»

Instead, it is by complying with our state constitution and restoring a uniform system of fully funded public schools so that every student has an opportunity to receive a quality education including a fully qualified teacher and low class sizes so that struggling students can get the help they need to succeed in school and succeed in life.

Abstract: The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that the Nevada Education Savings Accounts (ESA) program, also known as SB 302, does not violate Article 11, Section 2 of the Nevada Constitution, which requires the state legislature to provide for «a uniform system of common schools.»

During the Great Depression the state assumed the major role for funding schools: «provided for the operation of a uniform system of schools in the whole State for a term of eight months... and relieved the county board of education of the responsibility for operating and maintaining the public schools of the county,» according to the 1933 School Machinery Act.

In Colorado, vouchers were brought down in 2004 by a clause mandating local control over local revenue and, in Florida, they were overturned in 2006 based on a clause enforcing a «uniform» system of education.

The Florida public - school establishment is suing to repeal the Sunshine State's 13 - year - old school - choice tax credit and its new education savings accounts under the state's Blaine Amendment and its «uniformity clause,» which mandates that «Adequate provision shall be made by law for a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools...» The Florida Supreme Court previously struck down the state's voucher program under this provision in Bush v. Holmes (2006), on the grounds that the vouchers «divert [ed] public dollars» from «the sole means set out in the Constitution for the state to provide for the education of Florida's children.»

The move to a uniform system reflects a broader trend in education reform, as states also launch the new Common Core State Standards, which will allow more accurate comparisons of academic achievement.

In comparison to the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) systems of many other advanced economies the German system can be characterised as relatively uniform, when looking at programmes and providers.