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18 Nov 2014: Headteachers mayneed to take the lead in reassuring teachers about thevalue of different kinds of evidence, particularlywhere there is a pervading emphasis on test resultsand other quantitative data. ... Thishappens most effectively when teachers

27 Jan 2014: Our goal is to nurture and extend the dialogue through which knowledge is created and subjected to the test of practicality. ... UCC)Netherlands Ministry for EducationOpen Society Foundations (OSF)Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development

18 Nov 2014: In return, grant schools. flexibility: To teach with creativity and passion; to stop teaching to the test; and to replace teachers who just. ... No other profession. carries a greater burden for securing our economic future.

10 Oct 2014: In order to test this further and test SLT’s explanatory power, a study involving a PD programme was undertaken. ... Cuban, L. (2009). Hugging the middle: How teachers teach in an era of testing and accountability.

18 Nov 2014: The nightmare is government instruments in the form of tests, indicators, league tables, etc. ... How far is the economic imperative predominant over the moral one when one chooses whether or not to become or stay as a teacher?

18 Nov 2014: The reading test conducted by the District Education Office revealed an. ... Most parents and guardians of our pupils are illiterates who instead of encouraging and supervising pupils to do their homework or learn after classes rather engage them in

18 Nov 2014: For some, this is also about the prevailing discourse of global competitiveness and a narrowing of what counts as education around primarily economic objectives. ... Vested economic and political interests may push inappropriate solutions based on the

4 Sep 2014: may restrict their actions and limit their impact. In one middle school we studied, some teachers. ... increasing student learning. School test scores and grades for schools put accountability front and.

10 Oct 2014: ibid), both groups may be seen as competing with the localindigenous population over economic and societal resources. ... The patterns are not consistent with the hypothesis that asylum-seekers are economic migrants by another name’ (Burchardt, 2005:221

18 Nov 2014: To achieve this mission, the Foundations seek to shape public policies that assure greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems and safeguard fundamental rights. ... Maureen holds a Master of Public Policy from University of Pennsylvania