Sentences with phrase «education policy research helps»

• The Proving Ground initiative at Harvard University's Center for Education Policy Research helps districts and charter school networks design and use a deliberate, analytical approach to gathering and using evidence to test digital tools they might adopt systemwide.

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We also helped develop the Men's Coalition — a partnership launched in November 2007 by a group of agencies (Men's Health Forum, Respect, Fatherhood Institute, Men's Advice Line, Relate, the Research Unit on Men and Masculinities at Bradford University, NCH and the White Ribbon Campaign) to ensure public policies take full account of the specific needs and experiences of men and boys (eg across health, parenting and caring, relationships, education, employment, crime and violence).

The Orfalea Fund helped to bring about new standards in early childhood education, school food, and disaster readiness by doing in - depth research, taking risks to discover what works, bringing together dedicated partners to execute programs, and helping families, educators, and policy - makers raise their expectations for a healthier, more resilient community.

Understanding these trends can help people to quickly determine the most important and influential research in a field, which can then inform evidence - based education, policy and investment.

CAMH combines clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion to help transform the lives of people affected by mental illness and addiction.

She is a founding and active member of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (www.enviRN.org), an international organization that is helping to integrate environmental health into nursing education, practice, research, and policy / advocacy.

AAU members collectively help shape policy for higher education, science, and innovation; promote best practices in undergraduate and graduate education; and strengthen the contributions of research universities to society.

As Professor Howard Gardner says, that vision «helped all of us understand the unique role of a graduate school of education, situated at the nexus of practice, policy, and research.»

A new toolkit from Harvard University's Center for Education Policy Research provides resources to help educators leverage video observations in school communities to improve teacher practice and student learning.

To do this back in their countries, participants will be able to get help with an online tool called the Harvard Management Mentor, as well as the research skills of master's students in the International Education Policy Program in the fall.

The Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University (CEPR) and the Harvard Graduate School of Education today announced a $ 15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a new, national education initiative to help school district and state leaders increase student achievement and attainment through data - informed decision Education Policy Research at Harvard University (CEPR) and the Harvard Graduate School of Education today announced a $ 15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a new, national education initiative to help school district and state leaders increase student achievement and attainment through data - informed decision Education today announced a $ 15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a new, national education initiative to help school district and state leaders increase student achievement and attainment through data - informed decision education initiative to help school district and state leaders increase student achievement and attainment through data - informed decision - making.

Fernando M. Reimers focuses his research and teaching on innovative global education policies and programs that help students develop competencies necessary for civic participation and work in the twenty first century.

St. Bernard Parish, just outside of New Orleans, participated in the Strategic Data Project (SDP) at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University to help its students, many of whom had been displaced by Katrina.

They work for state departments of education helping to draft policies that are supported by research in the cognitive sciences.

While Murphy continued work with a think tank called the Empire Foundation for Policy Research, helping to produce a report on education choice in 1993, Carroll and Brian Backstrom, another veteran of the budget office, and Jason Brooks, a fresh - faced triple major (history, religion, and political science) from Syracuse University, started FERA in 1998.

To research multilingual education, curriculum, pedagogy and language policy issues to help fill the opportunity gap for immigrant and inner city populations.

Since 2008, the Strategic Data Project (SDP), under Harvard's Center for Policy Education Research, has placed fellows like Bowman in state education agencies, school districts, and charter school management organizations where they are helping policymakers to decode an avalanche of educatioEducation Research, has placed fellows like Bowman in state education agencies, school districts, and charter school management organizations where they are helping policymakers to decode an avalanche of educatioeducation agencies, school districts, and charter school management organizations where they are helping policymakers to decode an avalanche of educational data.

Yet the latest in a series indicators of school district effectiveness by Harvard University's Strategic Data Project at its Center for Education Policy Research show many districts do not know how to place and retain these teachers to help them succeed.

They will do high quality research while helping schools to improve children's lives — not a bad combination for a rewarding career,» said Thomas Kane, Center for Education Policy Research Faculty Director and Walter H. Gale Professor of Education and Ecresearch while helping schools to improve children's lives — not a bad combination for a rewarding career,» said Thomas Kane, Center for Education Policy Research Faculty Director and Walter H. Gale Professor of Education and EcResearch Faculty Director and Walter H. Gale Professor of Education and Economics.

His research helps inform and influence national debates over a range of education policies.

By partnering with education and policy leaders to help address their most pressing challenges, the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University represents a new paradigm in education research and has become a focal point for education policy researchers across Harvard and around the Uniteeducation and policy leaders to help address their most pressing challenges, the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University represents a new paradigm in education research and has become a focal point for education policy researchers across Harvard and around the United Spolicy leaders to help address their most pressing challenges, the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University represents a new paradigm in education research and has become a focal point for education policy researchers across Harvard and around the UniteEducation Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University represents a new paradigm in education research and has become a focal point for education policy researchers across Harvard and around the United SPolicy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University represents a new paradigm in education research and has become a focal point for education policy researchers across Harvard and around the UnitedResearch (CEPR) at Harvard University represents a new paradigm in education research and has become a focal point for education policy researchers across Harvard and around the Uniteeducation research and has become a focal point for education policy researchers across Harvard and around the Unitedresearch and has become a focal point for education policy researchers across Harvard and around the Uniteeducation policy researchers across Harvard and around the United Spolicy researchers across Harvard and around the United States.

Education research and the data that enables it are incredibly powerful tools that help educators and policymakers understand and personalize learning; make good policy, practice, and funding decisions; and improve academic, life, and work outcomes.

Perhaps national organizations (such as the National Association of State Boards of Education, National Conference of State Legislatures, Council of Chief State School Officers, and National Governors Association) could help expand this research to inform our understanding of the state education policy - makingEducation, National Conference of State Legislatures, Council of Chief State School Officers, and National Governors Association) could help expand this research to inform our understanding of the state education policy - makingeducation policy - making process.

Cambridge, MA (October 5, 2015)-- On October 5, researchers at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University will release findings from the Best Foot Forward project, an initiative testing whether video technology can help address the challenges faced by teachers and school leaders in implementing classroom observations that are part of teacher evaluation systems.

Findings from the National Center for Research in Policy and Practice (NCRPP) survey, and how it can help education leaders and researchers create more of an impact, are discussed in the following HGSE Usable Knowledge blog post....

Keynote speakers included Pedro Rivera, Pennsylvania secretary of education; Roberto Rodriguez, deputy assistant to the president for education at the White House; Judy Schneider, senior analyst at the Congressional Research Service; Carmel Martin, executive vice president for policy at the Center for American Progress; Lindsay Fryer, senior education policy advisor for the U.S. Senate HELP Committee; and Raul Gonzalez, senior program officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

As a recent graduate student in education policy at Harvard University, he received a fellowship that helped him conduct research into the lives of rural gay youths and the educators and other professionals who cross paths...

Center Offers College - bound Students in St. Louis Help to Keep Them On Track St. Louis Post Dispatch, June 10, 2013» «If they come up against a stumbling block, they are not necessarily primed to go out and seek out help,» said Lindsay Page at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard.&raHelp to Keep Them On Track St. Louis Post Dispatch, June 10, 2013» «If they come up against a stumbling block, they are not necessarily primed to go out and seek out help,» said Lindsay Page at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard.&rahelp,» said Lindsay Page at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard.»

This NPSC policy brief came together in response to the inquiries of legislators on the Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) as part of our Research - to - Policy Collaborpolicy brief came together in response to the inquiries of legislators on the Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) as part of our Research - to - Policy CollaborPolicy Collaboration.

As a nonpartisan organization, we work closely with all members of the Illinois General Assembly to keep them up to date on education issues and help them make informed research - based policy decisions.

NCSECS Response: Research over the past ten years has helped inform and establish best practices in education and helped shape policy across the nation.

While at Stanford, Ericka has worked in partnership with a California school district to help answer high priority and actionable research questions; mentored first and second year doctoral students as a part of the Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education program; served as a doctoral student representative on the Social Sciences, Humanities, and Interdisciplinary Policy Studies Area Committee; and served as a teaching assistant for quantitative and theoretical courses on educational inequality.

Last week I described two broad research strategies that might help us analyze our complex education system so that we could predict how education policy changes ought to affect student outcomes, and thereby select optimal policy changes.

Roger Weissberg, chief knowledge officer for the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), one of the nation's leading organizations in the field of SEL research, evaluation, and best practices, credits decades of «strategic, steady work» across research, policy, and practice, in helping to highlight the benefits of SEL in delivering a whole child — centered education that supports academic achievement.

Researchers at Harvard University's Center for Education Policy Research also questioned how the district expected to help children follow through.

Cashing in on Kids conducts research and public education programs designed to help ensure that public schools put the students» interest above corporate interests that are increasingly taking control of public education policy and institutions.

Thus, this article will attempt to help urban education researchers and educators understand (a) why the intersection of race, culture, language, and disability is an urban education issue; (b) how issues of race, culture, language, and disability affect students» and their families» quest for an equitable education; (c) how to advocate for and provide culturally responsive services to racially, culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse students and their families; and (d) the implications of the intersection of race, culture, and disability for urban education practice, research, and policy.

The college's distinguished professors and their graduate students aggressively pursue vital, interdisciplinary research that is helping to transform teaching and learning, education policy, and leadership in all education disciplines.

NCLD and the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) jointly released this policy brief in May 2011 to help promote research - based approaches to improving educational outcomes for students with disabilities.

This research will help to inform best practice in the special education area and provide a basis for developing policy advice as appropriate.

Updated earlier this year, this summary of dozens of research studies was created to help graduate students, education scholars, professional development leaders, practitioners, and facilitators navigate the landscape of scholarship about effective professional development activities, policies, and structures that contribute to a system of professional learning.

LPI will focus on providing evidence - based research to help education leaders shape policies that support equitable learning opportunities for all children.

What I would argue is that a much larger share of the federal education research dollars... should be devoted to helping states begin to use the data that they've been accumulating to start evaluating their own programs and policies.

What we need now is strong leadership — political leadership that understands the value of investing in education and educational leadership that keeps the focus on policies, programs and research that help all students succeed.

We produce original research to inform Rhode Island education policy conversations, as well as resources to help parents, teachers, policymakers and everyday Rhode Islanders take action for our students.

Her recent experience includes helping to develop initiatives to improve secondary school literacy, navigating policy issues affecting students in pre-k through college for higher education officials and ensuring that instructional practice in education is driven by high quality research.

We produce original research to inform Connecticut education policy conversations, as well as resources to help parents, teachers, policymakers and everyday Nutmeggers take action for our students.

Gifts to the Academy will help expand NAEd's capacity to advance high - quality education research, the continuing professional development of the next generation of education scholars, and the application of research to improved education policy and practice.

In this FCAN webinar, Rachel Fishman, Senior Policy Analyst at New America's Education Policy program and author of New America's College Decisions Survey, and Troy Miller, FCAN's Associate Director for Research and Policy, discussed the survey's findings and how they can help policymakers and college access advocates tailor their strategies for greater impact.

Arts Education Partnership helps PTA to advance arts education and lead the way to student success with current research and policy Education Partnership helps PTA to advance arts education and lead the way to student success with current research and policy education and lead the way to student success with current research and policy insights.