Sentences with phrase «education boards across»

With the looming deadline for the finalization of next year budgets for municipalities and education boards across the state, all cities and towns have agreed to meet their MBR as determined by the State Board of Education.

Not exact matches

Even when comparing the sexes with the same job title at the same company and using similar education and experience, the gender pay gap persists across the board: Men earned 2.4 percent more than women on average, down slightly from last year, according to a study by salary - tracking website PayScale.

But there's one big gap across the board in our business education, and that is sales.

In 2012, John was elected to a seat on the Montgomery County Board of Education (MD), the nation's 17th largest school district, where he advocated technology modernization across over 200 schools.

The interest rate offered through the Department of Education is set across the board, so you will not reduce your interest rate by consolidating.

Following the referendum, Archbishop Martin, in an interview with Irish broadcasting company RTE, said that the movement was a «social revolution,» and discussed the effectiveness of Catholic education in Ireland, concluding «the Church needs a reality check right across the board.

In Texas, the Appropriations Committee is talking about budget cuts across the board rather than increasing the education budget.

Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205 saw scores for many students drop in the recently - released Illinois State Board of Education school report cards for 2012 - 2013, and like districts across the state is struggling to help parents understand..

Under a far - reaching plan to be formally unveiled this month, the Chicago Park District and the Chicago Board of Education also would sign agreements that spell out the hours in which each could use some 100 shared facilities across the city, including various gyms, swimming pools, baseball fields and playgrounds.

This new, diverse system will raise standards across the board — which should be the main objective of any country's education system.

In fact, we would have to lay off workers sooner than our plan of January 1, and we would probably have to have something like a one percent cut to all services across the board, which I don't know, particularly in the area of health care, where we've cut over $ 5 billion now, and education, where we've cut over $ 2 billion, that they could sustain additional cuts to that extent.»

Commenting on Nick Clegg's announcement of summer «catch - up» schools in his speech to the Liberal Democrats Conference, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said this: «In the National Union of Teachers we want every child to have the best possible opportunities and that means investing in education across the board.

The governor has repeatedly defended his budget plan, which slashes spending across the board, including major cuts to education aid.

These new more rigorous standards, meant to bring consistently tough education standards across state lines, were adopted in New York state by the Board of Regents in 2011.

«We stand with parents and concerned citizens across New York State in calling upon the state education commissioner to immediately remove Carl Paladino from the Buffalo school board,» NYSUT President Karen E. Magee said.

Both the state Education Department and the State University of New York nixed a request from the Buffalo Board of Education to slow down the expansion of charters across the city.

The President threw more light on the progressively free Secondary Education Programme which will cover boarding students in deprived districts across the country.

Most Primary Schools in the Local Government Areas hitherto occupied by Boko Haram were completely destroyed, the Universal Basic Education Board is to undertake reconstruction of all primary schools, renovate existing schools, supply most needed educational materials and of course feed the primary school pupils across the State and provide more furniture to enhance teaching and learning at the primary school level» Shettima said.

«I thank the state Board of Regents for approving a new Career and Technical Education option for students across our state.

Mr. Ablakwa, a former deputy Education Minister believes government would have shortchanged Ghanaians if it fails to implement the Free SHS policy across the board for fresh and continuing students.

Rather than refiguring the state's education formula to spare its highest need districts, including New York City, Cuomo let the cuts take effect across the board.

Deutermann and other parent boycott leaders across the state were early supporters of Rosa for the chancellor's position on the Board of Regents, which oversees the Education Department and sets the state's overall policy on testing and other educatioEducation Department and sets the state's overall policy on testing and other educationeducation issues.

But committed parents across the five borough hoped the Community Education Councils, heirs to the former Community School Board — might function a bit better.

Education commissioner John King and Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch told reporters in a conference call from Albany that a working group recommended the graduation requirements delay, among other tweaks, in reaction to concerns pouring in across the state from parents, teachers, students and lawmakers over how implementation of the Common Core is being executed statewide.

On the surface, Common Core sounds reasonable: apply a rigorous standard of education across the board to ensure that American students in every school district are exposed to a common core of subject matter.

Still, that can correlate with more education, and the researchers say an across - the - board increase in U.S. education levels could mean millions fewer jobs at risk.

The final report, commenting on the differences and similarities across the board — from the salaries of science teachers to the education of handicapped and immigrant children — will be available in the summer.

The low birth - weight advantage held up across the board for all children — regardless of race, socioeconomic status, enrichment experiences provided by parents, maternal education and a host of other factors.

Over the next 10 years, school boards across Canada can expect a shortage of teachers, especially in math and science, according to a 2002 Ministry of Education study.

Given the general cognitive benefits of speaking a second language, a decline in language teaching will likely mean a decline in education attainment across the board.

The state of Alabama has cut the education budget across the board to account for income shortfalls.

«I would also encourage all schools to make full use of the PDG advisers and coordinators from the education consortia — they're there to help when it comes to making the best use of the funding and ensuring that we raise attainment across the board.»

The education sector has been chronically underfunded, leading to systemic weaknesses across the board.

In a new article for Education Next, Boston College professor Shep Melnick says OCR is on shaky legal ground, since its «Letter» fails to take into account the landmark Rodriguez v. San Antonio Board of Education (1973), which ruled that neither the Constitution nor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 require equal distribution of school resources across school districts.

So while this Scott Morgan may not be a marijuana - rights activist, a musician, or a rugby player, I am honored to be part of a high - impact organization — powered not by a cape but by an amazing team and board, an equally amazing alumni network of 2,000 leaders, and partnerships with 180 education organizations across the country — working for an all - important cause on behalf of underserved students and our nation.

The recommendations sent by the Kansas board of education last week to Gov. John Carlin are similar to those that have been considered in states across the country as they have moved to respond to a public perception of widespread incompetence among the nation's teachers.

Across the board at the federal, state, and district level the role of partnerships between home and school is becoming a more important factor in education reform and student achievement, Mapp said.

In a forum released today by Education Next, Nonie Lesaux of Harvard's Graduate School of Education and Juan Rangel of a Chicago charter school organization, UNO, discuss whether these changing demographics call for substantial reforms in the current instructional practices designed to address Hispanic students» needs, or whether improving education practices across the board is the best way to meet the needs of HEducation Next, Nonie Lesaux of Harvard's Graduate School of Education and Juan Rangel of a Chicago charter school organization, UNO, discuss whether these changing demographics call for substantial reforms in the current instructional practices designed to address Hispanic students» needs, or whether improving education practices across the board is the best way to meet the needs of HEducation and Juan Rangel of a Chicago charter school organization, UNO, discuss whether these changing demographics call for substantial reforms in the current instructional practices designed to address Hispanic students» needs, or whether improving education practices across the board is the best way to meet the needs of Heducation practices across the board is the best way to meet the needs of Hispanics.

«What concerns me about this downturn is that everyone is feeling the pain,» says Richard Bell, a member of the AIE advisory board and the executive director of Young Audiences, the nation's largest arts education program, serving 7 million children in 700 programs across 26 states.

When it began to look last month as if the federal budget would be cut across the board, the education community switched on its computers.

The problems in American education are across the board, with every kind of student doing poorly when compared to students in other industrialized countries.

I was able to travel across the U.S. and Canada meeting with school boards leaders, community organizations, foundations, and governments to collaborate on initiatives that fostered civic education, and was grateful to see the collective passion that educators across the country held for the success of students.

Although almost a decade had passed since the famous Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawing segregation, public universities across the deep south remained all white.

The poor quality of numeracy skills is evident across the board particularly in Vocational education.

President Clinton again thrust schools to the top of his agenda last week by sparing education from across - the - board spending cuts he is proposing in a 10 - year balanced - budget plan.

Thousands of schools for African American students across the Jim Crow South were built with the backing of the Rosenwald Fund, one of the earliest and most important foundations in education; philanthropist Grace Dodge founded Teachers College, now at Columbia University, in 1887, which led to training of teachers in pedagogy; the Ford Foundation was involved in promoting the employment of classroom aides, National Merit Scholarships, and the development of Advanced Placement curricula and tests; the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards grew out of work funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, which also funded the Educational Testing Service to develop objective ways of measuring academic merit, which led to the SAT.

UNESCO is committed to advancing these goals across the board, drawing on its unique «water family,» including our International Hydrological Programme, the Institute for Water Education in Delft, the World Water Assessment Programme in Perugia, as well as UNESCO centres and Chairs specialized in water around the globe.

At least since the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, this has been interpreted to give the federal government the power to intervene in cases of legally sanctioned discrimination, like the segregation of public schools across the country; to mandate equal access to education for students with disabilities; and, according to some arguments, to correct for persistently unequal access to resources across states and districts of different incomEducation decision in 1954, this has been interpreted to give the federal government the power to intervene in cases of legally sanctioned discrimination, like the segregation of public schools across the country; to mandate equal access to education for students with disabilities; and, according to some arguments, to correct for persistently unequal access to resources across states and districts of different incomeducation for students with disabilities; and, according to some arguments, to correct for persistently unequal access to resources across states and districts of different income levels.

Harvey Nash and Executive Education of the Faculty of Business and Economics launched the certificated Women's Directorship Programme in early 2013 with a view to enabling participants to be more effective at managing boards, and serving to increase the supply of board - ready women executives across geographies and business sectors.

Following months of lively debate among education, civic, and political leaders, the Massachusetts board of education approved plans Tuesday to replace the state's own English / language arts and mathematics standards with a common set of teaching guidelines now being approved in states across the nation.