Sentences with phrase «with current reform efforts»

And the final theme article is a Q&A with Diane Ravitch, who expresses her concerns with current reform efforts.

However, for the first time in my career I am disheartened with the current reform efforts that have been foisted upon public schools by education outsiders − businessmen and politicians.

Here is an updated paragraph with the current reform efforts focused on utilizing technology in mathematics education.

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But upping the ante on Keystone and trying to present a united Democratic front opposed to a compact Republican front wouldn't fit very well with President Obama's current effort to strike a more conciliatory tone and promote across - the - aisle cooperation on tax reforms and deficit reduction.

Finally, a growing number of union leaders are abandoning the futile efforts to achieve incremental reforms of the current ossified and defunct labor law and instead are calling for opening up labor law to encourage and protect workers who experiment with these and other more fluid and varied activities free from reprisals.

In «The Grammar of Baptism» (December 1991) the Rev. Alvin F. Kimel, Jr. argues with considerable ingenuity against the efforts of feminists to «reform» the name of the Holy Trinity, from its current benighted state of «Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,» in the direction of «non-gender-specific terms.»

Experienced political operatives have been brought into the fray, including some with connections to Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz and State Sen. Marc C. Panepinto, D - Buffalo, both of whom have been involved in the effort to disqualify candidates aligned with the current reform majority.

The release in January of the Teaching Commission's report, «Teaching at Risk: A Call to Action,» presents us with an opportunity to reconsider the importance of teacher quality as a critical variable in the current effort to implement standards - based reform and high - stakes accountability.

The changes were necessary, argued Superintendent Donald W. Ingwerson, because the district's current busing program interferes with efforts to increase parental involvement and bring about other school improvements mandated under Kentucky's landmark education - reform law.

The current study can not draw causal conclusions, but altering the structural characteristics of schools associated with higher suspension rates should be considered in future reform efforts.

Teacher leaders — current or former classroom teachers who work with other teachers and educators in their schools or districts to help improve instruction — are a key feature of many school reform efforts.

Teacher leaders - current or former classroom teachers working with other classroom teachers and other educators in the school or district - are present in many reform efforts in mathematics and science education.

Before his current role, Edgar was a senior policy strategist with Reinvent Communications, pushing state global warming reform efforts and rolling out the «My Brothers Keeper - Whole Village Initiative» for Long Beach Council Member, Rex Richardson.

This process can only begin with complete candor about the current status of public education in Texas, the progress of our reform efforts to date, the prognosis for achieving the essential universal educational proficiency of our children, and the daunting challenges that we face in doing so.

The book crystallizes the successful practices and patterns emerging from these top performers and then «takes the gloves off» to contrast the efforts of high - achieving countries with current reform thinking in the U.S....

Recommendations include the need to: 1) consider school closure in the context of a larger reform effort; 2) develop a supply of higher - performing school options; 3) clearly explain to the public how current students will benefit; 4) provide support to families and students during the transition; and 5) provide staff members with clear information about next steps.

One vision is that afterschool and summer learning programs should be aligned with current education reform efforts — high - stakes testing, narrow accountability, and the Common Core State Standards that are directed at just two subjects.

Judicial Oversight Over the Interstate Placement of Foster Children: The Missing Element in Current Efforts to Reform the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (PDF - 301 KB) Sankaran (2009) Capital University Law Review, 38 Examines the role juvenile court judges play in making placement decisions for foster children, the need for judicial oversight in ICPC placements, and how to incorporate more oversight without interfering with the sovereignty of States.