Sentences with phrase «national experiment»

Consider our current national experiment with the new breed of elaborate, complex teacher evaluation templates.

In particular, Oppenheimer points out the reality that both the NFL and Christian churches make their home on Sundays, «and 50 years into [the] national experiment of mixing the two, it is not at all clear that faith has won the day.»

Our massive, three - decade national experiment in class - size reduction has exacerbated the challenge of finding enough effective teachers.

State Education Commissioner Chris Cerf, in the presentation to the state board, said SIG schools in New Jersey and elsewhere should prove a «critical national experiment» in what it takes to turn around schools with chronic low performances.

As one nutrition expert put it to me, we're in the middle of» a national experiment in mainlining glucose.»

Jo Handelsman, a Yale University biologist and co-chair of the PCAST working group that produced the report, says it calls for «a national experiment» on the best way to eliminate remedial math courses and bring more students up to college standards.

The rush to privatize education will also turn tens of thousands of students into guinea pigs in a national experiment in virtual learning — a relatively new idea that allows for - profit companies to administer public schools completely online, with no brick - and - mortar classrooms or traditional teachers.

What we teach our children is far too important to submit to a national experiment.

We write at a time when free speech and association are more important than ever in our national experiment.