Sentences with phrase «spoke about improving education»

Republican presidential candidate and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker spoke about improving education at a conference at Harvard University in July 2012 on Learning from Improving School Systems at Home and Abroad: International and U.S. State Trends in Student Performance.

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He spoke not about the decision, but said he wanted to get back to work improving job creation, education and health care and bringing the troops back home.

Addressing the crowd, Dean James Ryan spoke about spending the past year, with the help of colleagues, thinking about the school's mission and developing three strategies to improve education: cultivating leaders and innovators, collaborating on questions that matter, and communicating with the field, which he explained were also the school's campaign priorities.

«I appreciated [Mitchell's] interest in lessons that could be learned from other countries and jurisdictions, and his generosity in always finding time to speak to various education delegations from other countries that visited Massachusetts to learn about the State's efforts to improve our public schools,» said Professor Fernando Reimers in a remembrance piece.

This past month, I spoke to education innovators around the world about topics ranging from improving city schools to inclusivity to the increasing importance of film festivals in the digital age.

Education policy makers had, for some time, spoken about the need to involve those who lead schools in raising standards to develop a self - improving system.

The meeting, cosponsored by HGSE and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin America Studies, closed with the keynote address by HGSE Professor Richard Murnane, who spoke about how to improve education in developing countries.

«Voucher» is a fighting word in education, so it may be understandable that when Mitt Romney speaks about improving the nation's schools, he never uses that term.

State Representative Doug McCrory also spoke about how important education is to improving the community, but noted that its important for the community to take initative.

This is a critical moment for the city to stand up and support people like Dr. Perry who are unafraid to speak truth to power and have tough conversations about the urgent need to improve Buffalo schools so that every child can get a great education.

Maxine McKew speaks with John Hattie about what we need to be doing to improve the quality of education in Australian schools — and the kind of debates we really should be having.

Dr. Karen H. Jones, a professor of workforce education at the University of Georgia and ACTE's 2005 National Outstanding Career and Technical Educator, spoke to Catherine Imperatore of ACTE about the M.A.T.H. Today (Mathematics and Technology Happen Today) Project, a grant - funded three - year study of whether participation in computer - based mathematics programs would improve work - related math skills of students from special populations.

The Hechinger Report spoke with Gupta about why he believes charter schools can improve education in Mississippi.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa spoke at the rally about his passion and commitment to improve public education, telling parents they play a critical role in improving public schools.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos spoke about the possibility of rescinding the guidance earlier this month, to supporters who argue that the guidance improves school safety and promotes the use of alternative strategies that keep kids in school.

Recently, Rebekah and I spoke about how video can be used to improve classroom feedback in some pretty exciting ways — sometimes right before a teacher's eyes — as part of an Education Talk Radio podcast with host Larry Jacobs.

In a moving keynote address, Canada spoke about the importance of improving public education and the meaning of leadership.

I appreciated his interest in lessons that could be learned from other countries and jurisdictions, and his generosity in always finding time to speak to various education delegations from other countries that visited Massachusetts to learn about the State's efforts to improve our public schools.

It included some feature presentations as well as a time for discussion about the future of higher education in America.Secretary DeVos spoke about the need for leaders to embrace new ways of thinking in education and to continually look for ways to improve.