Sentences with phrase «became education topic»

Cheating in school became education topic No. 1 this week, except this time it wasn't students cheating on tests — it was adults cheating for them.

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Maker culture has become a hot topic in education circles these days.

Indeed, by the end of the 2000s, teacher evaluation, long an ignored and obscure policy element, had become one of the most prominent and contentious topics in K - 12 education.

No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the proliferation of high school exit exams, the success of school choice initiatives, and a dozen other smaller if more bitter battles, education has become one of the hottest policy topics in Washington.

Obama's main education issue had become student loans and the rising cost of a university education, a topic far distant from school reform but one of great interest to present and future members of the upper middle class.

It's become a familiar sight for education policy mavens this election season: panel discussions, in Washington and elsewhere, hashing out the presumptive presidential nominees» differences on performance pay for teachers, private school vouchers, and other reliable topics of debate.

However, credit transfer has become a much - discussed and much - investigated national topic in the drive to increase graduation rates while maintaining or decreasing the cost of higher education for students, institutions, and taxpayers.

«I became interested in the topic when I was a graduate student working to become a school administrator,» Pawlas explained to Education World.

Widespread media reports of local teacher shortages have become a hot topic in education since the summer of 2015.

In the past several years, social and emotional learning has become a trendy topic in education.

Public education has become an increasingly polarizing topic.

With federal education law coming to the top of Congress's agenda, the U.S. Department of Education's push to create national curriculum and assessment is becoming a heducation law coming to the top of Congress's agenda, the U.S. Department of Education's push to create national curriculum and assessment is becoming a hEducation's push to create national curriculum and assessment is becoming a hot topic.

This can happen anytime adults ask students to become involved in specific ways or address a specific topic in education, including bullying, academic achievement, school transformation, or dancing on the roof.

This topic also introduced the issue of the need for sensitivity training through courses that help student teachers become aware of, identify, and target their own biases to overcome them before beginning their education career.

The event, held at the Rubin Museum in Manhattan, honored five people who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to enacting positive change in education: Tanell Pendleton, an English teacher who has worked at Bronx Haven High School for eight years, and Michael Wolach, founding teacher and instructional coach at Jill Chaifetz Transfer School, both of whom have worked with Eskolta on multi-year projects on topics ranging from developing students» academic mindsets to implementing outcomes - based grading; Cristal Cruz, a graduate of Brooklyn Frontiers High School, who, after facing significant challenges during school, graduated as salutatorian, enrolled in college, and is now working at Good Shepherd Service to support students in the same way she was supported; and Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders of the Raikes Foundation and part of the founding team of Microsoft, who have become champions of school improvement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvement Community.

Project - based learning, where students have opportunities to dive deep into topics that interest and absorb them, has become a priority, and with it, the attempt to better engage students in their own education.

Stringer's engagement on Twitter led to her becoming a leader in the weekly #SatChatOC conversations, and to her discovery that the topic of women in education leadership is one that is on the minds of teachers, school leaders, and researchers around the world.

Thinking — strategic, independent, and inquisitive — then becomes a topic of classroom discussion and an explicit goal of education.

With the recent adoption of the Common Core Standards (CCS) by the vast majority of states, college and career readiness has become a common discussion topic in education circles.

While the concept of digital textbooks at the higher education level became a widespread topic of discussion in the past couple of years, new movements in digital publishing have made digital textbooks a more viable option in even public education.

On this topic, Rep. Lipinksi said, «I know how critical a college education is, and I also understand how expensive it has become... This bill will provide significant help.»

College education has became a favorite topic of presidential candidates as well, as many people are affected by the huge costs of paying for a higher education.

We also have a civil legal education program providing legal presentations on topics of interest to all residents of Kitsap County to become aware of the rights and responsibilities of everyone to create a more harmonious community.

A wider range of sexuality education topics should be integrated into life skills classes, and this subject should become an examinable part of the curriculum.

• Training for schools on a range of topics • Consultations about individual children • Support for schools to become «adoption friendly» • Specialist educational psychology service • Education advice by telephone and email

In the past several years, social and emotional learning has become a trendy topic in education.

Because of the link with social and pre-academic success, there is considerable interest in the topic of early childhood EC; its relevance to policy - makers and service - providers in child care, early childhood education and mental health is becoming clear.

The course is designed to provide the licensing education requirements for those who wish to become licensed as an associate broker or managing broker, want to license a brokerage or sole proprietorship, and for those licensees looking to increase their knowledge on a variety of business planning, financial accounting and human resource management topics.