Sentences with phrase «leading education policy researchers»

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Indeed, it is now possible to make a strong case that parent education programs can lead to better parenting all along the continuum of caretaking effectiveness, thereby achieving widespread gains in child development long sought by researchers and policy makers.

«There has been a dramatic contraction of the prison education system, particularly those programs focused on academic instruction versus vocational training,» said Lois Davis, the study's lead author and a senior policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

Additionally, Reville was the executive director of the Pew Forum on Standards - Based Reform, a Harvard - based, national education policy think tank that convened leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to set the national standards agenda.

He is the former executive director of the Pew Forum on Standards - Based Reform, a Harvard - based, national education policy «think tank» which convened the U.S.'s leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to set the national «standards» agenda.

This book brings together leading researchers and practitioners from the fields of education, economics and policy to contribute perspectives focused on the meaningful goal of measuring and assessing teacher quality.

Now, a new study from researchers at Harvard University's Center for Education Policy Research suggests that effort led to positive growth in student achievement in English, with no significant changes in math.

By gathering a critical mass of leading researchers focused on education reform, the Department of Education Reform will be uniquely positioned to have a meaningful impact on education policy research and the quality ofeducation reform, the Department of Education Reform will be uniquely positioned to have a meaningful impact on education policy research and the quality ofEducation Reform will be uniquely positioned to have a meaningful impact on education policy research and the quality ofeducation policy research and the quality of schools.

Partnering in Education Research Summit Fellows will participate in an annual conference hosted by the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR), which brings together system leaders and leading researchers to brainstorm new research projects.

Prior to joining the Patrick Administration, Mr. Reville had chaired the Massachusetts State Board of Education, founded the Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy, co-founded the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE), chaired the Massachusetts Reform Review Commission, chaired the Massachusetts Commission on Time and Learning, and served as executive director of the Pew Forum on Standards - Based Reform, a national think tank which convened the U.S.'s leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to set the national standards agenda.

«Principals and schools didn't seek innovation status to make wholesale changes,» lead researcher Kelci Price told a crowded room of lawmakers, education policy wonks and others during a legislative briefing Wednesday at CEA headquarters.

The four finalists were selected by a 17 - member review board composed of education researchers, policy researchers, practitioners and executives from leading universities, and education associations, think tanks, and nonprofits.

Bruce Baker, an education policy researcher at Rutgers University, has been a leading critic of the differing populations in charters and traditional schools.

We are researchers, thought leaders, policy experts, tool - builders, and on - the - ground consultants who work with leading education reformers.

This year's finalists were selected from among 75 of the largest districts in the country by a review board of 13 prominent education researchers, policy leaders, practitioners and executives from leading universities, education associations, civil rights advocacy organizations, think - tanks and foundations.