Sentences with phrase «educational improvement by»

Thus, the Common Core represents the latest response to the challenge of educational improvement by incorporating the lessons learned from prior experiences with education reform.

Cobb et al. (2003) referred to the highly interventionist nature of the methodology as a feature of design research and stated, «The intent is to investigate the possibilities for educational improvement by bringing about new forms of learning in order to study them» (p. 10).

Not exact matches

CSWA, a 501 (c)(3) educational nonprofit organization established by Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers more than a decade ago, was recognized for increased adoption of sustainable winegrowing practices in the state and for adding several educational tools and improvements.

CSWA, a 501 (c)(3) educational nonprofit organization established by Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers more than a decade ago, received the governor's top environmental award for increasing adoption of sustainable winegrowing practices in California and for initiating new educational tools and program improvements.

Through educational newsletters / meetings as well as facility container improvements, reductions allowed for a decrease to one trash pickup per week and solid waste to landfill was reduced by 42 percent compared to the previous year.

Contractor: Womack, Lewis & Smith, Inc., which has constructed schools and other educational facilities statewide including numerous CCSD facilities (i.e., Little River ES, Liberty ES, Canton ES and Cherokee High Athletic Improvements), was awarded the $ 36.8 Million contract by the School Board in February 2014.

A former Deputy Minister of Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said the massive improvement in educational infrastructure by the previous NDC government, will facilitate the new government's plan to roll out the free Senior High School (SHS) programme.

The accelerated state funding will leverage $ 10 billion in direct capital investment to create thousands of direct jobs by rebuilding roads and bridges; parks, dams and flood control projects; upgrading water systems and educational facilities; and investing in energy efficient improvements to commercial and residential buildings.

Continual improvement of individual members is catalyzed through publications (including the PAS journal) and by providing information on educational opportunities.

Philadelphia About Blog The History of Vaccines is an award - winning informational, educational website created by The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, one of the oldest medical societies in the United States.The blog aims to increase public knowledge and understanding of the ways in which vaccines, toxoids, and passive immunization work, how they have been developed, and the role they have played in the improvement Frequency about 1 post per month.

Investigating the causal effect of school spending increases generated by the passage of SFRs, we conclude that increasing per - pupil spending yields large improvements in educational attainment, wages, and family income, and reductions in the annual incidence of adult poverty for children from low - income families.

In a strongly worded letter sent this month to chief state school officers, legislators, state board of education members, representatives of the National Education Association, and publishers nationwide, the Florida leaders point to the «pervasive» influence of textbooks and other classroom materials on the educational process and say that their state's school - improvement efforts «have been impeded repeatedly by the declining...

The districts must explain why the child's school is «in need of improvement» in the first place, including «how the school compares in terms of academic achievement to other elementary schools or secondary schools served by the local educational agency and the State educational agency.»

Murray points to the fact that national gains in educational achievement, particularly for those beginning on the lower end of the distribution, have been very hard to come by in the past few decades: «If we confine the discussion to children in the lower half of the intelligence distribution (education of the gifted is another story), the overall trend of the 20th century was one of slow, hard - won improvement.»

By investing in more productive educational practices, we can recoup magnitudes of investment that can easily fund the improvements set out above.

When one feels confounded or overwhelmed by the challenges of educational improvement, it's worth keeping in mind that teaching and learning aren't the product of some mysterious alchemy — they're deeply natural acts.

The proposition — originally formulated by Milton Friedman — was (and remains) that parents, particularly the poor and those with children stuck in those failing schools, deserve better options and that a vibrant marketplace would lead to educational improvement.

Appointed by President Reagan last summer, the 18 - member panel is charged with recommending improvements for the U.S. educational system.

«The United States as a nation must recognize the need for improvement in its educational system and seize the opportunities offered by technology,» Gary Bitter, president of the International Society for Technology in Education, said at a press conference in New York.

At a recent Senate hearing, Chester E. Finn Jr., the department's assistant secretary for educational research and improvement, was closely questioned about a five - year, $ 6 - million grant awarded by the department to the Michigan State center in late 1985.

These higher rates of educational attainment due to the Milwaukee voucher program represent improvements of 15 — 20 percent over the rates obtained by the comparison group of public - school students — nearly as large as those for the African American students in the New York City study.

As Luton Sixth Form College demonstrates, with the right tools, educational institutions can ensure the time spent by the IT staff is on continual improvement and innovation, rather than crisis management.

Papay became intrigued by the notion that labels given to Massachusetts students» performances — advanced, proficient, needs improvement, and failing — may have an effect on the student's future educational attainment.

Four months after that conversation with our beloved family and our arrival in Peru, we are working as volunteers educators from the University of Seville, under the agreement with the Regional Government of Piura, in the project «Improvement of the conditions of basic health and educational quality of rural Peruvian - Ecuadorian border district of Lancones, Piura — Peru ``, funded by the Basque Government and Engineering Association for Cooperation (IC - LI).

«By bringing these efforts together under a single initiative, we can act more strategically to advance the School's goal of strengthening the education profession and contributing to educational improvement.»

«By bringing these efforts together under a single initiative, we can act more strategically to advance the School's goal of strengthening the education profession and contributing to educational improvement,» she continues.

In 2008, the NEA unveiled the «Great Public Schools for Every Student by 2020» project, in which the union committed to «creating models for state - based educational improvement,» «developing a new framework for accountability systems that support authentic student learning,» and «fostering a constructive relationship with U.S. Department of Education leadership.»

As an educational researcher who was qualified in the area of whole - school improvement and leadership training, I was employed by the school to introduce and embed the process.

Hattie's work should be known and read by anyone who is seriously interested in educational improvement.

I would further suggest that these days we seem to be awash in existential educational questions like those, brought on by such new controversies (at least, newly packaged) as whether it's good to try to close the achievement gap, whether it's counterproductive to demand «proficiency» as opposed to «improvement,» whether «differentiated instruction» is another form of tracking, whether common standards are anti-American, etc..

[10] In general, these LEA amounts may be reduced by state educational agencies to account for funds reserved for state administration, program improvement, and academic achievement awards; to adjust for recent shifts in LEA boundaries; and to provide grants to charter schools treated as separate LEAs under state law (such charter schools are not considered in the calculation of grants by USED).

One of the most ambitious educational improvement projects in recent years was the adoption of new, more rigorous college - and career - ready academic standards by more than 40 U.S. states.

, to be published this week by Harper and Row Publishers Inc., was written by Diane Ravitch, adjunct professor of history and education at Columbia University's Teachers» College, and Chester E. Finn Jr., assistant secretary of education for educational research and improvement.

Further, can we stop the ruse that demand for better (and more) educational options and the call for radical school improvement comes solely from devious people intoxicated by abstract concepts like «privatization» and a «commercial mindset»?

NET will add value to the school by providing educational, governance and «back office» support, and will work in partnership with the school leaders to ensure that bespoke support sustains the journey of improvement already embarked upon.

Led by national education expert Marcus Robinson, MEF convenes educational partners and helps them coalesce around the highest priorities for improvement.

With the philanthropic money — not counting community partnerships that provide educational and facilities improvements — Partnership schools spend only about $ 650 more per student per year than the average district student, for whom about $ 11,000 is budgeted by the state.

Rather than magic, teachers, parents and students give more likely explanations for the off - the - charts improvement: all the Saturdays, early mornings and late afternoons worked by every staff member (from the principal to the PE teacher); a shift in school culture to better respect and understand students; and a newfound focus on data and educational technologies.

School improvement strategies and curriculum changes should not be made on the basis of score changes that may be caused by factors other than educational improvements.

The Chancellor could emigrate from distortion to reality by acknowledging the role of public charter schools in educational improvement — we're all in this together, right?

We can create and maintain healthy school climates, inspire followership, foster engagement in the educational experience, while leading sustainable school improvement by developing Whole Teachers and Leaders.

Through the identification of low performance defined by a single «F» or «D» and the acceleration of the process to demonstrate improvement or closure - like options, Florida will witness a proliferation of failing schools whose children will need to be served in other educational settings outside of traditional public education.

Re: the US News article on top about ESSA: Chairwoman Foxx is right about the role of the federal government in America's K - 12 education system; and families can continue to pressure educrats like Mr Botel by opting out, wherever and whenever possible, from their local state schools until the federal government gives up on the continuing mistake of its annual testing requirement in two subjects only, which has produced no significant improvement in American education for 15 years now, but has cost us in lost opportunities, including time and energy that might have been devoted to non-tested subjects, including those in the broader curricula represented by the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, which requires assessment — including but not limited to external final exams — in six subjects distributed over at least five fields, an assessment approach that has been imitated by the world's leading educational jurisdictions, but is being discouraged by the ignorant Luddites in the the U.S. ED.

«I believe that the only way to make a major improvement in our educational system is through privatization to the point at which a substantial fraction of all educational services is rendered to individuals by private enterprises.»

One 2005 review by Russell Rumberger and Gregory Palardy of the educational effects of high - school demography found evidence that the factors that seem to matter for improvements for low - income students in integrated settings include high teacher expectations, more hours of homework completed, college - prep courses, and a lower percentage of students reporting feeling unsafe.

Fueled by a belief in the power of social networks and social capital, these educational networks reflect the idea that when schools work together with one another or with other agencies, they can share their expertise and support one another's development, improvement and success more effectively than they can working on their own.

As part of an initial phase supported by the Regional Funds for Breakthrough Schools, 41 League schools made a public commitment to advancing educational equity, personalized learning, proficiency - based diplomas, alternative learning pathways, and ongoing school improvement.

Even though these tests measure only a limited portion of what we care about in schooling, there is a high level of agreement that reducing achievement gaps between students of different races and economic backgrounds would be a major educational improvement (provided that it was accomplished by raising the performance of the less advantaged).

But it says something about the American educational system that, by global standards, mediocrity would be a distinct improvement.

The Foundation has supported annual national conferences on education reform sponsored by the Bloustein School of Public Planning and Policy of Rutgers University, and has awarded research grants on school improvement, educational history, curriculum development, and medical education.