Sentences with phrase «conversations about education»

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

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More recently, IEL's Kwesi Rollins and EPFP alum and IEL board member Karen Mapp also were featured in Education Week, discussing the momentum that parent engagement efforts are gaining and their high impact on national conversations about education.

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.

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

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

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.

However, within current conversations about education reform, accountability has become an issue of contention.

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.

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.

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?

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).

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.

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.

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

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.

«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.»

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

«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.»

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.

This award acknowledges those schools 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, making sure each child is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.

With these tenets, ASCD hopes to change the conversation about education from a narrow focus on academic achievement to one that promotes the long - term development and success of children.

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.»

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.

ASCD's Whole Child Initiative is an associationwide effort to change the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the development of children who are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged within a sustainable approach to education and community engagement.

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.

This award acknowledges those schools 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: a child who is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.

Through our many efforts we hope to redirect the conversation about education away from day - to - day minutiae and toward bigger issues and ideas.

(This is an open letter to my fellow bloggers who are standing tall and brave and doing the hard work of speaking up against powerful and intimidating forces to fight to inject some sanity into the conversation about education.)

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.

In the national conversation about education, many voices are asking questions about teacher quality: how do we quantify it?

«I am a firm believer that health and education are symbiotic, and ASCD's work on the Whole Child Initiative aims 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,» said Carter.

I encourage other Connecticut educators to join these two educators and reclaim the conversation about education in Connecticut.

The WCN will be a hands - on field effort to change the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the development of children who are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged within a sustainable approach to education and community engagement.

This award acknowledges those schools 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: a child who is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.

The WCN will be a hands - on field effort to change the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the development of children who are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged within a sustainable approach to education and community engagement.

The session will outline ASCD's Whole Child Initiative efforts to change the conversation about education and move from a vision for educating the whole child to action that results in successful, well - rounded young people, ensuring that each child, in each school, in each community — and in each country — is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.

Not exact matches

Whether it's leading a national conversation about gun control or fighting for girls» education and gender equality around the world, an increasing number of young women are stepping forward as change agents.

So today I'm thrilled to share a conversation with Nicole Baker Fulgham about Christians and the important issue of education inequity.

The conventional view that a theological school is «theological» because it educates church leadership has been roundly attacked in the current conversation about theological education.

Here Wood introduces his second major proposal to reorient the conversation about what is theological about theological education.

We hope this effort will foster a major advance in our theological education, and also nurture important conversations about how best to raise up and sustain the kind of pastoral leadership that makes a difference.

Throughout our review of Wood's proposal about what makes theological education theological we have been noting points of convergence with and divergence from the other four voices in this conversation.