Their logic is based on empowering the individual over the state, rather than making systemic changes to funding, curriculum, assessment and teaching to achieve a high-quality, humane and equitable public system for all.
"The students are correct in terms of funding, curriculum, and faculty structure," she wrote.
In 2011, the university, along with WWF-Canada, created the Conservation Legacy For Oceans, which aimed at providing scholarships, funding, curriculum development, and work placements for students and academics dedicated to marine research, law, management, and policy making.
The initiative -- which utilizes multiple forms of philanthropic methods, including strategic partnerships, funding, curriculum modules, and service hours -- resulted in equipping 2.5 million youth and educators with skills to contribute to a healthier US economy.
A new generation of economists devised statistical methods to measure the "value added" to a student's performance by almost every factor imaginable: class size versus per-pupil funding versus curriculum.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provided funding for curriculum and competency development and for six national train-the-trainer courses to be held from 2001 to 2003.
More particularly, New Zealand had 'confronted the wicked issues' with the development of an integrated and coherent national approach to funding, regulation, curriculum development, and qualifications (Moss, 2007b).
In 2011, SAS provided funding and curriculum to help start a Masters program in analytics at nearby North Carolina State University.
I predict that in 30 years from now, the culture will also not bat an eye when public school foundations seek funding for curriculum enhancements and major projects, far beyond what individuals, foundations and corporations are supporting today.
No one can do it all, so my strategy as a freedom-fighting educator is to focus on making schooling a rich and worthwhile endeavor for poor children of color, through equal funding, rigorous curriculum, high expectations and spiritually healthy teachers.
