Sentences with phrase «improving education requires»

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However, Yellen and other policymakers have been quick to emphasize that longer - term policy changes that improve education, training and workforce development are required to raise productivity.

And, who knows, it may even include things like improved labour laws, improvements to public health care and education that actually mean it about the public part, requiring the Workers Compensation Board to get serious about the compensation part of its mandate and, yeah, an effort to get off the energy price rollercoaster.

While it is of course true that educational enterprises require money, there is something odd about the assumption that infusion of additional funds to the academic operation will necessarily result in improved education.

And there are also many, many things we could be doing to encourage children's acceptance of healthier school meals: imposing meaningful restrictions on children's junk food advertising; requiring food education in schools — not just nutrition education, but offering kids a real understanding of our food system, and overtly inoculating them against the allure of hyper - processed and fast food; teaching all children basic cooking skills; getting more gardens into schools; encouraging restaurants to ditch the standard breaded - and - fried children's menu; imposing taxes on soda (and even junk food); improving food access; and so much more.

requires that professional development programs shall be made available to teachers to improve instruction in the public schools, and shall include instruction in incorporating character education throughout the curriculum.

§ 49-6-1007 (2008) requires public school instruction to include character education to «help each student develop positive values and improve student conduct.»

Character Education: KRS 156.095 requires that professional development programs shall be made available to teachers to improve instruction in the public schools, and shall include instruction in incorporating character education throughout the cuEducation: KRS 156.095 requires that professional development programs shall be made available to teachers to improve instruction in the public schools, and shall include instruction in incorporating character education throughout the cueducation throughout the curriculum.

In addition, the law requires that all [district] strategic plans include strategies to decrease obesity and improve the health and wellness of students and employees through nutrition, physical activity, health education, and physical education.

One question focused on possible reasons to vote for «Woodstock,» citing reasons like fighting to improve the economy by taking on big businesses and monopolies, pushing for campaign finance reform, increasing education funding, changing the tax code to require the wealthy and large corporations to pay more and raising the minimum wage.

At 1:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on New York City Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless students.

Degree inflation (jobs that once went to those with bachelor's degrees now require a master's degree) means it is necessary to pursue graduate education to improve the chances of career success, according to Dozier.

Second, for progress to be made in a very large bureaucracy like Berkeley, one absolutely requires a fairly large, high - level staff working group committed to improving postdoctoral education.

• HEALTH New U.S. county rankings clearly demonstrate that better health requires improved education, more access to nutritious food and greater economic opportunities.

[Editor's Note: In 1996, a group of scientists and students, concerned about the future of research in German universities, came together to discuss what action was required to improve their education and training.

Better health requires improved education, more access to nutritious food and greater economic opportunities, new county rankings show

«Not only do the young children who receive ESDM benefit in the short term with respect to improved IQ and social skills, and brain functioning, we see that through their remaining preschool years these children require fewer special education supports.»

The successful adaptation of astronomy education research to improving teaching and learning in astronomy departments requires close contact between astronomy education researchers, education researchers in other disciplines and teachers who are primarily research scientists.

Catherine Snow: Incorporating Rich Language in Early Education Educations Funders Researchers Initiative, November 18, 2013 «Taking on the task of improving reading skills, for all children and especially for those scoring at the bottom of the skill distribution, requires three simple things: first, we must provide all children with experiences designed to ensure a broad knowledge base and rich language before entry to kindergarten; second, we must redesign post-primary instruction to focus on discussion, analysis, critique, and synthesis; and third, we must redirect resources from testing children to assessing what is actually going on inside classrooms,» writes Professor Catherine Snow.

Requiring «highly qualified early educators,» dedicating existing federal funds for an early - education matching - grant program, and giving districts more flexibility to use Title I money for pre-K-3 programs are some of the major recommendations in a report on revamping the federal No Child Left Behind Act to improve schooling for younger children.

Do you think the required competency test will improve the quality of education in Florida?»

This will require new and improved data to monitor progress, identify bottlenecks and sharpen policies to ensure that every dollar invested in education makes a tangible difference to people's lives.

One important goal included building leadership by identifying roles and styles required to improve the «instructional core»; considering beliefs, cultural changes, and education strategies to promote high student achievement; reflecting on the effects of race, class, and culture within the district.

A growing number of states have begun requiring school - board members to undergo formal training in an effort to improve local education governance.

While Hill acknowledges family homelessness is a cross-sector problem that requires housing, welfare, and education to better work together and invest in solving the problem, she uses education as a means to develop and improve their lives.

I can't possibly hope to change any or all of these issues on my own; it will require authentic partnership and creativity to mobilize higher education to confront and address these challenges in order to improve the human condition.

Under a 10 - principle plan to improve teacher preparation programs unanimously approved by the Georgia state regents last month, elementary education candidates will be required to complete an academic minor in both reading and math.

As a young entrepreneur, I find it extremely demoralising that our government does not seem interested in improving our education system at a time when, according to the BBC report, 80 % of young people require «significant training» before being put to work.

Neil Carmichael, chair of the Education Committee, said: «The government's strategy for improving PSHE in schools is weak and Ofsted has highlighted that PSHE requires improvement in 40 per cent of schools.»

If the authors of the national common - core standards don't encourage or require content coherence and cumulativeness, writes E.D. Hirsch Jr., they will have done little to improve the unacceptable stasis in American education.

Classroom teachers can provide opportunities for activity during the day, especially if the school does not have required physical education classes, in order to help to improve students academic achievement.

The statute creating the LCFF requires that supplemental and concentration money be invested in ways that «increase or improve» education for these disadvantaged students.

Even in higher education — where for many years experts in their field who couldn't teach that well were kept on as professors for their other abilities, notoriety, and grant - getting abilities — many schools are now often requiring professors to participate in professional development to improve their teaching.

Improving school performance requires data - driven decision making at all levels, from the classroom through local and state education agencies; from early childhood through higher education.

Here, they draw on their experience, as well as the best available research and data, to show why improving schools will require overhauling the way financing, incentives, and accountability work in public education.

Education advocates note that the goal of classroom observations has traditionally been to improve teachers» ability to teach, which requires ongoing classroom visits that are connected to professional development plans.

«New approaches in education — including setting higher state standards, measuring students» progress, and requiring schools to improve — haven't fully addressed issues of equity for all students,» that report said.

Getting better - qualified teachers into California's classrooms will require improved teacher education, higher salaries for public school teachers and administrators, and elimination of emergency permits over the next five years, a state panel argues in a report issued last week.

Obama has proposed a «Success in the Middle Act,» which would provide federal support to improve the education of middle school students in low - performing schools by requiring states to develop detailed plans to improve student achievement, develop and utilize early identification data systems to identify those students most at - risk of dropping out, and invest in proven strategies that reduce the number of drop outs.

Murnane and Hoffman conclude that raising high school graduation rates further «will require a set of complementary investments and structural changes in the education system,» and that «investments aimed at improving the school readiness of economically disadvantaged children are critical.»

In the end, Ferede not only hopes to share recommendations with WUSC that may help improve the SRP but also hopes to share the findings with education and immigration policymakers who require sound evidence to make informed decisions.

I'm talking about things like teacher licensing mandates, which researchers have long found do not improve teacher quality and traffic in disproven education fads (but do provide easy - access cash cows for state departments of education and teacher colleges since teachers are required to keep buying their products to maintain certification); ever - increasing testing and data - entry mandates; centralized curriculum mandates like Common Core; centralized teacher evaluation and ratings systems; and the massive data entry required to document things like student behavior problems and special education services.

To improve principal knowledge and preparation, the authors of the report recommended that the state require early childhood education - specific education or experience before granting certification, develop and expand course content at principal certification programs that focuses on pre-K, and provide more ongoing professional development for principals.

Guest Blogger: Richard D. Lamm, Governor of Colorado 1975 - 1987 Let me suggest that there is a single thing you can do in your new role to improve education in Colorado, that won't cost much money, doesn't require legislative approval and is not controversial.

Elected in 2016, Reykdal's six - year vision is to improve student outcomes by redesigning K - 8 and better preparing high school students for careers that don't require higher education.

Newly passed legislation shortens expulsions and requires school districts to help disciplined students keep up with studies, among other efforts aimed at improving education for...

Implemented effectively, competency - based education can improve quality and consistency, reduce costs, shorten the time required to graduate, and provide us with true measures of student learning.

Strategies to increase revenue still require tradeoffs but could simultaneously strengthen the district's finances and improve education quality for students:

ESSA continues requiring a single state achievement test system beginning in 3rd grade, but it would be up to the states, not the U.S. Dept. of Education, to «decide how to use the testing results to measure and improve school performance.»

Title II of the Higher Education Act (HEA) requires states to conduct an assessment of teacher preparation programs and identify and improve the lowest - performers.

Improving the educational outcomes of students receiving special education services, as for any other student group, requires a sustained focus on teaching and learning, aligned actions across the district, and continuous monitoring of the degree of implementation of such actions to assess the impact on student learning.