Sentences with phrase «educational outcomes for»

The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and / or the gifted.

We fully fund Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act — the most powerful tool that we have to drive improvements in educational outcomes for low - income children.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM), through its Jobs, Education and the Workforce Standing Committee and its Education Excellence Task Force, provides technical assistance and policy support to mayors seeking to improve educational outcomes for children and youth in their cities.

Education: Improved educational outcomes for Aboriginal people in the region.

Parenting support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families to maximise the health, development and educational outcomes for young people;

Again I point to the lower educational outcomes for remote Indigenous students across all measured indicators.

Strategies: To ensure that DECS plan for Aboriginal Education in early Childhood and Schooling is implemented; advocating a national Standard Reporting Framework; ensuring that DECS review its structures, resources, management and curriculum practices and takes appropriate action to achieve optimum improvements in educational outcomes for Aboriginal students in the priority areas of - decision making, early childhood, literacy and numeracy, attendance and retention, employment of Aboriginal staff, Aboriginal languages, culturally appropriate curriculum.

In recent decades, academics, policy makers and education experts have debated the pros and cons of various education approaches aimed at improving educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (or indigenous peoples).

And we know that healthy relationships bring numerous personal benefits — to health, work productivity, educational outcomes for kids — and reduced domestic violence, substance abuse, crime, poverty.

Give advocates the tools they need to improve educational outcomes for children and youth in out - of - home care:

Technology has lowered barriers to information exchange and communication, and as such can enable parent involvement to improve educational outcomes for children in child care programs.

WBYO is a grassroots organization focused on improving educational outcomes for children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families in Winnipeg's core.

The Department of Education (Department) funds these Centers to provide technical assistance to State education agencies (SEAs) that builds SEA capacity to: support local educational agencies (LEAs or districts) and schools, especially low - performing districts and schools; improve educational outcomes for all students; close achievement gaps; and improve the quality of instruction.

«But... I have yet to find anyone who works in education who is complacent about the huge gaps between the educational outcomes for children from rich and poor backgrounds.»

Kansas City Neighborhood Academy (KCNA) is a Pre-K — 3 public charter school designed to transform educational outcomes for the children of Kansas City's urban core.

Finally, the Task Force's reluctance to consider adequacy or equity indicates that the body isn't seriously looking for alternatives that will improve educational outcomes for students.

The program has not been found to be effective in improving educational outcomes for participating students.

Charter schools were created to provide public education choices for families, encourage competition to fuel innovation and change, improve educational outcomes for students, and promote academic and operational accountability for public schools.

This guide is based on lessons from the National Summer Learning Project (NSLP), the largest study ever to look at whether and how large - scale, voluntary summer learning programs offered by public school districts can help improve educational outcomes for children.

How do you show a voucher pilot improves educational outcomes for children if they don't take TNReady?

The critical part principals play in developing successful schools has been well established by researchers over the last two decades: committed leaders who understand instruction and can develop the capacities of teachers and of schools are key to improving educational outcomes for all students.

Call them what she may, the evidence is in on the effectiveness of charter schools and vouchers in improving educational outcomes for students:

Listening to parents and the experiences their children are having in school must inform changes to improve education systems and practices and ultimately increase educational outcomes for children.

Principals must be instructional leaders, who understand instruction and can develop the capacities of teachers and schools to improve educational outcomes for all students.

Mead and Green recommend that state legislatures explicitly state in their laws that charter schools aim to «enhance equitable educational outcomes for all students, particularly those who have historically struggled,» and that «charter schools must comply with all federal laws.»

There's a question that has plagued the Rochester community for decades: What will it take to improve educational outcomes for city school students?

Far too often, ZIP code determines educational outcomes for students, and this is an injustice.

In tough financial times, elected leaders must find ways to continue improving educational outcomes for children while reducing total costs.

«His tireless advocacy and leadership will undoubtedly improve the educational outcomes for thousands of Florida students.»

«Moving the authority to a state agency with no educational abilities nor mandate will make it harder, not easier to improve educational outcomes for children in chronically failing schools, and undermines our ability to work together — governor, state board and our new superintendent to improve education in Michigan.»

As a far too often result, these challenges can contribute to lower educational outcomes for low - income students.

Professor Kevin Wheldall inducted into the Innovators» Hall of Fame Researchers in laser technology took out many of the top prizes at the 5th Annual Macquarie University Innovation Awards, but the most coveted award was won by a literacy expert in recognition of a lifetime of improving educational outcomes for children with learning difficulties.

While Massachusetts has engaged in considerable work to improve educational outcomes for ELL students, the challenges that these young people and their families face go beyond academic English acquisition and require a more comprehensive approach.

PHILADELPHIA — Having invested $ 80 million since 2011 to improve educational outcomes for Philadelphia's children,...

California middle schools in high needs districts are eligible to compete for a share of an $ 11 million federal grant awarded to improve educational outcomes for students with disabilities.

«With this renewal, the CORE districts will be able to continue implementing their plans to promote innovative, locally tailored strategies to improve educational outcomes for all students, close achievement gaps, increase equity, and improve the quality of instruction,» Ann Whalen, a federal administrator for elementary and secondary education, wrote in the approval letter.

Wasting no time, on December 15th Rodriguez tweeted, «Heading to Washington, D.C. tomorrow, looking forward to meeting folks who are working on improving educational outcomes for our most vulnerable young people.»

The Capitol Riverfront staff takes pride in delivering excellent educational outcomes for students in a nurturing environment with small classroom sizes, high performing test scores, and extended learning opportunities.

We recommend that all other districts provide similar opportunities to their teachers and staff to help offset the impact of implicit bias on educational outcomes for minority students.

Jane is a Youth Intercultural Transitions Specialist and Culturally Responsive Educator driven to improve emotional, social and educational outcomes for culturally diverse, domestically and globally mobile students and their families.

In addition, the report defines the variety of research that can be conducted to improved educational outcomes for all students.

The Martin Family Initiative's First Nations Schools Principals» Course serves as a much - needed resource, providing principals, vice-principals and aspirants with professional development aimed at building leadership skills and improving educational outcomes for students.

Andrew J. Rotherham is a co-founder and partner at Bellwether Education, a non-profit organization working to improve educational outcomes for low - income students, and he writes the blog Eduwonk.

As Norwalk contemplates who would best serve as their school superintendent, they should be especially cognizant of the policy issues surrounding how to improve educational outcomes for those students who enter the school system without the English language skills necessary to succeed.

In this role, Holly directed a wide range of state and local policy initiatives focused on improving educational outcomes for children through promoting autonomy, accountability, and equity in New Orleans charter schools.

«Myrna brings decades of experience in education to Great Public Schools Now, especially the ways that charter schools have helped to improve educational outcomes for students in need,» said Bill Siart, Chairman of Great Public Schools Now.

Keith Poston is President and Executive Director of the Public School Forum of North Carolina, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization focused on improving educational outcomes for all North Carolina children.

It is the author's anticipation that this sort of binational and cultural work would stimulate further discussion and research as a means of improving educational outcomes for this rapidly growing segment of the nation's children.

They are school specific — which makes it harder for Ofsted to do their job — so Governors and school leaders really do need to be able to articulate the rationale that underpins them and why they are successful in driving the quality of teaching and educational outcomes for pupils.

In the following report, we underscore the fact that simply sitting next to a white student does not guarantee better educational outcomes for students of color.