Sentences with phrase «over federal education policy»

In many respects, the debate over federal education policy is a question of trust, and the Republicans now running Congress trust the states.

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The statewide teachers union filed a federal lawsuit late Wednesday over the state Department of Education's policy of requiring teachers to sign confidentiality agreements before scoring tests based on the Common Core standards.

Elia said the only thing she knows for sure is that state's now will have to enact what she called a substantially different federal education policy, approved a little over a year ago.

With it comes the chance for greater sway over policy for states that have long chafed at what they viewed as an overly expansive federal role in K - 12 education.

Without the expected Republican gains, next year's federal education policy battles are likely to echo ones over school construction, teacher hiring, and education tax credits that the...

But countering the worst manifestations of that idea, which are detrimental in particular to poor and minority students, has been the center of federal education policy for over half a century.

The federal role in higher education has grown over the past two decades, and now a new administration has the opportunity to strengthen policies that support students and their colleges and universities.

When the dust settles from the midterm elections, federal lawmakers — the re-elected and losers alike — will head back to Washington for a lame - duck session with a long to - do list that could have broad implications for education policy over the next year.

They acknowledged the legitimacy of state policy (even if they dislike the notion of federal mandates and bemoan inadequate state funding), and generally find that they are able to use policy to enlarge their own influence over the improvement of education in their settings.

The move marks the latest battle between states and the Obama administration over what has been perceived to be heavy - handed federal education policy that will continue for the next few years.

«They've gone from the debate over NCLB in terms of the goals being unrealistic, to saying we're not going to require you to have goals at all,» said Charlie Barone, director of federal policy for Democrats for Education Reform.

That means putting students over special interests, expanding access to high - performing schools, empowering parents and loosening the federal government's grip on education policy decisions that are better left to local officials.

Jindal names the U.S. Department of Education and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in the suit, which argues that states are forced to cede their «sovereign authority over education policy to the federal government» to receive federal grants and police waivers linked to adoption of the sEducation and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in the suit, which argues that states are forced to cede their «sovereign authority over education policy to the federal government» to receive federal grants and police waivers linked to adoption of the sEducation Arne Duncan in the suit, which argues that states are forced to cede their «sovereign authority over education policy to the federal government» to receive federal grants and police waivers linked to adoption of the seducation policy to the federal government» to receive federal grants and police waivers linked to adoption of the standards.

It is critical to maintain a focus on federal education and related policies, even if federal progress will be an uphill battle over the next four years.

These facts, along with the reality that the federal government is barred from developing a national curricula and doesn't have much ability to force states to stick to any promises to enact college - preparatory curricula standards, belies Malkin's argument that Common Core is merely an Obama administration effort to «usurp state authority» over education policy.

The latest results on the most important nationwide math test show that student achievement grew faster during the years before the Bush - era No Child Left Behind law, when states were dominant in education policy, than over the years since, when the federal law has become a powerful force in classrooms.

The survey, which was conducted in November, found that only 10 percent of superintendents thought the federal government had done a good or excellent job with education policy over the last five years.

Why, then, do the majority of district, state, and federal education policies prioritize annual assessment results over equally important factors, such as challenging and engaging curricula; strong social - emotional and physical health supports; moral and ethical development; and safe, supportive learning environments?

«The frustration of the court matches the policy movements across the states and across the federal government over the same time,» said Eric A. Hanushek, a fellow in education at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University, who testified for the State of Connecticut in defending what it spends on schools.

As the Center on Education Policy noted in its recent survey of states granted waivers under the gambit, there is already fears that they will have scotch the accountability systems they put in place after receiving the waivers and start all over again under a new version of the federal educaEducation Policy noted in its recent survey of states granted waivers under the gambit, there is already fears that they will have scotch the accountability systems they put in place after receiving the waivers and start all over again under a new version of the federal educationeducation law.

Thank - you for stating coherently the flaws in the policies coming out of the Federal Dept of Education and from states all over the country.

According to the National Council of Teachers of English, «Well over a decade into federal education policy that endows significant consequences to single tests of student achievement too late in the academic year to lead to any action, teachers might be pleased that the term «formative -LSB-...]

State and federal education policy over the past 20 years has been developed within a standards - based reform framework which has emphasized a systemic approach to education reform.

The Department of Education's responsibilities include gathering data to assess how well certain programs and grants are working, awards Pell grants federal financial aid through loans and provides oversight over state policies to prevent discrimination.

Yet, there is a perception that the federal government has «taken over» public schools due to the implementation of new teacher evaluation models, Common Core standards and new methods of testing, said Max Marchitello, policy analyst for pre-K-12 education policy at the Center for American Progress.

The No Child Left Behind Act may have given the federal government a big say over K - 12 policy — but Congress and the administration remain minority investors when it comes to education funding.

The problem to be solved in their eyes is not why increasing federal and state funds targeted to low - performing schools and students over 50 years has been generally ineffective, but how our educational institutions for K - 12 can address low achievement despite the fact that the various education interventions, strategies, policies, and regulations that policy makers in the U.S. Department of Education have imposed have mostly failed to move theducation interventions, strategies, policies, and regulations that policy makers in the U.S. Department of Education have imposed have mostly failed to move thEducation have imposed have mostly failed to move the needle.

Today's speech by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act, along with the entire circus over the latest efforts to pass a new version of the federal education law, have certainly garnered plenty of attention from Beltway school reformers and other poliEducation Arne Duncan on reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act, along with the entire circus over the latest efforts to pass a new version of the federal education law, have certainly garnered plenty of attention from Beltway school reformers and other polieducation law, have certainly garnered plenty of attention from Beltway school reformers and other policy wonks.

Previously, she served as Chief of Staff for the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, informing the Administration's P - 20 policy and programmatic efforts on behalf of the nation's Latino students and families, including helping to secure over 150 private - and - public sector commitments with a collective investment of over $ 335 million to build on and accelerate federal, state, and local investments in high - quality education for the nation's Hispanic community, and launching the Federal Interagency Working Group to strengthen and align federal policy efforts with local initifederal, state, and local investments in high - quality education for the nation's Hispanic community, and launching the Federal Interagency Working Group to strengthen and align federal policy efforts with local initiFederal Interagency Working Group to strengthen and align federal policy efforts with local initifederal policy efforts with local initiatives.

As we demonstrated in our 2015 analysis of the Common Core debate on Twitter, the dispute about the standards was largely a proxy war over other politically - charged issues, including opposition to a federal role in education, which many believe should be the domain of state and local education policy; a fear that the Common Core could become a gateway for access to data on children that might be used for exploitive purposes rather than to inform educational improvement; a source for the proliferation of testing which has come to oppressively dominate education; a way for business interests to exploit public education for private gain; or a belief that an emphasis on standards reform distracts from the deeper underlying causes of low educational performance, which include poverty and social inequity.

Marlin Stutzman has a consistent record of standing with Hoosier parents and students and supporting policies that reduce federal control over education.

This past week marked a new era in our nation's history in education as President Barack Obama signed the «Every Student Succeeds Act» (ESSA) into law to put an end to the No Child Left Behind Act — the notorious federal policy that has dogged schools for over a decade.

Over the course of her career, she has studied how to improve teacher effectiveness (through professional development, coaching, education); the development of systems for out - of - school - time programs; the implementation and impact of test - based promotion policies; and the effects of federal accountability policies on schools, classrooms, and students.

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