Sentences with phrase «education correspondent»

John Merrow, who is a well - known former education correspondent for PBS News Hour, will moderate the discussion and address hot topics such as changing student demographics, educational equity, teacher quality, private school vouchers, testing and accountability, and college and career readiness.

They told BBC Wales education correspondent Colette Hume it would mean more quality time to spend with pupils.

Speaking ahead of the latest set of results, Mr Andrews told BBC Wales education correspondent Colette Hume the radical set of improvements had since been brought in and we were starting to see improvement.

I write this as a former DC resident whose three children attended Washington public schools (Oyster, Alice Deal, and Woodrow Wilson) and as a long - time Education Correspondent for the PBS NewsHour; in the latter capacity, I chronicled Michelle Rhee's time as Chancellor (12 reports over 3 years) and later produced «The Education of Michelle Rhee» for the PBS series, «Frontline.»

At AlterNet, former PBS education correspondent John Merrow critiqued a recent Washington Monthly feature penned by former US News education writer Tom Toch.

John Merrow, Ed.D.» 73, former education correspondent for the «PBS NewsHour,» shares insights from his new book «Addicted to Reform: A 12 - Step Program to Rescue Public Education.»

April 16, 2013 • Host Michel Martin talks with NPR education correspondent Claudio Sanchez about how the competing forces of sequestration and the president's budget proposal are affecting schools.

NPR education correspondent Claudio Sanchez and Thomas Hehir of Harvard University talk about how to integrate special needs students into mainstream classrooms.

NBC News Chief Education Correspondent Rehema Ellis hosted a dynamic live town hall on the issues facing young adults after high school, and solutions to ensure their success.

Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with former New York Times education correspondent Gene Maeroff about his new book.

She told BBC Wales education correspondent Bethan Lewis that reforms in GCSEs would enable children to be more analytical and problem - solving - skills which the international Pisa tests recognised.

In the second film in a series, BBC Wales education correspondent Arwyn Jones asks those in power in Finland how they maintain education standards as the country has topped international rankings in the past.

Watch the #SXSWEDU Policy Forum session, Black Education in America, with NBC News education correspondent Rehema Ellis moderating.

Likewise, in an article last June, Times national education correspondent Kate Zernike claimed that in Motor City, «half the charters perform only as well, or worse than, Detroit's traditional public schools.»

Kamenetz, lead digital education correspondent for National Public Radio, is the more soothing voice.

Journalist John Merrow, special education correspondent for the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, favors instead the swim - instructor analogy: if half the class nearly drowns when trying to demonstrate what they've learned, we'd be downright daft not to find fault with the teacher.

In the final part of a three part series looking at the new curriculum in schools, BBC Scotland's education correspondent Seonag MacKinnon looks at why it has become so controversial.

BBC education correspondent Kim Catcheside said the government had legislated to give teachers an explicit legal right to discipline pupils - but it was up to each school to decide how that should be implemented.

Perhaps education correspondents should read Schools Week and the Local Schools Network in order to keep up.

University and city art college in cash - saving merger talks The Scotsman; February 18, 2010; FIONA MACLEOD EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT; 700 + words... has to offer.»

By Niall Murray, Education Correspondent PUPILS whose teachers take classroom management training are better behaved and have a better chance in the education system, research suggests.The study examined the behaviour of 217 pupils in 22 infant classes at 11 Limerick schools, some of whose staff...

Marketplace's education correspondent Amy Scott spoke with Marketplace Weekend about how early childhood education impacts future economic mobility.

Also at that meeting was John Merrow, PBS NewsHour Education Correspondent, who acted as the moderator.

Ms Williams said plans were in place to bring about improvements in education but she told BBC Wales education correspondent Colette Hume she was disappointed.

Chris Hayes talks with PBS Education Correspondent John Merrow about the fallout.

Former New York Times education correspondent Gene Maeroff decided to get his hands dirty when he ran for his local school board in central New Jersey.

Head Armando Di - Finizio told BBC Wales education correspondent Bethan Lewis they were aiming to be on a par with other schools in the city but the improvements would continue.

He told BBC Wales» education correspondent Arwyn Jones that Wales» education system «needed to take things to a whole new level».

Joining me now is NPR's education correspondent Claudio Sanchez here in Studio 3A.

She told BBC Wales education correspondent Colette Hume education was also more than just tests but making it enjoyable and aspirational.

Ed.D.» 73; former education correspondent for the PBS NewsHour; author of Addicted to Reform: A 12 - Step Program to Rescue Public Education

Joining Aoun on the panel were Amy Scott, education correspondent for Marketplace; Bridget Terry Long, the Saris Professor of Education and Economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education; and Keyaun Heydarian, a 17 - year - old high school senior.

He is an education correspondent for PBS NewsHour and president of Learning Matters, an independent production company based in New York City.

In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, John Merrow, education correspondent for The PBS NewsHour and president of Learning Matters discusses education reporting, the influence of teachers, and changes in over 35 years covering education in the media.

Published just a few weeks ago, this special report from PBS NewsHour's education correspondent John Merrow provides a great state of the state, giving context to the Common Core for anyone who is not yet in the know.

John Merrow, Ed.D.» 73, is the education correspondent for PBS NewsHour and president of Learning Matters, an independent production company.

Thomas Toch, the education correspondent for U.S. News and World Report, visited more than 60 public schools across the United States while completing his overview of the reform movement, In the Name of Excellence.

Chris Cook, education correspondent for the Financial Times, recently covered the issue, reporting that while conventional schools can call on their local authorities for help, academies do not have access to council funds and, in some cases, maybe denied access to advice and guidance.

Amy Scott is Marketplace's education correspondent.

Featured panelists: Stephanie Hirsh, Executive Director, Learning Forward Casey Olsen, High School Language Arts Teacher, National Writing Project Daniel Weisberg, CEO, TNTP Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers Moderated By: John Merrow, President, Learning Matters; Education Correspondent for PBS NewsHour Panel: How can policy advance research - based best practices?

- John Merrow, Education Correspondent, PBS NewsHour

Jon Marcus, higher - education editor, has written about higher education for the Washington Post, USA Today, Time, the Boston Globe, Washington Monthly, is North America higher - education correspondent for the Times (U.K.) Higher Education magazine, and contributed to the book Reinventing Higher Education.

BBC Wales education correspondent Colette Hume said this radical approach was one which many teachers involved in the pilot projects support wholeheartedly.

She calls out individual journalists, such as John Merrow — PBS's education correspondent for over four decades — and Juan Gonzalez of the New York Daily News.