Sentences with phrase «education debates playing»

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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.

In the cases, just this last couple of elections, where stem cell politics, for example, has been played out in the electoral process, stem cell research is [has] done better than the winning candidates for offices; and I think, apart from that, I think that we do have a serious problem in general education of the sciences and that accounts for the reluctance of a large segment of the population to accept the principles of evolution and think that there is still a debate about it, which there isn't — and that's a problem we need to solve, — but I still think there is an incredible constituency for science in this country.

Ballots with information beyond name and party affiliation, debates and other education efforts can help override the role that gender plays in an election.

There long has been debate about the role prison - based education programs can play in preparing inmates to return to society and keeping them from returning to prison.

Yet we know very little about these local leaders, and we seldom hear their voices in debates about the role that their organizations do and should play in public education and school reform.

For example, the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) made a splash in February with an innovative study of how the Common Core debate is playing out on Twitter; scholars found, among other things, that proponents tend to make policy points while opponents use «political language» in their tweets.

«Education is a pressing issue of national and international concern, and Harvard University, led by the Graduate School of Education, has a critically important role to play in shaping the debate, advancing the research...

My own sense from watching this debate play out is that most of the «white suburban moms» who oppose Common Core also share a romantic, progressive view of education that is at odds with traditional schooling in general.

The debate misses important nuances about the evolved role teachers will play in the education system of the future, as well as the value technology will provide to enhance teachers» abilities to reach all of their students and practice at the top of their craft.

I say recently, but this seems to be something that flairs up quite regularly - certainly, for as long as I've been teaching there have been interminable debates about the value of technology and how it should be deployed in schools, and what role it should play in children's education - I can remember far enough back to when laptop programs were seen as innovative and new, or when digital projectors and interactive whiteboards were going to change teaching and learning as we knew it.

The Education Next poll leaders didn't explore why support for charters has dropped so precipitously, though they speculated that a growing public debate about charters, including a call for a freeze on new charter schools by the NAACP, played a role.

The site will cover all aspects of education in the United States — from the policy debate that will play out in the presidential election to the day - to - day human stories of school superintendents, teachers, parents and kids on the front lines in our nation's schools.

«All A-Twitter about Education: Improving our schools in 140 characters or less,» by Mike Petrilli This article looked at the role Twitter was playing in education policy debates and ranked the top 25 education policy / media tweeters and the top 25 educator tweeters based on their KlouEducation: Improving our schools in 140 characters or less,» by Mike Petrilli This article looked at the role Twitter was playing in education policy debates and ranked the top 25 education policy / media tweeters and the top 25 educator tweeters based on their Kloueducation policy debates and ranked the top 25 education policy / media tweeters and the top 25 educator tweeters based on their Kloueducation policy / media tweeters and the top 25 educator tweeters based on their Klout scores.

L.A. mayoral candidates discuss housing, education, city services The four candidates competing to replace outgoing Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa squared off in South Los Angeles on Friday, debating the respective roles that housing, education, city services and budget cuts play in the lives of area residents.

Third, school reformers, who have their sights on controlling the $ 600 billion U.S. public education enterprise, may well wish to minimize the role that a growing cadre of expert teacher leaders can play in leading education policy debates.

It is legitimate to debate what role governments should play in education.

Charter schools» ntense rate of growth has fueled an equally intense debate about the role they'll play in the future of U.S. education.

I would have thought Education Week would have played a larger role than this, rather than just putting this stuff «out there,» even if for simple debate or discussion.

Sackler, who helped Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, create Achievement First Inc., the large charter school management company that owns at least 20 schools in Connecticut and New York, also played a pivotal role in forming Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now Inc. (ConnCAN), Connecticut Coalition for Education Advocacy (ConnAD) and 50 - CAN, the national organization that has inserted ConnCAN - like organizations into the education reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and RhodEducation, Stefan Pryor, create Achievement First Inc., the large charter school management company that owns at least 20 schools in Connecticut and New York, also played a pivotal role in forming Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now Inc. (ConnCAN), Connecticut Coalition for Education Advocacy (ConnAD) and 50 - CAN, the national organization that has inserted ConnCAN - like organizations into the education reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and RhodEducation Advocacy (ConnAD) and 50 - CAN, the national organization that has inserted ConnCAN - like organizations into the education reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhodeducation reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

In the #commoncore Project, authors Jonathan Supovitz, Alan Daly, Miguel del Fresno and Christian Kolouch examined the intense debate surrounding the Common Core State Standards education reform as it played out on Twitter over the 32 months from September 2013 through April 2016.

Laurel is one of 16,000 students whose schools» futures were imperiled by the May court decision reaffirmed Monday, throwing these students into the center of a national debate about the viability of charter schools — schools that are publicly funded but can be privately run — and the role they play in public education.

It's even played a small role in the debate over the nomination of Betsy DeVos to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Education.

The decision touches upon a national debate about the viability of charter schools and the role they play in public education.

* The role of the US in global efforts to address pollutants that are broadly dispersed across national borders, such as greenhouse gasses, persistent organic pollutants, ozone, etc...; * How they view a president's ability to influence national science policy in a way that will persist beyond their term (s), as would be necessary for example to address global climate change or enhancement of science education nationwide; * Their perspective on the relative roles that scientific knowledge, ethics, economics, and faith should play in resolving debates over embryonic stem cell research, evolution education, human population growth, etc... * What specific steps they would take to prevent the introduction of political or economic bias in the dissemination and use of scientific knowledge; * (and many more...)