Sentences with phrase «federal education policy issue»

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Should the federal government continue to abdicate leadership in key policy issues of health care, pension reform, Aboriginal issues, education and research, and modernizing Canada's infrastructure?

At the Federal Judicial Center, engage with contemporary policy issues facing the judiciary while contributing your scientific and technical expertise to judicial administration, operations, education programs, protocol and discovery, or courtroom technology.

State officials and courts have already grappled with many of these issues, and creating a federal right to education would destabilize policies and decisions that have shaped local school systems for generations,» they say, noting that unlike the federal Constitution, all 50 state constitutions contain provisions that explicitly address education.

Author Bio: Lindsey M. Burke researches and writes on federal and state education issues as the Will Skillman fellow in education policy at The Heritage Foundation.

«Civil Rights Enforcement Gone Haywire: The federal government's new school - discipline policy» will be available at educationnext.org and will appear in the Fall 2014 issue of Education Next.

Since his time on Appian Way, Roberto has made significant contributions to federal education policy, working closely with both President Obama and the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy on key education issues,» Ryan said.

Higher education has taken K - 12's place in the hierarchy of federal policy issues — due both to weariness with what well - intended federal efforts have wrought in K - 12 and to public concerns about tuition prices and student debt.

The Federal Government has given a strong indication that education policy and delivery will remain the responsibility of the states and territories in its issues paper titled Roles and Responsibilities in Eeducation policy and delivery will remain the responsibility of the states and territories in its issues paper titled Roles and Responsibilities in EducationEducation.

«The issue today,» she wrote, «is between those who want to federalize education policy and those who want to maintain state and local control of the public schools,» in keeping with their belief that, «the federal government is the enemy of public schools.»

The 2016 WPS also featured more than 50 speakers, including several EPFP alumni, sharing their expertise on a diverse range of issues and topics, from the history of federal education policy and the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act to media coverage of education and philanthropic influence in educatioeducation policy and the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act to media coverage of education and philanthropic influence in educatioEducation Act to media coverage of education and philanthropic influence in educatioeducation and philanthropic influence in educationeducation policy.

Characterizing its practice as a «general practice for a specialized clientele,» the firm provides legal advice and expertise to handle any and all needs of a school district, including fair dismissal personnel issues, allegations of employment discrimination and EEOC complaints, other personnel disputes, student discipline issues, student tribunal hearings, civil rights claims, personal injury actions, federal and state constitutional claims and other litigation, special education and other legal issues involving disabled students, contracts, leases and other business needs, policy and rule development, construction disputes, bond and SPLOST issues and other financial matters.

Providing a general law practice for a specialized clientele, Harben, Hartley & Hawkins meets all of the legal needs of school districts including: fair dismissal personnel issues, allegations of employment discrimination and EEOC complaints, other personnel disputes, student discipline issues, student tribunal hearings, civil rights claims, personal injury actions, federal and state constitutional claims and other litigation, special education and other legal issues involving disabled students, contracts, leases and other business needs, policy and rule development, construction disputes, bond and SPLOST issues and other financial matters.

The coalition developed consensus policy statements and recommendations on a number of key early education issues to inform federal policy and legislation

As an advocate, you'll receive an e-newsletter that provides information about federal education policy and politics, opportunities to provide policymakers with your input on education issues, and access to the ASCD Action Center where you can learn about legislation and contact Congressional representatives.

From school safety to budget cuts and federal policy, there are many contentious issues in education.

President Trump issued an executive order directing Secretary DeVos to «review every policy and directive of the Department of Education and rescind any that she deems to overstep the role of the federal government.»

Randall G. Bennett is the Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel of the Tennessee School Boards Association where he provides general legal opinions to local boards of education, superintendents and TSBA staff on school governanace issues, organizes and presents at seminars and training events, prepares and files amicus briefs in appellate cases affecting public schools, monitors current litigation and changes in state and federal law, and supervises the Association's Policy Department, A former school board member and police officer, Mr. Bennett obtained his law degree from Nashville School of Law.

Before joining POLITICO, she was a reporter at Inside Higher Ed, where she covered federal higher education policy — including Congress, the Education Department and higher education issues in the 2012 campaign — and religious education policy — including Congress, the Education Department and higher education issues in the 2012 campaign — and religious Education Department and higher education issues in the 2012 campaign — and religious education issues in the 2012 campaign — and religious colleges.

That 2014 civil rights guidance — jointly issued by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice — put schools on notice that they may be found in violation of federal civil rights laws if they enforce intentially discriminatory rules or if their policies lead to disproportionately higher rates of discipline for students in one racial group, even if those policies were written without discriminatory intent.

Lindsey Burke is Director, Center for Education Policy and a Will Skillman Fellow in education policy at The Heritage Foundation, where she researches and writes on federal and state educatioEducation Policy and a Will Skillman Fellow in education policy at The Heritage Foundation, where she researches and writes on federal and state education iPolicy and a Will Skillman Fellow in education policy at The Heritage Foundation, where she researches and writes on federal and state educatioeducation policy at The Heritage Foundation, where she researches and writes on federal and state education ipolicy at The Heritage Foundation, where she researches and writes on federal and state educationeducation issues.

In this role, she manages the education grantmaking portfolio for the company and provides policy advice to the company on issues related to teacher quality, especially in science, mathematics, engineering and technology, the Common Core State Standards, and federal policy issues.

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Only through these continuous efforts can we ensure that our federal officials are well informed on the priorities and perspectives of local boards of education and the fiscal and policy issues arising under the myriad federal programs impacting public education.

A fast - paced exchange between the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation's Mike Petrilli and Education Counsel's Reg Leichty on a range of crucial issues, from their perspectives on Congress's time line and approach for reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to how frequently educator feedback is taken into consideration as federal policy is developed (this session will be available soon as a podcast).

As we demonstrated in our 2015 analysis of the Common Core debate on Twitter, the dispute about the standards was largely a proxy war over other politically - charged issues, including opposition to a federal role in education, which many believe should be the domain of state and local education policy; a fear that the Common Core could become a gateway for access to data on children that might be used for exploitive purposes rather than to inform educational improvement; a source for the proliferation of testing which has come to oppressively dominate education; a way for business interests to exploit public education for private gain; or a belief that an emphasis on standards reform distracts from the deeper underlying causes of low educational performance, which include poverty and social inequity.

In his role, DeSchryver serves both public and private sector clients providing counsel on federal regulatory matters, budgetary and compliance matters; research and analysis on national policy issues; research and analysis on emerging markets in education services; and his current focus is on the emerging solutions to assess education productivity / yield on investment.

Federal education policy may not be in the headlines as much as health care reform or the Trump administration's ties to Russia, but some important issues are being debated in Congress.

Capitol Hill visits with your federal lawmakers where you can immediately put your advocacy training and skills into practice and discuss education policies and issues that affect your work.

Dr. Ruth Neild, deputy director for policy and research at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), spoke about federal education research policEducation Sciences (IES), spoke about federal education research policeducation research policy issues.

At a meeting held at the Department of Education (ED) in Washington today, conservative groups, parents and some teachers asked the Department to rescind federal guidance issued under the Obama administration, ensuring that school districts aren't discriminating against students through their discipline policies and practice.

The U.S Department of Education is dedicated to establishing policies on federal financial aid, collecting data on America's schools, focusing national attention on key educational issues and ensuring equal access to eEducation is dedicated to establishing policies on federal financial aid, collecting data on America's schools, focusing national attention on key educational issues and ensuring equal access to educationeducation.

More recently, the advocacy group Parents United for Responsible Education put the issue on the front burner when it filed a federal civil rights complaint against the district's retention policy because of its disparate racial impact.

An even more important, but unresolved issue, is how Perry can even replicate Capital Prep Magnet School in Bridgeport and Harlem when federal copyright laws and Hartford Board of Education policies appear to make it clear that the concepts, materials, curriculum, policies and procedures that Perry has said he will be using in his charter schools actually belong to the Hartford Board of Education and the taxpayers of Hartford and do not belong to Perry or Perry's private company as he claimed in his Bridgeport and Harlem charter school proposals.

Though NTU would not be a panacea for the myriad issues currently confronting teacher preparation and our education system more broadly, it represents an important shift in federal policy that would signal to the nation a new era has begun for teacher training and the profession as a whole.

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Together with Louise Phipps Senft, Esq., he serves as a Trustee on the Board of Convergence, Center for Policy Resolution — a bi-partisan non-profit organization based in Washington DC, dedicated to bi-partisan dialogue and policy reform in pressing issues of the day, such as K - 12 education reform, healthcare and nutrition, and US - Pakistan relations.He is a past member of the Leadership Council of the Environment and Public Policy Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution, the ADR Section Council for the Maryland State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association Committee on Use of Collaborative Processes by Federal Agencies to Improve Citizen ParticipPolicy Resolution — a bi-partisan non-profit organization based in Washington DC, dedicated to bi-partisan dialogue and policy reform in pressing issues of the day, such as K - 12 education reform, healthcare and nutrition, and US - Pakistan relations.He is a past member of the Leadership Council of the Environment and Public Policy Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution, the ADR Section Council for the Maryland State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association Committee on Use of Collaborative Processes by Federal Agencies to Improve Citizen Particippolicy reform in pressing issues of the day, such as K - 12 education reform, healthcare and nutrition, and US - Pakistan relations.He is a past member of the Leadership Council of the Environment and Public Policy Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution, the ADR Section Council for the Maryland State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association Committee on Use of Collaborative Processes by Federal Agencies to Improve Citizen ParticipPolicy Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution, the ADR Section Council for the Maryland State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association Committee on Use of Collaborative Processes by Federal Agencies to Improve Citizen Participation.

Addressing inequity in outcomes for children across health and education is an issue of timely and significant policy interest at a state and federal level.68, 69 If right@home is effective and demonstrates benefit, the study design enables replicability at scale, with significant implications for the development of early childhood policy and strategy throughout Australia and internationally.

Prior to joining the Center, Workman was a consultant in Denver, Colorado, where he conducted research, policy and data analysis, and evaluations on a variety of early childhood education issues at the federal, state, and local levels.