Sentences with phrase «tough education issues»

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Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine editor, will address the issues of poverty, education and the achievement gap, during a special presentation, 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 28 at Springfield High School.

Pols including U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez, state Sen. Daniel Squadron, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Councilmembers Brad Lander and Stephen Levin, Assemblymember Walter Mosley and former Assemblymember Joan Millman praised Simon for tackling tough issues like gun control, public education, civil and disability rights, ethics in government, minimum wage, and paid family leave.

«It makes it a tough issue for him to gain traction on,» says Greenberg, who says voters are more geared up about topics like education, taxes and the economy.

Tisch, who talks as tough a game as anyone on education standards and teacher evaluations, somehow always manages to resolve issues in ways that the state's fundamentally corrupt teachers unions find unobjectionable.

But as Bloomberg basks in praise (and some almost fawning press coverage) for tackling a truly tough issue, his record on ending education disparities is — to put it charitably — mixed.

The hands - on, competitive program harnesses the talents and creativity of tomorrow's leaders to help communities and the nation understand and address tough issues in theme areas ranging from health to environment to education.

«Funding Phantom Students: State policies insulate districts from making tough decisions» will appear in the Summer issue of Education Next and is now available online at www.educationnext.org.

He was a powerful contributor to Massachusetts» preeminent education achievements and a highly respected leader among chief state school officers nationally,» said Professor Paul Reville, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, noting Chester's impressive ability to find constructive middle ground on tough issues in the Commonwealth, such as the controversy over assessment tests PARRC education achievements and a highly respected leader among chief state school officers nationally,» said Professor Paul Reville, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, noting Chester's impressive ability to find constructive middle ground on tough issues in the Commonwealth, such as the controversy over assessment tests PARRC Education, noting Chester's impressive ability to find constructive middle ground on tough issues in the Commonwealth, such as the controversy over assessment tests PARRC and MCAS.

As part of the Programs in Professional Education (PPE) institute, Improving Quality in Education Systems: Building Quality Schools, participants spent two weeks tackling tough issues like how to build sustainable schools, design effective systems for monitoring and evaluating student and school performance, and define quality schools.

All these tough issues seem to point, roughly, to the Big One: What's the point of an education?

In one study soon to be published in an education policy textbook co-edited with Carol Mullen, Education Policy Perils: Tackling the Tough Issues, I report on a study in which I predicted the percentage of students in grade 5, at the district level, who scored proficient or above on New Jersey's former standardized tests, NJASK, in mathematics language arts for the 2010, 2011, and 2012 school years for the almost 400 school districts that met the sampling criteria to be included in teducation policy textbook co-edited with Carol Mullen, Education Policy Perils: Tackling the Tough Issues, I report on a study in which I predicted the percentage of students in grade 5, at the district level, who scored proficient or above on New Jersey's former standardized tests, NJASK, in mathematics language arts for the 2010, 2011, and 2012 school years for the almost 400 school districts that met the sampling criteria to be included in tEducation Policy Perils: Tackling the Tough Issues, I report on a study in which I predicted the percentage of students in grade 5, at the district level, who scored proficient or above on New Jersey's former standardized tests, NJASK, in mathematics language arts for the 2010, 2011, and 2012 school years for the almost 400 school districts that met the sampling criteria to be included in the study.

His co-authored books include, The School Reform Landscape: Fraud, Myth, and Lies with Don Orlich and Education Policy Perils: Tackling the Tough Issues with Carol Mullen.

Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a Washington - based education advocacy group, said the family will face a tough choice among public, private and charter schools in a city where attempts at education reform have become symbolic of the issue nationwide.

Education policy would let him play up his focus on bipartisan cooperation, at least on issues like tenure reform, while maintaining his image of being tough on the teacher unions and low performing school districts.

He is unafraid to tackle tough issues facing our public education system.

Utah Legislature will tackle high - profile issues Politics» While the state budget and public education will dominate discussions as usual, lawmakers are expected to debate tougher ethics laws, weaker gun - control laws.

Secretary Clinton waffled on her answer, and everyone from the New York Times to Education Week agreed her lack of a direct answer showed her unwillingness to tackle the tough issues that may put her at odds with her union endorsers.

Working with families is a challenging craft that takes a long time to master and few have received the kind of education, experience and savvy guidance necessary to deal with the range of tough issues families can present.