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And as Don Schroeder, a partner at the law firm Foley and Lardner, tells CNBC Make It, by performing regular pay equity audits, employers, at some point, will «likely close the pay gap.»

The investment in Edinburgh - based Bellfield Brewery was led by the angel syndicate Equity Gap and was supported by Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise and existing shareholders (many of whom supported Bellfield's original Crowdcube raise in 2015).

The investment was led by the angel syndicate Equity Gap and was supported by Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise and existing shareholders (many of whom supported Bellfield's original Crowdcube raise in 2015).

The foldout also includes commitments to «support our public schools» and to «close the $ 4.4 billion annual gap in funding owed by the state to public schools» — a figure apparently derived from the Court of Appeals» 2003 Campagn for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. State decision, which ruled Albany had shortchanged the city billions in education funds.

She emphasised the importance of «democratic ownership, user voice, and equity» in her support for an increase in mutuals, which she claimed would fill gaps left by the market and the state.

This new legislation builds on two executive orders signed by the Governor last year to eliminate the wage gap by prohibiting state entities from evaluating candidates based on wage history and requiring state contractors to disclose data on the gender, race and ethnicity of employees - leveraging taxpayer dollars to drive transparency and advance pay equity statewide.

Equal Pay Day was originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages.

«Our study identified critical gaps in the effectiveness and equity of marine protected areas,» said Gill, who conducted the research during a postdoctoral fellowship supported by the National Socio - Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) and the Luc Hoffmann Institute.

I'm speaking in a special session about women in science — highlighting the great work by members of our scientific community, but also speaking to promote gender equity in a field where, sadly, there are still wide gender gaps.

And every fall since 2001, the Education Trust, a national organization devoted to closing the achievement gap in our public schools, has issued «The Funding Gap» report, also ranking states by the equity of their K - 12 finance systegap in our public schools, has issued «The Funding Gap» report, also ranking states by the equity of their K - 12 finance systeGap» report, also ranking states by the equity of their K - 12 finance systems.

Then, as a matter of equity and efficiency, the plans should be restructured to close these gaps by tying benefits to contributions.

Effective coaching programs respond to particular needs suggested by data, allowing improvement efforts to target issues such as closing achievement gaps and advocating for equity.

Taking a new tack toward resolving Michigan's long - running dispute over school - finance equity, Gov. John M. Engler has announced a plan to help close the gap between rich and poor districts by making better - off systems bear more of the burden of school - employee retirement costs.

The U.S. Department of Education has invited each State education agency (SEA) to request flexibility regarding specific requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) in exchange for rigorous and comprehensive State - developed plans designed to improve educational outcomes for all students, close achievement gaps, increase equity, and improve the quality of instruction.

Additionally, states are taking steps to ensure equitable access to effective teachers by identifying equity gaps and implementing innovative programs to recruit a diverse workforce.

«Across the country, states, districts, and educators are leading the way in developing innovative assessments that measure students» academic progress; promote equity by highlighting achievement gaps, especially for our traditionally underserved students; and spur improvements in teaching and learning for all our children,» stated U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. «Our proposed regulations build on President Obama's plan to strike a balance around testing, providing additional support for states and districts to develop and use better, less burdensome assessments that give a more well - rounded picture of how students and schools are doing, while providing parents, teachers, and communities with critical information about students» learning.»

It will also help to address the persistent achievement gap between Latinos and their white counterparts a gap that threatens our state's future social and economic stability by encouraging policies and programs that lead to increased educational equity.

As educators have become increasingly aware of the stagnating black / white and Latino / white achievement gaps, schools and districts have committed to addressing those gaps by supporting initiatives that can create equity, such as preschool interventions, extended school days, and summer programs.

The excerpt below, taken from my recent book, Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty: Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap (Teachers College Press, 2013), describes what I call Equity Literacy, a framework first used by my super-genius colleague, Katy Swalwell, to describe a kind of literacy youth should learn in school.

That advice was shared by several speakers at NSBA's Annual Conference preconference workshop on Friday, «Achieving Equity: Leadership Strategies and Promising Practices for Closing the Opportunity and Achievement Gaps.»

Achieve3000 ® is committed to closing literacy gaps by providing true equity of access to Montana Content Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy - aligned instruction, preparing all students for success.

While a student - centered, self - paced, mastery - based system should create opportunities to advance equity by putting all students on the path to postsecondary success, including at - risk youth, CBE done poorly and without the appropriate resources and supports could exacerbate already existing achievement gaps and inequities.

One of the keys of achieving educational equity is ensuring these gaps in resources are, at least in part, covered up by resources provided by schools.

We believe that through emphasizing student - centered learning and rigorous application of learning, QPA tasks promote equity by taking real steps to create practices that can help close the achievement gap.

And, with the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act, there is at least implicit acknowledgment that standardized testing and the No Child Left Behind Act have failed at closing stubbornly wide equity gaps by race, income, language, and special education status.

In a recent post shared by John Cradler, Rural Schools Receive High - Speed Internet with the Broadband Infrastructure and Improvement Grant, huge strides in closing the equity gap of some of...

Achieve3000 ® is committed to closing literacy gaps by providing true equity of access to New Mexico Common Core State Standards (CCSS)- aligned instruction, preparing all students for success.

Achieve3000 ® is committed to closing literacy gaps by providing true equity of access to Hawaii Common Core State Standards (CCSS)- aligned instruction, preparing all students for success.

His most recent book is Toward Excellence with Equity: An emerging vision for closing the achievement gap, published by Harvard Education Press.

Officials said they would come up with a «50 - state strategy» to tackle teacher equity instead by much earlier this year, but advocacy groups including The Education Trust said the department was allowing states to sweep teacher quality gaps under the rug.

For example, the brief describes how data — specifically, data that showed Highline Public Schools was making less progress than neighboring districts on closing equity gaps — ultimately created a sense of urgency that supported efforts by district leaders to change policy, practice and culture within the district.

The report, which outlines ways to close the achievement gap, was issued Tuesday by the Equity and Excellence Commission, a 27 - member panel that included three Stanford scholars: Law Professor Mariano - Florentino Cuéllar, Graduate School of Education Professor Linda Darling - Hammond and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Eric Hanushek.

Assertions that the sector has «fulfilled one of its core missions — equity for students — by establishing itself as a primarily urban phenomenon with significant chains of schools that are closing achievement gaps» (Lake, 2013, p. 1) are countered by claims that «charter schools, on average, don't have an academic advantage over traditional public schools, but they do have a significant risk of leading to increased segregation» (Rotberg, 2014, para 2).

Achieve3000 ® is committed to closing literacy gaps by providing true equity of access to California Common Core State Standards (CCSS)- aligned instruction, preparing all students for success.

* Assure a stronger focus on equity by (a) asking states not just about the amount of funding in education, but also about the fairness of its distribution to high - and low - poverty and high - and low - minority districts and schools, and (b) asking states to document their efforts (required under federal law) to address gaps in teacher quality between high - and low - poverty and high - and low - minority schools.

During his time in the classroom, Neil was struck by the vast opportunity gaps that impacted his students and as a result, Neil has dedicated his professional career to educational equity and justice.

In December 2015, Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), [1] which requires states and districts to determine whether low - income students and students of color in Title I schools are served at disproportionate rates by ineffective, out - of - field, or inexperienced teachers, and take steps to address any identified disproportionalities (i.e., gaps in equity).

With an increasing call to address disparities of outcomes among student groups and to eliminate predictable achievement and success gaps, educational leaders will benefit by using the LEAD Tool to reflect on their practice, assess their skills, and develop their strategies for equity.

Achieve3000 ® is committed to closing literacy gaps by providing true equity of access to Common Core State Standards - aligned instruction, preparing all students for success.

The Equity and Excellence Commission, a federal advisory committee chartered by Congress, articulated a five - part framework to reduce disparities in educational opportunity that give rise to the achievement gap.

The study of equity was to address the growing gap between high - and low - spending districts and the implications for the quality of education received by students and for local taxpayers.

PASF bridges the gaps between experience, theory and practice by connecting fellows with organizations leading efforts toward educational equity.

In district - level analysis, the Education Trust finds that nationally districts serving high concentrations of low - income students receive on average $ 1,200 less in state and local funding than districts that serve low concentrations of low - income students, and that gap widens to $ 2,000 when comparing high - minority and low - minority districts.17 These findings are further reflected by national funding equity measures reported by Education Week, which indicate that wealthy school districts spend more per student than poorer school districts do on average.18

A recent report by the California Acceleration Project shows that the use of high school measures has dramatically broadened access to and completion of college - level math and English courses, significantly reduced equity gaps, and has had little impact on course success rates.

And board policy can plan an important part of reducing those gaps by providing the district with a «race equity lens» for bring about desired change.

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E3 Alliance has provided ground - breaking data analysis and community facilitation recognized by the White House as a national model to help the Greater Austin Area My Brother's Keeper effort to eliminate equity gaps for our young men of color.

In response to his comments, over 50 California - based civil rights, social justice, and education organizations signed the letter below urging the Governor to continue the state's commitment to equity by not just narrowing, but closing the achievement and opportunity gaps, continuing the work of the Local Control Funding Formula, and supporting a strong accountability system.

«North Clackamas Schools understands that to build equity and to close the achievement gap, we must level the playing field for each student by first providing for their most basic needs,» said North Clackamas School District Superintendent Matt Utterback.

It's a general term that refers to any financing vehicle (debt or equity but typically issued by private sector participants) that bridges the gap between senior debt and sponsor equity.