Sentences with phrase «education over the past decade»

I've also read the national content standards that have been developed for K - 12 education over the past decade by thousands of scholars, teachers and representatives of professional organizations.

Notwithstanding substantial increases in expenditure on education over the past decade, national and international assessments of student achievement in Australia show little improvement and in some areas standards of achievement have dropped.

State efforts in standards - based education over the past decade have had a positive, but modest, relationship with gains in student achievement.

The 10th annual report by Education Week examines the progress that states have made on a core set of policy indicators related to standards - based education over the past decade.

Despite a significant rise in government spending on school and higher education over the past decade, spending on Vocational Education and Training (VET) has declined comparatively, a new study shows.

Arguably, the most important development in K — 12 education over the past decade has been the emergence of a growing number of urban schools that have been convincingly shown to have dramatic positive effects on the achievement of disadvantaged students.

At a panel discussion this Friday, education researchers, change agents, community - and thought - leaders, and policy makers will discuss what we've learned about the country's views on K - 12 education over the past decade.

I'm thrilled that Education Next is helping to foster that discussion with a convening this Friday, September 16 in Washington DC — where a host of education researchers, change agents, community - and thought - leaders, and policy makers will discuss what we've learned about the country's views on K - 12 education over the past decade.

As we noted last week, Congressional lawmakers in D.C. have unveiled competing proposals to re-write the federal law that — like it or not — has shaped American education over the past decade.

Unfortunately, budget cuts to education over the past decade have exacerbated what was already, in most states, a highly inequitable system for funding schools.

«Despite modest improvements in local education over the past decade, we remain far from the goal of providing high - quality public education for all students,» said Myrna Castrejón, acting chief executive officer of the California Charter Schools Association.

Despite improvements in public education over the past decade, far too many students across Southern California are attending schools that leave them unprepared for the future.

We construct a new nationally - representative panel dataset of schools across 1297 villages in India and find that the large investments in public primary education over the past decade have led to

Not exact matches

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Still, Skyrocketing college costs, cuts to public funding for higher education, stagnant incomes and the growth in the college - going population are largely to blame for the uptick in outstanding student loans over the past decade.

In a draft report, the Productivity Commission says that education spending has substantially increased over the past decade but student achievement has shown little improvement, and in some areas has declined.

Besides the 2013 University of Washington study, a number of other recent studies have found education ineffective in improving self - reporting by athletes, adding to a growing body of evidence challenging the conventional wisdom that inadequate athlete concussion knowledge is the principal barrier to increased reporting, and suggesting that one of the best ways to combat underreporting by athletes of concussion symptoms may be to shift the focus of educational efforts towards helping coaches facilitate concussion reporting, the theory being that athletes will be more likely to report concussion symptoms if they no longer think that they will be punished by the coach for reporting, such as by losing playing time or their starting position, perceived by their teammates as letting them down, or viewed by their coach as «weak,» all of which have been documented in numerous studies over the past decade as reasons athletes are reluctant to report concussion symptoms.

It is a particularly sad fact that over the past three decades, in spite of the increase in higher education, the number of engineering graduates from our universities has decreased.

The appointment of Betty Rosa as the new Regents chancellor in New York signals a big victory for the statewide teachers union, NYSUT, in the battle over the direction of education in New York — a battle waged with millions of dollars in campaign spending and brute political tactics from both sides over much of the past decade.

The one policy that has arguably done more to improve education outcomes for kids in New York City over the past decade has been the systematic effort to close the City's giant failing high schools (i.e. drop out factories) and replace them with new, smaller high schools.

Education Week is reporting on an Empire Center's report that says over the past decade «public schools hired nearly 15,000 teachers and almost 9,000 administrators, guidance counselors and other support workers over the last 10 years as enrollment dropped by more than 121,000 students.

But over the past decade there has been a major change in education.

The state Education Department does not tally a number, a spokesperson said, but an online search of petitions and decisions by the commissioner shows only a handful of such cases statewide over the past decade.

Over the past decade, British higher education has undergone dramatic changes.

In a sharply worded op - ed in the 26 November Washington Post, David accused NSTA of rejecting her offer of 50,000 DVDs so as not to offend ExxonMobil, which has given NSTA $ 6 million over the past decade to help it promote science education.

Evidence collected by public health experts over the past few decades repeatedly shows that less obvious forces, including proper diet and exercise, higher levels of education, good jobs, greater neighborhood safety, and underlying support from family and friends, provide a powerful, and often unappreciated, boost to a community's health and well - being.

Study author Dr Clare Tanton, Senior Research Associate at UCL, said: «Although our findings show there has been progress in sex and relationships education over the past two decades, we still have a long way to go to meet the needs of young adults.

France has been riven over the past month by the biggest protests in higher education in decades.

Despite an increased emphasis on strengthening the qualifications and education level of ECE educators over the past two decades, there has not been a similar emphasis on raising the compensation of the workforce.

Making the case for aid, Gates and his wife Melinda listed numerous successes through vaccination, education and agricultural programmes over the past decade.

I have a degree in Physical Education, covering advanced biomechanics, physiology, anatomy and kinesiology and I've been featured in major magazines and websites over the past decade.

Examining research in STEM education over the past two decades, the report states that effective STEM instruction capitalizes on students» early interests and experiences, identifies and builds on what they know, and provides them with experiences to engage in the practices of science and sustain their interest.

While National PTA's membership has actually remained steady over the past decade, we are striving to get more parents involved in their children's education by providing resources, services, and benefits that are meaningful to today's parents.

This 10th anniversary issue — Quality Counts at 10: A Decade of Standards - Based Reform — also takes a special look back at standards - based reform in American education over the past ten years.

Over the past decade or so, the prevalence of emergency education scenarios — and the incredible challenges they present — has led to a new focus and commitment by the international community.

Over the past decade or so, we and others have often claimed that charter schools are the most promising innovations in American education.

Over the past two decades, improving education usually meant big dollar signs.

And yet, the last time I saw an analysis of the education budget, it seemed that the number of earmarks had grown, not diminished, over the past decade.

The high school completion rate for 18 - to 24 - year - olds has risen only slightly over the past three decades, despite an ever - sharpening focus on education issues over that same period, the U.S. Department of Education has education issues over that same period, the U.S. Department of Education has Education has reported.

Last year, Gallup's annual national survey on education reported that 22 % of respondents thought the increased use of testing over the past decade has helped school performance and 36 % thought it had hurt.

Can spiraling special education costs explain why educational achievement remained stagnant over the past three decades while real education spending more than doubled?

The two most important changes in American education policy over the past several decades have been the expansion of school choice and changes to school accountability.

A report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), which examines entries into arts subjects at Key Stage 4 over the past decade, shows that overall the average number of arts entries per pupil has fallen since 2013.

Total spending by all levels of government on education will hit a record $ 493.3 billion this school year, a 50 percent increase over the past decade after adjustment for inflation, according to the U.S. Education Department's annual back - to - school education will hit a record $ 493.3 billion this school year, a 50 percent increase over the past decade after adjustment for inflation, according to the U.S. Education Department's annual back - to - school Education Department's annual back - to - school forecast.

Over the past decade, federal regulation of education under Title IX has been sucked into the impetuous vortex of partisan polarization.

Reville, who founded the Ed Redesign Lab as a way to rethink how we educate children, said that although much education reform work has been done over the past two decades in the United States to close the «achievement gap» created from income disparities, there is still a persistent, iron - clad correlation between zip code and destiny.

This past summer, the Institute for Education Sciences (IES) released a summary of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) funded over the past decade.

Over the past decade sharp partisan divisions over education policy have softened, in part because of the progress made by reformist big city superintendents including Duncan himsOver the past decade sharp partisan divisions over education policy have softened, in part because of the progress made by reformist big city superintendents including Duncan himsover education policy have softened, in part because of the progress made by reformist big city superintendents including Duncan himself.

Education Next: Over the past four decades, many states have revised their funding of schools, through either judicial or legislative initiatives, in an effort to improve schools serving disadvantaged children.

The education clauses of state constitutions have also provided the legal foundation for the wave of court - ordered school funding equalization reforms over the past three decades.