Sentences with phrase «education policy effort»

Every education policy effort going forward must be focused on creating the opportunity for innovation.

Cuomo, too, has been at odds with the New York State United Teachers over education policy efforts as well his support for charter schools.

Fellows spend eleven months working in a Federal agency or in a U.S. Congressional office, bringing their extensive knowledge and experience in the classroom to education program and / or education policy efforts.

One of the Obama administration's signature higher education policy efforts was the new College Scorecard, which provides information on median income after attending a given college.

More recent education policy efforts, including the Common Core State Standards and their aligned assessments, have tried to address — but have not solved — these issues.

This is true, and it's a fine argument for focusing education policy efforts on sustainable teacher quality reforms, such as recruiting more academically talented young people into the profession, requiring new teachers to undergo significant apprenticeship periods working alongside master educators, and creating career ladders that reward excellent teachers who agree to stay in the classroom long - term and mentor their peers.

Fellows spend eleven months working in Federal agencies or in U.S. Congressional offices, applying their extensive knowledge and classroom experiences to national education program and education policy efforts.

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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.

Originally founded in 1916 as the Institute for Government Research, the Brookings Institution has emerged as one of the most prestigious think tanks of the last hundred years, conducting research and education efforts in economics, foreign policy, and governance.

The Sikh Coalition, United Sikhs and the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund are lobbying members of Congress in an effort to pressure federal transportation authorities to re-examine a policy they say unfairly scrutinizes members of the Sikh community.

Their informative chapters on social insurance, tax policy, education, efforts to improve jobs and wages for less - skilled workers, and in - kind and cash assistance make clear why current policies are often regressive.

Poverty, the earthquake, family, religion, economics, policy, corruption, housing, education — if you pulled out a single stone in an effort to help, there was a possible of an avalanche of unintended consequences raining down.

There have also been advances in policies as well as education efforts like the Save the Food campaign to raise awareness of food loss and waste.

Guidance Materials: Guidance for the Development of California School Wellness Policies (2005), developed in a collaborative effort between the Department of Education and other organizations, provides districts with suggestions and concrete recommendations for meeting Section 204 requirements.

It also requires the Department of Education to develop a procedure to monitor and measure implementation of a local school system's wellness policy monitoring implementation plan, and provide technical assistance to support local systems in this effort.

Other: A White Paper on Health, Nutrition, and Physical Education produced by the Department of Education entitled, Healthy Children Ready to Learn (2005), highlights the need for local wellness policies and outlines steps the Department is taking to accelerate their adoption and implementation, including collaborative efforts, promoting a coordinated school health approach, and supporting state legislation supporting wellness policies.

She has spent more than 15 years leading education reform efforts as a social entrepreneur and education policy and philanthropy advisor.

The 2012 National Action Plan for Child Injury Prevention provides actions in surveillance, research, communication, education, health care, and public policy to guide efforts in saving lives by reducing injuries.

Obstetrician — gynecologists and other obstetric care providers should be in the forefront of policy efforts to enable women to breastfeed, whether through individual patient education, change in hospital practices, community efforts, or supportive legislation.

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.

The coalition's efforts to clamp down on immigration have also been criticised for damaging the higher education sector, with figures from the industry saying government policy is robbing the UK of billions in investment.

It supported Humanist and Secularist Liberal Democrats (HSLD) in their efforts to draft the motion, and the BHA's Director of Public Affairs and Policy spoke in favour of the motion at a fringe event organised by HSLD and the Liberal Democrat Education Association on Friday.

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.

Only 22 percent think the governor's efforts to date have helped education, 27 percent think Cuomo's actions have made things worse, although most, 45 percent, think Cuomo's policies have had no effect either way.

Only 22 % think the governor's efforts to date have helped education, 27 % think Cuomo's actions have made things worse, although most, 45 %, think Cuomo's policies have had no effect either way.

The nine - person board has a voice on policy matters, can nix or approve big contracts and budgets, and generally helps steer the direction of Hartford's long - running education reform efforts.

Higher education policy moved back into the news last week when the State University of New York's Chancellor announced an effort to keep increasing the cost of public college tuition.

As for policy, Cox pointed to the Republican Party's support for education reform efforts that have put them at odds with politically influential teachers unions.

12:16 - Cameron is putting bit of effort into tearing up Labour's education policy.

Overall, nine people serve on the volunteer panel that has a voice on school policy, district leadership and the direction of Hartford's education reform efforts.

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.

Co-sponsored legislation and supported efforts to combat the Heroin and Opioid crisis, including a policy to raise additional revenue for education and prevention, creating a Family Advocate to help individuals and families navigate insurance and other issues while seeking treatment and supporting local advocacy groups.

«Since her first child entered the City's public school system ten years ago, Ann Kittredge has immersed herself in learning about the many different facets of educational policy and has dedicated a great deal of her time and effort to volunteer projects aimed at improving the education experience of our children,» Borough President Katz said.

This is a fellowship program designed for genetics professionals with an advanced degree who are early in their careers and interested in the development and implementation of national genomics literacy efforts, informal science education, science education policy, program development, or science education research.

In my judgment, that kind of leadership will require a comprehensive and sustained effort from both our public and private sectors — including a robust investment in education (especially the STEM fields), a federal commitment to research and development, a renewed emphasis on next generation manufacturing, translating federally funded breakthroughs to commercial applications in the private sector, an immigration policy that enables us to recruit and retain the best and brightest scientists from around the world, and appropriate tax, regulatory, and legal policy.

At a higher education and science policy roundtable in New York City, University of Colorado at Boulder chancellor Philip DiStefano talked about his institution's efforts to attract science majors to teaching K - 12.

Amendment 2 «is a lawyer's dream» because of its vagueness, says Joshua Rosenau, programs and policy director of the National Center for Science Education in Oakland, California, which tracks efforts by groups that oppose evolution.

The honor recognizes Bloomberg's public health policies — from banning smoking in bars and restaurants to eliminating trans fats in city eateries — along with his philanthropic efforts to support public health education and global anti-smoking campaigns.

Gary Orfield, professor of education, law, political science, and urban planning at UCLA, said opponents of the UT admission policy claim there are nonracial alternatives that do the job just as well, including the 10 % plan that UT now uses as its first phase for admission; approaches using socioeconomic status rather than race as a factor; and special outreach and recruitment efforts.

Activities supported by the Fund include the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition's Student Essay, Poster, and Digital Media Competitions; efforts to promote the integration of human rights into STEM education; technical training of human rights practitioners in innovative applications of science and technology; collaborative partnerships between scientists, engineers and human rights organizations; and policy engagement on issues at the nexus of science and human rights.

Fourth, they must strengthen the role of health, security, education, justice, and other relevant sectors by creating and implementing policies for prevention and response across these sectors, and integrating violence prevention and response into training efforts.

To accomplish these goals, seven working groups were created, including communications, education, evidence, IT / bioinformatics, pharmacogenomics, policy, and a steering group to guide and support efforts among working groups.

These recommendations were developed through the extensive efforts of the Panel on Astronomy Education and Policy.

This shift also, however, provides an opportunity for those who wish to whitewash school failure and to stonewall efforts to overhaul education policy through school turnarounds and systemic reforms.

A new effort, Project for Policy Innovation in Education (PPIE), based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is bringing together university - based researchers with district and state educational leaders to pursue policy research that will have a real impact in their communPolicy Innovation in Education (PPIE), based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is bringing together university - based researchers with district and state educational leaders to pursue policy research that will have a real impact in their communpolicy research that will have a real impact in their communities.

Quality Counts 2006, like the nine previous editions of the report, tracks key education information and grades states on their policies related to student achievement, standards and accountability, efforts to improve teacher quality, school climate, and resources.

«We can only achieve ambitious reform in education policy through sustained effort, commitment and collaboration — teachers and principals must be a part of this — and this forum showed dedication to achieving that,» Ms Rodgers said.

The 16th edition of Quality Counts continues the report's tradition of tracking key education indicators and grading the states on their policy efforts and outcomes.

Many become very involved in developing new schools, school - based enrichment programs, education policy programs, and foundation - center efforts that focus on strengthening education for children.

Over the past 15 years, there has been a concerted effort in education research to find out «what works» and to share these policies and practices with schools.