Sentences with phrase «about education policy in our state»

It is time we had an open, honest discussion about education policy in our state and begin to close the achievement gaps.»

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But concerns have been raised about a below - the - radar maintenance of Section 28 by some schools after it emerged that Colston Girls» School in Bristol's sex and relationships education policy stated: «The governing body will not permit the promotion of homosexuality.»

The League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (LCVEF) works with our state LCVEF partners, educates the public, media and elected officials about key environmental issues, works to increase voter participation in the democratic process and mobilizes a diverse network of activists to advocate for sound environmental policies.

The policy also calls for all state schools to teach impartial education about religious and non-religious worldviews that is inspected by Ofsted, for much stricter limits on religious discrimination in «faith» school employment, and for the current legal requirement for schools to hold daily acts of collective worship to be repealed.

Thus, it is crucial to have citizens / people living in a country who are able to have a say in the state's affairs, especially about things affecting their lives directly, such as taxation, health - care, education, housing policies and the fundamental of all — who should be the country's leader.

Electeds Urge «No» on Proposal to Co-Locate High School in Existing I.S. 109 District Middle School QUEENS, NY — In advance of the upcoming Panel for Education Policy (PEP) vote next week, Borough President Melinda Katz, Senator Leroy Comrie, Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman, Councilmembers Daniel Dromm, Barry Garodnick and I. Daneek Miller stated the following about the New York City Department of Education's (DOE's) proposal to open and co-locate a new charter high school at I.S. 109 Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School, an existing district middle school in Hollis, Queenin Existing I.S. 109 District Middle School QUEENS, NY — In advance of the upcoming Panel for Education Policy (PEP) vote next week, Borough President Melinda Katz, Senator Leroy Comrie, Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman, Councilmembers Daniel Dromm, Barry Garodnick and I. Daneek Miller stated the following about the New York City Department of Education's (DOE's) proposal to open and co-locate a new charter high school at I.S. 109 Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School, an existing district middle school in Hollis, QueenIn advance of the upcoming Panel for Education Policy (PEP) vote next week, Borough President Melinda Katz, Senator Leroy Comrie, Assemblymember Alicia Hyndman, Councilmembers Daniel Dromm, Barry Garodnick and I. Daneek Miller stated the following about the New York City Department of Education's (DOE's) proposal to open and co-locate a new charter high school at I.S. 109 Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School, an existing district middle school in Hollis, Queenin Hollis, Queens:

The annual gathering of the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators this weekend is often dominated with talk about policy in the state budget, like education spending or criminal justice reState Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators this weekend is often dominated with talk about policy in the state budget, like education spending or criminal justice restate budget, like education spending or criminal justice reform.

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.

I've just noticed that Andrew Adonis (a former education policy adviser who was made a Lord so he could be education minister, and is one of the people most responsible for the Government's obsession with league tables, testing and Academies) has been made Minister of State in the Transport Department, about which he presumably has little or no expertise.

ALBANY — In the final days of this year's legislative session, Governor Andrew Cuomo left the Capitol, boarded a state helicopter and flew to Manhattan, where he spent an hour talking about education policy with a room full of billionaires, schedule records show.

Olympia WA About Blog A former science teacher who now oversees education in the state of Washington shares insights into working on education policy and thoughts on science education.I'm a a career educator, with K - 12 experience in science curriculum, instructional coaching, and both small - and large - scale assessment.

On November 18, Tamez Guerra spoke to students in Ford Foundation Professor Fernando Reimers» Education Policy Analysis and Research in Developing Countries course about the state of...

Chike Aguh Education, Policy, and Management Current cities: Laurel, Maryland / Washington, D.C. Current job: Director, Education Advisory Board Career highlight: Visiting community colleges in over half the states in the union to think about how technology can help solve the college completion challenge

Contact: Adam Rabinowitz: 202-266-4724, [email protected] Jackie Kerstetter: 814-440-2299, [email protected], Education Next D.C.'s high - stakes teacher evaluations raise teacher quality, student achievement 90 % of the turnover of low - performing teachers occurs in high - poverty schools July 27, 2017 — Though the Every Student Succeeds Act excludes any requirements for states about teacher evaluation policies, the results from a once - controversial high - stakes system -LSB-...]

Hill Fight on No Child Left Behind Looms Politico, 1/21/15» «It's not a debate about what education policy should be in place at the state and local level,» said Martin West, associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Eeducation policy should be in place at the state and local level,» said Martin West, associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of EducationEducation.

This is the third in a series of three blog posts about how state and local education policy would be affected by the repeal of ESSA regulations that were written during the Obama administration.

All you need to know about NEA's position on charter schools is actually contained in the original 2001 policy, which states that charters should not exist «simply to provide a «choice» for parents who may be dissatisfied with the education that their children are receiving in mainstream public schools.»

Mike Petrilli talks with Hill and Jochim about this proposal, what it would mean for policy and practice at the federal, state, and local levels, and the prospects for its adoption in this edition of The Education Next Book Club.

In order to learn more about what states should think about in this process, I reached out to Christy Hovanetz, a Senior Policy Fellow for the Foundation for Excellence in EducatioIn order to learn more about what states should think about in this process, I reached out to Christy Hovanetz, a Senior Policy Fellow for the Foundation for Excellence in Educatioin this process, I reached out to Christy Hovanetz, a Senior Policy Fellow for the Foundation for Excellence in Educatioin Education.

As background prep we did an exercise on the state of germany in 1871 after unification, then had a discussion of what type of constitution would be necessary, thinking about key areas of policy such as the economy, control of the military, social measures (education / health), etc and deciding whether these should be under national or regional control.

As Schwarzenegger ran for reelection in 2006, he deflected questions about his education policies by commissioning, with the leaders of the state legislature, an independent research project to recommend funding levels and reforms needed to provide a quality education for every child in California.

Despite multiple rounds of budget cuts, which reduced Kettle Moraine's state aid by half in the decade between 2005 - 06 and 2015 - 16, the district has continued to innovate, says Alan Borsuk, a senior fellow in law and public policy at Marquette Law School who also writes about education for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Join members of the Education Week government and policy staff for a conversation about key aspects of ESSA and what's in store for state and district leaders.

Incentives and Test - Based Accountability in Education will inform people about the motivation of educators and students and inform policy discussions about NCLB and state accountability systems.

In the most recently released Whiteboard «Education Insider» survey (pdf) we asked policy insiders about the risk of states breaking away from the consortia and doing their own Common Core aligned tests.

This is the second in a series of three blog posts about how state and local education policy would be affected by the repeal of ESSA regulations that were written during the Obama administration.

In this section we address our second question about the state «s leadership role in efforts to improve teaching and learning: How do clusters of policies — systemic efforts at shaping education reform — get embedded in state agencies and transmitted to create a local impacIn this section we address our second question about the state «s leadership role in efforts to improve teaching and learning: How do clusters of policies — systemic efforts at shaping education reform — get embedded in state agencies and transmitted to create a local impacin efforts to improve teaching and learning: How do clusters of policies — systemic efforts at shaping education reform — get embedded in state agencies and transmitted to create a local impacin state agencies and transmitted to create a local impact?

Please join us using hashtag #exSEL for an online discussion with Chad d'Entremont, Executive Director of the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, about the state of social - emotional learning in Massachusetts.

CO ASCD's efforts to support teacher voice in education decision making include hosting online conversations with policymakers (see Education Issues in Focus at www.coascd.org), conducting policy summits, inviting policymakers and educators to write policy - related blogs or articles for our newsletter, connecting with other organizations in the state that promote education advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy aceducation decision making include hosting online conversations with policymakers (see Education Issues in Focus at www.coascd.org), conducting policy summits, inviting policymakers and educators to write policy - related blogs or articles for our newsletter, connecting with other organizations in the state that promote education advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy acEducation Issues in Focus at www.coascd.org), conducting policy summits, inviting policymakers and educators to write policy - related blogs or articles for our newsletter, connecting with other organizations in the state that promote education advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy activistate that promote education advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy aceducation advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy activistate.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy activiState Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy acEducation priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy activistate.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy aceducation advocacy activities.

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.

«If you connected state funding with federal funding, then you're talking about a backpack with enough money in it to really empower choice,» said Mr. Whitehurst, director of education policy at the Brookings Institution.

The Center on Education Policy has received dozens of calls from the news media about the Obama administration's effort to improve the schools that rank among lowest - achieving 5 percent of schools in each state.

Since 2009, Pioneer has led the campaign against Common Core national education standards and federal control of K - 12 education policy, publishing a series of reports showing that the state's adoption of national standards weakens the quality of academic content in Massachusetts» classrooms, and raising serious questions about the legality and the costs of Common Core.

We hope to be talking a lot more with policymakers, whether it's at the federal level or at the state level like Lindsey had mentioned, to see what possibilities there might be for any new kinds of programs or policies and really to educate those key stakeholders in terms of learning more about the different types, what education savings accounts do and how they can be useful for families.

Rafael Heller, principle policy analyst for Jobs for the Future, wrote in Education Week about the challenges that states face with assessments under ESSA, arguing that they are less about the «technical demand of designing and scoring performance tasks,» and more about the «politics of...

For the first time in history, we have somebody who actually knows a lot about education running — Dr. David Garcia — an associate professor colleague of mine at Arizona State University who also studies educational policy.

Last year, the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University surveyed a representative sample of approximately 1,500 teachers across five states (Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, and New Mexico) to learn about the instructional changes they had made in preparation for the new assessments from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.

Educators, policy makers and business leaders often fret about the state of math education, particularly in comparison with other countries.

Now, with Chris Cerf's announcement this week that he is leaving the post — in his case, after three full years New Jersey is about to get another commissioner who will bring his or her own brand of leadership and management style to both education policy in the state and the operation of its 800 - employee state Department of Eeducation policy in the state and the operation of its 800 - employee state Department of EducationEducation.

We encourage you to stay informed about how federal, state, and local policies affect your work in education.

Although the results reveal some ambivalence about education leaders and the direction of education policy in the United States, Americans hold the teaching profession in high regard.

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.

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the National Association of State Boards of Education Annual Conference, where State Board of Education Members from around the country gathered to discuss important education policy issues, build relationships with other policymakers from around the country, and learn about emerging education issues confronting students in Washington and around theEducation Annual Conference, where State Board of Education Members from around the country gathered to discuss important education policy issues, build relationships with other policymakers from around the country, and learn about emerging education issues confronting students in Washington and around theEducation Members from around the country gathered to discuss important education policy issues, build relationships with other policymakers from around the country, and learn about emerging education issues confronting students in Washington and around theeducation policy issues, build relationships with other policymakers from around the country, and learn about emerging education issues confronting students in Washington and around theeducation issues confronting students in Washington and around the country.

David Coleman and Jason Zimba, two lead writers of the CCSS in ELA and Math, spoke about the importance of implementing a «teach less, learn more» model at the Education Commission of the States» policy forum in 2011.

If the Assembly bill were law today, about $ 587 million in state aid would be redirected to convert poorly performing public schools into charter schools, DPI policy adviser Jeff Pertl told lawmakers on the Assembly Education Committee on Wednesday during the first hearing on Thiesfeldt's bill.

Veteran North Carolina education policy expert Kris Nordstrom has authored a new and vitally important report about the path that state elected officials have taken during recent years in crafting state education policy.

«Don't get me started about public charter school no - nothings (sic) on the NC State Board of Education,» Hawkes wrote in an email to Policy Watch this week.

In compiling data and gathering information for this report, the authors talked to state education officials about the past five years of reforms and supplemented their understanding of RTT's footprint with publicly available information, including state spending data and policy reports.

«On or about April 1, 2012 [the day after their contract ended with the State of Connecticut via SERC], Leeds Global Partner, LLC and the State of Connecticut through the Connecticut State Department of Education, entered into an agreement for the assisting of the Connecticut State Department of Education in efforts to reorganize the Connecticut State Department of Education and create policies and procedures that promote student achievement in Connecticut.