Sentences with phrase «broader education efforts»

Experts say the sour economy and broader education efforts have prompted consumers to learn more about their scores.

She said a broader education effort is needed to explain to prospective pet owners why a 2 - year - old mixed - breed from the shelter might be a better choice than a custom - bred puppy.

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Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Wednesday proposed using federal money to help states freeze and eventually reduce tuition rates at universities — part of a broader effort to help students achieve debt - free college education within five years.

For our efforts to go beyond such survival - mode, and to actually do what conservative pundits are calling for, depend a great upon a broader reform movement to restore genuine liberal education to the general curriculum and to give its champions real power.

Along with this effort to provide a broader social understanding of religious institutions and a more sophisticated framework in which to explain the dynamics of religious life, practical theologians raise specific questions about education for contemporary religious leaders.

As part of the state's broader effort to combat the rise in heroin and opioid addiction, the Family & Children's Association in Mineola will receive nearly $ 2 million to provide education, job training and help with healthcare and insurance for those struggling with addiction.

The researchers conclude that the best way to boost organ donation rates is a multi-pronged approach that includes education and engagement with potential donors and their families, broader community engagement, concerted efforts by hospitals caring for potential donors, and optimized performance of organ procurement organizations who manage organ donation in this country.

«Self - defense is part of a broad prevention and education effort,» McCaughey said.

Traditionally, the U.S. Department of Education has steered clear of broad school construction efforts (with the exception of one - time appropriations like the $ 1.2 billion infusion approved in 2000 for school building renovations and emergency repairs).

In a March 8 article, reporter Ronald Brownstein wrote that the education planning is part of a broader effort to elucidate Mr. Dole's differences with President Clinton.

For the best development I chose Race to the Top, because the initiative, the key reform effort of the Obama Administration, demonstrated broad political support for charters, merit pay and data - driven education reform.

The broad - based coalition, encompassing more than two dozen organizations, is encouraging and coordinating the efforts of grassroots peace education and anti-military activists across the country.

Only in the past decade have we seen the onset of major efforts to establish for - profit schools for a broad range of students in K — 12 education.

Far from being a «dead end» (as asserted by Marc Tucker in Education Week recently), better teacher evaluation systems will be vital for any broad reform effort, such as implementing the Common Core.

The stories of these programs provide a number of compelling ideas that could have a huge impact if applied to broader efforts to improve teacher education.

«Under her guidance, the Ed School has progressed toward a core curriculum, reorganized its master's degree programs and its academic areas, redoubled its efforts to contribute to the improvement of K - 12 education, and worked to strengthen its relationships both with other Harvard schools and with the broader community of professional educators.

From the Gates Foundation high school initiative to the Annenberg Challenge, from the Children's Scholarship Fund to the Broad Prize for Urban Education, philanthropic efforts are playing a catalytic role in contemporary school reform.

And it could thwart early education initiatives aimed at getting all children ready for kindergarten and broader efforts to ensure every child masters reading by the end of third grade.

And Ripley, like most supporters of efforts that narrow education, would deny that she fails to support a broad education.

One area under particular scrutiny is education, where funding for programs such as charter and pilot schools, mainstays in the effort to bring innovative teaching practices into broader use, has long been a political hot topic.

ukactive Kids will work closely with Ofsted, the Department for Education and the broad range of stakeholders with an interest in this agenda because it will take our collective effort to raise awareness of children's inactivity and plant the seeds of change to improve the health of this nation's children.

We will work closely with Ofsted, the Department for Education and a broad range of stakeholders with an interest in this agenda because it will take our collective efforts to raise awareness of children's inactivity and plant the seeds of change required to give this generation a healthier future.

Known as the Education Roundtable, the effort aims to involve college and university leaders in the school - reform movement on the broadest scale possible.

These developments should have sent a warning to NASDC leaders about the politically charged and therefore tenuous nature of such broad efforts at education reform.

Recently, U.S. Secretary of Education Arnie Duncan said to the National Science Teacher Association, «Science education is central to our broader effort to restore American leadership in education worldwide» (U.S. Department of EducatioEducation Arnie Duncan said to the National Science Teacher Association, «Science education is central to our broader effort to restore American leadership in education worldwide» (U.S. Department of Educatioeducation is central to our broader effort to restore American leadership in education worldwide» (U.S. Department of Educatioeducation worldwide» (U.S. Department of EducationEducation, 2009).

Each plan is part of the state's broader effort to ensure better outcomes for students, and I look forward to seeing how states will work with their stakeholders to successfully implement these plans and improve education for all kids.»

The Broad Education Foundation, founded by Broad and his wife, Edythe, has spent more than $ 500 million since 1999 in an effort to improve urban eEducation Foundation, founded by Broad and his wife, Edythe, has spent more than $ 500 million since 1999 in an effort to improve urban educationeducation.

It is part of a broader effort to improve school achievement with a $ 100 billion increase in education funding, more money for community colleges and an increase in Pell Grants for college students.

For the Strong American Schools effort, the Gates and Broad foundations have committed up to $ 60 million to push education issues to the center of the stage for the 2008 presidential campaign.

The center is a leadership academy for school administrators, which is funded by Eli Broad, a longtime Deasy supporter and powerful financier of California education reform efforts.

Knowing that along with the Gates Foundation, both the Broad Foundation and the Walton Foundation constitute the «big three» in major philanthropic funding for the corporate education reform effort, I decided to dig just a little more.

The legislation also indicates that one purpose of the recognition program is to help spur systemic collaboration and coordination within and beyond schoolhouse doors and to promote a shift from narrowly defined student achievement and traditional education reform to broader, more comprehensive efforts that recognize the crucial out - of - school factors that influence teaching and learning.

But, The Philadelphia Daily News reports, some critics say Broad's education reform efforts through the Broad Foundation may be harming the kinds of schools he's trying to help — the public schools that once trained first - and second - generation Americans like him.

The pilot takes place in multiple countries, all part of the broad initiative called the HP National Education Technology Analytics Project (HP NETA)-- an ambitious data analytics effort that will assist nation and state - level education leaders by providing insights about the impact of education technology on learning, society, and theEducation Technology Analytics Project (HP NETA)-- an ambitious data analytics effort that will assist nation and state - level education leaders by providing insights about the impact of education technology on learning, society, and theeducation leaders by providing insights about the impact of education technology on learning, society, and theeducation technology on learning, society, and the economy.

ConnCAN's five - hundred - thousand - dollar, broad - based effort, was aimed at demonizing teachers, teacher unions and those who believe in the sanctity of true public education.

Should the unions lose, the immediate impact in terms of union income is relatively small — however the precedent set by a ruling in favor of the teachers has broad implications for future cases involving efforts to give every child the chance at an excellent education.

We currently focus on early childhood education and school leadership development, in addition to broader regional birth - through - 12th grade education efforts in South Carolina and Fort Worth, Texas.

Puckett, who taught at Chipman and quit because of the changes following from NCLB, also contextualizes the eventual closure of the school, and the devaluation of what it stood for, in the broader context of education reform and accountability efforts nationwide.»

And the argument that I'm trying to make is that if there's a significant segment of the black community who feels, even if there are now things that are better, but they have not played a significant role in making it better, or they haven't played a significant role in the power relationships, or if you have significant numbers of people who see the effort to change education and the way that it's being done as a larger part of the disempowerment of black people in the city of New Orleans, even the good things that are happening, in my mind, they are, uh, there's a danger in the ability to sustain it if we, if we can't build on a broader base of support within the black community itself.

That's what they wrote in ELI BROAD APPOINTS BRUCE REED AS HEAD OF BROAD FOUNDATION EDUCATION EFFORT.

Our hope is that these resources can help states and communities build on their successes; identify further opportunities and priorities for improving the prospects of their students; spur collaboration and coordination beyond the schoolhouse doors; and promote a shift from narrowly defined student achievement and traditional education reform to broader efforts that recognize the crucial out - of - school factors that influence learning and truly prepare students for success in college, career, and citizenship.

When Governor Malloy proposed his «education reform» legislation earlier this year, these groups, funded by millionaire and billionaire hedge fund owners, along with the Gates, Walton and Broad Foundations, engaged in the most costly lobbying, advertising and public relations effort in Connecticut history.

Polis» outrageous and inappropriate attack on Diane Ravitch may not have been some random, bizarre act on the part of an arrogant, self - serving Congressman but part of the corporate education reform industry's broader PR effort to dismiss the growing opposition to the privatization of public education.

Backing up their lobbying effort is a broader strategy to change the rules and change the players as a way of ensuring they can build their charter schools and further privatize America's public education system.

Closely associated with Governor Dannel Malloy and his anti-public education policies, the elite behind the education reform and privatization movement are engaged in a broad based effort to control the dialogue and votes in the Connecticut legislature.

So while Malloy and Jumoke congratulate themselves about their education reform achievements, parents in every other Hartford school would do well to remember, smaller class sizes, having a teacher and an instructional assistant in every classroom and providing more support services is not a result of Malloy's education reform efforts but a result of Malloy, the State of Connecticut and the City of Hartford actually stepping forward and providing the resources necessary to make appropriate changes --- changes that should be being made at every Hartford School if only elected officials would address the broader issue inadequate funding for Connecticut's schools.

post entitled, «SFER — The $ 7 million + «student run» Corporate Education Reform Industry Front Group,» provided an update on how charter school advocates and the broader education reform industry is using a variety of advocacy groups to back their effort to privatize public education and undermine the teaching prEducation Reform Industry Front Group,» provided an update on how charter school advocates and the broader education reform industry is using a variety of advocacy groups to back their effort to privatize public education and undermine the teaching preducation reform industry is using a variety of advocacy groups to back their effort to privatize public education and undermine the teaching preducation and undermine the teaching profession.

That ambitious plan is key to her broader aim of establishing Success as what the network describes as a «catalyst and national model for education reform efforts,» and a legitimate citywide competitor to the incumbent public school system.

We are talking about billionaires and millionaires and the major education reform companies, organizations and foundations dumping tens of millions of dollars into state and local efforts to elect handpicked accomplices or even, where necessary, changing the rules to make it easier to open charter schools and dismantle the core elements of a broad - based public education system.

Previous work on the impact of philanthropy in education terms these types of status quo investments as «lower leverage» grants, which can include funding for efforts in professional development, unrestricted or general purpose grants to schools, or special - purpose grants to fund a particular program or activity (e.g. arts enrichment).4 The contrasting approach — the «higher leverage» investment — is investment with the potential to exert systemic influence on public education, which can be divided into two broad categories: 5