Sentences with phrase «education policymakers consider»

As education policymakers consider lengthening the school year and face trade - offs and uncertainties, it is important to recognize that expanding instructional time offers both opportunities and hazards for another reform that is well established, the accountability movement.

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The group's affiliated 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, the League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, seeks to encourage participation in the political process and educate the public and policymakers regarding what the group considers to be significant environmental issues.

At a minimum, education policymakers should consider experiments that provide actuarially fair alternatives to traditional DB plans for new teaching recruits, and evaluate their utility for recruiting and retaining high - quality teachers.

Many academics and policymakers consider the education research sponsored by the National Science Foundation or the National Institutes of Health to be more rigorous and scientifically sound than the research emanating from the Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvemeneducation research sponsored by the National Science Foundation or the National Institutes of Health to be more rigorous and scientifically sound than the research emanating from the Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and ImprovemenEducation's Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI).

Now, with the release of the Koret Task Force report, policymakers have a chance to get it right, as they consider the reauthorization of the federal education law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

Though education is often considered a tool for leveling the playing field in society, educational injustices occur often, she says, when educators and policymakers must act in the absence of good options.

Consider a more realistic set of objectives for education policymakers, one that is based on experiences from within the United States itself.

The law is slated for reauthorization in 2007, and that process is starting now, at least informally, as education groups poll their members for ideas, and policymakers consider proposals for change that have already been put forward.

The nomination of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education guarantees that school choice will remain a key component of the education policy agenda in 2017, as public charter schools continue to expand and state and federal policymakers implement or consider policies to expand access to private schools.

Physical activity has always been considered a vital part of education — but the emphasis that schools, parents and policymakers need to place on it is becoming increasingly clear.

Lawrence Hedges of the University of Chicago, in a recent report on education research, identified the basic problem facing policymakers who are considering choice initiatives.

Policymakers must consider the origins of vouchers and their impact on segregation and support for public education.

What to watch: HIDOE intends to expand the efforts of the Teacher Induction Center to better support teachers serving special education students, English language learners, and students in the Hawaiian Language Immersion Program.19 Stakeholders and policymakers should consider how to expand and improve the induction program's services to reach all of Hawaii's teachers and then study the effect on various student populations.

Supporting Principal Leadership for Pre-K — Third Grade Learning Communities addresses ways to enhance SEA and LEA leadership capacity for building P -3 communities, cultivate standards of effective practice for P - 3 principals and related leaders, develop practical implementation strategies as described by an elementary school principal and state education leaders, and consider implications for state and local policymakers, technical assistance and professional developmental providers, and higher education.

The book is meant for families, educators, and policymakers to consider college readiness from the vantage point of those who are experiencing postsecondary transitions firsthand and, in the words of the teen authors, «balance the heart and the head» in education decision - making.

As California policymakers consider ways of strengthening the state's early education system, the building blocks of high - quality early childhood education programs should be at the forefront of their minds.

Consider an education program so effective that its impact can be measured 19 years later, so well - studied that it can be backed up with decades of scientific evidence on children's improved skills in math and reading, and so impressive to policymakers that it continues to be championed around the country 40 years after its launch.

The result is a provocative proposal for teachers, administrators, policymakers, parents, and others to consider as they contemplate the future of public education in the United States.

Considering the issues you raise, I hope you will send it on to Connecticut policymakers so they can consider necessary changes to this year's «education reform» legislation.

Students also face personal and community barriers that are not as readily solved by schools, but need to at minimum be recognized and considered by teachers, administrators and education policymakers.

In the last year, policymakers have differed over the best way to support and expand those programs, even as it becomes increasingly clear that more investment in early education should be considered a vital part of the state's overall education plan.

Supporting Principal Leadership for Pre-K through Third Grade Learning Communities addresses ways to enhance SEA and LEA leadership capacity for building P -3 communities, cultivate standards of effective practice for P - 3 principals and related leaders, develop practical implementation strategies as described by an elementary school principal and state education leaders, and consider implications for state and local policymakers, technical assistance and professional developmental providers, and higher education.

Korea provides an important perspective for teachers, school leaders, and policymakers considering the future of education in the United States.

Low rates of STEM persistence in college have called upon researchers, policymakers, and higher education administrators to consider and evaluate effective, evidence - based solutions.

But the checklist does provide a baseline of key information and impact assessments that help policymakers and education advocates consider the big picture.

As we have noted, in debates over higher education finance, policymakers often do not consider tax programs such as the student loan interest deduction in tandem with spending programs.

As federal, state, and local policymakers debate next steps in aligning the nation's early childhood education systems and policies, the following recommendations should be considered:

As California policymakers consider ways of strengthening the state's early education system, the building blocks of high - quality early childhood education programs should be at the forefront of their minds.