Sentences with phrase «in educational debates»

I engaged in the educational debates of our time and formed friendships that will last a lifetime.

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There are highly partisan policy debates in which I have gladly joined on the conservative side — on federal enterprise zones, on a youth opportunity wage, on educational vouchers for low - income students, on stimulating ownership among responsible public - housing tenants, on requiring work from able - bodied welfare recipients, on dealing sternly with those who violently brutalize their neighbors.

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

Such a discussion may seem terribly divorced from the everyday concerns of most readers, but in fact these practical issues lie at the heart of the current educational debate.

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The so - called God Debate and recent educational changes have combined to change the environment in English Catholic schools.

We hope that what happens at Emory over the next few years will stimulate discussion, debate and creative ideas at other graduate schools, leading them to take up these challenges in their own ways and build other educational models for preparing practical theologians.

Atheists» Handbook sent to every secondary school in England and Wales to be placed in their library, amid a continued debate over the role of religion in educational establishments

In a Holyrood debate this afternoon, Alex Salmond, the Scottish First Minister, has tabled a motion recognising «that free school meals help tackle child poverty and promote child welfare and educational attainment; further recognises that free school meals save families at least # 330 per child per year; confirms its commitment to increasing the number of primary school pupils eligible for free school meals».

Furthermore at a time when both major parties have adopted very similar education policies, the quality of public debate would be diminished if no one in the House of Commons were able to bring forward evidence that may lead to better educational outcomes for the nation's children,» Mr Brady argued.

Sixth, we therefore can not have a meaningful debate about educational standards, youth offending, teenage pregnancies, social mobility and employment opportunities without factoring in fatherhood.

Everything from cuts in housing benefit and childcare support for those on low and middle incomes, to the abolition of the educational maintenance allowance and the slashing of basic council services will move from the realm of political debate to real life in the new year.

De Blasio spent nearly the entire debate touting his record, including universal pre-kindergarten, the creation of affordable housing, reduction in crime, reforms to policing, improvements in educational achievement, and a stronger economy.

«Maybe we can borrow some of what we've learned about those time periods [when the effect was less] in today's debate about the role of the family in shaping kids» educational futures,» Gibbs said.

This allows me to segue seamlessly into The Child in Time and its educational debates... Campbell Moore played Charles, who despite writing a government paper on the need for more rigid discipline for children, rejects society and runs off into the woods in a desperate bid to find his own inner child.

A South Carolina judge's ruling that the state must provide more educational opportunities for young children in poor and rural areas is setting the stage for an extensive legislative and policy debate on K - 12 schools in the Palmetto State.

Our second lens focused on what national and international research shows about «hard to teach, hard to reach» (Boag - Munroe and Evangelo, 2010) and «closing the gap in educational achievement», including the debates about Leon Feinstein's research (2015); looking at definitions, causes and effects.

But the proposal, the subject of two days of public hearings in Washington earlier this month, has generated intense debate, including complaints from for - profit educational institutions that it is anti-business, unfair, and unnecessarily complicated.

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.

But many students see live - streaming as an intrusion, prompting a broader debate in China about privacy, educational ethics and the perils of helicopter parenting.

Nonetheless, as the reauthorization debate continues, policymakers should take note that educational triage was not evident in the first statewide analysis of the issue.

Standardized testing is one of the «lighting rod» issues in educational policy debates.

The recent national debate on school reform has made us keenly aware of the gross and systematic disparities that exist in educational opportunity across the United States.

Even though most education policy debates have focused on school quality and student achievement, most research on the economic impact of schooling has focused narrowly on the number of years students remain in the educational system.

«His objective and insightful reporting has highlighted the most serious educational challenges we face in elementary, secondary, and higher education, and has transformed the policy debate on these issues.»

Opening the new year debate at Holyrood, Sturgeon promised that educational reform would be placed at the «front and centre» of the SNP's agenda if they win a third term in May's election.

In an engaging forum, MacInnes explained that for 15 years the failing schools of the Abbott Districts were the most debated educational issue in the statIn an engaging forum, MacInnes explained that for 15 years the failing schools of the Abbott Districts were the most debated educational issue in the statin the state.

In this way, the blogosphere seems to mimic real life, where most teachers skew progressive intheir educational philosophy, but policy debate is more evenly balanced.

Also in this issue: an analysis of open educational resources and what the federal role should be in facilitating their adoption; an assessment of Mayor Bill de Blasio's first few years in office in New York City; and an expert debate on the merits of two different approaches to designing state accountability systems.

Coming in, my goals were to better understand the debates in educational fields and to get a sense of organizations pushing the frontiers of progressive, civic, creative education.

Petrilli and McCluskey co-authored an op - ed in the Washington Times «Restarting the Common Core Debate: Facts must replace invective in discussing the best educational methods»

«The research in Diversity Challenged shows that affirmative action policies have major benefits not only in overcoming the history of exclusion of minorities, but also in creating a richer educational experience for all students and injecting new ideas and understandings into discussions, debates and research on campus,» said Gary Orfield, co-director of The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.

This summer in The Global Search for Education, we bring back our popular 2012 Education Debate series and put these questions and others to thought leaders at the forefront of educational change.

In recent years, educational experts have debated the concept of differentiation — that is varying / altering curriculum, content, and teaching methods to meet the individualized needs of students.

There is a current debate underway, both in the halls of academia and in the industry itself, as to the most suitable syntax of the word eLearning, e-learning vs. educational technology or digital learning or technology - enhanced learning in defining the learning environment (Moore, Dickson - Deane, & Galyen, 2011).

The recent teacher walkouts in West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Kentucky have not only been remarkable for their scope and success, but have also rapidly reshuffled the educational debates.

Teachers will remain caught between ideologies of short - term economic efficiencies and the findings of educational research — between bottom lines and holistic student development; caught in the rough - edged cogs of funding formulae about resources and student achievement; caught by the Gonskis in the public - private funding debate; stuck between the so - far - disappointing results of national, standardised testing and teacher accountability (more effort is made to hold teachers accountable than trust them!).

Much of the debate has turned on whether or not school - choice programs yield improved educational outcomes and what happens to students who are left behind in schools struggling to cope after tax dollars have been diverted elsewhere.

With the Common Core State Standards Initiative likely to release the final version of its English and mathematics standards in early June, and states having to decide whether or not to adopt them, a crucial question has been neglected in the public policy debate: Is there good reason to believe that national standards will improve educational outcomes?

In The Global Search for Education, we bring back our popular 2012 Education Debate series and put these questions and others to thought leaders at the forefront of educational change.

Regular debates and themed seminars on topical educational issues, input from Leading Thinkers, and high quality training events continue to attract school leaders and classroom practitioners in high numbers across the UK.

Here's five social innovation links we are clicking on today: Educators 4 Excellence: Creative Core: How the Common Core supports the arts and where growth is needed «As Governor Cuomo's educational plans are hotly debated by teachers across New York, in many ways the heart of the conversation is the role of the Common Core standards in our educational future.

I remember that when I made my first attempt to go back to college four months after having my daughter Cereta in 1999, I read a book for one of my educational courses about the debate over charter versus traditional schools.

Since its beginning in 1943, ASCD has been a strong voice in the debate about educational issues that affect learning and teaching.

Just as he changed the narrative of the labor movement that too often «forgot» to advocate for Latinos, immigrants, the poorest of the poor and people of color, he saw that in education, educational outcomes for kids were not always part of the debate nor were they a priority.

I remember when I made my first attempt to go back to college four months after having my daughter Cereta in 1999, I read a book for one of my educational courses about the debate over charter versus traditional schools.

As lawyers debate the law, it's critically important that we don't lose sight of the students, whose educational future hangs in the balance.

A scholarly and historical perspective on educational planning is timely in light of recent debates about its shortcomings in the age of the Sustainable Development Goals.

As parents dissatisfied with schools in both districts flock to charters, the debate continues: What is their impact on public education, and can traditional educational models amicably coexist with an alternative movement that shows no signs of abating?

For those who thought STEM (science - technology - engineering - mathematics) education was going to get swept away in the educational tsunamis of economic stimulus, core curriculum debates, student performance concerns, and a new national emphasis on achievement and innovation, guess again.