Sentences with phrase «high quality school systems»

«This is sort of a central question because, if the reason that low - income school districts have low test scores and low opportunities is because they have less high quality school systems, then we ought to really invest in fixing those school systems,» said Reardon in October.

High quality school systems rely on accurate and relevant information to raise important questions and promote an evidence - based culture.

Not exact matches

The school system could use its purchasing power to negotiate discounts on higher quality ingredients that would match what parents are making at home.

But the reality is that there are many things that would affect that other than just individual parenting skills — like a long line of trickle - down societal expectations; the way kids are treated at school; not to mention a high - quality, state - funded daycare system that most parents choose over staying at home permanently with their children.

Before people filled the auditorium at Hoosick Falls Junior - Senior High School for a state Senate hearing chaired by Marchione on the Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh water crises and other water quality issues, Shaun Francis held a news conference to unveil a billboard critical of his opponent's response to the discovery of perfluorooctanoic acid, a suspected cancer - causing chemical, in both the village water system and wells in the village and surrounding town of Hoosick.

A new approach for our schools by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «The CBI report has recognised the important link between high - quality education systems and economic competitiveness.

On Thursday, with the New York State Board of Regents hearing testimony regarding the newly approved teacher evaluation system, leading education reform organization StudentsFirstNY and public school parents offered recommendations and sent letters calling for a system that ensures all public school students have access to high - quality teachers.

What is needed is significant additional investment into our school system to support high - quality education provision for every child, no matter what their needs or circumstances.

According to research from the National Foundation for Education Research (NFER), there is «considerable potential» within the current state school system to improve the quality of underperforming schools «in need» of support through school - to - school partnerships with high - performing schools within a certain radius.

But the bulk of the city's school reforms over the past decade have focused elsewhere, on building a pre-kindergarten system, creating new curriculum materials and instructional strategies and, above all, improving teacher quality — work that's largely unrelated to high school attendance.

On July 1, 2004, Providence, Rhode Island, mayor David N. Cicilline launched the Providence After School Alliance (PASA) to develop a citywide system to substantially increase high - quality, affordable out - of - school - time enrichment opportunities for the city's children and School Alliance (PASA) to develop a citywide system to substantially increase high - quality, affordable out - of - school - time enrichment opportunities for the city's children and school - time enrichment opportunities for the city's children and youth.

«Since having enough high - quality teachers is essential to the effective operation of the school system, these are issues that the Department needs to address urgently.»

Both Professor Lavonen and the principals of the schools we visited expressed that one of the key factors of why the Finnish system trumps all others is the huge investment that is made in developing high quality teachers.

Most of all, families and students need both sides to get past their defensiveness and mistrust and get to work creating citywide information, funding, enrollment, transportation, and other systems that will improve equity and access to high - quality schools.

On December 12, 2014, The Leading Edge of Early Childhood Education brought together leading scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to engage with the latest thinking, research, and practice in building and sustaining high - quality pre-K systems, schools, and classrooms.

State education officials and local school districts are working to use technology money from the federal economic - stimulus package to develop initiatives that do everything from consolidate data systems to create high - quality digital content for school laptops.

The measures used in the NEPC report — whether schools make AYP, state accountability system ratings, the percentage of students that score proficient on state tests, and high - school graduation rates — are at best rough proxies for the quality of education provided by any school.

Stand - alone charter schools need access to the same high - quality, pooled expertise that the best school systems and EMOs provide to their schools.

But the end result might be the creation of more nimble, responsive, and high - quality school systems that prepare the next generation of American citizens.

Contact: Adam Rabinowitz: 202-266-4724, [email protected] Jackie Kerstetter: 814-440-2299, [email protected], Education Next D.C.'s high - stakes teacher evaluations raise teacher quality, student achievement 90 % of the turnover of low - performing teachers occurs in high - poverty schools July 27, 2017 — Though the Every Student Succeeds Act excludes any requirements for states about teacher evaluation policies, the results from a once - controversial high - stakes system -LSB-...]

«College and Career Ready» indicators: Many states already include AP, IB, ACT, and SAT achievement in their high school rating systems, and we heartily endorse all of these of these measures, especially those tied to achievement on AP / IB tests, which are precisely the sort of high - quality assessments that critics of dumbed - down standardized tests have long called for.

DPS's new SchoolChoice enrollment system minimizes favoritism, fosters integration, and increases demand for high quality schools by using the same process to place students in most schools, including charters and district - operated schools.

The statement includes a list of these developments: the US Supreme Court ruled scholarships constitutional; numerous studies showed these programs benefit needy kids; families empowered with this choice express great satisfaction; urban districts continue to struggle despite great effort; chartering hasn't created enough high - quality seats; and smart accountability systems can ensure only high - quality private schools participate in these programs.

This year the list is topped by four major research pieces: an analysis of how U.S. students from highly educated families perform compare with similarly advantaged students from other countries; a study investigating what students gain when they are taken on field trips to see high - quality theater performances; a study of teacher evaluation systems in four urban school districts that identifies strengths and weaknesses of different evaluation systems; and the results of Education Next's annual survey of public opinion on education.

But I'm convinced that, at this point in time, the way to create lots more «high - quality seats» for lots more kids is to make sure that charter schools and private school scholarships receive funding parity with «the system.»

Our new accountability system will reward school districts and acknowledge them for high - quality career and tech programs, high - quality fine arts programs.

The world's top - performing school systems and those coming up fast have a lesson to teach the others: Put high - quality teaching for every child at the heart of school improvement.

In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, Professor Nonie Lesaux and Associate Professor Stephanie Jones, faculty chairs of the institute, examine the latest thinking, research, and practice in building and sustaining high - quality pre-K systems, schools, and classrooms.

Instead Symonds stressed the importance of building a high - quality American education system that values alternatives to earning a bachelor's degree, such as earning an associate's degree or attending a certificate program after high school.

According to Duncan, «Over 40 states are developing next - generation accountability and support systems,» guided by the CSSOs, and «many states are moving forward with reforms in teacher and principal evaluation and support, turning around low - performing schools, and expanding access to high - quality schools.»

The Programs in Professional Education (PPE) institute, The Leading Edge of Early Childhood Education, is structured to highlight the best of what we currently know about healthy child development and high - quality systems, schools and classrooms of early learning, while also bringing in new thinking from other fields to provide insights that bear on the design of preK improvement and expansion.

Recognize that DPS is at risk for financial collapse and develop a plan to replace DPS with a community «portfolio manager» board and superintendent who will see their role as overseeing a citywide system of high - quality schools rather than operating schools directly.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

«The installation of high quality intruder alarms and their integration with other security systems, such as access control and CCTV, can provide vital peace of mind that the site is being protected both in and out of school hours.

• In - depth view on what the industries really want from graduates • The support of each education tiers — Early, primary, seconday and higher learning in shaping holistic graduates • Asessing the quality and cost of Malaysia's education in comparison to other ASEAN countries • Gaining insights on new teaching methods — Outdoor learning and trust schools • Transforming education system to cater new generation

«The extraordinary demands of educating disadvantaged students to higher standards, the challenges of attracting the talent required to do that work, the burden of finding and financing facilities, and often aggressive opposition from the traditional public education system have made the trifecta of scale, quality, and financial sustainability hard to hit,» concludes the report, «Growing Pains: Scaling Up the Nation's Best Charter Schools.»

Organizations like Aspire, Uncommon Schools, IDEA, and YES Prep are proving beyond a doubt that school systems can deliver high quality at scale.

Moreover, in the public system, the ability of parents and students to ensure that they receive a high - quality education is constrained by the enormous obstacles to leaving a bad school.

Indeed, the most important (and uncertain) premise of Reading First was that it could catalyze and support meaningful change in the SEAs — could help them build agile expert systems that gave high - quality support to schools and districts — and thereby improve reading achievement among the poor, not just in isolated schools and districts as in the past but across entire states.

Schleicher highlighted features of high performing school systems around the world, gleaned from PISA data, and told delegates that teacher quality is key.

They can try to do so indirectly, via initiatives to recruit and retain talented teachers, to implement high - quality curricula, or to include measures of student engagement in school accountability systems.

They hope the data in the survey will provide some guidance to school systems as they do some long - term planning for the training and recruitment of high - quality leaders.

I applaud Newark's schools for their efforts, even if imperfect, to build the systems and capacity to provide high - quality programs to students with a diverse range of disabilities.

This convening is designed to allow participants to engage with the latest thinking, research, and practice in building and sustaining high quality Pre-K systems, schools, and classrooms.

The report cites yearly national exams, a new curriculum focused on learning results and a new data driven system of school evaluation as further strategies which fostered higher quality schools.

Amthal has worked with Garston Manor School to create a scaleable solution to upgrade the fire and security systems in place and maintain it to the highest quality for the benefit of staff, pupils and visitors.

Ideally, system leaders use this information — along with other data on school quality — to increase the number of high - quality seats (e.g., by adding seats to desirable schools or opening more schools like them) and reduce the number of low - quality seats (e.g., by closing low - performing, undesirable schools).

Tucker and his colleagues challenge us to ask why the U.S. is pursuing a reform agenda that differs markedly from what other advanced countries have found essential for creating good schools — high quality teachers, fair funding, and coherence in the system of education.

State education agencies, school districts, statewide afterschool networks, and intermediary organizations may be eligible to receive no - cost technical assistance in planning for or implementing high quality expanded learning opportunities for your afterschool system or school district in your community.

The Commission recommended more equitable school financing systems, measures to ensure effective teachers and curriculum, and access to high quality early childhood education.