Sentences with phrase «on education policymaking»

President Bush's decision to nominate Margaret Spellings, his chief domestic - policy adviser, as the new U.S. secretary of education signals a steady course on education policymaking from the administration, analysts say.

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Her research focuses on American Political Development, federalism, public policymaking, education, religion and politics, and the methodology of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA).

Endrit's DPhil research draws on Global Governance and the role that International Organisations play in shaping education policymaking in Europe.

ALBANY — The state Legislature appointed three new members to the Board of Regents on Tuesday, increasing the diversity of the policymaking board, and suggesting tensions around education policy may have eased around the Capitol.

Tisch and her colleagues on the 17 - member education policymaking board have argued that Governor Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers set an unrealistic timeline for putting the new evaluation system in place.

Murray said the pending legislation, dubbed the Foundations for Evidence - Based Policymaking Act, is focused on the report's three core ideas: expanding access to the data, ensuring privacy, and strengthening the government's capacity to evaluate how spending trillions of dollars every year on programs affects the health, education, and economic wellbeing of millions of Americans.

These constraints stem from state government's role in education policymaking, limits on available resources, and tensions within progressivism itself.

Research on education policy may even have yielded some well - grounded ideas, yet I doubt anyone is prepared to say that economic or political analysis has given us an uncontested, scientific basis for policymaking.

On the positive side of the ledger, I can think of no other area of education in which policymaking and discussion rely as much on appeals to evidencOn the positive side of the ledger, I can think of no other area of education in which policymaking and discussion rely as much on appeals to evidencon appeals to evidence.

More high - quality evidence on the nation's most prominent voucher program has the potential to inform education policymaking in the capital and across the country

At issue is $ 102,000 earned by Mrs. Clinton in 1991 as a consultant for the National Center on Education and the Economy, a not - for - profit education - reform and policymaking group based in RochesEducation and the Economy, a not - for - profit education - reform and policymaking group based in Rocheseducation - reform and policymaking group based in Rochester, N.Y.

His research focuses on judicial policymaking and in particular the influence of the courts on education.

The ESSA is a compromise bill among Republicans and Democrats who were intent on ending not just No Child Left Behind, the chief education initiative of former president George W. Bush, but also the Obama administration's micro-managing of education policymaking.

With the focus of education policymaking increasingly on local control, mayors and state policymakers play a significant role in improving our Nation's schools.

Assistant Professor Felipe Barrera - Osorio, who sits on the three - person IEN executive committee, stressed the importance of conducting sound evaluations in the context of continuing and expanding programs — both for education and policymaking.

In matters of K — 12 education policy, state boards of education have traditionally been the focal point for policymaking, but recent decades have more often found governors and legislators driving reforms that state boards and state superintendents would not likely have undertaken on their own — and sometimes superseding those boards and superintendents in direct control.

Our Deputy Director Ben Boer joined Mike Petrilli and Alyssa Schwenk on the «Education Gadfly Show» for a «master class in state policymaking» this week.

There is no way that Bannon should be anywhere near federal policymaking on any issue, including and especially anything involving American public education.

The hearing will focus on «Protecting Privacy, Promoting Policy: Evidence - Based Policymaking and the Future of Education» and is streamed live online here.

While Coates doesn't touch on education policy, he essentially makes a strong historical case for why reformers (especially increasingly erstwhile conservatives in the movement) must go back to embracing accountability measures and a strong federal role in education policymaking that, along with other changes in American society, are key to helping children from poor and minority households (as well as their families and communities) attain economic and social equality.

The Key's survey gives an insight into the widespread nature of fears over the current funding system, with 68 per cent of respondents calling for a «greater focus» on children with SEND in education policymaking.

There are a few reasons why affiliates of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers continue to cling on to declining influence over education poliEducation Association and the American Federation of Teachers continue to cling on to declining influence over education polieducation policymaking.

And although the city and the teachers» union cut a deal on layoffs, the episode established E4E as a voice in education policymaking.

That is not a reference to exam results, by the way, but — in perhaps a telling commentary on the (globally unique) focus of English education policymaking in the past 15 years — academy financial data.

A new report from the Learning First Alliance, A New Philosophy on Education Decision - Making, calls for unique collaboration between governors and practitioners in K - 12 policymaking.

But other reformers have sat on the sidelines, cowardly silent about the problems of the waiver gambit, inexcusably failing to remember that education policymaking is about clear communication in action of the expectations we have for our society to ensure that every child is provided high - quality education.

NASBE conducts annual study groups to provide professional development to members of state boards of education, set organizational direction and priorities, and inform the state education policymaking process on key issues.

As students head back to school, the Obama administration is using executive power in an unprecedented move to circumvent a congressional standstill on No Child Left Behind, arguing that the federal education law thwarts states» distinct policymaking abilities.

The information includes education research and analysis, federal legislative updates, tips on effective policymaking, coverage of education reform efforts across the nation, and other vital resource documents.

The waiver package sparked a debate on the Education Department's policymaking limits, with Republican members of Congress calling the move a federal overreach.

The issue will highlight the likely education priorities of an Obama or Romney administration; examine how changes in the makeup of Congress could affect education policymaking on Capitol Hill; and touch on state election results.

What role will the PTO continue to play — primarily fundraising, on - site volunteerism, policymaking assistance, character education, or some combination of these?

After a stint with Teach for America, she went on to co-found Educators for Excellence (E4E) in 2010 to ensure that teachers have a leading voice in education policymaking in order to provide all students the opportunity to succeed and elevate the teaching profession.