Sentences with phrase «educational productivity by»

According to the U.S. Department of Education, «Online learning opportunities and the use of open educational resources and other technologies can increase educational productivity by accelerating the rate of learning; reducing costs associated with instructional materials or programs».

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The final version of the plan, unveiled last week by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, also pledges to finance development of open - source educational resources and launch an initiative dedicated to defining and increasing educational productivity.

Under competitive pressures from private schools, the productivity of the school system measured as the ratio between output and input increases by even more than is suggested by looking at educational outcomes alone.

The Commission will examine factors that impact spending in education, including: school funding and distribution of State Aid; efficiency and utilization of education spending at the district level; the percentage of per - pupil funding that goes to the classroom as compared to administrative overhead and benefits; approaches to improving special education programs and outcomes while also reducing costs; identifying ways to reduce transportation costs; identifying strategies to create significant savings and long - term efficiencies; and analysis of district - by - district returns on educational investment and educational productivity to identify districts that have higher student outcomes per dollar spent, and those that do not.

School productivity, measured as educational outcomes divided by labor or financial inputs, has declined dramatically.

«The negative is that other organizations that are more aggressive with their innovative designs may leapfrog them in their results by producing big gains in educational productivity.»

He uses comparative analysis to understand how education influences productivity and economic growth, and, in turn, how and why educational systems change over time, and why some countries educational systems are marked by better student performance than others».

Promote individual growth and career advancement by engaging in professional trainings and educational pursuits to improve job knowledge and enhance productivity

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Reorganized the medical coding procedure by introducing an online system that cut the code punching time by 50 % • Trained 22 newly hired personnel for medical coding activities • Reduced chances of interruption during peak coding times by training coding personnel to stay focused which increased productivity by 20 within the first 5 months • Held several educational seminars to provide coding professionals with knowledge of standards and rules of CPT, ICD - 9 and CMS

There is evidence that maltreated children are at greater risk for lifelong health and social problems, including mental illnesses, criminality, chronic diseases, disability1 and poorer quality of life.2 A history of child maltreatment is also associated with lower adult levels of economic well - being across a wide range of metrics, including higher levels of economic inactivity, lower occupational status, lower earnings and lower expected earnings.3 Existing research suggests a ripple effect caused by lower educational achievement, higher levels of truancy and expulsion reducing peak earning capacity by US$ 5000 a year4 or an average lifetime cost of US$ 210012 per person1 when considering productivity losses and costs from healthcare, child welfare, criminal justice and special education.