Sentences with phrase «education boards generally»

In a survey of such efforts, the Wall Street Journal reported that «to decide what to teach, state education boards generally round up diverse professionals — who arrive at an acceptable list of values to be taught.

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Mostly the article is a series of quotes from ministers of largely African American churches talking about how churches should mobilize their congregations to participate in education — participating on and voting for school boards and generally getting involved.

The nine - person board has a voice on policy matters, can nix or approve big contracts and budgets, and generally helps steer the direction of Hartford's long - running education reform efforts.

The board and state Education Department generally have control over education decisions in the state, but recent legislation regarding the teacher evaluation system has caused a flurry of conEducation Department generally have control over education decisions in the state, but recent legislation regarding the teacher evaluation system has caused a flurry of coneducation decisions in the state, but recent legislation regarding the teacher evaluation system has caused a flurry of controversy.

Generally, the authority falls to the state education commissioner, but there have been instances when local school boards have voted to oust one of their members.

ND: Generally, naturopathic state licensing boards accept continuing education courses accredited through the ACCME.

Generally appointed by the governor or state legislature, board members of ICBs may not have the same political independence as an institute for higher education or nonprofit organization.

The standards were generally adopted by governors» offices and state boards of education eager for Race to the Top money.

Madison schools are dominated by white staff, and the mostly white School Board and teachers union have a generally dim view of charter and voucher schools and anything else that veers too far from the traditional (white - dominated) model of Madison public education — even as that model has long been plagued by racial achievement gaps.

Yvonne Chan, a veteran leader within the movement and public education more generally, reflects on her odyssey from immigrant to member of the State Board of Eeducation more generally, reflects on her odyssey from immigrant to member of the State Board of EducationEducation.

Programs for boards of education are designed as opportunities for local boards to experience training as a team and are generally conducted in the members» county.

Despite concerns of critics, California's State Board of Education, keenly aware of the financial stress schools are under, has since 2009 almost routinely approved class size waivers for scores of districts facing fiscal penalties under existing law generally aimed at keeping no more than 30 students in a classroom.

School board members generally would welcome regulatory relief from federal intrusion into local policymaking, but civil rights and special education advocacy groups have expressed concern with the department's intentions.

(And I'm hardly anti-MOOC: I'm a computer science professor, in charge of online education at Berkeley, instructor of Berkeley's first MOOC ever which has been offered on Coursera and EdX, and I'm on EdX's technical advisory board and helping to run conferences and workshops on the role of MOOCs and online education generally.)

It has also been thought that state boards of medical examiners are generally supportive of medical assisting, but do not have a sufficient understanding of medical assisting education and the Certified Medical Assistant ® (CMA) credential.

It can also be noted that the coefficient for survey year 2010 is positive, which suggests that the incidence of low psychological well - being has generally increased for young adults since 1968 (see Ministry of Education and Culture 2006; National Board of Health and Welfare 2009 for similar results).