Sentences with phrase «cradle to career in»

The Chance - for - Success Index combines information from 13 indicators that span a person's life from cradle to career in order to better understand the role of education across an individual's lifetime.

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Programs that provide skills development, mentoring and clear pathways to success from cradle to college and career, can generate benefits that are more than three times their costs, exceeding the rates of return seen in many private sector business investments.
«StriveTogether's cradle to career network reaches 8 million students across the country and connects more than 10,000 organizations all in an effort to educate more students and educate them better,» Zimpher said.
SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher said, «An investment in Smart Schools is an investment in the success of New York's students at every stage of their education, from cradle to career.
«By convening leaders throughout the community as part of the Buffalo Schools STEM Experience, Mayor Brown and all involved have taken another important step toward improving student success in STEM from cradle to career.
Beyond health care, she supports investments in «cradle - to - career» education to ensure the U.S. can compete in a global economy, ensuring women have access to family planning and health services and listening to scientists by recognizing that climate change is a «critical challenge.»
The country's erstwhile tradition of cradle - to - grave employment, with people working for one company for an entire career, has been phased out in favor of a Western - style meritocracy where jobs, promotions, and wages are linked to performance.
At the Askwith Forums on Nov. 14, several cities» mayors share how — with HGSE's By All Means Initiative and HKS's Bloomberg City Leadership Initiative — they are mapping out cradle - to - career pathways to success for children in their communities.
The 12th annual edition of Education Week's Quality Counts continues the cradle - to - career framework launched in last year's report.
Inspired by the successful Harlem Children's Zone model, the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink supports Promise Neighborhoods — communities of opportunity centered around strong schools — to wrap children in education, health, and social supports from cradle to career.
Think Physics is a collaborative cradle to career project, which uses physics in a creative and holistic way to inspire children, young people, their parents and teachers to increase the uptake of physics and STEM related subjects at A-level in the North East, especially among girls and other under - represented groups.
Several mayors who are participating in both HGSE's By All Means Initiative and HKS's Bloomberg City Leadership Initiative are mapping out cradle - to - career pathways to success for children in their communities.
P21 recognizes that all learners need educational experiences in school and beyond, from cradle to career, to build knowledge and skills for success in a globally and digitally interconnected world.
The mayors dicussed their innovative, silo - breaking efforts to map out cradle - to - career pathways to success for children in their communities.
In a statement released after Obama's «cradle - to - career» education speech last week, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel welcomed Obama's «vision» for strengthening public education and said, «He's off to a solid start.
These sessions focused on the Departments» joint policy statement, respective family engagement frameworks, and the ways in which systemic engagement practices can act as a lever for improving transition and alignment from cradle to career.
Urban school districts in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Northern Kentucky were facing similar circumstances when StrivePartnership started as one of the first cradle - to - career community in 2006.
The E3 Alliance — a cradle - to - career partnership that unites education, community and business in central Texas — sat down with local superintendents to find out how best to deal with state budget cuts.
The winners will be awarded a first - year grant of up to $ 6 million, totaling up to $ 30 million across the life of the grant, to support cradle - to - career services that improve the educational achievement and healthy development of children in underserved neighborhoods.
Description: ProSPER lays out an inclusive, focused cradle - to - college - and career approach to improving educational and health outcomes for persons and families residing or attending school in the federally designated Promise Neighborhood, a continuous two - square mile area in West Philadelphia.
As the family and community coordinator for the Office of Black Male Student Achievement (OBMSA), Andria works with parents to understand how important it is to be involved in their children's education from cradle to career.
This powerful scientific knowledge is largely underutilized in new education models and approaches, and this deficiency is a major factor in the persistent problems of excellence and equity from cradle to career.
The L.A. Compact is a bold commitment by Los Angeles leaders from education, business, government, labor, and non-profit sectors, to transform education outcomes from cradle to career, ensuring that today's youth have the skills necessary to compete and succeed in a 21st century global workforce.
Road Map is a cradle to career initiative in seven south Seattle and south King County school districts.
Dual enrollment included in cradle - to - career community, school and college partnerships to significantly improve educational levels in distressed communities.
Extensive media coverage of New York City's Harlem Children's Zone's cradle - to - career program over the past several years has served to focus mainstream attention on school reform in a way unprecedented in recent history.
August 12, 2015 — SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher has released a statement in response to the release of NY state test scores on the importance of ensuring a «higher degree of success for all students, from cradle to career
President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan say we must educate our way to a better economy and that doing so requires cradle - to - career investments in our nation's education system.
In this work across sectors and between systems — or what IEL calls cross-boundary work — IEL can be a resource to local networks that use comprehensive place - based strategies to create a continuum of opportunities from cradle to career.
IEL strongly believes that family engagement should be continuous throughout a child's life, spanning from cradle to career and beyond and that it is a shared responsibility in which schools and other community agencies and organizations are committed to engaging families in meaningful and culturally respective ways, and families are committed to actively supporting their children's learning and development.
In additional to proposed general funding for education from «cradle to career,» the Fiscal Year 2010 budget includes the following proposals to help postsecondary loan borrowers:
Washington state About Blog LEV is working to improve public education in Washington state from cradle to career with ample, equitable, and stable funding.
#TitleIIA funding empowers states to invest in evidence - based strategies that support educators from cradle to career #EarlyEd
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