The not - to - be
open debate on education reform could have benefited the public's understanding of No Child Left Behind, the Common Core State Standards Initiative and its «next generation» assessments.
Not exact matches
Just as crucially as
opening up a
debate on the role of the private sector in
education, the government must do a better job at getting a clear message across to the people who really matter.
I sat in the public gallery of the House of Commons as Catherine McKinnell, the MP from Newcastle,
opened the
debate by congratulating the Shaw Foundation for the great response to their petition
on making mental health
education compulsory in all schools.
This was just the
opening round of what is likely to be a long series of acrimonious
debates over policy at the Department of
Education's Office of Civil Rights,
on topics including sexual harassment, affirmative action, instruction of English language learners and school discipline — even
on who might head the agency.
NAESP Expresses Concerns with House
Education Funding Bill, Urges an
Open Debate of Expected Budget Cuts
On July 29, 2013 NAESP and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) expressed concern with the Fiscal Year 2014 Labor - Health & Human Services -
Education appropriations bill in a formal letter to the House LHHS Appropriations Subcommittee.
And
Education Post, a new organization committed to supporting a «respectful» and «fact - based»
debate on reform issues, including Common Core, just
opened for business.
While the
debate rages
on about whether or not North Carolina's General Assembly actually dealt public
education a financial punch in the gut with the 2013 - 15 budget, NC Policy Watch is keeping a running tally of
education funding cuts that local school districts are coping with as they
open up for the 2013 - 14 academic year.
Nicky Morgan, the
education secretary, who has been touted as a potential rival to Osborne for the Conservative leadership when the prime minister steps down, is expected to give more details of the plan for the
education shakeup when she
opens the House of Commons
debate on the budget
on Thursday.