Sentences with phrase «for education policy discussions»

This book is a great springboard for education policy discussions at the district, state, and national levels about the decisions that will impact students of today.»

There is a small community that closely watches the various school finance court cases that are always creating background noise for education policy discussions.

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There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

Since then, the school has secured a $ 4,600 grant from Lowe's Toolbox for Education program to expand the garden to seven beds and hosted a sold - out Farm to School roundtable discussion to discuss school policies and encourage community involvement.

«They've helped to destroy successful schools across the city of New York,» Thompson said during a panel discussion on education policy at NYU, hosted by the New York City Working Group on School Transformation, which also featured Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio who are presumptive candidates for mayor.

The Education Council Consortium put out a statement supporting Klein's bill, calling it a «strong first step to provide opportunities for all parents to have meaningful participation in educational policy discussions and decisions.

At the dynamic Education Fast Forward 12 Debate on January 19, I spoke with Stefan Dercon (Chief Economist Department for International Development in London) and Andreas Schleicher (Special Advisor on Education Policy OECD in Paris) about their opinions on the issues raised in the «Turning School Performance to Economic Success» discussion.

Every discussion of education policy, program design, implementation and evaluation on instruction, teacher policies and education, or school governance focuses on improving educational outcomes for young people and ensuring that all learners have access to a high - quality education relevant to the 21st century.

Former US Secretary of Education John King, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Senior Policy Adviser Christy Wolfe, Chris Barbic of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, and DC Public Charter School Board Executive Director Scott Pearson will participate in the discussion and AEI's Nat Malkus will moderate.

Based on the literature reviews, observations in the schools and meetings with the departments at the Ministry of Education, the team presented several key policy considerations to the Ministry: (1) utilize a website, the National Play Day, and the Jamaican Teaching Council as platforms from which educators can develop and share best game - based learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school level.

, American Economic Review, 2005; Anna Egalite, Brian Kisida, and Marcus Winters, «Representation in the Classroom: The Effect of Own - Race Teachers on Student Achievement», Economics of Education Review, 2015; Stephen Holt and Seth Gershenson, «The Impact of Teacher Demographic Representation on Student Attendance and Suspensions», IZA discussion paper 9554, 2015; and Constance Lindsay and Cassandra Hart, «Exposure to Same - Race Teachers and Student Disciplinary Outcomes for Black Students in North Carolina», Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2017.

Highlights this fall include a conversation with Claude Steele, social psychologist, executive vice chancellor and provost for University of California, and author of Whistling Vivaldi, about how stereotypes can impact education; a discussion about the use of race in college admissions with Economic Policy Institute Research Associate Richard Rothstein and Georgetown Law Professor Sheryll Cashin; and a forum about education leadership.

It's become a familiar sight for education policy mavens this election season: panel discussions, in Washington and elsewhere, hashing out the presumptive presidential nominees» differences on performance pay for teachers, private school vouchers, and other reliable topics of debate.

All that does not leave much space for serious discussion of the issues in any specific policy arena, education or otherwise.

At a recent panel discussion held at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. and sponsored by the organization, Broader, Bolder Approach to Education (BBA), panelists called for policy reforms to address the impact of poverty on schools, students, families, and neighborhoods.

On October 15, Askwith Forums presented a discussion of the case before the United States Supreme Court concerning the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin and its implications for higher education.

For a discussion of legal considerations around criminal history questions, see Bradley D. Custer (2016), «College Admission Policies for Ex-Offender Students: A Literature Review,» The Journal of Correctional Education 67 (2), pp. 35 - For a discussion of legal considerations around criminal history questions, see Bradley D. Custer (2016), «College Admission Policies for Ex-Offender Students: A Literature Review,» The Journal of Correctional Education 67 (2), pp. 35 - for Ex-Offender Students: A Literature Review,» The Journal of Correctional Education 67 (2), pp. 35 - 43.

The findings can inform local and state policy discussions on improving education outcomes for Spanish - speaking students and suggest areas for future research.

Please join us using hashtag #exSEL for an online discussion with Chad d'Entremont, Executive Director of the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, about the state of social - emotional learning in Massachusetts.

Join Education Voters and local superintendents for an important discussion about school funding and state educatioEducation Voters and local superintendents for an important discussion about school funding and state educationeducation policy.

The Brookings Institution's Brown Center on Education Policy hosted a panel discussion last week featuring Hanseul Kang, state superintendent for the District of Columbia, and Chris Minnich, executive director of CCSSO, focusing on the future of accountability under ESSA.

July 21, 2016 (New York)-- Educators 4 Excellence - New York (E4E - New York), a teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in policy discussions, released the following statements on proposed actions for improving school climate released today by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Department of Education.

July 29, 2016 (New York)-- Educators 4 Excellence - New York (E4E - NY), a teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in policy discussions, praised the State Education Department's early release of statewide testing scores and participation rates as a continued move toward greater transparency for New York's educatioEducation Department's early release of statewide testing scores and participation rates as a continued move toward greater transparency for New York's educationeducation system.

«The bad news is we're not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,» said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida - based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning.

That's a really dramatic finding because we think the discussion forums are important settings where student engagement and learning motivation gets supported and catalyzed,» Thomas Dee, co-author of the report and director of the Center for Education Policy Analysis at Stanford University, said.

Save for a few NAACP branches (including its affiliate in Connecticut, have stepped up in the discussions over Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform effort, and advocated on behalf of Bridgeport mother Tanya McDowell, who will serve five years for trying to provide her child with a high - quality school), the nation's oldest civil rights group offers nothing substantial on addressing issues such as ending Zip Code Education policies, expanding school choice, addressing childhood illiteracy, and revamping how teachers are recruited, trained, paid, and evaluated (especially when it comes to bringing more black men into the teaching profession).

Mark LaCelle Peterson, Vice President for Policy and Programs, and Sungti Hsu, Director of State Affiliates and Partnership Support, of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) were in attendance to facilitate the discussion.

Also on Sept. 20, Jason Snyder, deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, will visit Sandy River Middle School in Avondale, W.Va., and lead a roundtable discussion on the school's turnaround efforts.

In July of last year, the Charles Koch Institute held an event in Nashville, «Education Opportunities: A Path Forward for Students in Tennessee,» to provide an «in - depth policy discussion» about public education and otheEducation Opportunities: A Path Forward for Students in Tennessee,» to provide an «in - depth policy discussion» about public education and otheeducation and other issues.

Led by CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking), ISTE (the International Society for Technology in Education) and SETDA (the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the annual event will include discussions with Trump Administration officials and members of Congress and their staff about key educational policies and programs.

In Roadmap for Early Childhood and K — 12 Data Linkages, DQC and the Early Childhood Data Collaborative (ECDC) recommend focusing on seven key areas to inform policy discussions and decisions; chart the progress of children, programs, and the state; strengthen and support the early childhood workforce; pinpoint best practices and areas of need; allocate scarce resources; and make other important education decisions every day.

for a useful discussion see, for example: Cochran - Smith, M. (2006): «Policy, Practice, and Politics in Teacher Education», Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press

The Pennsylvania Clearinghouse for Education Research — or PACER — is designed to inform state education policy discussions through rigorous, objective research; regular policy briefs; and research - based commentaries in leading media outlets sEducation Research — or PACER — is designed to inform state education policy discussions through rigorous, objective research; regular policy briefs; and research - based commentaries in leading media outlets seducation policy discussions through rigorous, objective research; regular policy briefs; and research - based commentaries in leading media outlets statewide.

Instead of parents «firing» a school or having to shop around for their children's education among wildly divergent charter «products,» PAA supports the kind of empowerment which involves parents authentically at the ground level and in district -, state -, and nationwide policy discussions about how to improve schools.

Carl Cohn, executive director of the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence, commended Kirst, along with Learning Policy Institute president Linda Darling - Hammond, for elevating the discussion on special education to «making it a moral imperative to do the right thing.»

June 11, 2014 (Bridgeport, CT)-- Educators 4 Excellence, a national teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in education policy discussions, formally launched its new chapter in Connecticut Wednesday with a kick - off event in Bridgeport and a call for sweeping changes to existing professional development.

Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy The Rennie Center conducts independent research to promote public discourse on educational improvement and inform policy discussions by key decision makers and opinion lePolicy The Rennie Center conducts independent research to promote public discourse on educational improvement and inform policy discussions by key decision makers and opinion lepolicy discussions by key decision makers and opinion leaders.

Because of these two factors, in the absence of a dramatic change in the balance of federal, state, and local revenues for education, any policy discussion around improving funding equity must focus on the state and local levels.

Join us for the AERA / IEL Education Policy Forum for a discussion about equity and opportunity to support Latino / a students, the changing policy landscape, and the ways foPolicy Forum for a discussion about equity and opportunity to support Latino / a students, the changing policy landscape, and the ways fopolicy landscape, and the ways forward.

A panel discussion included exSEL Coalition members Tom Scott from MASS and Chad d'Entremont from the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy.

The Learning Lab will feature a discussion on federal policy featuring Libby Doggett, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Early Learning, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education, and Linda K. Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Serpolicy featuring Libby Doggett, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Early Learning, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education, and Linda K. Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human SerPolicy and Early Learning, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education, and Linda K. Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

It has also allowed more contact with Alicia Duran who in December extended an invitation for me to meet the U. S. Secretary of Education, John King, for a round table discussion regarding educatioEducation, John King, for a round table discussion regarding educationeducation policy.

Saturday, November 28, 5 - 7 pm Para Site Education Room Discussion with artists Ming Wong and Wong Hoy - Cheong Taking the point of departure from Sparrow with Bamboo Twigs, a song that was banned for 23 years due to the «Speak Mandarin» campaign in Singapore (1970 - onwards), the artists look at the positioning of Chinese in Malaysia and Singapore through filmic history and national policies.

Small group discussions focus on the draft work - plan developed by Reconciliation Australia which is divided into five topics: Community engagement and education; confronting and improving race relations; leadership in the reconciliation process; partnerships for success; and shaping policy.67

State Issues and Innovations in Creating Integrated Early Learning and Development Systems A Follow - Up to Early Childhood 2010: Innovations for the Next Generation (PDF - 1.741 KB) U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2011) Presents six common, interrelated themes that emerged during the State team discussions at Early Childhood 2010, and provides descriptions of approaches, and links to program websites, policies, and other relevant documents.