Sentences with phrase «first educational choice»

Earlier this year, Sandoval signed the state's first educational choice law, a very limited scholarship tax credit.

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sponsored educational programs that help first - time buyers understand the various loan choices available

What is significant, in an educational sense, is that this is the first time congregations are recognized by the national agencies as the locale in which curriculum choice must be and in fact is made.

During the year's first multi-week session, young people, ages 7 - 17, will benefit from educational programs geared to build character, instill life - enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.

No matter what the occasion, a baby shower, baby's first birthday, or a successful graduation from kindergarten, Haba Toys are the perfect choice for safe, fun, educational toys for children from birth through school.

As the dust settles on the party's choice, the question remains of how, in practical terms — and how much, in political terms — the WFP endorsement will help Nixon, an actress and educational activist making her first run for political office.

The post, first reported by The New York Times, was taken down and Loeb issued an apology, saying, «I regret the language I used in expressing my passion for educational choice,» but that didn't stop Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray from calling for Loeb's resignation from Success, the city's largest and most controversial charter school chain, in separate tweets posted Frfirst reported by The New York Times, was taken down and Loeb issued an apology, saying, «I regret the language I used in expressing my passion for educational choice,» but that didn't stop Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray from calling for Loeb's resignation from Success, the city's largest and most controversial charter school chain, in separate tweets posted FrFirst Lady Chirlane McCray from calling for Loeb's resignation from Success, the city's largest and most controversial charter school chain, in separate tweets posted Friday.

If you and your date are looking for an educational first date then this is a great choice.

Chingos and Schwerdt first demonstrate the extent to which the increased choice created by FLVS has enabled students to access educational content that would not otherwise have been available to them.

First, Welner argues that I owe Ravitch and NEPC an apology because the initial version of our Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) educational attainment study was the source of one of Ravitch's factual errors, and our error was merely repeated by the person NEPC hired to review our study.

The educational charity is now taking bookings for the next academic year and is calling on teachers and parents to make the Science Centre their first choice for school trips.

«Legislators in Ohio have once again stood up for families that lack access to high - quality educational options, and we thank them for putting kids first,» said Betsy DeVos, Chairman of The American Federation for Children, a school - choice advocacy group.

School choice and supplemental educational services were not high on the political priority list under the first Bush administration, but it does not follow that these two vital provisions for parents can not be made to work.

In the first version of its «Public School Choice: Non-Regulatory Guidance,» published in December 2002, the department built on these basic statutory requirements to encourage districts to provide helpful information to parents: «The [local educational agency] should work together with parents to ensure that parents have ample information, time, and opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to choose a different public school for their children.»

by Brett Wigdortz, founder and CEO, Teach First; Fair access: Making school choice and admissions work for all by Rebecca Allen, reader in the economics of education at the Institute of Education, University of London; School accountability, performance and pupil attainment by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within - school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of London.

The study explores all educational choices by all students who took GCSEs in the summer of 2010 by linking three national databases for the first time.

This report, for the first time ever, provides a state - by - state breakdown of the key elements a policymaker needs in order to understand the legal environment for school choice in any given state — and to craft appropriate legislation to expand educational opportunity.

Dr Rebecca Allen, Director of Education Datalab, said: «The age of 16 marks the first point in most individual's educational lives where opportunities and choice can become markedly diverse.

ERP systems are today the first choice of any educational institution.

If anyone doubted that school choice would be a top educational priority for the Trump administration, the Republican president's first address to a joint session of Congress laid that question to rest.

Today, the Louisiana Federation for Children, the state's voice for educational choice, congratulates the next U.S. Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, and applauds the U.S. Senate for voting to confirm an Education Secretary who will put children and families first.

To be our local districts» first choice for educational services, whether providing the service ourselves or making connections with other schools, agencies, or organizations.

School choice places children first in the educational process.

We look forward to seeing Texas join 25 other states and Washington, D.C. whose policymakers have put the needs of parents and students first by expanding educational choice.»

All to say, this was important, because it is to our, as far as we know, one of the, if not the first survey to not only interview these families, survey these families about their educational experiences, but specifically ask this population about their opinions on school choice and some of the newer iterations of school choice, like education savings accounts.

One of the first educational leaders to call for autonomous, self - governed «schools of choice» was Al Shanker, the late president of the American Federation of Teachers.

Moreover, in practice, the «choice» program has been plagued by lack of accountability (no state testing requirements), fraud (private operators taking off with the state aid check, leaving the kids without a school to go to, and MPS to try to deal with it), refusal to accept handicapped children, continued leeching off public schools for lab courses, and — most significantly — absolutely no educational advantage whatsoever for the «choice» students compared to their public school counterparts, which was the ostensible justification for this whole fiasco in the first place.

Today, the American Federation for Children, the nation's voice for educational choice, congratulates the next U.S. Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, and applauds the U.S. Senate for voting to confirm an Education Secretary who will truly put students first.

First, public school choice programs (such as charter and interdistrict magnet schools) in Connecticut are all required by Connecticut law to provide children with an equal educational opportunity and to reduce racial, ethnic, and economic isolation of students (except technical schools).

First, studies of worldwide scope have found school choice produces greater educational achievement on average.

Maybe it's because I'm at the New Jersey Charter School Association annual conference and last evening heard Norm Atkins, founder of Uncommon Schools, remark that during Newark's most recent open enrollment cycle half of all Newark kindergarten parents ranked Uncommon as their first choice and listened to his partner Jamey Verrilli describe school choice as a quest for educational justice.