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Federal, state, and district education policymakers can use this report to identify relevant, evidence - based SEL interventions that meet their local needs.

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«A tax cap that is tied to an inflationary number that does not reflect school district costs and which results in negative levies should raise concerns with both state policymakers and the general public that want a quality education for our students.»

This Education Week special report examines how educators and policymakers are tackling critical issues facing principals already on the job and helping districts build a bench of strong school leaders.

Throughout his long career as an education journalist for PBS Newshour and NPR, John Merrow, Ed.D.» 73, spoke to many people in education — from policymakers to district leaders to classroom teachers — and he was impressed by the dedication most had to improving the field.

In a sign that the once far - fetched notion of «charter districts» is gaining traction, a forthcoming series of papers from the Education Commission of the States offers policymakers advice and encouragement in setting up their own versions of that emerging governance arrangement.

State policymakers should also examine policies that allow school districts to exclude teacher salaries from the calculations they must make to show that they provide an «equal» education to students at high - and low - poverty schools.

[7] At his confirmation hearing in 2016, U.S. Department of Education Secretary John King said the «locus of decision making... is rightly shifting back to states and districts,» an idea that policymakers of all stripes have reiterated since.

Although panels of scholars warned against using VAMS to make high - stakes decisions because of their statistical limitations (American Statistical Association, 2014; National Research Council & National Academy of Education, 2010), policymakers in many states and districts moved quickly to do just that, requiring that VAMS scores be used as a substantial component in teacher evaluation...

Usable Knowledge is an online resource from the Harvard Graduate School of Education that aims to make education research and best practices accessible to educators, district and network leaders, policymakers, members of the media, nonprofit leaders, entrepreneurs, andEducation that aims to make education research and best practices accessible to educators, district and network leaders, policymakers, members of the media, nonprofit leaders, entrepreneurs, andeducation research and best practices accessible to educators, district and network leaders, policymakers, members of the media, nonprofit leaders, entrepreneurs, and parents.

Since 2008, the Strategic Data Project (SDP), under Harvard's Center for Policy Education Research, has placed fellows like Bowman in state education agencies, school districts, and charter school management organizations where they are helping policymakers to decode an avalanche of educatioEducation Research, has placed fellows like Bowman in state education agencies, school districts, and charter school management organizations where they are helping policymakers to decode an avalanche of educatioeducation agencies, school districts, and charter school management organizations where they are helping policymakers to decode an avalanche of educational data.

Acclaimed educator and researcher Margie Gillis will share her precedent - setting work with schools, districts, state departments of education, and policymakers to advocate on behalf of all children and protect their right to learn to read well.

Prior to joining Education Northwest in 2011, he spent three years with the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, where he managed their nationally focused policy and capacity - building initiatives and worked closely with policymakers, district leaders and researchers developing and using early warning and college readiness indicators.

Instead of attempting to restructure or «reform» DCPS, policymakers should free District parents to reform education from the bottom up.

If education policymakers at the state and district levels are committed to building leadership development into reform efforts, they must build in sufficient resources to support high - impact programs.

«The intended audience is anyone and everyone connected to NCLB law: policymakers, Title I administrators, state education agencies, school district officials,» said Ashish...

Find breaking news, analysis, and opinion on K - 12 education issues affecting school and district leaders, teachers, policymakers, and ed - tech professionals.

Historically, state policymakers have delegated their authority over public education to local school districts, particularly in matters of curriculum and instruction.

Federal policymakers should create incentives for states, districts, and schools to meaningfully engage families in their children's education using research - based strategies and practices.

In addition to providing reasonable benchmarks for individual schools and districts using StudentTracker reports, we believe it also makes a significant contribution to discussions about equitable access to, and persistence in, postsecondary education amongst practitioners and policymakers at the school, district, state, and national levels.

Policymakers must ensure that each student has access to effective educators by making the necessary investments along the career continuum, including incentives for recruiting and retaining candidates; personalized and ongoing professional development; flexible routes to licensure based on rigorous professional standards; leadership opportunities and development; and collaboration among higher education institutions and local districts.

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In a detailed 2010 survey, school and district administrators, policymakers and others declared principal leadership among the most pressing matters on a list of issues in public school education.

Data on chronic absenteeism — which the Department of Education defines as the percentage of students chronically absent from school for at least 15 days — can inform practitioners and policymakers on questions of student engagement.53 Additionally, school and district leaders could collect data on access to advanced coursework to identify schools in need of more rigorous learning environments.

«There's a subset of these conversions that aren't charters, and we shouldn't think of them as charters,» said Bryan Hassel, a co-director of Public Impact, an education reform group that works with policymakers, districts and charters.

Overview The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) has sponsored a series of field trips focused on high school redesign to provide state education officials, state legislators, and other education policymakers an opportunity to see first - hand how other states and districts

This critical work can inform the work of state education policymakers by sharing best practices from districts that took steps to focus their work, and promote shared instructional practices that make a difference for all students.

By using these five questions to guide their assessment of test scores policymakers can help states and districts ensure an enriching, equitable and effective education for every student.

The report assesses Clark County's education landscape, identifies the barriers to adding more high - quality charters, and recommends actions that everyone involved in education — the state and district, policymakers, advocates, and funders — must take to ensure a better education system.

The Leading Places Network Task Force will design and support a network of leading states, districts, and higher education institutions to enable k — 12 school systems with strong performance assessment systems to engage more deliberately with postsecondary institutions and policymakers to strengthen those systems and expand their use.

The test results are not hard to understand and yet policymakers and the «education reformers» condemn the teachers, schools and districts for the low CMT scores.

States, districts, and policymakers need to think of better ways to support small, nonremote districts and recognize that an education system designed 200 years ago may no longer be the right system today.

Before a single child's information is turned over to any 3rd party, policymakers should give assurance to parents and educators that no harm will come to Tennessee school children by adopting the following principles: The state and districts should be required to publish any and all existing data sharing agreements in printed and electronic form, and include a thorough explanation of its purpose and provisions, and make it available to parents and local school authorities statewide; The Department of Education should hold hearings throughout the state or testify before the legislature to explain any existing data agreement, and answer questions from the public or their representatives, obtain informed comment, and gauge public reaction; All parents should have the right to be notified of the impending disclosure of their children's data, and provide them with a right to consent or have the right to withhold their children's information from being shared; The state should have to define what rights families or individuals will have to obtain relief if harmed by improper use or release of their child's private information, including how claims can be made; and finally, any legislation must ensure that the privacy interest of public school children and their families are put above the interests of any 3rd Party and its agents and subsidiaries.

Based on insight from school districts, state education agencies, policymakers and education organizations, this policy framework guides states and districts in working together to create flexibility to support scaling personalized learning, including explorations of defining areas of flexibility at the state and federal policy level, the supports needed for district implementation of personalized, competency - based education and the roles of states and districts in this work.

The Research Center collaborates with higher education institutions, states, school districts, high schools, and educational organizations as part of a national effort to better inform education leaders and policymakers.

SEDL's policy research focused on the following school reform strategies as they played out in selected states and local districts: resource allocation in local districts, teacher mentoring, policymaker participation in community dialogues on education reform, and the charter school as a policy instrument affecting school - site influence over education reform.

The new federal education law allows states and school districts to press the reset button on an array of education policies, and some advocates are urging policymakers and education officials to take advantage of the opportunity to effectively use student data to improve learning and teaching.

He may not have shown them the money, but Gov. Mark Dayton got high marks from school district leaders and policymakers for the seven - point education plan [PDF] he released Friday.

School districts and campuses would be held responsible by policymakers and taxpayers if they did not provide a decent education for every student.

At LILA, you will hear from and speak with national education leaders, including U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and proactively advocate for what matters most in your school and district by participating in Capitol Hill meetings with your federal polieducation leaders, including U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and proactively advocate for what matters most in your school and district by participating in Capitol Hill meetings with your federal poliEducation Arne Duncan, and proactively advocate for what matters most in your school and district by participating in Capitol Hill meetings with your federal policymakers.

This major forum features a discussion about accountability among a diverse group of stakeholders in teacher education, including teacher educators in university and alternate settings, policymakers, and school district leaders.

Policymakers, colleges, and school districts should take steps to successfully reform remedial education for recent high school graduates.

The Center for Urban Education Leadership is sought after by school districts, institutions of higher education, government agencies and policymakers for its years of demonstrated expertise in school leadership devEducation Leadership is sought after by school districts, institutions of higher education, government agencies and policymakers for its years of demonstrated expertise in school leadership deveducation, government agencies and policymakers for its years of demonstrated expertise in school leadership development.

Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning, the PA Early Ed News is a monthly e-newsletter to inform early learning professionals, the early childhood community, school district staff, policymakers, community leaders and the public on developments in early childhood education and care in Pennsylvania.