Sentences with phrase «federal initiative»

It tends to be more so when evaluation systems must show evidence of a teacher's contribution to student learning, as federal initiatives have recently required.

This essay is a critical overview of the ideology, politics, and implications of recent federal initiatives in parent education.

Researchers hope to learn much more about the cognitive reserve concept with new funding from recent federal initiatives that aim to increase dementia - related research and discovery.

Some state financial aid dollars are matched through federal initiatives.

Over the last several years federal initiatives have called on states to improve the nation's lowest performing schools.

The beginnings of statewide initiatives are a sign of the political impact this model is having, and there is talk of launching federal initiatives.

A Canadian federal initiative recognises the achievements of young policy researchers and encourages them to communicate their research.

In K — 12 education, the states are ultimately in charge and few federal initiatives in this realm work nearly as well as intended.

More private and charter alternatives, combined with local, state, and federal initiatives aimed at encouraging choice, means that families have more options.

Recent federal initiatives have called on states to improve the nation's lowest performing schools.

And the $ 10 billion Mr. Obama has pledged for early childhood education would amount to the largest new federal initiative for young children since Head Start began in 1965.

The approximately $ 6.8 billion bill will fund major federal initiatives like Vice President Joe Biden's Cancer Moonshot program and the Obama administration's Precision Medicine Initiative.

But in the years since A Nation at Risk, the rhetoric of high expectations, accountability, and ensuring that all students - especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds - have an equal opportunity to receive quality education has been accompanied by a series of federal initiatives including Clinton's 1994 re-authorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary School Act, subsequent education «policy summits,» and George H. W. Bush's Goals 2000.

The grant money is part of a broader federal initiative by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to rid the country's housing stock of lead - paint hazards.

In order to remain globally competitive in the 21st Century, we must continue our broad support for federal initiatives that have helped foster thousands of innovations like the microchip, GPS, the Internet, and the bar code, just to name a few.

So, the non-random assignment of teachers biases both the value - added and observational components written into America's now «more objective» teacher evaluation systems, as (formerly) required of all states that were to comply with federal initiatives and incentives (e.g., Race to the Top).

The last major federal initiative came in 1994, when the Clinton administration worked with Congress to create Early Head Start, which serves pregnant women and children from birth to age 3.

In discussions to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and other federal initiatives such as Race to the Top and the ESEA flexibility waivers, legislators have focused on the impact educators have on improving student achievement.

The Bush Administration today announced unprecedented federal initiatives designed to organize the federal government's climate change science research system along with funding for global climate observation.

In the past century and up until the late 1970s, many of the functional services of community schools were publicly funded via federal initiatives including affirmative action, bilingual education, Medicaid and Medicare, low - income and public housing, social security, unemployment, food stamps, and programs to place case managers, social workers, and nurses in the schools.

The different federal initiatives come as the offshore wind industry is «picking up momentum after a lull,» said Kit Kennedy, director of energy and transportation for the Natural Resources Defense Council, who was at the White House meeting.

Medicare and a bloated defense budget have also added greatly to the problem, as have other large scale Federal initiatives.

Current federal initiatives such as direct certification aim to improve the accuracy of National School Lunch Program (NSLP) certification.

The fact that credentialed medical assistants are now recognized in such a high - profile federal initiative implies that they are just as able as licensed health care professionals to undertake such significant responsibilities.

Democrat Joseph Crowley openly supports federal initiatives such as Pell Grants to make college more affordable and accessible.

Driven by several federal initiatives such as Race to the Top, Teacher Incentive Fund, and ESEA waivers, however, many states have incorporated value - added measures into the evaluations not only of elementary teachers but of middle and high school teachers as well.

Discounting the one - time federal initiatives would reduce the authors «$ 14 billion surplus to a deficit of about $ 6 billion in 2012 - 13.

«We look forward to future announcements regarding joint federal initiatives including transit and transportation, eliminating internal barriers to trade, and human capital.»

Ongoing federal initiatives are already building momentum for long - term success.

A sprawling federal initiative to strengthen Long Island against coastal storms is inching closer to becoming a reality even as doubts persist in the South Shore towns and villages that stand most to benefit from it.

In late September, Stanley received a first - round BRAIN grant from the ambitious federal initiative seeking to create a dynamic map of the brain in action.

While federal initiatives here in the States are gaining momentum, similar progress is being made in Europe.

While states and local communities should offer as many quality choices to parents through things like education savings accounts and vouchers, that doesn't mean choice advocates should welcome federal initiatives to expand choice, said Lindsey Burke, the education policy director at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank that backs limited government.

Federal initiatives combating this issue began in the White House with President Obama's My Brother's Keeper Initiative and have expanded into state ESSA plans.

Over half of the nation's high - poverty schools are taking advantage of a new federal initiative intended to make it easier for U.S. children to eat nutritious cafeteria meals for free, federal officials said on Tuesday.

Each of these four profiles illuminates how federal initiatives can accelerate student success as seen through the experiences of New Leaders alumni successfully leading high - need schools and districts.

The EL model receives start - up funding by the New American Schools federal initiative.

Ultimately ESSA is a policy paradox for Alabama as there is some opportunity for flexibility and movement away from the failed federal initiatives.

We asked mayors about their ability to combat federal initiatives across an array of policies.

During his tenure, he launched new coordinated federal initiatives to accelerate innovation - based growth strategies, including the «i6 Challenge» and the «Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge.»

Both as an employee and as a contractor, Mr. Smith develops requirements, policy guidance and researches federal initiatives.