Sentences with phrase «education policy debate»

On a national level, the cheating story cuts to the heart of a major education policy debate over accountability.

The newest corporate funded education reform group to invade Connecticut's education policy debate is called the Connecticut School Finance Project and according to its PR;

We've been quietly bemused when two opposing sides of a major education policy debate have cited the same Toolkit strand to back their arguments.

The dollars and messages that the federal government sends to states and districts transform the education policy debate and shape opportunities for the nation's students.

The rapid accumulation of student achievement data represents an untapped national resource, one that holds the promise of breaking longstanding stalemates in the education policy debate.

And most importantly, let me know what you make of this list, and its meaning for the education policy debate today.

This is a question that can engage people on all sides of the education policy debate.

Several of the most significant features of recent education policy debate in the United States are simply not found in any of these countries — for example, charter schools, pathways into teaching that allow candidates with only several weeks of training to assume full responsibility for a classroom, teacher evaluation systems based on student test scores, and school accountability systems based on the premise that schools with low average test scores are failures, irrespective of the compositions of their student populations.

So what do both sets of lists released this week say about the current education policy debate?

I'm all for folks tweeting about lesson plans and such but there are already good lists about that; this is my list and I want it to focus on the education policy debate!

Parents» perspectives on education reform are often missing from the education policy debate, with technocrats typically arguing with one another about what parents want or what's best for them.

«I got to experience a variety of different challenges, participate in nearly every higher education policy debate, and craft new policy that has shaped the conversation in higher education in important ways,» Smith says, citing her work on the college scorecard and the financial aid shopping sheet as among the initiatives she found most interesting.

ERN's mission is to orchestrate «a powerful chorus of voices within the education policy debate advancing a true agenda of reform [that includes]... every child having... a quality public education.»

This got me thinking: What does Twitter say about the tone of the education policy debate?

Anyone participating in the education policy debate for five years or more probably staked out their position on the use of value - added (or student achievement growth) in teacher evaluations long ago.

Nearly one in three children lives in rural America, «but if you listen to the education policy debate, particularly around the impacts of the new «No Child Left Behind» law, chances are you will still not...

Above all, Tough makes a compelling case for giving poverty greater prominence in the education policy debate.

The Pope Center for Higher Education Policy debates the question, «Should colleges be required to pay out a percentage of their endowments?»

Through the stories of these two schools he addresses the meaning of community in multicultural America, the pros and cons of school choice, and what this all means for today's big education policy debates.

But it is precisely the focus on teacher evaluation — and whether it is connected to student test scores — that is at the center of the most hotly contested education policy debates.

Even though most education policy debates have focused on school quality and student achievement, most research on the economic impact of schooling has focused narrowly on the number of years students remain in the educational system.

Two reforms have dominated the education policy debates of the past decade: school choice as epitomized by charter schools, and testing and accountability as symbolized by No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

The flaw of selection on dependent variable analyses is so obvious that it is shocking that education policy debates continue to be shaped by them.

Public and for - profit colleges both feature prominently in higher education policy debates, usually for different reasons.

They will be successful by altering education policy debates, forging powerful public - private partnerships, and restoring public confidence in our schools.»

During the 2015 - 2016 California legislative session — the first full session since the historic Vergara v. California ruling — Students Matter has engaged in a number of key education policy debates.

The new degree program will be a «catalyst to drive change,» McCartney said, producing a new generation of education leaders who are expected to alter education policy debates, forge powerful public - private partnerships, and restore public confidence in the US school system.

«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 Klout scores.

Advocates on all sides of education policy debates — including teachers unions — agree the old system of evaluating educators was broken.

Education policy debates have been some of the most contentious and difficult debates of any policy issue.

What Clark said in 1970 was absolutely prescient regarding the state of education policy debates today:

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.

A topic of major contention between liberals and conservatives education policy debates today revolves around the idea of teacher tenure and whether it is helping or hindering education reform.

This increasingly corporatized environment exacerbates the politicization of charter schools in Massachusetts, increases partisanship in education policy debates, and forms a critical lens through which this paper will investigate charter performance.

Not exact matches

He has repeatedly name checked countries like Denmark and Sweden in interviews and debates, arguing that we should copy policies like mandatory paid leave for new parents and free healthcare and college education to improve the economic lives of ordinary Americans.

Oral Questions - Deputy Prime Minister, including Topical Questions; Attorney General Ten Minute Rule Motion - Gift Vouchers and Insolvency - Mr Michael McCann Debate - Opposition Day (17th allotted day)--(i) Education (ii) Infrastructure Adjournment - Common Agricultural Policy reform - Roger Williams

These diaries read very well, although there are occasions when the reader is overwhelmed by the details of the education debates and the munitae of Lib Dem policy making.

Caught in the middle of the political debate over education policy is the new education commissioner, MaryEllen Elia.

In the major debates of the past two or three years, the Orange Book tendency has whittled away at broadly centre - left policies on, for example, public spending, income - tax rates and the role of local government in education.

Meanwhile, back at the policy making process... There is very little informed debate in the Labour party about education.

Perhaps the most peculiar aspect of current political debates centres on education policy.

This seemed to be the intent of some Assembly Republicans, who said during their debate of and education policy bill that they were purposefully targeting Cuomo.

The education level of the state (and the nation) is central to a growing economy — and it is important to ensuring that citizens can adequately participate in the policy debates of their own democracy.

We preview the Albany Law Review event, A Loaded Debate: The Right to Keep and Bear Arms in the 21st Century, with Robert L. Schultz, Founder and Chairman of the We The People Foundation for Constitutional Education, Inc. and Robert Spitzer, Ph.D., SUNY Cortland professor and author of Encyclopedia of Gun Policy and Gun Rights and The Politics of Gun Control.

With little new education policy expected in the remainder of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's first term — and a quiet session on education concluding in Albany — the debate over traditional public schools versus charter schools has shifted to a new battleground: school safety.

Furthermore at a time when both major parties have adopted very similar education policies, the quality of public debate would be diminished if no one in the House of Commons were able to bring forward evidence that may lead to better educational outcomes for the nation's children,» Mr Brady argued.

While the education fight last year was largely waged over the policy of testing and teacher evaluations, the debate this year is broadly over funding.

The government's flagship Free Schools are under greater scrutiny than most because their very existence is part of a huge political debate about the direction of education policy.

(CNN)-- All four Democrats vying for a spot on the ballot in New Jersey's special U.S. Senate election debated for the first time Monday, revealing similar stances on foreign policy but disputing Newark Mayor Cory Booker's record on education.

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