Sentences with phrase «of educational debates»

A familiar narrative to followers of educational debates is the Finnish success story.

Presenters such as Bill Ayers and Janet Miller engaged in conversation with Gloria Ladson - Billings (who also won AERA's Division B Lifetime Achievement Award this year) and Michelle Fine to explore the lessons of Maxine Greene and, to use Ayers» terms, articulate «a fresh and improved three «r's» — reimagine, resist, rebuild — a project to reimagine schooling from top to bottom, challenging the politics and policies that dominate so much of the educational debates, and leaning toward a possible world, a world that could be but is not yet.»

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The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada recently announced the full day educational and networking program that covers the range and reach of this dynamic industry from social causes, rewards, pre-sale and impact investing to the hotly debated crowdfinance models of equity crowdfunding and P2P lending.

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

Such a discussion may seem terribly divorced from the everyday concerns of most readers, but in fact these practical issues lie at the heart of the current educational debate.

In view of the current educational debate, we should consider the role of religious education in society and the arguments being put forward by the present - day followers of Sir Robert Peel.

A recent New Scientisteditorial, which termed religion «distinctly non-rational», labelled this debate «one of the most contentious educational and intellectual issues of the decade».

The event has a two - day educational seminar, where some of the big industry names will speak & debate on one common agenda «Bulk Beverage Market».

«At once a warm and immaculately reported piece of journalism and a nearly complete overview of the contemporary educational debate.

The question is whether teachers — still struggling with any number of debates on methods of teaching traditional «cognitive» subjects — will be as receptive as they should be to yet another educational revolution.

Atheists» Handbook sent to every secondary school in England and Wales to be placed in their library, amid a continued debate over the role of religion in educational establishments

In a Holyrood debate this afternoon, Alex Salmond, the Scottish First Minister, has tabled a motion recognising «that free school meals help tackle child poverty and promote child welfare and educational attainment; further recognises that free school meals save families at least # 330 per child per year; confirms its commitment to increasing the number of primary school pupils eligible for free school meals».

Furthermore at a time when both major parties have adopted very similar education policies, the quality of public debate would be diminished if no one in the House of Commons were able to bring forward evidence that may lead to better educational outcomes for the nation's children,» Mr Brady argued.

Everything from cuts in housing benefit and childcare support for those on low and middle incomes, to the abolition of the educational maintenance allowance and the slashing of basic council services will move from the realm of political debate to real life in the new year.

De Blasio spent nearly the entire debate touting his record, including universal pre-kindergarten, the creation of affordable housing, reduction in crime, reforms to policing, improvements in educational achievement, and a stronger economy.

«Maybe we can borrow some of what we've learned about those time periods [when the effect was less] in today's debate about the role of the family in shaping kids» educational futures,» Gibbs said.

However, even if it were possible to analyse every child's genetics, no single genes for IQ or educational achievement have yet been identified, says Sarah Norcross of the Progress Educational Trust, a UK charity that promotes debate on genetics and reproduction.

Duncan acknowledged that there would be skepticism and debate surrounding the root causes of educational inequality, citing it as one of the main motivations for compiling a volume dedicated to the subject.

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Secondly, register the Practice of the Debate on the Immaterial heritage of The Unesco and as educational model of the 21st century, it may be to offer a quite small media to the Tibetan people.

Eva Moskowitz, founder and chief executive officer at Success Academy Charter Schools; Gerard Robinson, executive director of the Center for Advancing Opportunity; and Hillary Shelton, director at the Washington Bureau and senior vice president of Advocacy and Policy at the NAACP, will debate different viewpoints on educational equity and school choice.

But the proposal, the subject of two days of public hearings in Washington earlier this month, has generated intense debate, including complaints from for - profit educational institutions that it is anti-business, unfair, and unnecessarily complicated.

He studies topics such as the driver distraction of cell phones, the debates over Mars images, and the educational value of computer simulations of frog dissection.

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.

But many students see live - streaming as an intrusion, prompting a broader debate in China about privacy, educational ethics and the perils of helicopter parenting.

Nonetheless, as the reauthorization debate continues, policymakers should take note that educational triage was not evident in the first statewide analysis of the issue.

Tampa, Fla — Florida's new merit - pay system for teachers relies too heavily on such conventional factors as teachers» educational attainment and years of service and should take into consideration student achievement, a legislatively created advisory panel has concluded after seven months of heated debate.

Standardized testing is one of the «lighting rod» issues in educational policy debates.

The recent national debate on school reform has made us keenly aware of the gross and systematic disparities that exist in educational opportunity across the United States.

Even though most education policy debates have focused on school quality and student achievement, most research on the economic impact of schooling has focused narrowly on the number of years students remain in the educational system.

Amidst the debates on how best to strengthen our educational system, there is clear consensus on what motivates the need for change: many of our country's children and adolescents are being left behind, falling out of the educational system and further into cycles of systematic disadvantage.

I engaged in the educational debates of our time and formed friendships that will last a lifetime.

Teachers have used Elluminate's videoconferencing technology for a wide range of educational applications, from teacher training to debate competitions to geography lessons.

Opening the new year debate at Holyrood, Sturgeon promised that educational reform would be placed at the «front and centre» of the SNP's agenda if they win a third term in May's election.

In an engaging forum, MacInnes explained that for 15 years the failing schools of the Abbott Districts were the most debated educational issue in the state.

For four decades, Americans have vigorously debated school choice, vouchers and the capacity of educational markets to improve schooling.

One of the Bush administration's first major educational initiatives makes this the perfect time to debate the purpose of Head Start and preschool generally.

Also in this issue: an analysis of open educational resources and what the federal role should be in facilitating their adoption; an assessment of Mayor Bill de Blasio's first few years in office in New York City; and an expert debate on the merits of two different approaches to designing state accountability systems.

Coming in, my goals were to better understand the debates in educational fields and to get a sense of organizations pushing the frontiers of progressive, civic, creative education.

The Festival of Education at The Marches School aims to bring together leading educational experts and inspire debate and discussion amongst industry professionals, offering engaging and motivational CPD and presenting panel interviews with a variety of prominent and inspirational practitioners.

«The research in Diversity Challenged shows that affirmative action policies have major benefits not only in overcoming the history of exclusion of minorities, but also in creating a richer educational experience for all students and injecting new ideas and understandings into discussions, debates and research on campus,» said Gary Orfield, co-director of The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.

This summer in The Global Search for Education, we bring back our popular 2012 Education Debate series and put these questions and others to thought leaders at the forefront of educational change.

In recent years, educational experts have debated the concept of differentiation — that is varying / altering curriculum, content, and teaching methods to meet the individualized needs of students.

There is a current debate underway, both in the halls of academia and in the industry itself, as to the most suitable syntax of the word eLearning, e-learning vs. educational technology or digital learning or technology - enhanced learning in defining the learning environment (Moore, Dickson - Deane, & Galyen, 2011).

Knowing what families of different income and educational levels are currently paying for daycare can inform policy debates over how much taxpayers should spend to help families afford it.

Teachers will remain caught between ideologies of short - term economic efficiencies and the findings of educational research — between bottom lines and holistic student development; caught in the rough - edged cogs of funding formulae about resources and student achievement; caught by the Gonskis in the public - private funding debate; stuck between the so - far - disappointing results of national, standardised testing and teacher accountability (more effort is made to hold teachers accountable than trust them!).

Much of the debate has turned on whether or not school - choice programs yield improved educational outcomes and what happens to students who are left behind in schools struggling to cope after tax dollars have been diverted elsewhere.

With the Common Core State Standards Initiative likely to release the final version of its English and mathematics standards in early June, and states having to decide whether or not to adopt them, a crucial question has been neglected in the public policy debate: Is there good reason to believe that national standards will improve educational outcomes?

People can debate whether the flood of international, comparative data is helpful, but we can agree that, because educational systems have historically been locally controlled, international test results have had little effect on state and local educational policies and practices... until now.

This kind of research has the potential to add much needed nuance to the often ideologically tinged debates about school choice and the consequences for individuals, schools and the educational system.