Sentences with phrase «benefits of a high quality education»

The NAMM Foundation sponsored student performers exemplify the many benefits of a high quality education that includes music and the arts.

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NECPA's mission is to create broad public understanding of the benefits of high quality early childhood care and education and a raised awareness of the «professional expertise» required to deliver that high quality care and an appreciation of the advantages that children receive from accredited centers and schools.

DONA International promotes the highest quality perinatal support for birthing mothers and their families by setting the standard for doula education and training, and by advocating the research - based benefits of doula care.

Proponents of greater public funding for early childhood education (ECE) argue that too many children, often those from challenged communities and homes, arrive for kindergarten with insurmountable development gaps and that low - income and disadvantaged children who are exposed to high - quality pre-K programs gain lifelong benefits.

Membership of nasen is an invaluable source of advice, offering an exclusive and vital range of benefits to support teachers, governors, teaching assistants and the entire education support network in the delivery of high quality inclusive practice.

I explore three broad hypotheses for why African Americans might not have benefited as much as whites from the funding initiatives: 1) kindergarten funding disproportionately drew African Americans out of higher - quality education settings; 2) instead of raising additional revenue to fund local kindergarten programs fully, school districts offered lower - quality kindergarten programs to African Americans or moved funds from existing school programs from which African Americans may have disproportionately benefited; and 3) African Americans were more adversely affected by any subsequent «upgrading» of school curricula as more students entered elementary grades having attended kindergarten.

The Harvard Teacher Fellows program will be an innovative and important contribution to strengthening K — 12 education by giving new teachers the tools to succeed in the classroom and offering children throughout the country the transformative benefits of high - quality instruction.»

Schools also benefit from access to Discovery Education Espresso — the award - winning digital learning service — providing thousands of high - quality multimedia resources to support interactive teaching and learning.

In this watershed moment, the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative is gathering researchers, policymakers, advocates, and practitioners from across the country to the Harvard Graduate School of Education for the express purpose of reframing discussions around early education, the delivery of high - quality early learning at scale, and its benefit to children andEducation Initiative is gathering researchers, policymakers, advocates, and practitioners from across the country to the Harvard Graduate School of Education for the express purpose of reframing discussions around early education, the delivery of high - quality early learning at scale, and its benefit to children andEducation for the express purpose of reframing discussions around early education, the delivery of high - quality early learning at scale, and its benefit to children andeducation, the delivery of high - quality early learning at scale, and its benefit to children and society.

In considering why African Americans might not have benefited as much as whites from state's kindergarten funding initiatives, Cascio hypothesizes that kindergarten funding may have disproportionately drew African Americans out of higher - quality education settings.

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has taken the benefits of digital learning platforms and launched The ICC Academy — a professional education initiative with the goal of providing high - quality education to anyone, anywhere in the world.

A recent analysis of five decades of data shows that high - quality early childhood education has lasting benefits for kids.

They benefit from continuous learning and support along the professional continuum, including through high - quality preservice education, ongoing high - quality professional learning, meaningful evaluation tied to professional growth, and opportunities to take on leadership roles regardless of official title.

By being more concerned about how accountability supposedly feels to those working in schools than on the demonstrable benefits to the poor and minority kids who deserve high - quality education, Petrilli and others have failed a key tenet of being school reformers.

The positive findings in the Education Department's recent evaluation of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program provide more evidence that high - quality private and parochial schools can have invaluable benefits for low - income, minority students.

I say waste because a long history of education research demonstrates that although paraprofessionals certainly do provide some benefits, they don't provide high - quality reading lessons to struggling readers (Boyd - Zaharias & Pate - Bain, 1998; Gerber, Finn, Achilles, & Boyd - Zaharias, 2001; Rowan & Guthrie, 1989).

«We all must be wary of any system that creates a climate where students are viewed as part of the pay equation, rather than young people who deserve a high quality education that prepares them for their future,» says Bill Raabe, NEA's director of Collective Bargaining and Member Benefits.

Not only do our students receive a high - quality, standards - based education, but they and their families also have access to HCZ's comprehensive network of supports, including counseling, benefits assistance, and other social services.

Although the benefits of preschool are impressive, one year of high - quality education can not undo the impacts of negative experiences during a child's first four years, nor can it preemptively make up for shortcomings in elementary school.

As in countries such as Finland, the success of Canada's education system is due in no small part to the quality of its teaching profession and hence, to a recognition of the importance of continually investing in developing a high quality teaching profession for the benefit of all students.

The Promise of High - Quality Career and Technical Education: Improving Outcomes for Students, Firms, and the Economy The College Board, Georgetown Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy, and The Business Roundtable This paper describes the benefits of high - quality Career and Technical Education (CTE), elements that are essential for such benefits to occur and suggests federal and state policies that would support the expansion of high - quality High - Quality Career and Technical Education: Improving Outcomes for Students, Firms, and the Economy The College Board, Georgetown Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy, and The Business Roundtable This paper describes the benefits of high - quality Career and Technical Education (CTE), elements that are essential for such benefits to occur and suggests federal and state policies that would support the expansion of high - qualiQuality Career and Technical Education: Improving Outcomes for Students, Firms, and the Economy The College Board, Georgetown Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy, and The Business Roundtable This paper describes the benefits of high - quality Career and Technical Education (CTE), elements that are essential for such benefits to occur and suggests federal and state policies that would support the expansion of high - quality high - quality Career and Technical Education (CTE), elements that are essential for such benefits to occur and suggests federal and state policies that would support the expansion of high - qualiquality Career and Technical Education (CTE), elements that are essential for such benefits to occur and suggests federal and state policies that would support the expansion of high - quality high - qualityquality CTE.

If we defer large scale implementation of pre-k programs while we await better evidence, some children will not receive high - quality pre-k education which could potentially provide large long - term benefits.

The new public charter school regulations being discussed in Trenton today will not only expand high quality educational options for our students and families, but will allow public charter schools to continue to innovate and positively transform our education system to the benefit of all students.

High quality preschool education yields more in benefits to society than its initial cost, and studies suggest there is a positive return on investment for a range of differing preschool programs.

Children that enter kindergarten classrooms where most of the children have not benefited from high - quality early education are at a disadvantage, as the teacher is forced to teach to the lowest common denominator.

Like West Virginia's teachers, educators in Oklahoma are demanding higher pay and better benefits — but they're also similarly driven by an underlying mission to improve the quality of public education offered in their state.

While research has demonstrated the economic and social benefits of high - quality preschool — improved kindergarten readiness, reduced special education and grade retention — salaries for pre-K teachers on average continue to lag behind the average salary for public elementary school teachers.

When teachers have the necessary time to engage in high quality professional learning — coupled with the supports to use that time well — such professional learning can result in marked improvements in student academic growth.40 This is why the National Education Association's Foundation for the Improvement of Education includes «adequate time for inquiry, reflection, and mentoring» as one of the components of high - quality professional development.41 When teachers have time to plan, practice, collaborate, and learn, both teachers and students benefit.

Facts About Fadeout explores what the research says about the lasting benefits of high - quality early education programs.

Instead of shifting student demographics between schools, Thernstrom says that the education system would benefit far more from policies that help recruit higher quality instructors in high - poverty schools, creating a learning - focused environment that builds life skills as well as academic ones and providing separate educational facilities for students who aren't committed to learning.

Research shows that high - quality, early education programs can particularly benefit low - income children and those most at risk of school failure by supporting their healthy development across a range of measures.

There is near universal consensus that quality preschool benefits children, increasing the chance of graduation, higher earnings, and decreasing placement in special education, involvement in the criminal justice system and the need for other social services.

At the inaugural meeting of the Work and Family Researchers Network, NIEER Director Steven Barnett gave this presentation on the benefits of high - quality preschool education.

I would suggest that if there were such an analysis, let's start by asking the families who have exercised their choice, what are the lifetime «benefits of choice,» of their child having a high - quality education — and putting a value on that!

But over time, strikingly, governmental budget benefits alone would outweigh the costs of high - quality prekindergarten education investment.

When we help all children, regardless of educational attainment or socioeconomic background, attain high - quality education, everyone benefits.

«The government's drive to ensure all pupils benefit from a stretching core academic curriculum need be no barrier to pupils enjoying a high - quality arts education,» Minister of State for School Standards Nick Gibb argued recently in the Telegraph.

This benefits our students by assuring them of the high quality of education we provide and the fair and ethical way in which we work with them.

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However, as a consequence of young mothers being required to work, infants may be placed in child care at a very early age, and mothers often require a patchwork of solutions, some of which may be substandard.40 Quality child care and early childhood education are extremely important for the promotion of cognitive and socioemotional development of infants and toddlers.41 Yet, child care may cost as much as housing in most areas of the United States, 25 % of the budget of a family with 2 children, and infant care can cost as much as college.42 Many working families benefit from the dependent care tax credit for the cost of child care, allowing those families to place their children in a certified or higher - quality environment.43 However, working families who do not have sufficient income to pay taxes are not able to realize this support for their children, because the credit is not refundable or paid to families before taxation.44 Therefore, some of the most at - risk children who might benefit from high - quality early childhood education are not eligible for financial sQuality child care and early childhood education are extremely important for the promotion of cognitive and socioemotional development of infants and toddlers.41 Yet, child care may cost as much as housing in most areas of the United States, 25 % of the budget of a family with 2 children, and infant care can cost as much as college.42 Many working families benefit from the dependent care tax credit for the cost of child care, allowing those families to place their children in a certified or higher - quality environment.43 However, working families who do not have sufficient income to pay taxes are not able to realize this support for their children, because the credit is not refundable or paid to families before taxation.44 Therefore, some of the most at - risk children who might benefit from high - quality early childhood education are not eligible for financial squality environment.43 However, working families who do not have sufficient income to pay taxes are not able to realize this support for their children, because the credit is not refundable or paid to families before taxation.44 Therefore, some of the most at - risk children who might benefit from high - quality early childhood education are not eligible for financial squality early childhood education are not eligible for financial support.

This is of course incredibly important, as we know that in order to achieve the intended benefits of early childhood education and care for children and families programs need to be of the highest quality.

The benefits of participation in high quality early childhood education and care are realised over time.

For example, researchers have found that attendance in a high - quality early childhood program has short - and long - term benefits for children, their families, and the wider society.33 These benefits range from reduced need for special education services or remedial support during the K - 12 years to reduced dependency on government assistance in adulthood and increased tax revenue.34 Attempts to quantify these benefits have found a return on investment of between $ 3 and $ 13 for every dollar invested in early childhood.35 Even at the low end of this estimate, this is a significant return.

The need for working parents to access early care and education is critical and well - documented, as is the need for that care to be of high quality in order to realize long - term positive benefits for children's learning and development.

Experts have shown in study after study that high - quality early care and education produce external benefits that are abundant and long - lasting.29 Quality child care may be costly, but many of its associated benefits spill over into society over time, reducing inequality in educational, health, and social ouquality early care and education produce external benefits that are abundant and long - lasting.29 Quality child care may be costly, but many of its associated benefits spill over into society over time, reducing inequality in educational, health, and social ouQuality child care may be costly, but many of its associated benefits spill over into society over time, reducing inequality in educational, health, and social outcomes.

The average pay for child care teachers is barely more than $ 10 per hour, lower than for most other jobs, including parking lot attendants and dog walkers.26 These low wages contribute to economic insecurity among the child care and early education workforce, with one in seven living in families with incomes below the federal poverty level.27 Currently, about half of people working in the child care sector rely on public benefit programs such as Medicaid and nutrition assistance.28 Low pay contributes to high turnover rates, which can threaten quality in early childhood programs during children's critical developmental period.

Children that enter kindergarten classrooms where most of the children have not benefited from high - quality early education are at a disadvantage, as the teacher is forced to teach to the lowest common denominator.

As Education Week recently reported, a new study by the Center for Benefit - Cost Studies of Education at Columbia University's Teachers College, «The Economic Value of Social and Emotional Learning,» found that high - quality, research - validated social and emotional learning programs bring a return of $ 11 for every $ 1 invested.

It seems every week, there's another story about the benefits of early education or how investing in high - quality early childhood programs pays off.

A groundbreaking new study from the Center for Benefit - Cost Studies in Education at Columbia University's Teachers College has found that high - quality, research - validated social and emotional learning programs bring a return of $ 11 for every $ 1 invested.