Sentences with phrase «education outcomes in»

Education outcomes in America continue to lag globally; the debate over Common Core State Standards remains heated; and educational choice options such as education savings accounts and charter schools continue to grow.

Amid local efforts to improve education outcomes in districts with fewer resources, superintendents expressed worries last year that lawmakers would not pass meaningful school finance reform without a ruling from the Texas Supreme Court ordering them to do so.

San Antonio Independent School District Superintendent Pedro Martinez, Northside ISD Superintendent Brian Woods, and state Reps. Diego Bernal (D - San Antonio) and Barbara Gervin - Hawkins (D - San Antonio) will talk about education outcomes in a panel discussion titled «Raising Expectations: How Bexar County Schools Are Improving.»

San Antonio Youth Literacy will host a panel discussion Tuesday on improving literacy and education outcomes in Bexar County schools.

Of course, he also fudged the numbers and claimed that the Small Schools lawsuits and the resulting BEP did little to improve education outcomes in the state.

However, equity in education outcomes in the UK in science was better than the OECD average.

Before the presentation began, each audience member was presented with handouts which highlighted the facts and figures regarding the Latino population, and education outcomes in the United States:

Clearly, when a drastic, systemic alteration doesn't change the course of education outcomes in any positive way — and appears to cause harm instead — one would suspect some sort of systemic failure.

After the act passed yesterday, Tasmania's Education Minister, Jeremy Rockliff said the bill is part of a long - term plan to to improve education outcomes in the state, and that it «will help close the gap where currently Tasmanian students can receive up to two years less schooling than their interstate counterparts.»

School textbooks have been found to play a «critical role» in improving education outcomes in developing countries, but limited access to these learning materials is hampering student progress.

Using data from the Texas Education Agency, I evaluated how the APIP affected education outcomes in participating schools in the years following implementation.

Shortening the school year would not harm overall education outcomes in the long run, but would save school districts money on operational costs, said state Sen. Videt Carmichael, the chairman of the Senate...

Delegates attending the BNF conference heard from a panel of eminent scientific experts including Professor Ashley Adamson from University of Newcastle, Dr Graham Moore from University of Cardiff, Professor John Reilly of University of Strathclyde, and Professor Jeanne Goldberg from Tufts University in Massachusetts, USA, about the role and impact of a whole school approach to nutrition; the association between breakfast consumption and education outcomes in primary schools, with particular reference to deprivation; the impact of obesity, and of physical activity, on academic attainment; and research which points to the most effective methods of communicating about nutrition with school children.

In his new book «Fair Shot,» Hughes outlines a proposal for «guaranteed income,» to lift health and education outcomes in the U.S.

Not exact matches

Maternal health advocates say listening to such voices is a critical step in addressing how disparities in race, income and education affect outcomes.

However, I think some of the problems in education — that I can see — stem from the funding of a certain education model and therefore, the continual production of the same sorts of outcomes.

«That is not only unfair, but it's a policy mistake in that those [low - income] kids would be the ones who would benefit the most,» Marr said, adding that a large body of research has found that extra income for poor families improves their kids» health, education, and career outcomes.

Top - ranked for both orthopedics and rheumatology for 26 consecutive years, HSS is an engine of research and innovation (112 inventions in 2016 alone), medical education (serving physicians in more than 150 countries) and better patient outcomes (Net Promoter Score of 92).

There's embarrassing little research on entrepreneurship education and outcomes, but we do know that students learn best when they can connect with the material in a hands - on way — personally making the mistakes and learning from them directly.

Government has often played a role in promoting performance - enhancing work practices to enhance overall economy - wide outcomes from higher productivity and innovation, such as the long history of agricultural extension services (since 1887) to spread information on best practices in farming, and employer education on safety practices conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Because they generally get now education about this sort of thing, a mentor (with no financial interest in the outcome) of some sort is desirable.

Both are in whole or major part, the fault of the revisionist education dogma of the so - called progressive left which abandoned rote learning, core curricula, and classics for outcome - based propagandizing about the «victims» of Western civilization.

The drafters of this new law, in pursuit of a democratic outcome, concluded that the state should promote freedom of choice in education, including prominently the choice of religious schools.

One must ask then how it is that if Protestant leaders in higher education generally made the right — or at least virtually inevitable — decisions, what has gone wrong that the outcome should be so adverse to the apparent interests of Protestant Christianity?

Through education, support, advocacy and research, API's principal goal is to heighten global awareness of the profound significance of secure attachment — not only to invest in our children's bright futures, but to reduce and ultimately prevent emotional and physical mistreatment of children, addiction, crime, behavioral disorders, mental illness and other outcomes of early unhealthy attachment.

Several reliable studies have shown that high levels of interest by a father in his child's schooling and education are associated with improved outcomes, including:

Features: New and improved designs A3 Size, 170 gsm Gloss Good quality with striking pictures of real people Attractive and eye catching design Developed in partnership with Health, Education and Early Years professionals as well as Sure Start Projects Strong current and relevant theme — Every Child Matters Gives important messages to men and fathers visiting your environment Highlights activities that provide better outcomes for children and young people

Through education, support, advocacy and research, API's principal goal is to heighten global awareness of the profound significance of secure attachment - not only to reduce and ultimately prevent emotional and physical mistreatment of children, addiction, crime, behavioral disorders, mental illness, and other outcomes of early unhealthy attachment, but to invest in our children's bright futures.

In recent years there has been much debate about the positive outcomes of fathers involvement in their children's education and upbringing and the barriers men face in accessing parental support services (see Ghate et al 2000, Ryan 2000In recent years there has been much debate about the positive outcomes of fathers involvement in their children's education and upbringing and the barriers men face in accessing parental support services (see Ghate et al 2000, Ryan 2000in their children's education and upbringing and the barriers men face in accessing parental support services (see Ghate et al 2000, Ryan 2000in accessing parental support services (see Ghate et al 2000, Ryan 2000).

• For these and other reasons, although children in mother - stepfather families tend to experience better financial support than children in lone mother households, and their stepfathers tend to be of higher «quality» than their biological fathers in terms of education, employment, psychopathology etc. (McLanahan et al, 2006) their outcomes and adjustment are not superior to children in lone mother households, although there may be cultural variations.

Specifically, for fathers, higher expectations about their children's educational level, and greater level / frequency of interest and direct involvement in children's learning, education and schools, are associated strongly with better educational outcomes for their children, including: • better exam / test / class results • higher level of educational qualification • greater progress at school • better attitudes towards school (e.g. enjoyment) • higher educational expectations • better behaviour at school (e.g. reduced risk of suspension or expulsion)(for discussion / review of all this research, see Goldman, 2005).

They continue to work together in Task Forces on strategic initiatives that will increase access to safe, respectful, affordable maternity care; improve inter-professional education; and enable patient - responsive and population - specific research on maternal choice, experience and outcomes related to birth place.

«We don't do outcomes - based education because we don't have an outcome in mind,» Mitchell said.

Research shows that high - quality early childhood programs can yield a 13 percent annual return on investment through better outcomes in education, health, social behaviors and employment — reducing taxpayer costs down the road.

«We know that as dads put [ting] this information in the hands [of moms] is a critical thing we need to do,» said Gerard Gioia, PhD, Division Chief of Neuropsychology and the Director of the Safe Concussion Outcome, Recovery & Education (SCORE) Program at Children's National Health System.

(As I point out in the book, a recent study by the National Center for Education Research found that none of the many large - scale character - education programs in use in American schools produces any significant positive oEducation Research found that none of the many large - scale character - education programs in use in American schools produces any significant positive oeducation programs in use in American schools produces any significant positive outcomes.)

The book cites dozens of studies performed by these professionals — each one measuring success in a slightly different way — with education, salary and prosocial outcome such as «avoiding arrest» and «staying married» as markers.

Challenge number two is — this is something that I became more aware of working on Helping Children Succeed — that even going beyond the challenges that low - income kids face and the gaps in our academic outcomes, there are significant problems with some of the basic approaches to teaching and education that we have in our schools: The basic principles of American pedagogy, how we teach math, how we teach anything.

Dona Matthews and Joanne Foster's conceptualization of «Mastery» versus «Mystery» approaches for gifted education and gifted child studies unveils the source of conflicting outcomes we see in the gifted education literature.

It is our belief that confidence, education, support, and quality clinical care, all play key roles in assisting a woman and her family to have the best birth outcomes.

To assess the robustness of the results of our regression analysis, we performed covariate adjustment with derived propensity scores to calculate the absolute risk difference (details are provided in the Supplementary Appendix, available with the full text of this article at NEJM.org).14, 15 To calculate the adjusted absolute risk difference, we used predictive margins and G - computation (i.e., regression - model — based outcome prediction in both exposure settings: planned in - hospital and planned out - of - hospital birth).16, 17 Finally, we conducted post hoc analyses to assess associations between planned out - of - hospital birth and outcomes (cesarean delivery and a composite of perinatal morbidity and mortality), which were stratified according to parity, maternal age, maternal education, and risk level.

Absolute inequality measures reflect not only inequalities across socioeconomic subgroups but also public health importance of the outcome in consideration, and they could provide different, even contradictory, patterns of inequalities from relative measures in a given outcome.21, 22 However, measuring absolute inequality is often neglected in health inequalities research.23 Relative risks (RRs) and absolute risk differences (RDs) of discontinuing breastfeeding among mothers with lower education compared with mothers with complete university education (reference category) were separately estimated in the intervention and in the control group and then compared between the two groups.

We also estimated relative indices of inequality (RII) and slope indices of inequality (SII) as summary measures of relative and absolute inequalities of breastfeeding outcomes, respectively, across the entire distribution of maternal education.24 For child IQ, linear regression analyses using GEEs were performed to estimate mean IQ differences in lower maternal education from the reference category in each intervention group and compared between the groups.

Pediatric Therapy Network (PTN) was founded in 1996 by a handful of therapists, parents and volunteers who envisioned an organization that would provide the community with high quality therapy, research and education as it relates to fostering the best possible outcomes for children with special needs.

More research is needed to understand how participation in home visiting programs in the early years of life serves to encourage high - risk parents to take advantage of early education programs available to them that can further support children's school readiness outcomes.

In the US, the Obama administration has funded a range of initiatives that require the use of evidence - based strategies in areas such as teen pregnancy prevention, home visiting, education and workforce innovation.2, 3 In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5In the US, the Obama administration has funded a range of initiatives that require the use of evidence - based strategies in areas such as teen pregnancy prevention, home visiting, education and workforce innovation.2, 3 In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5in areas such as teen pregnancy prevention, home visiting, education and workforce innovation.2, 3 In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5,6

Femtique Associates (CLC) Provides information through professionals who have accrued knowledge and skills grounded in their professional education, clinical training, and experience, with the aim of achieving and maintaining better health outcomes for those they serve.

Homebirth is just as safe» because homebirth in the UK is nothing like homebirth in the US, and most homebirth midwives in the US are actively fighting against having a system like the UK, because they don't want the medical education, they don't want to follow standards of practice, they don't want to be held responsible for their actions and outcomes.

Place change request outcomes will inform the place numbers in further education college, commercial and charitable provider, and academy 16 to 19 student number statements, issued from the end of January 2016; and 2016 to 2017 general annual grant statements for academies and free schools, issued from February 2016.

Launched in September 2013, through a three - year cooperative agreement with Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), the Home Visiting CoIIN works to achieve breakthrough improvements in select process and outcome measures, including benchmark areas legislatively mandated for the Federal Home Visiting program, while reducing or maintaining program costs.