Sentences with phrase «talk about improving education»
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Anita Krishnamurthi and Nick Hutchinson were able to talk about the much larger picture of PPP programs for informal STEM education, including how we measure private industry involvement, as well as how students are improving their grades, school participation, and post-graduation success rates.
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The workers are calling for five specific changes they plan to present to the school board during a Wednesday meeting: soliciting input from lunchroom staff to help improve school food, offering more training and education for lunchroom workers, adding collective bargaining language that protects workers» right to talk about the food to parents and kids, building working kitchens in all new schools, and ceasing the replacement of fresh food with frozen and reheated fare.
«Now looking at all the investments that have been made, I will say that now you can begin talking about improving on the progressively free secondary education programme.
The administration says Obama will talk about improving the value and reducing the cost of higher education for middle class families.
«The funny thing is, particularly in the urban center, the problems that are facing Syracuse are the problems that I face back home in the Bronx when we talk about education, when we talk about poverty — trying to lift families out of poverty and improve the education system,» Heastie said Tuesday morning, after emerging from a closed - door meeting with Miner.
As his one - year term as chairman nears its end, Garcia talked with Education World about his desire to help urban districts pinpoint ways to improve student performance and continue to shrink the achievement gap.
About Askwith Forums: The Askwith Forum, established in 1998 by an anonymous donor and named in honor of New York City public - relations consultant, writer and publishing executive Herbert Askwith, is a series of public lectures at the Harvard Graduate School of Education that provide an opportunity for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers to share their work, talk with one another, and advance proven practices that will improve learning opportunities for all.
Riley: The campaign brought forth some clear issues, and though I was a strong Gore supporter, I was pleased that both candidates talked about ways to improve education.
I started things off by talking with Mel Ainscow (Professor of Education at the UK's University of Manchester) about his new book, Towards Self - improving School Systems: Lessons from a City Challenge, which documents how ten years of research and work was used to shape a highly acclaimed city - wide improvement initiative involving over 1,100 schools.
Two teachers talk with Education World about the systems they developed and the benefits to students and parents of their improved grade - reporting systems.
Coaching Tips from Gawande Harvard Gazette, October 25, 2012 «Atul Gawande — New Yorker staff writer, surgeon at Brigham and Women's, and professor at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)-- took 90 minutes from his busy schedule Wednesday to talk about ways teaching can be improved through coaching as part of the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Askwith Forum series.»
I'm more convinced than ever that we can't improve U.S. education until we figure out how to talk and write clearly about it.
The group talked about ways to elevate the teaching profession and improve education for students.
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.
During the next two weeks, while Congress is on spring break, PAA members will reach out to their Senators and Congressmen in their home offices to share our views, talk about the reforms needed to improve our children's schools, and open up a positive dialogue between lawmakers and parents, who have the most at stake in stronger, more effective federal education policies.
And when we talk about improving public education, and the very real and increasing threat that is coming from the corporate «education reform» types, who want to layoff teachers, ban or reduce collective bargaining rights, take - over public schools and transfer the care and control of our public schools to various third parties... let's not forget that many districts do not fund enough IA positions and every district fails to fairly compensate IAs for the incredible work they do.
Eric Garcetti's spokesman Jeff Millman emailed LA School Report this response to Greuel's speech: «Eric has been talking about these items for many months on the campaign trail and has also frequently discussed ideas for improving STEM education, improving career training for LA students, using city funds to build school / city joint - use facilities to make our schools the center of our communities, and being the strongest advocate for LA's students in Sacramento to fight for more funding for LAUSD schools.»
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By Rodolfo Aguilar, MPU Parent Leader When we talk about public education in Massachusetts, Governor Baker is proud that we are rank among the top states with improved scores in math, science and language, the statement is true but falls short in describing that there are two types of public education, the suburban public education where schools are better equipped...
«STEM learning is one way of making real the things we talk about,» Cahill said, while also noting that there are many challenges to improving STEM education.
Duncan talks about the law, changes in public education and how to improve schools in the midst of widespread budget cuts.
Recently, Rebekah and I spoke about how video can be used to improve classroom feedback in some pretty exciting ways — sometimes right before a teacher's eyes — as part of an Education Talk Radio podcast with host Larry Jacobs.
«This should be the biggest thing we talk about,» says Michelle Richard, senior education consultant at Public Sector Consultants, a Lansing - based public policy firm that recently released the report «Building a Brighter Future: Recommendations for How to Improve Michigan's Education Systeeducation consultant at Public Sector Consultants, a Lansing - based public policy firm that recently released the report «Building a Brighter Future: Recommendations for How to Improve Michigan's Education SysteEducation System.»
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.»
He talks all the time about improving your education, calling your credit card company to reduce rates, or shopping for new insurance rates.
Amy Fidelis, Financial Education Director for mpowered, talks with Sarae Kurth at Denver Community Credit Union in several 10 minute podcasts about topics such as Top Tips for Improving Your Credit, Can I Negotiate My Credit Card or Loan Interest Rates, and more.
If you have a desire to improve your diving skills and increase your affinity with the underwater world, talk to us about tailoring an education program to suit your needs.
The module discusses the ethical and developmental aspects involved in talking with children about medications, along with strategies that can improve effectiveness of medication education.