Sentences with phrase «mean for education policy»

While education reformers were busy last week writing about what the election of Donald Trump would mean for education policy, Chalkbeat's Elizabeth Green wrote about what the election results meant for education reformers.

So what does this political earthquake mean for education policy?

And most importantly, let me know what you make of this list, and its meaning for the education policy debate today.

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The implementation of the Free SHS policy, President Akufo - Addo, added would mean that Sustainable Development Goal 4, which aims at ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, will be within Ghana's reach by the target date of 2030.

Critics of recent cross-party plans to introduce free higher education have dismissed it as a «middle class subsidy» and ignored what the policy would mean for people in my situation.

«There's no question that the Trump administration's policies are meant to damage progressive states such as ours,» Mulgrew told the assembled legislators, calling for a $ 1.5 billion investment in state education aid and «a state budget that protects our children and public schools.»

Lady Brinton, a Lib Dem peer, said: «The Government's higher education policy means that for the first time since fees were introduced, they won't pay a penny up front.

Their analysis suggests that «from the perspective of US science education and innovation policy, visa restrictions for foreign students should not be applied uniformly or on the basis of financial means; they ought to account for student - quality differences.»

When Congress set aside land for education as part of its plan for the Northwest Territories, it justified its policy as follows: «Religion, morality and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.»

Republicans seized control of the U.S. House of Representatives and significantly bolstered their majorities in the Senate in Tuesday's election, an outcome that will almost certainly mean an end to emergency education aid to states and will heighten pressure for a more limited federal role in K - 12 policy.

Between midday on 4th and 14th December, all donations online can be doubled, which means in the future twice as many teachers could be learning about child rights and gender - based violence, twice as many communities learning about the importance of girls» education, twice as many school - boards understanding and enforcing national policies aimed at supporting girls, and hopefully twice as many girls could be making that crucial transition from primary to secondary school, become shining beacons for hundreds of other women and girls who dream of a better future but wonder if it's possible.

For education, that means the continuation of pernicious policies imposed by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), along with litigation destructive to schooling.

«One year of training means very little,» says Adelman, a senior associate with the Institute for Higher Education Policy, in Washington.

Federal courts have played a key role in the development of special education policy by interpreting what Congress wrote in IDEA three decades ago, and the Supreme Court is reviewing what the law means by a «free appropriate public education» as it considers Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, which deals with the standard of services districts are required to provide (see «Examining the Standards for Special Education» legal beat, Summeducation policy by interpreting what Congress wrote in IDEA three decades ago, and the Supreme Court is reviewing what the law means by a «free appropriate public education» as it considers Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, which deals with the standard of services districts are required to provide (see «Examining the Standards for Special Education» legal beat, Summeducation» as it considers Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, which deals with the standard of services districts are required to provide (see «Examining the Standards for Special Education» legal beat, SummEducation» legal beat, Summer 2017).

What does the appointment of Betsy DeVos mean for future federal education policy and initiatives?

Mike Petrilli talks with Hill and Jochim about this proposal, what it would mean for policy and practice at the federal, state, and local levels, and the prospects for its adoption in this edition of The Education Next Book Club.

What does the appointment of Betsy DeVos mean for future federal education policy and...

Through the stories of these two schools he addresses the meaning of community in multicultural America, the pros and cons of school choice, and what this all means for today's big education policy debates.

For instance, 230 million pounds were wasted on a policy known as Education Action Zones that was meant to encourage partnerships between business and schools in deprived areas.

Using children with disabilities to increase public support for vouchers may be smart politics, but it doesn't mean that special education vouchers are good policy.

All of us who work in education or policy can also think of plenty of times when foundations have felt uncomfortably pushy, and when all the talk of «mission alignment» and «strategic focus» seems to mean, «It's time to get with the program, if you know what's good for you.»

Michael McShane is research fellow in education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute and coeditor with Frederick Hess of Common Core Meets Education Reform: What It All Means for Politics, Policy, and the Future of Schooling (Teachers College Preseducation policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute and coeditor with Frederick Hess of Common Core Meets Education Reform: What It All Means for Politics, Policy, and the Future of Schooling (Teachers College Press, policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute and coeditor with Frederick Hess of Common Core Meets Education Reform: What It All Means for Politics, Policy, and the Future of Schooling (Teachers College PresEducation Reform: What It All Means for Politics, Policy, and the Future of Schooling (Teachers College Press, Policy, and the Future of Schooling (Teachers College Press, 2013).

For Trump, it means navigating how education policy is shaped by all three branches of government.

This means that the next president and congress (as well as governors and state legislatures) have the opportunity to use education for bipartisan policy efforts that will unify, rather than fracture, diverse groups.

Ferfolja adds: «There is also a [New South Wales Department of Education] document called the Controversial Issues in Schools policy and that also talks about having to get parental permission if you're going to raise a controversial issue, sensitive topic — so what does that actually mean for teachers?

It's August, which can only mean one thing: it's time for our annual list of top education - policy Twitter feeds.

They will discuss the latest legislation and what it means for education, providing a summary of the key issues arising from policy, along with the latest progress and developments in SEND.

The federal government is most certainly guilty as well for creating an alphabet soup of acronyms that bogs down stories about national education policy with explanations and parentheticals about what all the abbreviations mean before readers ever get to the point of whether the policies are actually working.

While the national discourse focuses on the merits of school choice initiatives in their own right and for their own sakes, as leaders of state and local education systems, as educators of diverse regional, political, and professional backgrounds, we believe that these policies are better thought of as means to critical ends, and that the goal of these and other education policies should be, above all else, the enhancement of skills for America's youngest generation and expanded opportunity for children to thrive as adults.

The use of mean scores places the focus on improving the academic achievement of all students within a school and not just those whose performance is around the state proficiency cut score (Center for Education Policy, 2011).

In light of the news of Tony Bennett's resignation, Fordham asked several top education - policy analysts to explore what the resignation would mean for school accountability going forward.

Various studies in the 1970s and 80s described the limits of higher levels of authority in the governance structure for education, and the relatively weak impact of state policy on student outcomes.294 But loose coupling does not mean that no influence flows from superordinate entities.295 Even as schools are busy developing their own policies and initiatives, they pay attention to demands from «outside the system» when those demands are consistent with the directions in which their organizations are already moving.296

Therefore, although the state put forth a new vision in its regulations, the 2005 policy and its subsequent revisions leave significant space for district and charter schools to define what competency - based education means for their students.

So, what's all this mean for schooling, education, and education policy?

I've already explained what last night's election results will mean for federal education policy.

Max Eden, a senior fellow of education policy at the Manhattan Institute, wrote a guest blog for Education Week on what the «ESSA epoch» means for education policy at the Manhattan Institute, wrote a guest blog for Education Week on what the «ESSA epoch» means for Education Week on what the «ESSA epoch» means for students.

Advocates have also criticized what they describe as the limited scope of the state panel's inquiry — which was meant to determine whether the district's electronic system for individualized special education plans, data collection requirements, budget process or transportation policies unlawfully delayed or denied services.

The study, released by a group that advocates for environmentally - sound buildings, is meant to draw attention to the condition of buildings that on weekdays house some 56 million students and teachers — more than one - sixth of the U.S. population — but that nevertheless attract little attention in the national debate over education policy and reform.

That it means pushing for a rollback of federal education policy that have helped black and brown children as well as a return to the bad old days when states and districts were allowed to ignore their obligations to poor and minority children doesn't factor into any of their thinking.

Utah labor unions, teachers rally for public schools Education > March meant to oppose school policies and budget cuts sought by Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

That lack of commitment to any real education policies beyond not cutting budgets meant that while Laws came across as knowledgeable, there was no concrete future vision for education.

Corporate education «reformers»» self - interest, by contrast, means advocating for policies that help private corporations profit off of public schools, diverting public attention from an anti-poverty economic agenda, and busting unions that prevent total oligarchical control of America's political system.

While education reform has taken on different meanings over time, the current movement for reform supports policies including:

Ryan Smith, Director of Education Programs and Policy at the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, the coalition organizer, said the ad was meant to push members to increase funding and build public support for the effort.

Constant change in education policy has meant that teachers haven't been given the time to get to grips with one initiative properly before it is changed for another, in a way they are less «expert» at their jobs.

So, education policy - watchers, if you're wondering what Tuesday's results might mean for education reform, here are some races to look out for:

Meaning, within hours of each other, Education Secretary Duncan said the President believes that «No teacher should have to teach to the test,» while the Governor of Connecticut, who said he has no problems with teaching to the test as long as the scores go up, is named chair of the committee developing education policy for governors and theiEducation Secretary Duncan said the President believes that «No teacher should have to teach to the test,» while the Governor of Connecticut, who said he has no problems with teaching to the test as long as the scores go up, is named chair of the committee developing education policy for governors and theieducation policy for governors and their states.

The fact is that Bill Finch will undoubtedly pay a political price for failing to listen to what the pro-public education advocates have been saying, but sadly, it is a small price compared to the price Bridgeport's public school students have had to pay as a result of the City's misguided and mean - spirited policies.

That they continuously backed Obama's reckless, shoddy, bumbling, and counterproductive No Child waiver gambit, which essentially eviscerated the law and paved the way for congressional Republicans and traditionalists to pass the Every Student Succeeds Act, means that the best of the president's political legacy on education policy (including Race to the Top) will probably end up in history's ashbin.

Critics and supporters of school choice policies alike have raised concerns about what your proposed expansion of school choice could mean for the future of public education in the United States.