Sentences with phrase «access to high quality schools for»

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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.

There are three critical components necessary for successfully maintaining milk supply when re-entering the workforce or returning to school: • a high quality breastpump that removes milk quickly and effectively • a place to use a breastpump at work / school that is clean, private, and with access to electricity, if needed • time to use a breastpump at work / school at least every 3 hours

That's why so much of my time is taken up in trying to publicize just how important it is for our lowest income and most vulnerable students to have access to the highest possible quality of food at school.

Per - pupil funding levels should be adequate across all programs and settings — both school districts and community based organizations — in order to support high - quality pre-k for 3 - and 4 - year - olds, and the state should establish a timeline for ensuring adequate resources while expanding access to all eligible children, particularly in high - need communities.

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.

Commenting on the publication of the Key Stage 2 SATs results today, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The NASUWT congratulates teachers for their hard work in ensuring that children have access to high quality teaching and are able to progress and achieve during their time in primary school.

Our vision is for schools that give every child the best possible start in life, and high - quality universities that every young person has the opportunity to access.

AAAS Science Assessment Website — Science educators have easy access to more than 700 high - quality multiple choice items for testing middle and high school students» understanding of 16 important topics in earth, life, and physical science and the nature of science.

A motivated high school student with access to a nearby biology lab can assemble a reference - quality genome of an actual species, like a butterfly, for the cost of a science fair project.»

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.

«Legislators in Ohio have once again stood up for families that lack access to high - quality educational options, and we thank them for putting kids first,» said Betsy DeVos, Chairman of The American Federation for Children, a school - choice advocacy group.

While we may have our differences from time to time, our end goal is the same: to ensure that every child in every ward in Newark has access to a high - quality school that prepares them for college and the competitive world beyond.

All the necessary resources and coaching were provided by Language Magnet to enable this school to turn their «nightmare» into a platform for phenomenal growth, proving that foreign languages can be taught effectively by non-MFL specialists, if teachers are given access to flexible, personalized and sustained CPD as well as high - quality resources and lesson plans that are designed specifically for them.

For example, the 2015 FCC Broadband Progress Report states that approximately 35 percent of schools lack access to fiber, meaning the high - quality broadband with appropriate speed students need to work.

She suspects it is because those living in poor families today have «poor health, limited access to home environments with rich language and experiences, low birth weight, limited access to high - quality pre-school opportunities, less participation in many activities in the summer and after school that middle class families take for granted, and more movement in and out of schools because of the way that the housing market operates.»

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.

For example, they may have limited access to high - quality day care, limited access to before - or after - school care, and limited physical space in their homes to create private or quiet environments conducive to study.

Ambition on is closing the word gap by boosting access to high quality early language and literacy, both in the classroom and at home, ensuring more disadvantaged children leave school having mastered the basic of literacy that many take for granted.

To ensure full access to these high - quality materials, all UK primary schools will also have free online access to the entire programme including over 60 hours of lessons for Key Stage 2 (P4 - 7 / Y3 - 6To ensure full access to these high - quality materials, all UK primary schools will also have free online access to the entire programme including over 60 hours of lessons for Key Stage 2 (P4 - 7 / Y3 - 6to these high - quality materials, all UK primary schools will also have free online access to the entire programme including over 60 hours of lessons for Key Stage 2 (P4 - 7 / Y3 - 6to the entire programme including over 60 hours of lessons for Key Stage 2 (P4 - 7 / Y3 - 6).

Nina Rees, CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, said the law could be «a game - changer when it comes to giving more public school students access to high - quality charter public schools.Schools, said the law could be «a game - changer when it comes to giving more public school students access to high - quality charter public schools.schools.»

But if you want to address the real - world scenario, one in which millions of underserved youth don't meet those descriptions and don't have a high - quality school available, it's time for school choice advocates to dispense with ideology, engage regulators, and get serious about a policy environment that promotes measurable quality, scale, and access.

PDK found that whether a school helps students learn interpersonal skills rates as the most important factor in school quality for the highest proportion of respondents (36 percent), with the next two being access to technology and engineering courses (25 percent) and access to advanced academic courses (14 percent).

The rationale for granting school choice special treatment is simple: without access to quality schools, students have a higher chance of dropping out, dealing with family dysfunction, committing crimes or going to prison, failing to find employment, abusing drugs and alcohol, experiencing poor health, and having to cope with a variety of other social ills.

The focus on holding students, educators, schools, and school districts accountable for achievement is a critical element to ensuring high - quality educational opportunities and access for each student.

This brief and related report synthesizes findings from 143 rigorous research studies and finds that community schools can improve outcomes for all students, especially those facing lack of access to high - quality schools and out - of - school barriers to learning.

The bill also eliminates goals and performance targets for academic achievement, removes parameters regarding the use of federal funds to help improve struggling schools, does not address key disparities in opportunity such as access to high - quality college preparatory curricula, restricts the federal government from protecting disadvantaged students, does not address poor quality tests, and fails to advance the current movement toward college - and career - ready standards.

School choice attempts to level the playing field between students of different backgrounds by making it possible for all families to have access to a city's high - quality public schools — whether students live near these schools or not.

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.

This report, which synthesizes findings from 143 rigorous research studies, finds community schools can improve outcomes for all students, and especially those facing lack of access to high - quality schools and out - of - school barriers to learning.

Many states utilized School Quality and Student Success (SQSS) indicator within ESSA to include CCR in accountability structures — and to incorporate completion / outcomes in addition to simple access to CCR opportunities.6 For 35 states, the approach to supporting CCR at the high school level involves a menu of readiness options that are factored into final accountability sSchool Quality and Student Success (SQSS) indicator within ESSA to include CCR in accountability structures — and to incorporate completion / outcomes in addition to simple access to CCR opportunities.6 For 35 states, the approach to supporting CCR at the high school level involves a menu of readiness options that are factored into final accountability sschool level involves a menu of readiness options that are factored into final accountability scores.

In Massachusetts, 34,000 children remain stranded on waitlists for charter schools while the state legislature continues to ignore the demonstrated wishes of their constituents, forcing the question of access to high quality schools to a ballot question this fall.

• 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.

While the President's FY 2012 Budget requests funding to improve D.C. public schools and expand high - quality public charter schools, the Administration opposes targeting resources to help a small number of individuals attend private schools rather than creating access to great public schools for 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.

We raise money because we believe every child deserves access to a high - quality public school in their neighborhood that prepares them for college.

The Co-op will leverage partnerships across multiple school districts to share and reduce the costs of accessing high - quality professional develop and consulting for language and literacy teachers, instructional coaches, and school administrators who are passionate about improving literacy outcomes.

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.

Help alumni access high - quality principal preparation programs to build readiness for school leadership roles

* 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.

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.

A criticism of the programme so far has been the omission of any Opportunity Areas in the North East — a part of Britain with poor attainment and progress, particularly for the most disadvantaged children, and sparse access to high quality schools.

Some parent groups pay for schools to have access to high - quality online resources for students to use at home and at school.

For teachers to use educational research in the classroom a few things must be considered: teachers» access to research, their ability to identify and evaluate up - to - date, high - quality research, the goals of the classroom and school, and the context in which the research needs to be used.

A group of Connecticut parents are suing the state over access to high - quality schools for low - income families.

Our issues include access to high quality schools, transparent and fair funding for all students, and the ability to accurately and fairly measure impact.

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.