Sentences with phrase «education analysts said»

The Smarter Balanced tests have revealed wide gaps in subgroup scores that education analysts said reflect the challenges of online tests and the rigors of the Common Core standards that they assess.

Not exact matches

The Chinese government's new investment in physical education, athletic facilities and sports leagues should jump - start the country's athletic apparel market, the analyst said.

But now support for her has plunged to around 30 percent, a record low, and analysts say an ambitious agenda including a proposed constitutional reform and overhaul of the university education system are at risk.

«Anytime you borrow money, no matter what it's for, you are probably going to pay interest,» said Tom Drake, a financial analyst and the founder of Maple Money, a financial education website.

«We're trying to raise awareness that more than one side needs to be heard on the issue of homosexuality, and we're helping to ensure Christian students have the chance to express their viewpoint,» said Candi Cushman, a Focus on the Family education analyst, in the release.

«Without question, Day of Truth is a loving and redemptive way students of faith can express their views positively in response to GLSEN's Day of Silence which only presents one point of view,» Candi Cushman, education analyst for Focus on the Family, said in a statement.

«Sometimes, what looks good on paper doesn't work on the ground,» said Katherine Shek, a legislative analyst for the National School Boards Association, which praised Obama's commitment to school nutrition but joined two other national education advocacy groups — the American Association of School Administrators and the Council of the Great City Schools — in opposing the legislation.

«My initial reaction is that we're pleased there's money for education,» said Julie Lutz, chief operating officer of the regional Eastern Suffolk BOCES district and a leading school - finance analyst.

«For state legislators, it is much harder to raise taxes on income or sales or cut spending on education or other vital services, while legalizing and expanding gambling is seen as a relatively easy and painless source of revenue and job growth,» said Lucy Dadayan, the Rockefeller analyst who wrote the report.

Shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg said the figures were undermined by the coalition's broader spending cuts to education, which independent analysts claim are the biggest since the 1950s.

Cuomo's announcement earned him national attention and praise from a good deal of education and student groups, but many legislators and policy analysts say the governor hasn't provided enough details to determine whether the plan is realistic.

Analysts say the figures are a terrible reminder of the deplorable state of education in Nigeria, where it is alleged that the hiring of teachers has always been politicised.

Greater emphasis is also being put on transferable skills that serve not only academic scholars but also professionals who «may have research careers in other parts of society,» says David Crosier, education system analyst at Eurydice, the E.U. organization that provides information on European education systems and policies.

«Marijuana users who reported using new marijuana products or edibles were at greater risk of experiencing an unexpected high, regardless of their age, gender, education, mental health status, or amount of marijuana consumed in the past month,» said Jane Allen, study author and research public health analyst at RTI.

«In light of the nation's need to build a strong STEM workforce to compete in the global economy, it is important to understand why college students are leaving STEM majors,» said Xianglei Chen, Ph.D., research education analyst at RTI.

But FASEB legislative analyst Jennifer Zeitzer says the organization is «pleased with what happened» given the pressure to fund other agencies within the jurisdiction of the House labor, health and human services, and education appropriations subcommittee.

«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

Biology faculty members like Cullis are «far and away the most likely to involve undergraduates in their research,» said Lorelle L. Espinosa, a senior analyst with Abt Associates who spoke at a recent conference on improving biology undergraduate education.

John Howson, an education data analyst who runs TeachVac, said infant and junior schools, as well as faith and primary schools, struggled the most because the pool of candidates was small.

Connecticut last week became the first and, so far, only state to sue over the federal No Child Left Behind Act, a move that some analysts say could embolden policymakers elsewhere to step up their varied challenges to the Bush administration's signature education law.

President Bush's decision to nominate Margaret Spellings, his chief domestic - policy adviser, as the new U.S. secretary of education signals a steady course on education policymaking from the administration, analysts say.

Gerald W. Bracey, a senior policy analyst for the National Education Association, was asked to resign recently because he repeatedly expressed his private opinions in a manner that suggested he was speaking for the union, top officials of the N.E.A. said last week.

In many ways, educationalists and analysts are condemned to reporting on education and saying nothing about youth.

«We see increased national attention to English learners,» says Maria Millard, a policy analyst at Education Commission of the States (ECS).

As someone who was on the Department of Education's «naughty» list for much of the Bush era, and who has a, shall we say, complicated relationship with the current administration, I don't think the nation is well - served when analysts, researchers, and critics are either attack dogs or cheerleaders.

«Being selected to participate in a national network of education leaders as a Strategic Data Project partner allows our district to learn from and work with some of the most skilled analysts in the field,» said Sharon L. Contreras, superintendent of the Syracuse City School District.

It will be a pleasure to have additional well - trained analysts embedded within our organization who are able to respond to both immediate and longer - term questions,» said Carrie Conaway, Associate Commissioner for Planning, Research, and Delivery Systems at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Even when charter schools use simple applications, the fact that parents must submit them months before the start of school means that «these students are in some ways more advantaged, come from more motivated families» than kids in nearby district schools, education analyst Michael Petrilli said.

That's «really important for making sure the gains that are made in preschool programs are sustained all the way up,» says Laura Bornfreund, senior policy analyst for early education at the New America Foundation, a public policy think tank in Washington.

The purchase ushers the Baltimore - based Educate Inc. into the early - education market and paves a way for the company to reach cost - conscious consumers, analysts say.

Chad Aldeman, a senior policy analyst at Bellwether Education Partners, said the high - risk label for these waivers sends a clear signal to states about obeying the timeline outlined by the department.

It makes sense that delaying the attachment of student growth and achievement to personnel matters gives the department pause, said Anne Hyslop, a policy analyst with the New America Foundation's education policy program.

This marks the first time the Education Department has stripped a state of its waiver on the grounds of academic standards, said Anne Hyslop, a senior policy analyst for Bellwether Education Partners.

«Interestingly, the rhetoric around NCLB — that the law is broken, failed, and ineffective — masks the fact that nearly all of the research says otherwise,» said Anne Hyslop, a senior education analyst at Bellwether Education education analyst at Bellwether Education Education Partners.

Frank Adamson, a policy analyst at the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, an education research and policy development center, said the move to tests with performance tasks was promising, but not enough to realize the ultimate goals of the ComEducation, an education research and policy development center, said the move to tests with performance tasks was promising, but not enough to realize the ultimate goals of the Comeducation research and policy development center, said the move to tests with performance tasks was promising, but not enough to realize the ultimate goals of the Common Core.

Policy analyst Andrew Rotherham of Bellwether Education Partners in Washington, D.C., said that while he's seen strong school - based restorative justice programs in action, he has concerns about the sudden popularity of — and political pressure for — alternative programs.

«I would think you'd see testing companies as well as the data - driven decision providers jumping in there,» said Trace Urdan, a research analyst who focuses on the business of education for Wunderlich Securities, a brokerage firm based in Memphis, Tenn..

«The fact that it shows both that KIPP pre-K on its own and then the combination of KIPP pre-K and KIPP early elementary have positive effects on children's learning outcomes is a big deal, particularly given some of the past research on pre-K and fade - out,» said Ashley LiBetti Mitchel, a senior analyst focused on early education at Bellwether Education education at Bellwether Education Education Partners.

The guidance acknowledges some critics» concerns about how waivers shortchange at - risk students, said Anne Hyslop, an education policy analyst at the New America Foundation.

Today, children's education is shifting from a standardized system towards a more customizable, personalized experience for every child, says Jason Bedrick, policy analyst for the Cato Institute's Center for Educational Freedom.

Steve Hinnefeld, an state education policy analyst, says this has changed the original intention of the law.

«This is a third way, a hybrid in between charter schools and district schools, and it's growing in number throughout the country,» said Sean Gill, a research analyst for the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington.

School turnaround is «hard, but it's not rocket science,» said Sarah Yatsko, a senior research analyst at the Center on Reinventing Public Education.

«We think the state has to develop a sense of urgency in closing the achievement gap between Latino students, Latino English learners, and the rest of the students,» said Leni Wolf, senior research and policy analyst at Education Trust — West.

«We are now that much closer to our manifest destiny of making a K12 Inc. education available to every child,» Packard said in a call with Wall Street analysts this month.

«It's a really critical moment» for teachers unions, said Melissa Tooley, a senior policy analyst who specializes in education at New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank.

John Howson, an education data analyst who runs jobs website Teach Vac, said that one of the reasons for historically poor recruitment in SEND schools was «nowhere near good enough professional development to allow an easy transition over from mainstream into SEN.. There's always been that difficulty.»

The GOP takeover of the Senate could shake up higher education policy, analysts say, while results in state elections offer more of a mixed bag, with teacher unions prevailing in California, while the GOP retained two hotly contested governorships in Wisconsin and Florida, where education issues played a role.

Some advocates and policy analysts said that Mr. Klein was a transformative force, turning the city's public education system into something that people who had given up on it could believe in again.

«Over time, we've seen a real shift in thinking from a lot of skepticism about early childhood to a much broader public and parent awareness about the importance of early learning and development,» says Sara Mead, an analyst with Bellwether Education Partners who studies early childhood issues.