Sentences with phrase «advocated by education reformers»

In an effort to start a new school that provides the type of education being advocated by education reformers like Tony Wagner, Sir Ken Robinson, and Daniel Pink, I am preparing a charter application for Da Vinci High School which will provide an opportunity for students to discover their passions and pursue them.

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But the near - unanimous vote by the conference committee in favor of the deal belied growing anxiety on the left, with civil rights advocates and education reformers becoming increasingly nervous they had spent close to a year working on an education bill that will ultimately harm poor and minority children.

Voters have a choice between Thurmond, the status quo candidate embraced by the teachers» unions, and Tuck, the change advocate supported by education reformers like former Obama administration Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and retired Rep. Georgeducation reformers like former Obama administration Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and retired Rep. GeorgEducation Arne Duncan and retired Rep. George Miller.

Advocates of integrating technology education in teacher education face a significant obstacle that may not be experienced by other curriculum reformers — they probably do not know much about curriculum reform.

Just as importantly, eight decades of court rulings — driven by the courtroom work of civil rights activists and school funding equity advocates — also provides reformers with the legal arguments necessary to challenge tenure laws and other policies that impede the constitutional obligation of states to provide children with high - quality education.

Corporate education «reformers»» self - interest, by contrast, means advocating for policies that help private corporations profit off of public schools, diverting public attention from an anti-poverty economic agenda, and busting unions that prevent total oligarchical control of America's political system.

The bulk of the creative work was done by Achieve, Inc., a DC - based nonprofit that includes many progressive education reformers who have been advocating national standards and curriculum for decades.

I often wonder whether many of the absurd policy prescriptions advocated by so - called education reformers could be avoided or eliminated by sending reformers to psychologists for counseling to resolve residual trauma leftover from one or more bad relationships they had with their teachers during their own childhoods.

The article, written by New America Foundation Senior Research Fellow, Sara Mead, urges education reformers and PK advocates to join forces to support a vision for children's learning ---- physical, social, and emotional development as well as academics ---- that extends from Prekindergarten through Third Grade in a seamless progression.

All five recommendations are unanimously endorsed by the 27 politically diverse commission members, including scholars, teachers» union leaders, state and local education officials, and education reformers and advocates.

By working together to build high - quality pre-K programs, education reformers and pre-K advocates can also open the door for improvements in the elementary and secondary education system.