Sentences with phrase «access to a high quality education for»

I am voting YES on Question 2 to support the advancement of the long delayed civil right of access to high quality education for all students.
Should these families not have access to a high quality education for their children because they make a few more dollars than I do?

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«Technology now gives us the means to extend the reach of high quality education around the world and to provide millions of people with access to learning and opportunities for advancement,» Levin, who also serves on President Obama's Council of Advisors for Science and Technology, said in a statement.
By staying abreast of issues impacting access to high - quality education like accessible and timely school reports for parents, we can discover specific ways our churches can help to support their local schools.
April 2014 — The US Midwifery Education, Regulation, and Association (US MERA) Workgroup met on April 10 - 13, 2014 to continue discussions on how to expand access to high quality midwifery care and physiologic birth for women in all birth settings in the US.
«This unacceptable trend is set to continue, unless post the 2015 General Election we have a government which is committed to an economic policy which has at its heart a universal entitlement for all to access high quality education and which secures inclusive prosperity in which all of the people have the opportunity to share in the wealth of the nation.»
Ensuring that all children in New York State have access to a high quality education has always a top priority for me, regardless of our state's budgetary situation.
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.
Advocates for public education are calling for changes in education that will give every child in New York state access to high - quality public education.
«The CUNY Board of Trustees has approved an operating budget request for FY2017 - 18 that seeks increased state and city investment in faculty hiring, new research, expanding college access and other initiatives necessary to provide our students with an affordable, high - quality education,» Arena said in an emailed statement.
For instance, there is a well - established link between access to high - quality education for women and slowing population growFor instance, there is a well - established link between access to high - quality education for women and slowing population growfor women and slowing population growth.
Her website, alannak.com, features an exhaustive body of content diligently compiled over many years to provide access to high - quality resources and education for yoga practitioners in any location.
The question for education policymakers is, How can states improve access to high - quality early childhood education while supporting the wide variety of childcare options available to parents?
The event has been created to address many of the major priorities of the regional Governments for education; in improving finance; increasing access; raising the levels of quality; increasing vocational and skills development for higher employment levels; and harnessing low - cost technologies to improve reach.
Every discussion of education policy, program design, implementation and evaluation on instruction, teacher policies and education, or school governance focuses on improving educational outcomes for young people and ensuring that all learners have access to a high - quality education relevant to the 21st century.
Also important is universal access to high - quality, affordable, integrated early childhood education and care, especially in the year before full - time school and for developmentally vulnerable children and children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The question isn't what DeVos hopes to do if confirmed as education secretary — spoiler alert: it's expanding access to high - quality educational opportunities for all, not dismantling public education — but whether she will be able to do it.
We are working to achieve this by making it easy for teachers and others involved in STEM education to access subject - specific, high impact professional development and quality - assured resource.
eLearning is the best possible solution for democratizing higher education in Africa and ensuring that access to quality higher education is not limited by geographical location, tuition fees, or lack of access to academic resources.
We stand for quality in terms of initial teacher education and we believe it's vitally important that students have access to high - quality teaching courses and that those courses provide them with the particular expertise they need to be classroom ready at the end of that study.
Even though a small percentage of America's students have access to high quality public education, the NEA wants to ensure that every child is afforded this opportunity so that they might be better equipped for the changing world and changing economy.
However, the Supreme Court's Brown mandate was to ensure access to a high quality public education to all students, and those ultimately responsible for developing and supporting a foundation for such opportunities — elected officials, policymakers, and the post-Brown courts — have fallen far short of the target.
The report recommends various measures to help close the achievement gap, including: more investment in early years education; ensuring all schools have access to good examples of top quality teaching and leadership; good careers guidance for all pupils; extra support for teachers, such as a mortgage deposit scheme to help high - performing school staff get on the housing ladder; and promoting and measuring character development, wellbeing and mental health in schools.
Digital learning platforms are levelling the playing field between emerging and developed markets by opening the doors to high - quality education — even in the most challenging environments — as the only requirement for access is an internet connection.
The Department for Education (DfE) launched the public consultation in December 2017, and it set out a range of proposals for ensuring teachers have the right support in place at the beginning of their careers, improving access to high - quality professional development, and improving progression opportunities for all teachers throughout their careers.
Support access to high - quality early childhood education programs and opportunities and resources for educators.
In order to foster a variety of innovative and high - quality education options for all students, policymakers in every state should pursue universal access to ESAs.
In order to foster a variety of innovative and high - quality education options for all students, universal access to education savings accounts (ESAs) should be the goal of policymakers in every state.
In addition to McCleary, other education issues will include expanding capacity for high quality early learning programs and fully supporting the State Need Grant to increase college access.
Widespread attention to the standards increases equity of access to a high - quality education for every student, not just for those lucky enough to attend schools in more advantaged communities.
The best way for policymakers in Texas and elsewhere to expand access to a high - quality education for all children is to give education providers the freedom to innovate and to give parents and students the freedom to choose the education providers that work best for them.
These cities vary widely in terms of providing publicly - funded transportation for students, prompting new questions on how student transportation can be an enabler of, rather than a barrier to, equitable access to high - quality education in urban areas.
• Overwhelming parental support for the following elements of an education agenda: Provide extra resources to turn around struggling neighborhood schools; hold charter schools accountable; provide more support / training for struggling teachers; expand / improve new - teacher mentoring; reduce class sizes, especially in the early grades; make public schools hubs of the neighborhood with longer hours, academic help and health services for families; provide extra pay for teachers in hard - to - staff schools; and ensure access to high - quality preschool for all 3 - and 4 - year - olds.
State and local investments are increasing in many states for early care and education programs, but in others, states are not investing sufficient dollars to ensure all children have access to high quality programs.
The Career Readiness Collaborative (CRC) supports states interested in improving access to a high - quality education that provides pathways into college and a career for each and every child.
The pilot gave the SCDE an opportunity to gauge the need for and response to the program around the state, as well as the SCDE's strength in supporting other initiatives — such as high school redesign and adult education — and in meeting legislative mandates to give all students access to high - quality instruction.
One of NCSECS» primary objectives is to develop a dynamic coalition of special education and charter school advocates that support equal access and high quality, effective and appropriate supports for students with learning differences in charter schools and who are committed to working together to develop practical solutions to challenges that hinder access and quality.
In December, the coalition sent letters to 22 wealthy individuals — including Siart — who are some of the most active in funding pro-charter candidates and the charter industry in California, asking the recipients to sign a Statement of Support to invest in a strategy for traditional neighborhood schools, ensuring that all children have access to a truly high - quality education.
And yet he has said that he supports a moratorium — a repeal, if you will — on the approval and expansion of public charter schools, a sector that affords families zoned for long - struggling traditional schools the opportunity to have access to high - quality public education.
Public charter schools increase access to effective instructional services for children who don't get high - quality education through their zoned school districts.
Offering all Kentuckians the opportunity for postsecondary success by ensuring access to high quality, affordable postsecondary education
Our vision for Education is to improve learning outcomes across all stages, by bettering access to education and training and the highest levels of teacherEducation is to improve learning outcomes across all stages, by bettering access to education and training and the highest levels of teachereducation and training and the highest levels of teacher quality.
* UPDATED A massive undertaking to increase access to high - quality education for tens of thousands of low - income students in Los Angeles was revealed today in a long - awaited plan by Great Public Schools Now, a well - funded nonprofit organization formed last year.
The NRCCTE at SREB is working with Manhattan Strategy Group and other partners to increase access to high - quality career pathways for youth and adults through a project funded by the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education at the U.S. Department of Education.
Yet blaming charter schools for financial woes in the school district is unfair, and it drives a poisonous wedge between administrators, educators and the broader community, who should be working together to provide kids with access to high - quality education.
CSDC has proven that through collaboration and leveraging, its innovative programs positively impact low - income and low - wealth communities by increasing access to high quality public education and reducing the «achievement gap» for minority and at - risk students.
The 1st Annual Empower Mississippi Awards Luncheon will honor Lt. Governor Tate Reeves with our «Education Reformer of the Year» Award and recognize key members of the state legislature for their hard work in ensuring more Mississippi families have access to high quality educationEducation Reformer of the Year» Award and recognize key members of the state legislature for their hard work in ensuring more Mississippi families have access to high quality educationeducation options.
We believe we can all agree that access to a high - quality education should not exist only for those who can afford to purchase expensive homes, and that providing parents with choice and equal opportunity are core Democratic values.
A Montessori parent, teacher, and school founder, she has worked in public charter schools and is committed to expanding access to free, high - quality Montessori education for the children who need it the most.
Nonie Lesaux and Stephanie M. Jones — co-leads of Harvard's Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative — write that under ESSA, states and districts have the opportunity to «expand access to early education, coordinate those efforts and hold themselves accountable for boosting children's early learning and development through high - quality early educatioEducation Initiative — write that under ESSA, states and districts have the opportunity to «expand access to early education, coordinate those efforts and hold themselves accountable for boosting children's early learning and development through high - quality early educatioeducation, coordinate those efforts and hold themselves accountable for boosting children's early learning and development through high - quality early educationeducation
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