Sentences with phrase «classroom decisions about the education»

The federal government's role should be discrete and judicious, allowing state and local policymakers to make day to day classroom decisions about the education students are receiving.

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Most of the crucial decisions about how U.S. schools run and who teaches what to whom in which classrooms are still made in 14,000 semi-autonomous school districts, nearly all of them run by locally elected school boards, often with campaign dollars supplied by those with whom they negotiate collectively, and managed by professional superintendents, trained in colleges of education and socialized over the years into the prevailing culture of public education.

09, could change one thing about education, she would make sure that every policymaker, elected official, administrator, or really anyone who makes decisions for children worked at least three years in a diverse, cross-section of classrooms.

Educators teach students about the functions of education research; school planning; classroom teaching; learning evaluations; systemic decision - making; and advocacy.

For many states, this year will be a key juncture for decisions about the standards — and related exams — before their full weight is felt in classrooms, district offices, and state education departments in the 2014 - 15 school year.

In general, I think that decisions about a child's education should be made in the classroom, not the courtroom.

In addition, Colorado teachers help civics come alive in the classroom through the Judicially Speaking program, which was started by three local judges to teach students how judges think through civics as they make decisions.19 As a recipient of the 2015 Sandra Day O'Connor Award for the Advancement of Civics Education, the Judicially Speaking program has used interactive exercises and firsthand experience to teach students about the judiciary.

S / he will be a member of the outreach team and work closely with the Chief Strategy Officer, content teams, and the Executive Director to continue improving K - 12 education by informing educators» decisions about high quality, aligned instruction materials to support their classrooms and schools across the country.

Dianne is passionate about mathematics education and is particularly interested in developing student discourse in mathematics classrooms, data - informed decision making and the role of digital technologies in mathematics education.

This study will yield findings useful to decision makers in crafting effective child care policies and strategies, in particular about the impact of varying hours of early care and education on children's school readiness, and the specific factors in both infant and preschool classrooms that promote children's school readiness.