Sentences with phrase «national education historian»

National education historian, Diane Ravitch, has also applauded the action of Garfield teachers, sending the teachers a letter of support and dedicating a statement on her blog to their announcement.

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Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

The Network for Public Education, a nonprofit education advocacy group co-founded by historian Diane Ravitch, is calling for a national «opt out» of high - stakes standardizedEducation, a nonprofit education advocacy group co-founded by historian Diane Ravitch, is calling for a national «opt out» of high - stakes standardizededucation advocacy group co-founded by historian Diane Ravitch, is calling for a national «opt out» of high - stakes standardized testing.

He is also involved with higher education matters on a national level, and has, in addition, a historian's eye.

Despite the obvious new age mood of the sessions, some of the discussion had a déjà vu quality to it, brought home by education historian David Cohen, the University of Michigan professor with long gray hair and backpack, who bemoaned the lack of a national curriculum and praised the efforts of the common core crowd.

The dispute between the reports» authors — which flared into the open on a national network news program Sept. 6 — pitted Lynne V. Cheney, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, against Diane Ravitch, a prominent education historian, and Chester E. Finn Jr., an assistant secretary of ednational network news program Sept. 6 — pitted Lynne V. Cheney, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, against Diane Ravitch, a prominent education historian, and Chester E. Finn Jr., an assistant secretary of edNational Endowment for the Humanities, against Diane Ravitch, a prominent education historian, and Chester E. Finn Jr., an assistant secretary of education.

He served as co-PI and advisor in several National Science Foundation - funded professional development research projects, on the National Education Advisory Board for the French & Indian War 250th Anniversary Commemoration, and on the Organization of American Historians - Advanced Placement Joint Advisory Board on Teaching the U.S. History Survey.

As an historian, I was particularly pleased to see how the editor saw fit to include an historical review of the period since the 1950s, mentioning, among other things, Arthur Bestor's great book, Educational Wastelands: The Retreat from Learning in Our Public Schools, the influence of Sputnik, and (a little later) the Great Society legislation, to underscore the national commitment to education for everyone.

Her graduate and postgraduate work has been supported by fellowships from the Spencer Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and her writings on history, education and society have received national awards from the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the History of Education Society and the Oral History AssoNational Endowment for the Humanities, and her writings on history, education and society have received national awards from the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the History of Education Society and the Oral History Asseducation and society have received national awards from the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the History of Education Society and the Oral History Assonational awards from the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the History of Education Society and the Oral History AssEducation Society and the Oral History Association.

NPE is a national group dedicated to fighting for local public education, and was founded just a few years ago by education luminaries like historian Diane Ravitch and teacher / writer Anthony Cody.

Education historian and author Diane Ravitch writes, «Since Michigan embraced the DeVos family's ideas about choice, Michigan has steadily declined on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.»

«Common enrollment is a big Walton idea to put charters on the same footing as public schools,» education historian and national treasure Diane Ravitch told me in an email.

Ravitch was elected to membership in the National Academy of Education (1979), the Society of American Historians (1984), and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1985); she also was named Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences (2002).

Noted education historian Diane Ravitch has long advocated for national standards but announced on her blog last year that she opposed the Common Core effort.

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