Sentences with phrase «core education question»

All of which brings us back to the core education question of the 2008 campaign, a question that deserves an answer from the men and women, Republican and Democratic, who aspire to lead this country:

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Plus: Ultimate questions about colleges» core curriculum and other news from the higher education world.

Recognizing the inadequacy of an education that teaches facts and figures but ignores questions of morality and meaning, Harvard attempted to address the problem in the early 1980s by adding a «moral reasoning» course requirement to its core curriculum.

It is questions like these that have provoked the simple answer in much of the university today, not only in the United States but in Europe and Asia as well: Drop the idea of a core education altogether, especially when we know that what we really need to be studying is science, technology, and economics.

This question misunderstands the reasons the Department of Education exists, it's core mission, and the role of the federal government in education gEducation exists, it's core mission, and the role of the federal government in education geducation generally.

State senators questioned New York's top educator and other education professionals Tuesday at a hearing in Syracuse looking at new Common Core assessments and student achievement.

Serino's sponsorship comes as she has faced questions back in her Hudson Valley district over campaign pledges to repeal the Common Core education standards that have made for unrest among some constituents.

Although the studio was filled with invited guests, they did not necessarily support Common Core and posed pointed questions to New York's education leaders.

Almost three dozen speakers fired questions at state Education Commissioner John King and other state officials in Fayetteville Tuesday, during the latest central New York forum on the new Common Core curriculum.

The state Education Department released 75 percent of the questions on Common Core tests given in April to students statewide in grades three through eight — up from 50 percent of questions made public last year — and pledged that more information will be given in years to come.

The state this year reduced the number of answers kids needed to get right on 11 of the 12 Common Core exams, fueling concerns that rising scores were inflated, but state education officials said the questions were «slightly more difficult» than those used in past years.

The state Education Department on Wednesday released 75 percent of the questions on Common Core tests given in April to students statewide in grades three through eight — up from 50 percent of questions made public last year — and pledged that more information will be given in years to come.

Whether he will weigh in on the issue that is most on the minds of many teachers and parents — the controversy over the Common Core and other education reform policies — is an open question.

Utah parents seek criminal penalties against teacher who they say went too far in sex ed class: «The Jordan School District is investigating allegations that a seventh - and eighth - grade health teacher violated the sex education statute by responding to questions from students about topics beyond the core curriculum, including homosexual sex, oral sex and masturbation.»

Education Next's Paul E. Peterson and Martin R. West take a close look at the phrasing of questions in both polls on the opt - out movement, Common Core, charter schools, and vouchers to better understand what the public really thinks.

Medicine answered yes to the question of developing a common core knowledge in medical education in 1910.

The Department of Education's decision to link federal funding to the Core in its Race to the Top program, its NCLB waiver effort, and its «ESEA blueprint,» and the provision of $ 350 million in federal funds for Core - related tests, all alienated anti-Washington conservatives who would have remained neutral if the question had merely concerned states collaborating to set standards in math and English language arts.

They may also suggest that topical education questions like college costs, Common Core backlash, and pre-K summon less concern than advocates may hope, or that the public doesn't currently think about these things as national problems.

* These are good questions to ask Republican senators, too, who will almost surely rail against the Common Core when the Elementary and Secondary Education act comes to the Senate floor later this year.

An answer to that question is to be found in the eighth annual Education Next survey of public and teacher opinion discussed in this issue of the journal (see «No Common Opinion on the Common Core,» features, Winter 2015).

«All the changes now underway at the School — the creation of a single doctoral program, the build - up of a non-departmental faculty collaborating across disciplines, the experiments toward a core course that captures the necessarily interdisciplinary character of education as a field — all of these have sprung from that single good question, which she patiently, insistently placed before us.»

From the implementation of the Common Core, to the recent debate surrounding teacher tenure, nearly every issue in public education today can be seen as a facet of a single, fundamental policy question: how should we use standardized assessments and the student achievement data these tests produce?

I've learned from my fellow students that there are some extraordinary people who are dedicated to making a meaningful impact; people who are going beyond the questions of equipping students with basic core knowledge and getting to the heart of what makes for a satisfying life, a rewarding contribution to society, and what kind of education will be necessary to improve the world.

She collaborated with two of her colleagues at Tulane Holly Bell, Coordinator for Assessment & Accreditation and an early childhood education faculty member, and James Kilbane, a professor for secondary education in math and science in responding to several questions on how university - based teacher preparation programs in general, and Tulane in particular, are preparing educators to teach in the age of the Common Core.

We are deeply concerned that the President - elect seeks to nominate as a Secretary of Education a candidate whose experience — and lack of experience — calls into question core principles of fairness, equality and a commitment to eEducation a candidate whose experience — and lack of experience — calls into question core principles of fairness, equality and a commitment to educationeducation.

(The New York State Education Department refused to go on the record to answer questions about the test, and there has been no independent analysis of how well New York's tests are measuring the Common Core.)

In a separate filing, opponents of Common Core educational standards sought to put a question on the 2016 ballot that would require state standards be set by state education officials rather than national policymakers.

She failed to note that the 2016 state Common Core exams had fewer questions and no time limits, with state Education Commissioner Maryellen Elia cautioning, «It's not an apples - to - apples comparison with previous years.»

The positions Trump has mentioned — pumping $ 20 billion in federal dollars and convincing states to divert another $ 110 billion into school choice; repealing Common Core; reducing or eliminating the Department of Education — remain fairly ambiguous goals that, in some cases, raise more questions than they answer.

When the PDK / Gallup questions on standards are put next to the Education Next findings on the Common Core, the responses are not out of alignment, Peterson said: People are generally in favor of setting higher expectations for students across states but they also want local teachers to have leeway in how those goals are met.

There has been no independent analysis of New York's Common Core tests, and the New York State Department of Education refused to respond on the record to American RadioWorks's questions about the tests.

«Amidst debates about college access and affordability, we think the question of employer needs should sit at the core of higher education conversations.

This question is explored in an article published in the May / June 2017 issue of the Journal of Teacher Education, an issue that also includes several other articles on the topic of the implications for teacher preparation of the Common Core and other new PK - 12 learning standards.

Recent national policy initiatives, such as implementation of Common Core State Standards, teacher evaluation, and school leadership evaluation, have raised new questions about the future of public education.

Cuomo says that a «growing chorus of experts have questioned the intelligence» of the State Education Department's Common Core program.

Send me any questions you have about embedding formative assessment, college and career readiness, Common Core State Standards, or any other hot topic in education.

But even if it is not end goal of the Common Core State Standards to invade students» privacy or impose curricular directives, there is a question of how to implement the new standards when North Carolina's public education system will continue to face dwindling resources over the next two years, at least.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan fielded questions about the Common Core from members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee Tuesday, reports Alyson Klein for Education Week:

Since 2009, Pioneer has led the campaign against Common Core national education standards and federal control of K - 12 education policy, publishing a series of reports showing that the state's adoption of national standards weakens the quality of academic content in Massachusetts» classrooms, and raising serious questions about the legality and the costs of Common Core.

Library of education content features more than 15,600 unique, high - quality classroom assessment questions aligned with today's learning standards and Common Core curriculum.

David Niguidula, an education consultant who helped research the effectiveness of digital portfolios as an assessment tool in the mid-1990s, discusses core questions for schools planning to use digital portfolios.

Educators are also calling attention to other problems with questions on New York's Pearson - created Common Core tests — some of which are being posted on social media despite efforts by the company, the world's largest education firm, to monitor students» posts on social media regarding the exams.

The Common Core tests contain multiple - choice questions and some writing tasks that don't measure up to the ambitious Common Core education goals with which they are supposed to be aligned.

As in other areas of education, however we see divisiveness among educators and parents over some very fundamental questions concerning not only the Common Core, but also issues related to teacher creativity and parental choice.

«Teachers in LAUSD have uncovered the unanswered question about Common Core implementation — how do we raise the academic standards for all students when our most vulnerable children, those in special education and our English Learners, have historically struggled to meet the lower bar set by previous standards,» said Ama Nyamekye, executive director of Educators 4 Excellence - Los Angeles.

Develop and promote a core set of questions — and accompanying data points and sources — needed to inform postsecondary education for consumer, accountability, and improvement purposes

While the issues at stake vary by state, a number of elections this cycle will hinge on a variety of education - related questions, including recent cuts to public schools, growing class sizes, Common Core State Standards, access to pre-K education and the availability of state - funded student loans for college.

Truth in American Education (TAE) is a national, non-partisan group of concerned parents and citizens who question the Race to the Top (RTTT) and the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and much more concerning school reform.

In response to concerns expressed in the 2012 general session of the Utah Legislature, the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) and the Utah State Office of Education (USOE) committed to field questions and solicit additional public opinion on Utah Core Standards.

The survey broadly explores their expectations of public education and also includes questions pertaining specifically to the Common Core State Standards.