Sentences with phrase «of education commentators»

The claim that slipping scores result from a changed demographic (and hence could even be good news) has surfaced repeatedly in the writings of education commentators such as Gerald Bracey, but it is demonstrably false.

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But some conservative commentators, after narrating all the outrageous anecdotes, seem baffled for a positive program of cultural education, and others even seem positively anticultural — as though willing to admit that the ideologies of the secularists are what constitute the humanities.

In particular, those of us committed to public education should feel that our backs are against the wall if the commentators are reading the signs of the times correctly.

The decisions that a man makes about where he will live, how he will furnish his home (the women's magazines, of course, will make this decision in co-operation with the furniture manufacturers), how he will discipline his children, what radio and TV commentators he will listen to, what newspapers and magazines he will subscribe to, and what organizations he will join in his community — all of these daily decisions are, to an inestimable but unquestionable degree, influenced by the legislation, education, and plain ballyhoo daily propagated by these groups and the power centers that control them.

With the publication of Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to A Meaningful Life, William Deresiewicz's sober assessment of contemporary higher education was both praised and lampooned by commentators across the spectrum.

The commentator's vision of a post-EU Britain harks back to the apparent glory days of the industrial revolution and scorns the social progress made in education, workers» rights and healthcare.

«It is deeply debilitating and demoralising for teachers that any attempt to have a public debate about developing the teaching profession and the quality of teaching inevitably is hijacked by commentators and presented as a system to «root out incompetent teachers» and present our public education system as failing.

Some Chinese commentators now say nothing short of an overhaul of the country's higher education system is necessary.

Other public leaders, commentators, and scholars — U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, former Gov. Jeb Bush, Randi Weingarten, Diane Ravitch, David Coleman, E.D Hirsch, Checker Finn, Anthony Cody, and Jay Greene.

The Forum enables scholars and commentators to express differing views on major education issues and reform proposals — beginning, in this issue, with the pros and cons of for - profit schooling and merit pay for teachers in «Defining Merit.»

He is also on the editorial board of a number of prestigious education journals and a regular commentator for The Conversation and an expert commentator for the Australian Council of Education Leaders» onlineeducation journals and a regular commentator for The Conversation and an expert commentator for the Australian Council of Education Leaders» onlineEducation Leaders» online journal.

However, according to many philosophers and commentators, it is the education of the heart, the soul, the development of identity, culture, appreciation of reflection and belonging that is being lost.

Conservative commentator Armstrong Williams has agreed to pay $ 34,000 to the federal government to settle civil charges that he did not meet his obligations to produce radio and television advertisements for the Department of Education.

Why «Fisher» Means More Work for Colleges The Chronicle for Higher Education, July 29, 2013 «Most commentators greeted Fisher with a yawn, or a sigh of relief or disappointment, concluding that the court had changed very little.

It's a short essay, but is packed with evidence (from the Education Intelligence Agency) of NEA's multi-tentacled reach, from a $ 250,000 grant to the Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice («which has migrated to the University of Colorado at Boulder, which received another quarter million in direct funding,» says Peterson) to $ 100,000 for Media Matters, «a group that attacks conservative groups and commentators» and $ 35,000 for «the anti-accountability group,» FairTest.

Ellie joins us at LA School Report as a guest commentator, with periodic observations of public education in Los Angeles.

«I couldn't help but think of Commodus, as portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator, who frequently expressed frustration with the Roman Senate's inaction,» wrote education commentator Michael Petrilli on his blog.

Public education advocate, commentator and educator Ann Policelli Cronin addresses the issue in her latest blog post entitled, SBAC: The Beginning Of The End

Public commentators, the Senate Education Committee and the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) recommended that oversight and monitoring responsibilities of the Department be specified as found in Chapters 14 and 342.

Public commentators, the House and Senate Education Committees and IRRC commented that the title of the chapter be revised to better reflect statutes requiring special education for students who arEducation Committees and IRRC commented that the title of the chapter be revised to better reflect statutes requiring special education for students who areducation for students who are gifted.

Fellow pro-public education advocate and commentator lays out the harsh truth about the absurdity of the massive standardized testing industry that is being forced up on America's children, teachers and parents.

She is a retired psychiatrist and frequent commentator on the psychological dimensions of education and social welfare policies.

R. Claire Friend, MD, is a retired psychiatrist and frequent commentator on the psychological dimensions of education and social welfare policies.

So many commentators take verbal shots at her that you'd think she had the policy - making power of, say, President Obama, or Education Secretary Arne Duncan, or billionaire education philanthropist BiEducation Secretary Arne Duncan, or billionaire education philanthropist Bieducation philanthropist Bill Gates.

Fellow pro-public education blogger and commentator, Wendy Lecker, has another «MUST READ» column this week in the Stamford Advocate, CT Post and the other newspapers that are part of the Hearst Connecticut Media Group.

The reader's job isn't made easier by the breaking news that a noted broadcast commentator was paid by the Department of Education to promote NCLB (Kurtz, 2005).

This news was picked up by another set of op - ed commentators who explained why the SAT - score decline does not prove that American education has been getting worse.

Journalists and politicians are often our nations» most irritating commentators about the state of American education because they have access to the same facts that I have.

Following the release of the Gonski 2.0 report, there has been some criticism from commentators in the education sector.

While the action didn't get a lot of news coverage in Connecticut, fellow public education activist and commentator, Wendy Lecker, did explained the situation in detail in a commentary piece published in the Stamford Advocate and posted here at Wait, What?

This year, after several commentators across the state noted that parents had the right to opt out of the SBAC, Connecticut interim Commissioner of Education Dianna Wentzell sent a memo to superintendents stating that «These [CT] laws do not provide a provision for parents to «opt - out» their children from taking state tests.»

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The National Center for Science Education has adopted as part of its mission the task of attacking researchers and commentators who question the biased and alarmist position on global warming staked out by the Obama administration and environmental advocacy groups, so Steven Newton's highly critical essay comes as no surprise.

Other commentators agree that there is a need for enhanced education in how to spot possible money laundering, along with higher rates of enforcement by the authorities.

The report is still widely cited and discussed, and indeed many commentators see the MacCrate Report as the key predecessor to the Carnegie Report.4 The MacCrate Report certainly had a substantial impact on legal education, but the Carnegie Report, in my opinion, is destined to have a greater practical impact on the reform of legal education.

I think any foray into social media by legal professionals must also incorporate a need for a sense of «balanced commercialism» in the sense that such vehicles are potentially subject to professinal regulation, and that they must demonstrably be in the best interests of the public — the addition of a component supporting the community or legal education, as suggested by the previous commentator, seems an appropriate step in that direction.

Some commentators have labelled homelands as economically unviable because of their remoteness from mainstream markets and employment and education opportunities.