Sentences with phrase «equity in schools now»

While this is taking place at a wider ecological level, by linking SEL to equity in schools now, every day, we and our students hone the skills to become the architects of a better world.

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With that in mind, state postseason bracketing now discards enrollment entirely, and focuses exclusively on competitive equity, on matching teams at similar levels, regardless of school size.

«That means that we can now focus our efforts in the coming years on getting New York City schools the Campaign for Fiscal Equity money they are still owed and building equity into the state aid formula so that poor school districts get more state aid than wealthier ones,» MulgrewEquity money they are still owed and building equity into the state aid formula so that poor school districts get more state aid than wealthier ones,» Mulgrewequity into the state aid formula so that poor school districts get more state aid than wealthier ones,» Mulgrew said.

«Equity is an issue and I will tell you that from the work that we did in San Francisco carrying on through Houston, when you look at schools by whatever metrics are «underperforming»... my experience has been — again, now in four different states and four different school systems — that the schools don't just decide that they're going to be underperforming,» he said.

Their team is now in the process of designing rigorous toolkits that make putting equity at the forefront of school redesign both feasible and actionable — not an afterthought, but forethought.

In my in - depth interview with the OECD Director for Education and Skills, Andreas Schleicher, on the newly published PISA 2015 results, there are many fascinating findings: Just four provinces in China now provide 13 % of the world's top - performing students; Singapore, Canada, Estonia, Japan and Finland have combined excellence and equity over a number of PISA tests, and interestingly these countries have a steadfast commitment to outstanding teaching and to supporting schools and students that are strugglinIn my in - depth interview with the OECD Director for Education and Skills, Andreas Schleicher, on the newly published PISA 2015 results, there are many fascinating findings: Just four provinces in China now provide 13 % of the world's top - performing students; Singapore, Canada, Estonia, Japan and Finland have combined excellence and equity over a number of PISA tests, and interestingly these countries have a steadfast commitment to outstanding teaching and to supporting schools and students that are strugglinin - depth interview with the OECD Director for Education and Skills, Andreas Schleicher, on the newly published PISA 2015 results, there are many fascinating findings: Just four provinces in China now provide 13 % of the world's top - performing students; Singapore, Canada, Estonia, Japan and Finland have combined excellence and equity over a number of PISA tests, and interestingly these countries have a steadfast commitment to outstanding teaching and to supporting schools and students that are strugglinin China now provide 13 % of the world's top - performing students; Singapore, Canada, Estonia, Japan and Finland have combined excellence and equity over a number of PISA tests, and interestingly these countries have a steadfast commitment to outstanding teaching and to supporting schools and students that are struggling.

School districts are critical for a variety of oversight and equity reasons, as we are now seeing in

I then worked with BayCES (now National Equity Project) to support the creation of small schools in Oakland.

School districts are critical for a variety of oversight and equity reasons, as we are now seeing in New Orleans, yet most districts seem unable to focus on what is most important.

A private equity firm CEO and Mitch Daniels supporter, Childs was an early investor in Edison Schools, now named Edison Learning.

With continued anti-immigrant sentiment reflected in our executive branch and now in many states as well as across the globe, school policies compel urgent curricular transformation and a renewal to a commitment toward equity, social justice, and cultural consciousness.

Some fascinating highlights: Just four provinces in China now provide 13 % of the world's top - performing students; Singapore, Canada, Estonia, Japan and Finland have combined excellence and equity over a number of PISA tests, and interestingly these countries have a steadfast commitment to outstanding teaching and to supporting schools and students that are struggling.

And what this allows is it gives an enormous federal tax credit to banks and equity funds that invest in community projects in underserved communities, and it's been used heavily now for the last several years for charter schools.

I envision them continuing along a collaborative path with partners like LAUSD, Educators 4 Excellence, Families in Schools and Great Public Schools Now to move educational equity to the next level at district and charter schoolsSchools and Great Public Schools Now to move educational equity to the next level at district and charter schoolsSchools Now to move educational equity to the next level at district and charter schoolsschools alike.

Yet, according to federal law — once called No Child Left Behind (NCLB), now called Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)-- schools and states are responsible for both inputs and outputs in order to ensure adequate school quality and equity.

Great Public Schools Now's mission is deeply rooted in our belief in educational equity and that every child in our city — irrespective of the zip code they live in — deserves a high - quality education that prepares him / her for college, career, and life.

Since its inception in 2010, LAUTR has trained seven cohorts of equity - minded teachers who are now serving as teachers of record in high - need schools in Los Angeles.

The idea that we will create greater equity for the children now in our schools by raising standards, preparing them all for college, and holding their teachers accountable for their achievement is wrong and should be discarded.

Given that women's participation in the profession (thirty - seven percent) is still decades away from equaling that of men and that women have stalled at around twenty percent of partners (17 % for equity and 23 % for income partners) for many years now, it is clear that women still have a very long way to go to mirror the gender equality that law schools have enjoyed for over twenty years.

I also wonder about this statement: «the most intelligent and ambitious law students, who by sheer numbers will be equity - seeking groups like women, visible minorities, and LGBT students... «Since women are now a majority in Canadian law schools (I believe), I suppose you have the numbers here for them.

He also served as co-investigator with OSLC scientist Dr. Charles R. Martinez, Jr. (now director of the Center for Equity Promotion in the College of Education at the University of Oregon) on a variety of projects through the Oregon Social Learning Center Latino Research Team, including the Latino Youth and Family Empowerment Project I and II, which developed and tested a culturally specific parent training intervention for Latino families with youngsters at risk for substance use and related problems; the Adolescent Latino Acculturation Study, which was designed to learn more about how Latino families and their middle school youth who have immigrated to the U.S. adapt to life in this country; and PREVENIR, which developed and refined a culturally specific parent and teacher training program in four countries in Central America.

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