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Get the latest education policy news and learn about opportunities to help lawmakers make the best education decisions.

Get the latest education policy news and learn about opportunities to help lawmakers make the best education decisions.

ASCD's Annual Conference & Exhibit Show in Philadelphia, Pa., featured several sessions that focused on the latest education policy news and developments:

This free e-newsletter provides readers with the latest education policy news and developments as well as opportunities to take action.

The NAEP - score «flatline» stories that have dominated the education policy news cycle this month just don't apply to DC's public charter schools.

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This attitude has also been held among scientists until recently, when the creationist pressures on public education and policy became so threatening that some scientists founded a new journal, Creation / Evolution, a «Committee of Correspondence» and a Creation / Evolution News letter, aimed at defending evolutionary science and dismantling creationist arguments.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

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John Hildebrand is Newsday's senior education writer and has covered school news and policy issues affecting Long Island for more than 40 years.

General News of Sunday, 13 May 2018 Source: Enock Akonnor Teachers are being encouraged to use indigenous languages to help students Chief for Atwima Kwanwoma Nana Amponsa - Kwaa IV has appealed to the government through the Ministry of Education to consider setting in motion policies that will ensure that Akan language (Twi) is strictly used by teachers as the communication channel in the teaching of students in the country.

The Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Tertiary Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, in an interview with Citi News said the plan will complement government's e-textbook policy to improve student literacy in the country.

With the perceived confusion over funding for the government's free Senior High School education policy dominating the news cycle, the New Patriotic Party government needs to outline to citizens its priority areas for development, the Operations Director of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Nana Ofori Owusu said.

Higher education policy moved back into the news last week when the State University of New York's Chancellor announced an effort to keep increasing the cost of public college tuition.

Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more.

Science covers news in all areas of science, from geology to genetics, as well as science policy and issues important to the scientific community, such as science, technology, engineering, and math education and sexual harassment.

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Good news for students and schools: A new study, released last week by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE), looks closely at four schools that are achieving positive outcomes for low - income students of color.

Members of the team from Havering Education Services sit on different groups and working parties in Havering, London and nationally to ensure they are at the heart of news, policies and updates.

About the Author Peter Meyer, former news editor at Life Magazine, is currently senior policy fellow with the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and contributing editor at Education Next.

On many questions of education policy, opinion has not changed materially over the past year, despite the headline news coming from Wisconsin and elsewhere.

For those interested in the finer points of education policy, I'd also recommend: Alyson Klein on helping long - term English - language learners, Chad Aldeman on the difficulty of «raising the bar» for teacher preparation entry, Mike Petrilli's Education Next piece on a schools agenda for working - class families, Kathleen Porter Magee on a great - news story for Catholic schools, Nat Malkus on the Title I funding fight, and Paul Peterson on the «Bush - Obama» approach teducation policy, I'd also recommend: Alyson Klein on helping long - term English - language learners, Chad Aldeman on the difficulty of «raising the bar» for teacher preparation entry, Mike Petrilli's Education Next piece on a schools agenda for working - class families, Kathleen Porter Magee on a great - news story for Catholic schools, Nat Malkus on the Title I funding fight, and Paul Peterson on the «Bush - Obama» approach tEducation Next piece on a schools agenda for working - class families, Kathleen Porter Magee on a great - news story for Catholic schools, Nat Malkus on the Title I funding fight, and Paul Peterson on the «Bush - Obama» approach to reform.

Peter Meyer, former news editor at Life Magazine, is senior policy fellow with the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and contributing editor at Education Next.

Previously, she served as a reporter at Education Week, the leading national news publication on K - 12 education policy, and as an editorial manager on a winning California State Senate Education Week, the leading national news publication on K - 12 education policy, and as an editorial manager on a winning California State Senate education policy, and as an editorial manager on a winning California State Senate campaign.

However, Grattan Institute School Education Program Director Pete Goss told ABC News the Government's policy was trying to end the funding wars.

Education Week is an independent national news organization focusing on pre-K-12 educatioEducation Week is an independent national news organization focusing on pre-K-12 educationeducation policy.

The launch of edweek.org in 1996 ushered EPE into the Digital Age and created a platform for the evolution of its Education Week flagship publication into an integrated print - digital news organization that provides distinctive staff - written original reporting, a forum for a lively but civil exchange of opinion on education issues, an unequaled online archive of 30 - plus years of education coverage, high - quality content from news and information partners, interactive databases, and a host of video, multimedia, and other features that clarify complex points of policy and bring the stories of American schools, educators, students, and parentsEducation Week flagship publication into an integrated print - digital news organization that provides distinctive staff - written original reporting, a forum for a lively but civil exchange of opinion on education issues, an unequaled online archive of 30 - plus years of education coverage, high - quality content from news and information partners, interactive databases, and a host of video, multimedia, and other features that clarify complex points of policy and bring the stories of American schools, educators, students, and parentseducation issues, an unequaled online archive of 30 - plus years of education coverage, high - quality content from news and information partners, interactive databases, and a host of video, multimedia, and other features that clarify complex points of policy and bring the stories of American schools, educators, students, and parentseducation coverage, high - quality content from news and information partners, interactive databases, and a host of video, multimedia, and other features that clarify complex points of policy and bring the stories of American schools, educators, students, and parents to life.

Serving classroom teachers and instructional leaders with news, information, opinion, and service journalism, the online Education Week Teacher promotes professional engagement, idea - sharing, and a lively but civil discourse on issues of education policy and teacher Education Week Teacher promotes professional engagement, idea - sharing, and a lively but civil discourse on issues of education policy and teacher education policy and teacher practice.

Areas of Focus: news media coverage of education, dissemination and communication of education research, education policy, tracking and detracking, charter schools and choice

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He is also the executive editor of RealClearEducation, part of the RealClearPolitics family of news and analysis websites, writes the blog Eduwonk.com, and is the co-publisher of «Education Insider» a federal policy analysis tool produced by Whiteboard Advisors.

Areas of Focus: K - 12 education policy; mediating news, research, and opinions to broker K - 12 policy discussions; opinion writing; editing; blogging

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In light of the news of Tony Bennett's resignation, Fordham asked several top education - policy analysts to explore what the resignation would mean for school accountability going forward.

Findings from the study, commissioned by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, were released at a news conference here by Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, and Lee P. Brown, the director of the office of National Drug Control Policy.

Mr. Merriman's op - eds, commentary and guest blogs have been featured in The New York Times, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, The Huffington Post, Gotham Schools and Eduwonk and he is a frequent guest on major TV and radio outlets on public education reform and policy.

District Administration provides cutting - edge coverage in education news, curriculum, finance, facilities management, opinion, technology, policy, profile, and security.

In light of the news, AAE Executive Director Gary Beckner issued the following statement: «While both sides blame the other for failing to make concessions in this debate, this Chicago clash comes amid a highly volatile education policy environment nearly nationwide.

The Center on Education Policy has received dozens of calls from the news media about the Obama administration's effort to improve the schools that rank among lowest - achieving 5 percent of schools in each state.

Based in Washington, D.C., Weingarten tweets out about education news and policy with praise and criticism.

The only news is that people, including the news media, public intellectuals, and policymakers, continue to treat the teacher unions as if they were credible actors in education policy discussions.

Keith Poston of the Public School Forum discusses North Carolina's Top Education issues on NC Policy Watch's «News and Views» hosted by Rob Schofield.

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News from New York, the city whose most vulnerable kids are under siege from Randi Weingarten and the American Federation of Teachers: A new Quinnipiac Poll finds a majority of New Yorkers disapprove of the education policies of Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has followed Randi's radical agenda chapter and verse.

Education First, Prosperity 2020 seek to improve K - 12 and higher education Deseret News op - ed by Richard E. Kendell, co-chairman of Education First and a policy adviser to ProspeEducation First, Prosperity 2020 seek to improve K - 12 and higher education Deseret News op - ed by Richard E. Kendell, co-chairman of Education First and a policy adviser to Prospeeducation Deseret News op - ed by Richard E. Kendell, co-chairman of Education First and a policy adviser to ProspeEducation First and a policy adviser to Prosperity 2020

In terms of general education - related topics, participants shared links on a wide variety of matters, including diversity and social justice issues, and to articles on education news and policy matters, such as the Common Core State Standards and the Chicago Teachers Union strike that unfolded during the semester.

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«The bad news is we're not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,» said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida - based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning.

Choice Media is a national non-profit educational news service, devoted to covering all facets of K - 12 education policy.