Sentences with phrase «education than any state in the nation»

The new governor, Andrew Cuomo, in his first major postinaugural speech, complained, «We spend more money on education than any state in the nation, and we are number 34 in terms of results.»

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Nowhere was its insistence that the nation observe the proper separation of church and state more apparent than in the area of education.

The range of concrete materials with which the conference deals is suggested by the titles of the five sections into which the delegates were divided for simultaneous sessions of intensive discussion: «The Church and the Community» (meaning by «community» what the Germans mean by Volk, society in its larger units viewed with reference to its cultural and racial coherence rather than its political organization); «Church and State»; «The Church and the Economic Order»; «Church, Community and State in Relation to Education»; «The Universal Church and the World of Nations.»

New York spends more on education per student than any other state in the nation, roughly twice the national average.

The head of the state's Business Council, Heather Briccetti, says the state already spends more than most other states on education, but does not rank among the top rated schools in the nation.

Over the last 15 years, spending on education in New York has more than doubled, from $ 28 billion to $ 58 billion, and we spend more per pupil than any other state in the nation, yet our students remain in the bottom half when it comes to results.

«We have had record progress in this state: $ 15 minimum wage, paid family leave, more money for education than ever before, best breast cancer program in the nation, best heroin program in the nation.

Education Week referred to the program as the «toughest in the nation,» and in a study of 24 states, researchers Matthew Kraft and Allison Gilmour demonstrated that it rated 28.7 percent of teachers ineffective — more than twice as many as the next closest state in the nation, Oregon.

Children in South Korea, Canada, and Finland have a better chance of getting a good education and a lower chance of falling behind than do students in the United States, Germany, and Italy, according to the report by the United Nations Children's Fund.

Of the 75 million children worldwide who are out of school, more than half are living in situations of conflict and millions more live in areas affected by natural disasters, according to Faryal Khan, Ed.D.» 05, who leads the education program for the Gulf states and Yemen for the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) located in Doha, Qatar.

Reville played a primary role in the drafting and passage of the Achievement Gap Act of 2010 — the most sweeping education legislation since the landmark Education Reform Act of 1993 - which included the nation's first «smart cap» lift on charter schools and created the pathway for more than 44 Innovation Schools that are now up and running across teducation legislation since the landmark Education Reform Act of 1993 - which included the nation's first «smart cap» lift on charter schools and created the pathway for more than 44 Innovation Schools that are now up and running across tEducation Reform Act of 1993 - which included the nation's first «smart cap» lift on charter schools and created the pathway for more than 44 Innovation Schools that are now up and running across the state.

With Election Day behind many of them, nearly half the nation's governors gathered here last week to face a tougher task than getting or staying elected: improving education in their states.

On average, federal money pays for 41 percent of the salary expenditures at state education departments in states that contain more than 70 percent of the nation's K — 12 students.

New research by Jonathan Butcher shows that, on average, federal money pays for 41 percent of the salary expenditures at state education departments in states that contain more than 70 percent of the nation's K — 12 students.

Standards - based education reform is in deeper trouble than we knew, both the Washington - driven, No Child Left Behind version and the older versions that most states undertook for themselves in the years since A Nation at Risk (1983) and the Charlottesville education summit (1989).

The college, which currently serves more than 21,720, prepares students for licensure in all 50 states and is ranked among the nation's top one percent of secondary math education programs by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ).

In her remarks she stated, «More than 60 years have passed since Brown v. Board of Education and our nation's schools and communities still suffer from the vestiges of school segregation and many of our largest school districts remain starkly separated along racial and economic lines.

«For less than 1 percent of what our nation spends on education each year, we've convinced nearly every state in the country to raise their standards for teaching and learning — the first time that's happened in a generation,» said Obama, referencing the Common Core.

It's the Common Core State Standards, which, the ultra-conservative Christian group said in a fund - raising e-mail, is a «morally corrupt federal takeover of education» that will lead to «a nation where children are indoctrinated with a liberal ideology that celebrates sexual perversion, worships the creation rather than the Creator, all at the expense of academic achievement and our nation's Christian heritage.»

Utah's last - in - nation spending on students fell even further Education» Analysis shows state's schools took bigger hit than most during recession.

Texas spending on prisons and jails is the highest in the nation, a new federal study concludes, and has grown about five times faster than the state's rate of spending growth on elementary and secondary education over the past three decades.

In the letter, Mr. Gentzel wrote «The National School Boards Association (NSBA), representing more than 90,000 local school board members across the nation, working with and through our state associations, supports passage of the «Every Student Succeeds Act,» and applauds the work of the Conference Committee for its bipartisan effort to modernize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

When researchers factored in the cost for programs after high school education such as college or vocational training, the United States spent $ 15,171 on each young person in the system — more than any other nation covered in the report.

In the current report of state - by - state spending, California led the nation with the highest spending increases, with a boost of more than 10 percent in education spending between 2013 and 201In the current report of state - by - state spending, California led the nation with the highest spending increases, with a boost of more than 10 percent in education spending between 2013 and 201in education spending between 2013 and 2015.

It has pitted some of the richest men in American against none other than Bernie Sanders, in a brawl over the future of public education in the nation's largest state.

They include Kai - ming Cheng, a professor at Hong Kong University who has been a member of the Hong Kong Education Commission, is intimately familiar with the Shanghai reforms and was recently appointed to the China State Advisory Committee on Curriculum Reform; Tom Corcoran, Co-director of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at Columbia University and an early observer of the work of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission; Ben Jensen, a principal at the Grattan Institute in Melbourne, Australia, whose research on several aspects of the Shanghai system have drawn the notice of many observers; Vivien Stewart, Senior Advisor to Asia Society for education, and earlier, to the United Nations, who has been visiting, observing and leading delegations to China for more than a decade; and Minxuan Zhang, President of Shanghai Normal University and deputy director of the Shanghai Education CoEducation Commission, is intimately familiar with the Shanghai reforms and was recently appointed to the China State Advisory Committee on Curriculum Reform; Tom Corcoran, Co-director of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at Columbia University and an early observer of the work of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission; Ben Jensen, a principal at the Grattan Institute in Melbourne, Australia, whose research on several aspects of the Shanghai system have drawn the notice of many observers; Vivien Stewart, Senior Advisor to Asia Society for education, and earlier, to the United Nations, who has been visiting, observing and leading delegations to China for more than a decade; and Minxuan Zhang, President of Shanghai Normal University and deputy director of the Shanghai Education CoEducation at Columbia University and an early observer of the work of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission; Ben Jensen, a principal at the Grattan Institute in Melbourne, Australia, whose research on several aspects of the Shanghai system have drawn the notice of many observers; Vivien Stewart, Senior Advisor to Asia Society for education, and earlier, to the United Nations, who has been visiting, observing and leading delegations to China for more than a decade; and Minxuan Zhang, President of Shanghai Normal University and deputy director of the Shanghai Education CoEducation Commission; Ben Jensen, a principal at the Grattan Institute in Melbourne, Australia, whose research on several aspects of the Shanghai system have drawn the notice of many observers; Vivien Stewart, Senior Advisor to Asia Society for education, and earlier, to the United Nations, who has been visiting, observing and leading delegations to China for more than a decade; and Minxuan Zhang, President of Shanghai Normal University and deputy director of the Shanghai Education Coeducation, and earlier, to the United Nations, who has been visiting, observing and leading delegations to China for more than a decade; and Minxuan Zhang, President of Shanghai Normal University and deputy director of the Shanghai Education CoEducation Commission.

Because of more than a decade of growth and research - proven ability to improve student outcomes, Imagine Learning recently joined forces with Silver Lake making it part of the nation's largest and fastest growing K — 12 education company in the United States.

The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights on Tuesday released results of its survey — the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC)-- providing a comprehensive look at how more than 95,000 public schools in the United States are educating the nation's children.

Recall from prior posts (here, here, and here) that seven teachers in the Houston Independent School District (HISD), with the support of the Houston Federation of Teachers (HFT), are taking HISD to federal court over how their value - added scores, derived via the Education Value - Added Assessment System (EVAAS), are being used, and allegedly abused, while this district that has tied more high - stakes consequences to value - added output than any other district / state in the nation.

Public school advocates, teachers and teacher unions across the nation condemned the judge's ruling as unfair, inappropriate and little more than a propaganda piece for the billionaires who are funding the corporate education reform industry's attack on public education in the United States.

State of Our Cities: Profiles of Education Performance Around the Nation provides comparable education data on more than 100 cities across the country and allows users to make comparisons at the state, national, and global level so that mayors, policymakers, and the public can engage more vigorously in education decision - making in their local communiState of Our Cities: Profiles of Education Performance Around the Nation provides comparable education data on more than 100 cities across the country and allows users to make comparisons at the state, national, and global level so that mayors, policymakers, and the public can engage more vigorously in education decision - making in their local comEducation Performance Around the Nation provides comparable education data on more than 100 cities across the country and allows users to make comparisons at the state, national, and global level so that mayors, policymakers, and the public can engage more vigorously in education decision - making in their local comeducation data on more than 100 cities across the country and allows users to make comparisons at the state, national, and global level so that mayors, policymakers, and the public can engage more vigorously in education decision - making in their local communistate, national, and global level so that mayors, policymakers, and the public can engage more vigorously in education decision - making in their local comeducation decision - making in their local communities.

As Diane Ravitch, the nation's leading public education advocate, noted on one of her blog posts today, «one of the crucial elements in the grassroots movement to roll back the tide of high - stakes testing started in Texas, when school board after school board voted to oppose high - stakes testing, and eventually more than 80 % of the state's school boards voted against high - stakes testing.»

As the pro-voucher Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice estimates, more than 530,000 Indiana students — more than half of the state's student population — already qualify for the program, referred to in many education circles as the nation's broadest voucher program.

A report out today from the National Council on Teacher Quality rates more than 1,100 elementary and secondary programs at just over 600 institutions of higher education across the country and concludes that the bar is set too low for entrance into professional training, future teachers are not being adequately prepared for the classroom or new requirements such as the Common Core State Standards, and the nation's expectations are far below those for teachers in countries

There is more momentum in the states now than at any time since education reform became a national priority with the release of A Nation at Risk in 1983.

The United States spends more per student on education (including both K - 12 and higher education) than any other nation in the world except Switzerland.

As my colleagues Bonnie O'Keefe, Kaitlin Pennington, and Sara Mead noted earlier this week in their slide deck analyzing the education landscape in Michigan, DeVos» home state of Michigan has one of the nation's largest charter sectors, with more than 40 charter school authorizers and 10 percent of its students attending charter schools.

No state in the nation has seen vouchers expand quite as quickly as Indiana, where currently more than 30,000 students are now attending private schools with the help of vouchers — an almost 50 percent increase over 2014, according to a new report by the Indiana Department of Education.

Public subsidies of private school tuition fees paid for the education of Prime Minister Trudeau, who leads the most multicultural nation in the world, and are available to the citizens of France, Germany, Belgium, Australia, and many others that continue to attract immigrants through more welcoming integration policies than are available in the United States.

Hania Zlotnik, director of the population division at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, said the shift suggests that education and access to family planning can play a far greater role than expected in reducing population growth, even in conservative Muslim states.

These improvements are fantastic because they show that we are doing better than most states in the nation as well as ourselves from previous years where education is concerned.