Sentences with phrase «prominent education historian»

Improbably, at the end of a four - decade - long career as the nation's most prominent education historian and a vocal advocate for education reform, Ravitch has emerged as reform's fiercest critic.

The dispute between the reports» authors — which flared into the open on a national network news program Sept. 6 — pitted Lynne V. Cheney, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, against Diane Ravitch, a prominent education historian, and Chester E. Finn Jr., an assistant secretary of education.

Prominent education historian Diane Ravitch, for example, has gone so far as to allege that reformers are waging a «war on teachers» that threatens to undermine, rather than improve, teacher quality.

DFER's new strategy «gives them protection for their agenda if the Senate goes Democratic without their help,» said Diane Ravitch, a prominent education historian and frequent critic of the charter movement.

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Conference offers much more: The conference programme has by now been enriched with an attendance of Northern Ireland Minister for Education John O'Dowd, the key - note speeches from several prominent historians, including prof. Tony Gallagher (Queens University), Eamon Phoenix (Stanmillis College), Philip Orr (Author of several books and Historian).

Calling for Registrations, Workshop Proposals & Offers Exciting Programme with Key Note Speeches by Prominent Historians, Minister For Education, Partnerships across Northern Ireland & Europe and many more...

Prominent speakers have included U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, historian Noam Chomsky, edX President Anant Agarwal, mindfulness guru Jon Kabat - Zinn, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Colin Powell, filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, autism activist Temple Grandin, media mogul Oprah Winfrey, Khan Academy founder and director Sal Khan, and Whistling Vivaldi author Claude Steele.

23rd EUROCLIO Annual Conference «Remembering the Difficult Past through History and Heritage Education» Calling for Registrations, Workshop Proposals & Offers Exciting Programme with Key Note Speeches by Prominent Historians, Minister For Education, Partnerships across Northern Ireland & Europe and many more... 19 - 24 March 2016, Belfast Conference offers much more: The conference -LSB-...]

Prominent speakers have included U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, historian Noam Chomsky, edX President Anant Agarwal, mindfulness guru Jon Kabat Zinn, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Colin Powell, filmmaker M.Night Shyamalan, autism activist Temple Grandin, media mogul Oprah Winfrey, Khan Academy founder and director Sal Khan, and Whistling Vivaldi author Claude Steele.