The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) offers local leaders an opportunity to work with stakeholders to shape their state's
educational equity policy agenda.
Not exact matches
Minnesota recently released «Prenatal to Age 3: A Comprehensive, Racially - Equitable
Policy Plan for Universal Healthy Child Development» outlining specific actions the state can take to promote social, economic, health, and
educational equity for all children.
Eva Moskowitz, founder and chief executive officer at Success Academy Charter Schools; Gerard Robinson, executive director of the Center for Advancing Opportunity; and Hillary Shelton, director at the Washington Bureau and senior vice president of Advocacy and
Policy at the NAACP, will debate different viewpoints on
educational equity and school choice.
«Our contributors inspire different roles for families in the quest for
educational equity: from «parenting for high achievement» to participating in program evaluations; from interacting with children in informal and formal learning spaces to sustained advocacy in social and
educational policy.»
In «Harmful Polices, Values, and Rhetoric,» Jeffries contends that Trump's
policies have harmed students and schools, particularly through poor oversight of key provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act, failure to enforce federal guarantees of
educational equity, and billions in proposed budget cuts.
A winner of an ALTC award for outstanding contribution to student learning in 2008, and recipient of the ATEA Early Career Researcher Award in the same year, her research and teaching interests focus on access and
equity, language and literacy and
educational policy implementation.
by Brett Wigdortz, founder and CEO, Teach First; Fair access: Making school choice and admissions work for all by Rebecca Allen, reader in the economics of education at the Institute of Education, University of London; School accountability, performance and pupil attainment by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within - school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and
educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for
Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme
policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of London.
«Jill Carlson embodies the many qualities that distinguish students and graduates of the International Education
Policy Program: the commitment to international development through the expansion of
educational opportunities, a deep and abiding interest in advancing social
equity and development through education, a rich combination of deep knowledge about the field of international development, strong analytic skills, outstanding leadership qualities, and a strong moral compass,» says Professor Fernando Reimers, director of IEP.
This adverse effect is especially pronounced in five areas: oversight of federal education law; enforcement of federal guarantees of
educational equity; budget and tax
policy; the rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
policy; and Trump's embrace of bigoted rhetoric and action that challenges the identities of students who are racial, ethnic, or religious minorities.
«It brings diverse perspectives to the topic of
educational equity,» says Moffa, a master's candidate in International Education
Policy.
When talk turned to
educational equity, panelists stressed the need for comprehensive school reform which incorporates academics with school safety measures, curricula that encourages teachers to operate creatively,
policies that promote safe local housing, particularly when involving children under age 5.
She also founded and co-directs the Stanford Center for Opportunity
Policy in Education, which conducts research and policy analysis on issues affecting educational equity and opport
Policy in Education, which conducts research and
policy analysis on issues affecting educational equity and opport
policy analysis on issues affecting
educational equity and opportunity.
As Jay P. Greene of the University of Arkansas has argued, even more than broad public support, choice
policies need the support of concentrated constituencies along with that of the general public to counter-balance the opposition of concentrated constituencies that want to curb or eliminate
educational choice programs: «As much as reformers may be motivated to promote
equity, a basic lesson about political reality is that more advantaged people tend to have more political power.»
In this book some of the most respected minds in
educational equity provide a critical interruption to the ongoing
policy conversations taking place around public education in the United States.
This project brings together researchers, civil rights leaders, policymakers, and practitioners to advance understanding and develop
policies that leverage deeper learning as a pathway toward
educational equity.
True
educational equity comes from comprehensive school reform, which incorporates academic improvements along with health care, housing
policy, funding changes, family support and other
policies that allow students to go to class safely and actually focus on their work, and that provides teachers with a work environment and enough support to operate creatively, not like infantilized robots.
It will also help to address the persistent achievement gap between Latinos and their white counterparts a gap that threatens our state's future social and economic stability by encouraging
policies and programs that lead to increased
educational equity.
As Kantor (1991) indicated, the significance of ESEA was twofold: (1) it characterized the federal role in advancing
educational equity, much in the same merit as other Civil Rights laws; and (2) it institutionalized the federal role and influence in education
policy.
is that I can, with the support of a program like LEE's
Policy and Advocacy Summer Fellowship, transform my ideas and theories about
educational equity into reality.
The answer is that I can, with the support of a program like LEE's
Policy and Advocacy Summer Fellowship, transform my ideas and theories about
educational equity into reality.
To extend the metaphor in this picture, the
educational equity orientation reframes the
policy discussion and orients it around ensuring that schools help all students to achieve, even if that means distributing resources «unequally.»
The
Equity Assistance Center helps public schools and their communities incorporate educational equity into policies, procedures, and classroom practices to ensure that all students receive what they need to succeed academi
Equity Assistance Center helps public schools and their communities incorporate
educational equity into policies, procedures, and classroom practices to ensure that all students receive what they need to succeed academi
equity into
policies, procedures, and classroom practices to ensure that all students receive what they need to succeed academically.
As a nonpartisan education association, ASCD continues to advocate for
policies and practices that ensure each child has access to
educational excellence and
equity.
Dr. Holme's research focuses on the politics and implementation of
educational policy, with a particular focus on the relationship among school reform,
equity, and diversity in schools.
The interview - style series spotlighted education
policy leaders from across the country who each shared their thoughts on the opportunities they see for advancing
educational equity through the implementation of states» Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plans.
At CCSSO, he has positioned state education leaders with a critical voice at the national level to advance
educational equity and
policies that will strengthen public education.
IHEP leads the Postsecondary Data Collaborative, an initiative to advocate for the use of high - quality postsecondary data to promote student success and
educational equity, evaluate and inform federal, state and institutional
policies, and empower college choices.
All
policy initiatives must ensure
equity and access to high - quality
educational opportunities.
Billed as the nation's «flagship
educational technology
policy document,» the plan contains specific recommendations for teacher preparation programs relative to its «vision of
equity, active use, and collaborative leadership to make everywhere - all - the - time learning possible.»
At the request of countries and their Ministers of Education, OECD undertakes reviews of aspects of those countries»
educational policies and practices and it conducts thematic reviews of particular
policy areas such as
equity or leadership across countries.
A former president of the American
Educational Research Association, Darling - Hammond focuses her research, teaching, and
policy work on issues of school restructuring, teacher quality and
educational equity.
Earlier this year, the Texas Public
Policy Foundation and the Texas Conservative Coalition Research Foundation published a list of principles for school finance which includes the fundamental point that the basis of the
equity argument for increased education funding should be challenged, because
educational equity is not the same as school funding
equity.
In particular, this history demonstrates that while these data provided only mixed progress towards the stated goal of greater
educational equity, they proved «useful» in other ways: providing researchers and policymakers with an array of possible research and
policy targets and sustaining the belief that the education system, if properly tweaked and optimized, could ultimately secure
educational equity.
Pursue
Equity: We work to change practices, structures, and policies to realize educational equity for all chi
Equity: We work to change practices, structures, and
policies to realize
educational equity for all chi
equity for all children.
Federal
policies play a particularly important role in protecting the rights of and advancing
educational equity for historically disadvantaged students, including students of color, students with disabilities, low - income students, and dual - language learners.
«When we rewrote our mission statement last fall, we deliberately emphasized that we prepare leaders to achieve
educational equity through practice, research and
policy,» Gallagher told them.
Therefore educators and
policy makers in the Arab world should communicate these concepts pragmatically as well as theoretically, starting with formulating a new vision for education in the Arab World, a deep and continuous revision of their curriculums, setting standards for equal chances in professional development, and making serious efforts in creating an
educational philosophy not only for gender
equity, but rather for human justice.
WestEd
Policy Forum on Increasing Equity Through High - Quality Charter Schools (Elsa Duré) National and state leaders discussed how high - quality charter schools can increase educational equity, including policy strategies such as unified enrollment systems, weighted lotteries, comprehensive transportation access, district - charter collaborations and school segreg
Policy Forum on Increasing
Equity Through High - Quality Charter Schools (Elsa Duré) National and state leaders discussed how high - quality charter schools can increase educational equity, including policy strategies such as unified enrollment systems, weighted lotteries, comprehensive transportation access, district - charter collaborations and school segreg
Equity Through High - Quality Charter Schools (Elsa Duré) National and state leaders discussed how high - quality charter schools can increase
educational equity, including policy strategies such as unified enrollment systems, weighted lotteries, comprehensive transportation access, district - charter collaborations and school segreg
equity, including
policy strategies such as unified enrollment systems, weighted lotteries, comprehensive transportation access, district - charter collaborations and school segreg
policy strategies such as unified enrollment systems, weighted lotteries, comprehensive transportation access, district - charter collaborations and school segregation.
CES worked with school districts and other entities to shape the
policy conditions that support and promote schools characterized by personalization, democracy and
equity, intellectual vitality and excellence, and graduates who experience success in all aspects of their lives:
educational, professional, civic, and personal.
Avani had a vision of
educational equity «where school districts in every city offer all students the best
educational opportunities regardless of the zip code where they were born,» but she also recognized she was «sorely lacking in hands - on, practical field experience in education
policy.»
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Karega is a former Charter Schools Director with the Indianapolis Mayor's Office; founded and served as Director of the Indianapolis affiliate of Stand for Children, a national
educational advocacy nonprofit; and was on the leadership team of Indiana University's
Equity Project, housed at the Center for Evaluation and Education
Policy.
In this role, Holly directed a wide range of state and local
policy initiatives focused on improving
educational outcomes for children through promoting autonomy, accountability, and
equity in New Orleans charter schools.
SFER (Students for Education Reform) is a student - led movement that champions
educational equity... SFER organizes students to be a powerful force for K - 12 education
policy and political change, through campus chapters that work at the national, state, and local levels to organize and advocate for great teachers and quality school choices for all kids.»
The mission of the USC Rossier School of Education is to prepare leaders to achieve
educational equity through practice, research and
policy.
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.
The YES model is rooted in arts - based methods that bring the youth perspective, vision, creativity and passion to the forefront of the
policy and progress for
educational equity.
His substantive research interests are in school reform,
educational equity, program evaluation and
policy analysis.
Au contraire, it has led education
policy makers to come up with ever - more - costly and damaging changes in
educational practices to what is ultimately a non-
educational problem — a problem that can not be solved by the schools no matter how much money Congress or state legislatures vote to give local school districts in the name of
equity or compensation for the low - income students they happen to enroll.
Since 1983, the Committee has worked to study priority issues, inform the public and
policy makers about best practices and engage business leaders, families, students, and other citizens to demand
educational excellence and
equity for all children, from their earliest years through postsecondary education.