Sentences with phrase «education state wide»

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VANCOUVER — New Democrat advanced education critic David Eby is beginning a province - wide advanced education tour by meeting with students in the Okanagan to listen to their concerns about the state of post-secondary education.

Yet the draft describes wide - ranging protections, saying, «Persons and organizations do not forfeit their religious freedom when providing social services, education, or healthcare; earning a living, seeking a job, or employing others; receiving government grants or contracts; or otherwise participating in the marketplace, the public square, or interfacing with federal, state, or local governments.»

In 1878 Emerson stated the cultural assumption well when he said, «Opportunity of civil rights, of education, of personal power, and not less of wealth; doors wide open invitation to every nation, to every race and skin, hospitality of fair field and equal laws to all.

School districts are typically responsible for top - level decision - making when it comes to food: they oversee the food services group that determines breakfast and lunch menus; they set the district - wide wellness policy, which usually covers the food that may be sold or distributed during the school day; and they decide whether vending machines may or may not be placed in schools (although in some cases this is decided at the level of the state board of education).

Concealed by the wider process of «academisation» of state schools in England is the biggest surge of religious influence in our education system in a generation

ALBANY — As he gets ready to roll out his agenda for 2017, Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to introduce a proposal for tuition - free two - year college — a move that will make a splash in state education policy and could draw wider attention, with the governor seemingly considering a national run in 2020.

Education is a city - wide problem that affects our entire community and it requires community response at all levels,» stated Tolbert.

Gov. Rick Scott vetoed a wide - sweeping higher education bill, saying the legislation «impedes the ability of state colleges to meet the needs of the communities and families they serve.»

Tuesday evening, CUNY Institute for Education Policy (CIEP) will host a one - on - one conversation with the President of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), Michael Mulgrew: «This unscripted conversation will cover a wide range of pressing issues facing New York State's teachers and their students.»

In U.S. history, the two most notable efforts to develop religious communities that served much of the role of the welfare state to its members that most developed countries provided through government to its citizens, have been the Roman Catholic Church, which has developed a large parallel education and health care system, and the Church of the Latter Day Saints, which uses tithes to finance a wide variety of services and economic supports for members of the Mormon community.

The week is part of the wider Inspiring Women campaign, run by charity the Education and Employers Taskforce which already has 12,650 female volunteers willing to go into state schools to talk with pupils.

In 2013, the Department for Education (DfE) published advice stating that» There are many different actions that schools can take to meet this part of the standard, such as:... Use teaching resources from a wide variety of sources to help pupils understand a range of faiths, and beliefs such as atheism and humanism.»

The Connecticut Supreme Court in January overturned a lower court judge's wide - ranging decision that the state had failed in its constitutional obligation to adequately fund public education.

On 15 July 2014, Gove's four - year stint in charge of the Department for Education came to an end when he was replaced as Secretary of State for Education by former Treasury Minister Nicky Morgan in a wide - ranging cabinet reshuffle and moved to the post of Government Chief Whip.

He also claims that New York's education budget is too high, without noting that because of the wide disparities of income in the state, children in wealthy districts benefit from much higher spending and students in poorer districts have to make do with far fewer resources.

New York state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan met Thursday with the Syracuse Media Group editorial board to introduce himself and to engage in a wide - ranging discussion of ethics, education, tourism and economic development.

It provided a wide - ranging, balanced analysis of the constitutional issues facing the state, a focused action program in such key areas as education, budgeting and home rule, and the basis for proposed legislation to modify the revision process itself.

Science and Engineering Indicators is the most comprehensive source of high - quality federal data on a wide range of topics that include trends in global R&D investments and knowledge - intensive production, K - 12 and postsecondary STEM education, workforce trends and composition, state level comparisons, and public attitudes and understanding of science and related issues.

«The continuing opioid epidemic despite state and federal actions highlights the need for people to continue supporting community - wide education on the risks and limitations of opioids, starting in medical and nursing schools, on safe opioid prescribing and how to recognize signs of opioid use disorder.»

In a 7 - year study at a Boston elementary school where half the students are English Language Learners (ELL), setting a school - wide goal of improved writing skills and using a genres - based instructional method improved the performance of ELL students on state and internal assessments, according to Boston College Lynch School of Education Professor Maria E. Brisk, who presents her findings today at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting.

America COMPETES Act or America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act - Division A: Commerce and Science - American Innovation and Competitiveness Act - Title I: Office of Science and Technology Policy; Government - Wide Science -(Sec. 1101) Directs the President to: (1) convene a National Science and Technology Summit to examine the health and direction of the United States» science, technology, engineering, and mathematics enterprises; and (2) issue a report on Summit results.

(NaturalHealth365) Organic food consumption is at an all - time high in the United States primarily due to wider consumer education about the dangers of chemicals, pesticides and other additives found in conventionally grown and processed foods.

«At Berkeley» — Frederick Wiseman's four - hour documentary about the great public university, shot in 2010 at a time of campus - wide unrest over budget shortfalls, says more about the state of American education — and by extension, America itself — than any other movie this year.

The question for education policymakers is, How can states improve access to high - quality early childhood education while supporting the wide variety of childcare options available to parents?

Coming at a time of wide public concern about the state of education, the NCLB legislation set in place requirements that...

Receives Recognition for its Innovative Online Professional Development WIDE World (Wide - scale Interactive Development for Educators) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education has won a Best Practices in Distance Learning Programming Award at the Platinum Level, the highest level possible, from the United States Distance Learning AssociatWIDE World (Wide - scale Interactive Development for Educators) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education has won a Best Practices in Distance Learning Programming Award at the Platinum Level, the highest level possible, from the United States Distance Learning AssociatWide - scale Interactive Development for Educators) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education has won a Best Practices in Distance Learning Programming Award at the Platinum Level, the highest level possible, from the United States Distance Learning Association.

One of the aspects of virtual education that has always surprised me in some ways is the wide variation of policies from state to state.

Unhappy with the low level and wide variation in state standards, the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, with the financial backing of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the political support of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), formed a consortium in 2009 that invited each state to join in an effort to set Common Core State Standards (Cstate standards, the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, with the financial backing of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the political support of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), formed a consortium in 2009 that invited each state to join in an effort to set Common Core State Standards (CState School Officers, with the financial backing of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the political support of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), formed a consortium in 2009 that invited each state to join in an effort to set Common Core State Standards (Cstate to join in an effort to set Common Core State Standards (CState Standards (CCSS).

The nonpartisan coalition, based in Washington, includes a wide range of national, state, and community - based nonprofit organizations promoting children's health, education, and well - being.

While the nation seemed transfixed by No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, and Common Core State Standards, «one of the most wide - ranging reforms in public education» during that time, according to a group of researchers from Duke and MIT, «was the reorganization of large comprehensive high schools into small schools» in New York City.

He is faculty director of the Center for Education Policy Research, a university - wide research center that works with school districts and state agencies.

Instead of an impressionistic study of the sort offered by Mirel, the kinds of reports that would be helpful to education professionals, and ultimately to students, include evaluations of designs that track individual student performance year to year; the percentage of students reaching local and state standards; a more widely disseminated study of design implementation so others can benefit from lessons learned; and the establishment of a district - wide roadmap for bringing comprehensive school improvement to fruition.

Winfried K. Rudloff, Governors State University suggests, «On one hand, globalization in science and education is rapidly taking place on account of the World Wide Web and the Internet.

Prior to joining the HGSE faculty, Schwartz held a wide variety of leadership positions in education and government including serving as president of Achieve, Inc., an independent, bipartisan, nonprofit organization created by governors and corporate leaders to help states improve their schools.

The new education bill, which was tied up in a legislative conference committee, would accelerate that effort by allowing the state board of education wider latitude in developing and approving the new outcomes.

State legislatures, education's privileged constitutional position notwithstanding, have to consider a far wider range of services and responsibilities in deciding who gets what.

Although wider press coverage of the OECD's report focused on the findings that heavy investment in ICT failed to improve results, Andreas Schleicher, OECD director for education and skills stated that the key to success was to «find more effective ways to integrate technology into teaching and learning to provide educators with learning environments that support 21st century pedagogies and provide children with the 21st century skills they need to succeed in tomorrow's world».

Citing evidence that many of Florida's novice teachers feel ill - prepared for their jobs, Sunshine State officials are proposing a wide range of new requirements for the state's schools of educaState officials are proposing a wide range of new requirements for the state's schools of educastate's schools of education.

And in 2012, the Council on Foreign Relations» task force on education opined that, «Without a wide base of educated and capable citizens... [our] strengths will fade, and the United States will lose its leading standing in the world.»

Why does there seem to be such a wide gulf between what principals say they need to know to do their job and what they are taught in education programs required by state departments of education?

As Education Next reported in an study co-written by Harvard Graduate School of Education Associate Professor Martin West, support for the Common Core declined noticeably between 2013 and 2014, threatening to undermine the baseline rationale of the project — that shared academic standards across states are a good idea, a notion that still wins wide support in principle.

The Office of Innovation and Improvement in the U.S. Department of Education went looking for examples of some of the best charter schools in the nation, as measured by state assessments, and found a wide variety of institutions getting the job done.

School choice is a term for K — 12 public education options in the United States, describing a wide array of programs offering students and their families alternatives to publicly provided schools, to which students are generally assigned by the location of their family residence.

The United States has many lessons it can learn from how other countries are deploying virtual education and how it might partner up with those countries in different ways to offer a wider range of educational and cultural experiences to its students.

Ted Kolderie writes that the current arrangement of K - 12 public education is an obstacle to school and district improvement and that state leaders have an important role to play in shaping system - wide change.

While eliminating applications raises questions for important aspects of the largest federal K - 12 education aid program, the ESEA Title I program, the policy guidance published by USED in March 2015 provides a wide range of options for states and LEAs to implement CEP with minimal interference with Title I funding allocations or accountability measures.

We see a wide disparity between the states in terms of the number of students per nurse, Amy Garcia, a registered nurse and executive director of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) told Education World.

The U.S. Department of Education (USED) has published comprehensive policy guidance on the intersections between CEP and Title I programs that provides a wide range of options for states and LEAs to implement CEP in eligible schools.

According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, teachers earn less than other workers with the same education level in many countries, but this gap was widest in the United States.