When "Common Core" is said so frequently that it can sometimes feel like little more than a buzz word, Wu's thoughtful and thorough articles on math instruction reform in the United States are inspiring — even for non-mathy folks.
The Swedish mother-tongue instruction reform was animated by the recently introduced multicultural policy, according to which integration should rely on voluntary and mutual adaptation, and on the active recognition and endorsement of minority cultures (cf. SOU, 1974:69).
Instead, Holdren said programs that fit into one of the administration's four priority areas—"improving K-12 instruction, reforming undergrad programs around evidence based practices, streamlining the graduate fellowship process, and amplifying engagement activities"—received top billing in the new lineup.
Mr. Klein began to use test scores to measure schools' performance, and joined with the Rev. Al Sharpton in forming the Education Equality Project in 2008 to promote good instruction and education reform for minority and poor children.
Written in collaboration with Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett, a series of education reform laws made a variety of major changes to statewide public schools.
Shaun earned his PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Indiana University and researches and publishes about gender in education, social studies, and education reform.
He is an expert on research-based school improvement, reading instruction, English-language learners, and federal education reform policy.
He was largely responsible for a parliamentary statute of 1779 that authorized the building of two penitentiary houses where, by means of solitary confinement, supervised labour, and religious instruction, the reform of prisoners might be attempted.
The Johns Hopkins University School of Education and the Education Industry Association, a trade group representing private providers of education services, have announced a partnership building on their individual strengths in educational instruction and reform.
We must invest in supports for teaching troubled kids to be students before instruction-driven reforms can work.
Under SIG, administrators are empowered to impose their own culture on schools by getting rid of teachers who believe what The Turnaround Challenge concluded -- that instruction-driven reforms, even those fueled by "high expectations," are inherently incapable of turning around the toughest schools and that schooling must be a team effort.
