Sentences with phrase «big education schools»

In the early years, its critics were rooted in the education establishment: teachers unions, the big education schools and their leaders.

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Verizon Communications, among the biggest beneficiaries of the corporate tax cut this year, said it would double its commitment to fostering science, technology, and engineering education (STEM) in schools that lack such resources.

According to the latest edition of «The Good Schools Guide,» Thomas's Battersea is «a big, busy, slightly chaotic school for cosmopolitan parents who want their children to have the best English education money can buy.»

After graduating from the first Imagine K12 incubator class in 2011, Class Dojo co-founders Sam Chaudhary and Liam Don were armed with a background in education, seed capital, and interviews with thousands of teachers about the biggest time - suck they faced at school — behavior management.

Internet entrepreneurs, Nobel laureates, Ivy League schools, textbook publishers, venture capitalists, corporate raiders, and junk - bond kings — just about everyone, it seems, is betting that the Internet plus education equals a very big sum.

Connecticut owes much of its improvement to a big jump in its Education ranking, climbing to No. 3 from No. 18, due largely to better high school test scores.

This is a country of immigrants, that assimilated, oh nevermind that word is too big for your southern elementary school education.

So, in the absence of any explanation, we must ask what, in the eyes of our national Education Service, is the big difference between these two constructive diocesan documents on Catholic schools?

My parents faced a big decision: Should they keep me in the same school and allow my challenges to direct me toward a special education program?

A bigger problem is a lack of seekers: athough there are many good Catholic teachers in our schools who are deeply committed and highly motivated, many teachers of Religious Education in Catholic schools are either non-practising Catholics or are not Catholic at all.

Australian Organic has partnered with specialist education group Kids Media to develop a bigger and better Australian Organic Schools program.

I'm a big proponent of classroom education and never would have pictured myself as a home - schooling parent, but if anything could convince me to change my tune, it's a science teacher opposing solar farms because they might suck up too much energy from the sun.

We send our kids to school and try to get them a good, well - rounded education, mostly so that they will not grow up to be ridiculous and afraid of things like solar panels sucking up the sun, but one of the biggest opponents to the solar farm was actually former science teacher Jane Mann.

At least three months before your child hits the big 0 - 3, contact your school district's special education department and ask about services for three - year - olds.

Speaking about the growth in the industry of college counseling, Denise Pope, a senior lecturer at Stanford's Graduate School of Education, says, «It is big business and you have to really be careful.»

Finally, we tackled big topics in school nutrition — school breakfast, new meal patterns, stakeholder engagement, leadership development, and resources for fighting hunger — in the education sessions.

Big rise in number of children schooled at home (Independent, Ireland, 19-07-17)-- Informative article about the rise of home education in Ireland in the past few years.

A big band dance featuring the Johnnie Kaye Orchestra and sponsored by the district's Community Education program will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday in Hersey High School, 1900 E. Thomas St., Arlington Heights.

They discuss the current emphasis on these kinds of skills in American education, and the emphasis on standardized testing, and then turn our attention to a growing body of research that suggests we may be on the verge of a new approach to some of the biggest challenges facing American schools today.

Security and theft are big issues, and the dining room is just a big, scary place... If I could hope for one change it would be for smaller schools... it is just one solution for a system that needs a lot of solutions and a lot of change... longer lunch periods, teachers willing to eat with the students, nutrition education, getting rid of the soda and snack vending machines that fund the sports programs, and more money and support for school food service programs...

Cheating is a symptom of a bigger problem in education, said Denise Pope, a senior lecturer at Stanford University and co-founder of Challenge Success, an organization that works with schools and families to improve student well - being and engagement with learning.

«We're thrilled to be recognized by Forbes and it's a great culmination to this year during which time we've placed our 800th machine in the field and made a big impact in schools and community locations across the nation by providing convenient access to healthy foods and nutrition education.»

Concealed by the wider process of «academisation» of state schools in England is the biggest surge of religious influence in our education system in a generation

A record number of city high - school juniors took the SAT exam last year — with black and Hispanic kids posting the biggest percentage - point gains, according to the NYC Department of Education.

The State Education Department released graduation rates for the 2013 freshman class, and Rochester still falls behind the other Big 5 schools with a 51.9 % graduation rate.

Much bigger cuts lie ahead: Education Secretary Arne Duncan warns that as stimulus funding dries up, as many as 300,000 teachers and other school personnel could lose their jobs this year to budget cuts.

Schools and colleges are experiencing major real terms cuts, with the biggest cut in education spending since the 1950s.

Another of Cuomo's big education proposals in his State of the State was for a $ 2 billion bond act to boost technology in schools.

At our state conference last month, we overwhelmingly passed resolutions supporting guaranteed healthcare as a human right, free public education from pre-K through college or trade school, a living wage and fair compensation for all, investments in environmental protection and renewable energy, restoration of voting rights to former felons, public financing of elections to eradicate the corrupting influence of big money in politics, and other policies that serve the people.

Citing stances the Senators have taken detrimental to the cause of working people, the flyers highlight: Protecting a failed tax system that favors the privileged at the expense of working people; increasing the tax on health insurance; siding with big corporations and against teachers and students to pass a Charter School Bill - with no real reform; creating a new Tier V pension; and attacking education by supporting an irresponsible property tax cap.

Along with the reduced bump in aid to K - 12 schools, Cuomo called for a modest 1 percent increase in higher education spending, a 3 percent increase in health care and 14 percent hike on big - ticket capital projects.

In a big shift that could affect school desegregation efforts, the Capitol Region Education Council says it will begin charging tuition to wealthier families who enroll new prekindergarten students in the agency's coveted magnet schools.

Focusing on a notion of accountability which is broader than just league tables and published measurement scores, the Big Education Inquiry argued for greater local control over schools and education and a democratic input into local schoolEducation Inquiry argued for greater local control over schools and education and a democratic input into local schooleducation and a democratic input into local school systems.

This was the largest graduation rate increase out of the state's «Big 5 City School Districts,» which is composed of New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers, according to the state education department.

Aside from funding, there's a lot of anticipation about what Cuomo will propose regarding charter schools, to which public education advocates say he is overly beholden due to the big money he has received from deep pocketed charter boosters.

Schools in Britain will see their budgets slashed by as much as 14 % over the next four years in the biggest cuts to education seen since the 1950s, tax and spending experts warn.

The NYC Department of Education touts its $ 47 million - a-year adult - education program as the biggest in the state and second - biggest nationwide, but last school year it awarded just 299 high - school equivalency Education touts its $ 47 million - a-year adult - education program as the biggest in the state and second - biggest nationwide, but last school year it awarded just 299 high - school equivalency education program as the biggest in the state and second - biggest nationwide, but last school year it awarded just 299 high - school equivalency diplomas.

But because these exams are not available in most state schools, Mr Willetts warned a «worrying divide is opening up in British education» that could lead to a bigger gulf between state and private schools than there had been in a generation.

The Republican - led Senate's riposte to Cuomo's proposed budget laid bare some of the biggest points of contention in their education agendas — restoring cuts in school aid and the creation of a tax credit for school donations.

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Education groups control the state's biggest super PACs, and while reformers and unions will likely take sides along most partisan lines in November, supporters of charter schools and tax credits for donations to private schools have focused on targeting eight incumbent Democrats in the primaries, forcing the New York State United Teachers to play defense in support of allies.

George Osborne has announced 3bn worth of new efficiency savings this year, with the big losers being the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Ministry of Defence and the Department for Education (non schools).

Indeed, Cuomo has regularly been criticized from the left for embracing the charter school and education reform movement, with its big - money donors often connected to Wall Street.

ALBANY — Pro-charter school education reformers and the real estate industry emerged as the big winners Tuesday night when New York voters elected a majority of Republicans to the State Senate, leaving teachers» unions and tenants» rights advocates worried about what the next two years will bring.

The issue of a controversial education investment tax credit for private and parochial schools promises to be a big issue again in 2016.

ALBANY — The Republican - led Senate's riposte to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget laid bare some of the biggest points of contention in their education agendas — restoring cuts in school aid and the creation of a tax credit for school donations.

And Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, another veteran Democrat who chairs that chamber's education committee, also predicted that the governor's decision to allow his Division of the Budget to oversee and potentially limit the spending of big school districts, such as New York City's, could backfire.

The new state budget includes big changes for teacher performance reviews, which will be redesigned by schools and the New York State Education Department to rely more heavily on standardized tests.

The new state budget includes big changes for teacher performance reviews, which will be redesigned by schools and the state education department to rely more heavily on standardized tests.

Gove also claimed the biggest barrier to the success of free schools was not profit - making ability, but planning laws which restrict the growth of the education sector.