Sentences with phrase «for educational policy research»

Over these years, I have appreciated how Jim has supported work of more junior researchers in the field and has pushed for educational policy research to be as relevant for and meaningful to the day - to - day world of children in schools.»

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Richard J. Reddick is an associate professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also holds courtesy appointments in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis, and the Warfield Center for African and African American Stpolicy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also holds courtesy appointments in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis, and the Warfield Center for African and African American StPolicy Research and Analysis, and the Warfield Center for African and African American Studies.

«I've revised, updated and written many a hospital policy and procedure and find Penny's Guidelines to be educational as well as research based and empower her workers to utilize their knowledge to help them make the best decisions for patient care at the time.

Much of contemporary social science and policy research is concerned with fathers» impacts on children's socioemotional development.1, 2 Yet material contributions made by fathers («breadwinning») remain central to an array of impacts on children, 3 including with respect to children's educational attainment and prospects for social success.

For many years, I have been interested in and actively engaged in research and educational policy.

The researchers from the University's Department of Social Policy and Intervention, and the Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm, studied the test scores measuring cognitive ability of children aged between 10 and 13, and found they had a strong effect on a child's subsequent educational performance.

«The major policy implication of this review of research on games for learning is that it is premature to call for a major overhaul of schools based on computer games: The research certainly does not warrant extensive replacement of current educational practices with practices based on computer games,» Mayer concluded.

All three programs support research training for educational institutions with a substantial population of underrepresented minority students, and their Web pages each contain a policy statement, supplemental instructions, frequently asked questions, and a list of participating institutions.

In 1996, in response to these concerns, Varmus, then director of NIH, impaneled a group of experienced clinical investigators and academic health center administrators to make recommendations that might guide the NIH toward policy changes to alleviate the concerns in the clinical research community.14 Several of the panel's recommendations have been implemented, including increased support of the General Clinical Research Center budget, expanded support of training in clinical research, and the establishment of NIH - sponsored educational debt relief programs for clinical investigators.15 - 18 The panel also recommended restructuring of NIH peer review groups so that patient - oriented grant applications would be evaluated by study sections in which at least half the grant applications involve patient - oriented rresearch community.14 Several of the panel's recommendations have been implemented, including increased support of the General Clinical Research Center budget, expanded support of training in clinical research, and the establishment of NIH - sponsored educational debt relief programs for clinical investigators.15 - 18 The panel also recommended restructuring of NIH peer review groups so that patient - oriented grant applications would be evaluated by study sections in which at least half the grant applications involve patient - oriented rResearch Center budget, expanded support of training in clinical research, and the establishment of NIH - sponsored educational debt relief programs for clinical investigators.15 - 18 The panel also recommended restructuring of NIH peer review groups so that patient - oriented grant applications would be evaluated by study sections in which at least half the grant applications involve patient - oriented rresearch, and the establishment of NIH - sponsored educational debt relief programs for clinical investigators.15 - 18 The panel also recommended restructuring of NIH peer review groups so that patient - oriented grant applications would be evaluated by study sections in which at least half the grant applications involve patient - oriented researchresearch.

«I have great appreciation for the work of this college defining global education research priorities for the improvement of the educational enterprise and bridging the worlds of education research, policy, and practice.

«Stephanie's high - profile research, which is influencing both practice and policy, is a great example of what we are trying to accomplish across HGSE — producing scholarship that directly translates into expanded and improved educational opportunities for all.

His research spans emerging technologies for learning, infusing technology into large - scale educational improvement initiatives, policy formulation and analysis, and leadership in educational innovation.

Through grants for research, innovation, communication, and evaluation, as well as policy education and leadership development, Lumina Foundation addresses issues that affect access and educational attainment among all students, particularly underserved student groups, including adult learners.

A new effort, Project for Policy Innovation in Education (PPIE), based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is bringing together university - based researchers with district and state educational leaders to pursue policy research that will have a real impact in their communPolicy Innovation in Education (PPIE), based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is bringing together university - based researchers with district and state educational leaders to pursue policy research that will have a real impact in their communpolicy research that will have a real impact in their communities.

Professor Dede's current research focuses on three areas: emerging technologies for learning and assessment, leadership in educational technology implementation, and effective policy for educational technology utilization.

For example, I started writing about: the implementation of educational policy, when research at the time focused almost exclusively on the development of policy; the importance of qualitative methods, as a complement to quantitative methods that at the time ruled at the Ed School; the unheroic dimensions of leadership, when the focus was on the bigger - than - life hero who, like the Lone Ranger, rode into town with silver bullets.

In their recent book, Methods Matter: Improving Causal Inference in Educational and Social - Science Research, Professors Richard Murnane and John Willett offer guidance for those who evaluate educational policies.

This strand is designed for students with a strong interest in policy, program development and evaluation as well as educational research or to gain experience in research in preparation for doctoral study.

-- Allan Odden is a professor of educational administration and codirector of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at the University of Wisconsin — Madison.

With a career forged in educational grantmaking, state education policy, and academe, Kent McGuire seems to have spent a lifetime preparing for his new role as assistant secretary of the Department of Education's office of educational research and improvement.

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.

Dean Kathleen McCartney and Professor Robert Schwartz have been elected to the National Academy of Education (NAEd) for their valuable contributions to educational research and policy development.

Her research focuses on educational policy and politics, and urban school reform, including the development and implementation of education policy and the impact of policy on the educational opportunities for at - risk students.

«We're making progress,» said Douglas N. Harris, an assistant professor of educational policy studies at the Wisconsin Center for Educational Research, based at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

«The research in Diversity Challenged shows that affirmative action policies have major benefits not only in overcoming the history of exclusion of minorities, but also in creating a richer educational experience for all students and injecting new ideas and understandings into discussions, debates and research on campus,» said Gary Orfield, co-director of The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.

Since 2008, the Strategic Data Project (SDP), under Harvard's Center for Policy Education Research, has placed fellows like Bowman in state education agencies, school districts, and charter school management organizations where they are helping policymakers to decode an avalanche of educational data.

The School Travel Forum's Teacher Toolkit includes research into the academic value of educational travel, guidance for planning overseas travel and official policy documents related to overseas educational travel.

It's both a sobering and exciting time to be working on these issues — inequalities continue to divide our nation and many others, while the potential for innovations in educational practice, policy and research to address these inequalities has never been greater.»

Thomas Kane is professor of education and economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and faculty director of the Center for Education Policy Research, which works with states and municipalities to evaluate educational policies.

Cambridge University's newly - established Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development and Learning (PEDAL), marks an important milestone in educational research: one that formalizes play in educational research andResearch on Play in Education, Development and Learning (PEDAL), marks an important milestone in educational research: one that formalizes play in educational research andresearch: one that formalizes play in educational research andresearch and policy.

She has conducted research and evaluations of K12 educational policies and programs for more than 20 years through her work at the UR as well as prominent research organizations, including SRI International and the George Lucas Educational Foundation.

There is little research about the impact of school closings on student achievement, according to Barbara Gross of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, a nonprofit educational research and policy group that has been giving technical help to the activists.

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.

Ms. Gifford leads the Office of Academic Policy which conducts research on K12 programs and partner schools, provides support for the efficacy of K12 educational programs, develops new school models, and educates legislators and regulators about virtual learning.

The National Center for Research in Policy and Practice studies how educational leaders — including school district supervisors and principals — use research when making decisions and what can be done to make research findings more useful and relevant for those Research in Policy and Practice studies how educational leaders — including school district supervisors and principals — use research when making decisions and what can be done to make research findings more useful and relevant for those research when making decisions and what can be done to make research findings more useful and relevant for those research findings more useful and relevant for those leaders.

Publishing of MESHGuides, working with the toolkits, together with the partner online collaboration project MESHConnect provides a way for practitioners, teacher educators or policy makers to engage with educational research and pedagogic strategies in ways that are useful to their practice.

The Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy (CSTEEP) is an educational research organization located at Boston College in the Lynch School of Education.

ACER draws on its expertise as a leader in educational research, assessment, and data collection and analysis to provide professional learning for educators and system leaders, policy makers, psychologists and human resources professionals, and others to support improved learning.

Our research and modeling projects are intended to supply an extensive resource for policymakers and educational leaders so that they can make thoughtful policy decisions for their students.

«This research provides further evidence for the positive effect of school - based supports — comprehensive anti-bullying policies, Gay - Straight Alliances (GSAs), supportive educators and LGBT - inclusive curriculum — on LGBTQ students» experiences with harassment and discrimination and, ultimately, their educational outcomes,» said Dr. Joseph Kosciw, GLSEN's Chief Research & Strategy research provides further evidence for the positive effect of school - based supports — comprehensive anti-bullying policies, Gay - Straight Alliances (GSAs), supportive educators and LGBT - inclusive curriculum — on LGBTQ students» experiences with harassment and discrimination and, ultimately, their educational outcomes,» said Dr. Joseph Kosciw, GLSEN's Chief Research & Strategy Research & Strategy Officer.

The means is to create a strong research foundation for educational practice and policy — a foundation that is informed by input from educators and includes the roles of the brain and genetics in learning,» Fischer said.

Today, UCEA has become a collective of top research institutions with programs in educational leadership and policy and the leading professional organization for professors of educational leadership and policy.

Peter Smyth, a retired educator and administrator, and also a co-founder of Community Voice, says, «After a career in education and research into educational reform, I have come to these conclusions: while South Carolina Superintendent Zais has applied for a waiver to No Child Left Behind, his proposals reflect those of Secretary Duncan and the current and previous administrations, policies which have not achieved their goals and have made raising test scores and graduation rates, rather than meaningful learning, the default goals of American education.

MICHIGAN EDUCATION DIGEST is a service of Michigan Education Report (http://www.educationreport.org), an online newspaper published by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy (http://www.mackinac.org), a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research and educational institute.

According to the authors» focus group research, most parents believe in school diversity in theory, but they reject policies that limit the educational options for their child.

Institutional choice as a theoretical framework for research on educational policy.

In the past decade, numerous actors in educational research, policy, and practice have converged upon a seemingly practical definition of college readiness that hinges upon a student's lack of need for postsecondary remedial education.

This in turn prompted Mr. Goldhaber and Ms. Gordon to rebuke and state that it was imperative that the public understands what type of research was informing said policy claims and where and from whom educational institutions and think tanks receive funding from as there is greater potential for underlying evidential biases.

Candidates for this degree complete coursework in applied research / evaluation, the principalship, foundations of educational leadership, contextual understanding of systems, policy / legal / procedural information, program planning and organization, budget and resources, and parent / community engagement.