Sentences with phrase «from improving public education»

Education reform has come to mean different things to different people: from improving public education to privatizing it out of existence.

Not exact matches

Achieves these goals through research to understand, prevent and recover from pollinator losses; expanding public education programs and outreach; increasing and improving pollinator habitat; and developing public - private partnerships

New York City Department of Education (New York), Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles), Chicago Public Schools (Chicago), Miami - Dade County Public Schools (Miami), Dallas Independent School District (Dallas), Orange County Public Schools (Orlando), Broward County Public Schools (Fort Lauderdale), Clark County Public Schools (Las Vegas), School District of Philadelphia (Philadelphia), Baltimore Public Schools (Baltimore), and Boston Public Schools (Boston) will coordinate menus to improve purchasing power from food providers so that costs are kept low.

Indeed, a rich body of research suggests homework might benefit older students, and, even then, that there is no strong evidence that homework improves academic achievement (as discussed in this article from the Center for Public Education).

CDC and ASCD developed this expanded model — in collaboration with key leaders from the fields of health, public health, education, and school health — to strengthen a unified and collaborative approach designed to improve learning and health in our nation's schools.

«Legislators are going to have to weigh which they value more: advice from hedge fund billionaires that come with checks or the concerns of students, parents and teachers about what's needed to truly improve public education.»

Public Advocate Letitia James expressed disappointment in the lack of ambition from the Department of Education's plans for improving school diversity.

Texas's pre-K pilot program combines a mixed delivery system comprised of public and private providers and consultant services from a third - party expert, the Center for Improving the Readiness of Children for Learning and Education (CIRCLE) at the University of Texas.

There's no hope for improving education policy if we don't keep the facts and evidence distinct from the public - school system's party (and often partisan) line.

«I appreciated [Mitchell's] interest in lessons that could be learned from other countries and jurisdictions, and his generosity in always finding time to speak to various education delegations from other countries that visited Massachusetts to learn about the State's efforts to improve our public schools,» said Professor Fernando Reimers in a remembrance piece.

Tom Payzant, the veteran superintendent who heads up Boston Public Schools, says large school districts get funding from a variety of philanthropic organizations, but he has had to work hard to persuade these funders to align their efforts to support a system - wide vision of how to improve education and avoid contributing to what he calls «project-itis,» which is just a series of ad hoc donations that make givers feel good but have little impact on students.

However, Unions highlighted reports from MPs on the cross-party education select committee and the public accounts committee, both published last week, which criticised the academies and free schools programme and pointed to the lack of evidence that it was leading to improved standards.

This summer, Raise Your Hand Texas (RYHT)-- an education coalition composed of business and community leaders, parents, and tax payers dedicated to strengthening and improving Texas public schools — sent 125 educators from throughout the state to four leadership institutes at the Programs in Professional Eeducation coalition composed of business and community leaders, parents, and tax payers dedicated to strengthening and improving Texas public schools — sent 125 educators from throughout the state to four leadership institutes at the Programs in Professional EducationEducation.

Looming fiscal trouble in a number of states could inhibit current and future efforts to improve their public schools, a report from the National Education Association concludes.

In support of our mission — to elevate awareness and understanding of important educational issues among professionals and the public — we seek and accept grant funding from the philanthropic community that reflects a similar commitment to improving K - 12 education for all children.

Coaching Tips from Gawande Harvard Gazette, October 25, 2012 «Atul Gawande — New Yorker staff writer, surgeon at Brigham and Women's, and professor at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)-- took 90 minutes from his busy schedule Wednesday to talk about ways teaching can be improved through coaching as part of the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Askwith Forum series.»

IMPACT, the controversial teacher - evaluation system recently introduced in the District of Columbia Public Schools, appears to have caused hundreds of teachers in the district to improve their performance markedly while also encouraging some low - performing teachers to voluntarily leave the district's classrooms, according to a new study from the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education and the Stanford Graduate School of Education.

Since the Milliken ruling, there has been a vast effort to improve public education for students from kindergarten through high school with an extensive range of reforms.

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

Boston Public Schools wins Broad Prize for Urban Education Fifth time the charm for national recognition as most improved urban school district; $ 1 million in total scholarship money awarded to students Mayor Thomas M. Menino, School Committee Chair Elizabeth Reilinger and Interim Superintendent Michael Contompasis today accepted the Broad Prize for Urban Education from Eli Broad and the Broad Foundation as the most improved urban school district in the country.

STANFORD — Education researchers William G. Howell of the University of Chicago and Martin R. West of Brown University have released newly compiled evidence from the 2008 Education Next / PEPG survey which shows that if the public is given accurate information about what is currently being spent on public schools, their support for increased spending and confidence that more spending will improve student learning both decline.

The Southern Regional Education Board works with 16 member states to improve public education at every level, from pre-K throuEducation Board works with 16 member states to improve public education at every level, from pre-K throueducation at every level, from pre-K through Ph.D..

A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization headquartered in Atlanta, the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) works with states to improve public education at every level, from pre-K throuEducation Board (SREB) works with states to improve public education at every level, from pre-K throueducation at every level, from pre-K through Ph.D..

EdEx Qatar gathers 1000 + education leaders and decision makers from the Ministry, Kindergarten, Schools, Universities and Colleges to discuss innovative solutions and strategies for improving public and private education delivery in Qatar.

School Board Leadership Resource Center and Center for Public Education Briefing Room: These two resources bring you school improvement research, best practices and examples from high - performing school systems, and expert guidance that can help your school board set a course for improving student achievement and district excellence.

2018 Halperin Lecture & Youth Public Service Award (Wednesday, March 21, 2018 from 9:15 - 10:30 am ET) The lecture and youth award, hosted by the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) and Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL), serves as an ongoing tribute to our founder Sam Halperin, who dedicated his life and career to improving youth education, workforce, and policy outcomes.

And when we talk about improving public education, and the very real and increasing threat that is coming from the corporate «education reform» types, who want to layoff teachers, ban or reduce collective bargaining rights, take - over public schools and transfer the care and control of our public schools to various third parties... let's not forget that many districts do not fund enough IA positions and every district fails to fairly compensate IAs for the incredible work they do.

With enthusiastic leadership from the federal government and a groundswell of public support, we now have a rare opportunity to significantly improve education in this country.

However, let's continue to work together to improve our existing public education system before we let national news, outside organizations, or even leaders from other states dictate what's right for Nebraska's children.

From 2002 to 2004, the New York City Department of Education launched Children First, a multi-year strategic planning and implementation effort to dramatically improve New York City's public schools.

Begun in 1993 and financed in large part by a $ 50 - million gift from the publisher and philanthropist Walter H. Annenberg, the institute is dedicated to improving public education in the United States.

Parent advocates from across the country converged on New York City on Monday, February 7 for the first national forum of Parents Across America, a parent - led movement to make parent voices heard in the national debate over education reform — and to promote positive, common - sense solutions that will improve public schools nationwide.

The honest attempt to find common ground on the crucial issue of improving public education deserves wide support and participation from diverse interests, including the skeptical teachers union.

The Florida Master Teacher Initiative (FMTI), supported by a development grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Investing in Innovation (i3) program, is specifically intended to improve academic outcomes for 30,250 high - need children in Miami - Dade County Public Schools (M - DCPS) by elevating teacher effectiveness and school culture

Teacher voice and student diversity, largely forgotten goals from the earliest ideas about charter schools, may hold the best hope for improving charter schools — and thereby illuminate a path for strengthening our entire system of public education.

February 25 College Students To Debate the State of Public Education in Florida Sixty - four students from across the state will recommend ways in which education can beEducation in Florida Sixty - four students from across the state will recommend ways in which education can beeducation can be improved

The struggles he experienced accessing public education inspired Allison to become a teacher who would try to improve that system from the inside.

It's a bicameral committee responsible for examining «on a continuing basis, the several educational institutions in North Carolina, in order to make ongoing recommendations to the General Assembly on ways to improve public education from kindergarten through higher education.»

For education, technology and charter school companies and the Wall Streeters who back them, it lets them cite troubled public schools to argue that the current public education system is flawed, and to then argue that education can be improved if taxpayer money is funneled away from the public school system's priorities (hiring teachers, training teachers, reducing class size, etc.) and into the private sector (replacing teachers with computers, replacing public schools with privately run charter schools, etc.).

Our overall goal is to identify what works to improve education, and to translate that information to policymakers for their decisions about public investments in the education system from preschool through college.

Charter parents, leaders, teachers and graduates from schools including Vaughn Next Century Learning Center, Fenton Public Schools, PUC, YPI Charter Schools and Pacoima Charter shared the message that charters are changing lives and they are essential to improving public education in Los AnPublic Schools, PUC, YPI Charter Schools and Pacoima Charter shared the message that charters are changing lives and they are essential to improving public education in Los Anpublic education in Los Angeles.

«Given the ability to customize educational programs, public schools could be leaders in innovating new solutions that improve education and attract new revenues in response to the clear, and growing, demand from parents for quality options,» said Bender.

March 21, 2017 — A new report College Completion: Focus on the Finish Line from the National Center for Developmental Education calls for closer collaboration between community colleges, public schools, and community services, improved teaching and learning and fully integrated courses and student support services as three main phases of college success.

Rea served on the board of directors for Sapientis, which advances the social and economic development of Puerto Rico by developing leaders who improve public education, from 2001 — 2005.

The law brought accountability to American public education, forced revelations of inflated graduation rates, and showed the poor performance of suburban districts in improving student achievement for all kids (including those from poor and minority backgrounds).

Why Public School Parents Oppose H.R. 2218 and Our Recommendations for Improving the Charter School Bill A Parents Across America Position Paper on the «Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act» July 5, 2011 Parents Across America (PAA), a grassroots organization representing public school parents from across the United States, opposes the current version of H.R. 2218, the Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act, which was recently reported from the House Education and Workforce CommPublic School Parents Oppose H.R. 2218 and Our Recommendations for Improving the Charter School Bill A Parents Across America Position Paper on the «Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act» July 5, 2011 Parents Across America (PAA), a grassroots organization representing public school parents from across the United States, opposes the current version of H.R. 2218, the Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act, which was recently reported from the House Education and Workforce Commpublic school parents from across the United States, opposes the current version of H.R. 2218, the Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act, which was recently reported from the House Education and Workforce Committee.

As a teacher, organizer, and parent advocate, I highly recommend those interested in improving conditions in public education investigate the LSC model as an archetype for change,» said Mark Friedman, a PAA member from Rochester, NY.

Gov. Romney's plan to improve education lacks the detail and depth the public should expect from a presidential candidate, writes Jeremy Ayers.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

Late in 1970, nine special education directors from southern California met to explore the possibility of forming a professional association aimed at improving communication between the public and private sector.