Sentences with phrase «educational future»

But the public should save its pity for the students whose educational futures are in jeopardy.

I used to think it was my job to get kids ready for a less - than - ideal educational future, but no longer.

For these inaccurate statements to be repeated on the national stage and in service to a potential orgy of spending on programs that have a questionable track record of success puts our children's educational future at serious risk.

In terms of family support for college, research has linked Latino parents» aspirations for their children's educational future with their children's actual academic achievement.

«Look, I could not express the urgency more,» de Blasio said during an interview Friday with Politico while attending the US Conference of Mayors in Miami Beach, Fla. «Basically, our colleagues in the state Legislature have until next week to get this done — 1.1 million children's live and educational future depends on it.»

Some districts do provide voluntarily provide support, but this is voluntary and the amounts range wildly from nearly $ 80 (Hartford) to $ 9,000 (Stamford) per pupil for each seat — leaving students» educational futures uncertain.

As lawyers debate the law, it's critically important that we don't lose sight of the students, whose educational future hangs in the balance.

Standards alone can not do it, but paired with strong leaders and committed educators, they will lead us toward a brighter educational future.

During CTL's recent 20th Anniversary Education Forum and Celebration held at the Muhammad Ali Center in downtown Louisville, table groups of educators and policy makers developed actionable steps to address one of three forum themes — equity, innovation and systems change — with the aim of inventing a new educational future over the next 20 years.

College Savings Trust makes it extremely simple for grandparents, aunts and uncles, friends, and anyone else to give the gift of education and help parents get set for their kids educational future by contributing as little as $ 25, or as much as they would like.

All it takes is a few absences a month, every month to place a student's educational future at risk.

One thing parents can do to help their children achieve their goals is to save money for their educational future.

Parents should be the primary decision makers on what is best for their children's educational futures and not penalized by state and federal bureaucrats,» said Tedisco, a former public school special education teacher.

Scrapping these projects is totally unnecessary and is jeopardising the educational future of thousands of children and young people.

He denounced his colleagues» decision to settle for three years rather than to explore other solutions, arguing that it's inappropriate to let politics decide the educational future of 1.1 million children.

«Once again, thousands of minority and low - income students and families have their educational future unfairly put in jeopardy.»

Further, thousands of Renewal Schools children, their parents, and hard - working teachers all around the city also learned that their educational futures would abruptly change via a cornucopia of closures, mergers, and truncations upon which the mayor's Panel for Educational Policy will vote.

«Maybe we can borrow some of what we've learned about those time periods [when the effect was less] in today's debate about the role of the family in shaping kids» educational futures,» Gibbs said.

Nor were their hopes for their educational futures any higher or their plans any more ambitious.

For many Ed School students, New Orleans is a rare opportunity to get involved in an urban city's educational future.

NYC Educator It may be the Daily Show of education blogs, combining parody, retro images, and a skeptical sensibility in service of a true concern for our educational future.

STARS is the next logical step in the process as parents across West Northumberland seek to coordinate and elevate their response to the consultation in an effort to safeguard their children's educational future.

«IEP meetings are tremendously significant in the lives of families and students, helping to shape students» educational futures and chances for success,» write Mapp, Carver, and Lander.

A panel of leading thinkers and actors in education shared five visions of the educational future at the Askwith Forum, Tuesday, January 29.

A panel of leading thinkers and actors in the sector will share five visions of the educational future.

The City of San Francisco is making a direct investment in the educational future of its youngest residents by setting up college - savings accounts for all public school kindergartners by 2012.

«I believe public schools of choice will enhance that important contract that needs to be strengthened between parent and child in the engagement of the educational future of the child.

Here's five social innovation links we are clicking on today: Educators 4 Excellence: Creative Core: How the Common Core supports the arts and where growth is needed «As Governor Cuomo's educational plans are hotly debated by teachers across New York, in many ways the heart of the conversation is the role of the Common Core standards in our educational future.

How can we refuse parents and students alike a choice in their educational future?

It is intolerable that in America today a bouncing bingo ball should determine a kid's educational future, especially when there are plenty of schools that work and even more that are getting better.

«It is time the government stopped playing with the educational future of this country based on nothing more than the fact they can.»

If nothing is done to improve the oversight of these schools, the educational futures of thousands of North Carolina students will be needlessly jeopardized.

Parents have been empowered to define the educational future of their children.

The Goldwater Institute conservative think tank was part of a coalition that filed the lawsuit Wednesday, saying the attempted delay has put many families» educational futures in limbo.

Do you want to be part of changing the educational future West Virginia?

Only in this case, it is Wall Street corporations put in charge of guarding one billion dollars in tax payer funds as well as the educational future of 100,000 Washington state students!

Administrators and teachers were provided with coaching and tools needed to promote student learning, while participating students developed skills necessary to help guide their educational future.

After all, education policy is not about concern for a current government's latest polling, but about the consequences for the educational futures of our students.

But the Department of Community and Economic Development has stopped issuing authorizations, leaving the educational futures of scholarship students up in the air.

Midlands Middle College (MMC) is a South Carolina Public Charter School helping 11th and 12th grade students achieve successful work and educational futures.

Parents should be the primary decision makers on what is best for their children's educational futures and not penalized by state and federal bureaucrats.

We are so pleased that you are considering Compass Charter Schools, an award - winning virtual school, as part of your child's educational future.

Charters are open to all kids, but the kids who enroll have to face a reality of inequality and staunch opposition to their educational future.

Undoubtedly, the law has given credence to the view that parents should be the true architects of their children's educational futures.