The report was obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press as the groups behind the study began distributing it to state legislators,
other education policymakers and teachers who took part in the focus groups.
Overview The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) has sponsored a series of field trips focused on high school redesign to provide state education officials, state legislators, and
other education policymakers an opportunity to see first - hand how other states and districts
Not exact matches
However, Yellen and
other policymakers have been quick to emphasize that longer - term policy changes that improve
education, training and workforce development are required to raise productivity.
New York
education policymakers will begin looking at ways to measure school success and failure based on factors
other than test scores.
The newly updated, online, interactive state data tool allows
policymakers, educators and
other users to discern trends in
education, science and research in each of the 50 states.
The problem is that a good number of
policymakers, pundits, and
others who control the
education system seem to think that the almost - exclusive purpose of
education is to impart economically useful skills.
But
policymakers, pundits, and
others suffering from PLDD who control our increasingly centralized
education system focus almost exclusively on economic utility as the criteria for making
education policy decisions.
Some serious analysts and gutsy
policymakers are pushing to catch up with Singapore, Switzerland, and
other places that have long featured rigorous and respectable career preparation as well as university - style
education.
Education Week, published by the 501 (c)(3) nonprofit corporation Editorial Projects in Education (EPE), was founded in 1981 to serve the public interest by providing independent, nonpartisan reporting and analysis on American precollegiate education for school leaders, other educators, policymakers, and members of the genera
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education for school leaders, other educators, policymakers, and members of the genera
education for school leaders,
other educators,
policymakers, and members of the general public.
Provide resources to create new endowed chairs, which will help us attract the next generation of world - class scholars, practitioners, and
policymakers who are dedicated to working with
others to solve
education's most important problems.
In the search for solutions,
education researchers and
policymakers may have overlooked lessons about systems of choice from
other policy arenas.
Enter Usable Knowledge — a project that will take new ideas and innovative solutions generated by our faculty and our students and put them in the hands of teachers, principals, superintendents,
policymakers, and
others who can have a real impact on students, schools, and
education more broadly.
Being able to draw in parents, the public,
policymakers, and
others who are interested in
education, we need something to be able to say, «This particular school is high - performing or not a high - performing school,» and then provide additional information that supports that letter grade.
Dede outlines seven broad themes — criteria necessary for success — for scholars, funders,
policymakers, practitioners, and
other stakeholders in
education research:
If you train a different lens upon all this, however, you realize that you're looking at a badly messed - up system, one that privileges some kids over
others, that extends rights to some citizens that
others don't have, that invites finagling by both seekers and suppliers of educational services (and countless intermediaries), and that ends up being costlier than it needs to be, not to mention sitting substantially beyond the reach of
policymakers seeking to apportion scarce
education dollars across multiple legitimate causes, needs, and priorities.
«Part of the conversation we need to welcome now — and I'd encourage
policymakers to have — is what are those
other elements that contribute to students being successful that we ought to take a look at, and then how are we going to make room and build capacity within our
education systems to address those issues,» he says.
In The Futures of School Reform (Harvard
Education Press; Publication date: September 17, 2012), these leading scholars,
policymakers, and practitioners seek to challenge familiar assumptions and to generate new thinking in a variety of ways, including looking at
other sectors,
other nations, and emerging new technologies.
«This is an important moment for
policymakers, funders, and
others interested in supporting an alternative narrative for
education that focuses on deep and prolonged experiences of learning through making,» the paper's authors state.
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Education (EPE), is a non-profit media organization that serves the nation's leading K - 12 policymakers, educators, researchers, marketers and other influencers with informed, independent and highly - respected journalism and research, with the goal of improving U.S. K - 12 e
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other influencers with informed, independent and highly - respected journalism and research, with the goal of improving U.S. K - 12
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Fostering collaboration among our members, strategic partners and
other education leaders and
policymakers
This toolkit will provide information and resources to support local and state
policymakers, school and early childhood program administrators, teachers, and
other decision - makers to help children transition from early care and
education to kindergarten and beyond.
State
policymakers should allow students to use Title I funding for individual courses, online learning, textbooks, and a host of
other education - related services, products, and providers.
Nell Duke and her colleagues in Literacy, Language, and Culture influence current and future classroom teachers,
policymakers, curriculum developers, book and software developers, and many
other stakeholders in literacy
education.
As parents, school leaders and
policymakers struggle to answer these and
other questions, we cover what's working, and what's not, in early
education.
Though controversial among teachers and
others, the method has been increasingly embraced by
education leaders and
policymakers across the country, including the Obama administration.
The videos also remind us that
education researchers are driven by the same fundamental desire to make a difference — to make things better — as teachers, principals,
policymakers, and every
other practitioner working in the field.
And what lessons do Waterford's rise and partial fall in Los Angeles offer
education policymakers, not only in
other states but also in Washington?
Among
other things, he wrote, «It's probably time for
education reformers and
policymakers to admit that just pushing harder on test - driven accountability as the primary tool for changing our creaky old public - school system is apt to yield more backlash than accomplishment.»
That is, rather than relying exclusively on test scores to judge schools, BBA calls for the creation of an inspectorate, similar to that used in
other countries with high - performing
education systems, that is comprised of experienced educators,
policymakers and scholars, to evaluate schools and make recommendations about how they might be improved.
However, data regarding the retention rates among loan recipients were not provided in the state's ESSA plan.40 Nebraska officials should study and publish these data and make these findings available to
policymakers and
education stakeholders, particularly those seeking to implement a similar program in
other states experiencing similar retention issues.
In
other words, «lead professionals» who serve as mentors or coaches are not necessarily compensated commensurately for these roles.33 Georgia
policymakers and
other education stakeholders should work together to align their four - tiered system to professionalized compensation structures in order to create a more comprehensive, professionalized system that addresses several components of the pipeline.
Formed in 1969, KASA connects
education leaders to
policymakers, legislators and
other interest groups, and provides numerous benefits and services to Kentucky's school administrators.
CO ASCD's efforts to support teacher voice in
education decision making include hosting online conversations with policymakers (see Education Issues in Focus at www.coascd.org), conducting policy summits, inviting policymakers and educators to write policy - related blogs or articles for our newsletter, connecting with other organizations in the state that promote education advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy ac
education decision making include hosting online conversations with
policymakers (see
Education Issues in Focus at www.coascd.org), conducting policy summits, inviting policymakers and educators to write policy - related blogs or articles for our newsletter, connecting with other organizations in the state that promote education advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy ac
Education Issues in Focus at www.coascd.org), conducting policy summits, inviting
policymakers and educators to write policy - related blogs or articles for our newsletter, connecting with
other organizations in the state that promote
education advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy ac
education advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of
Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy ac
Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD
education advocacy ac
education advocacy activities.
The National Center for Learning Disabilities: Agents of Their Own Success: Self - Advocacy Skills and Self - Determination for Students With Disabilities in the Era of Personalized Learning This report highlights steps students, families, educators,
policymakers, and
other key stakeholders in our
education system can take to ensure all students are equipped with self - advocacy skills and the capacity for self - determination: elements we know are critical to their success in personalized learning settings.
Jacobson's chapter, «School - Community Partnerships: A Typology for Guiding Systemic
Education Reform,» draws on the experiences of the Coalition for Community Schools and
other partnership efforts to help
policymakers and researchers understand the value and different types of partnership approaches.
Affiliation Administrator Community member District assessment coordinator District leader Educator ELA instructor ELL instructor ESL instructor Legislator Math instructor Parent
Policymaker Press / Media Principal School department head School leader State
education agency staff Test administrator Technology staff Title III director
Other
In a detailed 2010 survey, school and district administrators,
policymakers and
others declared principal leadership among the most pressing matters on a list of issues in public school
education.
The Committee has been an active participant with the Kentucky Department of
Education and other stakeholders in creating a new accountability system for the state that sets ambitious goals for student learning, educates and empowers parents with information about schools, and provides state and local education leaders and policymakers with data to help make more informed decisions to improve opportunities for each
Education and
other stakeholders in creating a new accountability system for the state that sets ambitious goals for student learning, educates and empowers parents with information about schools, and provides state and local
education leaders and policymakers with data to help make more informed decisions to improve opportunities for each
education leaders and
policymakers with data to help make more informed decisions to improve opportunities for each student.
Federal
policymakers must strike a balance between federal oversight and local control by working with practitioners and
other education stakeholders to select, establish, and enforce effective and equitable school discipline policies.
We continuously study priority issues, inform the public and
policymakers and engage citizens, business leaders, families, students, and
others in a shared mission to move Kentucky to the top tier of all states for
education success.
She works on outreach to educators,
policymakers, and
other stakeholders while taking advantage of UL / SCALE's cross-disciplinary approach that supports the
education of all students.
Last week I had the pleasure of attending the National Association of State Boards of
Education Annual Conference, where State Board of Education Members from around the country gathered to discuss important education policy issues, build relationships with other policymakers from around the country, and learn about emerging education issues confronting students in Washington and around the
Education Annual Conference, where State Board of
Education Members from around the country gathered to discuss important education policy issues, build relationships with other policymakers from around the country, and learn about emerging education issues confronting students in Washington and around the
Education Members from around the country gathered to discuss important
education policy issues, build relationships with other policymakers from around the country, and learn about emerging education issues confronting students in Washington and around the
education policy issues, build relationships with
other policymakers from around the country, and learn about emerging
education issues confronting students in Washington and around the
education issues confronting students in Washington and around the country.
OECD's regular indicators enable
policymakers to see their
education systems in light of
other countries» performance.
The result is a provocative proposal for teachers, administrators,
policymakers, parents, and
others to consider as they contemplate the future of public
education in the United States.
National Conferences: The Forum seeks continuing opportunities to bring together
policymakers and
other education leaders.
Together, the reports offer
policymakers and
other education stakeholders a roadmap for overhauling NCLB.»
And in a recent report called «The
Education Transformation Project» authored by Steven Adamowski and
other Connecticut superintendents, they wrote, «High quality expanded learning time in schools is a core strategy as
policymakers and educators recognize that the standard school calendar does not fit many students» needs.
At the same time, many researchers say that attempting to simply replicate features of high - performing countries»
education systems in the United States is a mistake, unless
policymakers account for the role that cultural norms play in shaping school policies in
other nations.
More than 30 Alaska State Policy Research Alliance (ASPRA) members,
education policymakers, and
other stakeholders...
In particular, this history demonstrates that while these data provided only mixed progress towards the stated goal of greater educational equity, they proved «useful» in
other ways: providing researchers and
policymakers with an array of possible research and policy targets and sustaining the belief that the
education system, if properly tweaked and optimized, could ultimately secure educational equity.