Sentences with phrase «higher education policymakers»

This report is a useful guide for postsecondary faculty, higher education policymakers and workforce development leaders alike.

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As the costs of higher education have continued to climb, everyone from parents to policymakers are wringing their hands over student loans.

New Federal Education Law Gives State Policymakers Chance to Improve Opportunity for All Students — But Risks Retreat from High Standards and Meaningful AccountabilityNew York, NY — A dozen major civil rights, education, parent, and business organizations from across New York State released a policy brief today thatEducation Law Gives State Policymakers Chance to Improve Opportunity for All Students — But Risks Retreat from High Standards and Meaningful AccountabilityNew York, NY — A dozen major civil rights, education, parent, and business organizations from across New York State released a policy brief today thateducation, parent, and business organizations from across New York State released a policy brief today that makes...

But if the goal is improving student outcomes over the long term — not just generating short - term excitement — then policymakers may want to tie «free college» proposals to broader investments in higher education that make the college experience better, not just cheaper.

The question for education policymakers is, How can states improve access to high - quality early childhood education while supporting the wide variety of childcare options available to parents?

At a minimum, education policymakers should consider experiments that provide actuarially fair alternatives to traditional DB plans for new teaching recruits, and evaluate their utility for recruiting and retaining high - quality teachers.

Higher education today gives analysts, policymakers, and critics so much to fret about — cost, free speech, leftward lurching faculty, politically trendy majors — that we haven't been paying nearly enough heed to the quality and value of the product itself.

Rather, policymakers should focus on the net cost that students actually pay for higher education — this figure would factor in the aid that many students receive from colleges and universities.

This can be possible if program providers, the federal government, policymakers, and higher education institutions all work together.»

On December 12, 2014, The Leading Edge of Early Childhood Education brought together leading scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to engage with the latest thinking, research, and practice in building and sustaining high - quality pre-K systems, schools, and classrooms.

For one, change would not depend on policymakers making the tough calls that the powerful higher - education lobby works hard to prevent.

Long will be one of 12 national higher education experts on the advisory group and will help to inform the Foundation's research agenda, identify established and emerging researchers, and disseminate the findings to policymakers and practitioners in the field.

As policy director and then as vice president for program and policy, Ross managed the Education Trust's research / data analysis, policy development, and technical assistance to educators and policymakers in both K - 12 and higher eEducation Trust's research / data analysis, policy development, and technical assistance to educators and policymakers in both K - 12 and higher educationeducation.

Education researchers and policymakers are increasingly interested in tracking students» long - term outcomes, such as high school graduation, college enrollment, college graduation, and earnings in the labor market.

In this watershed moment, the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative is gathering researchers, policymakers, advocates, and practitioners from across the country to the Harvard Graduate School of Education for the express purpose of reframing discussions around early education, the delivery of high - quality early learning at scale, and its benefit to children andEducation Initiative is gathering researchers, policymakers, advocates, and practitioners from across the country to the Harvard Graduate School of Education for the express purpose of reframing discussions around early education, the delivery of high - quality early learning at scale, and its benefit to children andEducation for the express purpose of reframing discussions around early education, the delivery of high - quality early learning at scale, and its benefit to children andeducation, the delivery of high - quality early learning at scale, and its benefit to children and society.

[ii] The question facing policymakers and the public is not whether eliminating tuition at public colleges for most families will have a positive effect, but whether it is the best use of a large new federal investment in higher education.

Being able to draw in parents, the public, policymakers, and others who are interested in education, we need something to be able to say, «This particular school is high - performing or not a high - performing school,» and then provide additional information that supports that letter grade.

Thereâ $ ™ s been a high degree of alienation between the Kâ $ «12 field and policymakers in education.

«She publishes papers that probe important questions in higher education using rigorous methods, and then works to bring her findings to those who need them most — practitioners and policymakers.»

Policymakers need to realize and take seriously the truth that the most important resource in education is a high - quality teacher.

HEP is a one - year, full - time master's program that will prepare you to make a positive impact on American higher education as an administrator or policymaker.

The 2nd International AVU conference will bring together researchers, policymakers and practitioners seeking to make sense of the challenges and explore emerging opportunities afforded by ICTs and open, distance and e-learning (ODeL) in addressing issues of access, equity and quality of higher education and training in Africa.

As Congress turns to the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, policymakers from both sides of the aisle are calling for stronger accountability for colleges.

For more than a century, American educators and education policymakers have chosen sides in a great debate about the nature and function of American high schools.

State policymakers should also examine policies that allow school districts to exclude teacher salaries from the calculations they must make to show that they provide an «equal» education to students at high - and low - poverty schools.

San Diego — Federal Education and Interior department officials warned Indian educators meeting here last week that plans to reform Indian education must be implemented soon while policymakers» interest in the topic remaEducation and Interior department officials warned Indian educators meeting here last week that plans to reform Indian education must be implemented soon while policymakers» interest in the topic remaeducation must be implemented soon while policymakers» interest in the topic remains high.

But it can also be said that investing in higher education benefits society as a whole, and that is the matter state policymakers need to focus on.

Although panels of scholars warned against using VAMS to make high - stakes decisions because of their statistical limitations (American Statistical Association, 2014; National Research Council & National Academy of Education, 2010), policymakers in many states and districts moved quickly to do just that, requiring that VAMS scores be used as a substantial component in teacher evaluation...

How do educational policymakers and practitioners in various high performing and rapidly improving countries conceptualize their understanding of the goals and purposes of education for an increasingly interdependent world in the 21st century?

[1] While the election results dashed those specific proposals, the idea continues to appeal to many policymakers as a way of addressing rising college prices, growing student debt burdens, and unequal access to higher education institutions.

I hope that my findings provide state policymakers with an understanding of how private interests can contribute to our system of higher education, and decisionmakers in India with a sense of how their approach to community college might benefit from a stronger state role.»

However, the Supreme Court's Brown mandate was to ensure access to a high quality public education to all students, and those ultimately responsible for developing and supporting a foundation for such opportunities — elected officials, policymakers, and the post-Brown courts — have fallen far short of the target.

As the Congress and the National Education Goals Panel begin to take steps to implement the recommendations of the National Council on Education Standards and Testing, educators and policymakers are hailing the council's report as a ringing endorsement of high national standards for student performance and a system of assessments tied to those standards.

The reauthorization of the Higher Education Act presents an excellent opportunity for policymakers to create a clearer and fairer system with fewer hidden subsidies and perverse incentives.

[i] Consequently, better understanding the role this sector plays in U.S. higher education overall, and in each state, may reveal ways for policymakers to increase educational attainment.

The fact that this sector is already integrated into the broader higher education system, through federal aid and some state aid programs, suggests that these policy levers might be used to better leverage the private sector to further policymakers» goals, such as increasing educational attainment overall and for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Those in support of free community college argue that if the new norm for entrants into the job market is a college degree, policymakers and higher education institutions should make tertiary education attainable for students.

She leads a team that educates policymakers and community leaders on the power of disruptive innovation in the K - 12 and higher education spheres through its research.

Usable Knowledge is a trusted source of insight into what works in education — translating new research into easy - to - use stories and strategies for teachers, parents, K - 12 leaders, higher ed professionals, and policymakers.

In order to foster a variety of innovative and high - quality education options for all students, policymakers in every state should pursue universal access to ESAs.

In order to foster a variety of innovative and high - quality education options for all students, universal access to education savings accounts (ESAs) should be the goal of policymakers in every state.

The annual PDK / Gallup education poll comes out Wednesday, and policymakers, analysts and pundits will be busy parsing the findings on perceptions of the nation's public schools — from campus safety to high - stakes testing to the new Common Core State Standards.

The Higher Education Act (HEA) can support state efforts to prepare their educators to use data in support of student learning, to provide meaningful information about teacher outcomes back to the program that trained them, and to enable data systems that provide educators, families, and policymakers the information they deserve while reducing burden on states.

Federal policymakers should work to limit Washington's intervention in higher education — specifically, through accreditation — so that reform can take place.

The best way for policymakers in Texas and elsewhere to expand access to a high - quality education for all children is to give education providers the freedom to innovate and to give parents and students the freedom to choose the education providers that work best for them.

If education policymakers at the state and district levels are committed to building leadership development into reform efforts, they must build in sufficient resources to support high - impact programs.

A new article appearing in Education Next shows that while policymakers have solid evidence that city charters are delivering a high - quality education, many are reluctant to support the schools» expansion for politicalEducation Next shows that while policymakers have solid evidence that city charters are delivering a high - quality education, many are reluctant to support the schools» expansion for politicaleducation, many are reluctant to support the schools» expansion for political reasons.

He leads a team that educates policymakers and community leaders on the power of disruptive innovation in the K - 12 and higher education spheres through its research.

The article focuses on high - achieving students who are looking for an extra challenge, but increasingly policymakers are looking to introduce larger numbers of low - income high school students to college courses as a way to jumpstart their higher education.

That is, rather than relying exclusively on test scores to judge schools, BBA calls for the creation of an inspectorate, similar to that used in other countries with high - performing education systems, that is comprised of experienced educators, policymakers and scholars, to evaluate schools and make recommendations about how they might be improved.