Sentences with phrase «early education initiative»

Launching a high - quality early education initiative — or building a bigger and better program — is hard work.

She conducts research in support of the early education initiative and the federal education budget project.

For Obama's plan to work, Lisa Guernsey, director of the early education initiative at the New American Foundation, a Washington - based policy group, estimates it would cost states and the federal government roughly $ 8,000 per child, or an additional $ 10 to $ 15 billion each year, to expand pre-school nationwide and for states to raise quality standards.

Another favorite early education program, Head Start, a creator of which died on February 2, was launched in 1965 as part of Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty and is another early education initiative that enjoys great public support.

We look forward to applying these findings to our other early education initiatives.»

And it could thwart early education initiatives aimed at getting all children ready for kindergarten and broader efforts to ensure every child masters reading by the end of third grade.

Not exact matches

«We have dramatically increased access to school options for Newark families, provided grants directly to teachers at 37 schools, given 300,000 books to Newark students through the My Very Own Library program, and just recently, we committed to a $ 1 million initiative to improve early childhood education in Newark,» the foundation said in a statement to CNBC.

Social entrepreneurship, the creation of new ventures with a social purpose, takes many forms, from clean energy start - ups to initiatives aimed at improving early education.

Before taking the helm of the PNC Foundation, McCradywas the architect of the firm's ambitious philanthropic initiative to boost early childhood education, Grow Up Great, which launched in 2004.

There are nearly 1,000 Waldorf schools and 2,000 Waldorf early childhood programs located throughout the world, including about 170 Waldorf schools and 250 Waldorf early childhood in the US, plus additional initiatives, early childhood programs, and charter schools that incorporate aspects of Waldorf Education.

Strengthening Families Center for the Study of Social Policy Describes an initiative to prevent child abuse and neglect by helping child welfare and early education professionals enhance protective factors in children, youth, and families.

James, I'll think you'll find that it used to be Lib Dem policy to use the funds from scrapping the CTF to increase spending on early years education, but that this is no longer the case (the funds aren't targeted specifically for early years initiatives any more - or so I am told by Lib Dems).

Earlier in his remarks, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr Obafela Bank - Olemoh said part of the innovation of the present administration was the introduction of «library initiative» whereby private organisations can adopt a library and improve it.

The mayor — flanked by First Lady Chirlane McCray and their son, Dante — touted the accomplishments of his first term and spoke of other initiatives coming, including every police officer having body cameras and «3K for All,» a program that provides free, full - day early childhood education for all 3 - year - old children.

She also touted his «3K for All» initiative that aims to provide free, full - day early childhood education for all 3 - year - old children.

Nixon and de Blasio became BFFs in the early 2000s, when they bonded over their opposition to then - Mayor Michael Bloomberg's education initiatives.

After an earlier veto threat, President Donald Trump signed a spending bill on March 23 that provides $ 70 billion for federal education initiatives — a 6 percent increase over the previous year.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's announcement earlier today of a major initiative to help young black and Latino men today, includes a big focus on education.

Education The governor put forth several education initiatives, including to expand the availability of early childhood care, pre-kindergarten education, and afterschool; a proposal to guarantee free food for school children; and supports for Education The governor put forth several education initiatives, including to expand the availability of early childhood care, pre-kindergarten education, and afterschool; a proposal to guarantee free food for school children; and supports for education initiatives, including to expand the availability of early childhood care, pre-kindergarten education, and afterschool; a proposal to guarantee free food for school children; and supports for education, and afterschool; a proposal to guarantee free food for school children; and supports for teachers.

Maria Fitzpatrick, and Michael Lovenheim, both assistant professors of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University, researched the impact of early retirement initiatives in public education.

So it makes sense that some initiatives focus on early education and exposure, hoping to give African - Americans a strong foundation.

Imagine that all of our reform efforts prove successful, from initiatives to bolster the prenatal health of disadvantaged babies, to high - quality early - childhood experiences, to dramatic improvements in K - 12 education, to serious interventions and supports at the college level.

In addition, he is looking to work with partners for creative solutions on delivering quality early literacy education, which he sees as a vital initiative for stemming the low - performance culture of Holyoke public schools.

Yazzie - Mintz, currently a senior program officer for early childhood education initiatives and co-director of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs with the American Indian College Fund, has devoted her professional career to improving access to early education for Native children.

«What started as a fledgling organisation now holds its head up high in the annals of power — in the past few months alone we have worked rigorously with the Department for Education and are benefitting in terms of early involvement in their initiatives.

The initiative led by Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) on behalf of the Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA) has finalised a set of Professional Standards for Teachers and a set of Professional Standards for Principals.

«Across the nation, committed individuals in early education settings, schools, communities, and statehouses are working tirelessly on efforts and initiatives to promote children's literacy development,» says Lesaux.

This new initiative will improve policy coordination across all sectors of education including early education and care, K - 12, and higher education, guiding students...

Sandra's knowledge in bullying behaviour in schools is extensive, due to her teaching career and the fact that she has been involved in the development of a number or initiatives focused on reducing bullying in Australia, including the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development's Review of Antibullying Policy and Practice.

To try to head off a similar fiasco in the future, one of the SLT subcommittees proposed a resolution requesting delegates to inform the SLT early on if they believed that a proposed initiative would «contravene a union contract or state education law.»

The 1 - million - member group, formerly known as the National Retired Teachers Association and now dubbed NRTA: AARP's Educator Community, expects to convene a panel of business and education leaders early in the new year to guide the initiative.

Early - education policy in the Unites States has its roots in the social - welfare initiatives that began at the turn of the 20th century and continue to this day with successful programs like Head Start.

In the midst of this early literacy crisis, faculty at Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili) are launching Reach Every Reader, a five - year initiative that will combine both institutions» expertise in cognitive science, reading, learning technologies, and evaluation to help all children thrive and succeed as readers — across schools, homes, and communities.

Program: International Education Policy Major ED Duties: Adviser to the secretary on strategic communications and policy; primary liaison with the White House on agency activities; cochair of the Advisory Council on Dependents Education; partner of Michelle Obama on the Joining Forces project; and aide on communications and engagement planning around the president's early learning initiative.

The state also provides categorical aid for transportation, reading initiatives, professional development, compensatory education, early - childhood education, technology, and school construction.

New York City was also an early site of a potential cluster, with its iZone InnovateNYCSchools initiative that focused on both the emergence of blended - learning schools and their interactions with education technology companies.

Requiring states to draw up learning guidelines for all young children — not just those in prekindergarten or Head Start — is part of President Bush's early education and literacy initiative, federal officials told members of the National Association for the Education of Young Children gathered here Nov. 20 - 23 for their annual coeducation and literacy initiative, federal officials told members of the National Association for the Education of Young Children gathered here Nov. 20 - 23 for their annual coEducation of Young Children gathered here Nov. 20 - 23 for their annual conference.

Among $ 100 million in new education initiatives proposed by Governor, budget would include $ 50 million for preschool expansion, $ 20 million for Head Start expansion, and $ 10 million each for early mental - health counseling, assistance for low - performing schools, and an interactive video - disk health - information program.

This initiative sets into a motion a coordinated set of high - impact actions, investments, and partnerships that will significantly increase the Ed School's capacity for research, innovation, outreach, and leadership development in early childhood education.

Was it difficult to leave the Secretary of Education position with initiatives like third grade literacy, increasing early childhood education, and grant work still works in Education position with initiatives like third grade literacy, increasing early childhood education, and grant work still works in education, and grant work still works in progress?

Representatives from Nurtury (formerly Associated Early Care and Education), Crittenton Women's Union (CWU), and the Frontiers of Innovation (FOI) an initiative within the Center on Developing Child at Harvard University are working together to create a seamless, scalable, intergenerational strategy to generate much greater impacts than either could produce alone.

At least 28 states have recently enacted early - childhood - education initiatives, and a growing number of others are considering such initiatives.

The impetus for the July meeting followed President Obama's announcement earlier this year to expand college opportunity and also the First Lady's efforts to help American students to advance their education past high school through the Reach Higher initiative.

Last week, I argued that Hitt, McShane, and Wolf erred in including programs in their review of «school choice» studies that were only incidentally related to school choice or that have idiosyncratic designs that would lead one to expect a mismatch between test score gains and long - term impacts (early college high schools, selective enrollment high schools, and career and technical education initiatives).

Last August, the federal Administration for Children, Youth, and Families commissioned a study of the degree to which state early - childhood - education initiatives work in concert with local Head Start programs.

Most states have already dramatically increased their spending on education and have poured considerable resources into testing programs - changes driven by earlier federal initiatives, state - level policy, and court decisions, not NCLB.

Sporteducate was run by leading sports charity Sported in partnership with Deutsche Bank's Born to Be youth engagement programme - an initiative that aims to break the cycle of youth unemployment through early intervention, focusing on education - led initiatives.

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After 16 years of deploying thousands of motivated college liberal - arts graduates to work in the nation's urban and rural schools, Teach For America plans to launch an early - childhood - education initiative this coming fall.

The program's aim is to teach awareness of the skills needed to form respectful relationships and more specifically to challenge gender stereotypes that can lead to gender - based violence and disrespectful attitudes to women.The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) states that, «Early interventions with children and young people can have a lasting effect on their relationships in the future... On the basis of current evidence, violence prevention and respectful relationships initiatives among young people can make a real difference, producing lasting change in attitudes and behaviours.»