Sentences with phrase «education as a national priority»
At ASCD's recent LEAP Institute, Donna Brazile urged attendees to elevate education as a national priority.
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A national poll released Wednesday found that voters ranked quality early childhood education as a national priority, second only in importance to job growth.
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I don't think a one size fits all solution exists but I also don't think we can come up with anything useful until we decide as a society that education and child nutrition are truly national priorities.
Furthermore, federal and state governments are committed to investing in STEM education across Australia through a range of grants and strategies, with the aim of lifting both student engagement and attainment in STEM, leading to improved outcomes across national priorities such as industry and technical fields.
As a result, changing the ways in which teachers are recruited, trained, and paid was one of the National Commission on Excellence in Education's chief priorities.
«If, as we believe, this administration is serious about making education its No. 1 priority, it would be a grave and shortsighted mistake to remove these crucial voices from the dialogue at the national level.»
Not a bad couple of weeks for Professor Bridget Terry Long who, in late June, joined three other educators as the newest members of the National Board of Education Sciences, a 15 - member advisory panel whose responsibilities include reviewing and approving the research priorities of the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences.
What the experimenters are attempting to achieve is concisely captured in this statement: «The ability of first - hand experience to inform and reinforce education is nothing new, but, at the College of Medicine, the idea is being given top priority in a first - of - its - kind initiative that could serve as a national model to transform how medicine is taught.»
Dr. Braddock has received many honors for his work, including the James E. Blackwell Founders Award (for distinguished service and lifetime achievement) from the Association of Black Sociologists (2008), and an appointment as a Member of the National Research Policies and Priorities Board, U. S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement (appointed by Richard Riley, U. S. Secretary of Education 1995 - 1999, reappointed for six - year term 1999 - 2005).
Dr. Braddock was appointed, by former Secretary of Education Richard Riley, for two terms as a member of the National Educational Research Policies and Priorities Board (U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement).
«It is an honor to join NSBA's leading voice in Washington to champion equity and excellence in public education as a matter of national priority,» said Kelly Pollitt.
In five sessions, participants are asked to consider questions such as how to balance competing public education priorities, how to design a lesson plan that meets national, state, and local standards and grade level expectations, and how to recruit, mentor, and retain the best teachers.
But we seem unaware of how desperately we need to consider real education reform as a national priority.
23rd Allstate / National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll A comprehensive poll that, among other things, queries American just starting out in adulthood about their financial concerns and priorities as well as their expectations for their personal finances, education, employment and family life.
Recent major legislation, such as the Goals 2000: Educate America Act and the reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), has made parents» involvement in their children's education a national Education Act (ESEA), has made parents» involvement in their children's education a national education a national priority.
Early childhood education has long been on the back burner of economic priorities, but the proposed legislation, combined with the shifting national dialogue is showing that political leaders across the aisle are quickly viewing early learning as one of our nation's most promising tools for economic growth,» said Kris Perry, head of the national First Five Years Fund.