Sentences with phrase «doing about education policy»

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A huge number of doctors — 89 percent — said they believed that consumers had not been adequately educated about how the exchanges» policies will function, and more than 9 percent didn't know if there had been adequate education of consumers.

According to an analysis released in December by the Brookings Institution's Brown Center on Education Policy, half of American college freshmen «seriously underestimate» the amount of student - loan debt they have, and about a quarter of students with federal loans do not even know they have such loans.

People try to figure out what to do about a problem pregnancy, terminal illness, public education, welfare policies, availability of guns, youth alienation, multi-racial tensions.

The Orfalea Fund helped to bring about new standards in early childhood education, school food, and disaster readiness by doing in - depth research, taking risks to discover what works, bringing together dedicated partners to execute programs, and helping families, educators, and policy - makers raise their expectations for a healthier, more resilient community.

My platform is about economic human rights — education, jobs, health care — I didn't think I had to say water,» he said, sliding into a critique of Cuomo's policies about cities.

The governor did not mention charter schools, but Cuomo took a shot at teachers and their unions, who he's been at odds with over school policy, saying the teacher's fight is not about education.

«They just don't know how the game is played,» said Thomas Mortenson, a policy analyst for the Council for Opportunity in Education, about the lack of experience many lower - income families have in dealing with financial aid.7 Many «high - income high schools» help students apply to college - entrance preparation classes at top universities, and they sometimes provide private admissions counselors.8

Nestle: Well, we will do it in the way these changes always take place — you do it through education of the public; you create demands for different kinds of foods; you teach parents to go into schools and look at what their kids are eating and then do something about it; you change policy so that it becomes more difficult for food companies to advertise to children; you stop them from marketing junk food to kids using cartoon characters.

Q: What about the impact on future Ed School students who come here to study and who then go out into the field to do research, to lead early education policy, or to work directly with children?

David Laws, former schools minister and now executive chairman, Education Policy Institute, said: «Anyone who cares about the quality of the education England's school children are receiving would do well to consider the warnings contained in this thoughtfEducation Policy Institute, said: «Anyone who cares about the quality of the education England's school children are receiving would do well to consider the warnings contained in this thoughtfeducation England's school children are receiving would do well to consider the warnings contained in this thoughtful essay.

This got me thinking: What does Twitter say about the tone of the education policy debate?

What then follows is creative thinking about what education leaders, schools, teachers, parents and students themselves can do to support policy actions that ensure every student is equipped with the skills necessary to achieve their full potential and participate in an increasingly interconnected global economy.

They're doing it at a time of political change and policy uncertainty at the national level, with a new team taking the field at the White House — and at the U.S. Department of Education — that may have its own ideas about how details of the new law play out on the ground.

On June 15, 2017 at 10 am, the Fordham Institute will host a discussion about why education research and education policy are often disconnected and what can be done to fix this.

Finally, I must mention several «honorable mentions» — people with sky - high Klout scores who tweet about education — but who (in my judgment) don't tweet primarily about k - 12 education policy.

My hope is that this exercise helps spur conversation about which university - based academics are contributing most substantially to public debates over education and ed policy, and how they do so.

Any time you have a direct experience to inform your beliefs or your theory about how to do the work of education policy it adds power to your teaching.

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.

NCLB did not include such a requirement, and according to a September 2012 study of the Center on Education Policy, only about half of states (26) on their own require that students pass state high - school exit exams to earn a diploma.

So what do both sets of lists released this week say about the current education policy debate?

If you care about state education policy and / or the new federal education law, you ought to spend some time doing three things.

Note that some of the people and organizations in Anthony's spreadsheet will drop off because they don't comment much about education policy.

The Summer 2006 issue of Education Next contains accusations about the research done by the Center on Education Policy («Donkey in Disguise,» check the facts).

As background prep we did an exercise on the state of germany in 1871 after unification, then had a discussion of what type of constitution would be necessary, thinking about key areas of policy such as the economy, control of the military, social measures (education / health), etc and deciding whether these should be under national or regional control.

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.

Ferfolja adds: «There is also a [New South Wales Department of Education] document called the Controversial Issues in Schools policy and that also talks about having to get parental permission if you're going to raise a controversial issue, sensitive topic — so what does that actually mean for teachers?

In the education world, differentiated instruction is talked a lot about as a policy or as a solution, but rarely do educators get opportunities to roll up their sleeves and talk about what it looks like in practice.

As one Florida superintendent, Doug Whittaker, put it to Education Week last March in a story about the spread of retention policies: «After 10 years, I don't like it.

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What's more troubling, though is the extent to which our national education debates have come to focus on the character, motivation, experience, and relationships of those who hold different views — rather than on the substance of those views or evidence about how different policies and practices do or are likely to impact kids.

In the most recently released Whiteboard «Education Insider» survey (pdf) we asked policy insiders about the risk of states breaking away from the consortia and doing their own Common Core aligned tests.

Because, at least when it comes to education policy, just about everything he wants the federal government to do involves things that can't be done successfully from Washington but that well - led states can and should do: raise academic standards, evaluate teachers, give kids choices, and more.

I knew that museum education could be an exciting platform for the kind of work I wanted to do with young people, but I knew I first needed to learn more about the public school system, educational policy, and curriculum design.

The studies succeeded in building teacher capacity and confidence, but also brought to light five concerns about STEM that current education policies and programs do not adequately address.

Center on Education Policy compiled a report, What Do Teachers and District Leaders Feel about State Standards and Assessments?.

In this section we address our second question about the state «s leadership role in efforts to improve teaching and learning: How do clusters of policies — systemic efforts at shaping education reform — get embedded in state agencies and transmitted to create a local impact?

Here are some more great questions for policy makers from Diane Ravitch («Do politicians know anything about schools and education?

One note: Whether we're talking about teachers unions backing political candidates or across - the - aisle support for parent trigger laws, it's become abundantly clear that education policy doesn't always fall along clear party lines.

They are «both feeling the pressure and willing to think about doing new things,» said Jane Hannaway, director of education policy at the Urban Institute, a left - leaning research group.

We hope to be talking a lot more with policymakers, whether it's at the federal level or at the state level like Lindsey had mentioned, to see what possibilities there might be for any new kinds of programs or policies and really to educate those key stakeholders in terms of learning more about the different types, what education savings accounts do and how they can be useful for families.

Conservatives need to stop accepting the Left's premise about education policy, which is that central planners can know and do better than parents and teachers, the people who stand in front of children every day.

At a Westminster Education Forum event this morning, Luke Tryl accused the party of basing its new policy on «outdated information about the way we operate and what we do», and warned delegates that «results go down» when school accountability is removed.

It's easy for those of us who spend a lot of time thinking and talking and writing about these things to forget that most people, including most parents and teachers, just don't care that much about education policy.

Current education policy does not seem concerned about the issue of stability and retention, especially at our low performing schools.

NEW YORK — President - elect Donald Trump said very little about education during the bruising and divisive campaign, leaving those who devote their life to it baffled and unsure about what he'll actually do and what his policy choices will be.

Bill Cibes made a fundamental difference then and does so now when he tells ConnCAN and the other «corporate education reformers» that we will not back down in our commitment and dedication to protect what is right about public education while we seek to develop and implement policies that make a real, honest and positive impact on the quality of education in our state.

Public education, its plight, and what to do about it have been at or near the top of every list of public policy priorities at least since the 1983 publication of «A Nation At Risk».

At the forum, held at PS 89 in New York City's Tribeca, Ravitch — author of the best - selling «The Death and Life of the Great American School System» — warned in her keynote speech about the harm done by excessive reliance on standardized tests, privatization through charter school expansion, and the growing influence of wealthy private foundations on education policies.

«Don't get me started about public charter school no - nothings (sic) on the NC State Board of Education,» Hawkes wrote in an email to Policy Watch this week.

What do you want the Colorado Department of Education to know about what's important to your community as the Department designs policies that will directly affect students and schools in your district for years to come?