Sentences with phrase «purpose of the education system»

«It took the focus away from what I think the purpose of the education system is which, I think, is to pass knowledge on from one generation to the next.»

An obvious but infrequently recognized truth is that the primary purpose of the education system is to provide a quality education to all students.

An alternative view of the purpose of the education system might be that it exists to ensure that all our children perform to the best of their abilities, whatever their strengths and weaknesses, and feel that what they have achieved is worthwhile and valued.

Not exact matches

I first heard of homeschooling as a child growing up in a college town in New England, when the only people who homeschooled their children were hippies living on communes in the country or academics and political activists protesting against the regimented and regimenting education «the system» provided for its own repressive purposes.

So a fundamental part of education is to expose such hidden or explicit purposes and presuppositions and critically examine them and transform them to a conscious commitment to a world - view which sees nature, humanity and cosmos within an organic life system working within an ultimate framework of a spiritual movement of self - determining selves towards a community of justice and love.

«The basic purpose of this commission, according to the governor's charge, was to «comprehensively review and assess New York State's education system, including its structure, operation and processes...» In failing to deal at all with such major issues as funding, special education, the lack of appropriate supports for English language learners, as well as ignoring major current controversies such as implementation of [teacher evaluations] and common core systems, the commission has ill - served students, parents, and the public at large.»

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.

We need to get a deeper into various systems of education, teaching, learning etc and find out why they exist and for what purpose?

I asked myself, If our school systems are producing such small numbers of graduates, what is the purpose of K — 12 education for black males?

There's no reference to any public purpose for education, despite acknowledging a paragraph or two later that «maintaining American preeminence requires a world - class system of education.»

«If we're going to design an accountability system that's true to the broad purposes of education, we need to bring back that kind of national assessment,» he said.

Chris Keates, the union's general secretary, said: «It is clear that current ICT systems in many schools are not fit for purpose and significant investment is required to ensure that they meet the needs of 21st - century education provision.

«The current regional systems, which have served their purposes, now, in fact, could impede the state's efforts to move quickly to a world - class education system,» Mr. Leininger concluded after reviewing the effectiveness of the regional systems at the request of state legislators.

Chris Keates, the union's general secretary, said: «It is clear that current ICT systems in many schools are not fit for purpose and significant investment is required to ensure that they meet the needs of 21st Century education provision.

One of the central features of By All Means is a set of convenings which serve two purposes: 1) to bring together teams from the six or seven cities in which we'll be establishing learning labs for our design work; 2) to bring together a national audience of thought leaders to consider some controversial subjects relating to the future of public education and that system's work with economically disadvantaged students.

To establish that the school was a «state actor,» he made five arguments: that Arizona law defines a charter school as a public school; that a charter school is a state actor for all purposes, including employment; that a charter school provides a public education, a function that is traditionally and exclusively the prerogative of the state; that a charter school is a state actor in Arizona because the state regulates the personnel matters of such schools; and that it is a state actor because charter schools, unlike traditional private schools, are permitted to participate in the state's retirement system.

The school system currently in place evolved over centuries of back - and - forth debate about the purpose of education, the best way to prepare children for their futures and the right way to test and evaluate kids, schools and states.

* The state Education Department plans to apply for a federal pilot program, which may give it the opportunity to use a new assessment system in place of state tests for accountability purposes, Politico New York reports: http://goo.gl/696SoR * SUNY presses ahead with tuition increase plan, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports: http://pojonews.co/1J1tzen * Roberts Wesleyan updates...

In other words, how well does the current system of federal compensatory education achieve its original purpose?

The purpose for dissemination efforts is to increase awareness and use of the Framework and to breakdown silos across levels of the education system.

Alabama also enacted tuition grant state laws permitting students to use vouchers at private schools in the mid-1950s, while also enacting nullification statutes against court desegregation mandates and altering its teacher tenure laws to allow the firing of teachers who supported desegregation.50 Alabama's tuition grant laws would also come before the court, with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama declaring in Lee v. Macon County Board of Education vouchers to be «nothing more than a sham established for the purpose of financing with state funds a white school system.»

The following statement of purpose uses several helpful words and phrases: «The purpose of the British Columbia school system is to enable learners to develop their individual potential and to acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to contribute to a healthy society and a prosperous and sustainable economy» (Ministry of Education, 1991).

Expand the concept of a school - led system to an education - led system as the ASCL advocates in its blueprint for a self - improving system and you have a solution that is truly fit for purpose.

Notice of Development of Rulemaking DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION State Board of Education RULE NO.: RULE TITLE: 6A - 1.09981 Implementation of Florida's System of School Improvement and Accountability PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of the rule development is, primarily, to revise the rule to conform to statutory changes by creating a new school grades calculation.of Development of Rulemaking DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION State Board of Education RULE NO.: RULE TITLE: 6A - 1.09981 Implementation of Florida's System of School Improvement and Accountability PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of the rule development is, primarily, to revise the rule to conform to statutory changes by creating a new school grades calculation.of Rulemaking DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION State Board of Education RULE NO.: RULE TITLE: 6A - 1.09981 Implementation of Florida's System of School Improvement and Accountability PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of the rule development is, primarily, to revise the rule to conform to statutory changes by creating a new school grades calculation.OF EDUCATION State Board of Education RULE NO.: RULE TITLE: 6A - 1.09981 Implementation of Florida's System of School Improvement and Accountability PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of the rule development is, primarily, to revise the rule to conform to statutory changes by creating a new school grades calcuEDUCATION State Board of Education RULE NO.: RULE TITLE: 6A - 1.09981 Implementation of Florida's System of School Improvement and Accountability PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of the rule development is, primarily, to revise the rule to conform to statutory changes by creating a new school grades calculation.of Education RULE NO.: RULE TITLE: 6A - 1.09981 Implementation of Florida's System of School Improvement and Accountability PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of the rule development is, primarily, to revise the rule to conform to statutory changes by creating a new school grades calcuEducation RULE NO.: RULE TITLE: 6A - 1.09981 Implementation of Florida's System of School Improvement and Accountability PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of the rule development is, primarily, to revise the rule to conform to statutory changes by creating a new school grades calculation.of Florida's System of School Improvement and Accountability PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of the rule development is, primarily, to revise the rule to conform to statutory changes by creating a new school grades calculation.of School Improvement and Accountability PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of the rule development is, primarily, to revise the rule to conform to statutory changes by creating a new school grades calculaPURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of the rule development is, primarily, to revise the rule to conform to statutory changes by creating a new school grades calculapurpose and effect of the rule development is, primarily, to revise the rule to conform to statutory changes by creating a new school grades calculation.of the rule development is, primarily, to revise the rule to conform to statutory changes by creating a new school grades calculation...

iNACOL: Fit for Purpose: Taking the Long View on Systems Change and Policy to Support Competency Education The purpose of this report is to spark conversation and provoke thought about core concepts that policy will need to address to achieve sustainable systems transformation to personalized, competency - based eduPurpose: Taking the Long View on Systems Change and Policy to Support Competency Education The purpose of this report is to spark conversation and provoke thought about core concepts that policy will need to address to achieve sustainable systems transformation to personalized, competency - based eduSystems Change and Policy to Support Competency Education The purpose of this report is to spark conversation and provoke thought about core concepts that policy will need to address to achieve sustainable systems transformation to personalized, competency - based eEducation The purpose of this report is to spark conversation and provoke thought about core concepts that policy will need to address to achieve sustainable systems transformation to personalized, competency - based edupurpose of this report is to spark conversation and provoke thought about core concepts that policy will need to address to achieve sustainable systems transformation to personalized, competency - based edusystems transformation to personalized, competency - based educationeducation.

The purpose of the professional development system is to increase student achievement, enhance classroom instructional strategies that promote rigor and relevance throughout the curriculum, and prepare students for continuing education and the workforce.

Even the most visionary districts can make the mistake of over investing in one metric of success, and educational researcher Michael Fullan says, «In most of the schools and education systems we have observed, the only student learning outcome measures available for accountability purposes are measures of curricular content mastery.»

The purpose of the program is to provide to education paraprofessionals a system of career development which is based upon education and training advancement, and to furnish economic incentives to encourage excellence among education paraprofessionals.

By moving through the frameworks for Meaningful Student Involvement, students and adults can work in partnership to address countless issues across the entirety of the education system, ranging from curricular areas to identity, the physical plant to the societal purpose of schooling.

In 1995 secondary school principals founded the Virginia Foundation for Educational Leadership — a Pre-K through 16 nonprofit leadership learning organization designed to support and broaden the outreach opportunities of VASSP in providing through its own activities, financial, and volunteer support the educational, scientific, and charitable purposes of linking all education levels — preschool, elementary, middle, high school, and higher education — to create a comprehensive seamless system of leadership learning.

- the end of MCAS as a graduation requirement; - the redesign and streamlining of the existing test; - the use of MCAS for diagnostic purposes only; - review of MCAS and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks by professional education associations; - an independent review of MCAS for validity and reliability; and - a comprehensive assessment system for schools.

With compartmentalization of jobs throughout these old - fashioned structures, teachers were responsible merely for teaching the subjects they are responsible for; principals were responsible for managing their teachers; and others throughout the education system were similarly divided by purpose and outcomes.

It is the process of engaging students as partners in every facet of the education system for the purpose of strengthening their commitment to education, community and democracy.

There is no better energizer and motivating force in our education system than this fulfillment of purpose.

The fundamental purpose of allowing a Student Trustee to sit on the school board is to ensure Meaningful Student Involvement throughout the education system.

At the end of the day, the SEA is more likely to help improve student outcomes if, instead of serving as all - purpose regulator and provider, it functions as the sun at the center of a solar system of agile organizations with the capacity to meet the many challenges of education reform in the twenty - first century.

As organizations adjust to keep pace with 21st Century learning demands, Avis» Letters serve to re ignite in each of us our moral purpose as educators and inspire us to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to an inclusive, sustainable and high quality public education system.

Designed to promote conversation about how to educate students for a rapidly changing and increasingly borderless and innovation - based world, this comprehensive and illuminating book from international education expert Vivien Stewart is not about casting blame; it is about understanding what the best school systems in the world are doing right for the purpose of identifying what U.S. schools — at the national, state, and local level — might do differently and better.

The purpose of the School Turnaround Academy is to elevate a state education agency's (SEA) understanding of research and practice on school turnaround and how a state's turnaround policies and strategies fit within a coherent system of support and intervention for districts and schools in need of improvement.

What excited many of us with the charter statute was its purpose to encourage innovation because it was so hard (impossible) to create new models of education inside the system.

The purpose of CEELO's National RoundTAble is to provide early childhood specialists and their colleagues in State Education Agencies with research and best practice to improve states» knowledge about and use of early childhood comprehensive assessment systems and teacher evaluation in the early years of the learning continuum.

CTAC is providing large - scale support to the New York State Education Department to implement an integrated system of Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) and teacher observations for purposes of teacher and principal evaluation across all 714 school districts.

For the wider education system, our report identifies five purposes of practical science in secondary schools:

A key improvement of ESAs over school vouchers and tax credits is that funds not used for K - 12 educational purposes can be «saved» or rolled over each year and used for continuing or higher education, thus changing the «use it or lose it» mentality in the current public school funding system.

And since when has the purpose of our public education system been to produce already trained workers for private industry?

The purpose of standards - based education and the system of grading it entails is to improve student achievement, increase the accuracy and fairness of grades, and enhance communication between classroom teachers and students, parents, colleges, and employers regarding what students are expected to know and do in each course and how well each student is performing in relationship to those expectations.

The purpose of this qualitative study is to understand how educational scaffolding may explain changing patterns of student success in mathematics in the era of developmental education (DE or remediation) reform in Florida College System (FCS) institutions.

The Board of Education accepts content - based high school end - of - course tests administered as a part of another state's accountability system for the purpose of awarding verified credit to students who transfer to Virginia public schools.

Dr. Fullan bases his work on the moral purpose of education as it is applied in schools and school systems to bring about major improvements.

Above all, we should remember that the primary purpose of both the ALF and the Augusta Public Library System, is to promote literacy and education.