Sentences with phrase «in education policy discussions»

June 11, 2014 (Bridgeport, CT)-- Educators 4 Excellence, a national teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in education policy discussions, formally launched its new chapter in Connecticut Wednesday with a kick - off event in Bridgeport and a call for sweeping changes to existing professional development.

Although they find parts of their jobs immensely rewarding, many teachers feel ignored in education policy discussions and are frustrated with the constantly changing demands on them, a new survey finds.

The only news is that people, including the news media, public intellectuals, and policymakers, continue to treat the teacher unions as if they were credible actors in education policy discussions.

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There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

Video of «Ready To Be Counted: Incorporating Noncognitive Skills Into Education Policy,» a panel discussion at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 2015.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

In the end, however, the mayor's testimony and exchanges with lawmakers from both parties was largely cordial and amounted to a lengthy discussion on education policy issues facing New York City.

At 8:30 a.m., Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa and Regent Judith Chin will participate in a panel discussion on a new study by the Learning Policy Institute and the National Education Policy Center showing that well - implemented community schools can lift achievement in high - poverty communities, Teachers College, Columbia University, Joyce Berger Cowin Auditorium, Broadway, Manhattan.

The Education Council Consortium put out a statement supporting Klein's bill, calling it a «strong first step to provide opportunities for all parents to have meaningful participation in educational policy discussions and decisions.

Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, was one of the participants at this roundtable, and his contributions to the discussion were very insightful and revealing of the challenges and opportunities facing Nigeria, the world's most populous black nation, when considering policy options in the education space.

It is in Elia's interest to have a good relationship with Cuomo because of his power over the budget, but Benjamin said it would be «unwise» of the governor to leave Elia out of the discussions on education policy.

«Sometimes, transmitting «boiled - down» messages about the brain to educators can just lead to misunderstanding, and confusions about concepts such as brain plasticity are common in discussions about education policy.»

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, in partnership with The Kavli Foundation and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, has announced the establishment of the Kavli Prize Science Forum — a new biennial international forum meeting to facilitate high - level, global discussion of major topics on science and science policy.

At the dynamic Education Fast Forward 12 Debate on January 19, I spoke with Stefan Dercon (Chief Economist Department for International Development in London) and Andreas Schleicher (Special Advisor on Education Policy OECD in Paris) about their opinions on the issues raised in the «Turning School Performance to Economic Success» discussion.

Former US Secretary of Education John King, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Senior Policy Adviser Christy Wolfe, Chris Barbic of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, and DC Public Charter School Board Executive Director Scott Pearson will participate in the discussion and AEI's Nat Malkus will moderate.

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.

, American Economic Review, 2005; Anna Egalite, Brian Kisida, and Marcus Winters, «Representation in the Classroom: The Effect of Own - Race Teachers on Student Achievement», Economics of Education Review, 2015; Stephen Holt and Seth Gershenson, «The Impact of Teacher Demographic Representation on Student Attendance and Suspensions», IZA discussion paper 9554, 2015; and Constance Lindsay and Cassandra Hart, «Exposure to Same - Race Teachers and Student Disciplinary Outcomes for Black Students in North Carolina», Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2017.

The role of principals in fostering student learning is an important facet of education policy discussions.

Meanwhile, William Easterly, in a fascinating discussion of education policy in the developing world in «Barren Land,» cautions against building human capital simply by throwing money at schools.

Highlights this fall include a conversation with Claude Steele, social psychologist, executive vice chancellor and provost for University of California, and author of Whistling Vivaldi, about how stereotypes can impact education; a discussion about the use of race in college admissions with Economic Policy Institute Research Associate Richard Rothstein and Georgetown Law Professor Sheryll Cashin; and a forum about education leadership.

It's become a familiar sight for education policy mavens this election season: panel discussions, in Washington and elsewhere, hashing out the presumptive presidential nominees» differences on performance pay for teachers, private school vouchers, and other reliable topics of debate.

and «we know education spending is plummeting» used to be regular arguments in policy discussions.

It urges more discussion with higher - education officials about how such reforms affect the admissions process, as well as how changes in admission policies can drive reforms at...

All that does not leave much space for serious discussion of the issues in any specific policy arena, education or otherwise.

Discussion focused on a critique of Rhode Island's education policies and student performance in Quality...

As background prep we did an exercise on the state of germany in 1871 after unification, then had a discussion of what type of constitution would be necessary, thinking about key areas of policy such as the economy, control of the military, social measures (education / health), etc and deciding whether these should be under national or regional control.

More controversial in state and national policy discussions have been proposals to enable parents, especially low - income parents, to exercise greater choice over their children's education through school vouchers, tax credits, charter schools, or home schooling.

The discussions in this class helped us understand the «strange» economics of higher education and challenged us always to remember these complexities when thinking about higher educational policy.

I'm thrilled that Education Next is helping to foster that discussion with a convening this Friday, September 16 in Washington DC — where a host of education researchers, change agents, community - and thought - leaders, and policy makers will discuss what we've learned about the country's views on K - 12 education over the pasEducation Next is helping to foster that discussion with a convening this Friday, September 16 in Washington DC — where a host of education researchers, change agents, community - and thought - leaders, and policy makers will discuss what we've learned about the country's views on K - 12 education over the paseducation researchers, change agents, community - and thought - leaders, and policy makers will discuss what we've learned about the country's views on K - 12 education over the paseducation over the past decade.

On Friday, March 31, 2017, our Leaders To Learn From were recognized at an exclusive event in Washington, D.C., that featured presentations and discussions on school leadership and education policy.

Incentives and Test - Based Accountability in Education will inform people about the motivation of educators and students and inform policy discussions about NCLB and state accountability systems.

It is time we had an open, honest discussion about education policy in our state and begin to close the achievement gaps.»

At a recent panel discussion held at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. and sponsored by the organization, Broader, Bolder Approach to Education (BBA), panelists called for policy reforms to address the impact of poverty on schools, students, families, and neighborhoods.

Thomas Kelley - Kemple, a PIER Fellow and second year doctoral student in the education policy program at the GSE, said that he thought Loeb's lecture brought a new dimension to the discussion of teacher efficacy.

His main ambition in this book is to persuade us that, as a matter of normative political theory and public - policy analysis, we should pay more attention to the goal of fostering good citizenship than we have seen in many recent education discussions.

Please join us using hashtag #exSEL for an online discussion with Chad d'Entremont, Executive Director of the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, about the state of social - emotional learning in Massachusetts.

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.

Joanna is committed to public education and collaborates with organizations such as Hope Street Group and the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) to include educator voice in policy discussions.

Today, Mitt Romney squandered an opportunity to participate in a meaningful discussion of real education reform by attempting to disguise attacks on teachers and public education as meaningful policy proposals.

Students are not commonly seen, and student voices are not commonly heard, in meetings and discussions about K - 12 education policy.

July 21, 2016 (New York)-- Educators 4 Excellence - New York (E4E - New York), a teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in policy discussions, released the following statements on proposed actions for improving school climate released today by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Department of Education.

A panel discussion of education policy stakeholders featuring Minnesota State Representative Carlos Mariani and Minnesota Children's Cabinet Executive Director Melvin Carter and breakout sessions on the strategies discussed in the action guide — including restorative justice, trauma - informed teaching, social - emotional learning and identity development — helped to equip teachers to address discipline disparities.

Now in the sixth year, the Teaching Ambassador Fellowships were created to give outstanding teachers an opportunity to learn about national policy issues in education and to contribute their expertise to those discussions.

July 29, 2016 (New York)-- Educators 4 Excellence - New York (E4E - NY), a teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in policy discussions, praised the State Education Department's early release of statewide testing scores and participation rates as a continued move toward greater transparency for New York's educatioEducation Department's early release of statewide testing scores and participation rates as a continued move toward greater transparency for New York's educationeducation system.

Cook examines the marketing and communication war that has played out behind the policy discussion and surveys the ways in which messaging and misinformation can warp the public's understanding of education reform.

«The bad news is we're not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,» said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida - based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning.

With education at the forefront of policy discussions, the House and Senate Education Committees have made it a priority to highlight some of the positive happenings in Arizona'seducation at the forefront of policy discussions, the House and Senate Education Committees have made it a priority to highlight some of the positive happenings in Arizona'sEducation Committees have made it a priority to highlight some of the positive happenings in Arizona's schools.

Professors in education, public policy, design, and business schools, as well as instructors in other teacher and leader preparation programs, will find the scenarios and discussion questions helpful.

This document, produced by SPR's newly reconstituted Advocacy Committee chaired by Bob Saltz, and initiated by SPR's incoming president, Tony Biglan, provides guidance to the SPR board and SPR members as the Society seeks to become more actively involved in education and discussion with policy makers toward the achievement of SPR's mission.

Save for a few NAACP branches (including its affiliate in Connecticut, have stepped up in the discussions over Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform effort, and advocated on behalf of Bridgeport mother Tanya McDowell, who will serve five years for trying to provide her child with a high - quality school), the nation's oldest civil rights group offers nothing substantial on addressing issues such as ending Zip Code Education policies, expanding school choice, addressing childhood illiteracy, and revamping how teachers are recruited, trained, paid, and evaluated (especially when it comes to bringing more black men into the teaching profession).