Sentences with phrase «time education advocates»

The initiative is backed by some high - profile business community members as well as long - time education advocates in the state.

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All Bridge students in a given country receive the same education at the same time — something personalized learning advocates generally shun as inefficient or, worse, ineffective.

An advocate for a local teachers union also expressed concern to the New York Times Magazine about the quality of the education, arguing Bridge focuses less on getting poor students to the baseline as enticing public school students to switch to Bridge schools.

From his vantage point as president of Harvard, Bok analyzes the dilemmas of liberal education, showing how its coexistence with the demands of professional schools in times of change and uncertainty requires its advocates to set it on a sound course.

Some policy makers are trying to get the public to believe that they should be starting formal education earlier, advocating Head Start programs for children as young as 1 year, hoping to take advantage of the time when the brain is growing more than ever.

In addition to championing equal rights and education for those with developmental disabilities, he was also ahead of his time in advocating for a universal childcare system.

At the same time, Cuomo may face a primary challenge from Cynthia Nixon, an actress and public education advocated who has worked with the Alliance For Quality Eeducation advocated who has worked with the Alliance For Quality EducationEducation.

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At the same time, actress and public education advocate Cynthia Nixon is taking steps toward launching a Democratic primary campaign against Cuomo.

This year, Cuomo included the DREAM Act in his executive budget for the first time, which advocates saw as a very positive development, but many were disappointed that he linked it to the Education Investment Tax Credit in hopes of forcing the Senate GOP's hand.

An early backer of David Cameron, the Shadow Education Secretary is a key member of the party leader's inner circle and has been a strong advocate of the «rebalancing» of recent times.

«During his time in the House, he has represented our community well and has been a tireless advocate for education reform and increased opportunity for all Floridians.

As some education advocates praise the additional school funding announced as part of the New York State budget agreement, schools must now work through their own budgets, while, for the first time, considering the state's 2 percent property tax cap.

Since the turmoil that saw public school advocates protest across the state — New York State United Teachers decried he tests as an «erosion of local control» — the state Department of Education has revised the controversial testing, reducing the number of questions on the exams, encouraging more teacher involvement in developing them, no longer timing the tests and reducing potential teacher penalties.

During her time as a parent advocate and member of School District 28's Community Education Council, Huntley heard frequent complaints from the community about PS / IS 48 and pushed for a bigger space.

Education advocate Fe Florimon said the planned closure «has really united the community,» which is now pressed for time to «change the city's mind» about shutting the school.

Gotbaum, a long - time schools advocate and father of three, sold himself as the education candidate, arguing that the city needs a stronger voice to represent public school parents.

Those voices include, as this column noted in early July, two recently published reports: Research Universities and the Future of America: Ten Breakthrough Actions Vital to Our Nation's Prosperity and Security, from the U.S. National Academies, which urges universities to «restructure doctoral education..., shorten time - to - degree and strengthen the preparation of graduates for careers both in and beyond the academy,» and the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which advocates «additional training and career development experiences to equip students for various career options, and test ways to shorten the PhD training period.»

With Donald Trump in the White House and long - time school choice advocate Betsy DeVos installed as his education secretary, arguments for and against vouchers and scholarship tax credits are burning white hot.

I am pleased that this strategy is already moving forward in many, many states; that our nation's governors and state legislators of both parties are choosing to make a solid commitment to boost education, to advocate high standards, and to take advantage of this era of budget surpluses and good times to make our schools better so that we'll have even better times in the future.

Here are my best arguments for why education advocates should invest their time and political capital in pensions, as opposed to everything else they might want to work on.

I'd find concerns about Trump's cuts far more credible if I could recall a time when education advocates had conceded some programs weren't working, voiced concerns about bureaucratic bloat, suggested cost - saving strategies, or acknowledged the burdens imposed by federal overspending.

In anticipation of the conference, I spent some time pondering my best arguments for why education advocates should invest their time and political capital in pensions, as opposed to everything else they might want to work on (like Common Core, teacher prep, charter schools, school funding, etc).

With the nomination of Betsy DeVos — the soon - to - be former chair of the American Federation for Children and a lifelong school - choice advocate — as the next secretary of education, many folks are now trying to understand for the very first time the role vouchers and private school choice play in the reform universe.

Although some advocates seem to think that early childhood education can begin in infancy, many families — and experts — are worried about having young children spend too much time in nonparental care.

We are grateful to long - time charter school advocate Nelson Smith for his review of our new book, A Smarter Charter: Finding What Works for Charter Schools and Public Education.

«There have been waves of merit pay initiatives in the past, and every time someone recommends it anew, it's as if it's never been done before,» says Johnson, who recently coauthored Redesigning Teacher Pay: A System for the Next Generation of Educators, a book garnering much attention in the education world by advocating a radically different approach to teacher pay that encourages teacher career development through a four - tier system of promotion.

Advocates on one side believe teachers should prepare for their classroom careers in the traditional way: attending schools of education where they learn a lot about teaching technique (but often spend too little time learning academic content).

In our interview, Senge reminds us of education's strong potential to influence, given its «50 to 70 year time horizon,» and he advocates for more «depth of understanding, the appreciation of interdependency and collaboration, and reconnecting head, heart and hand.»

The one - year, full - time AIE Program is ideal for self - directed learners who want to leverage the remarkable breadth of HGSE course offerings to become effective advocates for arts - based education initiatives, both in and out of schools.

Education advocates see two reasons to think Congress will play for keeps this time: new leadership and discontented constituents.

Fred M. Hechinger was education editor of The New York Times, an author of several books and an advocate for public education.

The New York legislature completed deliberations on a budget last week only one day into the state's new financial year — close enough for lawmakers to claim an on - time finish and ample enough to earn cheers from education advocates pleased with the prospect of a year without state - aid cuts.

According to Ravitch, writing in a recent New York Times op - ed essay, titled, of course, Waiting for a School Miracle, all these high - powered education reformers, from President Obama to Arne Duncan to Jeb Bush to Michael Bloomberg, are claiming «miracles» for their reform efforts; and Ravitch is there, a one - woman Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Devil's Advocate, to throw some almighty holy water on the hype fires.

They have all been put forth, so now is the time to write and advocate for them with your own legislators and with the full education committee.

He called for «a Bosman ruling for schools introducing autonomy back to the chains», a policy advocated by Conservative MP Graham Stuart during his time as chair of the education selection committee.

We have since presented that work over 50 times to education advocates and students across Kentucky and the country.

While many in the community appear to support teachers and their plans to go to Raleigh to advocate for public education, one political action committee questioned the closure of schools, which would force students to miss instructional time.

The school choice reforms adopted by the legislature this year are already receiving national attention with the Washington Times saying, «Mississippi parents and school choice advocates hit a trifecta last week» after expansions to the charter school law and the Education Scholarship Account (ESA) program, and a renewal of the Dyslexia Scholarship Program occurred on the same day.

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Many times I'm asked why we advocate solely for gifted education.

At the time, I also was earning my Masters in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis on Social Justice in Urban Education that raised my awareness of equity issues and made me want to be even more of an advocate for others whose voices may not always be heard.

During this time, he has worked in a variety of roles as a classroom teacher, special education teacher, and a migrant student advocate.

A crescendo of support from education researchers, analysts, reform advocates, and lawmakers about the need for additional learning time for our nation's under - performing students may well result in the coming months in meaningful reform.

«We want to capture the changes people make over time — it's a process,» said Julia Freeland Fisher, director of education at the Clayton Christensen Institute, the San Francisco - based nonprofit think tank that advocates for blended learning, and that launched the Blended Learning Universe project.

That time period presents a problem for advocates of teacher rights, who, if Tuck were elected, would have to spend much of it defending themselves from criticism issued by the state's leader on education.

At the same time, however, value - added modeling is the focus of furious debate among scholars, policymakers, superintendents, education advocates and journalists.

It's time for education advocates and the funders that support them to invest time, effort and resources in thinking through how to best communicate complicated policy concepts so they are understood by all, without acronyms and academic jargon, and with language that describes achievable change.

While many education advocates are grateful that the frontrunner's advisors this time around include actual educators, the more militant activists see something nefarious.

Some long - time Mississippians and education advocates say that the reforms alums are focusing on, like charter schools, will simply perpetuate a revolving door of teachers and do not necessarily improve schools.