Sentences with phrase «education a priority issue»
Last year Mr. Broad and Bill Gates gave $ 60 million for an initiative called ED in» 08, which was supposed to make education a priority issue in the presidential campaign.
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The STEM Education Coalition continues to include veterans inclusion in STEM to be a top priority and looks forward to the opportunity to work with Congress and the Administration on this issue.
How do you respond to church leaders who are afraid of making education a priority within their congregations because they fear the public policy issues related to education are too political?
Meanwhile, the Republican Party has in recent decades become the champion of the Church's public priorities — the protection of innocent human life, parental choice in education, the defense of marriage, church - state cooperation, and an array of issues under the rubric of religious freedom.
Priorities like Raise The Age and education aid are being watered - down, while issues like ethics reforms and the DREAM Act are being forgotten completely.
He shared his position on major issues — job creation, education and healthcare; and he told the CWA members that, «The well - being of my constituents is a top priority.
Jenny Sedlis, executive director of StudentsFirstNY, a education group that's closely aligned with Cuomo on issues related to schools, said she's not concerned that her priorities will suffer in King's absence.
The issue, he said, is that legislators are not only over-promising, but choosing between hundreds of options to fund, and the priority is not on education.
Carlucci was first elected to the chamber in 2010 and has since fought for quality education, property tax reform, and employment — some of the keys issues that he says remain the top priority.
Promising to deliver more speeches throughout the fall on issues like home ownership and education, the president criticized his opponents in congress for trying to defund his domestic priorities.
More than 90 percent of New Yorkers think corruption in government is a big issue, and polls show voters believe reform issues take priority over education.
«Class size is a major issue, for example at School # 6 they have class sizes in elementary level of over 30 - students with students that have a high amount of students with special education needs, ELL - English Language Learners, and so lowering class size is something that has been priority and that's been a part of those plans.»
Education was listed as the top priority by 24 percent of voters, topping other leading issues such as jobs, 15 percent, and taxes, at 12 percent.
«Hosting Speaker Boehner provides an opportunity to discuss with one of the most important leaders in our country issues like expanding economic opportunities both in Indian County and Central New York, investing in public priorities and improving education and civil rights protections,» Barkin said without offering specific details.
Obama, he said, elevated the role of science and technology advisers throughout the executive branch, put in place plans to mitigate and prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change, set up health research initiatives to tackle such priorities as cancer and brain research, worked with international partners on scientific issues and used the White House as a platform from which to herald science and education, particularly for children.
In this context, refugee and asylum - seeker communities can be socially and economically advanced if the issue of their education is given priority.
The panel members, who gathered to offer advice on the Education Department's research priorities, touched on a broad range of issues in an all - day meeting last Thursday.
Lavery concluded the letter by calling on the education, housing and Home Office to look at this issue as a priority and ensure that schools and public spaces are made safe, through the introduction of mandatory sprinkler systems.
The President - elect has consistently identified education as one of his top domestic policy priorities, but beyond stating that, he devotes most of his speeches and tweets to other issues.
This special report — the latest in an ongoing series on high - priority issues in K - 12 education — looks at how the Common Core State Standards are changing instruction in mathematics.
«This report raises serious questions about the priorities of the Camden city board of education,» said a statement issued by state Treasurer Brian W. Clymer with the report's release this month.
As Election Day 2010 arrives, the education stakes are big, even if few voters are placing this issue atop their priorities.
The Obama administration has recently urged Congress to add the issue to its already crowded 2010 agenda, even going so far as to include an additional $ 1 billion for K — 12 education in its budget proposal if the law is reauthorized this year (a wholly symbolic gesture, given that it is Congress that sets spending levels, but one that indicates the administration's priorities).
A number of issues and factors affected the outcome of that election, but the very closeness of the race made swing voters, for whom education is a top priority, particularly crucial.
Providing fibre to education premises is one of our key priorities at LGfL and schools should consider potential issues such as this when planning for the future.
And on the other side of the Capitol a spokesman for Senator Mike Enzi, chairman of the Senate Education Committee, noted, «Senator Enzi has made several other education issues the first prioritEducation Committee, noted, «Senator Enzi has made several other education issues the first prioriteducation issues the first priority.»
«When the issue came to light, our first priority was safety of pupils and staff, the second was getting pupils back into education, the third is getting the schools reopened, and it is not until this has happened that the inquiry will begin.
Members of the REL Mid-Atlantic's alliance on Strengthening the Early Education Continuum have made the issue a top priority.
Sen. Lamar Alexander, who will be taking over the Senate's education committee, has declared an NCLB update his top priority, and he wants to attack the issue fast, potentially having a bill up for debate before the end of January.
The Perception of Asian Dads and Masculinity Chicago Tribune, 6/10/16» «For Asian fathers, when their main concern was on survival, fitting into the new culture and bringing bread on the table, what America considers «male» was not their priority,» said Dr. Josephine Kim, a professor at Harvard's Graduate School of Education who specializes in child development and immigrant issues.»
Additional priorities included developing vocational programs aligned with local employment opportunities, and addressing social issues related to student retention, such as teen pregnancy and low aspirations for post-secondary education.
In fact, Trump's Education Department has reversed federal action on this issue by ending the Opening Doors, Expanding Opportunities grant program.16 For her part, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos recently stated that she would support diversity under the Magnet School Assistance Program; only time will tell if this is a true priority or rhetoric.17
Equity Coalition members meet in person and virtually to explore common ground, articulate priority goals related to students with disabilities, examine policy challenges and continue to build bridges to address specific issues such as funding, legal status, providing a full continuum of special education services, special education infrastructures, and authorizer standards.
CO ASCD's efforts to support teacher voice in education decision making include hosting online conversations with policymakers (see Education Issues in Focus at www.coascd.org), conducting policy summits, inviting policymakers and educators to write policy - related blogs or articles for our newsletter, connecting with other organizations in the state that promote education advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy aceducation decision making include hosting online conversations with policymakers (see Education Issues in Focus at www.coascd.org), conducting policy summits, inviting policymakers and educators to write policy - related blogs or articles for our newsletter, connecting with other organizations in the state that promote education advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy acEducation Issues in Focus at www.coascd.org), conducting policy summits, inviting policymakers and educators to write policy - related blogs or articles for our newsletter, connecting with other organizations in the state that promote education advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy aceducation advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy acEducation priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy aceducation advocacy activities.
In the new issue of Policy Priorities, ASCD explores the significance of early childhood education and details the challenges of expanding access and ensuring equitable services for all children.
Today in The Global Search for Education series, I continue my conversations with education luminaries to discuss the issues that we believe will be a priority for the next President of the UniteEducation series, I continue my conversations with education luminaries to discuss the issues that we believe will be a priority for the next President of the Uniteeducation luminaries to discuss the issues that we believe will be a priority for the next President of the United States.
Knowing this, it concerns me that you don't list education as a top priority or issue for your work in the U.S. Senate.
Education Week examined what education issues will be at the top of the Trump administration's priorEducation Week examined what education issues will be at the top of the Trump administration's prioreducation issues will be at the top of the Trump administration's priority list.
This issue of Policy Priorities explores how education leaders should rethink the use and rules of social media in schools to harness their potential to enhance access, engagement, communication, and learning in a way that benefits students, educators, and families, while giving students and teachers opportunities to understand and practice responsible, ethical uses of social media.»
We continuously study priority issues, inform the public and policymakers and engage citizens, business leaders, families, students, and others in a shared mission to move Kentucky to the top tier of all states for education success.
Malcolm Trobe, the interim general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said the creation of garden villages was a «good idea», but education issues should be «near the top of the priority list» as the developments were planned.
This issue of Policy Priorities examines the vocabulary that various stakeholders — including communities, administrators, teachers, parents, and students — use to discuss a whole child approach to education.
Background Early childhood education ranked among the highest priority concerns of ASCD members in the annual Issues Survey conducted in the fall of 1996.
17 percent of respondents said «education» was the most important issue facing the country right now, trailing only «economy and jobs» (31 percent) as a first priority.
«It's a matter of priorities, the district can't afford not to deal with this issue,» says Bob Peterson, president of the Milwaukee Teachers» Education Association union.
At this year's Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly, NEA delegates will gather in Boston, Mass., to vote on issues facing public education and to set the organization's policies and priorities for the upcoming year.
NASBE conducts annual study groups to provide professional development to members of state boards of education, set organizational direction and priorities, and inform the state education policymaking process on key issues.
That is why spending on priority issues like public education is important.
Only through these continuous efforts can we ensure that our federal officials are well informed on the priorities and perspectives of local boards of education and the fiscal and policy issues arising under the myriad federal programs impacting public education.
Susan Spicka, Advocacy Coordinator for Education Voters of PA, issued the following statement regarding Governor Wolf's budget address: Budgets are about priorities.