Sentences with phrase «education policymakers now»

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Now, in an era when choice and competition in education are gaining acceptance among both parents and policymakers, it is the educational community itself that may need to heed a lesson from the past.

As Congress now works to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) which will replace NCLB, a new article from Education Next offers policymakers the first look at the long - term impacts of test - based accountability on students» future gains.

Now, with the release of the Koret Task Force report, policymakers have a chance to get it right, as they consider the reauthorization of the federal education law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

But now some 20 states are overhauling their evaluation systems, and many policymakers involved in those efforts have been asking the Gates Foundation for suggestions on what measures of teacher effectiveness to use, said Vicki L. Phillips, a director of education at the foundation.

Now, educators and policymakers in that state are scrambling to determine whether and how to enforce the new law, a direct challenge to Plyler v. Doe, a 1982 Supreme Court ruling that asserts that public schools must provide all students an education, regardless of their immigration status.

The law is slated for reauthorization in 2007, and that process is starting now, at least informally, as education groups poll their members for ideas, and policymakers consider proposals for change that have already been put forward.

This year's new cohort consists of principals, researchers at major educational research organizations and centers, teachers who have been highly effective in the classrooms, an executive director for a region of Teach for America, policymakers from ministries of education, a founder of a volunteer organization working on programs for homeless youths, an education fellow on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, leaders of professional development programs for teachers, a director of development for a private school, and individuals who bring years of experience in the corporate sector and are now turning their energies to the educatioeducation, a founder of a volunteer organization working on programs for homeless youths, an education fellow on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, leaders of professional development programs for teachers, a director of development for a private school, and individuals who bring years of experience in the corporate sector and are now turning their energies to the educatioeducation fellow on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, leaders of professional development programs for teachers, a director of development for a private school, and individuals who bring years of experience in the corporate sector and are now turning their energies to the educatioEducation, Labor and Pensions, leaders of professional development programs for teachers, a director of development for a private school, and individuals who bring years of experience in the corporate sector and are now turning their energies to the educationeducation sector.

«Part of the conversation we need to welcome now — and I'd encourage policymakers to have — is what are those other elements that contribute to students being successful that we ought to take a look at, and then how are we going to make room and build capacity within our education systems to address those issues,» he says.

School leaders and policymakers now have access to more than 60 recommendations to improve discipline practices in schools (PDF), which build on the Supportive School Discipline Initiative under the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice.

Now in its second year, the program enables principals to connect with policymakers and contribute their expertise on policies and programs intending to inform administration initiatives and improve education at all levels.

This has transformed the way that policymakers think about age at which public education should begin — it used to be first grade, then kinder half day, then full day and now preschool at age 4 or even 3.

Unless education leaders can engage teachers, parents, communities, and policymakers in a rational discussion about grading, progress will be as elusive now as it was a century ago.