Sentences with phrase «by educational policy makers»

This gives the impression that scientific or mathematical yardsticks are used by educational policy makers to make policy decisions.

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Parents can partner effectively in their children's educational success by supporting home learning, establishing constructive dialogue with educators and policy makers, and shining as individuals within their community.

Dr Marzano's High Reliability Schools» framework provides a mechanism for school leaders and policy makers to effectively influence the educational landscape in Australia by taking the next steps in school reform.

I believe this information should be used by education policy makers at all levels to consider how this technology will be used and integrated into their overall educational plans especially for programs in the upper grades.

In a new publication, Quality Physical Education, Guidelines for Policy Makers, UNESCO urges governments and educational planners to reverse this trend, described by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a pandemic that contributes to the death of 3.2 million people every year, more than twice as many as die of AIDS.

Linn (1998) has suggested that policy - makers have placed enormous emphasis on assessment reform because it is relatively inexpensive and easy to mandate, can be implemented rapidly, and is easily reported by the press, when compared to the type professional development and restructuring / reculturing of schools required to affect deep, second - order educational change (Fullan & Miles, 1992).

The framework provided by iObservation enables educational leaders and policy makers to accomplish the following:

the undersigned, have been empowered by the Constitution of the State of New York and appointed by the New York State Legislature to serve as the policy makers and guardians of educational goals for the residents of New York State.

With the recommendations of a distinguished panel of policy makers and educational leaders representing the Arizona Department of Education, the Arizona State Board of Education, Expect More Arizona, and the United States Department of Education (USDOE), our first special report entitled Journey to 2030: Our Vision for the Future of Teaching and Learning, was co-authored by the Arizona K12 Center and the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ), with support from Northern Arizona University (NAU).

We examine one recent, and uncommonly influential, reading methods study as an example of research that has been overly promoted by the media and misused by some policy makers and educational leaders to support a simple solution to the complex problem of raising the literacy of young children in high poverty neighborhoods.

This example - packed sequel to The Fourth Way draws upon inspiring examples unearthed by brand - new research that challenges educational leaders, teachers, and policy makers to put to work proven strategies promoting student learning and achievement and the high quality teaching that drives it.

By involving students and educational researchers, evaluators, teachers, planners, policy makers and advocates, SoundOut provides a broad spectrum of activity for students and help them affect schools at all levels: personal through their classes, school activities, and the entire education system.

While this study provides one useful data point for policy makers who are considering introducing or expanding educational choice in their states, policy makers should also consider information generated by studies that have already measured the impact of educational choice on segregation.

Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy The Rennie Center conducts independent research to promote public discourse on educational improvement and inform policy discussions by key decision makers and opinion lePolicy The Rennie Center conducts independent research to promote public discourse on educational improvement and inform policy discussions by key decision makers and opinion lepolicy discussions by key decision makers and opinion leaders.

Au contraire, it has led education policy makers to come up with ever - more - costly and damaging changes in educational practices to what is ultimately a non-educational problem — a problem that can not be solved by the schools no matter how much money Congress or state legislatures vote to give local school districts in the name of equity or compensation for the low - income students they happen to enroll.

The current debate among educational professionals and policy - makers is whether student test scores should (or should not) be one among a number of criteria by which teachers are judged.

The Institute's Climate Change Education & Parks program (PDF) seeks to strengthen parks as educational venues by identifying program, models, and policies that can be replicated, scaled, and adopted as policy by key decision makers.

By engaging in meaningful conversation, the goal of this session is to incite a broadening and deepening of our thinking and practice as early childhood teachers, leaders, and policy makers who shape the educational landscape for all children.