Sentences with phrase «commitment to public education as»

Though some in the Jewish community argue that Jewish day schools would benefit from them, others have opposed vouchers, both out of a commitment to public education as well as a reluctance to upset the church - state balance.

As they analyze the ways in which public school leaders successfully formed and transformed American education, historian Tyack and political scientist Hansot conclude that the main challenge facing today's leaders is to create a new community of commitment to public education as a common good.

Not exact matches

With growing interest and support from public markets (including through the incorporation of DanoneWave as the largest public benefit corporation in the U.S. and their public commitment to become a Certified B Corp by 2020 as well as Laureate Education's IPO in early 2017), multi-billion dollar companies are following suit and choosing to operate their businesses with purpose and accountability.

In Dec of 1993, Patrice was honored by then President Clinton as an American hero who dramatically improved the health commitment to the world's children as a public health expert promoting nutrition in nursing education and fostering breastfeeding worldwide.

The circular released the fee items the government has absorbed for all day public senior high school students in the country in line with its commitment to implement the progressively free secondary education policy as expressed in President John Mahama's State of the Nation Address last year.

Collins, who points out that the commitment of the genome project to address ethical issues as well as generate data came at the project's inception, describes four categories of questions: Fairness and privacy; implementation of new medical practices based on genomic data (e.g., genetic testing); use of human subjects; and public education.

Continuing a lifetime of commitment to science and education, Maya Ajmera has joined the Society for Science & the Public as president and CEO of the organization and publisher of Science News.

As the new president — only five months on the job — of the Universite Pyublique de l'Artibonite aux Gonaives (Public University of Artibonite) in Gonaives, Haiti, Lourdy K. Dorismond was thrilled to attend IEM, a well - known institute that provides opportunities for senior leaders in higher education to assess leadership skills, renew commitment to higher education, and develop tangible strategies for long - term institutional success.

The legislature's leadership and commitment for the past six years, combined with Mayor Peterson's and Ball State University's ability to authorize charters (and willingness to do so), along with reform - minded superintendents such as Eugene White working to improve the Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS), demonstrate to the country's education reformers that Indianapolis is prime territory for innovation and investment.

Bringing in a «trust buster» to help reinvent a monopoly public school system was hailed by many education reformers (myself included) as a stroke of genius and more proof of Mayor Bloomberg's commitment to radical change.

Pursuit of innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology and a commitment to community service as demonstrated through scientific leadership, public education, or community outreach are the two criteria for selecting award recipients.

As the recipient of a Conant Fellowship — awarded to outstanding Boston and Cambridge public school teachers and administrators who have shown commitment to public education — Nirmalan is required to return to her public school for at least one year post-graduation, and now she feels energized at the prospect.

As an historian, I was particularly pleased to see how the editor saw fit to include an historical review of the period since the 1950s, mentioning, among other things, Arthur Bestor's great book, Educational Wastelands: The Retreat from Learning in Our Public Schools, the influence of Sputnik, and (a little later) the Great Society legislation, to underscore the national commitment to education for everyone.

Nevertheless, despite our greatly enhanced commitments to public education — and despite the fact that children are growing up in better - educated and smaller families than ever before — student performance during this period, as measured by NAEP test scores for high school seniors in math and reading, moved hardly a hair's breadth.

The state Department of Education has argued that the standards are already deemed as such, but Martirano has expressed a commitment to review them to assuage concerns from lawmakers, educators and the public.

While Massachusetts has always had a strong commitment to education, the state's public schools have been recognized as national leaders on many fronts in recent years, thanks to the hard work of teachers, students, families, and communities.

The initiative states that the nine - member board must be comprised of people who «have demonstrated an understanding of and a commitment to charter schooling as a strategy for strengthening public education.»

«We strongly commend Governor Brown's commitment and support to protect public education funding, particularly as schools and districts continue to face difficult economic and fiscal times.

«NSBA applauds lawmakers in the House and Senate for their commitment to passing a modernized law that preserves important federal cornerstones, such as equity and excellence, while establishing a «new federalism» in education policy — upholding local governance and creating a new federal - state - local partnership to ensure that states and local school board members are better positioned to provide all students with a world class public education,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director of the National School Boards Association.

It's a commitment that allows the state to more equitably distribute funds for public schools as well, filling in gaps where local property taxes would otherwise generate insufficient funds to guarantee a sound basic education for every child.

From our perspective, decisions such as the one at issue here miss the fact that public education is evolving and should be driven by a commitment to meet the needs of students and families and not by deference to a bureaucratic structure that often seems better for the adults in the system than for the most vulnerable children.

But what is most dangerous about DeVos is not just her incompetence, but the power she wields as U.S. Secretary of Education, her willful disrespect of public schools and the staff and students who work in them, and her zealous commitment to turning our nation's public schools over to private interests.

I believe Betsy DeVos has the talent, commitment, and leadership capacity to revitalize our public schools and deliver the promise of opportunity that excellent education provides, and I support her nomination as U.S. Secretary of Educatioeducation provides, and I support her nomination as U.S. Secretary of EducationEducation.»

As organizations adjust to keep pace with 21st Century learning demands, Avis» Letters serve to re ignite in each of us our moral purpose as educators and inspire us to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to an inclusive, sustainable and high quality public education systeAs organizations adjust to keep pace with 21st Century learning demands, Avis» Letters serve to re ignite in each of us our moral purpose as educators and inspire us to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to an inclusive, sustainable and high quality public education systeas educators and inspire us to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to an inclusive, sustainable and high quality public education system.

But regardless of the false information and rhetoric coming from the Malloy administration, parents not only have the fundamental right to opt their children out of the unfair testing program, they should strongly consider doing just that as a way to protect their children, Connecticut's teachers and our state's historic commitment to local control of public education.

«We applaud Governor Brown's leadership and commitment to protect funding for public education, including charter schools, as reflected in today's release of the May Revise for the 2011 - 12 budget.

Previously, she served as Chief of Staff for the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, informing the Administration's P - 20 policy and programmatic efforts on behalf of the nation's Latino students and families, including helping to secure over 150 private - and - public sector commitments with a collective investment of over $ 335 million to build on and accelerate federal, state, and local investments in high - quality education for the nation's Hispanic community, and launching the Federal Interagency Working Group to strengthen and align federal policy efforts with local initiatives.

Her commitment to public education and community building in California began with executive level positions at the both the Fresno Unified School District and San Diego Unified School District as well as the American Red Cross, San Diego / Imperial Counties Chapter.

As a school board member, I risk people questioning my commitment to public education.

Since its inception as a family foundation, The Schott Foundation has possessed an unwavering commitment to equity and justice that guides its mission to develop and strengthen a broad - based and representative movement to achieve fully resourced, high quality PreK — 12 public education for all children.

He uses his commentary piece to explores the antics of Commissioner Stefan Pryor, Governor Malloy and the charter school industry as they try to explain away their unyielding commitment to privatizing public education in Connecticut and pushing forward to implement the Common Core and its unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory standardized testing scheme.

Position as a Public Health Advocate possessing strong commitment to public health and experience in improving and preventing public health issues through proactive educPublic Health Advocate possessing strong commitment to public health and experience in improving and preventing public health issues through proactive educpublic health and experience in improving and preventing public health issues through proactive educpublic health issues through proactive education.