Sentences with phrase «with education reform issues»

Democratic State Sen. Mike Johnston, a former school principal who is deeply involved with education reform issues, sponsored Colorado's bill, which passed the House 36 - 29 and was approved several hours later by the Senate with a 27 - 8 vote.

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By the time W finished his second term, I had graduated from college, come to terms with the fact that the criminalization of abortion is highly unlikely no matter the party in power, expanded my definition of «pro-life» to include Iraqi children and prisoners of war, and experienced first - hand some of the major problems with America's healthcare system, which along with poverty and education issues, contributes to the troubling abortion rate in the U.S. I remained pro-life idealistically, but for the first time, voted for a pro-choice president, hoping that the reforms I wanted to see in the healthcare, the economy, immigration, education, and for the socioeconomically disadvantaged would function pragmatically to reduce abortions.

Silver has also taken issue with Cuomo's call for a new education reform commission, saying the Board of Regents — which the Legislature, not the governor, appoints — is already working to address myriad problems in the public school system.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said the chamber's majority Democrats take «major issue» with Cuomo's plan to withhold a boost in school funding until lawmakers agree to reforms to the state's education system.

But Cuomo says he still wants the Senate to agree to the plan and for it to be approved along with the state budget, and he said previously that he will make the budget late if there's no three way deal on ethics, as well as other issues like education reform.

As the future congressman from this great district, I know Keith stands ready to deliver on the same fundamental issues he has fought for alongside me in the legislature — bringing more affordable housing to our neighborhoods, pushing through meaningful criminal justice reform and ensuring that all of our children have every chance to succeed with the promise of a first - rate education.

At the same time, issues with no expiration date are yet to be sorted out: The education tax credit remains in the talks, while some state lawmakers continue to hold out hope for a compromise on juvenile justice reform.

«I've co-sponsored it to deal with a lot of the issues that have come up to deal with so many of the issues that have come up with the governor's so - called education reform proposals.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos says he disagrees with Cuomo's attempts to link unrelated policy items, like education issues and an ethics reform package to the state budget.

«I believe that Rubain is a man with a clear and focused vision to tackle head on the issues impacting residents in the 20th district, such as public safety concerns and NYPD policing reforms; the lack of quality affordable housing; sound and quality education for the youth; and the lack of jobs and unemployment.

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A few weeks ago, the Ministry of Education and Science and together with the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations issued a reform road map, which, in the opinion of many researchers, brings the process to a new and very dangerous stage.

In this new report, which was funded by the Joyce Foundation and released by Education Sector, the presidents of 30 local unions in six states speak candidly about their views on issues including reforming teacher pay, coping with the No Child Left Behind Act, new competition from charter schools, and the challenges of leading multiple generations of teachers who don't always see eye to eye.

«Dean Murphy has been at the center of the national debate on school reform, and he has encouraged active engagement by faculty and students with critical issues in the field of education.

Throughout the program, fellows also have a chance to analyze issues and problems on deeper levels by getting involved with case - based «think tank» seminars, including one led by Reimers that is looking at education reform in Brazil, among other «cutting - edge education challenges and solutions,» he says.

The Forum enables scholars and commentators to express differing views on major education issues and reform proposals — beginning, in this issue, with the pros and cons of for - profit schooling and merit pay for teachers in «Defining Merit.»

While they disagree with M4BL's education views, they agree with them on other issues such as policing and criminal justice reform.

When they got together here last week, governors from around the country explored an issue they say every state leader is grappling with: how to pinpoint and replicate what works in reforming education.

In addition to compiling the actual coverage across the nation, the Koret Task Force identified five issues it thought deserved greater media attention — teacher pension costs, common core standards, U. S. achievement in comparison with other countries, online or digital learning, and the education reforms in Louisiana.

He writes and speaks extensively on education and education - reform issues, with an emphasis on literacy, curriculum, teaching, and urban education.

Earlier this year, a National Academy of Sciences committee charged with evaluating education reforms in DC issued a report that included scathing comments on the difficulty of obtaining education data: «The lack of readily available data presented a significant challenge for our committee, and it is a source of frustration for some senior DCPS officials who would like to rely more heavily on data to support their decision making.

Also in this issue: A look back at what the Obama administration's signature education reform got wrong, with lessons learned to guide states and districts in refining their teacher evaluation systems, and a warning on the limits of federally - led school reform; a proposal for how to redesign education research under the Every Student Succeeds Act; and a debate on whether there is a federal constitutional right to education.

The premise of Rethinking School Finance is that the financial issues raised by today's broad - scale education - reform strategies represent a school - finance agenda that is «dramatically different from the traditional concern with fiscal disparities across school districts within states.»

As an experienced leader in education, Nathan actively mentors teachers and principals, and consults nationally and internationally on issues of educational reform, leadership and teaching with a commitment to equity, and the critical role of arts and creativity in schools.

There are also issues about wider changes to education policy that are incongruent with the SEND reforms; notably those policies in the areas of accountability and assessment.

All this tilted the center - weight of education reform more toward the left, bringing with it a host of social and other non-cognitive issues to reform debates.

Yet Jay's version of education reform would clearly incentivize schools to not enroll students with behavioral issues or children from very low incomes.

Although Al was never able — on this issue as on many other reforms that he knew were needed — to get the AFT's state and local affiliates to embrace his visionary thinking, his restlessness with the status quo, his boundless creativity, and his statesman - stature in the education field cause him legitimately to be viewed today as one of the parents of charter schooling in the U.S.

What they will do is tackle a range of intriguing K - 12 and higher ed projects, dealing with issues like entrepreneurship, higher ed productivity, philanthropy, mobilizing parents, higher ed transparency, the future of the teaching profession, ESEA reauth, technology, K - 12 and higher ed leadership, career and technical education, Common Core implementation, citizenship, state - and district - level reform, and much else (the mix would be, in part, a matter of interest).

With our focus on closing the achievement gap between blacks and whites, framing reform as the «civil rights issue of our time,» and the attention and praise we have heaped on inner - city charter schools — one of reform's few bona fide success stories — we have tacitly made education reform a race - based endeavor.

If calling Richard F. Elmore the «father of school reform» sounds high and mighty, consider this: the Anrig Professor of Educational Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education estimates he has worked with 30 or 40 school systems nationwide on issues of educational policy and leadership, including New York, Chicago, and Boston.

It is for this reason that structural reforms supporting freedom and diversity in education are not enough; they must be paired with a willingness to confront the much more difficult issue of the purposes, the means, and the content of a good education.

His co-authored books include, The School Reform Landscape: Fraud, Myth, and Lies with Don Orlich and Education Policy Perils: Tackling the Tough Issues with Carol Mullen.

«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.

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Today at Rutgers» Bloustein School, we're reporting on #EdJusticeConf — a conference that deals with critical issues around education reform, social justice, and communities.

While this may be old news to some, it can't be said enough: In our polarized times, education reform is the only truly bipartisan issue, whereas with other matters things invariably break down into Republican vs. Democrat, liberal vs. conservative, libertarian vs. conservative (social issues), libertarian vs. liberal (fiscal issues), etc..

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.

The other route to marginalization is the realization by Democrats that education is really a civil rights issue and that they are morally bound to get on board with reform and choice.

Save for a few NAACP branches (including its affiliate in Connecticut, have stepped up in the discussions over Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform effort, and advocated on behalf of Bridgeport mother Tanya McDowell, who will serve five years for trying to provide her child with a high - quality school), the nation's oldest civil rights group offers nothing substantial on addressing issues such as ending Zip Code Education policies, expanding school choice, addressing childhood illiteracy, and revamping how teachers are recruited, trained, paid, and evaluated (especially when it comes to bringing more black men into the teaching profession).

She is currently a Lead Organizer with Students for Education Reform, organizing college students around education justice issues in her home Education Reform, organizing college students around education justice issues in her home education justice issues in her home district.

The group is backed by the Gates Foundation and has been aligned with education reform groups that have battled the teachers union on many issues.

With the regular Texas legislative session about one - third complete, the battle lines in public education are coming into sharper focus on the four major issues identified last year by our organization, the Texas Institute for Education Reforeducation are coming into sharper focus on the four major issues identified last year by our organization, the Texas Institute for Education ReforEducation Reform (TIER).

The reason for the spending orgy is easy to understand: education reform — at long last — has become an important issue with voters across the country.

What is at stake is whether the Common Core becomes the transformative national reform its proponents are hoping it will be — or whether it becomes a polarizing issue on the education landscape with diminishing public support.

Those who support corporate school reform have attempted to claim the mantle of the civil rights movement, with one of their biggest champions, former U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan calling education the «civil rights issue of our timEducation Secretary Arne Duncan calling education the «civil rights issue of our timeducation the «civil rights issue of our time.»

Recent consensus reports concur in highlighting issues related to the identification and treatment of students with learning disabilities as a central component of education reform in general education and special education.

These days, Hess seems to be more - obsessed with making «bold» and «contrarian» pronouncements that do little to advance much - needed systemic reform than the rigorous, thoughtful scholarship on education issues that once were his stock and trade.

«I have a lot of agreement with the president and Arne Duncan on these education issues, and I've said that publicly many times,» Christie said in March at a televised forum on education.Christie has said that he and the president often see eye to eye on charter schools, teacher evaluation, and tenure reform among other topics.

Phil Berger, president pro tempore of the N.C. Senate and a chief architect of the recent education reforms, issued a joint statement on Tuesday with Tim Moore, speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives.