Sentences with phrase «education decisions»

Our elected officials are understandably making education decisions based on the conditions of 2013, and we're acting like it's 1963.

Moreover, she says, such good practices allow education decision makers to stay in control while improving education and training provision.

It discusses steps that can help ensure that performance assessments are high - quality, rigorous, and well understood and that can facilitate the use of these assessments in higher education decisions.

The startup allows parents and students to make better education decisions in an environment that is completely unbiased so that a child and parent can find the best resources for their needs.

What lessons are there about local education decisions that need to be considered at national level?

We hope to help out with at least this one higher education decision by highlighting what we think are the best laptops for college.

Another oversight comes in the failure to rank states on whether families have strong roles in shaping education decisions within the school systems that serve their children.

A program that helps young newcomers learn early employment skills, career choices, informed education decisions and job - searching skills.

This includes the concept of having one parent responsible for medical decisions and the other education decisions.

Almost half of all states have some form of student involvement in their decision - making, while there are few opportunities for students to be directly involved in federal education decision - making.

An answer to this question will provide education decision - makers a key missing piece of the school reform puzzle.

But what about the editors and reporters who cover education issues — and whose work is read by the public and policymakers who are making real - life education decisions every day?

I worked with high school students on student advisory boards that regularly help district and state education decision - makers learn about student perspectives on a variety of issues, including bullying.

You will be able to meet education decision - makers individually and personally.

In the end, education decision makers can improve not just learning outcomes but the student and faculty experience as a whole.

In this study, we examined how parents influence the higher education decision - making process of young adults.

Families once relegated to the sidelines are taking more - powerful roles in shaping education decision - making.

But given the rising role that parental choice and public perception play in education decisions, it's important for schools to tell their story.

Paula outlines the potential impact of the Texas State Board of Education decision on SAT and ACT performance, end - of - course exams in Texas schools, and student eligibility for the Texas Top Ten Percent Plan.

To advance the agenda, he suggested practical actions for education decision makers, including:

I guess that means that even though the child's individual 7th grade CMT scores can and will be used for important educational decisions, the same information can not be used for important education decisions if they are used to calculate the same child's vertical scores.

Provide technical assistance regarding communications with special education decision makers at all levels

Consistent with the goal of shifting power over education decisions away from Sacramento, the Local Control Funding Formula law creates a new agency to work with, not dictate to, local districts on how to meet their improvement goals.

Stay up to date on the U.S. Department of Education decisions at ED.gov, where you can read updates from Secretary DeVos and subscribe to the US ED newsletter.

- The ability to collaborate well with colleagues, particularly in a fast - paced environment - Confidently excelling at both face - to - face meetings and relationship building on the telephone with a range of key education decision makers.

BOARD RESOLUTION: AAAS Statement on the Kansas State Board of Education Decision on the Education of Students in the Science of Evolution and Cosmology (October 15, 1999)

My priorities will be: (1) Get more funding into local classrooms and cut bureaucracy and waste; (2) Empower teachers and parents to make more education decisions; (3) Expand career training and college prep to ensure all students are prepared to succeed in the 21

May 19, 2016 by Brett Kittredge As the United States marks the 62nd anniversary of the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision which declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional, a new study looks at the effect school choice has had in reducing racial segregation in schools.

Cuomo stopped short of endorsing Bloomberg's effort to end the practice of laying off the most recently hired teachers regardless of ability, but emphasized he wants education decisions based on performance.

A mini-firestorm has developed surrounding the issue of whether Connecticut's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, should recuse himself from any Department of Education decisions about Achievement First, the charter school management company, that he helped form and where he has served as a member of its board of directors from its inception in 2003 to 2011 when he resigned immediately prior to being named Education Commissioner.

By advancing these innovative solutions from the Department of Education, Betsy DeVos will put children first and empower not only states to lead the way in making critical education decisions, but also empower parents to choose what type of education is best for their children.»

That is why most education decision makers enlist the help of a photocopier supplier / consultant.

The Democratic Vice Presidential nominee's committee positions — as chairman of the Finance Committee and as a senior member of the Environment and Public Works Committee — do not offer him much opportunity to influence education decisions.

Schools Week believe that this would include a proposal to devolve education decisions from the RSC back to «region cities» — or amalgamations of local authorities.

By helping education decision makers identify and apply what works in the area of comprehensive school reform, the CSRQ Center can help raise student achievement and improve other important student outcomes for millions of America's children.

Reach out to your legislators and encourage them to review the study and use the data provided in making education decisions moving forward.

The 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision around public school desegregation provides an opportunity to reflect on equity among students, especially in light of LCFF.

Let's invest in education with more than comparisons: Improve teacher training, incorporate mentor programs, hire executive assistants for teachers, pay professional salaries, take education decisions away from pandering politicians, provide alternative programs for disruptive students, and spotlight success when it occurs.

Megan Whittemore, Cantor's press secretary, said that although the congressman believes education decisions are best left to local officials, he has no qualms about challenging New York City policies if he thinks they threaten school choice.

We will work to reduce the ever increasing, unconstitutional federal interventions in local educational policy (including national, one - size - fits - all curriculum, school lunch mandates, special education requirements, federal involvement in school discipline, etc.) Balance of Accountability & Reasonableness in Assessments FCSBM believes in local control of education decisions with reasonable state oversight and accountability.

We highlight the problems with these charter schools because we believe policymakers must ensure that these principles guide all public education decisions and must also provide rigorous oversight of for - profit and non-profit charter schools.

It's great to be able to focus learning on my kids» passions and for them to be able to get involved in their own education decisions (math today, write poems tomorrow, or spontaneous project on squirrels because they liked watching them through the window etc..)

«The ratings that students give instructors are really important, because they're used to guide higher education decisions related to hiring, promotions and tenure,» says Lillian MacNell, lead author of a paper on the work and a Ph.D. student in sociology at NC State.