Sentences with phrase «educational equity policy»

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) offers local leaders an opportunity to work with stakeholders to shape their state's educational equity policy agenda.

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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 opportPolicy in Education, which conducts research and policy analysis on issues affecting educational equity and opportpolicy 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 academiEquity 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 academiequity 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 chiEquity: We work to change practices, structures, and policies to realize educational equity for all chiequity 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 segregPolicy 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 segregEquity 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 segregequity, including policy strategies such as unified enrollment systems, weighted lotteries, comprehensive transportation access, district - charter collaborations and school segregpolicy 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.
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