Sentences with phrase «applied by investment professionals»

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In addition, participating communities receive other non-monetary support, such as inclusion in a professional learning community, regular convenings with other cities in the initiative, supports to integrate and apply SEL data to continuous improvement systems, communications counsel, and other technical assistance provided by national experts such as the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL), the Forum for Youth Investment, the David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality, Crosby Marketing Communications and others.

The best professional learning for teachers helps them acquire, practice, and apply new skills to better serve their students.2 But despite annual investments of $ 18 billion by federal, state, and local agencies into professional learning for educators, many teachers still do not receive the kind of professional learning that helps them grow and improve their practice.3 Less than one - quarter of teachers say that they have changed their instruction as a result of professional learning, likely in part due to the lack of a consistent professional learning strategy across states and school districts.4 Learning Forward, a nonprofit association dedicated to supporting professional learning for educators, contends that the current state of professional learning is one of «inertia.»

Consumers are harmed by the absence of a uniform fiduciary standard that applies to all financial professionals who provide personalized investment advice, from paying excessive fees and commissions to receiving substandard performance.