Sentences with phrase «especially on education funding»

Amedore, meanwhile, is blasted for his votes in the Assembly, especially on education funding.

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Instead, he argued that funding resources should be expended on creating education and professional programs and job opportunities, especially for immigrants and minorities.

As a result of the testimony given, the report recommends the state Department of Education immediately address several concerns, such as expediting waivers from the U.S. Department of Education «to relax onerous and rigid testing restrictions placed on certain students,» especially with English as a Second Language students and students with disabilities; producing all missing or incomplete curriculum modules; aligning assessments proportionally to curriculum actually implemented; and increasing funding for the professional development of teachers.

In my judgment, that kind of leadership will require a comprehensive and sustained effort from both our public and private sectors — including a robust investment in education (especially the STEM fields), a federal commitment to research and development, a renewed emphasis on next generation manufacturing, translating federally funded breakthroughs to commercial applications in the private sector, an immigration policy that enables us to recruit and retain the best and brightest scientists from around the world, and appropriate tax, regulatory, and legal policy.

Catherine Snow: Incorporating Rich Language in Early Education Educations Funders Researchers Initiative, November 18, 2013 «Taking on the task of improving reading skills, for all children and especially for those scoring at the bottom of the skill distribution, requires three simple things: first, we must provide all children with experiences designed to ensure a broad knowledge base and rich language before entry to kindergarten; second, we must redesign post-primary instruction to focus on discussion, analysis, critique, and synthesis; and third, we must redirect resources from testing children to assessing what is actually going on inside classrooms,» writes Professor Catherine Snow.

Brad Mitchell is a senior director at Battelle for Kids, where he focuses on building and leveraging philanthropy to fund innovative education reform, especially around rural collaboratives that can serve as learning laboratories and pilot improvement initiatives.

Decisions on policy matters that may be opposed by a new government must be postponed until after the election, calling into question the ability of the Department for Education (DfE) to sign funding agreements or land contracts for new free schools until after June 8, especially given Labour's opposition to the programme.

ASCD calls on policymakers to provide the funding necessary to meet all of the mandates they impose and to increase the resources in order to meet the needs of every student, especially those programs that support socioeconomically disadvantaged students, students with disabilities, career technical education, a well - rounded education, personalized learning, and high - quality teachers and principals.

This is especially important given ESSA's emphasis on giving states and districts more self - determination and flexibility in using federalElementary and Secondary Education Act funds to facilitate stronger student outcomes.

In the hysterically titled «GOP War On Learning Continues In Senate Tax Plan, State Funding Cuts,» he writes, «As the Republican - controlled Congress continues to advance tax plans that slash funding from public education, a new report reveals how state and local government officials, especially where GOP leadership dominates, have continued a decade - long campaign to keep school funding below levels that preceded the Great Recession.Funding Cuts,» he writes, «As the Republican - controlled Congress continues to advance tax plans that slash funding from public education, a new report reveals how state and local government officials, especially where GOP leadership dominates, have continued a decade - long campaign to keep school funding below levels that preceded the Great Recession.funding from public education, a new report reveals how state and local government officials, especially where GOP leadership dominates, have continued a decade - long campaign to keep school funding below levels that preceded the Great Recession.funding below levels that preceded the Great Recession.»

About 70 people attended the event and heard a terrific panel presentation afterwards, focused on education issues in Dallas, especially the impact of Charters and the refusal of legislators to fund education adequately.

«I hope that WFP mounts a vigorous campaign, especially on the issue of education, pointing out that the Cuomo administration has tolerated highly inequitable funding, limited the ability of districts to tax themselves to meet their needs, and shown preference for charter schools — which enroll 3 % of the state's children — over public schools.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is obsessed with K - 12 voucher expansion, especially in Florida where she has spent vast sums to break the separation of church and state, elect sympathetic politicians, fund a PAC with John Kirtley of Step Up for Students and served until recently on the board of Jeb's Foundation for Excellence in Education.

Finally, funding allows The Project to participate in targeted outreach and trainings to college and university students, faculty, campus law enforcement, and others on the legal rights of victims of sexual assault, leveraging its experience with youth and education law to benefit that especially vulnerable population.»