Sentences with phrase «broad purposes of education»

«If we're going to design an accountability system that's true to the broad purposes of education, we need to bring back that kind of national assessment,» he said.

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In particular, Russo argues that Eli Broad thought, «The main purpose of ED in ’08 [was to make] education a number - one issue with the public: the «outside» half of the organization's strategy.

The purpose of this grant is to build a community of scholars, based at Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) but reaching out across the broader Harvard community, that will support the development of a highly select group of Early Career Scholars, stimulate significant work in the field of civic learning and action, and establish a major site for developing and disseminating empirical and theoretical work in these areas to the worldwide research community.

However, the purpose of physical education is broader than those two outcomes.

Also in November, former Wake County superintendent Del Burns, who resigned on principle when conservatives began trying to re-segregate the public schools, released a significant new book, Preserving the Public in Public Schools, which details the importance of pursuing integrated education and drives home the larger message that the broader purpose of public education is to preserve our democratic republic.

The legislation also indicates that one purpose of the recognition program is to help spur systemic collaboration and coordination within and beyond schoolhouse doors and to promote a shift from narrowly defined student achievement and traditional education reform to broader, more comprehensive efforts that recognize the crucial out - of - school factors that influence teaching and learning.

In addition, the course provides rich, in - person experiences with a broad number of community - based faith traditions and thus serves the important purpose of integrating diverse local populations with education professionals.

This guide provides an overview of the broad purposes and guiding principles in arts education.

Previous work on the impact of philanthropy in education terms these types of status quo investments as «lower leverage» grants, which can include funding for efforts in professional development, unrestricted or general purpose grants to schools, or special - purpose grants to fund a particular program or activity (e.g. arts enrichment).4 The contrasting approach — the «higher leverage» investment — is investment with the potential to exert systemic influence on public education, which can be divided into two broad categories: 5

Historically in Canada, since the emergence of the first comprehensive human rights codes, human rights commissions have been central to the fulfillment of the public interest purpose of human rights legislation, and have been given a broad mandate to: investigate, screen and carry complaints to hearing, represent complainants; launch systemic complaints; conduct public hearings; approve affirmative action programs; issue guidelines and public reports; and promote human rights through education.

In light of these broad purposes, the standards are intended for use by individual practitioners, by providers of continuing education, and by agency administrators who have responsibility for social work staff.