Sentences with phrase «many education observers»

NYSUT had never been big fans of King to begin with, having passed a vote of no - confidence in his tenure as commissioner, including knocking the roll out of the Common Core education standards, which education observers and elected officials had said was was flawed.

Charter advocates and education observers have said they believed the cap and mayoral control would be linked at the end of the session as a way to create pressure on both sides to pass versions of each proposal; that configuration seems unlikely if the extension passes.

A White House proposal to bring math, science, and engineering professionals into public high schools to teach those subjects could bypass the «highly qualified» teacher mandate under the No Child Left Behind Act, while only temporarily easing the shortfall of mathematics and science teachers, education observers say.

By now, education observers are aware of New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's incursion on the Big Apple's charter sector.

That's surely what some education observers might wonder about the notion that Randi Weingarten, former head of New York City's teacher union and current head of the American Federation of Teachers, should be chancellor of New York City schools.

Education observers in the Garden State and beyond will remember his tenure for its major initiatives.

Though the distinction between equity and adequacy would become more significant in later years, in 1993 few education observers would dispute CFE's list of the education crimes perpetrated on New York City's schoolchildren or the incoherency of the system that delivered them.

For some education observers, CCSS will finally clarify for students, parents, and educators what students need to know and be able to do if they are to be prepared for college or a career.

Though most education observers are sanguine about the RTT's potential, these same factors — enormous state budget deficits, local resistance to federal education directives, school - level preferences for existing jobs and programs, union opposition — are still in play and could lead to the same disappointing spending patterns.

Education observers in Colorado, including A + Denver and the Colorado Children's Campaign, raised concerns during the first year of the grant program with the Colorado Department of Education.

But some education observers predict that the standards» treatment of issues like evolution and climate change could jeopardize adoption in certain states.

Surprising many education observers, President Donald Trump mentioned public schools during his inaugural address today — but not in a way that pleased students, parents, or teachers.

The report's findings — especially the existence of a botnet campaign against Common Core — came as a surprise to some education observers.

Politics aside, Moskowitz might chafe at the constraints of the post, which is viewed among education observers largely as a bureaucratic position without all the power the title would suggest.

Education observers also point out that past attempts haven't always been successful — after launching in the early 1990s, New York's Metropolitan Corporate Academy was eventually shut down after support from Goldman Sachs waned.

Not exact matches

When the Higher Education Research Institute at U.C.L.A. recently released a study of religious and spiritual attitudes among today's college students, their findings confirmed what astute campus observers had been witnessing for years.

A perennial concern for observers of theological education is the perceived gap between the seminaries and congregations.

Some observers would say that theological education has been too much focused on the cognitive dimension of learning as opposed to personal and social transformation — doing and feeling.

Are there no Madrassa in New York where kids can get an education equal to the public school and yet observer the religious holidays?

The special education teacher is an observer who works with children after instruction to provide specially designed instruction, ensure understanding, and to provide adaptations and modifications.

Besides, the Plan also intends to develop a tactile ballot guide; accredit observers with disabilities, collate gender disaggregated data for PWDs and develop targeted messages, materials suitable for education methodology to reach PWDs; work closely with groups and organizations that work with PWDs to maximize impact of voter education campaigns and produce educational materials in braille and large font.

The debate was organised by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), with support from the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD - Ghana), Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), and Coalition for Domestic Elections Observers (CODEO), and its partner organizations towards next month's general election at Hwidiem in the Asutifi South Constituency of the Brong Ahafo Region.

The comments come the day after a state - appointed panel shocked observers by advising State Education Department Commissioner David to reject a waiver request that would allow Cathie Black, Bloomberg's controversial choice for new schools chancellor, to take the job.

It's also not lost on observers that Education Reform Now, the group that has been running an ad campaign accusing the UFT of blocking a measure to lift the charter school cap and causing the state to lose out in the first round of «Race to the Top» cash, is being repped by KnickerbockerSKD — a firm that also works for Bloomberg.

Observers say Westlake could become a beacon on China's higher education landscape.

Although Italy is one of the most world's important fashion markets, home to top global brands and high quality manufacturing, some observers say that Italian fashion education needs a complete rethink before its schools achieve equivalent importance.

More surprising are the criticisms of Vergara voiced by Education Next's own judicial observers, Martha Derthick and Joshua Dunn.

Observers continue to take exception not to what the report actually said, but to what it failed to say - complaining, for instance, that the report didn't deal enough with X, Y, or Z, or offered an «incomplete diagnosis» of the problem in American education, or that it wasn't «radical» enough in its analysis or prescriptions.

Some observers fear, however, that a shift toward career preparation would ease the pressure on schools to provide top - notch academics for every child, reproducing a dynamic that has harmed generations of students: Those perceived to be «college material» are immersed in challenging courses, while those sized up as less capable or motivated get a watered - down education.

Until Consuelo Molina discovered the San Fernando Education Technology Team (SFETT), she wasn't particularly engaged in school, and her extreme shyness kept her from being anything more than an uncomfortable, silent observer in class.

In arts education, we encourage our students to be keen observers.

Here, an experienced observer looks at the overall structure of how education is produced.

Observers noted that the initial request for proposals (RFP) process itself attracted and rewarded established educators and familiar ideas, indeed, that nearly all the winning proposals shared similar ideas and practices rooted in the progressive education movement that has long been the dominant paradigm of American primary / secondary education.

Education schools may prove more open than many observers expect to building new programs that will extend their influence.

A search committee last week named three local schools superintendents as finalists for the post of Kentucky commissioner of education, which observers predict will be among the most closely watched education jobs in the nation.

Many observers last week predicted that the move signaled the death knell for the provision, which would allow states to deny certain illegal - immigrant children a free public education.

Congressional Democrats reaped modest gains in last week's hard - fought elections, which some observers here say could step up pressure for a more centrist, bipartisan approach to federal education policy on Capitol Hill next year, regardless of which candidate ultimately wins the White House.

This one tends toward the latter, with the author emerging not as a journalist - observer at major education events of the past 40 years but more as a key mover in far more of those events than he actually influenced.

Many observers have lamented that education research has been ineffective at creating change; after all, the achievement gap persists after decades of studies on how to ameliorate it.

WASHINGTON — Some observers see irony in the fact that a former Governor, as Secretary of Education in the Administration of another former Governor, is presiding over an effort to significantly expand the federal government's involvement in an area that has traditionally been a state responsibility.

The state department of education should encourage districts to use technology to meet the external observer requirement.

According to a longtime observer of the Florida education scene, rather than have the school control the educational experiences, as occurs in course access, a subset of parents, particularly at the elementary school level — both public and home - school — are opting to manage their children's education and customize a mix of public brick - and - mortar school, online school, home school, and even some private school (such as private music lessons) experiences.

Although gubernatorial candidates regarded as having strong records and stands on education fared well over all in last week's elections, observers said the poll results also carried a warning that voters are likely to balk at costly education reforms.

Observers like Bracey, Kohn, and others, dead set against any fundamental changes in the nation's schools, usually work hard to dismiss the TIMSS results as evidence of any structural weakness in the U.S. education system.

A 2015 report from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University found that students enrolled in online charter schools aren't performing as well as their peers, and many observers have argued that online - only charters should be put out of business.

The 15 - member Select Committee on Education Deliberations appointed by Gov. William P. Clements had bogged down, observers said, in a divisive internal debate that left it unable to agree on a single recommendation.

Observers of American education have frequently noted that the general direction of educational reform over the years has not been forward but back and forth.

However, while observers praised the $ 1.6 - billion increase proposed for discretionary education programs - the largest such rise for any federal agency — they...

Even a careful observer of education policy could wonder, «Who's actually in charge of public schooling?»

Observers predicted narrow passage for the education bill and an accompanying half - cent rise in the state sales tax that would generate $ 230 million in the school - reform plan's first year.