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The demographics of my survey respondents were relatively representative of all state education policy makers when it came to race / ethnicity, but women and Republicans were slightly more prevalent in my sample than in the target population (see Table 1).

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Some policy makers are trying to get the public to believe that they should be starting formal education earlier, advocating Head Start programs for children as young as 1 year, hoping to take advantage of the time when the brain is growing more than ever.

However, save for anecdotal evidence, we know very little about whether and how state education policy makers take their voices into account — or any other voices, for that matter — when making policy decisions related to teacher evaluation and tenure.

We know very little about whether and how state education policy makers take teacher voices into account — or any other voices, for that matter — when making policy decisions related to teacher evaluation and tenure.

Similarly, when asked to select the most and least important actors in informing their position on an education policy, nearly all state education policy makers selected «local school teachers» as one of the most important actors (see Figure 2).

Similarly, «your constituents» was among the most frequently selected «most important» voices that state education policy makers consider when taking a position on teacher evaluation policy (see Figure 2).

My survey included one experimental question and three universal questions, with each providing a nuanced understanding of whose voices state education policy makers value when making teacher evaluation policy decisions.

To parents choosing among schools, to families deciding where to live, to taxpayers attempting to gauge the ROI on schools they're supporting, and to policy makers concerned with big - picture questions such as how their education system is doing when compared with those in another city, state, or country, that information is only marginally helpful — and potentially quite misleading.

HGSE Cosponsors «Education and the Civic Purposes of Schools in the Americas» in Costa Rica When nearly 50 academics and policy - makers from 10 countries met recently in San José, Costa Rica to discuss education's role in fomenting citizenship and participation in democracy, the perhaps most - repeated quote of the conference was famed anthropologist Margaret Meade's: «Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change tEducation and the Civic Purposes of Schools in the Americas» in Costa Rica When nearly 50 academics and policy - makers from 10 countries met recently in San José, Costa Rica to discuss education's role in fomenting citizenship and participation in democracy, the perhaps most - repeated quote of the conference was famed anthropologist Margaret Meade's: «Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change teducation's role in fomenting citizenship and participation in democracy, the perhaps most - repeated quote of the conference was famed anthropologist Margaret Meade's: «Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world.

In a new book, Stanford scholar Susanna Loeb encourages education policy - makers to consider the many different values of an education, beyond test scores, alongside available research evidence when crafting their decisions.

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 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.