Education policy

seek an education in Public Policy. With my interdisciplinary academic background, I aspire to contribute to the field of Public Policy by bringing a transnational-feminist perspective to the socio-economic policy discourse. Therefore, there is no better place for me to pursue my doctoral degree in Public Policy than at Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. My experiences in research and community service have molded my policy interests and prepared me for my graduate education in policy formulation

Fette Yuyang Gu Laura Hitchcock Siyun Zhong Introduction: There are three types of resource-based policies that education policymakers typically consider: Total Resource Policies, Input Policies, and Output Policies. The proposed policy of setting a maximum class size of 14 in East Lansing public schools is a type of input policy. Input policies, as the name suggests, alter a particular input into education, such as teacher quality, class size or the quality of school facilities. It is generally believed

According to Bredekamp (2014), “Federal education policy is often designed to hold schools accountable for educating every child and to close the achievement gap between groups of children” (p.183). Federal policies have many affects on child development. There are certain policies that mandate that schools are held accountable for students’ test scores. Teachers and staff are expected to reform their curriculums in order to raise scores. Not only do the policies have an effect on children, but the

Multiculturalism and Education Policy How we educate our students is a contentious topic. Many stakeholders have different ideas about what will make our schools more successful. Without going into great detail about the past, it is safe to say the current paradigm is one of standards and assessment. Schools have gone “back to basics” – reading, math, science, and little else (Newman, 2013). In order to be considered successful, schools have resorted to teaching to the standardized tests.

asked: “what is education?” the answer usually falls along the line of: attaining knowledge that will be used in one’s future life and helping prepare one for their future. Much like we found when asked the same question in my class, Elementary Education 110: Education Policy: Lies, Damned Lies, and Education. Each student’s answer was similarly along the line of that or relatable to it. However, with such a common, stable, definition or understanding of what education is, education has still been

Proposed Education Policy is a Good Idea In America, “college tuition cost have skyrocketed since the middle 20th century, rising by 1,120 percent between 1978 and 2012,” ( Resnikoff). Tution at selective private colleges and universities has risen by two or three percent annually, which is more than the rate of inflation says Ronald Ehrenberg the Irving M. Ives Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics at Cornell University, director of the Cornell Higher Education Research

The devising of education policies and ensuring it is adhered to in schools is the responsibility of the National Government, which consists of two divisions that deal specifically with all areas that are relevant to education such as the Department for Education. This department develops the core subjects and syllabus that are studied in the national curriculum throughout schools in the UK as well as Early Years Foundation Stage. The National Government instructs OFSET officers to carry out annual

Various universities and individual faculty members frequently differ in terms of attendance policy. The frequent absence of explicit university wide policy enables instructors to implement a wide range of attendance requirements and subsequent penalties for absences. Even professors with a lax attendance policy encourage regular class attendance, deeming it a critical element of student success. The classroom has traditionally played a central role in educational institutions. Relentless innovation

Trowler (2003) describes education policy as a ‘design’ to follow the principles and procedures relating to education issues, the specifications of which is to bring about the desired goals. However, Ball (1990) defines educational policy as not only a direct response, but also a respond to the formation of complex and diverse elements. Many policies begin at the macro level, with large organisations such as The World Bank, UNESCO and the United Nations. The policy then streams down to a national

Social wellbeing is contingent upon equitable social policy addressing all varieties of demographics and needs. One highly contested social policy issue in Aotearoa is that of tertiary education. Tertiary education policies are proposed by multiple parties, however the most contentious of these can be drawn from the Greens and ACT who hold highly opposing social wellbeing ideologies. Essentially, to reveal binary oppositions between these policies, market and state ideologies must be considered, in