Sentences with phrase «educational equity problems»

There's an environment conducive to new ideas and open to new talent, with lots of brilliant minds coming together to solve educational equity problems,» said Alumni Brent Freeman, now Special Education Director of Indianapolis Public Schools.

Opportunity 180, in partnership with Public Impact, published The New Frontier to provide our community with insights about the key role public charter schools can play in working alongside the local school district and committed nonprofit programs to help solve the educational equity problem in Clark County.

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And in so doing, it could do more than just solve the problem of equity to high - quality educational opportunities in the state, it also creates a mechanism for competency - based learning, establishes a strong grounding for what online learning and blended learning are, and eliminates the outmoded geographic barriers that prevent students from being able to access high - quality learning opportunities no matter where they originate in the state.

Given the size and scope of the problem, what steps can be taken to promote educational equity in college attendance?

Classes are student - centered, problem - based, experiential, and hands on with a deep commitment to educational equity, inclusion and social justice.

WHEREAS, the over-reliance on high - stakes standardized testing in state and federal accountability systems is undermining educational quality and equity in U.S. public schools by hampering educators» efforts to focus on the broad range of learning experiences that promote the innovation, creativity, problem solving, collaboration, communication, critical thinking and deep subject - matter knowledge that will allow students to contribute and thrive in a democracy and an increasingly global society and economy; and

Au contraire, it has led education policy makers to come up with ever - more - costly and damaging changes in educational practices to what is ultimately a non-educational problem — a problem that can not be solved by the schools no matter how much money Congress or state legislatures vote to give local school districts in the name of equity or compensation for the low - income students they happen to enroll.