Sentences with phrase «school policy circles»

Dr. Ravitch is one of the most influential education scholars of recent decades, and her turnaround has become the buzz of school policy circles.

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It was awesome to see the policy piece that informs the school guidelines — that kind of came full circle for me.

Based on the literature reviews, observations in the schools and meetings with the departments at the Ministry of Education, the team presented several key policy considerations to the Ministry: (1) utilize a website, the National Play Day, and the Jamaican Teaching Council as platforms from which educators can develop and share best game - based learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school level.

But they didn't want the Futures of School Reform working group to be just academics, so they pulled people from various circles and with differing ideologies, including academics, government officials, politicians and policy wonks, practitioners already working on reform, foundation folks, entrepreneurs, and one international deputy minister of education.

In education policy circles, the «charter schools are a plan by ultra-conservatives to privatize the public school system» is a conspiracy theory that is quite popular.

Since YouthTruth began asking Katherine Smith students about their school, administrators have changed disciplinary policies, taken steps to help kids address bullying, and implemented circle time to check in on social - emotional issues.

Many in conservative circles see her primary role as using the bully pulpit to advance school choice policies, but government - backed school vouchers for private schools, which is something she's vigorously supported for decades, have really taken a beating recently.

The «Calling the Roll: Study Circles for Better Schools» video tells the story of policymakers and community members exchanging ideas about education policy.

High - school students attend a circle session at restorative justice class at the Augustus F. Hawkins High School in Los Angeles, which recently reformed its discipline polschool students attend a circle session at restorative justice class at the Augustus F. Hawkins High School in Los Angeles, which recently reformed its discipline polSchool in Los Angeles, which recently reformed its discipline policies.

«Calling the Roll: Study Circles for Better Schools policy research report» discusses the research findings.

The school - to - prison pipeline phenomenon that has been a major topic of discussion in education circles in recent years is defined as a result of policies that encourage a police presence at schools, harsh tactics such as extreme physical restraint, zero - tolerance policies and other automatic punishments that result in suspensions and out - of - class time, and other actions that could increase a student's chances of landing in the criminal justice system, according to Teaching Tolerance magazine, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Education policy circles are filled with people who think the schools are in desperate need of major reform, but who also believe that collective bargaining and unions are necessary components of public education (and work life generally)-- and they know the two sets of beliefs are in tension.

The importance of all students being college and career ready is one of the most discussed issues in policy circles and secondary schools these days.