Sentences with phrase «of education reform debates»

With so much activity, school choice moved from the margins of education reform debates and became the headline.

The most likely remaining candidate is school - focused reforms, which have the vigorous support of the EEP side of the education reform debate.

I apologize for suggesting that the BPEF was part of the education reform debate that is now swirling through Bridgeport.

The atmosphere of school choice in Wisconsin is the subject of study by people on many sides of the education reform debate in this country.

A multiracial fightback against the testing industrial complex — one that is explicitly ant - racist and takes up issues of class inequality — has the potential to change the terms of the education reform debate and envision a world where authentic assessments are used to support students as they engage in classroom inquiry about how to achieve social justice.

Hess has spent decades working with practitioners, policy makers, and scholars from all sides of the education reform debate.

And the Achievement First issue becomes far more complex and serious because in the very center of the education reform debate is now a Commissioner of Education who has been part of Achievement First since it was created and now faces what is certainly a direct conflict of interest or at least the appearance of a conflict of interest.

Regardless of what side of the education reform debate we may choose, most Americans agree on one thing: Public schools must improve.

Not exact matches

Silver's arrest comes at a key moment in the education reform debate, and his has long been a champion and ally of NYSUT.

Before the latest ethics reform craze swept the state Capitol in reaction to the Sheldon Silver corruption scandal, education was the top topic of debate among lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Moskowitz, a 49 - year - old former Upper East Side councilwoman, is the face of the city's charter - school movement — and by extension a player in the national debate over education reform.

The hearing also highlighted an irony of the mayoral control debate: Senate Republicans, who are typically more allied with education reform and charter advocates, are critical of de Blasio but philosophically supportive of the accountability mayoral control guarantees.

With education policy set to play an important part in the May general election campaign, debates around the future direction of the school system will take place against the backdrop of fast - paced reforms made during the coalition's time in office.

The reform was necessary and was welcomed by the country's major science organisations (the German Research Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [DFG], the Max Planck Society and the German Science Council) and the organisation that represents university heads (Association of Universities and Other Higher Education Institutions, or Hochschulrektorenkonferenz), although the HRG has been one of the most hotly debated topics in the country's academic circles.

In the following debate, Jay Greene of the University of Arkansas's Department of Education Reform and Mike Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute explore areas of agreement and disagreement around this issue of school choice and school quality.

«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.

ERN's mission is to orchestrate «a powerful chorus of voices within the education policy debate advancing a true agenda of reform [that includes]... every child having... a quality public education.»

Democrats for Education Reform, a group that was unhappy with the changes, has posted a transcript of the debate here.

On January 25, 2017 AEI hosted a discussion of race, social justice, and school reform that was inspired by a forum in Education Next titled «Education reform's race debate.»

Over the past 20 years, many school systems around the globe have undergone some form of education reform and yet the trillions of dollars being spent in school systems, ongoing debates over the value of teacher pay incentives, and standardized test movements have yielded little effect in many countries.

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 package.»

It's Hollywood, of course, so he ultimately comes to believe that the union's interests stand in the way of school reform, but the discussion along the way adds depth that is often missing in education debates.

I'm excited about building an institute in New York that will be a real center for discussion and debate of educational values and reform direction, and again hope to have a voice in national education reform.

Second, these heated debates have led school - choice proponents to pay too little heed to crucial questions of market design and implementation — especially the extent to which reforms have, or have not, created a real market dynamic in education.

Debating this issue were Charles Barone, policy director, Democrats for Education Reform; Robin Lake, director, Center for Reinventing Public Education; Mike Petrilli, executive vice president, Thomas B. Fordham Institute; Delia Pompa, senior vice president of programs, National Council of La Raza; and Nelson Smith, senior advisor, National Association of Charter School Authorizers.

His use of the word «paternalism» sparked a raucous debate among education reformers and reform critics about «No Excuses» schools like KIPP, Amistad Academy, and Cristo Rey.

As a result, while debates between teachers» unions and reform - minded Democrats have been fierce, they have also largely stayed within the bounds of Democratic convention, with even Democrats for Education Reform seeking to temper criticism of teachers» unions by embracing «reform» unionism and denouncing Republican efforts to curtail collective bargareform - minded Democrats have been fierce, they have also largely stayed within the bounds of Democratic convention, with even Democrats for Education Reform seeking to temper criticism of teachers» unions by embracing «reform» unionism and denouncing Republican efforts to curtail collective bargaReform seeking to temper criticism of teachers» unions by embracing «reform» unionism and denouncing Republican efforts to curtail collective bargareform» unionism and denouncing Republican efforts to curtail collective bargaining.

Those debating reforms to American education should remember this memorial to Sir Christopher Wren, architect of London's St. Paul's Cathedral.

Trained as a historian under Harvard scholar Bernard Bailyn, Tyack believed that the careful sifting of past education policies could inform policymakers» debates on reforms such as desegregation, vouchers, charter schools, and leadership.

Too many of today's education reform debates are conducted as if they were winner - take - all contests that must leave a single reform strategy standing.

President Obama sparked much debate in Washington with his plan to grant states waivers from provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), conditional on their willingness to embrace certain reform proposals sketched out in the administration's March 2010 proposal, «A Blueprint for Reform: The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.&reform proposals sketched out in the administration's March 2010 proposal, «A Blueprint for Reform: The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.&Reform: The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.»

As for the suggestion about offering more opportunities for discussion and debate about different visions of education reform, I should first point out that we hosted close to 90 speakers just this year.

In a new forum for Education Next, Lindsey Burke, director of the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation, and Shavar Jeffries, president of Democrats for Education Reform, debate how Trump's policies his first year as president stack up, and whether the impact of his administration on the nation's schools and colleges has been for better or for worse.

After turning back successive tax reform proposals offered by Gov. Ned McWherter, Tennessee legislators last week were on the verge of passing a scaled - down education - reform plan and ending the debate that has preoccupied state leaders for the past two years.

However, Levinson believes conversations about the plethora of ethical issues have been missing from the contemporary education reform debate.

Two reforms have dominated the education policy debates of the past decade: school choice as epitomized by charter schools, and testing and accountability as symbolized by No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

Also in this issue: A look back at what the Obama administration's signature education reform got wrong, with lessons learned to guide states and districts in refining their teacher evaluation systems, and a warning on the limits of federally - led school reform; a proposal for how to redesign education research under the Every Student Succeeds Act; and a debate on whether there is a federal constitutional right to education.

The Democratic - dominated legislature's unanimous override of the Republican governor's veto, part of a $ 250 million package of cuts to the $ 20.8 billion state budget for fiscal 2000, touched off an intense debate about Mr. Cellucci's commitment to the 1993 Education Reform Act.

In debating education reform, Goodman adopted not the point of view of The System, even less that of society or the nation (in one recurring riff, he savagely criticizes James Conant, Harvard president and education reformer, for even mentioning «national needs» alongside «individual development»), but that of the dropout, The System's rejects.

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And this I think helps explain the toxicity of the current education - reform debate.

Where I come out — you can read more in «The End of the Education Debate» — is that America needs not less education reform but far more fundamental and radicaEducation Debate» — is that America needs not less education reform but far more fundamental and radicaeducation reform but far more fundamental and radical reform.

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.

But the document outlining objectives at the close of the summit was rife with language now common in the education reform debate — accountability, competitiveness, readiness, and national goals.

The former president of the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy and former executive director of the Pew Forum on Standards - Based Reform can trace his personal memories of the debate back to the mid-1980s.

90, resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, highlight the shortcomings of current education reform debates, noting that «almost all of the ideas currently on the mainstream table leave the basic structure of American schooling fundamentally unchanged.»

This lesson was not lost on the chair of the Charlottesville summit — an activist governor from Arkansas who would soon be involved in the education reform debate from a completely different vantage point.

On June 7th, with the release of Diplomas Count 2011, education experts and Education Week researchers held a four - hour discussion on the «college for all» debate, the value of education alternatives, and some perspectives on high schooleducation experts and Education Week researchers held a four - hour discussion on the «college for all» debate, the value of education alternatives, and some perspectives on high schoolEducation Week researchers held a four - hour discussion on the «college for all» debate, the value of education alternatives, and some perspectives on high schooleducation alternatives, and some perspectives on high school reforms.

The report goes to the heart of the ongoing political debate between Labor and the Turnbull Government regarding the Gonski education reforms, and the effectiveness of education spending.

It is hardly surprising that the apparent exhaustion of the education - reform consensus has been accompanied by exhaustion on the part of the American public (whose children have been caught in the middle of the debate), not to mention many policy elites and politicians.