Sentences with phrase «national conversation about education»
In the national conversation about education, many voices are asking questions about teacher quality: how do we quantify it?
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It is a simple but urgent plea to put the real needs of children at the center of the national conversation about education reform, which in its ideological divisiveness is in danger of leaving them behind.»
«There is a real sense of urgency and opportunity in the national conversation about education, along with an explosion of new forms of learning for both teachers and students that I think create possibilities that were not there before.»
The project aims to influence the national conversation about education reform by making the educational standards set by states more visible — explicitly connecting standards with student work that is characterized by depth, complexity, and imagination.
More recently, IEL's Kwesi Rollins and EPFP alum and IEL board member Karen Mapp also were featured in Education Week, discussing the momentum that parent engagement efforts are gaining and their high impact on national conversations about education.
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Whether it's leading a national conversation about gun control or fighting for girls» education and gender equality around the world, an increasing number of young women are stepping forward as change agents.
They want to drive the national conversation about rethinking education for the 21st century through convenings, as well as advocacy, research, and program development.
«I am delighted that the National Education Association is taking the lead in engaging teachers nationwide in conversations about...
That question currently looms over the national conversation about school reform... [and] it is time for educators and policymakers to rethink the boundaries distinguishing the public and private in education.
Highlights this spring include a conversation with University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan; a discussion about the future of teacher unionism with National Education Association President Lily Eskelsen García and Teach Plus CEO Celine Coggins; and a talk by Pulitzer Prize - winning journalist, filmmaker, and Define American founder Jose Antonio Vargas...
«I am delighted that the National Education Association is taking the lead in engaging teachers nationwide in conversations about what it would take to provide all students in America the opportunity to develop global competencies,» Reimers said about the event.
Now more than ever, conversations about race, privilege, and inequity are happening on a national stage and within education reform organizations.
«This report calls for a national conversation about racism in the education system, with all players, including government, making a commitment to delivering real change to break down and root out racial discrimination.»
As part of the way the NBPTS has «changed the conversation» about teaching, it has gained increasing acceptance in the education profession (including the national teachers» associations) for performance assessment and for differential certification and pay for outstanding teachers.
Launched with a hugely popular New York Times Magazine cover story, Building a Better Teacher sparked a national conversation about teacher quality and established Elizabeth Green as a leading voice in education.
Given the public conversation about bias and injustice — especially recently — several prominent national education organizations including the NEA, AERA, NCTE and AFT have called for addressing equity in schools and society, specifically recommending that educators and school leaders «receive the tools, training, and support they need to build curricula with substantive exploration of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.»
If done correctly, social and emotional learning has the potential to improve outcomes and services for these traditionally underserved students — but only if special education gets a seat at the table in national conversations about SEL.
Through its successes, Pre-K Now changed the national conversation about pre-k education, and in its final report, challenged the nation's policy makers to transform public education by moving away from the current K - 12 system to pre-K-12.
In 2011, the National Education Association passed a policy statement on teacher evaluation, aiming to influence the policy conversation about revamped systems.
We engage with our colleagues — at the NEA, the AFT, TURN, and with public education advocates nationally — through web - based and real dialogue, conferencing, and seminars; publishing opinion pieces and other print materials;; and by sponsoring or convening national conversations about key issues in public education and education unionism.
Through print and direct communication, MITUL aims to contribute to a national conversation about the role of teacher unions in key issues in public education.
«How Emerging Technology Affects Student Privacy» is an important component of the national conversation about enhancing the promise of education technology without jeopardizing local, parent, and community control.
The Saturday [March 12] morning plenary session at the National Board's Teaching and Learning Conference offered a powerful conversation about race and education.
When we started the Northwest Matters blog a year and a half ago, we hoped our posts would contribute to the regional and national conversations about the most critical education issues.
Students around the world are asserting themselves into local, state, national and international dialogues about education transformation and other essential conversations about schools.
She is passionate about utilizing social justice as a way through the broken systems of education, and co-facilitates a national conversation with other social justice teachers for the Teacher Leadership Initiative via NEA and the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ).
Designed to promote conversation about how to educate students for a rapidly changing and increasingly borderless and innovation - based world, this comprehensive and illuminating book from international education expert Vivien Stewart is not about casting blame; it is about understanding what the best school systems in the world are doing right for the purpose of identifying what U.S. schools — at the national, state, and local level — might do differently and better.
We know that in order to include American Indian students in national conversations about higher education, we need to represent each of our scholars.
Todd Ziebarth, senior vice president for the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools, told The Intercept they «were not deeply involved in the bill drafting at all» but that they did have some conversations with people in Puerto Rico's education department about charter legislation and how other states have handled certain issues.
Will we have that long - awaited national conversation about the goals of public education?
I too find that our national conversations about improving education become mired in political considerations and surface features of schools, rather than in figuring out how to improve instruction and social services for ALL students.
The focus of the day was to engage in a conversation with Scholastic regarding a national survey on equity in education, and each teacher recorded a video about his or her role in education.
In advance of today's «Expanding Education Opportunity through School Choice» hearing, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, to inform the conversation about the efficacy of school choice on student achievement and school performance and highlight several options that are currently offered by public school districts: from local magnet schools and charter schools authorized by local school boards to public specialty schools, such as military academies and those offering specialized curricula for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
A fascinating, promising, and helpful national conversation about legal education is taking place.
Through its successes, Pre-K Now changed the national conversation about pre-k education, and in its final report, challenged the nation's policy makers to transform public education by moving away from the current K - 12 system to pre-K-12.