Sentences with phrase «as equitable access»

This week, Palliverse will discuss a number of public health palliative care topics such as equitable access to palliative care in Australia, New Zealand and globally, access to essential pain medicines, Compassionate Communities, advance care planning, and more.

The right to «enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications» elevates fundamental scientific values, such as equitable access to scientific and technical knowledge, scientific freedom, and international cooperation, to universal standards that governments everywhere must protect.

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(4) It will cost at least as much as our present drug costs, probably 10 % more to ensure equitable access to currently uncovered individuals.

Interactive networks could offer a communication process empowering individuals and groups to deal with many ethical dilemmas of the «Information Age» such as: how to provide more equitable access to information technologies information overload; privacy; and unemployment caused by technology.

Adamu who was represented by a Director in the Ministry, Mrs. Ajaegbu Cordelia, maintained that the present administration sees Education as key to the achievement of the SDGs hence the commitment of the Federal Ministry of Education to provide leadership in its attainment through promotion of equitable access to primary and secondary education for boys and girls as well as promotion of equitable access to Technical and Vocational Education.

Sheehan's campaign manager Steve Napier said those numbers were a reflection of voters» satisfaction with Sheehan's job performance and improvements to the city ranging from the installation of new stairs and wheelchair access at Lincoln Park to playing fields and bathrooms at Arbor Hill Park, and larger advances such as more equitable hiring practices.

In a brief address, the President indicated that the government views equitable expansion of access to education as important because second cycle education is a critical bridge that connects basic education to tertiary education and the world.

The Commission makes five recommendations regarding neural modification: first, to prioritize existing strategies to maintain or improve neural health, such as diet, and adequate exercise and sleep; to prioritize the treatment of neurological disorders; to study neural modifiers and examine their prevalence, benefits and risks; to ensure equitable access so individuals of all socioeconomic levels can access the benefits of these advancements; and fifth, to create guidance on the use of neural modifiers.

«Innovation in China and Japan occurs in the context of national commitments to public health, and as a practical matter that should make access to cell - based therapies more equitable,» Mathews says.

«We were thinking through the difference between using a scale that scores responses along a range, such as a Likert scale, versus asking respondents «yes or no» - type questions, for instance regarding women's access to information or equitable decision - making in the household.

Back in July, Double Fine announced it would go the Early Access route as an equitable way to both complete the game while still giving it to backers before the general public, as was promised.

2.5 by 2020 maintain genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants, farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at national, regional and international levels, and ensure access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge as internationally agreed

First, just as the states refused to make good on the «equal» part of «separate but equal» after Plessy, for more than 40 years states have failed to provide equal access to the funding needed to achieve excellent schools for all children, largely because of a lack of federal accountability for equitable school funding.

As Parker Baxter and colleagues report, both states passed laws giving charters equitable access to local tax revenues that supplement a district's standard allotment from the state.

All persons and communities to be ensured equitable access to energy sources in ways that are ecologically sustainable, as much as technically and economically viable (currently missing from the MDGs).

In the past few years, educators and education advocates have put a robust focus on equitable access and representation in STEM fields for disadvantaged groups, such as girls or students of color.

All persons to be ensured equitable access to learning and education in ways that enhance ecological sensitivity and knowledge, as much as cultural, technical, technological, socio - economic, and other aspects (an expansion of MDG 2).

This session will discuss why schools should embrace and create policies that support the use of student - owned devices as mobile learning devices to increase equitable access to technology, enhance the learning experience, and teach digital responsibility.

Instead of serving as a funding source that is student - centered, Title I dollars are made available to private schools through the equitable services provision, which provides private schools that meet eligibility criteria access to Title I programs and services, not Title I dollars.

As the portfolio of charter and district options grew, NCSF partnered with the district in 2014 to develop a common enrollment system to provide equitable access to all public schools.

(i) Ensure the equitable distribution of teachers and principals by developing a plan, informed by reviews of prior actions and data, to ensure that students in high - poverty and / or high - minority schools (both as defined in this notice) have equitable access to highly effective teachers and principals (both as defined in

I came to define Equity Literacy as the skills and understandings that enable us to recognize, respond to, and redress conditions that deny some students access to the educational opportunities enjoyed by their peers and, in doing so, sustain equitable learning environments for all students and families.

It sets out the key components of the learning commons as the physical and virtual space, equitable access, learning partnerships, and technology in learning.

A unified enrollment system would streamline the school choice process for families, provide more equitable access to quality schools and increase the information available to families as they make choices about schools.

This report provides a broad overview of state efforts, as of the 2011 - 12 school year, to monitor equitable access to qualified and effective teachers among schools; develop and adopt multiple measures of teacher performance to rate teachers among at least three performance levels; and implement targeted strategies for promoting equitable access to qualified and effective teachers.

When voters approved Proposition 39 in 2000, they intended for districts to provide charter schools with equitable access to space and facilities, and to be treated fairly as part of the public school system.»

Considered a seasoned collaborator and evidence - based strategist, Dr. McGlawn served as the Senior Associate for Linked Learning at The Education Trust - West, where she led assessments of Linked Learning implementation, with a strong focus on the quality of curriculum and instruction delivered through Linked Learning pathways, as well as equitable systemic access and improved outcomes for students.

As we work to ensure a high - quality teacher for every child and classroom, the time is ripe to think differently about providing equitable access to excellent educators for all students by ensuring workforce stability for the future.

Specifically, PSEL defines effectiveness in this area as ensuring that students have equitable access to effective teachers and supports, developing policies that fairly address student misconduct, and confronting biases and «low expectations associated with race, class, culture and language, gender and sexual orientation, and disability or special status,» among other tenets.

According to the state's plan to ensure equitable access to teachers, filed with the federal government, teachers on emergency - style permits are three times as likely to teach in California's high - minority schools and twice as likely to teach in high - poverty schools as in more advantaged schools.Torlakson, T. (2016, November 8).

Idaho plans to use Title IV - A funding to support school districts working to deliver equitable access to well - rounded educational opportunities and rigorous coursework in areas such as science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computer science.

The purpose of the plan included in the board's agenda is to «eliminate race and family income as predictors of school success by guaranteeing equitable access to opportunities for personalized learning and growth.»

In these times, we must interrogate our own role as educators committed to high - quality instruction and equitable access to resources, and commit to unlearning the hidden messages that have been taught to us by society about race and power.

And when students have equitable access to math education, they see similar amounts of growth in proficiency as other subgroups of students (gifted, SPED, economically disadvantaged).

The Department's Strategic Plan offers recommendations for the structure and delivery of experiential education as well equitable access of programs to all students addressing gaps in learning among males and females and First Nation and non-First Nation students.

«The harm to California's low - income students of a short gap without a state standardized test score is dwarfed by the life - long effects that millions of low - income and minority students nationwide will experience as a result of the Department's failure to monitor and enforce their right to equitable access to qualified, experienced, and effective teachers.»

We are guided by the research which has shown that the community organizing approach to school reform has led to successes such as increases in education funding, more equitable distribution of education resources, greater access to college preparatory curriculum, and more effective teacher recruitment and retention in hard - to - staff schools.

This organization believes in personalized learning as a systematic strategy to creating equitable education conditions, access, and outcomes that enable underserved... Read More»

Parent activist Megan Wolf, who testified about the bill during the Oct. 3 hearing at the State House, said the filing of the new enrollment policy took many by surprise and occurs while the public remains largely in the dark on details such as how the proposed unified enrollment process would work — including its impact on school choice, equitable access and the BPS budget.

An Obama administration official said he's encouraged by state plans developed to «ensure equitable access to excellent educators,» as required in 2014 by the U.S. Department of Education.

As it stands today, charter public schools lack equitable access to school housing aid reimbursement.

That requires far more than clinging to annual, mass, standardized testing as our most vital means of giving every child access to an equitable education, and if The Times and other testing advocates really can not see past that, then they are not merely shortsighted; they are clinging to damaging and delusional policies.

As a general stance toward racism, teachers and administrators are encouraged «to analyze, challenge, and change power relations; advocate for equitable access of people of color to power and resources; and ensure their full participation in racially diverse societies» (Solomon, 2002, p. 176).

Develop outcome - oriented performance metrics that will be utilized to measure the impact of the professional learning in areas such as standards - based, data - driven, and differentiated instruction, equitable access to high - quality instruction, cultural competence, subject - and content - specific issues, and the effective leveraging of resources to address equity and excellence.

«As a result of this report, we know that Oakland Unified must do a much better job of attracting, retaining and supporting a diverse teaching force and ensuring that all of our students have equitable access to effective teachers.

It also calls for districts to shift to high - quality openly licensed educational materials as opposed to traditional text books, meet connectivity goals, and set an expectation of equitable access to technology for all students both inside and outside of school.

College access advocates need to develop long - term structural solutions to these disparities such as equitable school finance laws and more generous financial aid policies.

As Democrats and Republicans alike race to claim victory on ESSA for their parties, now more than ever it is crucial to shift the conversation back to the students the law was designed to help: those from low - income areas whose schools have traditionally lacked access to equitable education resources.

Deep down, the publishing - industrial complex will not be satisfied until they can do away with those pesky librarians, they who broker reading as a public good, champion the right to read, and advocate for equitable access.

NJLA believes that our schools must serve as an «equalizer» to provide all students with equal and equitable access to the resources, support and instruction necessary to succeed academically and become productive and engaged citizens in a democratic society.