Sentences with phrase «high access initiative»

As part of our high access initiative all Park City School District students in grades 6 through 12 receive laptops.

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«This collaboration will help us identify and support breakthrough innovations in IoT, and look forward to having early access to new technologies with a focus on high quality products and ideas that will develop through this initiative,» he added.

Both partnerships — currently in beta — fall under the umbrella of SecondMarket +, an initiative that is selectively partnering with leading platforms to give SecondMarket investors centralized access to high - quality deal flow.

An initiative of the Canadian Film Centre's Media Lab, in partnership with Corus Entertainment, IDEABOOST provides high - potential Canadian startups with seed investment, mentorship, and access to its network, including investors, customers, and partners across the world through the Global Accelerator Network.

Initiatives by successive governments to provide better access to higher education for young people from less - privileged backgrounds have failed according to Understanding Society, the world's largest longitudinal study.

We are especially pleased with the decision to expand access to Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses, particularly in schools that have lower college - going rates and that do not already have access to these classes, and to support the state's landmark Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P - TECH) initiative.»

The algebra initiative is inspired by a recent report by researchers at the New School, which found that students who don't take algebra do not have access to high - level math and science courses in high school, and are less likely to be college ready.

One of de Blasio's education initiatives aims to increase access students have to higher - level education.

Offering a history of broadband initiatives in Ulster County this past week, county Comptroller Elliott Auerbach noted a 2012 resolution supporting applications to the Connect NY Broadband Grant for broadband service to the towns of Denning, Wawarsing, Hardenburgh, and Rochester; a 2014 State of the County address request from County Executive Mike Hein to the Ulster County Legislature to set policy on «some important issues still facing Ulster County including Broadband expansion and improving internet access for county residents»; a request from the legislature later that same year «that the county executive develop a plan... and the plan should include a one year, two year and five year plus proposal for broadband expansion»; and resolutions and letters directed to the state Public Service Commission this year directing Verizon to provide high speed fiber optic internet across Ulster County.

New York State Senate Democratic Policy Group Initiatives Would Help Over 1.3 Million New Yorkers; Make Higher Education More Affordable by Reducing Student Loan Debt, Increasing Savings For Families, Expanding Access to College Credit for High School Students Initiatives to Enhance Readiness and Increase Graduation Rates and Employment Will Help More New Yorkers Achieve College Success

With one of the classrooms for Mohawk Valley Community College's newly instituted small Unoccupied Aerial Systems degree program as the backdrop this morning, Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. updated the progress being made in his Vision 2020 initiative which intends to ready the region for growth in the areas of high - tech education and training; transportation and housing and access to opportunity.

«The CUNY Board of Trustees has approved an operating budget request for FY2017 - 18 that seeks increased state and city investment in faculty hiring, new research, expanding college access and other initiatives necessary to provide our students with an affordable, high - quality education,» Arena said in an emailed statement.

MEDC's Entrepreneur and Innovation initiative establishes Michigan as the place to create and grow a business by providing high - tech start - up companies with access to a variety of critical resources, such as funding and expert counsel, from ideation to maturation.

The EPI says that if the government believes that introducing the Opportunity Areas initiative would address the lack of access to a high performing school, then its analysis suggests that there should be one in the North East.

During the past year, Bonnie Mackintosh has been conducting classroom - level observations and child assessments in community - based preschool programs throughout Boston's Circle of Promise and East Boston neighborhoods as part of an initiative to improve access to high - quality early childhood care and educational programs.

Six years ago, the Pew Charitable Trusts launched a national initiative aimed at helping states provide access to high - quality pre-kindergarten for every three - and four - year - old whose parents want it for them.

English - language learners have limited access to some of the 186 small high schools that are part of a small - schools initiative launched by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in the New York City school system, says a report by two immigrant - advocacy groups.

Yet the high level of satisfaction with private schools provides encouragement for those who support school voucher initiatives, which increase access to the private sector by paying some or all of students» tuition.

Additionally, Bernard is engaged in a number of regional and statewide initiatives to develop and improve students» access to high quality bilingual education.

This is particularly problematic for low - income, high - achieving students, who tend to lack access to «gifted and talented» programs and similar initiatives.

In her scholarship, she has studied the role of financial aid in increasing access to higher education, the effects of postsecondary remediation, and the impact of institutional initiatives aimed at reducing inequality in college outcomes.

Pioneer initiatives were established such as OpenCourseWare of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2001) and Khan Academy (2006), which offered free access to high - quality resources and educational films.

The pilot gave the SCDE an opportunity to gauge the need for and response to the program around the state, as well as the SCDE's strength in supporting other initiatives — such as high school redesign and adult education — and in meeting legislative mandates to give all students access to high - quality instruction.

Elimination of the regulations raises several concerns for school districts, including potential pass - through costs associated with data - heavy digital learning initiatives; a less innovative education technology environment based on potential discriminatory pricing for new market entrants; and heightened pricing and other vulnerabilities for rural and high cost districts that may only have access to a single broadband carrier.

They are deliberately aimed at higher ability pupils who have the initiative to access the posed questions.

The national initiative, hosted by Michigan College Access Network, seeks to provide each high school senior with the opportunity to apply to institutions that will further their education.

The initiative, launched in 2016 - 17, was developed by the College Bound Foundation, which places College Access Professionals (CAPs) in high schools where they support students as they prepare for college.

This encourages schools to ignore their high - flyers, which is particularly problematic for low - income high - achieving students, who tend to lack access to «gifted and talented» programs and similar initiatives.

All policy initiatives must ensure equity and access to high - quality educational opportunities.

This initiative is designed to provide disadvantaged students equal access to higher level college preparatory classes, regardless of their personal circumstances.

Since 2014, the Michigan College Access Network has organized College Decision Day as a statewide event, an adaption of National College Signing Day, a program of the First Lady's Reach Higher initiative aimed to inspire every student across the country to take charge of their future by completing their education past high school.

Since 2014, the Michigan College Access Network has organized College Decision Day as a statewide event, an adaption of National College Signing Day, a program of former First Lady Michelle Obama's Reach Higher initiative aimed to inspire every student across the country to take charge of their future by continuing, and completing, their education past high school.

Fostering Success Michigan is a statewide initiative that aims to increase access and success in higher education and post-college careers for youth with experience in foster care.

It is the first research to be produced through Reimagining College Access (RCA), a national initiative of the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel that brings together for the first time k - 12 and higher education policy and practice leaders (see list below) to recognize high - quality k — 12 performance assessment systems and enable higher education institutions to understand and recognize evidence from such systems (as they do with International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement programs, for example).

However, we may consider initiatives that provide high quality non-curricular, community - based arts instruction to adults and families who may have limited access otherwise.

Starting in the 2012 - 13 school year, Project LIFT operates as a semi-autonomous Learning Community within CMS, providing the initiative with CMS infrastructural support and access to an initial $ 55 Million investment of private resources to drive a multifaceted reform effort in Charlotte's highest poverty schools.

The Reimagining College Access (RCA) initiative reflects insights from The Promise of Performance Assessments: Innovations in High School Learning and College Admission, a report examining how performance assessments are used to inform high school and college decision - makHigh School Learning and College Admission, a report examining how performance assessments are used to inform high school and college decision - makhigh school and college decision - making.

SRI conducted a process evaluation to understand the implementation of the two initiatives and an outcome evaluation to determine the initiatives» effectiveness in increasing access to high - quality ELD programs, meeting the needs of families, and improving children's school readiness.

Launched in 2011, Project Leadership and Investment for Transformation, or L.I.F.T., is a five - year initiative in nine low - performing schools in Charlotte, North Carolina.35 The project focuses on innovative strategies to provide students with extended learning time and increased access to technology while supporting community engagement and excellent teaching.36 Project L.I.F.T. worked with Public Impact — a nonprofit organization that works with school districts to create innovative school models — to design hybrid teacher - leader roles that «extend the reach» of high - performing teachers to more students.37 These «multi-classroom leaders» continue to teach while leading teams of teachers and assuming responsibility for the learning of all students taught by their team.38 For this advanced role, teachers earn supplements of up to $ 23,000 annually, funded sustainably by reallocating funds within current budgets.39

The Obama administration announced the launch of its ConnectED initiative to connect 99 percent of U.S. students with high - speed Internet access within the next five years.

Our programs and initiatives reflect our core belief that access to high - quality expanded learning opportunities is essential for closing the opportunity gap and challenging inequity.

Big Thought's Thriving Minds initiative promises that all young people will have access to arts education and that the teaching and learning will be of the highest quality.

Several states have adopted «course access» initiatives that provide students with opportunities to take many kinds of approved courses for credit — another way to enable students to learn both inside and outside traditional school hours and locations.31 Such policies also might be especially important for smaller high schools, where economies of scale can make it difficult to afford certified on - site teachers for a wide range of specialized courses, such as world languages, physics, and calculus.32

Through this grant initiative, the Foundation currently supports a cadre of selective colleges and universities and their community college partners that are committed to developing and supporting programs to improve access for high - achieving, low - income community college transfer students.

The White House claims that ESSA «includes initiatives modeled after the Administration's programs to: Establish or expand access to high - quality, state - funded preschool... building from the Administration's Preschool Development Grants program.»

(Minn.) Some 800 Minneapolis high school students started work at new summer jobs Monday as part of a city - wide initiative to give more young people access to quality work experience in fields of their career interests.

While initiatives are still at work to increase global access to internet connection — such as programs like Google's Project Loon that literally plans to use high - altitude weather balloons floating over various regions around the world to provide internet access to places that otherwise wouldn't have it for decades — there's no point in having internet access if you can't afford a device to connect.

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The ultimate choice for high class events in Guangzhou, the hotel features WIFI access throughout, world - class equipment in keeping with Sofitel's Inspired Meetings initiative, plus a loft kitchen in public areas, ideal for breaks and demonstrations.

Access to New Talent Game Republic now includes higher education establishments as members to promote a closer collaboration between academia and industry through initiatives such as the Student Showcase.