Sentences with phrase «controversial issues in education»

Bringing statistical terms down to earth, Daniel Koretz takes readers through the most fundamental issues that arise in educational testing and shows how they apply to some of the most controversial issues in education today, from high - stakes testing to special education.

One of the most controversial issues in education has been whether to allow charters to share space in public - school buildings.

Not exact matches

«Peaceful expression of views on controversial issues that is not disruptive or threatening is a right that all students have in this country, and any attempts to stifle this speech violates the constitutional rights of students and faculty to free speech,» Cuomo wrote in the letter to Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia.

In the Assembly Saturday, meanwhile, the house took eight hours to complete two bills, including an omnibus measure that had hundreds of unrelated items stuffed into it, including some of the more controversial measures involving criminal justice and education issues.

What to do with New York state's controversial teacher evaluation program is going to be one of the top education issues facing state officials in 2015.

State Assembly Woman Barbara Lifton announced on Tuesday that she is co-sponsoring a bill that would change education laws to address several controversial issues in public schools.

The letter is a sign controversial issues surrounding education that have roiled Albany and school board meetings over the last several years will continue to be concerns raised in elections this fall.

The issue of a controversial education investment tax credit for private and parochial schools promises to be a big issue again in 2016.

School Psyched Podcast is hosted by three school psychologists, who invite experts to share their insights on a range of topics, including evidence - based social and emotional learning, gifted students, legal considerations, and more controversial issues like racial representation in special education.

Leading students in discussion of controversial issues can be regarded as essential to effective and efficient education.

The conference will explore what future holds for moral education, how to promote good citizenship in a divisive society and a climate of distrust, and how do we deal with controversial issues in the classroom.

The case called for the Court to weigh in on several controversial issues, the most important of which is the extent to which the judiciary should be able to dictate education spending by state and local governments.

A: Transfer to local government is a controversial issue in the Thai education system.

Officials at the Department of Education's office for civil rights have expanded a controversial draft guide outlining the proper use of high - stakes tests in an effort to better detail the legal principles involved and ways in which such issues will affect students.

Ferfolja adds: «There is also a [New South Wales Department of Education] document called the Controversial Issues in Schools policy and that also talks about having to get parental permission if you're going to raise a controversial issue, sensitive topic — so what does that actually mean Controversial Issues in Schools policy and that also talks about having to get parental permission if you're going to raise a controversial issue, sensitive topic — so what does that actually mean controversial issue, sensitive topic — so what does that actually mean for teachers?

This book provides background on key points in President Obama's education plan: articles on key educational issues, stories of innovative practice, commentaries on controversial topics, and advice from key educational leaders.

And the sweeping narrative takes on all the great controversial issues in American education.

Even Richard Kahlenberg, writing for the New Republic, finds the writing to be «spry,» providing a «sweeping narrative [that] takes on all the great controversial issues in American education.»

During a recent panel discussion on testing, Rub argued in favor of judicious use of standardized testing — what she called «one of the most controversial and contentious issues in education.»

Reporter Greg Toppo's controversial USA Today story about college persistence rates for charter schools is just the latest example of an unfortunate but popular trend lately: approaching an important and complicated education issue through the lens of the charter school sector without first carefully placing the issue in useful context.

The Case for Contention: Teaching Controversial Issues in American Schools (History and Philosophy of Education Series)

Controversies about controversial issues in democratic education.

More bond money and more budget money are issues unlikely to cause many arguments among state education leaders, but there are other measures in the works that are likely to prove more controversial.

In the public sector, collective bargaining has profound implications on a host of controversial issue that are central to education policy.

My «fairest» interpretation of the current albeit controversial research surrounding this particular issue is that bias does not exist across teacher - level estimates, but it certainly occurs when teachers are non-randomly assigned highly homogenous sets of students who are gifted, who are English Language Learners (ELLs), who are enrolled in special education programs, who disproportionately represent racial minority groups, who disproportionately come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, and who have been retained in grade prior.

In the summer of 2013, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) issued public, highly - visible ratings of teacher education programs as part of their ambitious and controversial Teacher Prep Review.

, Constructivism in education: Opinions and second opinions on controversial issues (pp. 127 - 157).

2.10.2 Intellectual freedom includes: (a) the rights of all Staff to express opinions about the operation of the University and higher education policy more generally; (b) the rights of Staff to pursue critical open enquiry and to discuss freely, teach, assess, develop curricula, publish and research within the limits of their professional competence and professional standards; (c) the right to participate in public debates and express opinions about issues and ideas related to their discipline area; (d) the right of all Staff to participate in professional and representative bodies and to engage in community service without fear of harassment, intimidation or unfair treatment; and (e) the right to express unpopular or controversial views, although this does not mean the right to vilify, harass or intimidate.

• Served as the principal spokesman for Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL) in Senate Committee hearings on sensitive and controversial driver's education issues.