Sentences with phrase «u.s. education reform debate»

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The study, released by a group that advocates for environmentally - sound buildings, is meant to draw attention to the condition of buildings that on weekdays house some 56 million students and teachers — more than one - sixth of the U.S. population — but that nevertheless attract little attention in the national debate over education policy and reform.

A major newspaper expose demonstrating the U.S. school testing industry's inability to competently design and administer the current level of required state exams should persuade Congress to drop a plan to greatly increase mandated testing now being debated as part of an «education reform» bill, according to the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest).

Given the shift in focus in the global education reform debate from the 3 R's to the 4 C's, what are the critical steps we need to take to produce a new education framework for the U.S.?

National standards won't magically boost learning in the U.S., and if this debate distracts attention from more effective reforms, then public education will be worse off.