Sentences with phrase «additional education priorities»

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The senator said his priorities for the coming session include permanently killing the so - called «bag tax» in New York City and fighting for additional mental health and special education funding across the city and state.

Any additional unspent funds from this revenue would be held in a new priority reserve fund to be dedicated towards future needs regarding «job creation, local mandate relief, education, health care and mortgage foreclosure protection.»

The UFT's other legislative priorities this year include new curriculum and teacher training aligned with the education standards that are being developed; restored funding for Teacher Centers statewide; additional funding for community schools and the Positive Learning Collaborative; closing tax loopholes to ensure the wealthy pay their fair share; and increased investment in technology and career and technical education programs.

The Obama administration has recently urged Congress to add the issue to its already crowded 2010 agenda, even going so far as to include an additional $ 1 billion for K — 12 education in its budget proposal if the law is reauthorized this year (a wholly symbolic gesture, given that it is Congress that sets spending levels, but one that indicates the administration's priorities).

The Leadership Conference Education Fund reports that African American families consider ensuring that students have access to computers and other technology in school the second - highest priority for additional school funding (after ensuring that there are enough books and instructional materials), with 94 percent saying it is one of the most important or very important uses.

Twice during the presidential - campaign debates, Barack Obama termed early - childhood education one of his highest priorities, and even before serious planning got under way for an antirecession «stimulus» package, he had pledged to this priority an additional $ 10 billion in annual federal funding.

Additional priorities included developing vocational programs aligned with local employment opportunities, and addressing social issues related to student retention, such as teen pregnancy and low aspirations for post-secondary education.

She added that her priority area for additional spending on education would be the early years, rather than schools, but hinted that she would reverse recent policies on selection and spending on free schools if she ran the Department for Eeducation would be the early years, rather than schools, but hinted that she would reverse recent policies on selection and spending on free schools if she ran the Department for EducationEducation.

The Department of Education is authorized to disburse additional payments to divisions from any remaining funds each year to support additional qualifying schools and shall give priority to such schools with the lowest SOL pass rates for reading or the greatest number of years accredited with warning in English.

When spelling out her priorities on character education, Morgan explained: «What I mean is a focus on things like the additional character skills we all need to get on in life — resilience, grit, self - esteem, self - confidence.»

Thanks to a hopeful state revenue forecast, lawmakers had over $ 1B additional dollars to allocate, which resulted in some positive progress for key education priorities such as:

Political challenges and other education priorities have also led to slower progress toward implementing additional evaluation policies, particularly the use of student growth measures based on state assessments in evaluating teachers.59 60 States have responded to public backlash by decreasing the weighting of value - added scores or other student growth measures in teacher evaluation ratings.

Therefore, I make it a priority to improve my qualifications by obtaining additional training and education whenever possible.I appreciate the time and attention you have given to reviewing my qualifications.

Upon its election in 1996, the Howard government indicated that it would not provide an additional package of measures to address the consequences of dispossession, but would instead focus on redressing Indigenous disadvantage in the key priority areas of health, housing, education and employment.