Sentences with phrase «recent education questions»

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Canada's post-secondary education system has come under increasing scrutiny in recent times, with questions about the continuing value of a university degree and outrage in some quarters about tuition levels.

For example, in a recent analysis published in an edition of International Studies in Catholic Education dedicated to the question of whether there can be such a thing as a Catholic curriculum, Therese D'Orsa argues from the Australian experience that «attempts to give meaning to the concept of a Catholic curriculum... have ranged across a spectrum familiar to those who lead in Catholic schools» and that such initiatives have had a «limited impact».

In recent work on theological education the constructive suggestions usually return or remain limited to questions of how to order cognitive learning.

Rather, the central question in the recent debate has been this: «What is the nature and purpose of specifically theological education?

Recent research in cognitive psychology and communication studies have called into question many of the assumptions on which modern education has been based.

That question has been at the forefront of recent discussion of Christian higher education.

This meeting will be a chance for members to receive an update from the secretariat on recent ESSNA activity, including on our lobbying, non-compliance, PR and consumer education work, as well as ask question and provide feedback to the ESSNA secretariat and officers.

But he said the recent controversy in Birmingham, where six non-faith schools have been put into special measures and a further five criticised following allegations of a plot by hardline Muslims to infiltrate them, had raised important questions about the relationship between education and religion in a multicultural society.

They also pointed out how the education department has made recent adjustments to standardized testing, such as reducing the number of questions and testing time on state assessments for students in grades 3 through 8 this school year, and receiving a federal waiver to stop «double testing» in math for seventh and eighth graders through a combination of state and federal testing.

Gradually, but not gradually enough, we are Americanising our educational system even as serious US academics (vide the recent open letter from Brandeis's Professor Pletsko to the President of SUNY Albany) are questioning precisely the sorts of destruction that we are now deliberately visiting upon our higher education system.

Pridgen answered education questions following the end of a recent Common Council session at City Hall.

A recent letter from the AAAS and 28 other prominent scientific and higher education organizations urged President - elect Donald Trump to quickly appoint a «nationally respected leader» as science advisor, given that scientific questions are deeply involved in almost every issue the president will deal with, from national security to agriculture.

A recent report produced by Horizon 2016, one of the most respected analytical groups, dedicates a number of pages to the question of using augmented and virtual reality in education.

Following the recent Education Select Committee report, there are a great many questions still to be answered in terms of the processes that will support many of the policy objectives.

While the recent passing of President Barack Obama's education stimulus package may come as a relief to many schools in the nation, it also raises serious questions about the distribution of funding, as well as the best ways to spend the money wisely.

Indeed, in the face of recent findings by Education Policy institute, which found that 20 of the largest multi-academy trusts (MATs)-- running more than 300 schools — fall «significantly below» the national average for improving pupils» attainment, the importance of self - assessment not just within each school but right across the trust, is perhaps more important than ever before; and goes to the heart of addressing the issues raised in the all - party parliamentary group's (APPG) 21 questions http://www.nga.org.uk/News/NGA-News/Pre-2016/21Q.aspx

Changes Needed for Successful Family Engagement Education Week, June 23, 2012 «The answer to that question turns out to be a key to effective parent and family engagement, says Karen L. Mapp, a lecturer on education at Harvard's Graduate School of Education and presenter in Education Week's recent webinar «Engaging Parents in Schools and Student Learning,» of which an archive copy is availablEducation Week, June 23, 2012 «The answer to that question turns out to be a key to effective parent and family engagement, says Karen L. Mapp, a lecturer on education at Harvard's Graduate School of Education and presenter in Education Week's recent webinar «Engaging Parents in Schools and Student Learning,» of which an archive copy is availableducation at Harvard's Graduate School of Education and presenter in Education Week's recent webinar «Engaging Parents in Schools and Student Learning,» of which an archive copy is availablEducation and presenter in Education Week's recent webinar «Engaging Parents in Schools and Student Learning,» of which an archive copy is availablEducation Week's recent webinar «Engaging Parents in Schools and Student Learning,» of which an archive copy is available.»

The recent riots raised questions about the role that schools play in ensuring that students not only get a good academic education, but are also taught about civic responsibility and their role in society as a whole.

From the implementation of the Common Core, to the recent debate surrounding teacher tenure, nearly every issue in public education today can be seen as a facet of a single, fundamental policy question: how should we use standardized assessments and the student achievement data these tests produce?

Shadow education spokesman Lord Watson also questioned whether a pattern was emerging, referencing recent changes to the A-level music syllabus that included 63 male composers and no female, and was later amended to include five female.

That's a question Christopher T. Cross asked in a recent Education Week article, «States» Uneven Teacher Supply Complicates Staffing Of Schools.»

Public Agenda's recent poll of education professors offers an answer to a question that has troubled citizens and policymakers for more than a decade.

Last Thursday, a panel of student activists from Harvard Law School (HLS) and the Heller School for Social Policy and Management (Heller) at Brandeis University gathered at the Harvard Graduate School of Education to discuss that question and describe the recent the movements for inclusion on their respective campuses.

Yet in recent years, the value of education in the liberal arts and sciences (hereafter, liberal arts) has been questioned and, indeed, challenged by a number of factors, including rising costs, hyper - vocationalism, various forms of online education, and numerous social tensions.

A recent ranking of state education systems by a Lawrence, Kan. - based research and publishing firm has Arizona state schools Superintendent Tom Horne questioning the intelligence of the company's staff.

Here is her recent statement in response to an Education Week writer's question about reauthorizing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

In the spirit of questioning and collaboration, Scott Reed, another Assessment Literacy tribe member, profoundly shared Harvard University's Dean of Education, James Ryan's, Five Essential Questions in Life with us at a recent convening to frame our questioning conversation.

He was responding to questions about the government's recent response to its «Schools that work for everyone» green paper from Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, who demanded answers about where new Catholic schools might be located, and how much funding might be available.

American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten attacked Betsy DeVos in recent remarks, questioning the secretary of education's motives and saying she «demonizes» and «demagogues» teachers unions.

Recent national policy initiatives, such as implementation of Common Core State Standards, teacher evaluation, and school leadership evaluation, have raised new questions about the future of public education.

In a recent report, Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants, the Education Endowment Foundation set out to answer this question.

In the latest installment of Education Week's «Answering Your ESSA Questions» series, a participant from the publication's recent ESSA online summit («Keys to ESSA Implementation») poses a question, and «it's a wonky one.»

WASHINGTON — DURING a recent hearing by the Senate Education Committee, its Republican chair, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, questioned whether the federal government's annual standardized testing requirement, embodied in the No Child Left Behind law of 2001, may be too much.

In posing this key question, Sarah Fine's recent Education Week blog («Why Dewey Needs Freire, and Vice Versa: A Call for Critical Deeper Learning») struck a deep chord for me.

NEW YORK — The recent resignations of high - profile school chiefs Joel Klein in New York and Michelle Rhee in Washington, D.C., raise questions about the future of education reform at a time when school districts across the U.S. are adopting policies the two icons of change pioneered.

A recent report delivered to the Brookings Institute clearly warns of the danger of misidentifiying «good» and «bad» schools on the basis of short - term test - score gains (Lynn Olson, «Study Questions Reliability of Single - Year Test Score Gains,» Education Week, 23 May 2001: 9).

The hottest item at the recent meeting of the Council of Chief State School Officers was ESSA, the new federal education legislation that replaced No Child Left Behind, but the big question on the minds of Read more about ESSA: Time for States to Seize the Initiative -LSB-...]

A recent Education Next forum failed to ask this essential question.

Thanks so much everyone who read and commented on contributor Richard Lee Colvin's column from last week, asking some hard questions about the New York Times feature on the «Googlification» of American schools, to the indefatigable Diane Ravitch for picking up this recent column from The Grade from contributor Amy Shuffelton about PBS's decision to air School, Inc, and to the Annenberg Institute for praising contributor Tara Garcia Mathewson's column about finding diverse voices to tell education stories.

In recent years, however, educators have raised questions about the ill effects of this centralization in Israeli education.

NEW YORK — The recent resignations of high - profile school chiefs Joel Klein in New York and Michelle Rhee in Washington, D.C., raise questions about the future of education reform at...

A recent Education Next poll, which included a question about that issue, is instructive.

While the issues at stake vary by state, a number of elections this cycle will hinge on a variety of education - related questions, including recent cuts to public schools, growing class sizes, Common Core State Standards, access to pre-K education and the availability of state - funded student loans for college.

Gathering prominence in recent years, the education select committee questions ministers and publishes reports on Department for Education education select committee questions ministers and publishes reports on Department for Education Education activity.

This question arose from the audience at a recent NPE (Network for Public Education) colloquium on the TFA (Teach for America)-- my answer, «no, TFA is not a cult.»

A recent public opinion poll conducted in Bridgeport included questions about Malloy, Mayor Bill Finch, Paul Vallas, members of the Working Family Party who serve as the outspoken minority on the Bridgeport Board of Education and Carmen Lopez, the former Connecticut superior court judge who brought the lawsuit that determined that Paul Vallas lacked the credentials necessary to serve as a superintendent of schools in Connecticut.

I examined this question in a recent article for CALmatters — one that has stirred conversations and generated a rebuttal from two of the city's board of education members who declined my initial requests for interviews.

CCSA Special Education staff also co-presented with District staff on the recent SELPA reorganization and answered questions on the new options for charter schools.

We caught up with Pearson at a recent teacher convention in Tampa, but a spokesperson declined to answer our questions and immediately referred us to the Florida Department of Education.

Following up on my most recent post about «School - Level Bias in the PVAAS Model in Pennsylvania,» also in Ohio — a state that also uses «the best» and «most sophisticated» VAM (i.e., a version of the Education Value - Added Assessment System [EVAAS]; for more information click here)-- this seems to be a problem, as per an older (2013) article just sent to me following my prior post «Teachers» «Value - Added» Ratings and [their] Relationship to Student Income Levels [being] Questioned.»