Sentences with phrase «conversation about education»

With the arrival of the new federal competition, Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge, early childhood programs are finally getting a seat at the table in conversations about education reform.

I just don't think we can have a serious conversation about education policy unless we start by talking about who should be in charge of collective decisions and why.

How can students truly feel like they have a say in their education when we're excluding them from one of the more important conversations about their education?

Join us for great conversations about education and technology.

In the book, I went on to claim that philosophers can bring some valuable resources of their own to such an interdisciplinary conversation about education.

But she also believes she helped spur further conversation about education, which she believes is important.

Not only in becoming part of the larger conversations about education and research, but also more specifically in regard to narrowing the achievement gap for African American male students.

Let us know who you are and what drives you to start a better conversation about education.

The Labor Day uproar over President Barack Obama's announcement that he would give a pep talk encouraging students to work hard and stay in school demonstrates the need for a new and more respectful conversation about education in the United States.

Craig Kemp, an educator in Singapore, is on our Top 12 for making waves with #whatisschool hashtag on twitter, which has brought many new voices into conversations about education.

As for viewpoint diversity, which I refer to as «learning through disagreement»: I believe we can and should do more to prepare our students — and ourselves as faculty and staff — to have meaningful and respectful conversations about education policy and practice across intellectual and political differences.

Goyal is an self - actualized learner who is leading his peers and adults throughout society in new conversations about education reform.

In the bargain, RIMA and its school operator partners would have to take the perspective and opinions of a large group of municipal leaders into account and accept the consequences (both positive and negative) of a more central role in the public conversation about education.

A long - time family friend is a science teacher at BAMS, and weve had some great conversations about education during my time working with the Learning First Alliance (LFA).

Recent conversations about education have revolved around results and metrics, all of which are connected to evaluations and testing.

With Linda's background in education supported by the professional resources of Lehman Studies, EdCast ignites serious and meaningful conversations about education.

Stephen is passionate about supporting and nurturing new conversations about education across the country.

It's a detriment to the incredibly complex and nuanced conversation about education to have a report that reduces ideas and issues to a series of hand - picked reports with favorable percentages and cobbled - together quotes to include a «human» element.

With the ultimate goal to inform the statewide conversation about education, EdNC has included a variety of data — from public school demographics to teacher turnover rates to student enrollment by school type.

Kuo's entertaining writing style and honesty fuel a deeper conversation about education, race, and justice in contemporary America.

The project aims to influence the national conversation about education reform by making the educational standards set by states more visible — explicitly connecting standards with student work that is characterized by depth, complexity, and imagination.

With the arrival of the new federal competition, Race to the Top — Early Learning Challenge, early childhood programs are finally getting a seat at the table in conversations about education reform.

Conversations about education in the legislature are typically dominated by McCleary and public school funding.

CO ASCD will also sponsor an annual advocacy event — either face - to - face or online — that will feature policymakers and educators having conversations about education policy issues or helping teachers develop their leadership skills in advocacy and influence.

The school is already weighing in on important conversations about education, like whether multigrade classrooms enhance learning.

«Launched in 2007, ASCD's Whole Child Initiative is an effort to change the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the long term development and success of children.»

By Lela Nargi For the past several years, kids have been STEMed up the wazoo as the national conversation about education — and more particularly, what's wrong with it — has centered on a perceived lacking in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.

Plenty of schools adapt to new requirements, more and more educators make use of edtech in their classrooms, and the needs of the 21st Century learner is something that almost every conversation about education gravitates towards.

It's really unfortunate that in our conversations about education the camps are so often on polar extremes.

«They deserve to be a consistent and present part of the conversation about education in America.»

I look forward to reading the final report and continuing the conversation about education for the 21st century in our state.»

«There is a real sense of urgency and opportunity in the national conversation about education, along with an explosion of new forms of learning for both teachers and students that I think create possibilities that were not there before.»

«His work as president of the Rennie Center has moved education policy forward and shaped the conversation about education reform.

The Fischbowl At The Fischbowl, 23 - year math teacher and tech director Karl Fisch invites you to join the conversation about education issues.

In my experience Rhee changed the conversation about education reform from one of a very big and gloomy confusion created by the No Child Left Behind Act that all public schools are failing to one about her.

Vision in Action: The ASCD Whole Child Award is designed to recognize schools that that have changed the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the development of the whole child.

«By promoting the development of the whole child throughout their culture, Butterfield Trail Middle School has changed the conversation about education,» said Delisle.

The trip was the Secretary's second stop on his «Listening and Learning: A Conversation About Education Reform» tour.

Summary: The goal of the Tennessee Educators of Color Alliance (TECA) is to provide a platform for teachers of color to advocate for themselves and their communities, increase the number of people of color involved in conversations about education policy, and equip educators with advocacy training and tools.

Its new teacher - quality proposal is nicknamed the Respect Program, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan launched the Respect Project to involve more teachers in conversations about education policy - making.

Conversations about education reform have generally avoided or minimized the impact of poverty on student success, either because of the belief that poverty is too difficult a challenge to address directly or out of concern that poverty will be used as an excuse for poor performance.

It is a simple but urgent plea to put the real needs of children at the center of the national conversation about education reform, which in its ideological divisiveness is in danger of leaving them behind.»

It's a presidential election season, which means we can all be sure of two things: conversations about education will take a backseat to more «pressing» issues like the economy and foreign policy, and Congress will once again do nothing to address our desperate need for a new federal education policy.

The Whole Child Podcast: Changing the Conversation About Education seeks to inform and engage educators, parents, community members — and you — about what works in today's schools.