Not exact matches
Meanwhile, back at the
policy making process... There is very little
informed debate in the Labour party about
education.
Jacobowitz, who wrote the resolution, said «this is not a matter of politics or even a
policy debate; rather, this is a matter of basic government function, an
informed decision - making process for our communities, and the right of our children to a sound basic
education.»
Through lobbying, advocacy, coalition building, citizen
education and
policy development, EPL / Environmental Advocates has been New York's environmental conscience - ensuring that environmental laws are enforced; that new measures are enacted when necessary; and that the public is
informed of, and participates in, important environmental
policy debates.
These titles influence and
inform education practice and administration, explore ongoing
policy debates, and report on important research in the field.
But both groups acted with the same purpose: to
inform and highlight the
debate over
education in the 2008 presidential campaign and to influence the future of the No Child Left Behind Act and other
policies of the next president.
Trained as a historian under Harvard scholar Bernard Bailyn, Tyack believed that the careful sifting of past
education policies could
inform policymakers»
debates on reforms such as desegregation, vouchers, charter schools, and leadership.
His research helps
inform and influence national
debates over a range of
education policies.
As we demonstrated in our 2015 analysis of the Common Core
debate on Twitter, the dispute about the standards was largely a proxy war over other politically - charged issues, including opposition to a federal role in
education, which many believe should be the domain of state and local
education policy; a fear that the Common Core could become a gateway for access to data on children that might be used for exploitive purposes rather than to
inform educational improvement; a source for the proliferation of testing which has come to oppressively dominate
education; a way for business interests to exploit public
education for private gain; or a belief that an emphasis on standards reform distracts from the deeper underlying causes of low educational performance, which include poverty and social inequity.