Sentences with phrase «education quality improvement»

These include the Pennsylvania Regional Keys that focus on early education quality improvement; the LEARN network, a volunteer network across the state concentrated on early learning; and the newly established Community Innovation Zones that are being developed at the neighborhood level and are funded under the state's Race to the Top — Early Learning Challenge Grant.

«transferred» means transferred under section 135 of this Act, as it read immediately before the Education Quality Improvement Act, 1997 received Royal Assent.

«designated person» means a person designated or deemed to be designated under section 135 of this Act, as it read immediately before the Education Quality Improvement Act, 1997 received Royal Assent; («personne désignée»)

«public school board» and «board of education» have the same meaning as they had immediately before the Education Quality Improvement Act, 1997 received Royal Assent.

347 (1) A person who obtains under sections 335 to 343 of this Act, as those sections read immediately before the Education Quality Improvement Act, 1997 received Royal Assent, information that is personal information as defined in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act shall use and disclose it only for the purposes of Part II.2 or this Part.

A Blueprint for Early Care and Education Quality Improvement Initiatives: Final Report.

These initiatives have included the Zambia eSchool 360 Expansion Project, Zambia Education Quality Improvement Project 2 (EQUIP 2), quality improvement projects, inclusive development assistance strategies, learner performance programs, health education, and more.

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Continual investment in process improvements, education and equipment has resulted in products of a quality far in excess of the industry's standard specifications.

She has worked as a babysitter, infant teacher, nanny and in continuing education and quality improvement for childcare providers.

The education and quality improvement initiatives also include a pilot to develop a stepped care model; it includes self - care kits to be disseminated statewide that provide information on when and where to access resources.

(4) to promote improvements in the quality and usefulness of education through federally supported research, evaluation, and sharing of information;

Promote improvements in the quality and usefulness of education through Federally supported research, evaluation, and sharing of information;

The MMR committee is comprised of clinicians and other key stakeholders from professional organizations and hospitals to review aggregate data and provide recommendations for prevention and improvements in medical care and to identify focus areas for education and quality improvement.

«With this initial round of funding, we are investing in high - quality, locally led projects that will enhance open space, green neighborhoods, foster education and stewardship, and address other environmental improvement priorities of the community,» said Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, whose office is overseeing the fund, in a statement.

Tomorrow my RHF the Education Secretary will publish a White Paper setting out further improvements we will make to the quality of eEducation Secretary will publish a White Paper setting out further improvements we will make to the quality of educationeducation.

Ask families who hope for a better future for their children through quality education if they feel not getting worse is an improvement.

Dr. Han and colleagues tell us that at UCSF, the medical center and the office of graduate medical education leadership joined forces to produce a program - specific quality improvement program in 2008.

Researchers at Jefferson's Maternal Addiction Treatment Education & Research (MATER) program found significant improvement in the quality of parenting among mothers who participated in a trauma - informed, mindfulness - based parenting intervention while also in medication - assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.

economic development Policies aimed at improving the lives of people through changes in their income and quality of life (as measured by improvements in their health, safety, education and more).

National Quality Forum (NQF) is a nonprofit organization that operates to improve the quality of American healthcare by building consensus on national priorities and goals for performance improvement and working in partnership to achieve them; endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach prQuality Forum (NQF) is a nonprofit organization that operates to improve the quality of American healthcare by building consensus on national priorities and goals for performance improvement and working in partnership to achieve them; endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach prquality of American healthcare by building consensus on national priorities and goals for performance improvement and working in partnership to achieve them; endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach programs.

When tai chi was combined with a standard depression treatment for a group of older people with depression, researchers found better improvement in the level of depression, as well as improved quality of life, better memory and cognition, and more overall energy, in comparison to another group in which the standard depression treatment was combined with a health education class.

Imagine that all of our reform efforts prove successful, from initiatives to bolster the prenatal health of disadvantaged babies, to high - quality early - childhood experiences, to dramatic improvements in K - 12 education, to serious interventions and supports at the college level.

Yet we are focused on expansion at a time when the system still needs great improvement, including increased attention to generating high - quality, affordable models of early education and care.

Using automated tools to support outcome - based education, teaching, and assessments will improve learning outcomes and accelerate continuous quality improvement processes.

Without clear permission, local education agencies (LEAs) and SEAs may be hesitant to use school improvement funds to open or expand high - quality schools.

In reaching a conclusion, it's important to focus on devising Key Quality Indicators (KQIs) that will drive improvement; and initiate quality assurance tools that will help you to make better judgements about the standard of education and training you pQuality Indicators (KQIs) that will drive improvement; and initiate quality assurance tools that will help you to make better judgements about the standard of education and training you pquality assurance tools that will help you to make better judgements about the standard of education and training you provide.

Worried that this is threatening the quality of education in the classroom, Hess uses stories from educators that demonstrate how these barriers can be broken in order to cultivate powerful learning environments and drive real improvement.

The best starting point to get the right skills and innovation for tomorrow is to exploit the huge scope for improvements in the quality of education systems now.

The experience was extremely valuable for the students, who hope to formulate policy suggestions that will help the Moroccan Ministry of Education continue on their trajectory of improvement and the provision of a quality education to all Education continue on their trajectory of improvement and the provision of a quality education to all education to all students.

Despite years of effort by governments, there has been little or no improvement in the quality of education provided in government schools.

The editors of Quality Counts gather and report a variety of measures that reflect current education and policy performance across all 50 states and the District of Columbia and, through comparison, encourage states to take actions that would lead to improvements in their ratings.

The history of U.S. education is filled with evidence of how this competition for residents and tax base has spurred improvements in quality and increases in rigor.

«Reflecting on much of my past research and policy advisory work to support the expansion of educational opportunity,» said Reimers, «I realize that I had tried to support the improvement of educational quality without really asking what the purpose of education should be.

Although quality improvements in existing programs and system - building efforts to coordinate services and enhance access are clearly important, they are unlikely to be enough to produce breakthrough impacts for children who face the cumulative burdens of low family income, limited parent education, and social exclusion.

For the best principals, the rate of teacher turnover is highest in grades in which teachers are least effective, supporting the belief that improvement in teacher effectiveness provides an important channel through which principals can raise the quality of education.

The Programs in Professional Education (PPE) institute, The Leading Edge of Early Childhood Education, is structured to highlight the best of what we currently know about healthy child development and high - quality systems, schools and classrooms of early learning, while also bringing in new thinking from other fields to provide insights that bear on the design of preK improvement and expansion.

According to the Australian Council for Education Research and Queensland Department of Education, Training and Employment's National School Improvement Tool (2012), «Research is revealing the powerful impact that school leadership teams can have in improving the quality of teaching and learning... and establishing strong professional learning communities.»

Such a shock to the system of advanced teacher education could, however, lead to improvements in program quality.

But he was certain that he wanted to contribute to the improvement of education quality in the Sub-Saharan Africa.

«Nick Hoekstra embodies the fine qualities of students in the International Education Policy Program: a commitment to lead so all children can learn what they need to become architects of their own lives; ambitions to support educational change that exceed the resources he currently controls; and ingenuity to collaborate with others building networks for continuous improvement to produce 21st - century education,» says Professor Fernando Reimers, faculty directoEducation Policy Program: a commitment to lead so all children can learn what they need to become architects of their own lives; ambitions to support educational change that exceed the resources he currently controls; and ingenuity to collaborate with others building networks for continuous improvement to produce 21st - century education,» says Professor Fernando Reimers, faculty directoeducation,» says Professor Fernando Reimers, faculty director if IEP.

Kristin Blagg also endorses an «observation system,» which she analogizes to the Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) used to differentiate among early childcare and education providers.

Reimers, who worked as an education specialist advising governments at the World Bank and the Harvard Institute for International Development, is very interested in the quality of education children receive, the relevance of what they learn, and the relationship between instructional improvement and social and political development.

Maria Izolda Cela Coelho, the secretary of education of Ceará State in Brazil, says the seminar was an excellent opportunity for her to reflect on relevant issues of public education improvement, such as the promotion of high - quality learning among students, performance gap reduction between different social groups, and the implementation of curricula focused on the development of 21st - century skills.

Key Training, one of England's largest providers of 16 - 19 apprenticeships is better prepared for Ofsted inspections after boosting its self - assessment and improvement planning using experienced online education software and quality assurance specialists Mesma.

«This is a new era in early education,» says Lesaux, «and just as everyone is throwing their hat in the ring, we wanted to respond — to promote better, high - quality programming within a system that still needs great improvement at a time when we're focused on scaling.»

Gabriel Sanchez Zinny is focused on education and the improvement of educational quality to fit a 21st century economy.

AS the FE and wider skills landscape shifts, effective self - assessment and the improvement plan that shakes out from this, is a key Ofsted expectation, says Louise Doyle, a further education consultant and director of quality assurance experts Mesma.

The Commission will examine factors contributing to teacher recruitment and performance including: incentives to hire and retain high - quality teachers; improvements in the teacher evaluation system to ensure New York is implementing one of the strongest evaluation systems in the country; the use of teacher evaluations for decisions regarding promotion, hiring and termination as required in the teacher evaluation law; and teacher preparation, certification and education programs to ensure that teachers are properly trained to best educate our students.

Ormiston Academies Trust, one of the leading education providers in the country, today announced that Amelia Walker will be its new National Director for Strategy and Quality Improvement.

With only two out of 10 prekindergarten programs being considered «high quality,» Professor Nonie Lesaux noted how many districts are eager to expand early education and yet there remains a vast need for improvement.