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Also at 10 a.m., The Educational Conference Board, a coalition of major statewide education organizations, will hold a news conference in the LCA Press Room to release a report, «Turning the Corner: With an improved fiscal condition, New York can lead the way for sustainable educational progress.»

Options that don't end in a bachelor's degree will fail to help disadvantaged students see themselves as college material, and predictably channel them into less promising options, forming an «educational caste system,» according to Kati Haycock, the president of the Education Trust, a Washington group that presses for better opportunities for low - income and minority students.

In answering that, let's embrace the complexity of compliance and begin by bearing in mind that the defederalization of education that began in the Reagan administration has had serious consequences: the federal agency charged with monitoring the states is hard - pressed to monitor by any means other than to determine whether the state and local education agencies dotted each «i» and crossed each «t» in a student's educational plan.

Seymour wrote more than 45 books, in areas as diverse as community psychology, mental disability, educational change, teacher education, teaching as a performance art, the theory of relativity, and (now in press) life in nursing homes.

Kayla sits on several advisory boards of educational companies, and works closely with Remind, Go Ennounce, GoNoodle, Amazon Education, and Creative Teaching Press to name a few.

While theories both broad and specific are common, «we don't really have a good midrange theory of educational ethics,» admits Professor Meira Levinson, co-editor, with Jacob Fay, of the new Harvard Education Press title, Dilemmas of Educational Ethics: Cases and Commentaries — a book she hopes will help fill that void.

Pollock, an assistant professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, argues in her new book, Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School (Princeton University Press, May 2004), that both clumsy race talk and an insistence on avoiding race labels in schools have actually fueled racial disparities in educational opportunity and ateducation at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, argues in her new book, Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School (Princeton University Press, May 2004), that both clumsy race talk and an insistence on avoiding race labels in schools have actually fueled racial disparities in educational opportunity and atEducation, argues in her new book, Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School (Princeton University Press, May 2004), that both clumsy race talk and an insistence on avoiding race labels in schools have actually fueled racial disparities in educational opportunity and attainment.

«The United States as a nation must recognize the need for improvement in its educational system and seize the opportunities offered by technology,» Gary Bitter, president of the International Society for Technology in Education, said at a press conference in New York.

Commissioner of Education Ralph Turlington of Florida, who is credited with pressing plans to raise Florida's ranking among the states on measures of educational excellence, is rumored to be thinking of stepping down in 1986 rather than running for re-election to the top educatEducation Ralph Turlington of Florida, who is credited with pressing plans to raise Florida's ranking among the states on measures of educational excellence, is rumored to be thinking of stepping down in 1986 rather than running for re-election to the top educationeducation post.

During the press conference celebrated after the Open Ceremony of the World Education Forum 2015, UNESCO Director - General Irina Bokova, and the Secretary - General of the United Nations, Ban Ki - moon, they expressed the important role of building a global citizenship to be succeed with the educational targets of the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.

«There's no single domestic issue more pressing than fixing our nation's antiquated education system and the Educational Opportunities Act will empower parents throughout the country to have access to quality educational options that are otherwise out of reach,» she said.

EiE addresses America's pressing need for effective STEM education in three ways: curriculum development and dissemination, professional development (PD), and educational research.

The Kentucky Department of Education can set an appropriate example for each school in the state by faithfully seeking students who will challenge our educators to address the pressing educational needs of today.

Leading education researcher and author Dr. Robert Marzano, in partnership with Learning Sciences Marzano Center for Teacher and Leadership Evaluation, will focus on answers to the country's most pressing educational questions, this summer at Building Expertise 2013: 2nd Annual International Marzano Conference for Teacher & Leadership Evaluation in Orlando, Florida.

In what may be one of the most comprehensive, balanced, clear - eyed descriptions of the educational revolution we are currently slashing through, Allan Collins» and Richard Halverson's Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology (Teachers College Press 2009), based on the authors» history of education reform course they taught together at Northwestern, describes better than almost any book I've read what the new world of education — as opposed to schooling — may look like in thEducation in the Age of Technology (Teachers College Press 2009), based on the authors» history of education reform course they taught together at Northwestern, describes better than almost any book I've read what the new world of education — as opposed to schooling — may look like in theducation reform course they taught together at Northwestern, describes better than almost any book I've read what the new world of education — as opposed to schooling — may look like in theducation — as opposed to schooling — may look like in the future.

Ph.D. in Education The Ph.D. in Education program produces leaders who can address the nation's most pressing educational challenges.

Chicago, IL — November 20, 2014 At 10:30 a.m. over 120 educational justice activists in the Grassroots Education Movement (GEM) in Chicago held a press conference on the 5th floor of City Hall demanding that Mayor Rahm Emanuel support 50 sustainable community schools.

Richard has written and developed several educational books and products, including Questioning Styles and Strategies for the Thoughtful Education Press and the Teaching Strategies Video Library for ASCD.

Delegates at a Westminster Education Forum, held last week in central London, pressed Joanna Hall (pictured below), deputy director of schools at Ofsted, on the rules for joint inspections of local area provision for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Her forthcoming book, Occupying Schools, Occupying Land: How the Landless Workers Movement Transformed Brazilian Education (Oxford University Press) examines the educational initiatives of the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST), a national social movement of rural workers struggling for agrarian reform.

«This would constitute the largest expansion of educational opportunity in the 21st century,» U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told reporters in an afternoon press call.

Each of our Professional Learning Maps orient educators to today's most pressing educational issues, and support education professionals as they move from their current understanding to a place of collective understanding.

Matthew J. Perini has served as the director of publishing for Silver Strong & Associates and Thoughtful Education Press for the past decade, authoring numerous books, curriculum guides, and articles on a wide range of educational topics.

Matthew J. Perini has served as the director of publishing for Silver Strong & Associates and Thoughtful Education Press for over a decade, authoring numerous books, curriculum guides, and articles on a wide range of educational topics.

When African American parents pressed for an end to legalized school segregation in the years leading up to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision, it was not the companionship of white children they were seeking for their children: It was access to educational resources.

She holds a doctorate from Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, where she focused on the systemic demands of large scale educational improvement, and is the author of The Mindful School Leader (Corwin, 2014), Wounded By School (Teachers College Press, 2009) and Schools As Colonizers (Verlag, 2008).

Strong has written and developed several educational books and products, including Questioning Styles and Strategies for the Thoughtful Education Press and the Teaching Strategies Video Library for ASCD.

Applying the multicultural democratic education framework developed earlier (Marri, in press; Marri, 2003a; Marri, 2003b), this study examined one high school US history teacher's pedagogy and incorporation of educational technology in a public high school with significant technological resource restraints.

«In our estimation, the conversion of all of the robust personalized learning technology and the data reporting functionality in READ 180 makes it the most ambitious educational program available on the iPad,» said Margery Mayer, President of Scholastic Education, in a press release.

With the arrival of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and a general trend to more rigorous educational standards, students who are reading below grade level will face even greater challenges in meeting them,» said Peter Cohen, president of McGraw - Hill School Education, in a press release.

«While we are obviously delighted at the improvement of consumer knowledge about credit scoring, we remain committed to ensuring our educational resources will keep pace with the surging demand for credit - related education by consumers, including and especially underserved groups,» said Barrett Burns, President and CEO of VantageScore Solutions in a press release.