Sentences with phrase «national debate on education»

As a student, she co-founded Free Cooper Union, helping coordinate the lock - in, occupation, and other creative actions which framed Cooper's crisis as part of a national debate on education.

Its mission is to bring accurate data and careful, objective analysis to the national debate on education policy.

A few billion dollars in private foundation money, strategically invested every year for a decade, has sufficed to define the national debate on education; sustain a crusade for a set of mostly ill - conceived reforms; and determine public policy at the local, state, and national levels.

One problem: The landmark document that still shapes our national debate on education was misquoted, misinterpreted, and often dead wrong.

«David is one of the top young education economists in the country — his work has earned high praise in academic circles and helped to shape national debates on education policy.

National debates on education reform have never been fiercer.

Not exact matches

April 6: Facebook says it will require admins of popular pages and advertisers buying political or «issue» ads on «debated topics of national legislative importance» like education or abortion to verify their identity and location — in an effort to fight disinformation on its platform.

Speaking in an interview with GhanaPoliticsOnline.com on the upcoming National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) debate which is schedule for 30th November ahead of the Dec polls, he said that president Mahama is An incumbent who subjects himself to examination and debate at every opportunity.

The NPP said its decision not to participate in the National Commission for Civic Education and GBC debate was based on the fact that it is pre-occupied with equally important things.

The National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) postponed the debate because Mr. Andah was reportedly insecure with the presence of the protesters.

The debate over national school choice policy was on display in Indianapolis Monday as US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos came to the capital city...

Two weeks after the New York City Board of Education adopted a controversial plan to distribute condoms in all of the district's high schools, local and national debate about the plan's merits, and its possible influence on other districts, continues unabated.

Nine Presidential candidates will gather in North Carolina this week for an unprecedented event in American politics: a major national debate focused solely on education.

The High - level panel debate «Setting the stage» stimulated a debate on the future of education, drawing on the findings of the independent EFA Global Monitoring Report 2015, the regional analyses of some 120 National EFA 2015 Reviews and the publication «Rethinking Education: Towards a global common goodeducation, drawing on the findings of the independent EFA Global Monitoring Report 2015, the regional analyses of some 120 National EFA 2015 Reviews and the publication «Rethinking Education: Towards a global common goodEducation: Towards a global common good?.»

«Dean Murphy has been at the center of the national debate on school reform, and he has encouraged active engagement by faculty and students with critical issues in the field of education.

This «PISA shock» led to national debate on how best to reform Germany's complex education system.

Nashville, Tenn — Mary H. Futrell, president of the National Education Association has told Gov. Lamar Alexander — whose proposal last spring for a statewide «master - teacher» program helped catalyze the national debate on school reform — that by working with the Tennessee Education Association he can develop a «model reform packageNational Education Association has told Gov. Lamar Alexander — whose proposal last spring for a statewide «master - teacher» program helped catalyze the national debate on school reform — that by working with the Tennessee Education Association he can develop a «model reform packagenational debate on school reform — that by working with the Tennessee Education Association he can develop a «model reform package.»

The National Education Association has moved to reopen a debate among its members on the possibility of a merger with the American Federation of Teachers.

President Reagan's campaign on behalf of merit pay, now more than eight weeks old, has thrown the leadership of the National Education Association (nea) off balance and has provoked a debate within the organization over the issue, recent events and interviews with union officials suggest.

The 13 organizations that make up the National Task Force on Seeking Common Ground for the Improvement of Public Education hope their efforts will foster more civil debate and agreement among traditionally antagonistic groups.

To shed light on these debates, I examined national data on a variety of outcomes for students to assess the impact of the first wave of education reforms.

However, while I was clearing my credential, working with mentor teachers to reflect on my practice, and finding out how real students differed from theoretical ones, I also spent long hours after school with the speech and debate team reading philosophy and theory and talking about innovative alternatives for national defense, natural resource allocation, and, of course, education.

NAESP Expresses Concerns with House Education Funding Bill, Urges an Open Debate of Expected Budget Cuts On July 29, 2013 NAESP and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) expressed concern with the Fiscal Year 2014 Labor - Health & Human Services - Education appropriations bill in a formal letter to the House LHHS Appropriations Subcommittee.

What's more troubling, though is the extent to which our national education debates have come to focus on the character, motivation, experience, and relationships of those who hold different views — rather than on the substance of those views or evidence about how different policies and practices do or are likely to impact kids.

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.

Offering a counter-narrative to the school improvement prescriptions that dominate national education debates, a new book based on 15 years of data on public elementary schools in Chicago identifies five tried - and - true ingredients that work, in combination with one another, to spur success in urban schools.

«I watched the GOP presidential debate because my students are counting on me» is the title of a piece posted on the National Education Association website by «guest writer» Tom McLaughlin, a high school drama teacher from Council Bluffs, IA.

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).

Slate — New York's mayor takes on charter schools, and the national education debate hangs in the balance.

This issue of ASCD Express looks at the complex debate on national standards and asks if creating such a set of standards is even a viable option for the U.S. education system.

«The two primary influences on children's education is that of the school and their parents, However, the parent voice has, up until this point, been largely absent from the national education debate,» said Ms Williams.

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.

In this letter to U.S. Senate Leadership, the National School Boards Association joined the State and Local Governance coalition in urging the Senate to pass the Every Child Achieve Act, prior to debate of the Elementary and Secondary Education reauthorization bill on the Senate floor.

July 7, 2015: State and Local Governance Coalition Letter to Senate Leadership Regarding the Every Child Achieves Act (S. 1177) In this letter to U.S. Senate Leadership, the National School Boards Association joined the State and Local Governance Coalition in urging the Senate to pass the Every Child Achieve Act prior to debate of the Elementary and Secondary Education reauthorization bill on the Senate floor.

Parent advocates from across the country converged on New York City on Monday, February 7 for the first national forum of Parents Across America, a parent - led movement to make parent voices heard in the national debate over education reform — and to promote positive, common - sense solutions that will improve public schools nationwide.

The intent of the series was to spark debate and encourage action on the part of local school districts to take the major problems facing education facilities to the national level.

For those who thought STEM (science - technology - engineering - mathematics) education was going to get swept away in the educational tsunamis of economic stimulus, core curriculum debates, student performance concerns, and a new national emphasis on achievement and innovation, guess again.

For thirty years, the national education debate has focused on standards, testing, and choice.

Amid a national debate about tenure laws that can keep ineffective teachers in the classroom, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), an advocacy group, has turned the spotlight on teacher education programs and the results paint a grim national debate about tenure laws that can keep ineffective teachers in the classroom, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), an advocacy group, has turned the spotlight on teacher education programs and the results paint a grim National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), an advocacy group, has turned the spotlight on teacher education programs and the results paint a grim picture.

On a national level, the cheating story cuts to the heart of a major education policy debate over accountability.

While I am sure we can all debate the many reasons teachers offer for leaving the profession including increased emphasis on standardized test scores, the shifting focus of the annual professional performance review and the lack of funding for education at the state and national level, there is a growing stream of awareness that the core of the frustration is the lack of shared decision - making roles and opportunities for teachers in the majority of our schools today.

A debate to modify this and other reforms, especially the one which granted control of the Higher Education System by the government, was practically passed with consensus by the multi-partisan National Assembly on August 4, 2010, but vetoed by President Rafael Correa, who wanted to keep the law strictly as it was originally redacted by his political party and SENPLADES (National Secretary of Planning and Development).

* The role of the US in global efforts to address pollutants that are broadly dispersed across national borders, such as greenhouse gasses, persistent organic pollutants, ozone, etc...; * How they view a president's ability to influence national science policy in a way that will persist beyond their term (s), as would be necessary for example to address global climate change or enhancement of science education nationwide; * Their perspective on the relative roles that scientific knowledge, ethics, economics, and faith should play in resolving debates over embryonic stem cell research, evolution education, human population growth, etc... * What specific steps they would take to prevent the introduction of political or economic bias in the dissemination and use of scientific knowledge; * (and many more...)

Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, has dubbed this approach the «Gish Gallop,» describing it as «where the creationist is allowed to run on for 45 minutes or an hour, spewing forth torrents of error that the evolutionist hasn't a prayer of refuting in the format of a debate».

To fight fake news and election interference, Facebook will require the admins of popular Facebook Pages and advertisers buying political or «issue» ads on «debated topics of national legislative importance» like education or abortion to verify their identity and location.

As the national peak body for the early childhood sector, ECA is a regular, and trusted, contributor to the public policy debate on early childhood education and care, health, family policy and immigration as well other policy areas affecting children.