Sentences with phrase «public conversation about education»

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I've heard or read varying degrees of that same attitude when it comes to some of the conversations about «biblical» womanhood as people heap guilt on mothers or fathers for everything from choosing public school education to relying on babysitters or daycare, from Sunday School to family structures.

To Access the Conference Brochure for Details The Alliance's 2018 conference took place over MLKing Jr. weekend on January 12 - 14, continues the ongoing conversation about widening the circle of students served by Public Waldorf education through a deepening... more

The Alliance's 2018 conference took place over MLKing Jr. weekend on January 12 - 14, continues the ongoing conversation about widening the circle of students served by Public Waldorf education through a deepening of our knowledge and experience with culturally relevant practices.

Conference 2018 took place over MLKing Jr. weekend, January 12 - 14, and continued the ongoing conversation about widening the circle of students served by Public Waldorf education through a deepening of our knowledge and experience with culturally relevant practices.

Mayor Byron Brown says he is open to mayoral control if that's what it takes to improve Buffalo's schools, but feels a conversation is needed with parents and others in the city — and statewide — about how to reform public education.

Teachers want a serious conversation about what's needed in this next chapter for the state's public education system.

IN THEIR CONVERSATION THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT CHANGES SHOULD BE DONE TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IN ORDER TO HAVE A HIGHER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE, AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO CURB LOW TEST SCORES.

In this week's Press Pass conversation, WBFO's Eileen Buckley talks with Buffalo News Education Reporter Tiffany Lankes about her upcoming featured article for «How to Fix Buffalo Schools» that will focus on the Grabiarz School of Excellence Public School 79.

In the long term, the results of the survey are expected to influence ongoing global conversations about the roles and responsibilities of scientists and engineers in society, help clarify public expectations of scientists and engineers, lead to the development of materials for the education of scientists and engineers, and provide empirical data for consideration when developing specific recommendations on the nature and scope of the social responsibilities of scientists and engineers.

CHMP is an interdisciplinary initiative shaping crucial conversations about heath and healthcare, through media, research, education, and public forums.

But in the evolving landscape of public education, with ever - present conversations about school choice and concerns about school quality, that is changing.

Malcolm Gladwell, the author of The Tipping Point, suggests that our public schools would benefit from a spirit of innovation rather than one of regimentation.Those of us who have been hanging around public education for more than, say, 15 years may remember a time when words like creativity and imagination were an important part of our conversations about curriculum design, teaching, learning, and lesson planning.

I'm concerned that all of this is a way to avoid a real conversation about the purposes of public education and then to acknowledge our ignorance about «ensuring» success.

My hope is that this exercise helps spur conversation about which university - based academics are contributing most substantially to public debates over education and ed policy, and how they do so.

That question currently looms over the national conversation about school reform... [and] it is time for educators and policymakers to rethink the boundaries distinguishing the public and private in education.

Conversations about America's public - education system range from confusing to dispiriting.

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For too long in California and in other states, we have been having the wrong conversation about public education.

At the state - level, she designed a statewide conversation about public education that engaged thousands of Rhode Islanders and resulted in a five - year strategic plan.

Given the public conversation about bias and injustice — especially recently — several prominent national education organizations including the NEA, AERA, NCTE and AFT have called for addressing equity in schools and society, specifically recommending that educators and school leaders «receive the tools, training, and support they need to build curricula with substantive exploration of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.»

Richard Rothstein's American Prospect investigation into the details of Joel Klein's childhood (no, I'm not kidding here) is really not worth reading, but it unfortunately exemplifies two of the most toxic aspects of the current education reform conversation (fwiw it also contains some interesting information about the history of post-war public housing in NYC):

NOLA PARENTS PERSPECTIVE: A Conversation About New Orleans Public Education 10 Years Post-Katrina presented by the Louisiana Black Alliance for Educational Options, Orleans Public Education Network (OPEN), Stand for Children Louisiana, and the Urban League of Greater New Orleans — Video: https://youtu.be/ZVeReHEtWok

Their hope is that students, parents, citizens and public school advocacy groups will use the film to help start an important conversation about the role and value of public education in America.

In my experience Rhee changed the conversation about education reform from one of a very big and gloomy confusion created by the No Child Left Behind Act that all public schools are failing to one about her.

I'm interested to see survey respondents» thoughts about more education issues (while the presentation did not present the full data set, a paper is available online), and I'm glad to hear that there are organizations thinking about next steps and how to have conversations that increase public support for equity.

Finland's high - achieving public school system is now part of the conversation about U.S. education reform these days.

If we were having a conversation, as teacher 6402 avers, about «what's important for students, wouldn't we be talking about what the actual state of affairs is in public education and how to learn from its successes to address and correct its weaknesses instead of arbitrarily latching on to the «our schools are all failures» mantra of NCLB and Rhee's equally arbitrary popourri of corporate / market - based «ideas» that go along with it?

Through its successes, Pre-K Now changed the national conversation about pre-k education, and in its final report, challenged the nation's policy makers to transform public education by moving away from the current K - 12 system to pre-K-12.

We engage with our colleagues — at the NEA, the AFT, TURN, and with public education advocates nationally — through web - based and real dialogue, conferencing, and seminars; publishing opinion pieces and other print materials;; and by sponsoring or convening national conversations about key issues in public education and education unionism.

Through print and direct communication, MITUL aims to contribute to a national conversation about the role of teacher unions in key issues in public education.

As director of community engagement, Garrett will work with the Indianapolis communities and neighborhoods most affected by education change and foster community conversations about improving and supporting public education.

That this was a conversation about a traditional public education system that we fight all the time.

Historically, it has been the courts that have forced lawmakers and citizens to have a brutally honest conversation about race, class and equity in public education...

Fund Education Now's co-founder, Kathleen Oropeza, participated as a panelist in the Orlando Sentinel and UCF Metro Center's public forum titled «Florida Forward Conversations about the Future: Education Reform.»

We think of parent trigger not as a new law, but as a new paradigm, as an entirely new way of thinking about public education and education reform and a break from the debate that has dominated the conversation around education reform for a good part of the last decade.

A conversation on Facebook about reading became touchy yesterday, reminding me that you only need to scratch the surface to find serious differences when it comes to education and public policy.

Program Description Deep and sophisticated education coverage is needed to ensure the public has the information necessary to become a constructive part of the conversation about the systems and practices in their communities.

If we don't continue to have real conversations about the state of education, we'll see more public schools closed and utilized for detention centers and jails.

For too long Aurora has been neglected in conversations about improving public education.

Conversations about public education — where you send your kid to school, where other parents send their kids, and who gets to decide — have exploded into acrimonious bickering, full of charges and counter-charges.

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Todd Ziebarth, senior vice president for the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools, told The Intercept they «were not deeply involved in the bill drafting at all» but that they did have some conversations with people in Puerto Rico's education department about charter legislation and how other states have handled certain issues.

Will we have that long - awaited national conversation about the goals of public education?

On Monday I posted our conversation about the Chicago teachers» strike, the politics of education reform, and the myth of a crisis in public education.

In conversation here with Laura Vernikoff, a doctoral student in the Curriculum and Teaching department at Teachers College, and a former Special Education teacher in New York City public schools, we learn about their mutual concerns regarding a number of recent issues that have complicated the relationship between the college's administration, and the faculty and students.

OCI seeks to change the education policy conversation from one where labor, public, charter, and independent school sector leaders argue about which type of school is best able to serve children, to one where parents choose the best quality educational options for their child — no matter what form it comes in.

Earlier this month, the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), a west coast based organization focused on family choice and portfolio cities, brought together a cross-section of educators, board members, administrators, community leaders and funders together to host a series of conversations about the state of portfolio work happening in cities across the nation.

«The ongoing wave of teacher strikes across the US is changing the conversation about public education in this country.

With the ultimate goal to inform the statewide conversation about education, EdNC has included a variety of data — from public school demographics to teacher turnover rates to student enrollment by school type.

The conversation about race and public schools in our country is one that people in the education community rarely want to have.