Sentences with phrase «while state education policy»

While state education policy makers differed by party in their responsiveness to teacher voices, they did not discriminate between the value of individual and organized voices of school leaders.

Not exact matches

While I haven't taken it as far as our state board of education (see What to Do if Your School Wellness Policy Isn't Being Enforced), I will continue to advocate for healthy class parties and fundraisers.

«While the reforms were initiated by the Board of Regents, it is critical to Senator Flanagan and the Education Committee that the state review the new policies and maintain an open dialogue about the future of state education policEducation Committee that the state review the new policies and maintain an open dialogue about the future of state education policeducation policy.»

Indeed, the governor — in both his annual State of the State speech and a policy book released later in the day — sounded warnings about the importance of lifting the neediest New Yorkers out of poverty through comprehensive education programs that address academics while also battling hunger, improving mental health and providing after - school care.

His higher education policies have included calling for laws to limit the amount of time a student can receive state tuition assistance while in a public university, which he said would increase the rate of graduation in four years.

Gibson offered a brief outline of his platform, stating, «I believe our state can rally around four points: growing the economy through meaningful tax cuts and policy changes, achieving excellence in education by returning power to parents, students and teachers, cleaning up corruption and restoring our faith in our ability to be self - governing and protecting our freedoms while improving on the safety and security of all New Yorkers.»

While in graduate school, I worked as an education policy researcher at the Howard Samuel State Management and Policy Cpolicy researcher at the Howard Samuel State Management and Policy CPolicy Center.

While student teaching (and eventually full - time teaching) in Portland Public Schools, I quickly got involved in education policy at the city and state level.

Stubbs credits Associate Professor Martin West's Education Policy and Politics course — one of her top courses taken while enrolled in the Education Policy and Management (EPM) Program — as showing her the reality of the current state of education in the U.S. «This class is the class that completely unraveled the many layers of the education system,» Education Policy and Politics course — one of her top courses taken while enrolled in the Education Policy and Management (EPM) Program — as showing her the reality of the current state of education in the U.S. «This class is the class that completely unraveled the many layers of the education system,» Education Policy and Management (EPM) Program — as showing her the reality of the current state of education in the U.S. «This class is the class that completely unraveled the many layers of the education system,» education in the U.S. «This class is the class that completely unraveled the many layers of the education system,» education system,» she says.

While a shift toward competency - based education can begin at the school - level, state policies can either help or hinder successful implementation.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — A new analysis of data from the Education Commission of the States (ECS) finds that almost every state has some type of dual - enrollment policy, which allows high school students who are ready for college work to enroll in college courses while completing their high school programs.

The reports show educators at all levels struggling to implement a dramatic and extremely complex change in federal education policy, which radically alters the role of federal and state governments while imposing unprecedented responsibilities and accountability for test score gains.

While Bill Padia, director of the policy and evaluation division at the California Department of Education, thinks California's state accountability plan is «relatively close» to full NCLB compliance, he too reports that California educators are skeptical of a system where «you just raise the bar every year and the bar will be up at 100 percent in 12 years.»

While civics education policy was not a factor in this year's presidential election, United States Secretary of Education John King recently urged educators to «make preparing your students for their civic duties just as much a priority as preparing them to succeed in college and in their careereducation policy was not a factor in this year's presidential election, United States Secretary of Education John King recently urged educators to «make preparing your students for their civic duties just as much a priority as preparing them to succeed in college and in their careerEducation John King recently urged educators to «make preparing your students for their civic duties just as much a priority as preparing them to succeed in college and in their careers.»

From a quite different place on the political spectrum, the New York affiliate of the National Education Association has withdrawn its support for the Common Core as implemented in that state, and the American Federation of Teachers is calling for a moratorium on all consequences attached to student test results while the standards are being implemented, a policy that has been affirmed in California.

While eliminating applications raises questions for important aspects of the largest federal K - 12 education aid program, the ESEA Title I program, the policy guidance published by USED in March 2015 provides a wide range of options for states and LEAs to implement CEP with minimal interference with Title I funding allocations or accountability measures.

While this response rate is far from spectacular, it serves as a starting point for filling a large gap in the state education policy - making literature.

While state governments have had a heavy hand in teacher preparation, licensure, and certification policy for over a century (American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, 1990; Hawley, 1990), states have traditionally delegated teacher tenure and evaluation policy to localities, often in conjunction with local collective bargaining units (Ballou, 2000; Cohen - Vogel & Osborne - Lampkin, 2007; Hannaway & Rotherham, 2006; Hungerford & Blom, 2014; Strunk, 2012).

While the national discourse focuses on the merits of school choice initiatives in their own right and for their own sakes, as leaders of state and local education systems, as educators of diverse regional, political, and professional backgrounds, we believe that these policies are better thought of as means to critical ends, and that the goal of these and other education policies should be, above all else, the enhancement of skills for America's youngest generation and expanded opportunity for children to thrive as adults.

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While American early education policy is heavily shaped by a number of federal laws, charter policy is almost entirely determined at the state level.

This helps account for at least some of the trauma and disruption caused by the storms, the quality of schools students attended in other regions while their local schools were closed, and any changes in the state tests and state education policies that affected both groups.

It's an experiment that — while proven successful in at least two other states — has its origins in a Democratic President's administration and comes fresh off of lawmakers» brush with Common Core state standards, a broad - reaching education policy that blew up into a toxic political football among conservatives because it de-emphasized local control.

While state education agencies are responsible for implementing federal programs, in many states the governor and the legislature, not the chief state school officer and the state education agency, are in charge of testing and accountability policy.

For example, comments like those made by U.S. Representative Buck McKeon are representative of the support shown by some federal policy makers: «We should incentivize charter school expansion at the state level while increasing awareness about the most effective strategies employed by charter schools, because charter schools rest on the pulse of education» (McKeon, 2011).

Education policy changes made this decade by state lawmakers have helped create a trend in which enrollment in traditional public schools has declined while more students are enrolling in charter schools, private schools and homeschools.

«While the performance of Virginia students compares favorably to that of students in other states, the disparities between subgroups underscore the importance of the Board of Education's policies and initiatives aimed at narrowing, and ultimately closing, achievement gaps,» Board of Education President David M. Foster said.

While the Texas Education Agency (TEA) argued that it had not developed policy or established special education caps, if it walks like a duck... In practice, the TEA issued guidance indicating that districts reporting that more than 8.5 % of its students were eligible for special education would be flagged in their state report cards and potentialEducation Agency (TEA) argued that it had not developed policy or established special education caps, if it walks like a duck... In practice, the TEA issued guidance indicating that districts reporting that more than 8.5 % of its students were eligible for special education would be flagged in their state report cards and potentialeducation caps, if it walks like a duck... In practice, the TEA issued guidance indicating that districts reporting that more than 8.5 % of its students were eligible for special education would be flagged in their state report cards and potentialeducation would be flagged in their state report cards and potentially fined.

For example, the Stanford Center on Opportunity Policy in Education reported in 2009 that while research shows that 40 - 100 hours of training in a given area of professional practice is needed to produce solid results, teachers in the United States typically have about eight hours of training on a particular topic.

Center for American Progress Senior Policy Analyst for K - 12 Education Samantha Batel writes that, while independent reviews have largely found state ESSA plans to be «unambitious or unfinished» (such as Check State Plans), one policy (which appears in half of ESSA plans) «could have tePolicy Analyst for K - 12 Education Samantha Batel writes that, while independent reviews have largely found state ESSA plans to be «unambitious or unfinished» (such as Check State Plans), one policy (which appears in half of ESSA plans) «could have teestate ESSA plans to be «unambitious or unfinished» (such as Check State Plans), one policy (which appears in half of ESSA plans) «could have teeState Plans), one policy (which appears in half of ESSA plans) «could have tepolicy (which appears in half of ESSA plans) «could have teeth...

The report highlights the fact that while state policy decisions over the past 25 years have sought to help poorer districts meet the needs of its students, differences in funding levels still persist and those born into wealthier areas are afforded higher levels of investment in their education.

Personalized learning schools should use these autonomies to pursue their personalized learning goals, while problem - solving with district and state education leaders to remove policy obstacles that stand in their way.

Alyson Klein reports for Education Week that while school choice may be «having a big moment in K - 12 policy,» you would «never know it from reading» state ESSA plans.

While some states such as Minnesota, Wisconsin and California began embracing the expansion of choice through the passage of charter school laws as well as the launch of voucher programs, it was the move by the Clinton administration during the 1990s to make charters a key part of federal education policy that helped spur states to expand choice in their own states.

Yet, while NACSA's principles and standards document addresses special education, the new report has a notable gap in that it does not include examination of state charter policies related to students with disabilities.

«NSBA applauds lawmakers in the House and Senate for their commitment to passing a modernized law that preserves important federal cornerstones, such as equity and excellence, while establishing a «new federalism» in education policy — upholding local governance and creating a new federal - state - local partnership to ensure that states and local school board members are better positioned to provide all students with a world class public education,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director of the National School Boards Association.

While most of the action on education reform broadly, and school choice specifically, is at the state level, the items in the President's budget and these additional policy ideas would be a tremendous help in facilitating greater educational opportunity for America's K - 12 children.»

Bill Cibes made a fundamental difference then and does so now when he tells ConnCAN and the other «corporate education reformers» that we will not back down in our commitment and dedication to protect what is right about public education while we seek to develop and implement policies that make a real, honest and positive impact on the quality of education in our state.

While the district says the policies are needed to hold charter schools accountable, a coalition of charter leaders say the rules unduly limit the autonomy afforded charter schools under state law and their ability to offer a high - quality education.

Alison Ryan, education policy adviser at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said: «While many state faith schools are excellent schools, with mixed pupil intakes, some voluntary aided schools, whether intentionally or not, are less diverse ethnically and have fewer disadvantaged pupils because of the faith criteria they use in their admissions policies.

While our findings demonstrate the vertical influence federal incentivization can have on state adoption activity, our findings also support earlier work in education (e.g., Cohen - Vogel, Ingle, Albee, and Spence 2008; Mintrom and Vergari 1998) showing that the likelihood of state adoption may be enhanced through participation in national policy consortia.

While the state's rightly have control over education, and education policy, the president - elect can expand education choice through a number of areas:

While education policies are generally left to the state's there is work the president can do in promoting and encouraging the advancement of school choice throughout the country.

The GOP takeover of the Senate could shake up higher education policy, analysts say, while results in state elections offer more of a mixed bag, with teacher unions prevailing in California, while the GOP retained two hotly contested governorships in Wisconsin and Florida, where education issues played a role.

While thousands of people are gathering in Washington for the National Alliance's charter conference, it is helpful to remember that the federal role in education reform has been to support developments that were already occurring in state policy and on the ground.

While the U.S. Constitution is silent on education — effectively delegating authority to individual states — the federal government has a long history of goading states into compliance with its preferred policies.

While the vast majority of K - 12 spending is done by state and local governments, the bulging layers of bureaucracy that administer education policy are the direct result of federal overreach into our education system.

Last year the House passed the Student Success Act, a broad based reform of federal education policy that would maintain the high standards the President called for while giving state and local school districts back the money and authority they need to meet those standards.

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.

The plans cut across the policy arena, and state officials have plenty of flexibility to chart their own courses, while still making sure they live up to the federal education law's requirements.