Not exact matches
Analysis by the
Education Policy Institute (EPI), has shown that the take - up of GCSEs in arts subjects, including design, drama, theatre, music, and dance has
seen a drastic decline.
«I believe that students learn most when they can
see the relationship between
education and issues they care about, and the capacity to solve problems is developed through exercise,» Reimers says, noting that students are invited to select
policy challenges that are relevant to them in an effort to help develop
policy analysis skills.
His main ambition in this book is to persuade us that, as a matter of normative political theory and public -
policy analysis, we should pay more attention to the goal of fostering good citizenship than we have
seen in many recent
education discussions.
(
see http://vamboozled.com/the-2013-bunkum-awards-the-gates-foundations-45-met-studies/ or
see the National
Education Policy Center's
analysis at http://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-MET-final-2013)
A new report published by Stanford's
Policy Analysis for California
Education (PACE) makes the case for investing LCFF resources on research - based approaches in order to
see long - term improvements.
The contradictions between this message, and their actual methods, has been discussed by Ed Fuller, Director, Center for Evaluation and
Education Policy Analysis at Penn State —
see his blog posting here.
They have also done this, repeatedly since 2011, despite the major research - based issues (
see for example a National
Education Policy Center (NEPC)
analysis that followed;
see also a recent / timely post about this on another blog at techcrunch.com).
Estelle's roles in
education have allowed her to
see the
education landscape from classroom teacher to senior
policy maker and it is this breadth of experience that is now reflected in her comments and
analysis of
education.
See a Google Search citation counts for articles in
Education Policy Analysis Archives for a good example of this.