Sentences with phrase «education in schools empowers»

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One need not be a historian of education or a theologian to assess the damage done to public education and then to society in general by how these cases were decided and what public school officials were empowered to do (or so they believed) despite the clearly given cautions from the Supreme Court itself.

The mission of New Legacy Charter School is to offer young parents a rigorous, relevant, and engaging education so they are empowered with the skills needed to raise healthy children and graduate prepared for success in college and careers.

Local control over co-location decisions: Community Education Councils should be empowered to approve all co-locations of schools in their community school districts and, in the case of high schools — which normally fall outside the jurisdiction of the parent councils — all schools geographically located in their community districts.

Excerpt: «My experience in education has taught me that empowering parents, teachers and principals to make decisions about school policies is essential to building good schools.»

The East Ramapo school board, in a letter written Friday, is accusing state Education Commissioner John King of empowering critics who are prejudiced against leaders of the Rockland County district because of their religion.

He added, «No law empowers the state government of Ekiti to impose Education Development Levy on pupils / student as of mission schools in Ekiti state.»

Our mission is to promote resilience, positive perceptions, good health habits and mindful awareness through yoga and mindfulness education, empowering children to excel at school, at home and in life.

We believe that one of the greatest school - based factors for improving education today is empowering educators with opportunities to develop a growth mindset by working together to build skills and strategies to increase the impact of their instruction in the classroom.

That's the crux of the matter: IT professionals in schools need to act as champions for digital change, clearly communicating how technology can serve to enrich education practices and empower teachers to deliver more impactful lessons.

To work with the Department for Education to empower and inspire school leaders in their vital roles is a privilege.

One of the 2015 EPPC Award winners at a large scale was the Empowering Local Learners Project, a collaboration between 17 schools and pre-schools in Port Augusta and Quorn (South Australia) and the Flinders University Centre for Science Education in the 21st Century.

«Access to tools and resources is a key factor in education, and by providing Spark with premium features to K - 12 (primary and secondary) schools and colleges for free and by offering single sign - on, Adobe is empowering educators to teach the critical skills their students need both in the classroom and when they enter the workforce.»

Today's developed societies, with their digitally empowered parents (Project Tomorrow, 2011) and pervasive application of the digital in every facet of life, should rightly expect schools to provide a higher order education at least consonant with, if not slightly ahead of, the societal norms of the digital and networked world.

Advocacy Groups Empower Parents to Act as Catalysts for School Reform A growing number of nonprofit organizations bypass PTAs to force change in public education

Although some charter school operators, such as Rocketship Education and KIPP Empower, as well as some school districts, like Riverside School District, have created stellar blended - learning models, the most advanced school districts in California in online and blended learning have seen their efforts frustrated and curtschool operators, such as Rocketship Education and KIPP Empower, as well as some school districts, like Riverside School District, have created stellar blended - learning models, the most advanced school districts in California in online and blended learning have seen their efforts frustrated and curtschool districts, like Riverside School District, have created stellar blended - learning models, the most advanced school districts in California in online and blended learning have seen their efforts frustrated and curtSchool District, have created stellar blended - learning models, the most advanced school districts in California in online and blended learning have seen their efforts frustrated and curtschool districts in California in online and blended learning have seen their efforts frustrated and curtailed.

The goal of these school choice «patriots» was to free teachers to practice their craft in new and innovative ways, including by opening their own public or private schools, and to empower parents with greater choice and influence over their children's education.

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«I'm excited to be joining the team of teachers engaged in literacy instruction to ensure all students who attend our school get an excellent education and are empowered readers, writers, and thinkers,» she says.

School choice is definitely good, empowering families by upending a system in which education providers are more powerfully incentivized to influence politicians than to satisfy parents.

Medina Primary School, WA, Sheri Evans Putting Faces to the Data: Empowering students to engage with their learning Port Augusts / Quorn Partnership, SA with Flinders University and Flinders View Primary School, Mr Shane Loader, Port Augusta / Quorn Partnership, SA, Ms Kristin Vonney & Ms Deb Lasscock, Flinders Centre for Science Education in the 21st Century, Flinders University, SA; Ms Daniela Leone - Welfare & Mr Troy Welfare, Flinders View Primary School, Port Augusta, SA

The Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative WA (AuSSI - WA) is a whole school planning framework for education in sustainability that supports schools to implement curriculum in an innovative, meaningful and empoweriSchools Initiative WA (AuSSI - WA) is a whole school planning framework for education in sustainability that supports schools to implement curriculum in an innovative, meaningful and empowerischools to implement curriculum in an innovative, meaningful and empowering way.

Director of small independent school in Tallahassee, FL, dedicated to empowering learners to ensure curiosity survives an education.

They conclude that instead of «burdening schools that participate in school choice programs with unnecessary regulations... policymakers should be empowering informed parents to make the best choice for the education of their children.»

The authors hypothesize that if state and local governments empower parents to choose the schools of their choice, a «spontaneous education order» — a state in which parents seek information about schools and in which schools make available the necessary information without public officials» intentional intervention — will arise.

It's my job to make sure Edutopia supports and empowers you in your efforts to create an education system that works for your kids, classroom, school, district, and beyond.

Pip Cleaves, parent, head teacher and Senior Education Consultant at Design, Learn, Empower recommends that teachers and principals have open discussions with school communities about BYOD technology requirements, share the required specifications of the technology, offer recommendations with variety in price, and ensure parents know exactly what a device will be used for to ensure purchased devices suit the learning needs of their children.

We believe that through exceptional professional education that is responsive and relevant to the challenges practitioners face, we can equip and empower educators and institutions around the world to improve their practice in service of their students, schools, and communities.

The National Center on Time & Learning, Inc. («NCTL»), renamed Empower Schools, Inc. («Empower») and the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Redesign Lab (the «Lab») and their founders share a common mission focused on supporting the country's most vulnerable children by expanding educational opportunities and services to help them thrive in school and inSchool of Education's Redesign Lab (the «Lab») and their founders share a common mission focused on supporting the country's most vulnerable children by expanding educational opportunities and services to help them thrive in school and inschool and in life.

From upcoming changes to sex and relationships education to new guidance for schools about sexual harassment and sexting, now is an important moment for schools to consider how they empower children to develop healthy relationships in a digital age.

In 2003, the Louisiana Department of Education (DOE) created the state - run Recovery School District (RSD) and empowered it to take over failing schools.

prepares experienced educators for system - level leadership roles in school districts, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and beyond; and the Doctor of Philosophy in Education (Ph.D.) empowers cutting - edge interdisciplinary research informed by the cognitive sciences, economics, medicine, the humanities, and more.

«The goals and measures of success outlined in our approved state plan shows Hawaii's continued commitment to providing equitable access to quality education, and empowers our educators to innovate and design schools that meet the needs of their communities,» said Hawaii State Department of Education Superintendent Dr. Christina Keducation, and empowers our educators to innovate and design schools that meet the needs of their communities,» said Hawaii State Department of Education Superintendent Dr. Christina KEducation Superintendent Dr. Christina Kishimoto.

Providing truly differentiated and individualized instruction has been a goal of educators for decades, but new technologies available today are empowering schools to implement this form of education in a way never before possible.

If it makes sense for families to be lead decisionmakers in education, it also makes sense to measure states and even districts by how they empower those parents to transform education within their own communities, starting with schools in their backyards.

Still, the president spent mounds of political capital pushing policies designed to pressure schools to help minority youth, and «it puts him in a difficult position to be signing onto something that clearly empowers states to be less aggressive in addressing inequity,» said Peter Cunningham, former assistant secretary at the Education Department and a past adviser to Secretary Arne Duncan.

Kerry's passions and the focus of her work include empowering teachers, students and parents to learn with open education resources; educating school communities about the power and privacy concerns that come with social media use, and diving headfirst into learning more about new and effective practices in education.

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Founded in 2012, Student Voice is a student - run nonprofit dedicated to strengthening the student movement by empowering high school students to take action on the issues that most impact their education.

Levinson, professor of education at Harvard, wrote the highly regarded No Citizen Left Behind about empowering civic education practices in K - 12 schools.

The reason, in my view, is that the politicians most likely to stand up for smart, robust education reforms — expanding charter schools but also holding them accountable, for example, or setting high standards and empowering educators to meet them as they see fit — are mainstream conservative Republicans.

Forum on Thursday evening, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos outlined her vision for the future of school choice and for how federal policy could, in her view, empower parents to create the best opportunities for their individual children.

The EEP has called for an effective teacher for every child (paying teachers as professionals, giving them the tools and training to do their work effectively, and making tough decisions about ineffective teachers); empowering parents by allowing them to choose the best schools for their children; holding grown - ups at all levels accountable for the education of our children; and, very important, having enough strength in our convictions to stand up to anyone who seeks to preserve a failed system.

Our donors recognize that empowered educators need to lead the dialogue about improving our education system in order for transformational change to happen in ways that benefit public schools and students.

Founded in 2012, this DC - centered nonprofit «dedicated to strengthening the student movement by empowering high school students to take action on the issues that most impact their education» lists no donors on its website.

The U.S. Department of Justice tried to use a 40 year old desegregation case to undermine a program that's designed to empower low - income families with children trapped in failing schools a pathway to a higher quality education.»

When it comes to empowering educators with the freedom to try new things and adapt to the changing needs of students, charter schools play an important role in education reform.

A Great Night For School Choice In Mississippi August 5, 2015 by Brett Kittredge Last night, four legislative incumbents in Desoto County who were aligned with the education status quo and fought against student - centered education reforms fell to conservative challengers supported by Empower PAIn Mississippi August 5, 2015 by Brett Kittredge Last night, four legislative incumbents in Desoto County who were aligned with the education status quo and fought against student - centered education reforms fell to conservative challengers supported by Empower PAin Desoto County who were aligned with the education status quo and fought against student - centered education reforms fell to conservative challengers supported by Empower PAC.

After the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Mississippi's charter school law, there was a sharp and immediate response from Empower Mississippi and numerous state and national organizations denouncing the lawsuit and the effect it would have on families seeking high quality options in the education of their children.

By grading lawmakers on a scale of A-F, just like students and schools, Empower Mississippi's Education Report Card gives a clear and comprehensive assessment of who is truly keeping the promise of a quality education in the MagnolEducation Report Card gives a clear and comprehensive assessment of who is truly keeping the promise of a quality education in the Magnoleducation in the Magnolia State.

«It is critical that Arizona elect leaders who believe in empowering students, teachers and schools, and we are endorsing those candidates who share our belief that quality education remains the surest path to the American Dream.»