Our members include nonprofits, high school staff, college outreach programs, funders, government agencies, and business leaders, all of whom are committed to closing
the education attainment gap in our state.
AZCan's members include nonprofits, high school staff, college outreach programs, funders, government agencies, and business leaders, all of whom are committed to closing
the education attainment gap in our state.
The Scottish government has outlined plans to close
the education attainment gap across Scotland over the next five years.
Not exact matches
Ann Arbor came in first place for three of these categories, landing it the number 1 spot in «
education level» and number 4 in «quality of
education &
attainment gap.»
«As these children pass through the
education system the
attainment gap widens.
This is central to our mission to raise standards, reduce the
attainment gap and deliver an
education system which is a source of national pride and confidence.
With the Liberal Democrat leader set on highlighting the impact his party has had on the coalition's
education policies, Clegg said he is heartened that there are signs the
attainment gap is narrowing.
Commenting on the
Education Policy Institute's Closing the
Gap report into the progress made by the Government to narrow the pupil attainment gap, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «The findings of this report are sadly unsurprisi
Gap report into the progress made by the Government to narrow the pupil
attainment gap, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «The findings of this report are sadly unsurprisi
gap, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «The findings of this report are sadly unsurprising.
«I believe that an increase in pupil segregation on the basis of academic selection would be at best a distraction from crucial reforms to raise standards and narrow the
attainment gap and at worse risk actively undermining six years of progressive
education reform.»
It provides # 300 for every child from a disadvantaged background in a maintained early years
education setting to help tackle the
attainment gap between richer and poorer pupils which develops from an early age.
Education secretary met by booing and shouts of «rubbish» after she claimed that selective schools help close
attainment gap.
People from rich households are more likely to reach the most prestigious institutions, white working - class boys rarely make it to higher
education and there is a big black
attainment gap.
Deputy First Minister and
education secretary John Swinney said: «The defining mission of this government is to raise school
attainment and close the poverty - related
gap, backed by # 750 million of investment over the lifetime of this Parliament.
Bolder, Broader Action: Strategies for Closing the Poverty
Gap Education Week, May 27, 2011 «We have set the nation's highest standards, been tough on accountability and invested billions in building school capacity, yet we still see a very strong correlation between socioeconomic background and educational achievement and
attainment,» writes Senior Lecturer Paul Reville.
A Department for
Education spokesman said: «It is encouraging that this report recognises the extent to which the government has been able to narrow the
attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers.
Meg Hiller, chair of the committee, insists that closing the «
attainment gap» for disadvantaged pupils should be «a cornerstone of
education policy» and that a failure to close the
attainment gap would continue to «pass down through generations».
Read «One - Parent Students Leave School Earlier: Educational
attainment gap widens,» available online now at http://educationnext.org, and in print in the Spring 2015 issue of
Education Next.
It aims to reduce the
attainment gap and deliver an
education system that is «a source of national pride and public confidence».
Professor Sonia Blandford, founder and CEO of
education charity Achievement for All, which developed and delivers the programme, said: «The UK has one of the widest
attainment gaps in
education anywhere in the developed world with one - in - five children currently underachieving at school.
Sir Kevan Collins, chief executive of the
Education Endowment Foundation, said: «Closing the
attainment gap between poorer pupils and their classmates is our best shot at improving social mobility.
Later this week, I will publish the new national improvement framework for
education, which focuses firmly on our objective of closing the
attainment gap in
education.
The SNP's
education drive is in response to criticism that the party has failed to close the
attainment gap between the wealthiest and poorest pupils in Scotland.
The discriminatory impact of this compromise lessened as the gender
gap in master's degree
attainment narrowed, and more subtle means of discrimination were hampered by nearly universal adoption of the uniform salary schedule, with teachers» pay based only on experience and
education.
The «socioeconomic
attainment gap» shows up in children as young as 22 months, according to the report, «Child Poverty and
Education.»
She added: «
Education is, and always will be, a key priority for this government and I passionately believe that the Reading Challenge is an important addition to the investment of # 750 million over the next five years in measures and reforms to close the
attainment gap in Scotland.»
One of the most intractable problems in modern
education is how to close the widening
gap in
attainment between the haves and the have - nots.
Labour
education spokesman Daniel Johnson told the BBC: «Having access to outdoor sports facilities isn't just about finding the next Andy Murray, it's about cutting the
attainment gap with healthier children more likely to do well in the classroom.
According to findings by the
Education Policy Institute (EPI), the
attainment gap at the end of secondary school for persistently disadvantaged pupils has widened slightly by 0.3 months since 2007.
Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for
Education John Swinney said: «I have set out the actions we will take to substantially close the attainment gap and deliver a world - class education system in
Education John Swinney said: «I have set out the actions we will take to substantially close the
attainment gap and deliver a world - class
education system in
education system in Scotland.
«The deputy first minister has set out the actions we will take to substantially close the
attainment gap and deliver a world - class
education system in Scotland.
He added: «We spend a fortune on bridging the
attainment gap because
education is all about all our children fulfilling their potential for achievement.
«Our national mission is to raise standards, reduce the
attainment gap and deliver an
education system that is a source of national pride and confidence.
The pupil premium research carried out by the
Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has shown how, as part of a whole ‑ school approach, low - cost, high - impact strategies can impacting positively on outcomes for children and young people with SEN and help in narrowing the
gap in
attainment for our most vulnerable students (http://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk).
Speaking at the Teach First Impact Conference, Milburn voiced concerns about the educational
attainment gap in schools and said the government should» no longer tolerate an
education system that produces a cohort of youngsters who simply lack the skills to compete in the modern labour market».
«I am committed to raising standards, reducing the
attainment gap and delivering an
education system from the ground up that is a source of national pride and confidence.
Welcoming the findings,
education secretary Kirsty Williams said: «Reducing the
attainment gap between pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers is at the heart of our national mission to raise standards.
Disability
Gaps in Educational
Attainment and Literacy, The Price of Exclusion: Disability and
Education Notes Series, Washington, DC: The World Bank.
The
attainment gaps between pupils eligible for free school meals and their classmates are not only wider at Key Stages 2 and 4 than those found nationally, but they widen as pupils move through their secondary
education.»
«This development goes to the heart of what our national mission and the new curriculum is about — raising standards, reducing the
attainment gap and delivering an
education system that is a source of national pride and confidence.»
Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National
Education Union, has commented on the
Education Endowment Foundation report The
Attainment Gap 2017...
Education secretary Kirsty Williams said: «Our national mission is to raise standards, reduce the attainment gap and deliver an education system that is a source of national pride and co
Education secretary Kirsty Williams said: «Our national mission is to raise standards, reduce the
attainment gap and deliver an
education system that is a source of national pride and co
education system that is a source of national pride and confidence.
«These measures, coupled with our efforts to reduce workload, form a key part of our national mission to raise standards, reduce the
attainment gap and deliver an
education system that is a source of national pride and public confidence.»
Disparities in educational
attainment persist, however, with a marked
gap between rural Americans» level of
education and that of non-rural Americans.
The
Education Secretary has revealed details of a plan to continue to raise standards, reduce the attainment gap and deliver an education system that is a source of national pride and public co
Education Secretary has revealed details of a plan to continue to raise standards, reduce the
attainment gap and deliver an
education system that is a source of national pride and public co
education system that is a source of national pride and public confidence.
I also attended sessions on how Minnesota used data to close
attainment and equity
gaps and on how Kansas aligned high school
education with career opportunities.
The parliamentary
education committee wrote to Damian Hinds after a hearing last week with former chancellor George Osborne and other representatives of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership highlighted a «stark educational
attainment gap between the north and other parts of England, particularly for disadvantaged pupils».
This report confirms that there is an
attainment gap in science at every stage: it is apparent at the end of Key Stage 1 and gets wider throughout primary and secondary
education, with the
gap growing particularly strongly between the ages of 5 - 7 and 11 - 16.
Liz Smith, the Scottish Conservative young people spokeswoman, said the biggest challenge in
education was the «significant
attainment gap between pupils from poorer and wealthier backgrounds».
A Department for
Education spokeswoman said that grammar schools have a «track record of closing the
attainment gap to almost zero between children on free school meals and their better off classmates».
Leaping the College Ready
Gap Education experts Monica Martinez and Dennis McGrath argue that incorporating deeper learning in schools may be the answer to finally closing the
gaps for Latino and black students in college
attainment.