Sentences with phrase «about improving public education»

For too long Aurora has been neglected in conversations about improving public education.

What you never hear at ALEC is any discussion about improving public education.

If our nation is serious about improving public education, we would begin by funding all schools appropriately and paying teachers salaries worthy of professionals.

The DeVos interventions are not about improving public education; they are about pushing a political agenda that is rooted in ideological obsessions rather than an understanding of how to improve schools.

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.

If New York is serious about improving public education for all students, particularly for our most at - risk children, then we should be enabling charters to teach more students with disabilities and ELLs.

Not exact matches

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.

Efforts include: Advance producers» awareness of emerging animal welfare issues; Provide information and education to improve animal care skills; support scientific research to enhance animal well - being; provide information for greater public understanding and awareness about producers commitment to providing humane care.

He has some familiar and vague promises and catchphrases about improving education, public safety, and employment — in his words, turning the Bronx into «the Silicon Valley of the East» — but he said he sells himself to the voters as a populist hero and role model.

Mayor Byron Brown says he is open to mayoral control if that's what it takes to improve Buffalo's schools, but feels a conversation is needed with parents and others in the city — and statewide — about how to reform public education.

Mr. Adonoo said although people utilize the NHIS, his outfit intends to improve its education of the public so that members of the scheme have adequate information about the benefits the NHIS offers, observing that this will make it difficult for members to be cheated when they go to seek healthcare.

Jonathan Burman, a spokesman for the department and Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, said Wednesday, «We continue our efforts to inform the public about the improvements we've made to the tests and the important role they can play in improving instruction.»

Bill Gates» philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is making an about - face on its education priorities to focus on networks of traditional public schools aimed at improving student achievement.

Brezler says she is passionate about a list of topics, including improving public education, universal health care and opposition to fracking.

«Legislators are going to have to weigh which they value more: advice from hedge fund billionaires that come with checks or the concerns of students, parents and teachers about what's needed to truly improve public education.»

«Since her first child entered the City's public school system ten years ago, Ann Kittredge has immersed herself in learning about the many different facets of educational policy and has dedicated a great deal of her time and effort to volunteer projects aimed at improving the education experience of our children,» Borough President Katz said.

The plan calls for independent oversight of the city's Housing Preservation Department; establishing a public education campaign to inform tenants about HPD's role; empowering a new body or building inspectors to collect fines against landlords; having HPD make repairs not completed by the landlord in the specified amount of time and then billing the landlord; making inspectors carry citations in multiple languages and send out reports in multiple languages; forcing landlords to make repairs within 24 hours of emergency violations; establishing an East Harlem HPD oversight team as a pilot for other areas with at - risk low - income housing; providing inspections 24 - hours - a-day, 7 - days - a-week; and improving HPD's follow - up on violations.

The ASP connects scientists, educators, amateur astronomers and the public together to learn about astronomical research, improve astronomy education, and share resources that engage learners of all kinds in the excitement and adventure of scientific discovery.

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USA About Blog The Rheumatoid Patient Foundation (RPF) is dedicated to improving the lives of patients with Rheumatoid diseases such as Rheumatoid Arthritis and Juvenile Arthritis through a variety of means, including research, public awareness, patient education and patient - led advocacy.

Our mission is to heighten public awareness about Cystic Fibrosis and improve the quality of life for the families it affects by providing education, life skills, inspiration, and positive support.

My purpose here is to provide a simple overview of the pivotal roles that teacher unions actually play in public education - and to suggest why, if Americans want to improve their schools, something needs to be done about the unions and their extraordinary power.

Statistics tell only part of the story about what states are doing to improve public education and raise student achievement.

For the chartering strategy to improve the whole of public education, we need to think strategically about what institutions we want authorizing schools.

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.

«I appreciated [Mitchell's] interest in lessons that could be learned from other countries and jurisdictions, and his generosity in always finding time to speak to various education delegations from other countries that visited Massachusetts to learn about the State's efforts to improve our public schools,» said Professor Fernando Reimers in a remembrance piece.

I met Lee Ju - Ho, the former Minister of Education, Science, and Technology and now a professor at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management, to understand his efforts to improve the Korean education system In the book The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley, Lee comes across as a forward - minded thinker about the challenges facing Korean education and the need to make changes to the status quo of how education is regulated, managed, and dEducation, Science, and Technology and now a professor at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management, to understand his efforts to improve the Korean education system In the book The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley, Lee comes across as a forward - minded thinker about the challenges facing Korean education and the need to make changes to the status quo of how education is regulated, managed, and deducation system In the book The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley, Lee comes across as a forward - minded thinker about the challenges facing Korean education and the need to make changes to the status quo of how education is regulated, managed, and deducation and the need to make changes to the status quo of how education is regulated, managed, and deducation is regulated, managed, and delivered.

The addition of about seven public schools with McKay funding within five miles of a public school improved the academic achievement of special education students by about.05 of a standard deviation.

Billions in federal economic - stimulus dollars are slated to be spent to help improve public education, but Americans relying on traditional news outlets are likely to find out little, if anything, about what that effort might mean for the schools in their communities, a new report suggests.

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.»

A first - generation college student and public school graduate, James Kelly is passionate about improving schools and committed to making sure that all students have access to a quality education.

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It is difficult to fathom how public education imagines bringing about great advances in teaching and learning when its current structure does not allow it to invest seriously in understanding or improving its practices.

STANFORD — Education researchers William G. Howell of the University of Chicago and Martin R. West of Brown University have released newly compiled evidence from the 2008 Education Next / PEPG survey which shows that if the public is given accurate information about what is currently being spent on public schools, their support for increased spending and confidence that more spending will improve student learning both decline.

school governance is faced with big questions about who is in charge of public education in North Carolina and how we should improve student outcomes along the educational continuum.

Our donors recognize that empowered educators need to lead the dialogue about improving our education system in order for transformational change to happen in ways that benefit public schools and students.

Patte Barth, director of NSBA's Center for Public Education, recently wrote about the many successes in public education for American School Board Journal, and she also gave her suggestions for ways schools can imPublic Education, recently wrote about the many successes in public education for American School Board Journal, and she also gave her suggestions for ways schools canEducation, recently wrote about the many successes in public education for American School Board Journal, and she also gave her suggestions for ways schools can impublic education for American School Board Journal, and she also gave her suggestions for ways schools caneducation for American School Board Journal, and she also gave her suggestions for ways schools can improve.

«We are grateful that the General Assembly has demonstrated their seriousness about improving Connecticut's public education system.

About Partnership for Educational Justice (PEJ) An affiliate of the national education nonprofit 50CAN, PEJ pursues educational equity through legal action that empowers families and communities to improve the quality of public schools.

«There is not a better motivator than the nectar of victory to push along the issue that you care about, and that's improving public education and ensuring that every child in every school has a high - quality teacher,» Trujillo said.

But in many cases, these school grades have raised concerns and questions about how effectively they improve public education, how fair it is to punish schools that serve disadvantaged communities, and the potential for politicians to game the system for their own benefit.

As director of community engagement, Garrett will work with the Indianapolis communities and neighborhoods most affected by education change and foster community conversations about improving and supporting public education.

California is focusing on improving public education with a bold two-fold strategy: rebuilding the capacity and local decision - making power of its about 1,000 school districts with LCFF and implementing the new Common Core standards over this school year and next.

To put this figure in perspective, public education's price tag has surpassed $ 500 billion annually, including some $ 14 billion2 (about $ 240 per student) for teachers to take professional development courses and workshops that teachers themselves say don't always improve their teaching (Killeen, Monk, & Plecki, 2002).

All the high stakes discomfort, micromanagement, cruelty and humiliation vectored toward teachers and children were never about improving or investing in public education.

Fellow Connecticut columnist and public education advocate Jonathan Kantrowitz recently made an incredibly important point about the difference between improving education standards and the Common Core.

Her group is expected to reveal several recommendations today about how to improve the state's public education system, including development of future teachers.

Simply force - hiring more teachers isn't going to improve outcomes, and it will reinforce the «good money after bad» mantra about public education when the results of class size reduction aren't as significant as expected.

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...