So now, here are
the top education policy organizations and media outlets on social media, as measured by Klout scores (which looks at Twitter, Facebook, and several other platforms):
Not exact matches
The release, explaining the decision was reached unanimously by the group's two component boards of directors, stated, «The Boards» decision comes on the heels of securing the Pride Agenda's
top remaining
policy priority ---- protecting transgender New Yorkers from discrimination in housing, employment, credit,
education, and public accommodations ---- in the form of new regulations announced in partnership with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo at the
organization's Fall Dinner on October 22, 2015.»
The
organization also joined 28 other
top scientific and higher -
education organizations in urging the then president - elect Trump to tap a senior - level science adviser as assistant to the president for science and technology — to ensure scientific knowledge informs and assists the development of
policy solutions.
The heads of 29
top U.S. scientific and higher -
education organizations — including Rush Holt, CEO of AAAS — wrote to President - elect Donald Trump on November 23, urging him to quickly appoint a «nationally respected leader with appropriate engineering, scientific, management and
policy skills» to serve as Assistant to the President for Science and Technology.
It feels rather trivial considering the current state of the world, but it's time again to post our mostly - annual list of the
top education policy people,
organizations, and publications on social media.
As with my list of
top education policy people, I must mention a handful of «honorable mentions» —
organizations or media outlets with high Klout scores who tweet about
education — but not primarily about k - 12
education policy.
His work has been widely cited in
top academic journals in the fields of economics,
education and public
policy, and he has served on several technical advisory panels related to school and teacher evaluations for school districts, state
education agencies and non-profit
organizations.
Several
top players in Obama's
Education Department who shaped the administration's
policies came either straight from the Gates Foundation in 2009 or from
organizations that received heavy funding from the foundation.
«What we don't want to do is simply put a tablet on
top of a textbook and call the job done,» said Phillip Lovell, vice president for
policy and advocacy at the Alliance for Excellent
Education, an advocacy
organization that supported increased funding for E-rate.