Sentences with phrase «education policy attention»

A vast amount of contemporary education policy attention and education reform energy has been lavished on the task of defining and gauging «college readiness» and then taking steps to align K — 12 outcomes more closely with it.

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One reason is that denominational and judicatory officials have shifted their attention away from such «private» issues as education and toward public policy and social change.

ALBANY — As he gets ready to roll out his agenda for 2017, Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to introduce a proposal for tuition - free two - year college — a move that will make a splash in state education policy and could draw wider attention, with the governor seemingly considering a national run in 2020.

He advocated stronger ties between government and circular education management, saying,» I challenge all leaders of circular education authorities in the region to formulate a policy for circular education to attract government's attention.»

His appointee to a powerless position on the mayor - controlled Board of Education has attracted an outsize amount of attention by doing his best to open up, and slow down, what is ultimately a rubber - stamp process of the administration's charter - school - friendly policies.

De Blasio, the newly minted Democratic mayor of New York, has drawn attention for his progressive policies, especially his plan to hike taxes on the rich in order to pay for early childhood education.

Cuomo's announcement earned him national attention and praise from a good deal of education and student groups, but many legislators and policy analysts say the governor hasn't provided enough details to determine whether the plan is realistic.

► In a policy forum in this week's STM, four physician scientists expressed concern that a recent «shift toward new models of medical education in which research plays a minimal role... threatens the quality of education received by our future biomedical workforce as well as the pipeline of physician - scientists — important consequences that have received little attention.»

Governors are focusing much of their attention on two critical areas of education policy — high school and preschool — a 50 - state look at the nation's governors and their leadership on education over the past year shows.

What seems more likely is that a Trump administration will be weak on many policy issues, especially those such as education that it paid little attention to during the campaign.

Perhaps Smarick only means that education reformers should pay attention to the details of public policy in order to expand educational freedom.

Spillane argues that problems in implementing education policy are due primarily to insufficient attention to the «sense - making» needs of educators, by which he means the ability of teachers and administrators to understand the task assigned to them.

By contrast, attention to the academic content — what we teach — is only now beginning to emerge as a serious lever in education policy.

Hundreds of education leadership programs and widely read tomes on education leadership not only treat contracts, regulations, and policies as unworthy of attention, but go so far as to denounce efforts to address these things as distractions.

In Closing America's High - achievement Gap, recently published by the Philanthropy Roundtable, I argue that the «let - them - be» approach is deeply flawed and that public education policy and practice pay far too little attention to helping gifted students reach their full potential.

Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the Education Next annual survey of a nationally representative sample of Americans and of teachers presents 2016 opinions on education policy together with trends in opinion among the general public and among teachers, giving special attention to the differing views of Republicans and DEducation Next annual survey of a nationally representative sample of Americans and of teachers presents 2016 opinions on education policy together with trends in opinion among the general public and among teachers, giving special attention to the differing views of Republicans and Deducation policy together with trends in opinion among the general public and among teachers, giving special attention to the differing views of Republicans and Democrats.

«We see increased national attention to English learners,» says Maria Millard, a policy analyst at Education Commission of the States (ECS).

In the contentious environment of K - 12 education, the media too often gives attention to findings that are relevant to policy regardless of their scientific merit.

Now that DeVos is several months into her tenure as the 11th secretary of education, both her supporters and detractors are paying close attention to the policies she is beginning to implement and how they will change the nation's public schools.

Unpacking any one of these provides strong justification for quality music education, yet the one that has received the most attention in media, policy and research spheres, is engagement in learning (Schellenberg & Winner, 2011).

The research pointed at Australia's decentralised education system and said increasing the clarity of policies and finding within it needs attention, and added that the country's high education performance can be complemented with further focus on reducing inequities by tackling system - level policies hindering equity in education.

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«The provisions dealing with teacher quality in No Child Left Behind have done a wonderful job of focusing attention on the issue of teacher quality in the United States,» said Jack Jennings, the director of the Washington - based Center on Education Policy, a nonpartisan advocacy group that sponsored the gathering.

Those who follow federal education policy are well aware of a few big changes wrought by the Trump team, but another quintet of recent ed - related developments in Washington begs for attention.

Westminster's school board drew the attention of the state education department in February when the board refused to change the district's anti-discrimination policy to comply with state law.

In light of the widespread attention given to the Chetty, Friedman, and Rockoff research, Education Next asked four experts to comment on the study's implications for teacher policy.

Chike Aguh's work as a teacher led him to the Ed School where he has developed an intense focus on education policy and management that has caught the attention of his classmates and faculty.

This pattern has received less policy attention than the race - based participation gap, and may point to issues with how schools identify students for special education.

As the education blogosphere turns its attention from Secretary Duncan's Race to the Top fund to his Investing in Innovation fund, economist Eric Hanushek offers his take on what federal education policy can and can not accomplish (and what NCLB got right and how it could be improved) in an interview on John Merrow's blog.

Rural schools are not getting the policy attention they deserve, the Center for Public Education finds in a new analysis.

The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation, the ROCI Task Force and Bellwether Education Partners are working to foster a better understanding of the issues that affect rural education, inform policy discussions, and bring attention to the unique needs and circumstances of rural school Education Partners are working to foster a better understanding of the issues that affect rural education, inform policy discussions, and bring attention to the unique needs and circumstances of rural school education, inform policy discussions, and bring attention to the unique needs and circumstances of rural school children.

In commissioning this new research and bringing it to the attention of policy makers on the federal level, the Civil Rights Project hopes to contribute sound research to the current debates surrounding education reform and federal oversight.

His main ambition in this book is to persuade us that, as a matter of normative political theory and public - policy analysis, we should pay more attention to the goal of fostering good citizenship than we have seen in many recent education discussions.

It has received regular attention in the press, has prompted a review of Mr. Stephenson's legal charges by the state attorney general's office, has caused the Colorado State Board of Education to issue a statement supporting the policy of strong local control...

Various studies in the 1970s and 80s described the limits of higher levels of authority in the governance structure for education, and the relatively weak impact of state policy on student outcomes.294 But loose coupling does not mean that no influence flows from superordinate entities.295 Even as schools are busy developing their own policies and initiatives, they pay attention to demands from «outside the system» when those demands are consistent with the directions in which their organizations are already moving.296

If you have a school where you're paying the money, and that school is going to lose money unless you continue to send your children there, they're going to pay attention to your children,» said Paul Peterson, professor of government and director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard Kennedy School.

The report by the nonprofit Grantmakers for Education, issued last week, also notes a growing interest in collaboration among funders, as well as increased attention to fueling educational innovations and providing dollars to support advocacy and public - policy work.

As the education blogosphere turns its attention from Secretary Duncan's Race to the Top fund to his Investing in Innovation fund, economist Eric Hanushek offers his take on what federal education policy can and can not accomplish.

This state activity is catching the attention of the data geeks over at the National Center for Education Statistics, which released a table of Art Education Policies by State in December 2014 using data collected by the Arts Education Partnership (AEP).

A while back I brought to your attention the great analysis of my current research heroes — those delightful debunkers at the the National Education Policy Center — of the Public Agenda report explaining to self - described «education reformers» how they can give us stupid, stupid parents the run - around on school turnarounds despite our natural opEducation Policy Center — of the Public Agenda report explaining to self - described «education reformers» how they can give us stupid, stupid parents the run - around on school turnarounds despite our natural opeducation reformers» how they can give us stupid, stupid parents the run - around on school turnarounds despite our natural opposition.

For the first time in the history of American public education, federal education policy set clear goals for improving student achievement in reading and mathematics, and finally focused attention on using data in measuring teacher quality.

This September 2014 policy report brings attention to the unique needs of over-age middle schoolers and provides the New York City Department of Education (DOE) with recommendations for improving outcomes for this population.

A panel of education experts debated whether a focus on achievement gaps for disadvantaged students has turned attention away from others and explored how changes in policy could address both concerns.

Following a nationwide series of public hearings, the NAACP said it «rejects the emphasis on charter schools as the vanguard approach for the education of children, instead of focusing attention, funding, and policy advocacy on improving existing, low performing public schools...» Next year's election of a new State Superintendent will amplify the school wars.

The study, released by a group that advocates for environmentally - sound buildings, is meant to draw attention to the condition of buildings that on weekdays house some 56 million students and teachers — more than one - sixth of the U.S. population — but that nevertheless attract little attention in the national debate over education policy and reform.

We need to make certain that authorizers are paying attention to special education AND being held accountable for policies and procedures that influence access and provision of services.

Educators and governments are therefore paying increasing attention to international comparisons as they seek to develop effective policies to improve the performance of their education systems.

It's a national group with a strong Tennessee presence that is focused on calling attention to the most egregious of education policies.

Corporate education «reformers»» self - interest, by contrast, means advocating for policies that help private corporations profit off of public schools, diverting public attention from an anti-poverty economic agenda, and busting unions that prevent total oligarchical control of America's political system.

It also comes as U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has focused national attention on the policy.