Sentences with phrase «education outcomes such»

«However, the majority of mothers really valued the whole higher education experience and felt that it benefited them in lots of other ways which aren't necessarily counted in typical higher education outcomes such as a graduate job or a good salary.

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Maternal health advocates say listening to such voices is a critical step in addressing how disparities in race, income and education affect outcomes.

When we create content at IDC to support our clients» content - based marketing efforts, we first indentify our clients» target audience (buying persona) plus buyer cycle stage (i.e., general awareness / education, preference, purchase and post-purchase; within each stage there are specific tasks or «jobs» you prospects / customers need to accomplish such as, short list creation, business case development, final recommendation and decision, etc.) We also consider our clients ideal outcome or action they want their target prospect / customer to take once they interact with the content or messaging.

Government has often played a role in promoting performance - enhancing work practices to enhance overall economy - wide outcomes from higher productivity and innovation, such as the long history of agricultural extension services (since 1887) to spread information on best practices in farming, and employer education on safety practices conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

The book cites dozens of studies performed by these professionals — each one measuring success in a slightly different way — with education, salary and prosocial outcome such as «avoiding arrest» and «staying married» as markers.

In the US, the Obama administration has funded a range of initiatives that require the use of evidence - based strategies in areas such as teen pregnancy prevention, home visiting, education and workforce innovation.2, 3 In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5,6

However, despite the valiant efforts of left Rawlsians to press down hard on pre-distribution and force it to yield some radical implications (O'Neill and Williamson, 2012; Doron, 2012), in Miliband's formulation it seems a weak reed, relying on labour market interventions such as education and training to alter distributional outcomes.

In a report released earlier this year, the commons education committee also found «no convincing evidence of the impact of academy status on attainment in primary schools», adding that while «some chains such as Harris have proved very effective at raising attainment... others achieve worse outcomes than comparable mainstream schools».

New York spends more money per student than any other state in the country, and yet its schools yield mediocre education outcomes, such as test scores and graduation rates.

The outcome of such complacency will be that the generation of students attending university now will have to pay for higher education twice: once in the form of their own loans, and once in the form of cleaning up the debts left by this I.O.U policy.

And despite my unquenchable passion for the Education Secretary I'm not sure such an outcome would be right (though it may turn out to be).

At 1:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on New York City Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless students.

Contributions include discussions on racial disparities in special education placements, the intersection of disability with other identity variables such as gender and sexuality; the exploitation of disabled bodies to generate resources for humanitarian projects; and suggestions for how a human rights framework can promote inclusivity and better health outcomes.

Additionally, the gaps are also growing between London and the North in relation to a number of social outcomes, such as education and health, with improvement in these outcomes in London being in line with economic conditions in the capital bouncing back to pre-recession levels or beyond while the North lags behind.

The use of simulation techniques in medical education, such as lifelike mannequins and computer systems, results in improved patient care, better outcomes and other benefits, according to a study led by a Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine researcher.

After accounting for children's age, parental education levels, household income, family structure and family health outcomes such as maternal mental health, and type of health insurance used, the differences remained.

However, evidence from both small - scale, intensive interventions and Head Start suggest that despite this convergence on test scores, there are long - term effects on important societal outcomes such as years of education completed, earnings, and reduced crime and teen pregnancy.

Furthermore, federal and state governments are committed to investing in STEM education across Australia through a range of grants and strategies, with the aim of lifting both student engagement and attainment in STEM, leading to improved outcomes across national priorities such as industry and technical fields.

Richer individuals tend to have better outcomes such that Person 1 has 20 years of education, Person 2 has 18 years, Person 3 has 18 years and person 4 has 16 years of education.

Building teacher education programs around the latter set of skills and knowledge, such as the ability to develop outcome based curricula and the ability to engage in outcome based assessment, is necessary.

Delivered in partnership with the DfE, ESFA, OFSTED, STA, ICO, CCS and major sector associations such as FASNA, ASCL, NAHT, ISBL and NGA, this is the leading education policy event to support school business management, teaching quality and pupil outcomes.

Outdoor education experiences can help to develop key learning behaviours such as the ability to plan, communicate and resolve conflict.Increased self - esteem, self - confidence and self - awareness are all possible outcomes.

The purpose of this project is to perform the evaluation portion of a randomized control trial designed to assess the impact of The Match School Foundation, Inc.'s teacher training program for novice teachers on outcomes such as achievement growth of teachers» students, principal ratings, and retention with the ultimate goal of improving K - 12 education.

Because education has become such an intrinsic part of American life it may well have a decisive impact on the outcome of the 2008 presidential race, just as it did in 2000, the closest presidential election in recent history.

Some of the organizers behind Education Forward have some clever ideas about how to fund the online courses a student might take, for example — by offering 50 percent of funding to the provider up - front for enrollment, 25 percent for the student passing the course, and the last 25 percent upon successful passage of the state final exam — but this idea, which moves the focus to student outcomes, isn't codified explicitly in the initiative (although the notion of competency - based learning is, which might lead to such an outcomes - based funding system).

Education researchers and policymakers are increasingly interested in tracking students» long - term outcomes, such as high school graduation, college enrollment, college graduation, and earnings in the labor market.

It reads: «Increasing engagement with the natural environment through the education system can therefore produce a number of beneficial health outcomes, such as increased levels of physical activity, helping tackle childhood obesity and greater well - being and potentially improving mental health.»

Tackling the injustices of education, and the outcomes that such injustices present, has been at the forefront of my legislative career.

Released today by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes, at Stanford University, the study comes as a growing number of school districts and charter schools around the country are experimenting with such reward programs in the hope of improving...

I share your enthusiasm for character education, non-cognitive skills, high school graduation rates, and long - term outcomes such as college completion and labor market earnings.

Until we find out, such visions should be scaled back to more modest proportions, for instance, a district that devotes a few high - school classrooms to innovation education and monitors the outcomes for different types of students.

One of the most promising outcomes of initiatives such as Teach For America (TFA) is that it helps bring to schools well - educated college graduates who might otherwise not have considered education as a career option.

Wilson and Conyers have presented with many professional organizations such as NEA, Jamaica Teachers Union, ASCD, Title I, Learning Forward, American Educational Research Association, International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology, American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education, National Association of Elementary School Principals, Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes, National Association of Secondary School Principals.

Confidence in gross findings can be developed by replication, by averaging results over several time periods, and by using several measures of the development of human capital — not tests alone, but also attendance rates, dropout rates, and promotion rates (a very high - quality assessment will track indicators of human capital such as post-secondary school earnings and higher - education outcomes as well).

«With the passage of EHA, public schools were now mandated to provide a «free and appropriate public education» with the ultimate goal of preparing students for positive postsecondary outcomes such as employment or postsecondary education.»

Recent research has shown that high - quality early - childhood education has large impacts on outcomes such as college completion and adult earnings, but no study has identified the long - term impacts of teacher quality as measured by value added.

The game has already proven useful in teaching students complex concepts, such as how to code, but the new education - specific edition comes with a number of features to allow teachers enahcned ability to focus on outcomes with their students.

Just last week, the annual conference of the Association for Education Finance and Policy featured new research on topics such as the importance of charter organization type, the characteristics of charter schools associated with effectiveness, charter student outcomes beyond standardized test scores.

Topics to be covered include: • The # 1 reason hospitalized or homebound students often fail in traditional models • How a targeted online homebound education program can be less costly while improving educational outcomes • How K12 provides homebound students access to the same rigorous learning experience as their in - school classmates • How this model also works effectively in alternative learning environments, such as addiction centers or juvenile detention facilities

As someone responsible for students with learning disabilities and for closing the achievement gap, and as a school instructional leader, working toward eliminating standardized tests such as AP's and assessing department based learning outcomes, I am eager to learn more about three aspects of Finnish education:

[12] As Aud notes, the Education Finance Incentive Grant is particularly problematic because it incentivizes states to equalize spending across districts when there is no evidence that such an approach is an effective way to improve outcomes for poor children.

Outcomes for the full sample of 3,000 children were only available with respect to data routinely collected by schools and part of state administrative records, such as days of school attendance and special education status.

Idaho Republican Tom Luna emerged today as the winner of one of the nation's two races for open state education superintendencies, while the outcome of the other such contest — in South Carolina — appeared headed for a recount.

State Director of Education William L. Lepley said in announcing his decision this month that the education department's yearlong effort to spell out such outcomes had met with too much controversy and too littleEducation William L. Lepley said in announcing his decision this month that the education department's yearlong effort to spell out such outcomes had met with too much controversy and too littleeducation department's yearlong effort to spell out such outcomes had met with too much controversy and too little support.

In addition, this study does not say much about racial interactions in the upper grades or about the effects of teachers» race on long - term outcomes such as attainment of further education or employment.

«Subtle» aspects of family involvement — parenting style and parental expectations, for example — may have a greater impact on student achievement than more «concrete» forms such as attendance at school conferences or enforcing rules at home regarding homework.144 Some researchers, policy makers, and practitioners argue that these subtle forms of family involvement are not easily influenced by schools.145 In contrast, we argue that the value of creating participatory structures in schools lies in its potential for increasing family and community members «sense of engagement in children «s education, and, as a consequence, augment and reinforce the subtle behaviors responsible for improved outcomes.146

Having surveyed the available evidence about community schools» outcomes — as well as evidence on component parts of the model, such as integrated student supports, expanded learning time, family and community engagement, and collaborative leadership — the authors argue that community schools are an evidence - based strategy that education leaders and policy makers should support.

Education system leaders, such as Education Secretary Arne Duncan in the United States and Michael Gove in the United Kingdom, have suggested that recruiting academically smarter people to teach in schools would enhance the quality of teaching and improve academic outcomes in schools.

Supplemental Reports of the National Assessment of Career and Technical Education (2013) are studies commissioned from independent researchers and evaluators that examine different aspects of career and technical education in the United States, such as student outcomes and the implementation of career and technical education Education (2013) are studies commissioned from independent researchers and evaluators that examine different aspects of career and technical education in the United States, such as student outcomes and the implementation of career and technical education education in the United States, such as student outcomes and the implementation of career and technical education education programs.

Brian has been involved with creating policies, models, and criteria for promoting validity, reliability, and credibility in both assessments and accountability systems through work with groups such as the U.S. Department of Education (co-author of Accountability Peer Review guidance; Growth Model Pilot guidance), Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)(author of documents on the design of accountability systems and balanced assessment systems), National Center for Educational Outcomes (NCEO)(author of research reports on standardization and reliability for assessment systems for students with disabilities), and several state Technical Advisory Committees.