Sentences with phrase «of federal involvement»

What lessons have been learned from the past half - century of federal involvement in education?

Participants at a recent event marking the 50th anniversary of the so - called military - industrial complex questioned whether this kind of federal involvement traps science as the slave of government.

I am never a big fan of federal involvement in state matters.

The case attracted the interest of other provinces, many of which have no culture of federal involvement.

The Obama administration kept its distance because of a general wariness at both the district and state levels of federal involvement in education.

Congress Set to Dump No Child Left Behind Politico, 11/30/15» «This is the first reauthorization since at least the 1980s — but arguably dating all the way back to its inception — where you see a rollback of federal involvement, as opposed to further extension,» [Associate Professor Martin] West said.»

Moreover, as McCluskey noted, even the Friedman survey downplays the extent of federal involvement in pushing Common Core.

[19] A good deal of jurisprudence has developed around the question of federal involvement in labour relations.

There is the threat of federal involvement, and anybody getting involved has to be comfortable with a certain degree of risk, but recognizing that the long term rewards — both in financial and social cause — can be extremely high.»

The authors address whether the new system of federal involvement that Common Core establishes is the most effective route to world - class math education.

He made the move to Washington nonetheless, where a political environment suspicious of any federal involvement in education confronted him.

His narrow vision lets him dodge the question that should ultimately engage historians of American public education: to what extent, if any, were schools, teachers, and students better or worse off as a result of federal involvement in education policymaking?

In doing so, though, it has lent the whole exercise a strong whiff of federal involvement and made it increasingly partisan.

The Common Core Standards are developed voluntarily by the states and embraced by the states, but they see this as a move in the direction of federal involvement in education and they oppose that.

Even those Republicans who have been supportive of the Common Core have been critical of the federal involvement in it, and Democrats who are supportive of the Common Core have realized that the best way to enhance its chances for success is to make sure it's not perceived as a federal initiative.

Lastly, NCLB «s promise of a substantial increase in student academic achievement has not been materialized, and the law's pressure on teachers to raise test scores has backfired into resentment of federal involvement in schooling.

The students the laws were most meant to assist — students of color, students with disabilities, girls and women — have shown great improvement, proof that the intent of federal involvement is achieving its purpose.

Despite the lack of federal involvement in developing the Common Core standards, the U.S. Department of Education has supported them by:

After all, even principled conservatives skeptical of federal involvement in education can see a role for Washington when it comes to research, and one that is entirely consistent with the genius of American government.

But the perception of federal involvement in the Common Core has persisted, with political ramifications.

We could expand that model to the other categories of federal involvement, but I think that approach is unwise.

In contrast, the Republic Party platform demands the end of federal involvement in the American educational system in favor of «choice - based parent driven accountability.»

By Matt Barnum — One era of federal involvement in education is over, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said Tuesday, in...

For its part, the Obama administration has argued for scrapping the GSEs, but replacing them with some form of federal involvement in mortgage financing.

These recent recommendations reveal fundamental differences in opinion about the ideal level of federal involvement in schools, which could explain why progress on Harkin's bill — initially expected to be introduced this past spring — has stalled.

«This is the first reauthorization since at least the 1980s — but arguably dating all the way back to its inception — where you see a rollback of federal involvement, as opposed to further extension,» West said.

That's the extent of federal involvement.

They treated concerns as a fringe phenomenon, dismissing or ridiculing questions of federal involvement, the quality of the standards, and the rest.

The Obama administration kept its distance during the development of the common standards because of a general wariness at both the district and state levels of federal involvement in education.