Sentences with phrase «equitable system on»

She currently teaches at P.S. 321 in Park Slope, where the privileges available to her current students have only strengthened her resolve to fight for a more equitable system on behalf of the students she left behind.

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Transforming the way public institutions purchase food by creating a transparent and equitable food system built on five core values: local economies, health, valued workforce, animal welfare, and environmental sustainability.

The Association of Wholistic Maternal and Newborn Health focuses on the intersection of public health and midwifery to address healthcare disparities and to engender a more equitable maternity care system for all women and infants.

As a father of three, I see the stress this is putting on our kids every night at my kitchen table and will continue to fight for a fair and equitable education system,» said Senator Terrence Murphy.

«Brian Kavanagh has worked hard in the Assembly on issues of critical importance to Brooklyn — affordable housing, reforming our criminal justice system, creating an equitable transportation system and combatting the effects of climate change.

In a letter sent to hedge fund and opportunistic fixed income managers, Trustees of the New York City Employees Retirement System (NYCERS) called on its hedge fund managers and opportunistic fixed income managers who invest in distressed debt and might therefore, at present or in the future, hold Puerto Rican municipal obligations, to «negotiate in good faith to find a just and equitable solution to» repayment of the municipal debt at the center of Puerto Rico's economic crisis.

«Our members are very knowledgable about education issues, and while there is great concern about the implementation of the Common Core and the over-reliance on testing, there are many other issues that are front - burner for NYSUT members,» he said, listing concerns over the property tax cap, equitable school funding, the teacher evaluation system and the statewide expansion of pre-kindergarten.

Members of the Radical University Professionals (RUP) staged a rally at Peace Park across from the SUNY New Paltz campus on Tuesday, demanding equitable funding for the SUNY system and a fair contract for professors.

Members of the Radical University Professionals staged a rally at Peace Park across from the SUNY New Paltz campus on Tuesday, demanding equitable funding for the SUNY system and a fair contract for professors.

«There is tremendous progress already on these initiatives, and I look forward to building on that alongside educators and families to ensure an equitable and excellent school system.»

Before then, though she espoused feminist views and mentored younger women from early on in her career, she was heavily focused on pursuing her own research to earn tenure, and spent her personal time on raising her family — not actively working to make the system more equitable.

The National Center of Education and the Economy, through its Center on International Education Benchmarking, is working to build a community of researchers interested in investigating how a small set of countries and states have managed to build and sustain educational systems that manage routinely to produce higher and more equitable outcomes for children and youth.

What is needed is a vision of a networked system of decentralized, community based, sustainable economies in a diversity of settings, which stands on a foundation of ecological integrity, social accountability and an economically equitable distribution.

Finland is remarkable for not only routinely scoring among the top nations on the PISA exams, but also for being among the most equitable school systems in the world.

«I have been privileged to work with some of the brightest college students, yet it pains my heart to see so many students foreclose on college for a slew of reasons,» he says, expressing his commitment to improving college readiness, retention rates, and academic success, as well as striving to create more equitable systems for all students.

The state's charter law must support new and high - performing operators; the state's school finance system must provide equitable, student - based funding; facilities must be made available to new and growing schools; educator certification rules must fit the needs of successful schools; and so on.

By focusing on the lowest - performing students, we want to create a system that truly focuses on students who need the most help and is equitable across all schools.

Coverage of areas specially conserved for biodiversity and ecosystem functions should be increased (at least to the Aichi Target 11 of 17 % terrestrial and 10 % marine area), with systems of conservation being democratized and based on integration of rights and responsibilities; in all kinds of land / water uses, activities that are ecologically damaging need to be modified or replaced; high priority should also be given to the regeneration and restoration of degraded ecosystems and the revival of populations of threatened species; equitable access (including through territorial and resource tenure) must be accorded to natural resources, with special focus on populations with high and direct dependence on such resources for their survival and livelihoods.

Michelle also supports the development and implementation of equitable education policies by conducting original research on indicator systems, parent and family engagement, and education organizing.

Studies on the design of state accountability systems should start with the needs of various constituencies and move to a determination of the extent to which timely, straightforward, and equitable results can be produced, and in what manner.

This faith - based charter compromise could lead to a renewed urban school system — one based on equitable funding, more diverse options, parental choice, and comprehensive transparency and accountability.

The report offers some recommendations for moving toward a more equitable system, but I'm skeptical that we'll make progress on this important issue under a Trump administration.

Law and policy makers soon will face very real decisions on how to make the system both equitable and efficient while ensuring affordability.

Since it may take a couple of years for states and districts to follow the department's urging and set up systems that will allow them to measure teacher effectiveness based on growth in student achievement, she said, states should be required to show that they are making good on the language about equitable distribution of teachers that's already in the No Child Left Behind Act.

Many school systems have gotten the message that they need to be more data driven, and they are now awash in data - not just yearly student test scores, but figures on how different groups of students are doing in particular subjects or grade levels, how successful a school is at attracting and retaining teachers or closing the achievement gap among disadvantaged students, or how equitable funding is from school to school.

States created and led the way on these and many other innovations before the Every Student Succeeds Act was passed, and they will continue to lead to create a more equitable education system for all students in the future.

«One State, One Future is really just a first step, as E4E - Connecticut teachers are looking to continue this conversation on school funding with legislators, parents and community members to create the momentum for the more equitable system students in our state so desperately need and deserve.»

«Connecticut needs and deserves an equitable school - finance system that is based on the learning needs of students, and the schools that serve them.»

If we all keep our eye on the ball of student growth and achievement, I know we'll build the system our kids deserve, a network of schools that gives all of our students access to an empowering, equitable, excellent education.»

In this installment of Dan and Larry's discussion based on their shared focus on developing and sustaining equitable, supportive, and restorative systems of school discipline, they cover remedies and approaches to the problem.

The Association, most notably our Chief Academic Officer Dr. Ildi Laczko - Kerr, through her role on the Accountability Advisory Group, played an integral role in working with the Ad Hoc Committee to shape an accountability system that should prove to be more equitable than its predecessor.

We advocate for equitable funding systems that ensure sufficient resources are distributed based on student need.

At the same time, states are increasingly focused on developing more equitable K — 12 education financing systems, including reducing funding disparities between districts and providing additional funding for high - poverty school districts.

Research on student engagement at the level of school systems can be the lens with which to focus on quality schools that provide an equitable education that leads to academic success.

They remarked that the bills are «tampering with the accountability system» of standardized testing, and that these standardized tests «provide central data on school performances» and «equitable economic access and opportunity.»

During that time, I have had the opportunity to reflect on the many rich conversations we've had at Teacher Advisory Council (TAC) working sessions about how to build a more equitable education system, as well as the challenges of doing so.

An infographic highlights the four critical opportunities states have when «developing student - centered assessment systems» that have the «potential to increase engagement, provide real - time feedback on student learning, and improve equitable outcomes across our education system.»

Under the section labeled «community control,» M4BL called for an end to state and mayoral takeovers of school systems in favor of local, democratically elected boards, more equitable school funding and a de-emphasis on standardized testing.

In this analysis, Advance Illinois evaluates legislative proposals on how well they address components of an equitable K - 12 funding system.

In a recent article by Nina Rees, President and CEO of the National Association of Public Charter Schools, shed light on a lawsuit in New York could set an important precedent for the education system and equitable funding.

GPE tracks progress on the ratio of students to trained teachers in partner countries as well as the equitable distribution of teachers across the education system.

Recent research out of the Madison - based Wisconsin Policy Forum shows Wisconsin ranks high nationally for providing adequate funding in an equitable way to K - 12 schools — although researchers acknowledge the state's school finance system has its challenges, after «years of layering new programs and funding methods on top of one another.»

-- Geoff Masters, on what an equitable education system should look like.

«We are organizing in our neighborhoods, in our cities, and nationally, for an equitable and just education system, based on a belief in the potential of all children and the rights of parents, youth, and communities to participate in all aspects of planning and decision - making.»

That's why the work you are doing here is so important, because the decisions you make will have a profound impact on shaping their futures with a more equitable, transparent and accountable school system.

As cities focus increasingly on equitable access — system reliability, affordability, safe places to ride — ridership is growing and becoming more reflective of city racial and socio - economic demographics.»

At NWEI, we focus on how we can transform current systems — the economy, our education system, our justice system, our food system — to ones that promote a more equitable, just and peaceful society.

By responding positively to the economic crisis through fiscal stimulus packages which create green jobs and put us on course towards a low carbon development pathway, governments can build a more sustainable and equitable economic system and tackle the climate problem at the same time.

Its efforts to change the current legal system to what hopefully will be a new and improved equitable institution will serve humanity on the highest level.

Expecting such a system to provide consistently just / equitable orders and decrees is so naïve that (in my opinion) placing such faith in the system borders on malpractice.