Sentences with phrase «larger education debate»

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Almost thirty years had passed since the last major, comprehensive, and theologically self - conscious study of Protestant theological education.1 It is also remarkable, indeed unprecedented, that such a sustained debate emerged, not in response to one large study of theological education, but as a conversation among several quite different theological points of view.

Distilled and intensified, the two - headed problem of common genetic ancestry and common paideia (education, outlook, culture) continues to pulsate in the debate surrounding nationality, citizenship, and political life at large.

Members of Connecticut's largest teachers» union will be rallying in support overhauling the state's education system and urging lawmakers to include voices from educators in the debate over Governor Dannel P. Malloy's education proposals.

SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO: Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara discusses the challenges of funding education, infrastructure and direct care professional wages as state lawmakers debate how they are going to balance the budget while facing such a large deficit.

In the cases, just this last couple of elections, where stem cell politics, for example, has been played out in the electoral process, stem cell research is [has] done better than the winning candidates for offices; and I think, apart from that, I think that we do have a serious problem in general education of the sciences and that accounts for the reluctance of a large segment of the population to accept the principles of evolution and think that there is still a debate about it, which there isn't — and that's a problem we need to solve, — but I still think there is an incredible constituency for science in this country.

Sobered and a bit battered, Fordham continues as an authorizer of Ohio charter schools — six of them today, with a seventh in the offing — and a vigorous participant in the state's larger education - policy debates.

The implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA); debates about a potential large - scale federal school - choice initiative; and deep disagreements about civil rights enforcement continue to captivate — and roil — all of us involved in education policy, in D.C. and around the nation.

The larger public that engages in the K — 12 education debate could shrink dramatically, to just partisans engaged in the war of ideas around schooling.

If you step back from day to day vitriol that characterizes the current education - policy «debate,» and glimpse the larger picture, two worldviews on education reform emerge.

The summer issue of Education Next includes a debate over whether charter schools should continue to expand in cities like Washington, D.C. so that a larger share of students are attending charter schools.

Commenting after the debate on Motion 35, Kevin Courtney, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «The impact of the Government's education policies is turning our schools into exam factories.

This week, Mike Petrilli talks with Jay about his book, Work Hard, Be Nice, about what KIPP means for the larger education reform debate, and whether Hollywood has bought the rights to his story.

He concludes «The bottom line is that there's a whole lot of talking past one another in the education debate, though maybe less than in the political debate writ large.»

As Senators of the Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee debated federal education policy at an abbreviated hearing Wednesday morning, two coalitions of education and civil rights groups released letters poking holes in the bill while the nation's two largest teachers» unions released notes containing partial endoEducation, Labor, & Pensions Committee debated federal education policy at an abbreviated hearing Wednesday morning, two coalitions of education and civil rights groups released letters poking holes in the bill while the nation's two largest teachers» unions released notes containing partial endoeducation policy at an abbreviated hearing Wednesday morning, two coalitions of education and civil rights groups released letters poking holes in the bill while the nation's two largest teachers» unions released notes containing partial endoeducation and civil rights groups released letters poking holes in the bill while the nation's two largest teachers» unions released notes containing partial endorsements.

Alexandria, Va. (July 15, 2015)- As the U.S. Senate approaches the end of debate on the nation's largest education law, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) continues to actively engage with our nation's lawmakers in support of a comprehensive, strategic modernization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Aceducation law, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) continues to actively engage with our nation's lawmakers in support of a comprehensive, strategic modernization of the Elementary and Secondary Education AcEducation Act (ESEA).

There are a lot of New York - specific intricacies to the debate — namely, the state's Race To The Top application didn't change the existing charter school law regarding teacher evaluations and the state's education department authorizes many of the state's charter schools — but it is a microcosm of the larger debate.

By and large, education programs are coming under heavy scrutiny as a result of the teacher quality debate and international student achievement comparisons.

The public and policy debate around education has also changed dramatically — particularly around issues of teacher quality and charter schools — due in large part to the work of these individuals.

It is clear, from polling data to waiting lists for charter school in large cities, that despite the rhetoric and debates, parents want more high - quality education options for their children.

The group has become a focal point in the larger debate over whether the existing system of education colleges and certifications are doing enough to meaningfully prepare teachers for the classroom.

Speaking in a debate on transparency in education at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers» annual conference, Mr Clarkson said that if large salaries were defensible «no one should mind them being made public».

Changed votes by two Board members over the approval of two Aspire charter schools at this week's Board meeting gave the public a glimpse at a much larger debate over whether charter schools based in Los Angeles should be allowed to operate their special education programs through a partnership with a far - off district that costs...

«Given that billions of dollars are being disbursed,» says Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, the country's largest teachers union, «it is reasonable that people are starting to raise concerns about how this flow of money is shaping our political debate about education reform and to ask if a handful of individuals are having undue influence in one of our nation's most important institutionEducation Association, the country's largest teachers union, «it is reasonable that people are starting to raise concerns about how this flow of money is shaping our political debate about education reform and to ask if a handful of individuals are having undue influence in one of our nation's most important institutioneducation reform and to ask if a handful of individuals are having undue influence in one of our nation's most important institutions.»

The clash over education had been building throughout the three - day convention, underscoring a larger debate taking place in education circles.

I would have thought Education Week would have played a larger role than this, rather than just putting this stuff «out there,» even if for simple debate or discussion.

Achievement First Inc. one of the nation's larger charter school management companies with 20 schools in New York and Connecticut, is rapidly expanding in Connecticut, despite the fact that the 2012 education reform debate is supposed to include a discussion about whether the state should make greater use of the charter school model.

Sackler, who helped Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, create Achievement First Inc., the large charter school management company that owns at least 20 schools in Connecticut and New York, also played a pivotal role in forming Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now Inc. (ConnCAN), Connecticut Coalition for Education Advocacy (ConnAD) and 50 - CAN, the national organization that has inserted ConnCAN - like organizations into the education reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and RhodEducation, Stefan Pryor, create Achievement First Inc., the large charter school management company that owns at least 20 schools in Connecticut and New York, also played a pivotal role in forming Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now Inc. (ConnCAN), Connecticut Coalition for Education Advocacy (ConnAD) and 50 - CAN, the national organization that has inserted ConnCAN - like organizations into the education reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and RhodEducation Advocacy (ConnAD) and 50 - CAN, the national organization that has inserted ConnCAN - like organizations into the education reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhodeducation reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

If you step back from day - to - day vitriol that characterizes the current education policy «debate» and glimpse the larger picture, two worldviews on education reform emerge.

Although the national debate over public education has become polarized during the past several years, with bitter divisions inside and between political parties, the PDK / Gallup poll showed a surprising level of agreement in the public at large.

This week at the Chronicle of Higher Education, science writer Paul Voosen takes a look at debates within the history of science field about its continued relevance to the scientific community and society at large.