Sentences with phrase «civil debate on education»

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Two weeks after debating whether or not to comply on time with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, the Buffalo School Board has come to a final decision.

Over 300 organisations took part to debate and agree on a collective civil society vision for education, and adopted a landmark declaration to help shape the education agenda beyond 2015.

The 13 organizations that make up the National Task Force on Seeking Common Ground for the Improvement of Public Education hope their efforts will foster more civil debate and agreement among traditionally antagonistic groups.

This was just the opening round of what is likely to be a long series of acrimonious debates over policy at the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, on topics including sexual harassment, affirmative action, instruction of English language learners and school discipline — even on who might head the agency.

In commissioning this new research and bringing it to the attention of policy makers on the federal level, the Civil Rights Project hopes to contribute sound research to the current debates surrounding education reform and federal oversight.