Sentences with phrase «for national education»
I must say I was deeply concerned when I saw the Guide to the teaching of Australian History in Years 9 and 10 released a few months ago under the auspices of the former Prime Minister as part of his push for national education curricula.
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«At this point, I'm the most optimistic I've ever been,» said Mary Kusler, director of government relations for the National Education Association, the country's largest teachers union.
Earlier this year Robert Chanin, the recently retired general counsel for the National Education Association, discussed the effectiveness of teachers unions at a gathering in San Diego...
Michael Simpson, assistant general counsel for the National Education Association, says not much.
Emily Richmond is the public editor for the National Education Writers Association.
But it also means something for national education policy.
He is coauthor of Financing Education Systems with Preston Green and Craig Richards, author of numerous peer - reviewed articles on education finance, and sits on the editorial boards of the Journal of Education Finance and Education Finance and Policy as well as serving as a research fellow for the National Education Policy Center.
While labor activists like to think of the strikes as a sign of a resurgent labor movement, a recent article by Jason Walta, senior counsel for the National Education Association, the largest teachers» union in the country, strongly indicates otherwise.
It's also a proof point for national education reform.
For national education systems, HP developed NETA, the National Education Technology Assessment process.
It's an interesting shell game, one that we've seen play out recently in the «teacher bailout» pushed for by President Obama; the Wall Street Journal reported that the $ 10 billion subsidy to states to keep them from laying off teachers led to at least $ 100 million in additional dues for the National Education Association.
Almost a year ago, Eduflack's New Year's Resolutions included greater advocacy for national education standards.
A former Teach for America alum and onetime staffer for National Education Association's San Jose Teachers Association, Ben reliably defends the «reform skeptic» position on education reform in a way that is smart and sincere.
A former Teach for America alum and onetime staffer for National Education Association's San Jose Teachers Association, Ben...
In a speech given at the 2007 meeting for the National Education Association of New Hampshire, Clinton publicly denounced the current No Child Left Behind law.
The Labour Party will today launch a consultation on its plans for a National Education Service.
Texas Eduation Commissioner Robert Scott described the push for national education standards as «a step toward a federal takeover of the nation's public schools.»
They dismissed the parent - trigger law as a way for national education reform groups to exert their influence at a local level.
More than 120 WEAC members are heading to Boston this week for the National Education Association Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly.
Join us for the National Education Leaders» Workshop in San Diego on March 9 - 10, 2018.
In the United States, the drumbeat for national education standards has grown perceptibly stronger in recent years, with leadership coming from state governors.
A crib sheet for the national education writers conference By Alexander Russo Maybe you got into Los Angeles late — thanks, East Coast storm!
Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union comments on Labour's draft Charter for a National Education Service...
John Richardson, who covers independent schools for the National Education Union, said that small private schools might be happier about increased inspection fees if they felt Ofsted worked collaboratively.
During a speech that revealed no new policies, but focused instead on Labour's ongoing consultation over its plans for a National Education Service, Rayner was clapped and cheered by heads, and received two standing ovations.
The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) responds to Arizona State University professor David Dr. Garcia's review for the National Education Policy Center's (NEPC) Think Twice think tank review project of CCSA's report: Chartering and Choice as an Achievement Gap - Closing Reform: The success of California charter schools in promoting African American Achievement.
She has also served the Fulbright cultural exchange program assisting students and scholars in the Asia - Pacific region, worked for the National Education Association as a graduate editorial assistant for their higher education journal, and worked in the press office for the Washington, D.C. - based think tank The Brookings Institution.
«Education is a top concern, and it's spilled over into every type of race, and especially local races,» said Dennis Friel, who coordinates local campaigns for the National Education Association.
A push for national education standards in the early 1990s had gone up in political smoke.
A partial solution to the dilemma may already be in the hands and backpacks of many students, said Tim Walker, in a blog for the National Education Association.
Lea was the 2010 - 2011 Teaching Fellow for the National Education Association (NEA) where he worked on education policy as it relates to teacher quality.
He is a Graduate Research Assistant for the National Education Policy Center working on the Schools of Opportunity Recognition Program.
Alex Molnar is director of the Commercialism in Education Research Unit for the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
She is a Graduate Research Assistant for the National Education Policy Center working on a study about charter schools and access.
Claremont Graduate University professor Charles Kerchner described Hoxby's study in a literature review prepared for the National Education Association as «the most sophisticated of the econometric attempts to isolate a union impact on the student results and school operations...» Hoxby finds that unionization is associated with higher student dropout rates as well as higher spending.
Another estimate, prepared for the National Education Commission on Time and Learning, predicted that increasing the school year nationally to 200 days would cost between $ 34.4 billion and $ 41.9 billion annually.
«It's still hard to say what will happen, but we're thankful the administration plan is holding firm on education,» said Joel Packer, a lobbyist for the National Education Association.
The case, Perry Education Association v. Perry Local Educators Association, is being closely watched by national teachers» organizations because similar privileges are included in teachers» contracts nationwide, according to Robert H. Chanin, general counsel for the National Education Association.
The UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy — supported by the Government of the People's Republic of China and dedicated to literacy work benefitting rural populations and out - of - school youth, particularly girls and women — is awarded to laureates in South Africa, India, and Senegal: The South African Department of Basic Education for its Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign; the Jan Shikshan Sansthan organization in Kerala, India, for its programme, Vocational Skill Development for Sustainable Development, and the Directorate of Literacy and National Languages in Senegal for its National Education Programme for Illiterate Youth and Adults through ICTs.
Owens and members of a research team from the Peabody Center for Education Policy at Vanderbilt prepared the report, March Toward Excellence: School Success and Minority Student Achievement in Department of Defense Schools in 2001 for the National Education Goals Panel (NEGP).
Gayla J. Hudson will become the director of teacher quality for the National Education Association...
This has consequences for the national education debate as well.
This call for increased government funding comes shortly after Jeremy Corbyn's outline for a national education service, designed to offer learning opportunities at every stage of life and close the growing productivity gap.
«This is a very important win, but it's still an uphill battle,» said Michael Edwards, a lobbyist for the National Education Association.
«Inspiration,» «heart,» «democracy,» «models for national education reform»... so advertise the covers of four books from the series on small schools by Teachers College Press.
The BEST program is among the most rigorous in the country, according to Michael Pons, a spokesman for the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers union.
Gerald W. Bracey, a senior policy analyst for the National Education Association, was asked to resign recently because he repeatedly expressed his private opinions in a manner that suggested he was speaking for the union, top officials of the N.E.A. said last week.
President Bill Clinton has called for national education standards and voluntary achievement testing.
Not exact matches
Only 12 percent of Hispanic men and 21 percent of black men have a college degree by their late 20s, compared to nearly 40 percent of white men, according to the National Center for Education Statistics at the Department of Education.
Whether it's leading a national conversation about gun control or fighting for girls» education and gender equality around the world, an increasing number of young women are stepping forward as change agents.