Sentences with phrase «core issues of education»

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When it comes to the major education issue of the day, Astorino wants to end the state's involvement in Common Core while replacing it with a new set of standards yet to be determined.

The vote also comes as a number of high - profile education issues come to a head this year in Albany, including withering criticism of the state's rollout of the Common Core assessments.

«The basic purpose of this commission, according to the governor's charge, was to «comprehensively review and assess New York State's education system, including its structure, operation and processes...» In failing to deal at all with such major issues as funding, special education, the lack of appropriate supports for English language learners, as well as ignoring major current controversies such as implementation of [teacher evaluations] and common core systems, the commission has ill - served students, parents, and the public at large.»

Two members of the panel argued that the group's final report, released Tuesday, neglected several controversial issues facing public education, such as the state's implementation of new, rigorous academic standards known as Common Core.

Mr. LaValle (R - Port Jefferson) issued that statement Thursday after Mr. King's meeting with the state Senate Education Committee, with the senator saying the state Department of Education «is not listening» to concerns brought up about the Common Core during numerous and contentious public meetings held throughout the state.

«Our members are very knowledgable about education issues, and while there is great concern about the implementation of the Common Core and the over-reliance on testing, there are many other issues that are front - burner for NYSUT members,» he said, listing concerns over the property tax cap, equitable school funding, the teacher evaluation system and the statewide expansion of pre-kindergarten.

Flanagan's post as chair of the education committee has helped him grow in prominence, particularly as issues like the Common Core standards, teacher evaluations and charter schools have dominated the political landscape.

Although he will lay out an entire platform at a later time, Castorina said the drug epidemic, transportation, education and Common Core «are just a smattering of the issues that I feel strongly about.»

Before that happens, though, Cuomo's commission is due to issue its report in December, and the State Education Commissioner is also doing an independent review of Common Core and related issues.

ALBANY — American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten said Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino is using an anti-Common Core campaign to «cloak» his other positions on education issues that would be far less palatable to public school advocates.

Hitting on issues critical to many Long Islanders, Trump said he would cut off the flow of heroin from Mexico and repeal the Common Core education curriculum.

There will be other pressing issues to resolve besides, taxes; anti-corruption reform, and perhaps some changes to the controversial implementation of the new Common Core education standards.

A group of Suffolk County school district superintendents have sent a letter to state education commissioner John King urging him to address their concerns about over-testing, the fast pace of mandating Common Core standards inside the classroom and issues with new teacher and principal evaluation programs, according to Friday's Newsday cover story.

Next up facing re-election are Cuomo and state legislators, and education issues, particularly the implementation of the Common Core standards and related testing, will undoubtedly play a role in the contests.

Cuomo did not make a single mention of the education issue that has been most in the news this year — the furor over the rollout of the Common Core standards in New York.

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.

We decided to reanalyze the data used by the CRP authors (the 2007 — 08 U.S. Department of Education's Common Core of Data (CCD) and we just published our results in «A Closer Look at Charter Schools and Segregation,» which will appear in the Summer 2010 issue of Education Next.

The Summer 2014 issue of Education Next includes two articles with different takes on Common Core implementation: «Navigating the Common Core: Complexities threaten implementation,» by Mike McShane and «The Common Core Takes Hold: Implementation moves steadily forward,» by Bob Rothman.

An article in the Fall 2016 issue of Education Next, «The Politics of the Common Core Assessments,» by Ashley Jochim and Patrick McGuinn, looks at political pressures within the states that are affecting state involvement with the standards and tests.

A teacher who wants to learn more about the Common Core can watch a video featuring Professors Dan Koretz, Heather Hill, and Paul Reville that delves into the issue of assessments from the perspectives of an expert in educational measurement, an expert in teacher quality, and the former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, respectively.

«States Raise Proficiency Standards in Math and Reading: Commitments to Common Core may be driving the proficiency bar upward» by Paul E. Peterson and Matthew Ackerman is available now on http://educationnext.org and will appear in the Summer 2015 issue of Education Next.

To ascertain whether this is the case, I draw on the best available public data on the racial composition of the nation's schools: the Public Elementary and Secondary School Enrollment and Common Core of Data issued by the Office for Civil Rights within the U.S. Department of Education.

A review of the most recent book by E.D. Hirsch, the founder of the Core Knowledge foundation, appears in the Summer 2010 issue of Education Next: «Equal Knowledge: Common Curriculum Would Benefit the Poor — and Democracy,» by Nathan Glazer

To be sure, Trump touched on other education issues briefly and confusingly in some cases: «Common Core is a disaster,» the curriculum is «dumbed down,» schools are «crime ridden,» «bring education local,» cut the US Department of Education «way, way, way back,» end «creative spelling,» «estimation,» and «empowerment,» bring down «union walls,» and education issues briefly and confusingly in some cases: «Common Core is a disaster,» the curriculum is «dumbed down,» schools are «crime ridden,» «bring education local,» cut the US Department of Education «way, way, way back,» end «creative spelling,» «estimation,» and «empowerment,» bring down «union walls,» and education local,» cut the US Department of Education «way, way, way back,» end «creative spelling,» «estimation,» and «empowerment,» bring down «union walls,» and Education «way, way, way back,» end «creative spelling,» «estimation,» and «empowerment,» bring down «union walls,» and so forth.

After the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) issued its standards in June 2010, the Department of Education insisted that states that wanted to compete effectively for Race to the Top grants had to adopt national standards by August.

Virginia Echoes Harvard as Faculty Rises Up to Rehire President Bloomberg, June 25, 2012 «The core issue at Virginia may have been the speed and direction of change, as business - focused trustees have a different sense of urgency than academics do, said Richard Chait, a research professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education who studies college governance.»

«We find ourselves in 2017 facing a whole host of issues, and not educating how we got there,» says Jewell - Sherman, former superintendent of Virginia's Richmond Public Schools and a core faculty member of the Ed School's Doctor of Education Leadership Program.

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).

In the Summer 2012 issue of Education Next, Ze'ev Wurman and Stephen Wilson debated whether the Common Core math standards are a step forward or a step backward.

I would like to see Congress move ahead with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization and take steps on most of the core issues addressed in the survey.

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?

Each of the three were conceptualized to cover core topic areas of enduring importance in education; each integrate emphases on research, policy, and practice issues, and each is interdisciplinary.

Features in the winter 2013 issue include a discussion of how math education is changing in the United States in light of the Common Core Standards; a look at the storied career of alumna Margaret H. Marshall, former justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; and a piece about the critical and difficult work that many Ed School alums are engaged in around the world educating children in post-conflict zones.

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This year also marks a decade of Education Next's groundbreaking public opinion polling that has seen Americans grow in their understanding of nuanced educational issues, some of which — like the opt - out movement and Common Core — didn't even exist when the research began ten years ago.

Areas of Focus: Common Core State Standards, English / language arts, social studies, STEM education, curriculum, teacher issues

The annual poll was conducted by the pro-school-reform journal Education Next and asked a nationally representative sample of Americans about a variety of education issues, with the results on the Common Core being the most Education Next and asked a nationally representative sample of Americans about a variety of education issues, with the results on the Common Core being the most education issues, with the results on the Common Core being the most dramatic.

The rollout of the Common Core standards offers California — and most of the nation — an opportunity to address some of the issues that have plagued education reform in the past.

Most modern college presidents adhere to the school of thought that says institutions should only take a stance on public issues that could impact the core mission of the university, says Julie Reuben, a historian at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

With campaign season heating up, public polls that try to get a pulse on American attitudes toward education are likely to play into the policy prescriptions of candidates who are critical of the Common Core and supportive of hot - button issues like charter schools.

In that capacity, and over several years, she developed a core course of ideas, information, and issues, central to the arts in education.

What they will do is tackle a range of intriguing K - 12 and higher ed projects, dealing with issues like entrepreneurship, higher ed productivity, philanthropy, mobilizing parents, higher ed transparency, the future of the teaching profession, ESEA reauth, technology, K - 12 and higher ed leadership, career and technical education, Common Core implementation, citizenship, state - and district - level reform, and much else (the mix would be, in part, a matter of interest).

Considering Malloy and his corporate education reform advocates don't want the Common Core testing and teacher evaluation issues to even be discussed in public, it will take a lot to convince Democratic rank and file legislators that they should put their constituents ahead of Malloy's politics.

The overarching goal of the Framework for K - 12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas (National Research Council, 2012, Summary, para. 2) is to «ensure that by the end of 12th grade all students have some appreciation of the beauty and wonder of science; possess sufficient knowledge of science and engineering to engage in public discussions on related issues; are careful consumers of scientific and technological information related to their everyday lives; are able to continue to learn about science outside school; and have the skills to enter careers of their choice, including (but not limited to) careers in science, engineering, and technology (p. 1).»

But guidance from the Indiana Department of Education issued last month says teachers in every grade except K - 1 should continue teaching the old Indiana academic standards in tandem with the Common Core.

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart grilled U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on a wide range of issues — including No Child Left Behind (NCLB); Race to the Top (RTTT); Common Core State Standards; and, yes, fellow Harvard hoopster and NBA phenom Jeremy Lin — during the secretary's recent appearance on Stewart's show.

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.

By refusing to allow the public to speak out on this important issue and then stacking the deck by only featuring paid pro-Common Core ambassadors turns the Education Committee's «informational hearing» into nothing short of a bad joke and makes it clear that the Democrats have joined Governor Malloy and Commissioner Pryor on their path of self - destruction.