Her interests are
centered on education policy, particularly on teacher quality, data use in schools, technology - driven education reform, and military veterans in higher education.
She has written extensively
on education policy issues including school leadership and the use of technologies in schools, school improvement, professional standards and on a range of issues relating to school leadership.
One of the reasons I love
working on education policy is that academic research on education is ever - evolving, and chock - full of hotly - debated issues.
Most academic
research on education policy suffers from a similar implicit assumption: that the schools automatically use their resources well.
Never mind that Republican
views on education policy are much closer to the expert consensus than they are on, say, climate change.
The results of three recent
polls on education policy should provide interesting fodder for the winners of state and national elections.
The national
conversation on education policy has focused heavily on teacher quality in recognition of the strong influence of effective teachers on student outcomes.
The foundation now spends nearly $ 400 million on various education initiatives around the country and is having a profound
effect on education policy, particularly at the federal level.
Improving the teacher workforce is now high
on the education policy agenda, and most policymakers draw on research to inform their positions about teacher quality.
Despite the rapidly changing political scene, there is reason to expect new
action on the education policy front as soon as 2011 pops up on your electronic calendar.
But this week's report is at its most
critical on education policy, where the proportion of state - funded schools designated with a religious character is increasing.
It matters to us that we share our knowledge and expertise and so here you will find our research as well as our latest insights and
thinking on education policy and practice.
Other sponsoring institutions are the Harvard
Program on Education Policy of Governance, part of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government at the Harvard Kennedy School, and the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.
At the dynamic Education Fast Forward 12 Debate on January 19, I spoke with Stefan Dercon (Chief Economist Department for International Development in London) and Andreas Schleicher (Special
Advisor on Education Policy OECD in Paris) about their opinions on the issues raised in the «Turning School Performance to Economic Success» discussion.
But a report by the Washington - based Center
on Education Policy found that school districts were largely unprepared to implement the models.
Though it is difficult to judge Kozol's specific
impact on education policy in America, there is no doubt of his influence on the way Americans frame the questions that drive that policymaking.
Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, has
commented on the Education Policy Institute report School funding pressures in England...
Others — notably the Broad and the Walton Family foundations — are having a major
influence on education policy as well, with Broad pushing changes in school leadership training and personnel policies, and Walton supporting charter schools and other choice initiatives.
The performance differences among the countries «cover less than a quarter of the variability in outcomes that are observed between schools and pupils,» acknowledged Andreas Schleicher, the director for education and skills, and special
advisor on education policy to the secretary - general of the OECD, in his introduction to the report.
From June 28 — 30, the Education Commission of the States held its 2017 National
Forum on Education Policy in San Diego, California.
So are those at times at odds with Elia, whose
positions on education policy are often not in line with the New York State United Teachers and more recently her bosses on The Board of Regents.
Finn is not just a proud grandpa; he's a long - established
expert on education policy with the Fordham Institute and Hoover Institution.