Sentences with phrase «education reform debate»

Instead, the buyers increasingly seem to be those actively participating in education reform debates; the people actually shaping policy appear to be paying relatively little attention.

With so much activity, school choice moved from the margins of education reform debates and became the headline.

If it does, it is important finding for the legal education reform debate, as it would provide guidance and support for the broader experiential education movement.

But our actions show that citizenship is luxury in education reform debates.

Given the shift in focus in the global education reform debate from the 3 R's to the 4 C's, what are the critical steps we need to take to produce a new education framework for the United States?

And I can think of a few other phrases that have tended to steer education reform debates into name - calling and motive - questioning.

In the end, this information is not so much about who is right or who is wrong but it certainly begins the process of explaining who is who in this upcoming education reform debate.

First, students consumed more than half of their available text space providing context, citing others» works, or trying to cover the wider education reform debate.

However, Levinson believes conversations about the plethora of ethical issues have been missing from the contemporary education reform debate.

90, resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, highlight the shortcomings of current education reform debates, noting that «almost all of the ideas currently on the mainstream table leave the basic structure of American schooling fundamentally unchanged.»

This week, Mike Petrilli talks with Jay about his book, Work Hard, Be Nice, about what KIPP means for the larger education reform debate, and whether Hollywood has bought the rights to his story.

Venture philanthropists use their private money to steer public education reform debates and create model programs.

Fact # 6: This is not about whether Commissioner Pryor, a well - regarded leader and change agent, should be involved in the great education reform debate of 2012.

Oh and last but not least, at the very moment Achievement First and ConnCAN are working to infuse their agenda into Connecticut's education reform proposals, one of Achievement First's greatest champions suddenly shows up to not only sit at the head of the table but to oversee the entire education reform debate.

Levin, the only member of the group from outside the United States, provides a unique perspective on the U.S. education reform debate, noting both the similarities and striking differences between Canadian and U.S. systems and observing how relatively little the United States has looked to other countries for guidance on education reform.

In education reform debates, people love to say (and repeat, and repeat) that background / income - level is the top predictor in how a child does in school.

Given the shift in focus in the global education reform debate from the 3 R's to the 4 C's, what are the critical steps we need to take to produce a new education framework for the US?

Achievement First, ConnCAN and its unknown sister organization the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Advocacy, Inc., are working to ensure that Achievement First's specific interests are being advanced in the upcoming education reform debate.

Silver's arrest comes at a key moment in the education reform debate, and his has long been a champion and ally of NYSUT.

Paul joins us today at the Ed Next Book Club to talk about his book, the impact he hopes it will have on the education reform debate, and what it means for the broader war on poverty.

But I wasn't just trying to be provocative; we at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute strongly believe that issues of governance and politics have been too often ignored in the education reform debate.

Beyond the arguments typically dominating the education reform debate is the simple fact that students are not being set up to participate in today's changing economy.

The most likely remaining candidate is school - focused reforms, which have the vigorous support of the EEP side of the education reform debate.

For district leaders, tuning out the education reform debate is the first big step in adapting to — and surviving — charter growth.

For district leaders in places like Oakland, Los Angeles and Sacramento, tuning out the education reform debate is the first big step in adapting to — and surviving — charter growth.

But the document outlining objectives at the close of the summit was rife with language now common in the education reform debate — accountability, competitiveness, readiness, and national goals.

This lesson was not lost on the chair of the Charlottesville summit — an activist governor from Arkansas who would soon be involved in the education reform debate from a completely different vantage point.

Whether charter schools have actually lived up to their initial promise is a hotly contested topic in the education reform debate.

Educators, Businesses Need to Collaborate on Job Skills San Francisco Chronicle, 2/21/14 «Beyond the arguments typically dominating the education reform debate is the simple fact that students are not being set up to participate in today's changing economy.

Both Trump and Clinton could do a lot of good by changing the tone of the education reform debate — and backing it up with a few discrete changes in policy.

Readers familiar with the education reform debate will not be surprised by the list of clearly harmful policies that the unions support and commonsense reforms that they work so hard to impede.

I think it's held up very well to criticisms, I stand by it, and it remains highly relevant to education reform debates and politics.

This post was particularly popular among «reform critics», but my view is that it really cuts both ways in the education reform debates.

Yet school desegregation is an issue that has been virtually absent from education reform debates and policies enacted over the past 13 years.

That teaching needs to be «professionalized» is a mostly - platitudinous claim, but you often hear from both sides in the education reform debates.

In the education reform debate, school choice options — namely charter schools — are among the most buzzed about topics.

Ahead of the conversation, three of today's panelists have published a special series of essays on the different narratives that surround, drive, and distort the education reform debate.

The Department of Education's discretion and priorities shape the education reform debate and, as a result, affect state and district policies.

A Facebook page devoted to Ravitch's appearance in Madison is promoting the event and linking to articles on the education reform debate.

The content and language in Cody's and the foundation's blogs also reveal the tension between ideology and evidence in the education reform debate.

The second panel focused on tenure and the role teachers unions play in the education reform debate.

Here are Citizen Stewart «s 26 new rules for the education reform debate:

And high - quality candidates are being driven away from the field by school budget cuts imposed during the recession and the vitriol that often surrounds the education reform debate, educators say.

But his paired inducements to both sides in the education reform debate, and to critics and defenders of the police alike, did not immediately win anyone over.

I apologize for suggesting that the BPEF was part of the education reform debate that is now swirling through Bridgeport.

The atmosphere of school choice in Wisconsin is the subject of study by people on many sides of the education reform debate in this country.

Altogether, the report is a stunning example of students organizing to make their voices heard in the education reform debate.