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Spotlight topics take a closer look at key education issues, using research and case studies to help cities address the fundamental challenges to improving student outcomes.

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After making her remarks at the Hilton Albany, Nixon, who has made education one of her key issues in her campaign, held a roundtable discussion with public school parents to talk about the conditions their students face.

Also at 9 a.m., the NYS Bar Association is hosting a continuing legal education (CLE) program for lawyers on how to handle key issues when representing LGBT clients in light of the recent Supreme Court decision, CUNY Graduate Center Recital Hall, 365 Fifth Ave., Manhattan.

According to the party, the policy, which is aimed at making Senior High School education in public schools free will not address the key issues on education.

The four candidates seeking to replace City Councilman Eric Gioia (D - Sunnyside) told the TimesLedger Newspapers staff in a debate last week that affordable housing, education, the oil spill at Newtown Creek and a dispute between tenants and landlord Vantage Properties were among the key issues leading up to the Sept. 15 Democratic primary.

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In real life, Larsen also wanted to bring a key issue to the public's attention: reforming education at the local level.

Providing fibre to education premises is one of our key priorities at LGfL and schools should consider potential issues such as this when planning for the future.

Mango at PLMR works with schools, edtech companies and education charities, so we have a solid understanding of the key issues facing all corners of our industry.

On the political issues facing them at the General Election, 43 per cent of parents polled stated that education and school funding will be a key issue in deciding their vote in the 2017 General Election.

The event, taking place at the Leicester Marriot Hotel from Tuesday 28 to Wednesday 29 March, seeks to bring together teachers and school leaders from around the country to engage in discussions around the key issues facing education and to share best practice around the use of education technology.

Program stood out for several reasons, including its crossdisciplinary approach where students experience key issues from several perspectives, including education, public policy, and business, by taking classes at both the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Business School.

As the leader of the largest group of teachers in the nation, Weingarten is well - positioned to effect change in the education space, and she consistently ensures that key issues remain at the forefront of American public discourse.

D.C. Council member David Grosso (I - At Large), chairman of the Education Committee, said he thinks the location of schools is a key issue the task force should take on.

In the study, to be published in the Spring 2011 issue of Education Next and available at www.educationnext.org, authors Stuart Buck and Jay P. Greene examined the key characteristics of performance pay plans currently in place in school districts, in light of increased attention given to merit pay in national debate and in the Obama Administration's Race to the Top (RttT) competitive grant program.

Marla Ucelli - Kashyap is Assistant to the President for Educational Issues at the 1.6 million member American Federation of Teachers, where she leads a team of professionals working on key areas of policy, practice and professional development aimed at helping teachers and their unions improve education quality and their profession.

«Tackling workload is one of the key challenges we face in the education sector and an issue that has to be at the forefront everything that is done at both Welsh Government and local government level.

Philip Nye, a researcher at Education Datalab, which has extensively studied this issue, said that leaving mainstream schools could have a damaging effect on pupils» key stage 4 performance and later life chances, and that it «was not an issue that is unique to academies».

Most recently, Wagner worked at the A.J. Fletcher Foundation providing research, analysis, and reporting on key education issues with a focus on transparency and accountability in education funding.

In a major blow to the Department for Education's workload agenda, the report also reveals that half of school leaders have not engaged with the government's flagship «workload challenge» programme at all, and that only # 91,000 has been spent on programmes to support workload or pupil behaviour — even though these were flagged as key issues to keep teachers in the profession.

Dr. Kemaly Parr, director of the CTE program at Kentucky's Murray State University, played a key role in securing a $ 130,000 grant provided by Kentucky's Council on Postsecondary Education through the U. S. Department of Education's «Improving Teacher Quality Grant,» issued under the authority of Title II, Part A of the No Child Left Behind Act.

According to the BHA, it is more likely to rule that the RS GCSE can not form the entirety of the religious education syllabus provided to children at key stage 4 in state schools and could demand that the government issues a statement to schools clarifying how their obligations can be met in light of the ruling.

We engage with our colleagues — at the NEA, the AFT, TURN, and with public education advocates nationally — through web - based and real dialogue, conferencing, and seminars; publishing opinion pieces and other print materials;; and by sponsoring or convening national conversations about key issues in public education and education unionism.

Meanwhile 68.9 per cent of responses raised the issue of what should be done about providing advice and guidance to pupils and parents about their options at key stage four and in post-16 education.

LOS ANGELES, California -(October 23, 2017)- Dozens of parents and charter school supporters will speak at a rally in front of the Ronald Reagan Building, located at 300 South Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles, on Monday, October 23 beginning at 10:00 a.m. as the California State Senate Education Committee holds hearings on key issues surrounding charter school authorization.

On the surface at least, President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney see eye to eye on a number of key education issues: Both politicians place great store in standardized testing to evaluate teacher performance and student progress, and both generally back former President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind program.

A month ago we looked at the issue of schools in deficit, assessing the level of interest in this topic from key stakeholders in the education system.

A power point presentation on Oklahoma's prekindergarten program by William Gormley delivered at a congressional briefing on key issues in preschool education June 18, 2007.

Evaluating Teachers: The Important Role of Value - Added, a new report from the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings, addresses key issues in the use of value - added data and concludes that it has an important role to play in teacher evaluation.

At a forum on «Key Wisconsin Education Issues as Big Decisions Approach» held Monday at the Marquette University Law School, Bob Borch and Scott Grella of PMA Financial, a consulting firm that works on school finance with districts around the state, provided the audience with an update on what the future of the «Fairly Normal» school district would look like with a $ 150 per pupil aid cuAt a forum on «Key Wisconsin Education Issues as Big Decisions Approach» held Monday at the Marquette University Law School, Bob Borch and Scott Grella of PMA Financial, a consulting firm that works on school finance with districts around the state, provided the audience with an update on what the future of the «Fairly Normal» school district would look like with a $ 150 per pupil aid cuat the Marquette University Law School, Bob Borch and Scott Grella of PMA Financial, a consulting firm that works on school finance with districts around the state, provided the audience with an update on what the future of the «Fairly Normal» school district would look like with a $ 150 per pupil aid cut.

Most recently, Wagner worked at the A.J. Fletcher Foundation providing research, analysis, and reporting on key education issues with a...

According to a press release issued at the time, «The reorganization addresses Governor Dannel P. Malloy's six principles on education reform, including: (1) Enhancing families» access to high - quality early childhood; (2) Turning around Connecticut's lowest - performing schools and districts; (3) Expanding the availability of high - quality school models; (4) Removing red tape and other barriers to success; (5) Ensuring that our schools are home to the very best teachers and principals; and (6) Delivering more resources, targeted to districts with the greatest need - provided that they embrace key reforms that position our students for success.»

Basic Education Funding: A key issue is that the «Basic Education Funding (BEF)» line did not receive any increase at all.

It's the jump - off point for a series of research papers on the future of the profession and looks at three key areas: education; innovation and alternative business structures; and ethics and regulatory issues.

At the annual ICE Exchange held in San Antonio, Texas, November 11 - 14, 2014, House Counsel Balasa was the co-presenter for two education sessions: «Key Legal Issues for Certification Entities: Perspectives of General and Staff Counsel,» and «Special Arrangements: Accommodations 101.»

The report looks at four key issues: young people and human rights, identity, mandatory sentencing and bilingual education.

However Cooke said too much funding aimed at improving Aboriginal health is still administered by mainstream health providers and there is great concern with «silence on a number of key issues relating to Aboriginal health», failure to fully fund the Implementation Plan for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013 - 2023, and lack of commitment to a national strategy to address the social determinants of health, such as early childhood education for the under 5s, appropriate housing and meaningful employment..

At the state level, voluntary agreements or compacts between tribal authorities and state governments cover a wide range of key social and economic issues including environmental protection, criminal jurisdiction, traffic and safety, child protection and education.