Sentences with phrase «economic education recently»

The Council for Economic Education recently surveyed all 50 states and reported only 6 require testing students on their financial knowledge.

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Almost all Lutheran theological writing has been generated in European or North American academies — in part, the legacy of Luther's own concern for learning and education — and it has been done almost exclusively by European or (more recently) North American men among whom differences of race, economic and social class, and level of education are even less remarkable than their theological differences.

Former Labour chief adviser and economist John McLaren recently published research showing Scotland had a lower rate of improvement in education, health and economic performance than the rest of the UK.

The study, which was recently published in the journal Economic Inquiry, uses data from the test of essential knowledge administered by the Community of Madrid when students complete their elementary education.

She recently talked with Education World about the educational and economic value of teacher induction programs.

The recently appointed Education Secretary Justine Greening has the opportunity to build on the Prime Minister's words and make them a reality in the education service by starting to value, support and invest in the teaching workforce which enhances the life chances of children and young people and makes an essential contribution to the economic prosperity of theEducation Secretary Justine Greening has the opportunity to build on the Prime Minister's words and make them a reality in the education service by starting to value, support and invest in the teaching workforce which enhances the life chances of children and young people and makes an essential contribution to the economic prosperity of theeducation service by starting to value, support and invest in the teaching workforce which enhances the life chances of children and young people and makes an essential contribution to the economic prosperity of the country.

An experiment in place - based education, the Museum School recently won a coveted XQ Super Schools award and is driving widespread adoption of its model across the district — bringing families and students back to a city in an economic and cultural downturn.

In an analysis of the effects of the 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act recently published in the Kentucky Annual Economic Report, a professor of economics at the University of Kentucky asserts that the state's higher school spending levels have not led to significant gains on national tests or substantial improvements in the dropout rate.

Economist Robert Lynch recently released a study, Enriching Children, Enriching the Nation, which found that providing pre-K education produces large, measurable economic benefits for children and the nation.

Most recently, Dr. Hanushek shows that the quality of education is closely related to national economic growth.

Also embarrassed by the America Achieves study is the lefty labor Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., which recently released a sophomoric study (see my January 16, 2013, post on the Education Next blog) that tried to use the PISA data to attribute educational deficiencies to the U.S. social structure, not its school system.

Recently the Broader ~ Bolder Approach to Education (BAA) ~ an initiative at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) ~ released Market - Oriented Reformers Rhetoric Trumps Reality.

After all, he, along with his fellow longtime teachers and education traditionalists, are in a profession that has, until recently, largely resisted the impact of technological, social and economic change.

«That's why the education secretary recently commissioned the highly respected Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to provide support and challenge to the Welsh Government's work on education reforms to make sure they are on track.»

John Engler, president of The Business Roundtable and former governor of Michigan, recently wrote an article for U.S. News and World Report entitled «STEM Education Is the Key to the U.S.'s Economic Future.»

Hoosiers for Economic Growth chairman Fred Klipsch explained recently how his organization and several affiliated groups spent $ 4.4 million to push through the education policies that Indiana adopted in 2011, including a huge voucher program, expansion of charter schools and anti-union measures.

Also against merit pay based solely on student achievement scores is the Economic Policy Institute, which recently released a report titled «Teachers, Performance Pay, and Accountability: What Education Should Learn from Other Sectors.»

Andreas Schleicher, head of education at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), recently warned that Britain's focus on rote learning will cause it to fall behind in terms of education standards.

As Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman recently put it, «If you had to explain America's economic success with one word, that word would be «education.»»

As Education Week recently reported, a new study by the Center for Benefit - Cost Studies of Education at Columbia University's Teachers College, «The Economic Value of Social and Emotional Learning,» found that high - quality, research - validated social and emotional learning programs bring a return of $ 11 for every $ 1 invested.

«Child care may also be referred to by other names such as early childhood education and care (common in the [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]-RRB-», early childhood care and education (US), «early learning and child care and, most recently, early care and learning.