Sentences with phrase «important education policies in the state»

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Much as the Study of Theological Education in the United States and Canada, directed by H. Richard Niebuhr in the 1950s, became an influential inquiry into the nature of the church and its ministry, so the Danforth study, ostensibly of campus ministries, became an important resource for exploring the necessary relation of religious faith, social ethics and public - policy formulation.

«A balanced approach to balancing the state budget makes good economic sense, but is also important from a societal perspective that the pain of balancing the state budget be spread more fairly and that counter-productive cuts in essential services, from education to mental health, be avoided,» said Frank Mauro, Executive Director of the Fiscal Policy Institute.

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.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa said in a joint statement that Cuomo's State of the State address «contains a number of policy proposals that will help New York's students in important ways, including focusing resources on at - risk students and schools with the greatest needs.»

«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.

From a national perspective it is likewise very important that states and districts understand this challenge of international competition — because of the primacy of states and districts in education policy and implementation.

«Intuitively, I had not expected this to be an important policy lever, but there are a lot of indicators that things are not going well for students in the middle school grades in the United States,» says West, who serves as executive editor of Education Next.

Its population is that of a mid-sized American state - the authors suggest Kentucky - which is the arena in which most important education policy choices are made in the United States.

«I not only fell in love with the classroom, but I also recognized how important it is for students to experience and determine their role in the world,» says Benson, who returned to the United States inspired to launch a summer reading program where she took parents and children on educational trips around their hometown — and hers — Washington D.C. Those two experiences led Benson to HGSE's International Education Policy (IEP) Program where she hoped to learn how to engage...

While eliminating applications raises questions for important aspects of the largest federal K - 12 education aid program, the ESEA Title I program, the policy guidance published by USED in March 2015 provides a wide range of options for states and LEAs to implement CEP with minimal interference with Title I funding allocations or accountability measures.

Similarly, when asked to select the most and least important actors in informing their position on an education policy, nearly all state education policy makers selected «local school teachers» as one of the most important actors (see Figure 2).

Last week we released the first in a series of papers looking at important progress afoot in the state of New Hampshire: «From policy to practice: How competency - based education is evolving in New Hampshire.»

The launch occurred during NAESP's annual National Leaders Conference (NLC), which hosted nearly 200 principals and state association advocates who engaged in important discussions to influence congressional action on implementing the Every Student Achieves Act (ESSA), the FY 2017 federal budget, student data privacy, and higher education policy.

2011 — The VIVA Project report gives voice to the arts In a project designed to dramatically increase classroom teachers» participation in important state and national public education policy decisions, the VIVA Project issues a report sanctioned by both the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public SchoolIn a project designed to dramatically increase classroom teachers» participation in important state and national public education policy decisions, the VIVA Project issues a report sanctioned by both the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schoolin important state and national public education policy decisions, the VIVA Project issues a report sanctioned by both the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools.

Because education has not been a top priority for Trump, it will be important to see who he puts in positions of power to influence or control education policy, and whether they will partner with states to accomplish their objectives through incentives or simply cede control to states.»

«NSBA applauds lawmakers in the House and Senate for their commitment to passing a modernized law that preserves important federal cornerstones, such as equity and excellence, while establishing a «new federalism» in education policy — upholding local governance and creating a new federal - state - local partnership to ensure that states and local school board members are better positioned to provide all students with a world class public education,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director of the National School Boards Association.

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the National Association of State Boards of Education Annual Conference, where State Board of Education Members from around the country gathered to discuss important education policy issues, build relationships with other policymakers from around the country, and learn about emerging education issues confronting students in Washington and around theEducation Annual Conference, where State Board of Education Members from around the country gathered to discuss important education policy issues, build relationships with other policymakers from around the country, and learn about emerging education issues confronting students in Washington and around theEducation Members from around the country gathered to discuss important education policy issues, build relationships with other policymakers from around the country, and learn about emerging education issues confronting students in Washington and around theeducation policy issues, build relationships with other policymakers from around the country, and learn about emerging education issues confronting students in Washington and around theeducation issues confronting students in Washington and around the country.

The latest results on the most important nationwide math test show that student achievement grew faster during the years before the Bush - era No Child Left Behind law, when states were dominant in education policy, than over the years since, when the federal law has become a powerful force in classrooms.

Veteran North Carolina education policy expert Kris Nordstrom has authored a new and vitally important report about the path that state elected officials have taken during recent years in crafting state education policy.

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.

State policy makers face important choices in responding to P.L. 99 — 157 that will greatly affect the future course of preschool special education and have important educational and economic implications.

Although the stakes are now lower, standardized testing still remains an important fixture of education policy in the United States.

This is the fourth brief in College Success Arizona's Policy Brief Series, which focuses on important issues that affect higher education access and attainment in the state.

Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) has our finger on the pulse of important education issues and education policy trends that affect children in New York City and New York State.

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