Sentences with phrase «state education policy discussions»

The Pennsylvania Clearinghouse for Education Research — or PACER — is designed to inform state education policy discussions through rigorous, objective research; regular policy briefs; and research - based commentaries in leading media outlets statewide.

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There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

On Thursday, November 10, AEI held a panel discussion on how the results of the election will affect federal and state education policies.

Certain ideas and themes came to the fore; the national discussion about education shifted, and policies at the local, state, and federal levels...

The debate over the Common Core State Standards Initiative has rocketed to the forefront of education policy discussions around the country.

As background prep we did an exercise on the state of germany in 1871 after unification, then had a discussion of what type of constitution would be necessary, thinking about key areas of policy such as the economy, control of the military, social measures (education / health), etc and deciding whether these should be under national or regional control.

More controversial in state and national policy discussions have been proposals to enable parents, especially low - income parents, to exercise greater choice over their children's education through school vouchers, tax credits, charter schools, or home schooling.

Education policy makers at all levels of government will rely on this book to inform policy discussions about NCLB and state accountability systems.

Incentives and Test - Based Accountability in Education will inform people about the motivation of educators and students and inform policy discussions about NCLB and state accountability systems.

It is time we had an open, honest discussion about education policy in our state and begin to close the achievement gaps.»

On October 15, Askwith Forums presented a discussion of the case before the United States Supreme Court concerning the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin and its implications for higher education.

«You had dozens of states adopting before the standards even existed, with little or no discussion, coverage or controversy,» said Frederick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute, which has received $ 4 million from the Gates Foundation since 2007 to study education policy, including the Common Core.

The findings can inform local and state policy discussions on improving education outcomes for Spanish - speaking students and suggest areas for future research.

Please join us using hashtag #exSEL for an online discussion with Chad d'Entremont, Executive Director of the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, about the state of social - emotional learning in Massachusetts.

The launch occurred during NAESP's annual National Leaders Conference (NLC), which hosted nearly 200 principals and state association advocates who engaged in important discussions to influence congressional action on implementing the Every Student Achieves Act (ESSA), the FY 2017 federal budget, student data privacy, and higher education policy.

Join Education Voters and local superintendents for an important discussion about school funding and state educatioEducation Voters and local superintendents for an important discussion about school funding and state educationeducation policy.

Education reform policy discussions are increasingly dominated by two themes: college and career readiness and the Common Core State Standards.

The Brookings Institution's Brown Center on Education Policy hosted a panel discussion last week featuring Hanseul Kang, state superintendent for the District of Columbia, and Chris Minnich, executive director of CCSSO, focusing on the future of accountability under ESSA.

The agenda, which was unveiled at ASCD's 2009 Annual Conference, is designed to help the Association, its members, and other educators influence policy discussions and decisions regarding federal education legislation as well as reforms at the state and local levels.

A panel discussion of education policy stakeholders featuring Minnesota State Representative Carlos Mariani and Minnesota Children's Cabinet Executive Director Melvin Carter and breakout sessions on the strategies discussed in the action guide — including restorative justice, trauma - informed teaching, social - emotional learning and identity development — helped to equip teachers to address discipline disparities.

July 29, 2016 (New York)-- Educators 4 Excellence - New York (E4E - NY), a teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in policy discussions, praised the State Education Department's early release of statewide testing scores and participation rates as a continued move toward greater transparency for New York's educatioEducation Department's early release of statewide testing scores and participation rates as a continued move toward greater transparency for New York's educationeducation system.

This book is a great springboard for education policy discussions at the district, state, and national levels about the decisions that will impact students of today.»

Mark LaCelle Peterson, Vice President for Policy and Programs, and Sungti Hsu, Director of State Affiliates and Partnership Support, of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) were in attendance to facilitate the discussion.

The Utah State Board of Education began a discussion Friday in advance of meetings with lawmakers next week on what data is available and how it can inform policy decisions to reverse the teacher shortage.

Bruce Baker of Rutgers University and Joseph Oluwole of Montclair State University discussed the many problems underlying New Jersey Student Growth Percentiles in this 2013 NJ Education Policy Forum discussion:

Led by CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking), ISTE (the International Society for Technology in Education) and SETDA (the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the annual event will include discussions with Trump Administration officials and members of Congress and their staff about key educational policies and programs.

In Roadmap for Early Childhood and K — 12 Data Linkages, DQC and the Early Childhood Data Collaborative (ECDC) recommend focusing on seven key areas to inform policy discussions and decisions; chart the progress of children, programs, and the state; strengthen and support the early childhood workforce; pinpoint best practices and areas of need; allocate scarce resources; and make other important education decisions every day.

Thanks to the anti-local control, authoritarian policies being pushed by Governor Dannel Malloy, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman and their Commissioner of Education, the Connecticut State Department of Education summoned a group of local school administrators to a «roundtable discussion on family and community engagement strategies» on Monday, February 29, 2016 from 3:00 — 4:30 at the State Office Building in Hartford.

Instead of parents «firing» a school or having to shop around for their children's education among wildly divergent charter «products,» PAA supports the kind of empowerment which involves parents authentically at the ground level and in district -, state -, and nationwide policy discussions about how to improve schools.

Because of these two factors, in the absence of a dramatic change in the balance of federal, state, and local revenues for education, any policy discussion around improving funding equity must focus on the state and local levels.

The event will also feature presenters and an in - depth discussion on the state of public education, the impact that Education Secretary DeVos is having around school privatization, zero tolerance discipline policies, the declining number of teachers of color and communityeducation, the impact that Education Secretary DeVos is having around school privatization, zero tolerance discipline policies, the declining number of teachers of color and communityEducation Secretary DeVos is having around school privatization, zero tolerance discipline policies, the declining number of teachers of color and community schools.

State Issues and Innovations in Creating Integrated Early Learning and Development Systems A Follow - Up to Early Childhood 2010: Innovations for the Next Generation (PDF - 1.741 KB) U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2011) Presents six common, interrelated themes that emerged during the State team discussions at Early Childhood 2010, and provides descriptions of approaches, and links to program websites, policies, and other relevant documents.