Sentences with phrase «federal education investment»

It's true that, if history is any guide, and if President Obama has his way, we're unlikely to see any cuts to the ongoing federal education investment — which has itself increased considerably in recent years.

We also are eager to address key issues including child nutrition reauthorization, career and technical education, and federal education investments.

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Stung by the expiration of federal aid intended to help states balance budgets as they seek to recover from the recession that began in 2008, the final budget is also expected to include another cut in local aid to cities and towns and to call for reduced growth in the rate of spending on education and health care, although special education is one of the few areas in which significant investments appear imminent.

As New York State braces for proposed federal budget cuts that could have a devastating impact on health care, education and infrastructure investments across the state, more than 80 New York residents with incomes in the top 1 % have sent an open letter... (read more)

Similarly, N3.15 bn is to be sourced from Ministry of Defence, N770m from Ministry of Education, N1.7 bn from Federal Capital Territory Administration and N1.3 bn from Ministry of Trade and Investment.

The UFT president suggested that the state pay for necessary public investments, such as education, by recapturing some of the funds lost to federal tax cuts for the rich.

In New York, 840,000 children are lifted above the poverty line each year by safety net programs; 597,000 residents were lifted out of poverty by the earned income tax credit and child tax credit from 2011 — 2013; 576,000 low - income households rely on federal rental assistance; 2,968,000 residents received SNAP in FY 2016; and hundreds of thousands more rely on investments in job training, education, and other social services.

«The Canadian Learning Institute represents substantial federal investment and is a good example of what we have achieved» on the way towards establishing a national overview of the education system, says Adams.

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.

Federal funders that have made significant investments include the National Science Foundation, through its Science of Learning Centers program, which offers awards for large - scale centers dedicated to the science of learning, and the Department of Education's Institute for Education Sciences, which funds neuroscience projects related to eEducation's Institute for Education Sciences, which funds neuroscience projects related to eEducation Sciences, which funds neuroscience projects related to educationeducation.

Science and Engineering Indicators is the most comprehensive source of high - quality federal data on a wide range of topics that include trends in global R&D investments and knowledge - intensive production, K - 12 and postsecondary STEM education, workforce trends and composition, state level comparisons, and public attitudes and understanding of science and related issues.

It's part of an ongoing effort to persuade federal policymakers that making a bigger investment in graduate education will create more jobs and strengthen the economy.

Science education: Both the Senate and House bills urge the federal government to do a better job of coordinating and assessing its $ 3 billion investment in programs that support STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education from grade school through graduate school.

As the top Democrat on a spending panel that oversees several federal research agencies, Fattah has pushed successfully for greater federal investment in basic research and science education, with a special focus on neuroscience.

Federal investments in scientific research and higher education programs have been curtailed as discretionary spending caps have been imposed in the absence of significant reforms to mandatory spending programs and taxation.

With millions of grant dollars on the line, representatives of the 16 state finalists for federal Race to the Top prize money will go to Washington next week to make final, in - person pitches to the U.S. Department of Education for investment in their brand of school reform.

The new law dramatically ramped up Washington's investment in K - 12 education, carving out a role for the federal government in educating the nation's poorest children.

As part of Bellwether's recent publication outlining 16 education policy ideas for the next president, I propose a new federal investment to help districts in transforming their hiring and on - boarding processes.

Although the administration has proposed cutting the U.S. Department of Education's budget by 13.5 percent, it seeks a $ 1.4 billion federal investment in school choice.

The National Education Technology Funding Corporation will aim to stimulate private investment in school technology and encourage states to sponsor information networks for public schools and libraries, said James E. Murray, a member of the group's board and a former president of the Federal National Mortgage Association.

[ii] The question facing policymakers and the public is not whether eliminating tuition at public colleges for most families will have a positive effect, but whether it is the best use of a large new federal investment in higher education.

We failed to mobilize as a unified collective to help our state and federal lawmakers understand not only what society was getting for its investment, but why we should continue to invest in higher education.

The Obama administration invested much effort into attempts to improve the return both students and the federal government were receiving on their investments in higher education.

Two years ago this month, Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — the economic - stimulus package — with its one - time federal investment of nearly $ 100 billion in education.

Indeed, less than a year before the Coleman Report's release, President Lyndon Johnson had signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act into law, dedicating federal funds to disadvantaged students through a Title 1 program that still remains the single largest investment in K — 12 education, currently reaching approximately 21 million students at an annual cost of about $ 14.4Education Act into law, dedicating federal funds to disadvantaged students through a Title 1 program that still remains the single largest investment in K — 12 education, currently reaching approximately 21 million students at an annual cost of about $ 14.4education, currently reaching approximately 21 million students at an annual cost of about $ 14.4 billion.

In a brief we wrote with Christen Holly and Gillian Locke for the Center for American Progress, Giving Every Student Access to Excellent Teachers: A Vision for Focusing Federal Investments in Education, we suggest four ways the federal government can dramatically increase access to excellent teaching and transform the profFederal Investments in Education, we suggest four ways the federal government can dramatically increase access to excellent teaching and transform the proffederal government can dramatically increase access to excellent teaching and transform the profession:

During this reauthorization process, NSBA has worked closely with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to advocate for a modernized education law that affirms the importance of local governance, protects federal investments in Title I grants for disadvantaged students, and prevents the diversion of public tax dollars for private use.

Is the federal investment in career and technical education at risk, for example?

The federal government's largest investment in postsecondary education and training is through the federal Pell Grant program, which supplies more than $ 6 billion to help needy students pay for college tuition.

Changes to FERPA should also include the aforementioned new investment in helping educators and school district leaders comply with the vast array of existing federal and state privacy requirements, including expanded support for the U.S. Department of Education's Privacy and Technical Assistance Center.

Amid the intense debates about how much progress the nation has made in raising student achievement and whether federal investments in education have produced results, one important trend tends to be overlooked — namely, the notable gains made by African American and Latino students in reading and math achievement since 1971.

During the reauthorization process, there was a collective effort by NSBA and local school board members to advocate before Members of Congress for a modernized education law that underscores the importance of local governance, protects federal investments in Title I grants for disadvantaged students, and prevents the diversion of public tax dollars for private use.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) negotiated rulemaking committee completed its third and final session today coming to consensus on the assessment (testing) issues but failing to reach agreement on supplement, not supplant (ESSA provisions requiring that federal Title I funds be used in addition to state and local education investments and not as a substitute for such).

While I do not want to minimize the important and timely federal investment in public education, I worry that those cynics of public education — many of whom occupy powerful political positions — are just waiting in the wings to declare this investment a failure.

The proposed cuts in long - standing programs — and the simultaneous new investment in alternatives to traditional public schools — are a sign of the Trump administration's belief that federal efforts to improve education have failed.

But the law has not achieved its intended effect of ensuring that federal dollars enhance local investments in education.

It will be a big investment for a school that took in a total of $ 2.7 million in federal, state and local education dollars for the 2011 - 12 school year, according to DPI funding estimates.

Public schools across the country rely upon federal investments for key education programs such as Title I grants for disadvantaged students, special education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and also programs such as Impact Aid, which provides support to school districts educating students whose parents are enlisted in our Armed Forces and those who reside on tribal trueducation programs such as Title I grants for disadvantaged students, special education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and also programs such as Impact Aid, which provides support to school districts educating students whose parents are enlisted in our Armed Forces and those who reside on tribal trueducation under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and also programs such as Impact Aid, which provides support to school districts educating students whose parents are enlisted in our Armed Forces and those who reside on tribal truEducation Act (IDEA), and also programs such as Impact Aid, which provides support to school districts educating students whose parents are enlisted in our Armed Forces and those who reside on tribal trust lands.

This lack of federal investment, in combination with the recent education budget cuts at the state and local level has made it increasingly difficult for schools and early education programs to continue to provide the services that young children and youth with disabilities need and to which they are legally entitled.

The National School Boards Association today signed on to a coalition letter supporting an increased federal investment in special education grants to states.

They share concerns that President Obama's FY13 budget request emphasizes funding for new competitive grant programs at the expense of investments in cornerstone federal K — 12 programs like Title I and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

NSBA urges the opposition of the Spending Reduction Act of 2012 (H.R. 6684), as this bill and other similar measures would significantly undermine key federal investments on education.

«School boards across the nation have advocated for an increased federal investment in key programs such as special education,» said Deborah A. Rigsby, Director, Federal Legislation, National School Boards Assocfederal investment in key programs such as special education,» said Deborah A. Rigsby, Director, Federal Legislation, National School Boards AssocFederal Legislation, National School Boards Association.

While making a notably larger investment in public education, the federal percentage of total school allocations still accounts for less than 10 percent of most state public school budgets, though that amount may vary from state to state.

«NSBA appreciates Congress» diligence in keeping the budget process moving forward and encourages federal lawmakers to disregard areas of the proposed budget that fall short on a strong investment in public education.

The continual increase in federal investment in public education and corresponding decrease in class size has not produced an increase in student performance.

Myth: President Obama is proposing to expand Head Start — a program that doesn't work — or expand the federal investment in early childhood education when the federal efforts so far have proved ineffective.

To further the work of the PSCI, LAUSD joined with researchers from the USC Rossier School of Education, Unite - LA / Chamber of Commerce, the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, and several other partners to bid on a grant from the federal Investing in Innovation Fund (i3), part of the historic $ 5 billion investment in school reform in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Congress should also leverage the federal investment in higher education to reverse the marked decline in state support for public higher education and create a renewed partnership with states to incentivize state investment.