Sentences with phrase «of education policy discussions»

The debate over the Common Core State Standards Initiative has rocketed to the forefront of education policy discussions around the country.

The role of principals in fostering student learning is an important facet of education policy discussions.

They helped bring technology and blended learning to the forefront of the education policy discussion.

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There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

Video of «Ready To Be Counted: Incorporating Noncognitive Skills Into Education Policy,» a panel discussion at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 2015.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

I think the discussion of the 2 republicanisms, and 2 communitarianisms can help social democrats come up with policies to improve public services like education, healthcare, and identify new labour laws worth implementing.

«They've helped to destroy successful schools across the city of New York,» Thompson said during a panel discussion on education policy at NYU, hosted by the New York City Working Group on School Transformation, which also featured Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio who are presumptive candidates for mayor.

At 8:30 a.m., Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa and Regent Judith Chin will participate in a panel discussion on a new study by the Learning Policy Institute and the National Education Policy Center showing that well - implemented community schools can lift achievement in high - poverty communities, Teachers College, Columbia University, Joyce Berger Cowin Auditorium, Broadway, Manhattan.

«Isolated changes should not be made outside of the context of broader discussions about higher education policy.

Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, was one of the participants at this roundtable, and his contributions to the discussion were very insightful and revealing of the challenges and opportunities facing Nigeria, the world's most populous black nation, when considering policy options in the education space.

It is in Elia's interest to have a good relationship with Cuomo because of his power over the budget, but Benjamin said it would be «unwise» of the governor to leave Elia out of the discussions on education policy.

Lunch Table Discussions and Conversations with Experts is an open networking event that is focused on all aspects of stem cells and regenerative medicine, including science, business, policy, ethics, education, advocacy and commercialization strategies.

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, in partnership with The Kavli Foundation and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, has announced the establishment of the Kavli Prize Science Forum — a new biennial international forum meeting to facilitate high - level, global discussion of major topics on science and science policy.

Much of the discussion concerning American education policy focuses on the achievement gap between high - and low - performing students.

David P. Driscoll's new book Commitment and Common Sense offers a lot of what current education policy discussions lack — wisdom.

Every discussion of education policy, program design, implementation and evaluation on instruction, teacher policies and education, or school governance focuses on improving educational outcomes for young people and ensuring that all learners have access to a high - quality education relevant to the 21st century.

Former US Secretary of Education John King, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Senior Policy Adviser Christy Wolfe, Chris Barbic of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, and DC Public Charter School Board Executive Director Scott Pearson will participate in the discussion and AEI's Nat Malkus will moderate.

Details and implementation will matter a lot but on the surface there is nothing that hasn't previously been part of the public discussion of education policy or that is scarily radical.

On Thursday, November 10, AEI held a panel discussion on how the results of the election will affect federal and state education policies.

Based on the literature reviews, observations in the schools and meetings with the departments at the Ministry of Education, the team presented several key policy considerations to the Ministry: (1) utilize a website, the National Play Day, and the Jamaican Teaching Council as platforms from which educators can develop and share best game - based learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school level.

Hotshot researchers like Roland Fryer, Jacob Vigdor, Susanna Loeb, Matthew Springer, Brian Jacob, Jonah Rockoff, and Sara Goldrick - Rab are having a large impact on current education policy discussions even though their careers have not been long enough to accumulate a longer list of books and articles.

, American Economic Review, 2005; Anna Egalite, Brian Kisida, and Marcus Winters, «Representation in the Classroom: The Effect of Own - Race Teachers on Student Achievement», Economics of Education Review, 2015; Stephen Holt and Seth Gershenson, «The Impact of Teacher Demographic Representation on Student Attendance and Suspensions», IZA discussion paper 9554, 2015; and Constance Lindsay and Cassandra Hart, «Exposure to Same - Race Teachers and Student Disciplinary Outcomes for Black Students in North Carolina», Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2017.

Meanwhile, William Easterly, in a fascinating discussion of education policy in the developing world in «Barren Land,» cautions against building human capital simply by throwing money at schools.

Highlights this fall include a conversation with Claude Steele, social psychologist, executive vice chancellor and provost for University of California, and author of Whistling Vivaldi, about how stereotypes can impact education; a discussion about the use of race in college admissions with Economic Policy Institute Research Associate Richard Rothstein and Georgetown Law Professor Sheryll Cashin; and a forum about education leadership.

It's become a familiar sight for education policy mavens this election season: panel discussions, in Washington and elsewhere, hashing out the presumptive presidential nominees» differences on performance pay for teachers, private school vouchers, and other reliable topics of debate.

Our estimates of the impact of vocational education on age - employment profiles indicate that much of the policy discussion about education programs is too narrow.

All that does not leave much space for serious discussion of the issues in any specific policy arena, education or otherwise.

Discussion focused on a critique of Rhode Island's education policies and student performance in Quality...

Public policy discussions and decisionmaking on the early education and care of young children have come to rely heavily on appeals to evidence.

As background prep we did an exercise on the state of germany in 1871 after unification, then had a discussion of what type of constitution would be necessary, thinking about key areas of policy such as the economy, control of the military, social measures (education / health), etc and deciding whether these should be under national or regional control.

The discussions in this class helped us understand the «strange» economics of higher education and challenged us always to remember these complexities when thinking about higher educational policy.

I'm thrilled that Education Next is helping to foster that discussion with a convening this Friday, September 16 in Washington DC — where a host of education researchers, change agents, community - and thought - leaders, and policy makers will discuss what we've learned about the country's views on K - 12 education over the pasEducation Next is helping to foster that discussion with a convening this Friday, September 16 in Washington DC — where a host of education researchers, change agents, community - and thought - leaders, and policy makers will discuss what we've learned about the country's views on K - 12 education over the paseducation researchers, change agents, community - and thought - leaders, and policy makers will discuss what we've learned about the country's views on K - 12 education over the paseducation over the past decade.

Areas of Focus: K - 12 education policy; mediating news, research, and opinions to broker K - 12 policy discussions; opinion writing; editing; blogging

Education policy makers at all levels of government will rely on this book to inform policy discussions about NCLB and state accountability systems.

Incentives and Test - Based Accountability in Education will inform people about the motivation of educators and students and inform policy discussions about NCLB and state accountability systems.

The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation, the ROCI Task Force and Bellwether Education Partners are working to foster a better understanding of the issues that affect rural education, inform policy discussions, and bring attention to the unique needs and circumstances of rural school Education Partners are working to foster a better understanding of the issues that affect rural education, inform policy discussions, and bring attention to the unique needs and circumstances of rural school education, inform policy discussions, and bring attention to the unique needs and circumstances of rural school children.

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At a recent panel discussion held at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. and sponsored by the organization, Broader, Bolder Approach to Education (BBA), panelists called for policy reforms to address the impact of poverty on schools, students, families, and neighborhoods.

Thomas Kelley - Kemple, a PIER Fellow and second year doctoral student in the education policy program at the GSE, said that he thought Loeb's lecture brought a new dimension to the discussion of teacher efficacy.

On October 15, Askwith Forums presented a discussion of the case before the United States Supreme Court concerning the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin and its implications for higher education.

His main ambition in this book is to persuade us that, as a matter of normative political theory and public - policy analysis, we should pay more attention to the goal of fostering good citizenship than we have seen in many recent education discussions.

For a discussion of legal considerations around criminal history questions, see Bradley D. Custer (2016), «College Admission Policies for Ex-Offender Students: A Literature Review,» The Journal of Correctional Education 67 (2), pp. 35 - 43.

Most national policy discussions of higher education are preoccupied with structure and financing.

«You had dozens of states adopting before the standards even existed, with little or no discussion, coverage or controversy,» said Frederick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute, which has received $ 4 million from the Gates Foundation since 2007 to study education policy, including the Common Core.

Please join us using hashtag #exSEL for an online discussion with Chad d'Entremont, Executive Director of the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, about the state of social - emotional learning in Massachusetts.

Joanna is committed to public education and collaborates with organizations such as Hope Street Group and the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) to include educator voice in policy discussions.

When the wave of education reform starts at the national level, the national policy discussion often takes place at the macro level.

As promised last week, we continue the discussion over education policy and whether parents should opt their children out of standardized testing.

Today, Mitt Romney squandered an opportunity to participate in a meaningful discussion of real education reform by attempting to disguise attacks on teachers and public education as meaningful policy proposals.