Sentences with phrase «educational issues the state»

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Says Waller: «Columbus State was able to use the golf course as part of its educational curriculum, so UBTI wasn't an issue for them.

The foundation's mission is, as stated on its website, «to prevent Virginia Tech - type shootings through education and advocacy; to employ comprehensive educational efforts to expand community and student awareness of campus safety issues; and to offer compassion, support, and hope to those affected by violence.»

022 PA Code 49.102 (1999) states that an Educational Specialist I Certificate will be issued to those applicants who have successfully completed a Department of Education approved educational specialist preparation program, have satisfactorily achieved in the prescribed assessments [see 022 PA Code 354.33 (2000) for specifics], and has the college or university preparing program's recommendation.

022 PA Code 49.102 (1999) states that an Educational Specialist I Certificate will be issued to those applicants who have successfully completed a Department of Education approved educational specialist preparation program, have satisfactorily achieved in the prescribed assessments (see 022 PA Code 354.33 (2000) for specifics), and has the college or university preparing program's recommendation.

«I do not believe... that this document fulfills the commission's charge or deals adequately with the major educational issues currently facing the State of New York,» Rebell wrote in an essay attached to the group's final report.

A state education commissioner's ruling, issued in 2000, states that «it is improper to use public funds to subsidize a trip that is essentially a private recreational experience and not a part of a school district's educational program.»

Sen. Adams has worked with PEF on many important issues, and he has played a pivotal role in helping us build support for continuing the high quality state medical, research and educational services of Downstate University Hospital in Brooklyn.»

The state plans to issue requests for proposal beginning March 3 soliciting responses from educational associations that would provide professes and accredited programs for inmates.

And while the exact contours of Mr. Felder's demands are not clear, Carl E. Heastie, the Democratic speaker of the New York State Assembly, suggested on Friday that the budget was «99.9 percent» done and that the remaining issue, touted by Mr. Felder, «should be worked on in partnership with stakeholders and educational experts at the state Education Department, which we would fully support.&rState Assembly, suggested on Friday that the budget was «99.9 percent» done and that the remaining issue, touted by Mr. Felder, «should be worked on in partnership with stakeholders and educational experts at the state Education Department, which we would fully support.&rstate Education Department, which we would fully support.»

As they spoke, Cuomo intensified his attack on New York's educational establishment, issuing a report entitled «The State of New York's Failing Schools» that listed 178 schools with 109,000 students.

Republican Senator Kathleen Marchione said there are more pressing educational issues facing the state.

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That action will set the stage for a House - Senate conference, where the central issue will be how prescriptive the measure's provisions requiring states and districts to set educational standards should be.

Wisconsin's governor recently formed a task force on educational excellence and charged it with reviewing the state's school finance system in four areas: student and school achievement, personnel issues, special education, and early - childhood education.

His research on leadership focuses on issues of scaling up innovations from local to widespread use, and his work in policy centers on state and national level educational improvement strategies.

In The Graduates / Los Graduados, a two - part bilingual film from Quiet Pictures, important educational issues are explored through the eyes of three Latino and three Latina students from across the United States.

The 5 - 4 decision left issues of educational inequality to the states.

The winter meeting of the National Governors» Association kicked off a year in which the association will explore states» best practices through a series of regional meetings on educational technology and accountability, said Gov. Thomas R. Carper of Delaware, who has made raising student achievement a key platform issue in his term as the chairman of the NGA.

Lobbyists, Administration officials, and Congressional aides said they expect the most contentious issue in the conference committee to be how strong the measure's provisions requiring states and districts to set educational standards should be, especially any mandate on «opportunity to learn» standards.

As student Pooja Agarwal stated in her article, «If I Could Make a School,» published in the November 2001 issue of ISTE's publication Learning & Leading with Technology, she was excited to find other students who shared her passion and interest in improving the quality of educational experiences.

In an engaging forum, MacInnes explained that for 15 years the failing schools of the Abbott Districts were the most debated educational issue in the state.

Texas was studied in the issue paper because the state exemplifies a national trend toward using statewide exams as a basis for high - stakes educational decisions.

For instance, in the April 1991 issue of Kappan, Donald Orlich, a professor at Washington State University, wrote «In my opinion [STAR] is the most significant educational research done in the U.S. during the past 25 years.»

Teachers, parents, school leaders, state policy makers, researchers, and yes, even philosophers, are likely to develop far more nuanced and insightful, empirically justified, and pragmatically effective responses to dilemmas of educational ethics if they explore these issues together...

He said, «Rethinking policies around seat - time requirements, class size, compensating teachers based on their educational credentials, the use of technology in the classroom, inequitable school financing, the over placement of students in special education — almost all of these potentially transformative productivity gains are primarily state and local issues that have to be grappled with.»

Also in this issue: an analysis of open educational resources and what the federal role should be in facilitating their adoption; an assessment of Mayor Bill de Blasio's first few years in office in New York City; and an expert debate on the merits of two different approaches to designing state accountability systems.

He went on to work at the State Department of Education in Louisiana, focusing on grant management, policy and planning issues, district support, and eventually becoming the director of educational technology for the State of Louisiana.

This site provides descriptions and photographs of President and Mrs. Clinton's recent trip to Africa, text of speeches the President delivered there, facts about each of the countries visited, information about political issues involving Africa and the United States, and links to related educational sites.

States, districts, and schools can use EWS data to examine school - level patterns to address systemic issues that may be impeding a student's ability to meet key educational milestones.

The data presented analyzes and compares the 2013 - 14 school discipline data for every district in the state that helped uncover promising practices and examples of effective educational accountability while at the same time highlighting the numerous areas for improvement and the deeper systemic issues that still need to be addressed.

Against this backdrop of educational reform in the United States and China, and along with intensified global economic and educational competition, this is an opportune time to conduct an international comparative examination that sheds new light on and shares new perspectives about the complex issue of teacher effectiveness (Crossley & Waston, 2003).

We extend heartfelt thanks to the superintendents, principals, district administrators, teachers, school board and community members, and state leaders in education who welcomed us into their busy work lives, providing time to talk with us, to observe in classrooms, and to complete surveys, all of which gave us the most complete national data set ever assembled to better understand issues in educational leadership.

This state has waited for over 40 years for the MDE to actually address the educational issues facing our special needs students.

Current schools superintendent Tony Evers and challenger Lowell Holtz talked about the state's educational issues during a debate hosted by Wisconsin Public Television.

We have disquieted the consciences of legislators, state administrators, and the courts on the issue of educational instructional and fiscal equity.

Therefore, our work on educational assessment systems ranges from helping schools and districts design and implement productive classroom formative and performance assessment systems to working with states and other partners on both technical and practical issues associated with large - scale assessments.

Members will be provided legal advice and information with regard to contract difficulties, state laws and related educational issues.

The decision also rejected an attempt by the lower court judge to usurp the authority of the governor, legislature, and state department of education in setting educational policy and mandates on a variety issues.

I also think that teachers and parents across the state need to realize what's going on when it comes to educational issues.

Working in some of the poorest, most challenging rural places, the RSCT involves young people in learning linked to their communities, improves the quality of teaching and school leadership, advocates for appropriate state educational policies, and addresses the critical issue of funding for rural schools.

In addition, in October 2016, the Department of Education issued new guidance on the Every Student Succeeds Act describing how funds from Title IV, Part A's Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants can help state and local educational agencies provide all students with access to a well - rounded education.42 According to this guidance, local educational agencies «may use funds for activities in social emotional learning, including interventions that build resilience, self - control, empathy, persistence, and other social and behavioral skills.»

And while the degree to which any particular factor gets blame or credit for widening or narrowing the gaps is debatable, the authors in this issue of The State Education Standard agree that differences in educational opportunity play a key role.

Establish a unified legislative voice on educational issues with Montcalm County and across the state.

Connecticut experts with decades of educational experience working with Connecticut educators were replaced by five out - of - state consultants with virtually no experience working with the biggest issues facing poorer school districts; poverty, language barriers and the large number of students who need special education services.

As advocates for the disabled rallied this week in Sacramento on state budget issues, federal officials unveiled a new grant program aimed at improving the educational and employment outcomes of low - income children with disabilities.

The guidance states that the teachers must «identify signs of potential mental health issues» as well as special educational needs, and must ensure other staff understand the way emotional issues can continue affecting pupils.

Issues and Answers is an ongoing series of reports from short - term Fast Response Projects conducted by the regional educational laboratories on current education issues of importance at local, stIssues and Answers is an ongoing series of reports from short - term Fast Response Projects conducted by the regional educational laboratories on current education issues of importance at local, stissues of importance at local, state...

In the 2014 legislative sessions, more than 80 bills in 32 states addressed student - data protection issues, according to the Data Quality Campaign, a Washington - based group that seeks to promote the use of educational data to improve student achievement.

Whether we are breaking down new research, summarizing legislation in the states, declaring our position on an issue, sharing a family story or responding to the false claims of a critic — the EdChoice blog has something for everyone in the educational choice movement.

It was with these significant public policy issues in mind that legislative leaders and Gov. Jerry Brown agreed in 2012 to make increasing student attendance one of the state's eight educational goals.