Sentences with phrase «debate on education funding»

Jane spoke in a debate on education funding at the Liberal Democrats» Spring Conference in Liverpool to stress the positive impact that protecting English education funding levels in real terms would have on Welsh budgets.

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Now let's have a reasoned debate on the actual circumstances of what's best for education and the best use of this historic funding.

POUGHKEEPSIE >> Democratic state Sen. Terry Gipson and Republican challenger Sue Serino sparred over issues including the SAFE Act, funding for education and the influence of New York City lawmakers on the Hudson Valley during a debate Tuesday before the Dutchess County Association of Realtors.

Klein, who is 54, has not responded to Gay City News» requests for comment — either during the legislative session or now as the primary campaign is winding up — but in a recent debate on NY1 defended his progressive credentials by pointing to his key role in enacting the governor's new gun control law early last year and in funding pre-K education this year.

The veto came amid public and legislative debate on the bill, which opponents claimed would have unconstitutionally provided public funds for religious institutions and overburdened already struggling school districts by forcing them to pay for private special education.

But, it's an unfortunate comment on today's education debate that my quest to align public funding with effectiveness is seen as a call for more bubble tests.

NAESP Expresses Concerns with House Education Funding Bill, Urges an Open Debate of Expected Budget Cuts On July 29, 2013 NAESP and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) expressed concern with the Fiscal Year 2014 Labor - Health & Human Services - Education appropriations bill in a formal letter to the House LHHS Appropriations Subcommittee.

With the charter - expansion question a settled issue, at least for now, leaders of the No on 2 campaign say they want the education debate to turn to funding of schools statewide.

These and other results suggest that some of the most prominent ideas that dominate current policy debates — from supporting vouchers to doubling down on high - stakes tests to cutting federal education funding — are out of step with parents» main concern: They want their children prepared for life after they complete high school.

While the debate rages on about whether or not North Carolina's General Assembly actually dealt public education a financial punch in the gut with the 2013 - 15 budget, NC Policy Watch is keeping a running tally of education funding cuts that local school districts are coping with as they open up for the 2013 - 14 academic year.

Public education debates both here and nationwide often focus on school funding, teacher pensions, charter schools and vouchers.

In this two - year study, Research for Action (RFA), working in collaboration with Jeffrey Henig of Teachers College, assessed the formation and development of a coalition of organizing and advocacy groups, funded by the Donors» Education Collaborative (DEC), and their impact on the debate about the mayoral control of schools in New York City (NYC).

Webinars: The candidates» top education advisors have debated the nuances of Obama's and Romney's education views on everything from the future of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) to the role of the federal government in funding education.

This post first appeared on Idaho Education News By Anthony Warn We in Idaho hear a lot about low test scores, go - on rates that are in reverse, debates about school funding formulas, and too many students unprepared for college and career.

From Keystone Crossroads The dust has settled on the 2016 - 17 Pennsylvania budget, and, as usual, debates over education funding and policy dominated much of the negotiations.

When the debate on SB 38 School Funding Amendments was completed in the Senate, including the prior discussions in the Senate Education Committee, the Senate body passed the bill with some serious concerns that Senator Howard Stephenson (Republican — Draper) indicated would be «fixed in the House.»

While I am sure we can all debate the many reasons teachers offer for leaving the profession including increased emphasis on standardized test scores, the shifting focus of the annual professional performance review and the lack of funding for education at the state and national level, there is a growing stream of awareness that the core of the frustration is the lack of shared decision - making roles and opportunities for teachers in the majority of our schools today.

Please join the Center for American Progress Action Fund and Senator Patty Murray (WA) for a discussion on the need to refocus the budget debate on our long - term challenges by prioritizing crucial investments such as expanding access to quality early education.