Sentences with phrase «in education reform debates»

That teaching needs to be «professionalized» is a mostly - platitudinous claim, but you often hear from both sides in the education reform debates.

This post was particularly popular among «reform critics», but my view is that it really cuts both ways in the education reform debates.

Silver's arrest comes at a key moment in the education reform debate, and his has long been a champion and ally of NYSUT.

But the document outlining objectives at the close of the summit was rife with language now common in the education reform debate — accountability, competitiveness, readiness, and national goals.

This lesson was not lost on the chair of the Charlottesville summit — an activist governor from Arkansas who would soon be involved in the education reform debate from a completely different vantage point.

Whether charter schools have actually lived up to their initial promise is a hotly contested topic in the education reform debate.

In the education reform debate, school choice options — namely charter schools — are among the most buzzed about topics.

The content and language in Cody's and the foundation's blogs also reveal the tension between ideology and evidence in the education reform debate.

Weingarten has been a forceful presence in the education reform debate for years.

Altogether, the report is a stunning example of students organizing to make their voices heard in the education reform debate.

As incoming president, Curran will encourage retirees to go back into the community and get involved in the education reform debate.

Not exact matches

Before the latest ethics reform craze swept the state Capitol in reaction to the Sheldon Silver corruption scandal, education was the top topic of debate among lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Moskowitz, a 49 - year - old former Upper East Side councilwoman, is the face of the city's charter - school movement — and by extension a player in the national debate over education reform.

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.

Although Sweden, Italy, and some other nations are already far along, parliaments elsewhere are still debating reforms in their higher education systems.

The reform was necessary and was welcomed by the country's major science organisations (the German Research Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [DFG], the Max Planck Society and the German Science Council) and the organisation that represents university heads (Association of Universities and Other Higher Education Institutions, or Hochschulrektorenkonferenz), although the HRG has been one of the most hotly debated topics in the country's academic circles.

In the following debate, Jay Greene of the University of Arkansas's Department of Education Reform and Mike Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute explore areas of agreement and disagreement around this issue of school choice and school quality.

Have students practice skills they've learned or topics they've come to understand in service learning, debates, leadership / volunteerism / community service, or by having opinions on «real» issues like education reform or the 2012 election (shriek!

Yet we know very little about these local leaders, and we seldom hear their voices in debates about the role that their organizations do and should play in public education and school reform.

«Dean Murphy has been at the center of the national debate on school reform, and he has encouraged active engagement by faculty and students with critical issues in the field of education.

On January 25, 2017 AEI hosted a discussion of race, social justice, and school reform that was inspired by a forum in Education Next titled «Education reform's race debate.»

Over the past 20 years, many school systems around the globe have undergone some form of education reform and yet the trillions of dollars being spent in school systems, ongoing debates over the value of teacher pay incentives, and standardized test movements have yielded little effect in many countries.

It's Hollywood, of course, so he ultimately comes to believe that the union's interests stand in the way of school reform, but the discussion along the way adds depth that is often missing in education debates.

I'm excited about building an institute in New York that will be a real center for discussion and debate of educational values and reform direction, and again hope to have a voice in national education reform.

Second, these heated debates have led school - choice proponents to pay too little heed to crucial questions of market design and implementation — especially the extent to which reforms have, or have not, created a real market dynamic in education.

President Obama sparked much debate in Washington with his plan to grant states waivers from provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), conditional on their willingness to embrace certain reform proposals sketched out in the administration's March 2010 proposal, «A Blueprint for Reform: The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.&reform proposals sketched out in the administration's March 2010 proposal, «A Blueprint for Reform: The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.&Reform: The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.»

In a new forum for Education Next, Lindsey Burke, director of the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation, and Shavar Jeffries, president of Democrats for Education Reform, debate how Trump's policies his first year as president stack up, and whether the impact of his administration on the nation's schools and colleges has been for better or for worse.

Also in this issue: A look back at what the Obama administration's signature education reform got wrong, with lessons learned to guide states and districts in refining their teacher evaluation systems, and a warning on the limits of federally - led school reform; a proposal for how to redesign education research under the Every Student Succeeds Act; and a debate on whether there is a federal constitutional right to education.

Those holding the neutral position declined from 44 percent to 36 percent between 2009 and 2010, likely reflecting the heightened attention to charter schools in national debates over education reform (see Figure 2).

In debating education reform, Goodman adopted not the point of view of The System, even less that of society or the nation (in one recurring riff, he savagely criticizes James Conant, Harvard president and education reformer, for even mentioning «national needs» alongside «individual development»), but that of the dropout, The System's rejectIn debating education reform, Goodman adopted not the point of view of The System, even less that of society or the nation (in one recurring riff, he savagely criticizes James Conant, Harvard president and education reformer, for even mentioning «national needs» alongside «individual development»), but that of the dropout, The System's rejectin one recurring riff, he savagely criticizes James Conant, Harvard president and education reformer, for even mentioning «national needs» alongside «individual development»), but that of the dropout, The System's rejects.

Where I come out — you can read more in «The End of the Education Debate» — is that America needs not less education reform but far more fundamental and radicaEducation Debate» — is that America needs not less education reform but far more fundamental and radicaeducation reform but far more fundamental and radical reform.

It is hardly surprising that the apparent exhaustion of the education - reform consensus has been accompanied by exhaustion on the part of the American public (whose children have been caught in the middle of the debate), not to mention many policy elites and politicians.

The eleven - member task force first met in 1999 and established as its mission to present pertinent facts about K — 12 education, contribute to the debate with constructive commentary, and generate new ideas for education reform.

In commissioning this new research and bringing it to the attention of policy makers on the federal level, the Civil Rights Project hopes to contribute sound research to the current debates surrounding education reform and federal oversight.

In addition to advising prominent politicians like Senator John McCain, Moe is a board member of the Center for Education Reform, a pro-privatization think tank that issues policy papers and ads to influence the debate.

Earlier this week, one prominent school choice advocate spoke out against the Nevada plan in a debate hosted by Education Next, an education reformEducation Next, an education reformeducation reform journal.

In the summer of 2000, perfectly timed to shape the election debate over education reform, came a new RAND study that claimed to contradict the conventional research wisdom on the connection between school expenditures and class size on the one hand and student achievement on the other.

Educators, Businesses Need to Collaborate on Job Skills San Francisco Chronicle, 2/21/14 «Beyond the arguments typically dominating the education reform debate is the simple fact that students are not being set up to participate in today's changing economy.

*** In my book Misguided Education Reform: Debating the Impact on Students, Chapter 4 is «Special Education: Abandoned Commitment» where I outline history surrounding PL 94 - 142 and how reformers have continually chipped away at this law.

«They've gone from the debate over NCLB in terms of the goals being unrealistic, to saying we're not going to require you to have goals at all,» said Charlie Barone, director of federal policy for Democrats for Education Reform.

Malloy Mentioned in the last debate, that He didn't bring the new education reforms to CT, that his predecessor did.

Cami Anderson, the superintendent of the Newark public school system who became a lightning rod in the debate over education reform in New Jersey and nationally, resigned on Monday, eight months before her contract was to expire.

Former Secretary of Education Bill Bennett authored an opinion piece on Fox News last week announcing Conservative Leaders for Education, a new group that is calling on conservatives to raise their voices in the debate around education reform Education Bill Bennett authored an opinion piece on Fox News last week announcing Conservative Leaders for Education, a new group that is calling on conservatives to raise their voices in the debate around education reform Education, a new group that is calling on conservatives to raise their voices in the debate around education reform education reform and ESSA.

The fourth annual State of American Education will consist of a crossfire - style debate between two thought leaders in education policy who will discuss emerging issues in education reform at the nationEducation will consist of a crossfire - style debate between two thought leaders in education policy who will discuss emerging issues in education reform at the nationeducation policy who will discuss emerging issues in education reform at the nationeducation reform at the national level.

And that is the real question in the ongoing debate about education reform in Philadelphia: School choice is a fact of life for wealthy, mostly white families in Philadelphia.

The study, released by a group that advocates for environmentally - sound buildings, is meant to draw attention to the condition of buildings that on weekdays house some 56 million students and teachers — more than one - sixth of the U.S. population — but that nevertheless attract little attention in the national debate over education policy and reform.

Struggles and triumphs are all part of the conversation at this annual conference by NSVF, a venture philanthropy that supports education reform and puts on a conference filled with networking, internal debates and plenty of soul searching about what is working in schools.

Education reform, largely a footnote in the presidential campaign, emerged at the tail end of last night's debate in a brief exchange between the candidates over whether D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee supports vouchers or charter schools.

Sorry to be the bearer of unpleasant news, but the SOS (Save Our Schools) March on Washington — an attempt to con the public by diverting the debate away from real education reform issues like failing schools, irresponsible spending, retaining bad teachers, etc. — will be setting up their Big Top in Washington D.C. from July 28th to July 31st.

Parent advocates from across the country converged on New York City on Monday, February 7 for the first national forum of Parents Across America, a parent - led movement to make parent voices heard in the national debate over education reform — and to promote positive, common - sense solutions that will improve public schools nationwide.