Sentences with phrase «if education policymakers»

If education policymakers, and indeed the readers of Education Next, are willing, they have much to gain from a dip into the first few chapters of this book.

If education policymakers at the state and district levels are committed to building leadership development into reform efforts, they must build in sufficient resources to support high - impact programs.

Not exact matches

But if the goal is improving student outcomes over the long term — not just generating short - term excitement — then policymakers may want to tie «free college» proposals to broader investments in higher education that make the college experience better, not just cheaper.

This can be possible if program providers, the federal government, policymakers, and higher education institutions all work together.»

If research continues to show that comprehensive character education has positive effects on student achievement as well, then the movement may in time gain more robust political and financial support from education policymakers.

If you train a different lens upon all this, however, you realize that you're looking at a badly messed - up system, one that privileges some kids over others, that extends rights to some citizens that others don't have, that invites finagling by both seekers and suppliers of educational services (and countless intermediaries), and that ends up being costlier than it needs to be, not to mention sitting substantially beyond the reach of policymakers seeking to apportion scarce education dollars across multiple legitimate causes, needs, and priorities.

If state policymakers and education officials let content standards slip, low standards will damage a state's reputation for having a trained workforce.

It is fair to ask if national standards and assessments might start us down the road to a national K — 12 system of public education, effectively turning on its head a system defined today by state and local policymakers and resources.

These are amusing little infights unless you have some responsibility as an education policymaker and you need to know if the unions favor or despise CCSS or edTPA.

Those in support of free community college argue that if the new norm for entrants into the job market is a college degree, policymakers and higher education institutions should make tertiary education attainable for students.

If the central purpose of education research is to identify solutions and provide options for policymakers and practitioners, one would have to characterize the past five decades as a near - complete failure.

If policymakers limit ESA eligibility to a small number of students scattered around the state, they will help those students, but they will do little to encourage existing education providers to expand or new and innovative providers to enter the sector.

Students would be much better off if policymakers and education leaders were to focus on student achievement results as a way to assess teacher quality overall, and to assess the quality of teacher preparation programs supported by federal and state dollars.

For educators and education policymakers Cohen's lengthy misadventure should be read as a cautionary tale: If anything, the controversy about Moynihan's 40 - year - old report — and the subsequent «comeback» — is less a story about political correctness than it is about intellectual lethargy.

If policymakers and education officials let content standards slip, low standards will damage the state's reputation for having a trained workforce.

But for state policymakers looking to advance K — 12 schools beyond outdated time - based paradigms, if New Hampshire's example is any indicator, the road to competency - based education will be long and winding.

If you're not sure about the answer, there are a number of ways to have your voice heard by education policymakers at the local, state, and national level.

The only news is that people, including the news media, public intellectuals, and policymakers, continue to treat the teacher unions as if they were credible actors in education policy discussions.

Educators and policymakers are increasingly realizing that a more nuanced approach to accountability is necessary if education systems are to prepare students with the knowledge and skills they need to be successful in college, careers, and life.

Decision makers in education — students, parents, educators, community members, and policymakers — all need timely access to information from many sources if they are to make informed judgments about student learning and the success of education programs.

«If policymakers are really interested in improving education, they should invest in the public schools that serve all students.»

Before a single child's information is turned over to any 3rd party, policymakers should give assurance to parents and educators that no harm will come to Tennessee school children by adopting the following principles: The state and districts should be required to publish any and all existing data sharing agreements in printed and electronic form, and include a thorough explanation of its purpose and provisions, and make it available to parents and local school authorities statewide; The Department of Education should hold hearings throughout the state or testify before the legislature to explain any existing data agreement, and answer questions from the public or their representatives, obtain informed comment, and gauge public reaction; All parents should have the right to be notified of the impending disclosure of their children's data, and provide them with a right to consent or have the right to withhold their children's information from being shared; The state should have to define what rights families or individuals will have to obtain relief if harmed by improper use or release of their child's private information, including how claims can be made; and finally, any legislation must ensure that the privacy interest of public school children and their families are put above the interests of any 3rd Party and its agents and subsidiaries.

In particular, this history demonstrates that while these data provided only mixed progress towards the stated goal of greater educational equity, they proved «useful» in other ways: providing researchers and policymakers with an array of possible research and policy targets and sustaining the belief that the education system, if properly tweaked and optimized, could ultimately secure educational equity.

«It is further evidence that policymakers in Madison, if they want to improve education in Milwaukee, should focus on expanding the number of seats at high - performing schools and children in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program.»

School districts and campuses would be held responsible by policymakers and taxpayers if they did not provide a decent education for every student.

Traditionally, states have measured this by the number of students who qualify for free or reduced lunches «but that method is «quickly unraveling» and if left unchanged could have dire consequences for education policymakers and researchers.»