Sentences with phrase «education policy factors»

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Iceland's law stands out in a key way: Companies and organizations with at least 25 full - time employees must actually obtain government certification proving their pay policies are based on factors such as education, skills and performance, not gender.

Several factors contribute to the undermining of breastfeeding: lack of understanding and education, including that of some doctors and hospitals; employment policies that don't support and encourage breastfeeding mothers; lack of general social support and education; and aggressive marketing campaigns waged by the multibillion dollar formula industry.

Strengthening Families Center for the Study of Social Policy Describes an initiative to prevent child abuse and neglect by helping child welfare and early education professionals enhance protective factors in children, youth, and families.

«Our opinions on climate policy vary according to factors such as socialisation, political attitudes, age, gender and education.»

«It will be valuable to learn whether improvements in earnings by families with pregnant women, improved maternal nutrition or reduced maternal stress — all factors associated with higher birth weight — also translate to better cognitive outcomes in childhood,» said Figlio, IPR faculty fellow and Orrington Lunt Professor of Education and Social Policy and of Economics at Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy.

«In - hospital formula feeding, family history help explain breastfeeding gaps: Income, education influence breastfeeding, but policy and family history are factors too.»

Gary Orfield, professor of education, law, political science, and urban planning at UCLA, said opponents of the UT admission policy claim there are nonracial alternatives that do the job just as well, including the 10 % plan that UT now uses as its first phase for admission; approaches using socioeconomic status rather than race as a factor; and special outreach and recruitment efforts.

After accounting for numerous other factors such as income, education and political ideology, the researchers found that for each one point increase (on a scale from one to five) in symbolic racism there was a 50 percent increase in the odds of having a gun in the home and a 28 percent increase in support for policies allowing people to carry concealed guns.

The article states that because of factors like the one - child policy harming social interaction between sexes, and that education is rated as more important for young Chinese, many find themselves without partners.

Although parents can't control those factors directly, we can help by staying informed and involved in the systems that influence our children's school experiences, from voting for local school councils to being aware of national education policy.

They discuss the Coleman Report's finding that family background explained more about student achievement than factors within the control of the school or other things that education policy can influence.

Government policies exclude inadequate instruction, cultural and social factors, and emotional disturbance, because there are other categories in special education or other services for these children, not because their academic difficulties are different or because these excluded children need different types of interventions.

Most researchers say the biggest factor was that in the late 1990s, states began to implement policies holding schools accountable for improving education for children.

Two policy factors turn out to matter considerably more: a larger private - education sector (which presumably introduces more competition into the educational system) and the presence of a centralized examination system (which presumably holds students and schools accountable).

While civics education policy was not a factor in this year's presidential election, United States Secretary of Education John King recently urged educators to «make preparing your students for their civic duties just as much a priority as preparing them to succeed in college and in their careereducation policy was not a factor in this year's presidential election, United States Secretary of Education John King recently urged educators to «make preparing your students for their civic duties just as much a priority as preparing them to succeed in college and in their careerEducation John King recently urged educators to «make preparing your students for their civic duties just as much a priority as preparing them to succeed in college and in their careers.»

Factors influencing prospective students» choice of MBA program - an empirical study, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 33 (5): 473 - 483.

The studies themselves weren't designed to isolate any of those factors to measure their direct impact — and more research doing just that is needed to give policymakers a clear road map to success, says Grover Whitehurst, director of the Brown Center on Education Policy at The Brookings Institution in Washington.

In Big Country: How Variations in High School Graduation Plans Impact Rural Students, education policy experts Jennifer Schiess and Andrew J. Rotherham examine one factor that may contribute to that gap: high school rigor.

Manna uses the concept of «policy entrepreneurship» to examine the characteristics and priorities of many of the newly formed education advocacy organizations in the US, how they operate and influence policy, and factors associated with their success.

«There's a myth being perpetuated that buy - in is the decisive factor, but there are states showing they can have statewide impact without everyone saying they're happy,» said Charles Barone, the director of federal policy for Democrats for Education Reform, a New York City - based political action committee that's been tracking and critiquing the Race to the Top competition.

While research shows that classroom teachers are the single most important in - school factor in improving student achievement, their diverse voices are consistently left out of education policy decisions.

The DCPS funding formula does differentiate public funding based on the number of students at each grade level and in different special needs categories, including special education, English language learners, and those «at risk» for academic failure.38 DCPS would not disclose how or if it factors in parental donations when determining school budgets or allocations.39 However, it did report not having a policy to equitably redistribute parent donations or to prohibit these additional dollars from being put toward staffing.40

The federal Office of Civil Rights has the responsibility to ensure that racism is not a factor in school discipline policies or the public education system writ large.

CEPA researchers examines a wide range of issues, including how to best measure student success, what factors predict and promote student success, and how different types of teacher instruction, school programs, and education policies can improve student achievement.

That it means pushing for a rollback of federal education policy that have helped black and brown children as well as a return to the bad old days when states and districts were allowed to ignore their obligations to poor and minority children doesn't factor into any of their thinking.

At the same time, there are still citizens — especially dual - income households without children who tend to populate cities, as well as those concerned with other issues — for which education policy doesn't weigh in as a deciding factor largely because they see little concrete connection between low graduation rates and the levels of crime in their communities.

Why, then, do the majority of district, state, and federal education policies prioritize annual assessment results over equally important factors, such as challenging and engaging curricula; strong social - emotional and physical health supports; moral and ethical development; and safe, supportive learning environments?

The combination of skills these individuals bring to our team - from statistical and data analysis, to experience conducting surveys, interviews, and focus group or panel discussions - allows APA to examine the full array of quantitative and qualitative factors that can influence the development of education policy.

Matthew Di Carlo, senior research fellow at the Albert Shanker Institute, which studies education policy, reiterated that it would be «enormously complicated» to determine how any one factor such as socioeconomic status affects ACT scores.

It's debatable as to why exactly West Virginia was the state to precipitate this fledgling national teachers» movement, but experts tend to agree it comprised, in the words of Paul Reville, a professor of education policy and administration at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, «a perfect storm of factoreducation policy and administration at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, «a perfect storm of factorEducation, «a perfect storm of factors.»

Some education analysts argue that mixing the student bodies of these two schools may be a vital factor in improving education, and a handful of districts and private schools have begun enacting so - called «economic integration» policies that seek to create income - diverse schools, complete with rich kids, poor kids and everyone in between.

(a) Provides employment and / or practicum experiences with adolescents in urban public school settings; (b) Provides ongoing support in the development of skills necessary to be an effective group facilitator, utilizing a science - based affective curriculum; (c) Heightens facilitators» understanding of the cultural and contextual factors that impact the psychosocial development of urban adolescents and their ability to achieve academically; (d) Exposes facilitators to the process of designing, implementing and evaluating large scale preventive interventions; (e) Examines educational policy and its implications for practice and research for urban education and school reform; and (f) Encourages facilitators» interest and pursuit of careers in education, psychology social work, counseling and / or other related fields.

ASCD's newest Policy Priorities examines this complex issue, including factors leading to the shift and the successful approaches that some schools are taking to bridge the education and employment gap.

This absurd, unfair and ignorant policy is state law despite the fact that every academic study has shown that standardized test scores are driven primarily by poverty, language barriers and the impact of students with special education challenges... all factors for beyond the control of Connecticut's classroom teachers.

Because of these two factors, in the absence of a dramatic change in the balance of federal, state, and local revenues for education, any policy discussion around improving funding equity must focus on the state and local levels.

Our December 2010 complaint against the policy has been sitting at the U. S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, apparently just collecting dust, while CPS massages the same failed policy — a handful of changes were made at the May 2012 Board meeting, including dropping poor attendance as a factor and changing a couple of terms.

And Cizek conceded that the incentives to cheat have increased with a decade of education policy that uses scores on narrow standardized tests as a factor in many school managerial decisions, such as school funding, and in some cases, teacher pay.

A recent policy brief released by the Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice analyzes factors related to parent involvement among English Language Learners in the United States.

Policies and Procedures E606: An Overview of the ADA, IDEA and Section 504: Update 2001 E576: An Overview of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 (P.L. 105 - 17): Update 1999 E600: Creating Useful Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs)(2000) E598: Designing Individualized Education Program (IEP) Transition Plans (2000) E560: IDEA's Definition of Disabilities (1998) E611: Involving Parents in the IEP Process (2001) E578: New IDEA Requirements: Factors to Consider in Developing an IEP (1999) E575: Rights and Responsibilities of Parents of Children with Disabilities (1999) E629: The Least Restrictive Environment Mandate: How Has It Been Defined by the Courts?

It is a unique cradle of education that is defined by a distinctive culture, size, collaborative learning approach and many other factors which extend well beyond the historical full scholarship policy, and which continue to attract those talented students.

For instance, if you are buying the policy for your child's education, factor in costs towards extra-curricular activities, travel, boarding etc. in addition to the course fee.

You should always consider different factors like the marriage and education of your children while choosing the policy term.

Assigned risk insurance personal auto insurance plans don't take some factors in to account like, credit score, education, occupation or how many policies that you have had in the last three years.

A seemingly «quick fix» to avoid a bad hire is to implement a blanket background screening policy that automatically excludes people based on an easy - to - measure factor like criminal records or years of experience or level of education.

This report presents findings on the development of policies and curricula, including the actors involved and challenges faced; how sexuality education is taught in classrooms; students» experiences and preferences; support for implementation, including teacher training and school environment factors; sources of SRH information outside of the classroom; and general opinions about such education among key stakeholders.

This report presents findings on the development of policies and curricula, including the actors involved and challenges faced; how sexuality education is taught in classrooms; students» experiences and preferences; support for implementation, including teacher training and school environment factors; sexuality education outside of the classroom; and general opinions about sexuality education among key stakeholders.

CONCLUSIONS: Interventions developed to minimize violence in the ED must focus on modifiable risk factors and address what is in the department's control including staff education in recognizing escalating anxious or aggressive behavior, policy development and implementation, and environmental changes.

Protective Factors Literature Review: Early Care and Education Programs and the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (PDF - 478 KB) Center for the Study of Social Policy (2008)

Strengthening Families Center for the Study of Social Policy Describes an initiative to prevent child abuse and neglect by helping child welfare and early education professionals enhance protective factors in children, youth, and families.

This study will yield findings useful to decision makers in crafting effective child care policies and strategies, in particular about the impact of varying hours of early care and education on children's school readiness, and the specific factors in both infant and preschool classrooms that promote children's school readiness.