Sentences with phrase «federal policymakers»

She has served on several panels and met with federal policymakers to advocate for student - centered policy revisions.

More generally, federal policymakers seeking to expand school choice need to bear in mind the widely varying contexts across jurisdictions.

It's part of an ongoing effort to persuade federal policymakers that making a bigger investment in graduate education will create more jobs and strengthen the economy.

Why will federal policymakers get it right this time if they haven't managed to do so previously?

The declaration calls upon federal policymakers to address climate change as an economic opportunity.

There are lessons here for federal policymakers (should their attention ever again turn to carbon).

For more than 75 years, NSBA, a federation of 49 state associations and one territory association, has been working to ensure our public education system is appropriately supported by federal policymakers, so public schools can offer the best possible environment for students to realize their dreams.

Federal policymakers need to focus on ends rather than means: making student outcomes the North Star.

Finally, education practitioners and social scientists alike need to band together to help federal policymakers recognize the value of research in understanding and improving teaching and learning for generations to come.

Though the course of the recession, local political dynamics, and district preferences were beyond the reach of federal policymakers; the contours and implementation of the ARRA were not.

These debates also intersect with increased interest among federal policymakers in moving away from the federal government's historical focus on providing aid through students (e.g., the Pell grant program and subsidized loans) to providing aid to institutions (through free college proposals).

Federal policymakers did not wait for states to address these issues on their own.

Given that many state and federal policymakers support the expansion of private - school choice, Indiana's experience can offer lessons for the design of future voucher programs.

If you're a state or federal policymaker engaged in K - 12 issues, you should consider Nat's proposal.

Working through CUBE, you and your school board governance team can also influence the advocacy priorities of the NSBA to ensure that federal policymakers understand how they can help your school district successfully educate urban schoolchildren.

The conference will feature the public release of ASCD's 2012 Legislative Agenda, presentations by influential federal policymakers and national education leaders, and an advocacy capacity - building program tailored to meet your information and engagement needs to increase your level of influence throughout the year.

Williams discusses her research on intimate partner violence, sex trafficking, and gender - based violence, sharing insights and perspectives federal policymakers could consider more in the coming years.

We call on federal policymakers and regulators to make significant improvements in the student loan servicing system so that borrowers can get quality service and might be less likely to turn to these unfortunate «debt relief» alternatives.

There's a way federal policymakers can help.

In Washington, meanwhile, many of these companies have teamed up on the Self - Driving Coalition for Safer Streets, a lobbying group that will pressure US federal policymakers as they grapple with the regulatory questions posed by autonomous vehicles.

Mainstream wisdom among federal policymakers then was that schools don't make much of a difference in children's lives and that spending money to improve schools was wasteful.

While grants and loans have boosted college access, flooding the market with easy money that has few strings attached leaves federal policymakers at the mercy of colleges and state policymakers who fund public institutions.

Though this is a complicated issue, it is a classic example of the trade - offs that federal policymakers routinely face and one that a thoughtful education writer with a national platform seemingly could explore for readers.

It's official: Federal policymakers across the political spectrum are finally willing to admit that Congress overreached when it passed No Child Left Behind and put Uncle Sam in the driver's seat on education accountability.

But in early 2009 the economy's condition didn't afford much time for deliberation, and in the wake of the historic 2008 elections, few ascendant federal policymakers were overflowing with modesty and prudence.

That FTC increases college enrollment raises the question of whether federal policymakers should make this benefit available to more low - income students nationwide.

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.

Federal policymakers already provide aid on similar terms to students at public and private, non-profit colleges.

A national panel urged federal policymakers last week to «take a more active role» in promoting adolescent reading and writing, and called for nothing short of a «literacy revolution» to keep students in school and ensure they are able to learn the complex material that college and careers will demand of them.

After 2011, federal policymakers largely allowed this aid to expire, even though states faced large shortfalls in 2012 and beyond.

But I was reminded, once again, that many federal policymakers often just assume that a new federal program, reporting requirement, or funding stream will automatically and seamlessly be implemented with fidelity once passed off to states.

«Our goal is to get state and federal policymakers thinking about how to encourage more emphasis on these skills,» says Tooley.

Both state and federal policymakers also have a role to play in recruiting and training promising candidates for school leadership positions, especially given that the challenges of the job often discourage strong candidates from entering the field.

The gap between the skills with which students graduate from high school and what colleges expect them to be able to do has come under increased scrutiny, as federal policymakers push states to increase college graduation rates.

Even as federal policymakers sort...

Recognized as a top expert on parent involvement, she frequently receives calls from federal policymakers with questions about research and trends, and she works with groups like the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education, which she helped found, to advocate for legislation that protects the interests of parents.

Distant federal policymakers inevitably try to regulate and micromanage programs under their control — a recipe for ineffectiveness.

Recent years have seen state and federal policymakers steadily retreat from NCLB's flawed accountability model.

Federal policymakers found this approach at work at the state level as several governors adopted standards - based school reform during the 1980s.

About a year ago, federal policymakers permanently extended the American opportunity tax credit (AOTC), the largest federal tax provision available to help offset the cost of higher education for students and their families.

Working with federal policymakers, she advocated for programming to better serve at - risk students, including children who have experienced trauma and homelessness, those who have been incarcerated, and those with special learning needs.

Federal policymakers need to establish a regulatory regime that sets a standard for quality, encourages innovative firms to compete against the historic market leaders, and gives administrators leeway to determine programmatic fit.