Sentences with phrase «education issues at stake»

I admit that some of this is a bit policy «wonky» and into the weeds and not nearly as provocative as some other issues coming out of this session, but the K - 12 education issues at stake here have enormous implications for the future prosperity of our state and the welfare of our next generation and we need all the help we can get.

What that means is that the true education issues at stake — for instance, whether the standards for English and math are challenging enough or, conversely, age appropriate — are taking a backseat to arguments over macropolitics and ideology.

The Texas Legislature is now in full swing and, of course, the Texas Institute for Education Reform (TIER) is at every table on every significant public education issue at stake, hopefully providing meaningful policy advocacy leadership.

Not exact matches

They give their views on many of the issues at stake, including citizenship, currency, higher education, and the European Union.

The governor's speech was about closing Rikers Island, fixing public housing and equitable education funding — all issues tuned to appeal to an African - American audience, and potentially at stake in the state budget.

And there's a larger philosophical issue at stake: Moskowitz is a constant critic of the Department of Education and its schools, and has sought to define her network in total opposition to the hulking bureaucracy of the DOE.

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Officials at the Department of Education's office for civil rights have expanded a controversial draft guide outlining the proper use of high - stakes tests in an effort to better detail the legal principles involved and ways in which such issues will affect students.

Plaintiffs» closing arguments PowerPoint, presented in court on the last day of the Vergara v. California, sums up what's at issue and what's at stake in the historic education equality case.

While the issues at stake vary by state, a number of elections this cycle will hinge on a variety of education - related questions, including recent cuts to public schools, growing class sizes, Common Core State Standards, access to pre-K education and the availability of state - funded student loans for college.

What is at stake is whether the Common Core becomes the transformative national reform its proponents are hoping it will be — or whether it becomes a polarizing issue on the education landscape with diminishing public support.

It's been a very long seven or so months since the start of this year's legislative session, so in case you've gotten so weary you've lost track of what's at stake for public education, here are seven big issues.