Sentences with phrase «education policy makers at»

Coordinated with education policy makers at local and state level.

Education policy makers at all levels of government will rely on this book to inform policy discussions about NCLB and state accountability systems.

I believe this information should be used by education policy makers at all levels to consider how this technology will be used and integrated into their overall educational plans especially for programs in the upper grades.

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ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo took another shot at the State Board of Regents Thursday, blaming the education policy makers for «massive chaos» that he said has resulted from their implementation of the Common Core standards in New York.

Is it the role of education leaders or policy makers to intervene at this level of student decision making?

During his stay in Singapore, Professor Reimers will give the prestigious annual CJ Koh Public Lecture and will participate in a series of seminars and dialogues with faculty at the NIE, meet with senior education policy makers and other stakeholders interested in education reform.

Here's the bottom line: To make these changes at scale, education policy makers need a new model of system leadership.

* 15 — Accountability: National Conference on Adequate Yearly Progress: Progress and Challenges, sponsored by the Academy for Educational Development, for K - 12 administrators, teachers, and education policy makers, at the AED Conference Center in Washington.Contact: Ashley Carlton or Mairin Brady, Washington Partners, 1101 Vermont Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20005; [phone]; fax: [phone]; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.WPLLC.net.

By being able to consider all the necessary goals of a 21st Century curriculum at one time, policy makers, curriculum designers, teachers, and parents can more effectively make decisions about the future of education.

According to Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills at the OECD, Fadel's book, Four - Dimensional Education: The Competencies Learners Need to Succeed, provides a «first of its kind organizing framework of competencies needed for this century which defines «the spaces in which educators, curriculum planners, policy makers and learners can establish WHAT should be learned.»

The organization looks at each state's rural population and gauges how «urgent» it is for policy makers to explicitly address each state's rural education issues.

In a similar vein, Jennifer Vranek and her colleagues at Education First write, «Past accountability systems were the darlings of policy makers, think tanks, foundations, editorial boards, and advocates; they rarely had the support of educators, school communities, and the public writ large.

Tes and SMART technologies have pulled together the advice and expertise of key people in education ranging from teachers at the heart of inspiring our young people, to administrators and policy makers, to discuss ways to transform schools and classrooms into places of inquiry and experimentation, in which limits, creativity and discovery are pushed.

At a panel discussion this Friday, education researchers, change agents, community - and thought - leaders, and policy makers will discuss what we've learned about the country's views on K - 12 education over the past decade.

He was a Senior Scholar at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, a mayoral appointee to the NYC School Board, a founder / director of NYU's Institute for Education & Social Policy and the Aaron Diamond Foundation's educational grant - maker.

For example, comments like those made by U.S. Representative Buck McKeon are representative of the support shown by some federal policy makers: «We should incentivize charter school expansion at the state level while increasing awareness about the most effective strategies employed by charter schools, because charter schools rest on the pulse of education» (McKeon, 2011).

«Subtle» aspects of family involvement — parenting style and parental expectations, for example — may have a greater impact on student achievement than more «concrete» forms such as attendance at school conferences or enforcing rules at home regarding homework.144 Some researchers, policy makers, and practitioners argue that these subtle forms of family involvement are not easily influenced by schools.145 In contrast, we argue that the value of creating participatory structures in schools lies in its potential for increasing family and community members «sense of engagement in children «s education, and, as a consequence, augment and reinforce the subtle behaviors responsible for improved outcomes.146

HECSE member institutions are committed to effective professional preparation at all levels, whether new teachers, teacher educators, school administrators, field researchers, disability and education advocates, policy makers, and related services professionals.

Hard hitting words from historian and public education advocate Diane Ravitch, who addressed hundreds of educators, policy makers and advocates today at the 2014 Emerging Issues Forum in Raleigh.

It may not be politically feasible at the national level, but local authorities, teacher leaders, and policy makers may be in a position to think of creating policies that offer quality education while still ensuring that students have the liberty to reach their own unique potential, the core strength of a democratic society.

FCMAT administers the Education Data Partnership in order to provide interactive and accessible financial and demographic information for policy makers at the state and local levels.

I deeply appreciated the policy makers at the Department of Education who demonstrated their belief that practitioners were fundamental in understanding the complexity of the role of principals.

Why do so many educational policy makers who can afford it, such as former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, send their children to private schools while at the same time doubling down on the one - size - fits - all mandates for «other people's children?»

By involving students and educational researchers, evaluators, teachers, planners, policy makers and advocates, SoundOut provides a broad spectrum of activity for students and help them affect schools at all levels: personal through their classes, school activities, and the entire education system.

At Edu - quest International Inc., we also arrange educational visits for teachers and school leaders, policy makers and politicians who visit Canada to learn with and from their education colleagues.

EdScoop features the latest news and conversations with top leaders driving technology and digital learning in K - 12 and higher education, bringing together influential policy and decision makers at the federal, state and local education levels.

(Calif.) With mental health issues a growing concern for education policy makers, Gov. Jerry Brown signed bills this week aimed at reducing bullying based on religion, restricting confinement of juvenile offenders and promoting model suicide prevention programs.

On the other hand, added Schuster — citing a thesis being circulated at the time by Chester Finn, then a faculty member at Vanderbilt — it might be possible for education advocates to rally around a new agenda, one powerful enough to attract widespread support and perhaps even bring federal policy makers back into the fold.

Instead of torturing teachers and school administrators with more useless regulations and policies, education policy makers could at least try to address the central finding of the 1966 Coleman Report.

During CTL's recent 20th Anniversary Education Forum and Celebration held at the Muhammad Ali Center in downtown Louisville, table groups of educators and policy makers developed actionable steps to address one of three forum themes — equity, innovation and systems change — with the aim of inventing a new educational future over the next 20 years.

At a time when arts education is often the most expendable aspect of a curriculum for schools facing financial crisis and budget cuts, more and more educators and policy makers are realizing its importance.

At a September 9th convening in honor of CTL's 20th anniversary, educational leaders and policy makers considered what is needed to invent a new future for education over the next 20 years.

It also encourages and supports research at all levels of reading and language arts education to promote informed decision making by reading professionals, policy makers, and the public.

We at College Futures Foundation believe that addressing the challenge of California's dysfunctional system of higher education finance will be difficult, but doable, and that we must start by building a shared understanding between public policy makers and higher education leaders of the problem as well as practical ways to solve it.

To collaborate with federal policy makers and legislators to ensure that this topic remains at the forefront of the national education agenda.

Perhaps most heartening to me at the GEII summit was the refrain we heard from national - level education ministers and policy makers around the world: that national policy makers are beginning to catch up to the need for establishing standards for social - emotional competencies in education.

Through E4E, teachers can learn about education policy and research, network at our events with like - minded colleagues and policy makers, and take action by advocating for teacher - created policy recommendations that lift student achievement and the teaching profession.

More than 4,000 teachers, advocates, policy makers, charter leaders, education reformers and donors gathered at the 10th annual National Charter Schools Conference, held June 28 - July 1 in Chicago.

It helps community groups understand and use legal tools to advance their concerns; works with policy - makers at all levels of government to create better processes for making environmental decisions; and provides free advice and education to people who have questions about a broad range of topics including pesticide use and conserving greenspace in cities, impacts of gravel pits, saving agricultural land or addressing the impacts of the oilsands.

At a time when the revised national curriculum is about to be piloted by the government, the release of our new study assessing sexuality education policies, curricula, and their implementation in Nairobi, Homa Bay, and Mombasa counties provides evidence and an opportunity for policymakers and other decision makers to explore how best to strengthen the content and delivery of comprehensive sexuality education.

In addition to addressing structural barriers such as income inequality and affordable housing, many researchers and policy makers have called for comprehensive preventive interventions for high - risk children in public and community settings.36, 37 Supporting children's cognitive development and schooling is particularly important and early childhood education programmes should be available for children at greatest risk.

In recent decades, academics, policy makers and education experts have debated the pros and cons of various education approaches aimed at improving educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (or indigenous peoples).