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You have kind of tiptoed into the great education debate between the constructivists and the direct instruction / behaviorists.

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That thought, on display during Wednesday's presidential debates, is also at the heart of a battle raging between Democrats and Republicans, whose views about governement involvment in everything from health care and education to business are diametrically opposed.
Some in this debate have pointed to a difference between catechesis and religious education.
Since the emergence of the religious education movement a half century ago, a debate has gone on, sometimes openly and sometimes covertly, between the advocates of Christian nurture and evangelism.
The NBA's familial branches speak to the balance between nature and nurture so debated in education and skill development circles.
There was some testy back - and - forth between Democrats and Republicans on the Senate floor during the debate, and you should expect more of the same — if not worse — when it comes time to take up legislation relating to the most controversial parts of this budget: Ethics and education.
Yet education was altogether absent from the first presidential debate and the debate between candidates for vice president.
This week on the Campbell Conversations, host Grant Reeher moderates a debate between them, as they discuss education, government consolidation, economic development, and other issues.
While issues of crime, education and economic development were discussed, debate over how the city handled tax breaks for Destiny USA sparked the most heated exchange between mayor Stephanie Miner and Common Councilor Pat Hogan.
The four candidates seeking to replace City Councilman Eric Gioia (D - Sunnyside) told the TimesLedger Newspapers staff in a debate last week that affordable housing, education, the oil spill at Newtown Creek and a dispute between tenants and landlord Vantage Properties were among the key issues leading up to the Sept. 15 Democratic primary.
This was Snow's 1959 Rede Lecture which brought worldwide debate about the apparently fundamental split in British society and education between the arts and the sciences.
So, in response to this we pulled together a debate between an eclectic panel of education experts including: chair of the Education Select Committee Neil Carmichael MP; a head teacher who turned her own school's performance and ability to recruit and retain its staff around 180 degrees; an ex-tutor from an FE institution who left teaching due to work load issues; and an academic completing a PhD on the topic of work strain in theducation experts including: chair of the Education Select Committee Neil Carmichael MP; a head teacher who turned her own school's performance and ability to recruit and retain its staff around 180 degrees; an ex-tutor from an FE institution who left teaching due to work load issues; and an academic completing a PhD on the topic of work strain in thEducation Select Committee Neil Carmichael MP; a head teacher who turned her own school's performance and ability to recruit and retain its staff around 180 degrees; an ex-tutor from an FE institution who left teaching due to work load issues; and an academic completing a PhD on the topic of work strain in the sector.
Moderating the Debate examines the complex - and often problematic - relations between education research, policy, and practice.
Education debates in the United States often occur between two poles.
As a result, while debates between teachers» unions and reform - minded Democrats have been fierce, they have also largely stayed within the bounds of Democratic convention, with even Democrats for Education Reform seeking to temper criticism of teachers» unions by embracing «reform» unionism and denouncing Republican efforts to curtail collective bargaining.
On April 26, EdNext editor - in - chief Marty West moderated a debate between Tom Carroll of Invest in Education and Neal McCluskey of the Cato Institute at Washington, D.C.'s Hoover Institute.
This issue's forum dives into the debate over the link between education and economic growth.
In the recent noisy debate about the state of public education, nobody argues that it makes sense to strengthen ties between school and home.
This summer marked the one - year anniversary of the tumultuous debate over a proposed merger between the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers.
Those holding the neutral position declined from 44 percent to 36 percent between 2009 and 2010, likely reflecting the heightened attention to charter schools in national debates over education reform (see Figure 2).
Education debate in England has continued to be characterised by the differences between those who focus on learning as a good in itself and those who see schooling as a means to employment.
It's not a debate between public and private education, nor is it an argument for or against streaming or ability grouping.
In joining this debate, Greene mischaracterizes generally positive findings by Harris's Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (ERA) about the role of my organization, The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA), in managing the Louisiana Recovery School District's (RSD) application processes between 2008 and 2013.
The 4,000 teachers, social entrepreneurs, policy makers and business leaders attending the Impact Conference will debate and discuss how to the new government can work with teachers, charities and business to ensure no child falls through the gaps between education, employment or training.
The report goes to the heart of the ongoing political debate between Labor and the Turnbull Government regarding the Gonski education reforms, and the effectiveness of education spending.
The debate between the two policy analysts, which appears to have influenced both majority and minority opinions of the court, is presented in the upcoming issue of Education Next.
Another fault line in the debate over the proposed federal education law lies between Congress and the executive branch.
In the summer of 2000, perfectly timed to shape the election debate over education reform, came a new RAND study that claimed to contradict the conventional research wisdom on the connection between school expenditures and class size on the one hand and student achievement on the other.
The fourth annual State of American Education will consist of a crossfire - style debate between two thought leaders in education policy who will discuss emerging issues in education reform at the nationEducation will consist of a crossfire - style debate between two thought leaders in education policy who will discuss emerging issues in education reform at the nationeducation policy who will discuss emerging issues in education reform at the nationeducation reform at the national level.
The debates about the role of schooling in a democratic society, the lives of children and families, and the relationship between schools and society were relegated to the margins as no longer relevant to the business plan to reinvent American education.
Given the political climate and opportunities for change — the availability of stimulus funds (including Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's commitment of $ 350 million in stimulus funding to support assessment work), the movement toward common standards, and the upcoming reauthorization of No Child Left Behind — we can bypass the debate between the two flawed options of either maintaining the status quo or returning to performance - based assessment systems of the 1990s.
An ongoing debate exists in public education about the tension between choice and equity.
Parent websites such as parentdish.co.uk constantly debate the difference between private and state education.
DeVos and her ilk have succeeded in politicizing the education debate to such an extent that historically nonpartisan contests have seen clear divides between candidates who defend public education (and are often backed by Democrats, progressives and teacher unions) and candidates who align with the DeVos agenda (and who are often backed by Republicans, social conservatives and corporate interests that favor privatization).
The content and language in Cody's and the foundation's blogs also reveal the tension between ideology and evidence in the education reform debate.
The story behind the story, apparently, is the debate between Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the measure.
Education reform, largely a footnote in the presidential campaign, emerged at the tail end of last night's debate in a brief exchange between the candidates over whether D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee supports vouchers or charter schools.
Finally, the story also may highlight the gap between how differently journalists, readers, and educators view stories about schools and the education debate.
Cuomo sits more on the «reform» side of the internal debate in his party between the teachers unions (who have the ear of City Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito) who defend the failed status quo, and reformists who want working - class children to have successful educations.
As charter schools have dominated public discussion on education in the past several years, the debate at times has appeared to be between charter schools for the whole country or no charter schools at all.
While the issue will remain a point of debate between lawmakers, education groups and the administration - the committee's action would suggest that mandate reform will be dropped from the budget negotiations and instead be taken up as part of two bills currently pending.
Education policy became a debate between the forces that felt the purpose of education was to build citizens who were self - assured and of independent minds and those that advocated the development of obedient and loyal subjects for the Meiji goEducation policy became a debate between the forces that felt the purpose of education was to build citizens who were self - assured and of independent minds and those that advocated the development of obedient and loyal subjects for the Meiji goeducation was to build citizens who were self - assured and of independent minds and those that advocated the development of obedient and loyal subjects for the Meiji government.
For more than a decade, the debate over public school reform has created friction between teachers unions, administrators, school boards, parents, policymakers, and other stakeholders in public education and has fueled disagreements over how to improve the quality of teaching and learning for children.
«education» debate between Mayor Pedro Segarra and Luke Bronin, the truth is finally coming out about Bronin and his ties to the charter school industry and their pro-Common Core testing, pro-charter school, anti- teacher and anti-public school agenda.
Today I am asking WNPR's Where We Live, WFSB's Face the State, FOXCT's The Real Story, CT Report with Steve Kotchko and other appropriate news forums to host a debate between myself and any one of the leaders of these corporate advocacy fronts such as Jeffrey Villar, the Executive Director of Connecticut Council for Education Reform and Jennifer Alexander, the Chief Executive Officer of ConnCAN.
Currently, education - policy debates in the United States are divided between two warring camps: On one side are «school reformers,» who argue that efforts to improve equity for low - income youngsters must focus on fixing failing schools.
Republicans are stuck debating whether, rather than how, the federal government ought to be involved in education, while Democrats are squeezed between superintendents, school boards and teachers» unions that want money with no strings, and activists with little patience for concerns about federal overreach.
Instead, there would be heated debates between legislators, education officials and other policymakers about how best to proceed.
Although the national debate over public education has become polarized during the past several years, with bitter divisions inside and between political parties, the PDK / Gallup poll showed a surprising level of agreement in the public at large.
Second, we examine policy debates and key actors working in the education field, specifically the rise of student and teacher accountability, school choice, and the increasing polarization between Education Reformers and supporters of traditional publiceducation field, specifically the rise of student and teacher accountability, school choice, and the increasing polarization between Education Reformers and supporters of traditional publicEducation Reformers and supporters of traditional public schools.
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