Sentences with phrase «substantive conversations about»

There are currently three Republicans and one Independent on the commission, while only a single Democrat, and the Republican - leaning commission is seen as unlikely to have substantive conversations about how Russians may have influenced the election.

Only by gleaning and synthesizing the content criteria from research across perspectives can we begin to have substantive conversations about the impact of standards on children's early success in reading.

Rather it aims to provide common ground for understanding the current state of California school finance and governance and for a serious and substantive conversation about necessary reforms.

Larry has since become a featured blogger at EWT, where his Classroom Q&A weekly posts model the potential of blogs to become places for substantive conversation about practice and policy.

Not exact matches

Part of the reason I wrote the book was so in the culture, we could have a conversation about this, a substantive, civil, sober conversation on the meaning of life and the nature of reality.

They are not governments - that kind of deal - making comes in December (or rather in the glacial negotiating sessions throughout this year), so I see no problem with them having earnest conversations deep into the night about the relative merits of carbon taxes over cap and trade, or any other issue, that have no substantive outcome other than to generate more research proposals, newspaper column inches and comments in well - meaning blogs.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in an interview on NY1 Sunday said he plans to meet with several contenders for attorney general ahead of the state Democratic convention later this month in order to have «substantive conversations» with them about the office.

«Hopefully I'll be more reflective, you know, I'm not sure, the arrogance, I'm not here to quibble about characterizations of me, I'm really not,» Spitzer said, turning the conversation back to «substantive» issues.

Sharpton said he's spoken to Cuomo once since the Nov. 2 election, and plans to meet with him as soon as next week for a «substantive conversation» about boosting the diversity in his ranks.

A casual dinner conversation cansegue into other more substantive discussions about, say, recommendedbooks parents might enjoy with their children, or career goals.

Current conversations about creating a common national standard largely focus on the substantive curriculum to be taught at various grade levels.

Given the public conversation about bias and injustice — especially recently — several prominent national education organizations including the NEA, AERA, NCTE and AFT have called for addressing equity in schools and society, specifically recommending that educators and school leaders «receive the tools, training, and support they need to build curricula with substantive exploration of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.»

We trained ourselves as observers to reliably document instruction in the lessons we observed based on our modification of Newmann «s assessment of authentic instruction.313 We recorded what we saw and heard on an observation form that included two main sections: 1) basic information about the context, details of the lesson, how class time was used, how students were organized for instruction and learning, the kinds of technology used during the lesson, and a description of any positive or negative features in the classroom; and 2) assessments of instruction using four of Newmann's five standards of authentic instruction: higher order thinking, deep knowledge, substantive conversation, and connection to the world beyond the classroom.

The federal education space is currently engrossed in debates about the merits of the Department of Education46 and the need for federal protections against discrimination in schools.47 This is a departure from last year's substantive conversations around refining state accountability systems, modernizing the teaching profession, and lowering college tuition.

«Then, instead of bickering over interest - group - driven politics, we could have a substantive, national conversation about how to refine the much - needed reforms so they create the best opportunities for kids who need them most.»

At the receptions, during the White House tour, and while standing in line waiting to pass through security, I had substantive conversations with other attendees about how we might partner to mutual benefit while fulfilling the goals for education abroad that we all share.

While it is possible to have a substantive and thoughtful conversation about the tax away from stunts, it has not happened yet.

And about the substantive conversations, «where it hardly seemed remarkable that Katie Couric, Bill de Blasio, and Kara Swisher were seated together at a private dinner.»