Sentences with phrase «concern about an education system»

However, Pondiscio expresses a common concern about an education system lacking any standards:

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The issues that women are concerned about — equal access to healthcare, to financial systems, to the world economy, to employment, to education; a sustainable environment, personal safety, security and autonomy — these are all issues that are important to the Bitcoin community as a whole.

«Our members are very knowledgable about education issues, and while there is great concern about the implementation of the Common Core and the over-reliance on testing, there are many other issues that are front - burner for NYSUT members,» he said, listing concerns over the property tax cap, equitable school funding, the teacher evaluation system and the statewide expansion of pre-kindergarten.

Commenting on the statement by the Secretary of State for Education setting out proposals to reform the system of primary assessment, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «It is important to recognise, and as the NASUWT has stated consistently, that many of the concerns expressed about statutory primary assessment are the direct result of their use in the current high stakes school accountability regime.

«That's why we have grave concerns about a budget that allows for teacher layoffs, which would be immensely damaging to our education system and children's opportunities for a quality education.

New York City education administrators should try to learn from the mistakes of their counterparts in Tennessee where a rush to implement a complicated new teacher evaluation system has overwhelmed administrators with paperwork and demoralized staff members concerned about being improperly and unfairly rated.

«We have grave concerns about a budget that allows for teacher layoffs, which would be immensely damaging to our education system and children's opportunities for a quality education,» City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Council Finance Chair Domenic Recchia, Jr. said in a statement.

Though there is concern about pre-K gains being lost by third grade, the de Blasio administration is attempting to run a program and larger education system that sets and keeps students on a stronger trajectory.

I'm also highly concerned about maintaining a quality public education system.

Future energy professionals The energy companies that Global Action Plan talks to on a regular basis are already highly concerned about the forthcoming skills gap and question whether our education system is alert to the need to provide young people with the skills that will be required in a de-carbonised economy.

Despite their rhetoric expressing concern about the role that standardized tests play in our education system, politicians persist in valuing these tests almost exclusively when it comes to accountability — not only for schools, as has been the case since the inception of No Child Left Behind, but for teachers as well, with a national push to include the results of these tests in teacher evaluations.

Certainly, the interests of teachers in ensuring adequate educational investment are far stronger than they are for most voters, who don't have children in the school system and may be more concerned about holding down taxes than investing in the education of other people's kids.

Speaking at the Teach First Impact Conference, Milburn voiced concerns about the educational attainment gap in schools and said the government should» no longer tolerate an education system that produces a cohort of youngsters who simply lack the skills to compete in the modern labour market».

Although the strengths of the U.S. economy and its higher - education system offer some hope for the future, the situation at the K — 12 level should spark concerns about the long - term outlook for the U.S. economy, which could eventually have an impact on the higher - education system as well.

As Bush strategist Karl Rove explained in his book Courage and Consequence: «When Bush said education was the civil rights struggle of our time or that the absence of an accountability system in our schools meant black, brown, poor, and rural children were getting left behind, it gave listeners important information about his respect and concern for every family and deepened the impression that he was a different kind of Republican whom suburban voters... could be proud to support.»

Governments have categorically refused to listen to the serious concerns of parents, educational professions and allied groups about the unsuitability and undue pressure which assessment is placing on our education system.

But in many cases, these school grades have raised concerns and questions about how effectively they improve public education, how fair it is to punish schools that serve disadvantaged communities, and the potential for politicians to game the system for their own benefit.

Commissioners and county staff have said they strongly support public education, but they have concerns that the school system annually has about $ 20 million to $ 25 million in unspent local funds that aren't part of the school system's fund balance.

Pope - Roberts says her primary concern about developing a new accountability system for schools is whether there is also a commitment to providing adequate resources for education.

Lucy Powell, a former shadow education secretary who is also the school's local MP, described the case as «shocking» and said it raised «real concerns about weak oversight and accountability of our schools system».

This is why I was deeply concerned to learn about the new school rating system that has been proposed by the California Department of Education for California's schools.

In a letter sent to the Education Department today, these groups express deep concerns about waiver implementation, from how graduation rates are factored into state accountability systems to how subgroups of at - risk students are being helped.

That is why the Texas Aspires team has been crisscrossing Texas, visiting every corner of the state to meet with parents, teachers, administrators and education stakeholders to discuss their concerns about the issues our state's education system faces.

However, we are deeply concerned about proposed cuts to other important education programs, as charter schools are part of — not a substitute for — a strong public education system.

The OECD education chief highlighted concerns about the impact of teacher shortages - saying that an education system could never exceed the quality of its teachers.

Continuing on from reminiscing about her childhood, she expresses her concerns on the racial inequalities that surface within the Hartford school system, though first taking the chance to say that though she hates white people and does not care whether white teachers hate her or her children, «All I want from teachers is education.

Many business leaders voiced concern about whether the state's education system was producing the highly skilled workers they are seeking for their companies.

Hierarchical, rigid education systems exacerbate this lack of professionalism by treating teachers as a problem, by not seeking their input or voice on decisions that affect teachers, and by dismissing concerns about pay or working conditions or safety.

Entering the Profession: Coordinating State Licensing and Local Evaluation One of the reasons for current concerns about the capability of some members of the teaching force is the public perception that teacher education and licensing systems do not routinely guarantee competence when teachers enter the profession.

The persistent effects of conditions outside student control raise serious concerns about whether the education system is providing equitable access to meet the needs of high - achieving students of color.»

Concerns about the special education finance system have consistently been raised by educators, parents, community leaders, and policymakers alike as we've traveled across the state speaking in communities about Connecticut's school finance system.

«He also expressed concerns about how the needs of vulnerable children will be met under an education system where all schools are academies and operate outside the local authority network.

Chas Roemer, a member of the state board of education, said he has «considerable concern about what role the state and federal government will play in our education system.»

What this means for those of us who are concerned about «where we are going» is that the quality of our teacher preparation system is the absolutely critical element in the enhancement of the quality of our children's education.

Legal challenges have abounded across the English education system recently, raising concerns about mounting costs.

CReATE, a volunteer group of local education professors and researchers, will detail their concerns about a planned Chicago Public Schools evaluation system at an 11:00 a.m. news conference Monday, March 26, at the Hull House Museum, 800 S. Halsted St.

We sent a letter last week to CFPB Assistant Director and Student Loan Ombudsman Rohit Chopra and Department of Education Chief Operating Officer James Runcie outlining our concerns about the new Direct Loan Consolidation application system.

For example, despite concerns about the contractor's unreliable performance on previous system development efforts, Education conducted limited oversight until the contractor began missing deadlines.

Our friendly, well educated staff and doctors will take the time to make sure every concern is addressed and have you walk away with education about your eye health and visual system.

Oppenheim speaks of growing up in Washington and California, his father's Russian ancestry and education in China, his father's career in engineering, his mother's background and education in English, living in Richmond El Cerrito, his mother's love of the arts, his father's feelings toward Russia, standing out in the community, his relationship with his older sister, attending Richmond High School, demographics of El Cerrito, his interest in athletics during high school, fitting in with the minority class in Richmond, prejudice and cultural dynamics of the 1950s, a lack of art education and philosophy classes during high school, Rebel Without a Cause, Richmond Trojans, hotrod clubs, the persona of a good student, playing by the rules of the art world, friendship with Jimmy De Maria and his relationship to Walter DeMaria, early skills as an artist, art and teachers in high school, attending California College of Arts and Crafts, homosexuality in the 1950s and 1960s, working and attending art school, professors at art school, attending Stanford, early sculptural work, depression, quitting school, getting married, and moving to Hawaii, becoming an entrepreneur, attending the University of Hawaii, going back to art school, radical art, painting, drawing, sculpture, the beats and the 1960s, motivations, studio work, theory and exposure to art, self - doubts, education in art history, Oakland Wedge, earth works, context and possession, Ground Systems, Directed Seeding, Cancelled Crop, studio art, documentation, use of science and disciplines in art, conceptual art, theoretical positions, sentiments and useful rage, Robert Smithson and earth works, Gerry Shum, Peter Hutchinson, ocean work and red dye, breaking patterns and attempting growth, body works, drug use and hippies, focusing on theory, turmoil, Max Kozloff's «Pygmalion Reversed,» artist as shaman and Jack Burnham, sync and acceptance of the art world, machine works, interrogating art and one's self, Vito Acconci, public art, artisans and architects, Fireworks, dysfunction in art, periods of fragmentation, bad art and autobiographical self - exposure, discovery, being judgmental of one's own work, critical dissent, impact of the 1950s and modernism, concern about placement in the art world, Gypsum Gypsies, mutations of objects, reading and writing, form and content, and phases of development.

Our friendly, well educated staff and doctors will take the time to make sure every concern is addressed and have you walk away with education about your eye health and visual system.

Our friendly, well educated staff and doctors will take the time to make sure every concern is addressed and have you walk away with education about your eye health and visual system.

We are gravely concerned about the future of Illinois» home visiting programs that for many families are the entry point into our nationally renowned early childhood education system.

Since the system began in 1985, NAEYC accreditation has provided a powerful tool through which early childhood professionals, families, and others concerned about the quality of early childhood education can evaluate programs, compare them with professional standards, strengthen the program and commit to ongoing evaluation and improvement.