Sentences with phrase «educational standards of excellence»

In a flat world, where everything is interconnected, relevant educational standards of excellence are no longer those of the city or state next door.

Not exact matches

Following up on Kelly's plea that the standards and definitions of excellence in theological education «be agreed upon by the seminaries themselves, working not as now largely in isolation but in cooperation with other educational agencies» (Kelly, 220), Brown urged a decade after Kelly that a «Council of Seminaries» be formed, among the responsibilities of which would be the formulating and policing of standards (cf Brown, 222 - 26).

Remarkably, while the school system purports to hold children to a standard of excellence, principals can be removed only if they engage in «persistent educational failure.»

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) NCREL's mission is to «strengthen and support schools and communities in systemic change so that all students achieve standards of educational excellence,»... «to help teachers teach better, students learn better, administrators provide better leadership, and policy makers make better policy.»

Ladies and gentleman, for meritorious service to further the cause of rigorous academic standards and educational excellence, please put your hands together for the governor of the great state of Louisiana, Common Core Man of the Year, Bobby Jindal!»

Washington — The condition of the nation's educational system figured prominently on the nation's political agenda last week, as President Reagan introduced a four - part plan to «revitalize American education by setting a standard of excellence» during his State of the Union Message to the Congress.

The ERA's aims to encourage the raising of educational services & product standards throughout the industry and is recognised throughout the sector as the Accolade of excellence.

In a marketplace of educational options, parents» ability to choose among options drives schools» interest in pursuing standards of excellence.

In Smith's model, as it was refined over time, curriculum standards serve as the fulcrum for educational reform implemented based on state decisions; state policy elites aim to create excellence in the classroom using an array of policy levers and knobs — all aligned back to the standards — including testing, textbook adoption, teacher preparation, teacher certification and evaluation, teacher training, goals and timetables for school test score improvement, and state accountability based on those goals and timetables.

It is equally important that schools enforce standards of educational excellence at every grade level.

In the absence of an unflinching, daily reaffirmation of standards of educational excellence, the structural disadvantages common to many public schools - the poorly paid and underqualified teachers, the crumbling facilities - inevitably begin to encroach on, and then to corrupt, the learning environment.

Though nominally just a commission report, A Nation at Risk (1983) told Americans that we faced a crisis of educational achievement and began to nudge the country through a 90 - degree change of course from the «equity» agenda of the previous quarter - century to the «excellence» obsession of recent decades, complete with academic standards, tests, and results - based accountability systems.

UCEA has a single standard of excellence for membership: superior institutional commitment and capacity to provide leadership for the advancement of educational leadership preparation, scholarship, and practice consistent with UCEA's established mission.

The GESS Education Awards aim to encourage the raising of educational services & product standards throughout the industry and aims to be recognised throughout the sector as the accolade of excellence.

By setting national standards, countries seek to raise aspirations and define educational excellence, make educational objectives transparent to students, and provide a framework for teachers while avoiding the risks of narrowing the curriculum and teaching to the test.

An increasing number of countries are setting a new standard of educational excellence.

«You've found that our educational system is in the grip of a crisis caused by low standards, lack of purpose, ineffective use of resources, and a failure to challenge students to push performance to the boundaries of individual ability — and that is to strive for excellence.»

The overall purpose of this project is to engage and support the local and national Community Schools movement as a standards - driven, evidence - based strategy to promote equity and educational excellence for each and every child.

There is a strong case for making sure that the first tranche are in urban or rural areas with high levels of deprivation and low educational standards, both to create a ladder of opportunity for bright kids from the council estate or the rural backwater, and to have a beacon of educational excellence in those schools.

APLUS + is a statewide network association exclusively dedicated to advancing the Personalized Learning model and to uniting and supporting programs that are committed both to the Personalized Learning educational model for their students and to high standards of educational excellence and accountability in their operations.

The Mission of ASHI is to set and promote standards for property inspections and to provide the educational programs needed to achieve excellence in the profession and to meet the needs of our members.

The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) develops benchmarks of excellence, business practice standards, publications and educational programs.

NCRA serves as an independent, third - party organization that reviews and approves court reporting programs, measuring them against established standards of educational excellence — the General Requirements and Minimum Standards (GRMS).

Participated in all training and in - service opportunities to maintain a high standard of educational excellence.

The NAPBS provides educational programs aimed at empowering members to better serve their clients, while adhering to standards of excellence in the background screening profession.