Sentences with phrase «national education stories»
Erica Green has been hired away from the Sun by the New York Times, where she's already begun writing national education stories based in the DC office.
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Then, Apple CEO Tim Cook is on a bit of a national tour that includes visiting factories to promote manufacturing, schools to promote education, and a journalist or two to tell his story.
These factors include historical reliance on national banking institutions for investment guidance, a public company venture capital markets in Canada being down 75 % from its peak in 2011 causing risk capital investment fatigue and a need for education, success stories and media attention on equity crowdfunding.
In 2011, The New York Times sparked national media coverage with its front page story on why Silicon Valley parents are turning to Waldorf Education.
Two days ago, New York Times national education correspondent Sam Dillon had a front page story on the sharp increase in the number of formerly middle class households now taking advantage of free or reduced price school lunches for their children, a stark indicator of the nation's current economic woes.
«This exhibition is just the beginning of our work in telling the story of New York's colonial history and how our settlement by the Dutch has shaped not only our local character but aspects of state and even national character that we think will surprise and delight our visitors,» said Deputy Commissioner of Cultural Education and State Museum Director Mark Schaming.
The debate was a result of education secretary Michael Gove's announcement that he wanted to make «our island story» a fundamental part of the national curriculum.
(The rest of this story is based on the first few hours of today's markup of the bill, which covers NSF, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the science programs at the Department of Energy, and federal science education policy.
National Education Polls Tell Two Stories, Impact on Elections Tough to Gauge by Mikhail Zinshteyn
By including a wide range of illustrative examples, quotes, stories, and statistics, Cookson helps readers grasp the living conditions of children today, allowing them to become informed and involved in the national dialogue surrounding the future of public education.
Hechinger places national, long - form stories in prominent publications across the country; StateImpact taps into the infrastructure of National Public Radio affiliates in Florida, Indiana, and Ohio to go deep in their home states (on education and other national, long - form stories in prominent publications across the country; StateImpact taps into the infrastructure of National Public Radio affiliates in Florida, Indiana, and Ohio to go deep in their home states (on education and other National Public Radio affiliates in Florida, Indiana, and Ohio to go deep in their home states (on education and other issues).
Murray points to the fact that national gains in educational achievement, particularly for those beginning on the lower end of the distribution, have been very hard to come by in the past few decades: «If we confine the discussion to children in the lower half of the intelligence distribution (education of the gifted is another story), the overall trend of the 20th century was one of slow, hard - won improvement.»
But as Reville and others intimately familiar with the Bay State's school - improvement efforts emphasized in a panel at the Education Writers Association National Seminar earlier this month, the «Massachusetts story» is complicated.
A new manual, Telling Your Story: A Toolkit for Marketing Urban Education, published by the National School Boards Association Council of Urban Boards of Education, outlines ways administrators can improve their communication and marketing strategies.
A story in the May 26, 2004, issue of Education Week («NRC Urges Multiple Studies for Math Curricula») furnished an incorrect Web address for accessing a National Research Council report on the effectiveness of mathematics curricula.
A story about the Florida gubernatorial race in the Sept. 4, 2002, issue of Education Week («Teachers» Unions Pass Over Reno and Reich») should have said that the Florida Education Association is affiliated with both the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers.
Let's Fix Math Education By Redefining Math National Geographic, 3/24/16 The secret of countries such as high - performing Finland may be quality primary school teachers, who often have deep math training, according to Pasi Sahlberg, a former math teacher who has chronicled the Finnish success story and is now a visiting professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.»
As former National Education Association president Reg Weaver put it, «At the start of every school year, we read in the newspaper... stories about schools scrambling to hire teachers.»
She manages to skillfully weave personal observations, research citations, and understated British humor into a powerful story about the role education systems play in shaping — and reflecting — national culture and achievement.
A story in the Aug. 13, 2008, issue of Education Week about the federal Teacher Incentive Fund gave the wrong name for the Santa Monica, Calif. - based National Institute for Excellence in Teaching.
A highly structured bureaucracy controls teacher certification and training, says C. Emily Feistritzer, president of the National Center for Education Information (NCEI) in Washington D.C. «Anyone who wants to make more new teachers available can begin by dismantling this elaborate system, which locks out potentially highly qualified teachers while accrediting many who don't belong in the classroom,» Feistritzer says in a story, («The Truth Behind the «Teacher Shortage»»), originally published by the Wall Street Journal in January.
Twenty - five years ago this week, a newspaper nobody had ever seen before broke a national story on education policy.
The August 2009 debut of the daily EdWeek Update e-newsletter further spurred the timeliness of Education Week reporting and allowed the paper to «push out» same - day coverage of major stories, from the release of National Assessment of Educational Progress results to the hiring or firing of a big - city superintendent.
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.
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.
This story was updated to include quotes from President Obama, Arne Duncan, Joe Bishop and the National Education Association.
A story in the April 23, 2003, edition of Education Week about the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation provided incorrect information about an initiative to support teachers seeking National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification.
Emily Feistritzer, president of the National Center for Education Information (NCEI) and an expert on alternative certification programs, says that Wexler's story is typical, both nationally and in California.
Last spring, in a much - quoted speech, Bill Gates, whose education philanthropy is the subject of another story in this issue, told the National Governors Association that America's high schools were «obsolete.»
A look at our latest National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) scores tells the tragic story.
In a statement in response to the AP story, Shavar Jeffries, national president of Democrats for Education Reform, said sarcastically, «Apparently, the school segregation problem boils down to Black and Brown parents choosing schools that aren't White enough, as if the doors of all - White schools would magically open if only they had the good sense to seek to enroll their children in them.»
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The turnaround story has turned Anderson into a national figure in education circles.
Bylines, stories, and outlets that aren't on the list include Erica Green's steady and insightful coverage of Betsy DeVos for the New York Times, NPR's deep series about school choice and vouchers, Benjamin Herold's deep dive into personalized learning for Education Week, Alvin Chang's amazing Vox story on segregation, and the Baltimore Sun's series on integration (which recently won a National Headliner Award).
Instead, national education coverage has generally been infected by over-speculative stories on hot - button, high - outrage topics.
To that end, NCEO works in collaboration with the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and in partnership with other organizations to build the leadership capacity and expertise of others to improve educational outcomes for all children.We hope that you take the time to read the stories featured on this site, understanding that these districts have not «arrived» at the solution.
On Thursday, New Jersey education blogger Laura Waters expressed some strong objections to Chalkbeat's coverage of a new Harvard study of student achievement gains in Newark, suggesting that the story (written by national reporter Matt Barnum) must have been rushed or he was slanting his coverage.
However, there is a story involving the National Education Association that has flown under the mainstream media radar.
Testing, teachers and new players on the national scale are just a few stories we know Indiana's education playmakers will be following in 2016.
5 Key Education Stories to Watch in 2014 U.S. News & World Report op - ed by NINA REES, president and chief executive officer of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Explore the PIE Network's 2017 Annual Report, which tells the story of the unique role the Network plays in the national education reform movement.
What must be particularly galling to education ministers is that this has turned success stories into trip wires - no more so than the disastrous delivery of this year's national tests for 11 and 14 year olds in England.
Two journalists, a local reporter who covers education in Bakersfield and national reporter for NPR, discuss how they approach their beats, reflect on surprises they encountered in 2014, and provide predictions for the stories of 2015.
Christine Major, Director of Professional Development at Discovery Education said — «When we found out that the students wanted to share the story of being digital mentors for our new Secondary service through their entry to a national school news report campaign, we saw a chance for the students to come and have a unique learning experience with us.»
The National Education Association's Human & Civil Rights Department has even developed a website for teachers to share stories and resources.
In this exclusive Times Insider conversation, Nikole Hannah - Jones, an award - winning domestic correspondent and the author of the National Magazine Award — winning story «Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City,» is joined by Ritchie Torres, a Bronx City Council member, and two parents whose children attend New York City segregated schools to discuss the crisis in the classroom — and how to make education equitable for all.
If the Opt Out story is only now growing of interest to the national education reporters of The New York Times because now national and state level unions, having seen where a significant portion of parental sentiment is heading, have begun to help amplify the message, that is fair, although perhaps short sighted depending upon your perspective.
During the celebration of National School Choice Week, we will share stories of how Louisiana's families utilize the state's education options, including public charter schools, traditional public schools, scholarship schools, online schools, and homeschooling.
On a national level, the cheating story cuts to the heart of a major education policy debate over accountability.
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