Sentences with phrase «urban education reform in»

The MPCP was established in 1990 as the first urban education reform in the U.S. built around the idea of permitting parents to enroll their children in private schools of their choosing at government expense.

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At a fundraiser in Palm Beach Florida on Sunday, Romney included the elimination of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and a restructuring of the Department of Education among his ideas aimed at reforming Washington, according to reports from NBC News and The Wall Street Journal.

New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg will make an endorsement triple play Tuesday, backing both a Democrat and a Republican in competitive U.S. Senate contests, along with an urban Democratic mayor whose education reform pushes mirror his own.

In «Learning from Rudolf Steiner: The Relevance of Waldorf Education for Urban Public School Reform,» a study published in 2008 in the journal Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, researcher Ida Oberman concluded that the Waldorf approach successfully laid the groundwork for future academics by first engaging students through integrated arts lessons and strong relationships instead of preparing them for standardized testIn «Learning from Rudolf Steiner: The Relevance of Waldorf Education for Urban Public School Reform,» a study published in 2008 in the journal Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, researcher Ida Oberman concluded that the Waldorf approach successfully laid the groundwork for future academics by first engaging students through integrated arts lessons and strong relationships instead of preparing them for standardized testin 2008 in the journal Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, researcher Ida Oberman concluded that the Waldorf approach successfully laid the groundwork for future academics by first engaging students through integrated arts lessons and strong relationships instead of preparing them for standardized testin the journal Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, researcher Ida Oberman concluded that the Waldorf approach successfully laid the groundwork for future academics by first engaging students through integrated arts lessons and strong relationships instead of preparing them for standardized tests.

Yet the fates of urban schools and the surrounding neighborhoods are inextricably linked, as Mark R. Warren compellingly explains in «Communities and Schools: A New View of Urban Education Reform» in the Summer 2005 issue of the Harvard Educational Reurban schools and the surrounding neighborhoods are inextricably linked, as Mark R. Warren compellingly explains in «Communities and Schools: A New View of Urban Education Reform» in the Summer 2005 issue of the Harvard Educational ReUrban Education Reform» in the Summer 2005 issue of the Harvard Educational Review.

At last week's Askwith Forum, «Transformative Change in American Schools,» Michele Cahill, — vice-president for national program and director of urban education at Carnegie Corporation of New York, — spoke to the importance of transformative change and systemic reform within K — 12 schools across the nation, focusing largely on Common Core Standards.

Its impressive «Schools That Work» series, in which Edutopia throws all of its multimedia resources into detailed coverage of an individual school, recently featured YES Prep, an urban charter - school network often mentioned in the same breath with KIPP, Achievement First, and other «no excuses» schools championed by advocates of test - driven education reform.

I was sold by HGSE's focus on urban education, the support they provide preservice teachers through mentoring, and its renowned faculty in the field of education and school reform.

Polls or no polls, education reform, especially in urban America, is a near - guaranteed turnoff.

Core courses and electives are taught by recognized leaders from across Harvard's graduate programs in fields like data - based education reform, organizational change and innovation, and effective leadership strategies for urban schools.

The fact is that reforming urban schools is an issue of social justice: there are too many children in cities across the U.S. who are denied the opportunity to have a high - quality education, and these inequities run strongly along lines of race and class.

Currently reading: I'm planning a course about urban school reform in the spring, so I am reading a lot of books on education reform.

So Much Reform, So Little Change: The Persistence of Failure in Urban Schools Charles M. Payne (Harvard Education Press) Payne, a sociologist at the University of Chicago, here sets out to explain «the sociology of failure» of urban rReform, So Little Change: The Persistence of Failure in Urban Schools Charles M. Payne (Harvard Education Press) Payne, a sociologist at the University of Chicago, here sets out to explain «the sociology of failure» of urban reUrban Schools Charles M. Payne (Harvard Education Press) Payne, a sociologist at the University of Chicago, here sets out to explain «the sociology of failure» of urban reurban reformreform.

A sharp divide among Democrats was in full view at the party's national convention in Denver, where urban mayors and educators, gathered at a forum sponsored by Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), challenged the dominant role of teachers unions in shaping policy.

The National Institute for Urban School Improvement, funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, was created to facilitate and unify reform efforts in general and special education in the nation's urban school distrUrban School Improvement, funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, was created to facilitate and unify reform efforts in general and special education in the nation's urban school dEducation Office of Special Education Programs, was created to facilitate and unify reform efforts in general and special education in the nation's urban school dEducation Programs, was created to facilitate and unify reform efforts in general and special education in the nation's urban school deducation in the nation's urban school distrurban school districts.

His experience in urban education will be helpful in keeping our nation's schools on the path to reform.

President Barack Obama exits the stage after speaking on education reform at the National Urban League 100th Anniversary Convention in Washington on July 29.

From the Gates Foundation high school initiative to the Annenberg Challenge, from the Children's Scholarship Fund to the Broad Prize for Urban Education, philanthropic efforts are playing a catalytic role in contemporary school reform.

Vouchers should not be the panacea for urban education reform, especially in Missouri.

The most important education reform, in Kozol's view, is for urban schools to have as much money as the richest suburban ones.

To the extent that it persuades people to avoid reforms that change school incentives in favor of ever - increasing school spending, Jonathan Kozol's work is an impediment to the very thing that he claims to desire most: a day when urban minority children receive an acceptable education.

Klein is coauthor of «Blended Learning in Practice: Four District School Journeys,» a case study of the Oakland project written with Carrie McPherson Douglass, who's now with the Cities for Education Entrepreneurship Trust, an umbrella organization for urban reform groups nationwide.

«My hope was to use this year to really explore and integrate the literature on urban education, science education reform, public understanding of science, and racial / gendered discrimination in science.

He is also the author or editor of numerous other publications including the following: School Choice International: Exploring public private partnerships (co-editor with Rajashri Chakrabarti) School Money Trials: The Legal Pursuit of Educational Adequacy (co-editor with Martin R. West) Reforming Education in Florida: A Study Prepared by the Koret Task Force on K - 12 Education (editor) The Education Gap: Vouchers and Urban Schools (with William G. Howell) Generational Change: Closing the Test Score Gap (editor) No Child Left Behind?

Michele Cahill has more than thirty years» experience working in the areas of education reform, youth development and urban affairs.

Her current research focuses on market - based education reforms in urban communities, and its cultural and pedagogical impact on teacher dispositions, teacher professional autonomy and identity, and the development of inclusive classroom practices.

It was launched in 2004 as part of a three - sector strategy for urban education reform that also included increased funding for public charter - school facilities and added funds for educational improvements in District of Columbia public schools.

She currently teaches at the University of Colorado, Boulder and studies market - based education reform in urban communities.

Holmes - Sutton is the co-author of Parent and Family Engagement: The Missing Piece in Urban Education Reform, a policy brief for The Lincy Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Changing governance arrangements clearly can make a difference in the way urban public school systems function, but such a strategy requires the right combination of ingredients - committed and skilled leadership by the mayor, willingness to use scarce resources, a stable coalition of supporters, appropriate education policies, and a cadre of competent, committed professionals to implement the reforms.

By focusing their efforts primarily on improving schools for black and Latino students living in urban communities, has the education reform movement missed another group facing economic challenges and in need of better educational opportunity?

This has been particularly helpful for evaluating the effectiveness of charter schools, a controversial education reform with a mixed record overall but one that shows remarkably large gains for disadvantaged students in urban areas.

In his talk, Canada touched upon many education reform topics of the course — particularly the achievement gap, the standards movement, and the bad rap that schools in urban, low - income communities often receivIn his talk, Canada touched upon many education reform topics of the course — particularly the achievement gap, the standards movement, and the bad rap that schools in urban, low - income communities often receivin urban, low - income communities often receive.

The guidebook of the mass school closings movement is a 2009 «School Closure Guide» written by the controversial Broad Foundation, which boasts of training and placing non-educator superintendents and high - level school leaders in urban districts across the country to enact a brand of education reform that focuses on competition and privatization.

He is the author or the coauthor of 10 books, including The Color of School Reform: Race, Politics and the Challenge of Urban Education (Princeton, 1999) and Building Civic Capacity: The Politics of Reforming Urban Schools (University Press of Kansas, 2001), both of which were named — in 1999 and 2001, respectively — the best book written on urban politics by the Urban Politics Section of the American Political Science AssociaUrban Education (Princeton, 1999) and Building Civic Capacity: The Politics of Reforming Urban Schools (University Press of Kansas, 2001), both of which were named — in 1999 and 2001, respectively — the best book written on urban politics by the Urban Politics Section of the American Political Science AssociaUrban Schools (University Press of Kansas, 2001), both of which were named — in 1999 and 2001, respectively — the best book written on urban politics by the Urban Politics Section of the American Political Science Associaurban politics by the Urban Politics Section of the American Political Science AssociaUrban Politics Section of the American Political Science Association.

«As a huge advocate of social and emotional learning, Raymond is much more thoughtful and a big - picture kind of guy in ways that run counter to the tenets of the corporate reform movement,» such as merit pay, said Carl Cohn, a member of the State Board of Education, director of the Urban Leadership Program in the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University and retired superintendent of Long Beach Unified.

Many of these articles relate to teacher research in an urban education setting or school reform experiences.

Here at UrbEd, we support school reform, and we firmly believe this will be a major step towards advancements in urban education.

Her work centers on education reform in urban districts, school organization, and social network analysis.

Bellwether used only four reviewers for the California analysis: Erika McConduit, president and CEO of the Urban League of Louisiana; Doug Mesecar, an adjunct scholar at the Lexington Institute; Joanne Weiss, the former chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan; and Claire Voorhees, the director for K - 12 reform at the Foundation for Excellence in Education.

Insight in action As part of collaborative reform efforts to improve K - 6 science education across multiple urban school districts, a teacher leader was selected from each participating elementary school based on his / her knowledge of science.

Dr. White specializes in the areas of urban school reform, community engagement, organizational change, middle level education, and leadership development.

In a series of columns in ASCD Express, the cofounder of New Leaders for New Schools, a nonprofit for education reform, shares promising practices in principal leadership for improving some of the nation's most challenged urban schoolIn a series of columns in ASCD Express, the cofounder of New Leaders for New Schools, a nonprofit for education reform, shares promising practices in principal leadership for improving some of the nation's most challenged urban schoolin ASCD Express, the cofounder of New Leaders for New Schools, a nonprofit for education reform, shares promising practices in principal leadership for improving some of the nation's most challenged urban schoolin principal leadership for improving some of the nation's most challenged urban schools.

Closer to home, the Center for Collaborative Education, in partnership with the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, released the 46th issue of Voices in Urban Education (VUE) focusing on performance assessment.

UNCF's Vice President Sekou Biddle, who has worked in urban public education reform for almost two decades and served on the District of Columbia State Board of Education, helps facilitate these conveeducation reform for almost two decades and served on the District of Columbia State Board of Education, helps facilitate these conveEducation, helps facilitate these conversations.

Her areas of expertise include teacher education reform, collaboration in the preparation of special and general education teachers, and urban school - university partnerships.

In the opening minutes of the new education «reform» documentary Waiting For Superman, director Davis Guggenheim has a moment of candor about the charter schools he hails as a panacea for urban education — he admits that most of them are not exactly getting extraordinary results.

[Review of the book Meaningful urban education reform: Confronting the learning crisis in mathematics and science].

NEW YORK CITY The fall issue of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform's Voices in Urban Education is chock - full of powerful essays reflecting on disparities in school discipline and highlighting efforts to reform discipline practices in cities like Denver, Nashville, Oakland and ChReform's Voices in Urban Education is chock - full of powerful essays reflecting on disparities in school discipline and highlighting efforts to reform discipline practices in cities like Denver, Nashville, Oakland and Chreform discipline practices in cities like Denver, Nashville, Oakland and Chicago.

The Broad Residency in Urban Education, a two - year management training program for executives seeking to become leaders in educatioEducation, a two - year management training program for executives seeking to become leaders in educationeducation reform.