Sentences with phrase «shape national debates»

«David is one of the top young education economists in the country — his work has earned high praise in academic circles and helped to shape national debates on education policy.

As a New Yorker, I'm excited about the prospect of Elise helping to shape the national debate.»

One problem: The landmark document that still shapes our national debate on education was misquoted, misinterpreted, and often dead wrong.

And that's because a relatively small number of charter networks — KIPP, Success Academy, and YES Prep to name a few — dominate the sector in ways that over the last decade or so have shaped the national debates and policy agendas around charters.

Victory means that you will enter the House of Commons and help to shape the national debate.

Not exact matches

OurKingdom continually covers the shaping constitutional and democratic implications of the UK's national question, but this was a moment for a dedicated high intensity debate, as we welcomed «The Scottish Spring».

The agency's findings could be a turning point in the heated national debate about whether contamination from fracking is happening, and are likely to shape how the country regulates and develops natural gas resources in the Marcellus Shale and across the Eastern Appalachian states.

«Education is a pressing issue of national and international concern, and Harvard University, led by the Graduate School of Education, has a critically important role to play in shaping the debate, advancing the research...

Such competing views will shape much of the debate as the National Education Association decides whether to merge with the American Federation of Teachers at the NEA's annual meeting, which gets under way next week.

Nearly two decades later, the Delors report and its four pillars of learning have shaped policy debate and practice across numerous countries of the Asia - Pacific region and beyond, and continue to influence the education policies and practices of national governments and the work of international development partners including UNESCO, the World Bank and other international organizations.

«Given that billions of dollars are being disbursed,» says Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, the country's largest teachers union, «it is reasonable that people are starting to raise concerns about how this flow of money is shaping our political debate about education reform and to ask if a handful of individuals are having undue influence in one of our nation's most important institutions.»

In the digital age, illiteracy is not an option; with a solid track record advocating for individuals with dyslexia, supplying foundational research, codification of the definition of dyslexia, and centering national debate, the IDA is focused on helping shape reading instruction in American classrooms.

So, the events of the past few years — among them the violence of white supremacists in Charlottesville, the church shootings in Charleston, the national debate over Confederate flags and memorials — certainly shaped the book, especially as they emphasize the extent to which the history of our country is built around the armature of slavery and the Civil War, and how far we still are from putting those issues behind us.

She had been nominated to take a seat about to open up on the Arctic Research Commission, a panel of presidential appointees that helps shape research on issues in the far north, including the debate over oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.