Sentences with phrase «in education policy circles»

There continues to be a growing belief in education policy circles that neither the ESEA reauthorization nor the fiscal year 2011 education appropriations bill (Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education) will be completed before the end of 2010.

Weber also writes on education for popular media at outlets including The Washington Post and The Progressive; his blog, «Jersey Jazzman,» is widely known in education policy circles.

For decades, the term «accountability» primarily referred, in education policy circles, to government regulations intended to ensure quality.

In education policy circles, the «charter schools are a plan by ultra-conservatives to privatize the public school system» is a conspiracy theory that is quite popular.

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Based on the literature reviews, observations in the schools and meetings with the departments at the Ministry of Education, the team presented several key policy considerations to the Ministry: (1) utilize a website, the National Play Day, and the Jamaican Teaching Council as platforms from which educators can develop and share best game - based learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school level.

«David is one of the top young education economists in the country — his work has earned high praise in academic circles and helped to shape national debates on education policy.

For these reasons, the PreK - 3rd model has come into focus in education reform and policy circles (Hernandez, 2011; Kauerz & Coffman, 2013; National Governors Association, 2007).

Education reformers and academics continue to punch and counterpunch as they circle the ring, trying to gain the advantage in what has become one of education's most hotly contested policEducation reformers and academics continue to punch and counterpunch as they circle the ring, trying to gain the advantage in what has become one of education's most hotly contested policeducation's most hotly contested policy fights.

But first, let's look at some of the key policy decisions and how we got to a situation in which «overtesting» has become a household verb in education circles and beyond.

This so - called «achievement gap» has of course drawn a great deal of attention in education - policy circles.

The school - to - prison pipeline phenomenon that has been a major topic of discussion in education circles in recent years is defined as a result of policies that encourage a police presence at schools, harsh tactics such as extreme physical restraint, zero - tolerance policies and other automatic punishments that result in suspensions and out - of - class time, and other actions that could increase a student's chances of landing in the criminal justice system, according to Teaching Tolerance magazine, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Education policy circles are filled with people who think the schools are in desperate need of major reform, but who also believe that collective bargaining and unions are necessary components of public education (and work life generally)-- and they know the two sets of beliefs are inEducation policy circles are filled with people who think the schools are in desperate need of major reform, but who also believe that collective bargaining and unions are necessary components of public education (and work life generally)-- and they know the two sets of beliefs are ineducation (and work life generally)-- and they know the two sets of beliefs are in tension.

The issue of teaching character, which until now has mainly been debated within the ivory towers of academia, is suddenly all the rage in policy circles in the UK, in the wake of the report by the All - Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on social mobility, and shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt's latest speech.