Sentences with phrase «create higher quality schooling»

It has increased the focus on the education of poor and minority students, but it has not provided schools with needed tools to create higher quality schooling for these students.

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The Area of OB / HRM at the Rotman School of Management aims to create a collegial environment in which faculty can pursue high - quality research in the fields of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management.

This course will help you create a roadmap for long - term change so you can meet your goal of serving the highest quality food to kids in school every day.

NECPA's mission is to create broad public understanding of the benefits of high quality early childhood care and education and a raised awareness of the «professional expertise» required to deliver that high quality care and an appreciation of the advantages that children receive from accredited centers and schools.

Last week Nebraska passed the School Readiness Tax Credit Act, creating two new tax credits designed to increase access to high quality early care and education (ECE) programs.

I have been proud to lead the fight in creating several high - quality schools with more on the way, opening new public parks and upgrading our waterfront, new retail, and the rebuilding of the World Trade Center.

The Governor is helping to create the conditions for further growth of high quality charter schools and is giving hope to thousands more children.

Filmed by EL Education, «Austin's Butterfly, a true story about a Presumpscot Elementary School first - grade student who was tasked with making a scientific drawing of a tiger swallowtail butterfly, shows the impact of feedback and revision on creating high - quality work.

But the bulk of the city's school reforms over the past decade have focused elsewhere, on building a pre-kindergarten system, creating new curriculum materials and instructional strategies and, above all, improving teacher quality — work that's largely unrelated to high school attendance.

Maybe you'd like to close the huge funding gaps that trap low - income students in substandard schools, or create free, high - quality, universal prekindergarten.

At HGSE, Mehta's primary research focus is understanding what it would take to create high - quality schooling at scale, as well as the professionalization of teaching.

Most of all, families and students need both sides to get past their defensiveness and mistrust and get to work creating citywide information, funding, enrollment, transportation, and other systems that will improve equity and access to high - quality schools.

State education officials and local school districts are working to use technology money from the federal economic - stimulus package to develop initiatives that do everything from consolidate data systems to create high - quality digital content for school laptops.

VOISE is part of Chicago's Renaissance 2010 effort to create innovative schools that provide high - quality educational options.

Inter-district magnet schools in Connecticut provide a current example outside the scope of traditional school districts as to the way charters might draw students across district boundary lines to create high - quality, integrated schooling options.

Working with school leaders, new high - quality training opportunities will be developed to boost career progression and support the record number of teachers in our schools to become leaders in their field, including: extending on - the - job training and support for trainee and new teachers to two years, so they get the best possible start to their career; and creating early career development opportunities for teachers through a new framework that schools will follow, developed in partnership with teachers, school leaders and education experts.

Create a positive school culture and climate that includes high - quality teaching and learning, safety, caring relationships, supportive, and challenging learning environments, sense of community and inclusion for all students and subgroups, and distributed staff leadership

Some organizations direct their activities only to district and / or charter school issues, such as improving teacher quality and effectiveness, developing new public charter schools, or closing and transforming failing district schools to create new high - quality schools of choice.

The schools that have been created as free schools are extremely diverse, but they are all underpinned by a belief that the best way to raise attainment for all children is by delivering high quality education within the state sector.

Lee Teitel has been studying the schools and districts that are creating high - quality, integrated learning environments for students.

Understanding this second challenge — the challenge of creating and sustaining high quality formal arts learning experiences for K - 12 youth, inside and outside of school — is the focus of a new report from Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Educschool — is the focus of a new report from Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of EducSchool of Education.

The statement includes a list of these developments: the US Supreme Court ruled scholarships constitutional; numerous studies showed these programs benefit needy kids; families empowered with this choice express great satisfaction; urban districts continue to struggle despite great effort; chartering hasn't created enough high - quality seats; and smart accountability systems can ensure only high - quality private schools participate in these programs.

But I'm convinced that, at this point in time, the way to create lots more «high - quality seats» for lots more kids is to make sure that charter schools and private school scholarships receive funding parity with «the system.»

These findings further suggest that school choice has the potential to create a professional environment for teachers in which more motivated and skilled teachers earn higher pay for such qualities.

And KIPP is working with Common Core, Inc., the non-profit that developed Eureka, to create a new K — 8 English curriculum for KIPP schools that is designed to build student knowledge systematically through the use of high quality works of literature, nonfiction, and informational text.

We've since created additional apps which complement one another to help schools save even more time, so teachers can reduce their workload and focus on providing their students with the highest quality lessons and work on maintaining a healthy work life balance.

Most schools need products that help with the implementation of standards, that link instruction to assessments, that are grounded in solid and reliable data that enable better decisionmaking, that work seamlessly with other programs to create blended and personalized learning environments, and that are backed by a reputable company that provides high - quality, ongoing service and support.

Prior to his time in Chicago, Knowles served as deputy superintendent for teaching and learning at the Boston Public Schools — where he created two organizations devoted to building the pipeline of high quality teachers and school leaders — and served as codirector of the Boston Annenberg Challenge, a nationally recognized effort to improve literacy instruction.

Of course, more was necessary: vigorous and energetic superintendents, strong efforts to create magnet schools and to attract high - quality teachers and principals, publicity to draw students to them.

For example, they may have limited access to high - quality day care, limited access to before - or after - school care, and limited physical space in their homes to create private or quiet environments conducive to study.

In order to achieve this, the Commission suggests the government should mandate all schools in the ten lowest performing local authorities to take part in area - wide programmes, as well as reform the training and distribution of teachers across the country and create new incentives — including better starting pay — to get more of the highest - quality teachers into the schools that need them most.

The full white paper, Driving the Performance Agenda in Education, created by Affinity Workforce, explores the steps that school and MAT leaders are taking in order to tackle the skills crisis, and to attract high - quality teaching staff.

Educators are rightly focused on ensuring high - quality instruction, developing new and improved curricular materials, and creating more engaging school environments.

Amthal has worked with Garston Manor School to create a scaleable solution to upgrade the fire and security systems in place and maintain it to the highest quality for the benefit of staff, pupils and visitors.

The launch of edweek.org in 1996 ushered EPE into the Digital Age and created a platform for the evolution of its Education Week flagship publication into an integrated print - digital news organization that provides distinctive staff - written original reporting, a forum for a lively but civil exchange of opinion on education issues, an unequaled online archive of 30 - plus years of education coverage, high - quality content from news and information partners, interactive databases, and a host of video, multimedia, and other features that clarify complex points of policy and bring the stories of American schools, educators, students, and parents to life.

Working for the past 20 years to define the characteristics and fundamental elements of an evidence - based high - quality induction program that accelerates the development of both teachers and their students, New Teacher Center (NTC) established the Teacher Induction Program Standards (TIPS) in an effort to create an industry standard that can be adopted by school districts, educational institutions, state agencies, and policymakers as the benchmark for success.

Finally, Adam Peshek proposes a way to tackle some of the obstacles to charter - school growth through the Opportunity Zone program (part of the 2017 tax reform package)-- and hopefully create more high - quality public school options for children along the way.

The report aims to examines how schools are working to create high - quality digital curricula and online courses.

«Computers are part of our daily lives and are powerful mediums able to create solutions to pressing social and global problems our kids will inherit, yet so few schools offer high quality computer coding.»

Using the same data on Tennessee's high schools, I created lists of «low - performing schools» based on how the schools ranked on different measures of school quality.

The new schools will create more than 1,100 high - quality school places for children with multiple learning needs, including children with autism and mental health needs.

Create an award for a teacher (other than a social studies teacher) who provides high school students with quality civic learning opportunities.

Hear how the conditions — collaboration in a real team, a compelling purpose, the right people, clear norms of conduct, support and appropriate coaching — were created to enable high school students to deliver enterprise quality solutions that made a real difference to the campus community.

Tucker and his colleagues challenge us to ask why the U.S. is pursuing a reform agenda that differs markedly from what other advanced countries have found essential for creating good schools — high quality teachers, fair funding, and coherence in the system of education.

The National Alliance developed a model state law to help states create laws that support the growth of high - quality charter schools and each year we rank states based on how well their charter school laws align to this model.

The challenges of that experience embedded in him a desire to create academically high - quality schools where students don't have to check their identities at the door.

Unfortunately, not all schools are created equal, but I feel privileged in knowing what to do to ensure my future child has a high - quality educational experience, one that equips her or him to thrive in college, career, and beyond.

Our experienced consultants have helped schools and districts, including First Nation schools, create culturally relevant, engaging, standards - based curricula that motivates learning, boosts academic achievement, and increases student efficacy, creating a foundation for a high - quality education for all students.

Understand and apply key levers for high - quality, innovative learning design as they create their school models; and

As a mission - driven nonprofit organization, BIE creates, gathers, and shares high - quality PBL instructional practices and products and provides highly effective services to teachers, schools, and districts.