Sentences with phrase «education was high on the agenda»

Education is high on the agenda of societies, governments and international development organizations and there is an urgency for innovation and reform that can help all people improve their circumstances.

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There's been a shock awareness and education around it, and a revisiting of what it means to be a Christian, and since it's happening globally I think it must be high on God's agenda.

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:

After months of promising a substantive education agenda, he's merely re-peddling the right wing's factually deficient smear campaign on higher standards for children.

Education Week takes no editorial positions and has no advocacy agenda, but is guided by the conviction that the goal of ensuring a high - quality education for all children is advanced by a reliable flow of first - rate news, information, and analysis and a robust yet civil exchange of views on educatioEducation Week takes no editorial positions and has no advocacy agenda, but is guided by the conviction that the goal of ensuring a high - quality education for all children is advanced by a reliable flow of first - rate news, information, and analysis and a robust yet civil exchange of views on educatioeducation for all children is advanced by a reliable flow of first - rate news, information, and analysis and a robust yet civil exchange of views on educationeducation issues.

Long will be one of 12 national higher education experts on the advisory group and will help to inform the Foundation's research agenda, identify established and emerging researchers, and disseminate the findings to policymakers and practitioners in the field.

The following are summaries of governors» budgets for precollegiate education and highlights of proposals that rank high on the states» education agendas.

That's why we need an education agenda that strategically recruits, retains, and rewards the most effective teachers and principals; that builds incredibly high standards; that develops rigorous and useful assessments to measure progress against those standards; that builds data systems that allow teachers, principals, students, and parents to quickly and conveniently access those data for everyday use; and that focuses on dramatic intervention within our country's lowest - performing schools.

Positive comments from some recent users of this book include: Most schools are full of documents and data... Dr Slater is among the first to show how they can be used to compare what is said on paper and in interviews... The results will shock you... Dr Slater is a successful high school teacher and an award winning author... and here's why... Fantastic little book, punches well above its weight... Makes it seem so simple... the art of the genius... As an advocate of the What Works agenda, I think this book really is a wake - up call... A fantastic insight into the potential for using documents in research... Nails twenty years of research in twenty minutes... Worth every dime... Every student in my class (6th form) has been told to buy this book... and it's easy to see why... Shines a great big light on the power of documents in research... Surely this is the best book in its field... First class... I kept referring to this book in my presentation last week and the audience was ecstatic... Education research, usually has little effect on me... Until now... This book is formidable... Crushes the concept that education research is rubbish... fantastic insight... Blows you away with its power and simplicity... Huge reality check, senior school managers at good schools tell the truth, other's don't, won't or can't, and their studentEducation research, usually has little effect on me... Until now... This book is formidable... Crushes the concept that education research is rubbish... fantastic insight... Blows you away with its power and simplicity... Huge reality check, senior school managers at good schools tell the truth, other's don't, won't or can't, and their studenteducation research is rubbish... fantastic insight... Blows you away with its power and simplicity... Huge reality check, senior school managers at good schools tell the truth, other's don't, won't or can't, and their students suffer.

Once we get to 2017, Trump and the congressional Republicans will have a sprawling agenda ahead of them — and education isn't high on it.

Unless major steps are taken immediately — and nothing on the horizon suggests strong gubernatorial or other high - level political leadership on education — the reform agenda will be buried.

Wisconsin Gov. James E. Doyle unveiled an ambitious education agenda in his State of the State address Jan. 30, focusing on higher education and calling on lawmakers to «make Wisconsin a place where anyone who is willing to roll up their sleeves and work hard... can afford to get an education.»

High on the agenda for many of these panels are efforts to create a more seamless schooling continuum that prepares high school students for life, work, and further educatHigh on the agenda for many of these panels are efforts to create a more seamless schooling continuum that prepares high school students for life, work, and further educathigh school students for life, work, and further education.

Quality Counts 2012, the 16th edition of Education Week's annual examination of issues and challenges facing America's public schools, takes aim at topics high on the policy agenda, from the White House and Congress down to the level of local school boards and chambers of commerce: the nation's international standing in education, and lessons to be drawn from high - performing cEducation Week's annual examination of issues and challenges facing America's public schools, takes aim at topics high on the policy agenda, from the White House and Congress down to the level of local school boards and chambers of commerce: the nation's international standing in education, and lessons to be drawn from high - performing ceducation, and lessons to be drawn from high - performing countries.

Following the Education Show 2014, visitor feedback suggested classroom technology was high on the agenda, and we have taken that into consideration in preparing the show's content for 2015.

For starters, the period between now and inauguration is going to be cacophonous... Once we get to 2017, Trump and the congressional Republicans will have a sprawling agenda ahead of them — and education isn't high on it.

In addition, the materials and webinars developed for the shared leadership aspect of the project and agendas and materials from the various meetings (with teachers in each region, with higher education groups, with higher education and P - 12 groups, and with state agencies) will be available on the CO ASCD website.

Clearly the US has much to learn about education from this, for it is concluded that the research on these high success countries includes no evidence that any of them have gotten there «by implementing any of the major agenda items that dominate the education reform agenda in the United States, with the exception of the Common Core State Standards» (p, 209).

He is known as an expert on teacher education, an issue that links the Obama administration's K - 12 and higher education agendas but has lagged in recent months.

readers know Commissioner Pryor has been on an unrelenting campaign to remove, undermine and destroy the professional staff and professional capabilities of the Connecticut Department of Education and replace experienced and dedicated professionals with high - cost, out - of - state consultants and staff who have little to no educational experience except for their loyalty to the corporate education reforEducation and replace experienced and dedicated professionals with high - cost, out - of - state consultants and staff who have little to no educational experience except for their loyalty to the corporate education reforeducation reform agenda.

Stomping out the competition and battling alternative forms of education, such as private schools or homeschooling, is also high on the agenda.

During a time when crime prevention and a decrease in spending are high on the political agenda, investing in sound education policy simply makes sense.

At the same time, school workforce and teacher retention are high on the education policy agenda.

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Although, recent decisions, such as ending support for its XNA development toolset, aren't the actions of a platform holder that has games education high on the agenda for its next console.

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Today, the company's is holding an education event at Lane Tech High School in Chicago, and a new iPad is believed to be on the agenda.

In terms of government agendas, Indigenous education is a subject that is high on rhetoric and low on funding.

Education of both tenants and landlords is very high on their agenda that can empower and enable wealth creation through property.