Sentences with phrase «voices in school reform»

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So in response to this trend I came up with the simple concept of interviewing students and recording their suggestions for school food improvements with the intention of adding these young stakeholders» unheard voices to the national school food reform movement.

He ticked off a list of school governance reforms the union is pushing for in Albany: don't allow the citywide Panel for Educational Policy to be controlled by one person; give Community Education Councils a real voice, especially concerning co-locations; and require that the schools chancellor be an educator.

«Adriano has been an outspoken voice in the fight to reform government, improve our city's schools, protect our environment and revitalize our small businesses,» Bloomberg went on to say in the statement.

WEST HARTFORD — In just a week's time, Elizabeth Natale has turned from a middle school English teacher quietly frustrated with education reform into a national voice for colleagues throughout the country.

Yet we know very little about these local leaders, and we seldom hear their voices in debates about the role that their organizations do and should play in public education and school reform.

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In the stormy seas of school reform, Education Matters will steer a steady course, presenting the facts as best they can be determined, giving voice (without fear or favor) to worthy research, sound ideas, and responsible arguments.

The corporate reform narrative is based on three assertions, 1) that the collective voice of teachers is unwelcome in the discussion of the direction of education, 2) that a single metric — high stakes standardized test scores — can discern effective schooling, and 3) that the marketplace and profit motive are the best way to improve schools.

Mission Statement In the stormy seas of school reform, this journal will steer a steady course, presenting the facts as best they can be determined, giving voice (without fear or favor) to worthy research, sound ideas, and responsible arguments.

National organizations such as EdChoice (formerly the Friedman Foundation, established in 1996) and the American Education Reform Foundation (founded in 1998) and Alliance for School Choice (founded in 2004), which later became affiliated with the American Federation for Children (founded in 2009), were the most prominent voices in state capitols, providing early leadership on choice - related policy and working to counter choice policy myths.

In the stormy seas of school reform, this journal will steer a steady course, presenting the facts as best they can be determined, giving voice (without fear or favor) to worthy research, sound ideas, and responsible arguments.

The parents union, along with the parent empowerment efforts of StudentsFirst's New York affiliate (which is helping families in the Big Apple's traditional district fight for school libraries as well as lobby for teacher quality and other reforms), is actively helping families do more than just have a voice.

The ideas of student action research and students as allies in school reform are both relatively new ideas, stemming from a growing appreciation of the importance of student engagement and voice.

Additionally, Mr. Chavous is an accomplished author, having published four books, including Serving Our Children: Charter Schools and the Reform of American Public Education; Voices of Determination: Children that Defy the Odds; and Building a Learning Culture in America, as well as his first novel, The Plan, a political thriller.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who has supported Deasy's efforts, released a statement calling Bloomberg «the most important voice in education reform today,» LA School Report wrote.

If you care about public education and you think that an organization like PAA is needed to push for better public schools for every single child, and to give stakeholders a national voice in progressive education reform, please make a generous donation now.

«The issue here is with taking away the voice of school employees who work in struggling schools taken over by the school reform officer,» said Doug Pratt, a spokesman for the Michigan Education Association.

The American Federation for Children, the nation's voice for educational choice, and the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), a national leader in reforming education, encourage both the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to embrace school choice in their official party platforms.

The Corporate Education Reformers and their allies in the charter school industry are so desperate to hijack the voices of public schools students that they actually create front groups with names like Students For Education Reform.

Student voice initiatives can range from students giving teachers their opinions about school issues to youth assuming leadership roles in reform efforts.

Through the Meaningful Student and Family Engagement initiative, OKF increased district and school capacity to ensure the voices and priorities of over 500 youth and families of color were included in school improvement processes and reform efforts — including development of school plans, budgets, and policies at the district level and at three partner 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.

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By continually uplifting the education reform agendas of adults and couching them in «student voice» and «student engagement», many people literally maintain or develop funding for their schools, or their versions of school reform.

In many cases, city leaders, recognizing that an effectively run school system is critical to the overall success of the city, are the leading voices for school reform.

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Hearing these divergent voices helps us understand better what different groups mean when they talk about school reform: policymakers and business leaders want new skills and higher standards; parents in disadvantaged communities worry about their children's lack of hope and eroding values; teachers and principals want the central office to take their concerns seriously; students want schools to be more respectful and engaging.

Parent advocates from across the country converged on New York City on Monday, February 7 for the first national forum of Parents Across America, a parent - led movement to make parent voices heard in the national debate over education reform — and to promote positive, common - sense solutions that will improve public schools nationwide.

As educators are on the front lines every school day, we need to take the lead in reforming public education and ensuring our voice and experience is included in the larger conversations on reform.

Until the voice of experience permeates the hegemonic control over public education reform — whether teachers buy solely into current reforms, overturn the existing system, or a combination of the two — no sustainable transformation will ever take place in American schools.

He created Project S.A.M.E. a US - Soviet Youth Exchange that brought students from the US and USSR together to advocate for peace; founded Students Concerned about Bias in Society (SCABS) who fought for implementation of Title IX in Maine schools; directed the University of Maine Aspirations Project and launched 35 statewide student leadership teams to bring students» voices to educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have leSchool Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have leschool reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have leSchool, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have leSchool Climate and Learning to share what I have learned.

As seen with the tremendous growth of charter schools within urban communities and even in films such as The Lottery, these families will support school reform with their feet and with their voices.

According to charter and school integration authors Richard D. Kahlenberg and Halley Potter (2014), Shanker and the early backers of the Minnesota law believed that these schools should be guided by three tenets: experimentation, or the ability to use innovative approaches to teaching and learning that could inform and influence reforms in traditional public schools; teacher voice in the design and operation of the school — something Shanker saw as a direct result of collective bargaining; and integration, in the sense that schools should be ethnically, racially, and socioeconomically diverse.

Through this work, ConnCAN has emerged as a leading voice for education reform, built a base of thousands of supporters across the state and secured dozens of policy wins including: the adoption of rigorous education standards, more flexibility to recruit great new teachers and a 50 - percent increase in the number of students enrolled in public charter schools.

Sojourners Magazine just published a blog comment / letter to the editor I wrote in response to a previous article by Nicole Baker Fulgham, «Beyond «Superman,»» which referenced «Waiting for Superman» in recommending that meaningful reform must involve all stakeholders having a stronger, more meaningful voice in school decision - making.

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(For example: college access and success, service learning, students as allies in school reform, global youth voices, students as action researchers.)

Short publications Since its start, WKCD has produced short publications that support youth voice, student engagement in school reform, and academic success.

Although the Mayor died before the Chicago School Reform law was passed, his support for strong community voice in public schools was a key catalyst for the movement.

The American Federation for Children, the nation's voice for educational choice touted significant wins tonight in Wisconsin, showing that parents and communities across the state are embracing education reform and are defending parents» fundamental right to choose the school that is best for their children.

And now parents in some of the state's worst - performing schools are at risk of having their voices completely silenced due to last year's education reform law.

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«College Readiness Indicator Systems — Building Effective Supports for Students,» Voices in Urban Education (Providence, RI: Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University, Fall 2013).

Instead of ensuring that every child has access to a high - quality, well - resourced public school in his or her neighborhood, too many students, particularly in low - income, Black and Latino communities, have been subjected to flawed «reforms» — such as school closures, school takeovers and vouchers — all of which have stripped the public's voice in local schools and have never lived up to their hype.

In Parkland, Florida, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are using their voices to ignite the #neveragain movement, demanding action on gun reform.