This antipathy to free trade baffles conventionally schooled policymakers who believe, correctly, that it makes us better off on average.
From the federal government to school boards, policymakers and administrators are increasingly setting their sights on "college and career readiness" as the goal of K-12 education.
The resolution suggests that instead of giving students access to charter schools through school choice, policymakers should focus on enhancing the quality of traditional public schools, despite their many shortcomings.
"Schools got better because policymakers, school leaders and ordinary teachers developed a sense of shared mission, and a stronger professional ethos".
Our report, published today, provides insights and challenges for schools and policymakers.
Schools and policymakers have a responsibility to address the lack of diversity in the judiciary to better reflect society as a whole, a top judge has said.
But that's no longer always the case, and if schools and policymakers fail to address this escalating crisis in higher education, the consequences will be borne not just by cash-strapped grads, but by all Americans.
For today's schools and policymakers, there are some great lessons on integrating technology into curriculum that can be learned from the innovative work being done at the intersection of the education, business and non-profit spheres.
A new report, published by the Alliance in collaboration with the New Teacher Center (NTC), a non-profit that helps schools and policymakers develop training for new educators, found that about 13percentt of the nation's 3.4 million teachers move schools or leave the profession every year, costing states up to $2 billion.
Action research has thus become more attractive than ever to policymakers, school leaders and school teachers – especially considering the growing demands and complexity that bears upon school teachers and leaders in reforming and innovating curricula to attain a diverse and broadened set of student learning outcomes, which include the teaching of science in schools.
