Sentences with phrase «important education debates»

I believe ACER has a significant contribution to make to important education debates in the UK and other EU countries, in particular addressing the challenge of under - achievement of disadvantaged children and contributing to the UK government's national plan to improve social mobility through education: Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential.

Daisy said: «OUP have a great reputation for publishing thoughtful, useful and practical contributions to important education debates, and I am delighted that my next book, on assessment, will be published with them.»

Not exact matches

I pray to whichever holy name (God, Allah, Jehovah, Krishna, Jesus, etc.) suits the ONE Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent being that ignorance is wiped away from our species and we become a closer, more loving, peaceful creature and that we realize how much time we waste and how much further we push our fellow neighbor and brother under God, regardless of creed, away debating over who's God is better and discover the error of our ways before we destroy each other... before it's too late, because The End is Nigh!!!!! LOL!!!!! Really though, isn't the world full of enough tragedy, and aren't their so many more important things that need our energy and attention like the innocent children in Pakistan dying from diseases from the flood or the homeless children in our own country, or the lack of education, which is exactly what leads to this kind of debate?

While the practical theology movement has provided important new direction to debates about theological education, serious questions have been raised about its approach to theology and ministry.

Thus Wood's proposal adds an important new issue to the agenda: In what conceptuality do we most fruitfully formulate the basic issues confronting theological education today, propose resolutions of those issues, and debate our disagreements?

Clearly, then, it is important for anyone concerned about the health of theological education, or, more broadly, for anyone concerned about the health of theology, to be aware, not simply of one or another of the voices in the debate, but of the overall structure and movement of the debate as a whole.

I identify five voices in this debate that I take to be the most completely developed and importantly contrasting «positions» in the conversation: Edward Farley's Theologia: The Fragmentation and Unity of Theological Education and his The Fragility of Knowledge: Theological Education in the Church and the University; 2 the Mud Flower Collective's God s Fierce Whimsy; 3 Joseph C. Hough, Jr., and John B. Cobb, Jr.'s Christian Identity and Theological Education; 4 Max L. Stackhouse's Apologia: Contextualization, Globalization, and Mission in Theological Education; 5 and Charles M. Wood's Vision and Discernment.6 Although each of these voices makes important claims in its own right, which I hope to summarize as briefly as clarity and fairness permit, what is most important, I think, is the largely implicit interplay among them of contrasting insights and themes.

In addition to our debates about general education, The Great Civilized Conversation has something important to say about the Chinese tradition and the modern world.

As an education advocate, the UFT is involved in many of the most important debates and discussions affecting our schools and our city.

The education level of the state (and the nation) is central to a growing economy — and it is important to ensuring that citizens can adequately participate in the policy debates of their own democracy.

The NPP said its decision not to participate in the National Commission for Civic Education and GBC debate was based on the fact that it is pre-occupied with equally important things.

An education bill is sparking debate about how universities receive performance funding and lawmakers are facing an important decision about the future of the program.

With education policy set to play an important part in the May general election campaign, debates around the future direction of the school system will take place against the backdrop of fast - paced reforms made during the coalition's time in office.

Through lobbying, advocacy, coalition building, citizen education and policy development, EPL / Environmental Advocates has been New York's environmental conscience - ensuring that environmental laws are enforced; that new measures are enacted when necessary; and that the public is informed of, and participates in, important environmental policy debates.

«This has very important implications for early education policy in the United States, where we are debating how early to start and whether preschool should be provided to all children or exclusively target low - income children,» said Dearing, a professor of applied developmental psychology who is also a senior research fellow at the Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development at the University of Oslo.

«Our research from Natsal is timely with the current debate on sex and relationships education in schools, but it's also important to remember that introducing statutory SRE in schools won't solve everything.

The online privacy debate has started to gain momentum in the education community and protecting students is an important and necessary conversation to be had by schools and districts.

«Education is a pressing issue of national and international concern, and Harvard University, led by the Graduate School of Education, has a critically important role to play in shaping the debate, advancing the research...

«I got to experience a variety of different challenges, participate in nearly every higher education policy debate, and craft new policy that has shaped the conversation in higher education in important ways,» Smith says, citing her work on the college scorecard and the financial aid shopping sheet as among the initiatives she found most interesting.

With a new administration taking office, ESSA implementation underway, and the debate over school choice heating up, it can be a challenge to stay abreast of the most important developments in the education field.

Has there ever been a more important time to debate the big picture questions of education?

These titles influence and inform education practice and administration, explore ongoing policy debates, and report on important research in the field.

The debate misses important nuances about the evolved role teachers will play in the education system of the future, as well as the value technology will provide to enhance teachers» abilities to reach all of their students and practice at the top of their craft.

While all three objectives are equally important components of a civic education, it is the third - respect for opinions different from your own, or political tolerance - that may be most relevant to the debate over the civic consequences of attending private schools.

The Harvard Education Press publishes innovative, authoritative books covering critical issues in education that influence and inform education practice and administration, explore ongoing debates, and report on important Education Press publishes innovative, authoritative books covering critical issues in education that influence and inform education practice and administration, explore ongoing debates, and report on important education that influence and inform education practice and administration, explore ongoing debates, and report on important education practice and administration, explore ongoing debates, and report on important research.

«Testing has become enormously important with an extraordinarily powerful influence on schooling, and it increasingly dominates public debate about education,» he says.

and Why is Chicago important in the larger education debate?

Illich would use CIDOC as an experiment in education and as a center for discussions and debates on important social topics of the day.

The findings are important because of what they may contribute to the debate over changing how teacher evaluation is conducted, which has emerged as a hot - button political issue favored by the so - called education reform movement.

Amid the intense debates about how much progress the nation has made in raising student achievement and whether federal investments in education have produced results, one important trend tends to be overlooked — namely, the notable gains made by African American and Latino students in reading and math achievement since 1971.

The Baker Clause, section 2 of the Technical and Further Education Act 2017 — which requires schools to allow a range of education and training providers access to pupils to inform them about technical education qualifications and apprenticeships — is such an important addition to the choicEducation Act 2017 — which requires schools to allow a range of education and training providers access to pupils to inform them about technical education qualifications and apprenticeships — is such an important addition to the choiceducation and training providers access to pupils to inform them about technical education qualifications and apprenticeships — is such an important addition to the choiceducation qualifications and apprenticeships — is such an important addition to the choice debate.

Charter schools were vindicated by these new findings, but the debate about both reports failed to include the most important issue facing charter schools: an inability to effectively serve students with special needs due to excessive delays and insufficient staffing in the NYC Department of Education's Committees for Special Education.

Keith Ajegbo, Dina Kiwan and Seema Sharma emphasised in their diversity curriculum review of citizenship education that in order for young people to explore how they live together in the UK today and to debate the values they share with others, it is important they consider issues that have shaped the development of UK society.

Business leader and philanthropist Bill Gates touts the book as «truly important for the debate on what needs to be done to improve the success of post-secondary education in America.»

These legislators, some of the finest and most dedicated in the General Assembly, had important things to say about the «education reform» debate.

«Given that billions of dollars are being disbursed,» says Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, the country's largest teachers union, «it is reasonable that people are starting to raise concerns about how this flow of money is shaping our political debate about education reform and to ask if a handful of individuals are having undue influence in one of our nation's most important institutionEducation Association, the country's largest teachers union, «it is reasonable that people are starting to raise concerns about how this flow of money is shaping our political debate about education reform and to ask if a handful of individuals are having undue influence in one of our nation's most important institutioneducation reform and to ask if a handful of individuals are having undue influence in one of our nation's most important institutions.»

As debate rages on about what constitutes quality education, and concerns linger about the performance of American children compared to those elsewhere, it's clear that SEL can have an important impact.

But no matter what the outcome, this represents a very important step in the growing debate over education policy in California,» Dan Schnur, director of the USC Dornsife / Los Angeles Times Poll, told reporters.

It is an opportunity to bring our issues before 500 PTA leaders from around the state each year with important health and nutrition information for a minimum of 1/2 hour of education and debate.

Federal education policy may not be in the headlines as much as health care reform or the Trump administration's ties to Russia, but some important issues are being debated in Congress.

And for those following the «education reform» debate, here is another important — must read — piece from Wendy Lecker.

AEI's Rick Hess and Brendan Bell recently slammed mainstream media outlets for biased coverage of the Higher Education Act provisions in the recent tax bill: «If professional journalists can't manage to [cover serious policy debates] when it comes to education, it's hard to imagine how they can do it on the most important and polarizing issues of the daEducation Act provisions in the recent tax bill: «If professional journalists can't manage to [cover serious policy debates] when it comes to education, it's hard to imagine how they can do it on the most important and polarizing issues of the daeducation, it's hard to imagine how they can do it on the most important and polarizing issues of the day.»

If it does, it is important finding for the legal education reform debate, as it would provide guidance and support for the broader experiential education movement.

There is an important role for law schools and other legal educators (including continuing legal education providers and judicial educators) in integrating new knowledge about SRLs and debating changes in traditional legal services in order to relate to and to serve SRLs.

Professor Heckman's comprehensive new study, Early Childhood Education, addresses two important issues in the debate over early childhood education programs: are they effective and should they be subsidized by the goEducation, addresses two important issues in the debate over early childhood education programs: are they effective and should they be subsidized by the goeducation programs: are they effective and should they be subsidized by the government.