Sentences with phrase «education policies focused»

I joined A + in 2011 and promote state education policies focused on ensuring all students graduate from high school ready for college and careers.

Much of the discussion concerning American education policy focuses on the achievement gap between high - and low - performing students.

School choice is the main, if not the singular, education policy focus of the Trump administration so far.

Much of American education policy focuses on the need for students to develop deeper content knowledge and an ability to apply their knowledge and skills to tasks and situations inside and outside of school.

Current education policy focuses on a failed strategy of school and district «turnarounds;» characterized by staff shake - ups and pedagogical practices that focus narrowly on raising test scores.

Not exact matches

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After some early, desultory efforts, Martin found his footing and reeled out a handful of budgets built around themes such as deficit fighting, education, innovation and tax reduction that set the country on sound fiscal footing and gave it political direction and policy focus for the better part of a decade.

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She also found a position as an online English teacher at Education First, a policy and consulting agency focused on educational issues.

Now this doesn't mean that the Republicans should do NOTHING on immigration, but it does mean that their economic agenda should focus on issues that would help people in the two middle quartiles (and the last quartile) get what Reihan Salam called «the basics of a dignified middle - class life — affordable high - quality medical care, education, and housing» With that in mind, here is a partial (and I'm not sure totally compatible) list of policies that Republicans should be looking at:

The poll takers and those running the focus groups asked about various policies about equal pay, education, jobs, and so forth, which is natural.

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TOUGH: Well, I think part of it has to do with education policy, that we've been so focused on standardized tests as the measure of whether a school is doing well that we're not giving schools the time and the incentive to work on these other skills.

Her research focuses on education policy, child health, and food consumption.

Terry is a researcher, course instructor, director at Forefront, a non-profit focused on innovative solutions to sustainability in underdeveloped countries, and a Ph.D. student studying historical approaches to understanding the racial inequalities in education in the U.S. I am an education policy consultant, writer, and co-founder of Guardians of Our Sons, a Philadelphia based non-profit for boys of color.

«The Institute is proud to have nurtured and built the Empire Center to the point where it can stand on its own as an organization focused on policy research and education in New York State,» Mone said.

Education, with a focus on outward perspectives which don't forsake Arab values, is consistently a prominent policy priority in the Gulf states» job - creation strategies.

Maloney tends to gloss over the specifics of his time in Albany, saying (as he does in the press release that announced Cuomo's support) that he «served in the administrations of two Democratic governors of New York, focusing on education and infrastructure policy.»

The broad sector policy thrust for Education is Sustainable and Efficient Management of Education Service Delivery with focus on teacher development and accountability; improved Quality of Teaching and Learning at all Levels, inclusive and Equitable Access at all Levels, skills Development and Training for Employability through Quality TVET and strengthened Mathematics, Science, ICT and Technology Education.

At The Business Council's Annual Meeting at The Sagamore Resort in Bolton Landing, the Board of Directors voted to create a board - level education policy committee that will focus on educational issues including secondary and post-secondary education and workforce development.

The Partnership is also performing an intermediary function to resolve conflicts over education policy and resource allocation in an effort to keep the focus on student achievement.

At 8:30 a.m., the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund hosts the third installment of their Getting New York City to 80 × 50 Policy Forum Series, with panels focusing on the waste sector, New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, 295 Lafayette St., second floor, Manhattan.

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And as he prepares for the first big policy speech of his second term, voters want to see him focus on education and jobs.

Maybe if Cameron's policies were so weak, his opponents wouldn't NEED to focus on his education dcades ago.

WBFO»S Focus on Education reporter Eileen Buckley recently spoke with the district's director of Health Related Services about the District's Wellness Policy.

Gov. Andrew is to deliver a joint State of the State and budget speech later today, during which the governor is expected to focus on ethics and education policies.

And Mayor de Blasio is so ideological, and is really not focused on the needs of the people of New York City and is changing so many good reforms that were put in place by Rudy Giuliani and Mike Bloomberg [on] welfare, with respect to policing policies, and with respect to education,» he said.

Following the Great Recession in 2008, many states decreased the amount of appropriations set aside for higher education, with many states» budget cuts tending to focus largely on education spending, according to a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report.

Education policy should focus on making sure that every student makes great progress, rather than accountability for test scores or teacher performance pay.

This week will include a focus on what the city can do to stop gas - related explosions after another such explosion occurred this weekend, this time in Borough Park; education politics and policy, as the pro-charter, anti-de Blasio group Families for Excellent Schools will hold a large rally; a continuation of negotiation and criticism between city and state entities over MTA funding; and more.

This year, it is in our collective state interest to focus on the real threats to education — federal policy changes and looming fiscal problems nationally for state governments.

Lavine, focusing on education policy, said improved school districts and graduation rates would help prevent crime and reduce the city's high rate of poverty.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa said in a joint statement that Cuomo's State of the State address «contains a number of policy proposals that will help New York's students in important ways, including focusing resources on at - risk students and schools with the greatest needs.»

Domestic policies focusing on education, employment and health were introduced by the administration.

Lavine, a former superintendent of the LaFayette School District, focused on education policy throughout the race.

Reclaim New York's website lists four general policy areas on which it focuses: affordability, education, jobs and economy, and government reform.

Critics have questioned when de Blasio would announce the bulk of his education policies, considering he has focused mainly on pre-K and the city's 94 struggling «Renewal Schools» since taking office.

State legislators looking for the best returns on budget investments should focus their efforts on education spending, according to a new report issued by the Economic Policy Institute.

The forum, organized by assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa in collaboration with councilman Ydanis Rodriguez and state Senator Adriano Espaillat, will focus on violence prevention and education as well as policy recommendations.

WHEREAS, research shows that women are substantially less likely to self - select or be recruited for elective office, this gender gap in political ambition persists across generations and over time and that qualified female candidates who are equally or more qualified than men are often seen as less qualified or less viable than male candidates; and WHEREAS, research confirms that the presence of more women in a governing body leads to greater transparency and a focus on progressive policies such as closing the funding and achievement gaps in education, closing gaps or loopholes in contraception coverage and affordable health care, closing the wage gap, and removing obstacles that contribute to poverty of women & children; and

«New York's public schools need a leader who can reconcile opposing views among stakeholders over controversial issues, navigate the political complexities of the legislative process, and work with the Board of Regents to forge cogent policies that will make New York's education system student - focused.»

The knowledge system in schools is ultimately a normative standard that can only be understood in a social and historical context,» explains Lucien Criblez, the overall manager of the SNSF project and since 2008 Professor of Education at the University of Zurich with a focus on historical education research and analysis of education Education at the University of Zurich with a focus on historical education research and analysis of education education research and analysis of education education policies.

He went to NIMH from the National Science Foundation (NSF), where he held a variety of senior positions, focusing on basic research in the biological, behavioral and social sciences, science policy and science education.

The journal also focuses on emerging professional issues, the role of education, evolving theories of post-modern humans and their environment, land use policy, the science of collaboration and more.

«Studies on early childhood education programs have historically focused on child outcomes,» said study lead author Terri Sabol, an assistant professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern's School of Education and Sociaeducation programs have historically focused on child outcomes,» said study lead author Terri Sabol, an assistant professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern's School of Education and Social Ppolicy at Northwestern's School of Education and SociaEducation and Social PolicyPolicy.

Instead of a broad reauthorization like COMPETES, FIRST is focused on NSF, NIST, and provisions related to federal innovation and education policy.

Other sessions focused on electronic health records, reimbursement, education of patients and their care givers, and such ethical, legal, and policy issues as privacy, patients» responsibility for their own health, and direct to consumer testing, among others.

«There has been a dramatic contraction of the prison education system, particularly those programs focused on academic instruction versus vocational training,» said Lois Davis, the study's lead author and a senior policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

Specific focus is given to issues related to bioethics, reimbursement, professional and patient education, regulation, and public policy.