Sentences with phrase «education functions»

The ALLEA Working Group on Science Education functions at the same time as the European Council of the Science Education programme of IAP (InterAcademy Panel, the global network of science academies).

The Obama administration recognizes that No Child Left Behind aims to help the federal government perform its most important education function: improving the education of students in greatest need.

While this lack of expertise is not disqualifying in itself, her responses to questions at her Senate confirmation hearing about fundamental education functions such as the federal requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and accountability for public funds were unsettling to educators across the country.

What we are referring to as «teacher knowledge» embraces subject knowledge, a deep understanding of the pedagogical principles and practices which underpin effective teaching, and of the systems, structures and policies through which education functions.

Hackney Learning Trust is a private company in Hackney Council's Children and Young People's Service, which describes itself as having responsibility for the council's «entire education function».

The Act also places a duty on local agencies to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, and brings together responsibility for all local authority social care and education functions for children under local Directors of Children's Services and Lead Members for Children's Services.

Schools and local authority education functions are not covered by this last duty, but they must publish accessibility plans (and local authorities, accessibility strategies) setting out how they plan to increase access for disabled pupils to the curriculum, the physical environment and to information.

If the chartering strategy depends on disrupting the existing arrangements for how public education functions, then most charter laws have a structural flaw that will dramatically limit the ability of charter schools to deliver real change for educators and students.

If you're involved in these education functions then you should be excited.

Additionally, it also directs the Council to «carry out regular assessments of the standards of performance of the Council's education functions», which includes levels of support and challenge to the Council's maintained schools, as well as taking «appropriate action to effect improvements which are identified as necessary».

Isle of Wight Council is «failing to perform» some or all of its education functions, according to a direction issued by the Department for Education (DfE).

This new direction acknowledges that, while there have been some improvements, schools are still performing below the national averages and the Council has failed to perform its social services functions and some or all of its education functions.

The legislation proposes changing the name of the Commission to the «Australian Human Rights Commission» and giving more prominence to the public education functions the Commission already exercises.