Sentences with phrase «education debate takes»

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His questioning of the presumed superiority of prestigious schools — students may fare better at less - elite institutions where their self - esteem takes less of a beating — adds a provocative wrinkle to the hot debate over education.

Kimball, whose research seems to have taken him into every debate on liberal education through more than two millennia, draws his vast findings together in two contrasting models.

I identify five voices in this debate that I take to be the most completely developed and importantly contrasting «positions» in the conversation: Edward Farley's Theologia: The Fragmentation and Unity of Theological Education and his The Fragility of Knowledge: Theological Education in the Church and the University; 2 the Mud Flower Collective's God s Fierce Whimsy; 3 Joseph C. Hough, Jr., and John B. Cobb, Jr.'s Christian Identity and Theological Education; 4 Max L. Stackhouse's Apologia: Contextualization, Globalization, and Mission in Theological Education; 5 and Charles M. Wood's Vision and Discernment.6 Although each of these voices makes important claims in its own right, which I hope to summarize as briefly as clarity and fairness permit, what is most important, I think, is the largely implicit interplay among them of contrasting insights and themes.

Tauhidi takes his place in a long historical debate on parochial education in the U.S. when he says, «Muslims have to wake up and realize that they have to take care of their children.

Those outside the Catholic community in England and Wales who work in this area have begun to take cognisance of the Church's contribution to the current debate on sex and relationship education.

But I do think that no matter what side of the traditional education debate you're on, we can envision that things can be different, that we can take different approaches and things can change.

During last night's debate, education secretary Alan Johnson rejected the ballot proposals as «unnecessarily bureaucratic» and insisted the obligation on schools to consult parents was enough to ensure their views were taken into account.

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.

Education took center stage this budget season in Albany, with teacher evaluations, testing, and tenure the major points of debate as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature worked on the details of the spending plan, which passed this week.

Mark Williams, Member of Parliament for Ceredigion and Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, has raised concerns for higher education after Brexit during the St David's Day debate that took place this week.

With education policy set to play an important part in the May general election campaign, debates around the future direction of the school system will take place against the backdrop of fast - paced reforms made during the coalition's time in office.

Although there appears to be no short - term answer to the tuition debate, the time is nonetheless ripe for universities, students, the public, and politicians to engage in discussions over the state of higher education in Ontario and the direction it should take, particularly with respect to accessibility.

Over 300 organisations took part to debate and agree on a collective civil society vision for education, and adopted a landmark declaration to help shape the education agenda beyond 2015.

She added: «I think that the education debate on grammar schools has been going for a very long time, but I also recognise that the landscape in which it takes place has changed fundamentally.

With a new administration taking office, ESSA implementation underway, and the debate over school choice heating up, it can be a challenge to stay abreast of the most important developments in the education field.

Too many of today's education reform debates are conducted as if they were winner - take - all contests that must leave a single reform strategy standing.

In the opening debate of a new series of Education Matters Debates with Teach First Sir Michael Wilshaw HMCI, Matthew Taylor, Peter Hyman, Ndidi Okezie and Gillian Hargreaves ask: what will it take to ensure that every child, regardless of socio - economic background, is taught by a «good teacher»?

After a protracted debate, delegates to the National Education Association have voted to take a position of «no confidence» in the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top guidelines and in the use of competitive grants as a basis for the reauthorization of ESEA.

Though hardly the only issue to be debated during the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education act, annual testing has taken center stage in discussions so far.

Bush thinks his brother's signature education legislation, No Child Left Behind, has taken some unfair hits and that the debate has been improperly framed.

It represents two years of debate, discussion and thinking across the education sector about how assessment — particularly, formal assessments taken by 15 - 19 year olds in England — can and should evolve over the next decade.

In the Senate Education Committee, the debate was limited to amendments dealing with implementation: how long private schools had to operate before participating, what tests students receiving vouchers would have to take, what agency would be responsible for the costs of auditing the program.

Sen. Lamar Alexander, who will be taking over the Senate's education committee, has declared an NCLB update his top priority, and he wants to attack the issue fast, potentially having a bill up for debate before the end of January.

Wrapping up more than a week of debate on a spending blueprint for fiscal 1986, the Republican leadership also agreed, before a vote could be taken, to restore much of the $ 686 million in higher - education cuts that the Senate leadership and the Administration had earlier agreed upon.

The veracity of the debate convinced us to take a step back and determine how well the standards align with the landmark publication This We Believe, published by the National Middle School Association (now the Association for Middle Level Education).

Slate — New York's mayor takes on charter schools, and the national education debate hangs in the balance.

For a moment, at least, all that will change on Wednesday, February 27, when the five Mayoral candidates take part in a debate at the United Way's education summit.

The union contribution may come up later today, when the candidates will take part in an education - focused debate hosted by KPCC.

State superintendent - elect Glenda Ritz attends the December State Board of Education meeting, taking notes and listening in during the debate over the proposed REPA II teacher licensing rules.

De Souza added: «For too long, the education debate has taken place amongst elites in Westminster and Whitehall.

After each house had passed their Common Core repeal bills, the House Education Committee had planned to take up the Senate's version for debate last Thursday.

E4E members see issues of teacher quality, evaluations, pay and incentives, pensions and tenure to be top - of - mind among teachers nationwide, with those issues and others including the expired teachers contract taking center stage in the complex Los Angeles education debate.

In a telephone interview last week, Nunez gave LA School Report his take on education politics in Sacramento, recent shifts in union priorities after last year's controversial debate over teacher dismissals, and his vision for higher - performing...

In a telephone interview last week, Nunez gave LA School Report his take on education politics in Sacramento, recent shifts in union priorities after last year's controversial debate over teacher dismissals, and his vision for higher - performing schools.

It's not a live public forum or debate where we can see the candidates answer questions or exchange views in real time, but it's better than nothing: Educators 4 Excellence, an organization that advocates for teachers to take a more active role in shaping education policies, plans to host a podcast interview with District 6...

The intent of the series was to spark debate and encourage action on the part of local school districts to take the major problems facing education facilities to the national level.

Ongoing debates: The state board will also take up ongoing code proposals on teacher evaluation and charter schools, two of the hottest topics in education these days.

Schools Week understands one such campaign, the StudentsFirst movement in America — an education reform group that pledged to empower parents — had «impressed» PTE's strategists as the «right way to take the debate to ordinary people».

I am ready to lead the charge that takes the «education reform» debate back into the hands of teachers, not billionaires who have never sent their children to public schools or know what it is like to be a public - school teacher.

Washington Post is predicting school accountability debates will quickly take over the public education debates in all 50 states as the ESEA rewrite shifts responsibilities to the states.

By then, the national education debate was taking a new direction.

It includes examples of successful acts of resistance and identifies resources for challenging reformers» taken for granted primacy in the education debate.

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.

Given the shift in focus in the global education reform debate from the 3 R's to the 4 C's, what are the critical steps we need to take to produce a new education framework for the U.S.?

A multiracial fightback against the testing industrial complex — one that is explicitly ant - racist and takes up issues of class inequality — has the potential to change the terms of the education reform debate and envision a world where authentic assessments are used to support students as they engage in classroom inquiry about how to achieve social justice.

The clash over education had been building throughout the three - day convention, underscoring a larger debate taking place in education circles.

On April 10, hundreds of people on both sides of the charter - school question gathered outside the second - floor committee room where the House Education Committee was set to vote on whether to send the Senate's charter - school bill to the House floor for debate and, ultimately, the first vote to ever take place on charter school legislation in the chamber.

Education reformers in the United States have long debated whether school districts should centralize decisionmaking authority in the district office or decentralize it to let schools take the reins.

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While frivolous topics related to the common core are debated in the open arena, e.g. whether or not the common core is a curriculum, a redefinition of quality education has destructively taken root.