Maria Ferguson (speaker) is the executive director of the Center on Education Policy (CEP) at the George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, DC, an independent nonprofit organization that studies and reports
on the education policy and practice.
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.
Darling - Hammond is author or editor of more than a dozen books and more than 300 articles
on education policy and practice.
Susanna Loeb is an associate professor of education at Stanford University and director of the Institute for Research
on Education Policy and Practice.
At the same time, he acknowledges, Hattie's work «has had a profound effect
on education policy and practice globally.»
«Dick Murnane has long been an admired leader within the Ed School faculty, recognized for his excellent scholarship and teaching, his wide experience and collegial style, and his deep devotion to the School and its beneficial impact
on education policy and practice,» Faust said in a statement.
«Dick Murnane has long been an admired leader within the Ed School faculty, recognized for his excellent scholarship and teaching, his wide experience and collegial style, and his deep devotion to the school and its beneficial impact
on education policy and practice,» Faust said.
Not exact matches
California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) is an advocate for farmers, providing leadership
on public
policies, research
and education programs, sustainable farming
practices and trade
policy to enhance the California winegrape growing business
and our communities.
Such programs usually include training in drug
education and information,
practice in discussing, developing
and enforcing family
policies on substance abuse, enhancing parenting skills, etc..
Guidance Materials: The Board of
Education has produced a Model Wellness
Policy (2012) based
on science, research,
and existing
practices from exemplary states
and local school districts around the country.»
The Roundtables have been designed to help local services meet the strong
policy requirements
on father - inclusive
practice coming from the Department for Children, Schools
and Families (DCSF — formerly the Department for
Education and Skills).
Fiona has given evidence to Government Committees
on the subject of elective home
education and can provide you with a clear up - to - date analysis of the key areas of elective home
education practice and policy in England
and Wales.
The Baby Steps to Baby Friendly project is based
on a World Health Organization (WHO) / United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) program that encourages
and recognizes hospitals that offer optimal promotion
and support for breastfeeding, including supportive hospital
policies and practices, staff
education,
and post-discharge community referrals.
The Department of
Education announced a series of long - awaited reforms to the school discipline code
on Friday, including new
policies aimed at lowering suspension rates,
and new funding to support restorative justices
practices and students in the criminal justice system.
In addition to compiling head - to - head rankings, OECD collects data
on educational
policies and practices around the world, with topics ranging from how countries educate their poorest students to parental attitudes toward the importance of an
education.
«There is a pressure
on science
education research to become more meaningful to
policy and practice,» said Jan Van Driel, a professor of science
education at Leiden University in the Netherlands
and one of the mentors at the meeting.
The theme of the biennial institute, which is modeled
on a similar summer gathering in Europe called the European Science
Education Research School, was connecting research on science education to classroom practice and policy issues such as the Next - Generation Science S
Education Research School, was connecting research
on science
education to classroom practice and policy issues such as the Next - Generation Science S
education to classroom
practice and policy issues such as the Next - Generation Science Standards.
Her award - winning scholarship — particularly her work
on civic
education — has had a significant impact
on theory,
practice,
and policy,» said Ryan.
UnBoxed: A Journal of Adult Learning in Schools Published by the High Tech High Graduate School of
Education; offers reflections on purpose, practice, and policy in e
Education; offers reflections
on purpose,
practice,
and policy in
educationeducation.
In focusing
on individual school models
and putting forth an open call for ideas — rather than insisting
on a prescribed list of
policy - related preferences — the initiative appeared to depart significantly from the kind of
education grant making that has been
practiced for the past 15 years by philanthropists such as the Gates, Walton,
and Broad families.
«
Education research could... shed more light
on what
policies and practices best foster high achievement levels for every child.»
Despite decades of relying
on standardized test scores to assess
and guide
education policy and practice, surprisingly little work has been done to connect these measures of learning with the measures developed over a century of research by cognitive psychologists studying individual differences in cognition.
Education research could use this information to shed more light
on what
policies and practices best foster high achievement levels for every child.
Intended to give
education leaders actionable intelligence
on the teacher - recruitment landscape today, the stories examine both larger
policy issues
and more discrete school human resource
practices.
Sandra's knowledge in bullying behaviour in schools is extensive, due to her teaching career
and the fact that she has been involved in the development of a number or initiatives focused
on reducing bullying in Australia, including the Department of
Education and Early Childhood Development's Review of Antibullying
Policy and Practice.
Their positions
on education, abilities to manage
and lead within the federal bureaucracy,
and impact
on policies and practice are wild cards.
They can prod districts
and states to examine their special
education policies and practices, potentially identifying ones that unintentionally yield discriminatory results,
and shine a light
on groups in need of greater early intervention resources.
These were: well - being
and welfare — insisting upon the adoption of well - being
policies in all
education settings; empowering
and enabling — identifying the balance between empowering
and overburdening staff; freedom
and flexibility - reversing the trend for testing
and increasingly structured curriculum frameworks
and trust
and train teachers to do their job with a focus
on reflective
practice;
and celebrating success — making sure we all better celebrate the amazing experiences
and achievements of teachers to help stem a current tendency for public pessimism.
These titles influence
and inform
education practice and administration, explore ongoing
policy debates,
and report
on important research in the field.
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.
«Tom is unique in that he understands the theoretical, research,
and policy perspectives
on urban
education, yet is masterful in designing
and executing
practices that result in improved teaching
and learning in the classroom, at the school
and at the district level.
But Ravitch's book reveals that as necessary as these changes may be, revitalizing our schools ultimately depends more
on restoring liberal
education to its rightful place at the center of the American curriculum
and breaking the grip of harmful progressive ideas (particularly the progressive antipathy to subject matter)
on educational
policy and practice.
Charter Backers Get SchooledCommonwealth, 11/13/16) «I would push that back
on unions,» said [Paul] Reville, now a [Francis Keppel Professor of
Practice of
Education Policy and Administration] at the Harvard Graduate School of
Education.
For the Technology Leaders section of Technology Counts 2006, the Editorial Projects in
Education Research Center collected data
on 14 indicators covering three major areas of state technology
policy and practice: access, use,
and capacity.
Education Policy, Leadership, and Instructional Practice focuses on learning among children, adolescents, and adults and its connections to the organizations, institutions, and policy settings in which it o
Policy, Leadership,
and Instructional
Practice focuses
on learning among children, adolescents,
and adults
and its connections to the organizations, institutions,
and policy settings in which it o
policy settings in which it occurs.
University of California — Berkeley Professor P. David Pearson — noted reading researcher — presented «Theory
and Practice in Reading Comprehension: Reflections
on a Half Century of Work,» an exploration of his career
and the evolution of reading
education in the light of
policy changes, including the introduction
and implementation of Common Core Standards.
In a 2016 survey
on research use by state
and district decisionmakers by the National Center for Research in
Policy and Practice, more than half reported that they «never» or «rarely» used the federally funded What Works Clearinghouse, the National Center for
Education Statistics,
and the Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs).
The book, published by Harvard
Education Press, focuses on the ways education policies collide with everyday classroom practices and how thoughtful, solutions - oriented, and results - driven teachers are reframing debates in educati
Education Press, focuses
on the ways
education policies collide with everyday classroom practices and how thoughtful, solutions - oriented, and results - driven teachers are reframing debates in educati
education policies collide with everyday classroom
practices and how thoughtful, solutions - oriented,
and results - driven teachers are reframing debates in
educationeducation today.
Access to 10 recently released briefs focused
on high - quality early
education policies and practices written by Professor Nonie Lesaux
and Associate Professor Stephanie Jones.
Through support for pro-public
education politicians
and advocacy
on behalf of
education professionals, they seek to bring about good public
policy and practice.
Gary Orfield, Professor of
Education and Social
Policy at the Harvard Graduate School of
Education and Co-Director of CRP, commented
on the significance of releasing this work at a time set aside to honor Dr. King: «Martin Luther King's dream is being celebrated in theory
and dishonored in
practice with the decisions
and methods that our re-segregating our schools.
For two decades, Marc Tucker's research has focused
on the
policies and practices of the countries with the best
education systems.
National associations such as the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), the American Council
on Education (ACE), and the Association of American Universities (AAU), have called upon institutions to review their existing intellectual property policies and practices with regard to online e
Education (ACE),
and the Association of American Universities (AAU), have called upon institutions to review their existing intellectual property
policies and practices with regard to online
educationeducation.
In addition, Brown hopes that
on some practical level his research can contribute something of value to
policy, research,
and practice in higher
education.
Each of the three were conceptualized to cover core topic areas of enduring importance in
education; each integrate emphases
on research,
policy,
and practice issues,
and each is interdisciplinary.
Based
on the essay «Building a New Structure for School Leadership,» from Harvard Graduate School of
Education Professor Richard Elmore's book, School Reform from the Inside Out:
Policy,
Practice,
and Performance (Harvard
Education Press, 2004).
I enjoyed the many one -
on - one conversations I had with prospective students, who will be future leaders in
education practice,
policy,
and research.»
Thoughtful
and effective
policies for developing a professional workforce will have to include a mix of incentives for pre-K teachers that may be different from those designed for teachers in K — 12; provide training that is focused
on classroom
practices and the specific challenges of teaching young children;
and improve the alignment of early childhood
education with K — 12.
I felt like I dug deep in taking the Close Examination of Student Work: Investigating Learning
and Teaching by Adjunct Lecturer Tina Blythe
and got breadth through the AIE core class
on understanding the world of arts in
education through
practice, research,
policy,
and advocacy
and taught by Steve Seidel.
For two decades, his research has focused
on the
policies and practices of the countries with the best
education systems.