In addition to the argument about the competency-based education approach presenting a poor simulacrum of the traditional higher education experience, there is also the nagging question as to whether the students who pursue this type of accreditation have truly gained the same level of subject area knowledge and expertise as those who have slogged through four years of course work.
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Arne Duncan championed Race to the Top, a truly radical approach in the world of education, an approach that is quite threatening to many traditional viewpoints on education but he did with the credibility of someone who compromises.
No one really believes it, but we approach education's problems as if we did.
If we are to approach education reform as skeptics then we should keep some hopeful talisman in our belts as well.
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Completely uprooting our current system may be overkill, but we do need to revolutionize the way we fundamentally approach education, addressing the crucial areas of development for success in the 21st century that our present system ignores.
Over the long term, improving education is the most promising approach to raise wages, but the Gingrich campaign does not list education as a priority (in sharp contrast with Presidents Obama and Bush).
Quality education based on a human rights approach means that rights are implemented throughout the whole education system and in all learning environments.
Professor Alison Wolf, author of the government's review into vocational education, said the only sensible approach is to get a "broad-based education" equipped with skills and qualifications that employers recognize.
The core problem is the lack of a systematic, coordinated approach to education reform.
It also encouraged a more scholarly approach to education, stimulating research and promoting publication of experiences.
As we approach the Education for All deadline in 2015, we have gained new momentum.
Does this mean we need to change our approach to education, and train people to use machines differently?
The clearest example that Mr Bush has a different attitude to government from his predecessors is his approach to education.
This is why Microsoft takes a holistic, partnering approach to education.
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This is why I constantly preach autonomy and a local approach to education reform, coupled with a move toward greater voluntary collaboration between schools across the country.
"What Wales needs is a holistic approach to education, where learning opportunities are expanded for students at school age, and further opportunities are provided for life long learning, " said a Plaid spokesman.
But some of those cities, like New York City, are beginning to prove that with the right approach to education and contraception, and enough money, the teen pregnancy rate can come down.
He said such a traditional approach to education was part of the success of private schools such as Westminster and Eton, "where the medieval cloisters connect seamlessly to the corridors of power".
And now thanks to the Obama administration, whose approach to education reform is, interestingly enough, an exact replica of that of the Bush administration, teachers and teachers' unions have even more to complain about.
Former President Bush served as the glue for the often divided liberal blogging community, whether it was their opposition to the Iraq war and domestic spying or frustration about Bush's approach to education and health care.
Technology must be implemented as part of a thoughtful, holistic approach to education transformation that includes teacher training, relevant curricula, parental involvement and programs for children that fill unmet needs for basics like nutrition and health care.
Top-down, centralized, anti-democratic approach to education decision-making.
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This Framework adopts a comprehensive and systemic approach to education and acknowledges the reality that accountability to deliver quality education and to effectively facilitate learning lies at all levels and in all aspects of a general education system.
This integration has enabled hitherto disadvantaged people to gain equivalent qualifications with their counterparts in the formal education sector, an approach which has enabled the former to effectively participate in the cultural, economic and social development of the Kingdom like every other citizen.
"His insights into the relationship between faith and reason, into the vital place of revealed religion in civilised society, and into the need for a broadly-based and wide-ranging approach to education were not only of profound importance to Victorian England, but continue today to inspire and enlighten many all over the world, " he said.
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We need to take a three-pronged approach, bolstering education, opportunity, and visibility for women in technology.
The threat I speak of comes from corporations themselves, which are increasingly taking a DIY approach to graduate education.
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This is indicative of the destructive, backward approach permeating the education establishment.
If this sounds like a radical approach to reinventing education, it is.
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