Sentences with phrase «leading education historian»
If America has a leading education historian, Ravitch, an education professor at New York University, has long had a claim on the title.
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At the same time, Catholic professors criticized their institutions for intellectual mediocrity, redefined «academic excellence» in line with the standards of leading graduate schools, and turned (with equivocal success) to theology to provide what Holy Cross historian David O'Brien has termed «the bridge between the older Catholic identity and the newer, more excellent version of Catholic higher education.»
In this forum, lead author of Learning from No Child Left Behind, EdisonLearning's John Chubb, and education historian and task force member Diane Ravitch, who declined to sign the recommendations, weigh in on the future of the law.
Patricia Albjerg Graham is a leading historian of American education.
No obscure figure, Kilpatrick was «the most influential teacher in the nation's leading college of education,» spending nearly 30 years on the faculty of Columbia University's Teachers College, notes education historian Diane Ravitch.
«America's leading historian of education» (New York Times) and a burr under Klein's saddle for most of his eight - year tenure, Ravitch is more restrained here than usual.
As a math historian, my research has led me to believe the only solution is a radical re-think of the foundations of western elementary mathematics education.
A leading historian of education and expert on education research, Lagemann led the Ed School through a period of transition and progress.
«After a span of more than a decade in a series of senior administrative roles at NYU, the Spencer Foundation, and most recently HGSE, Ellen has indicated her desire to devote her full - time efforts once again to her academic work as a leading historian of American education,» Summers added.
A leading historian of American education, Graham served as dean of the Ed School from 1982 through 1991.
He kept this emphasis when other leading historians of education, particularly Lawrence Cremin, turned their attention «to the many agencies that educate.»
In any case, according to Diane Ravitch, who is probably America's leading historian of education, vertical penmanship probably wasn't any worse than a lot of other panaceas offered since — particularly panaceas offered in recent times.
In Education Reform in Florida, sociologists and historians evaluate Governor Jeb Bush's nation - leading school reform policies since 1999.
Educational historian Diane Ravitch said of Ms. DeVos, «Never has anyone been appointed to lead [the Office of Education] in the past 150 years who was hostile to public educatioEducation] in the past 150 years who was hostile to public educationeducation.»
Historian Diane Ravitch criticized Obama's Education Secretary Arne Duncan for his stances, which lead many public education advocates to feel as though electing GOP candidate Mitt Romney would not change much about the current direction of the nation's school Education Secretary Arne Duncan for his stances, which lead many public education advocates to feel as though electing GOP candidate Mitt Romney would not change much about the current direction of the nation's school education advocates to feel as though electing GOP candidate Mitt Romney would not change much about the current direction of the nation's school policies.