Not exact matches
Under the bill,
which passed the chamber 40 - 18, eight of the 17 - member
education policymaking board would be chosen by the governor, three by the Senate majority leader, and three by the Assembly speaker.
It is critical, then, that
education reformers begin recruiting, grooming, and mentoring potential leaders not just for key
policymaking positions in the hierarchy of
education, but for positions in
which they would lead, innovate, teach, and inspire.
On the positive side of the ledger, I can think of no other area of
education in
which policymaking and discussion rely as much on appeals to evidence.
Unlike other players in the school reform movement, Parent Power activists are grassroots - oriented players, often coming from backgrounds outside of
education and
policymaking circles, and have actually have dealt day - to - day with traditional districts
which have treated them as little more than nuisances and pests.
Nevertheless, the GoI heralds this approach as participatory democracy in action,
which reminds me of similar attempts at democratizing national, state, and local level
education policymaking in the United States.
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