Sentences with phrase «higher education aspirations»

The report also found that disadvantaged students were less likely to believe they will go on to university, with 27 per cent having higher education aspirations, compared to 39 per cent of their better off peers.

Not exact matches

Not because I have no aspiration, motivation or intelligence... but for the opposite... because in a few months» time, like a great number of people I work with, I will be going back into higher education.»

So both fine arts music and great books education are left in the dust, but with vague aspirations for higher things... er, better make that avant things, left festering in the soul.

«This programme is designed to raise their aspirations and help them secure admission to the most demanding higher education courses and the most competitive universities.

With sharper accountability, a more ambitious curriculum and world class qualifications, I believe we can create an education system which can compete with the best in the world — a system which gives every young person, regardless of background, the high quality education, high aspirations and high achievement they need and deserve.

Appearing alongside schools minister Lord Adonis, Mr Denham said involvement from universities can raise aspirations, improve standards and help people apply to higher education.

Commenting on the Secretary of State for Education's session at Conservative Party Conference, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union said: «Michael Gove does not have a monopoly of concern that all children and young people should have high aspiration and the very best teaching and support to achieve.

The pursuit of higher education is an almost unattainable aspiration for undocumented youths.

For not only would it raise aspirations of pupils in all schools, but it would ensure that more privately - educated high achievers went to a wider spread of universities, raising the bar across higher education generally.

Now the Singapore - born, U.S. - trained materials scientist will be addressing the fault lines in global higher education by becoming the founding president of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), a new graduate university in Saudi Arabia with a $ 10 billion endowment and aspirations to become a world - class research institution.

But his aspirations toward higher education were not initially encouraged at the school he attended, which seemed to assume that what the pupils could achieve was dictated by their ethnic or social backgrounds, Richards says.

``... high school education is a stepping stone to her aspirations of sitting on the United States Supreme Court...»

For Veronica Krauss (Olivia Holt), her high school education is a stepping stone to her aspirations of sitting on the United States Supreme Court.

Parents» aspirations for their children's higher education.

But this issue's editor's letter reveals that partisanship may not run as deep as it appears to at first glance: when respondents receive information about the costs and benefits of two - and four - year degrees, partisan differences in parents» aspirations for their children's higher education disappear.

The impact of higher education on achievement, aspirations and socio - economic status can be generational.

While all students whose parents were actively involved in their education in the seventh grade had higher goals and aspirations as eleventh - graders, parents who were college graduates had a stronger impact on school behavior and grades, which are the prerequisites of reaching students» goals.

And once the program takes hold at Harvard, the aspiration is that other higher education institutions will offer similar fellowships for their most talented students, not unlike the Master of Arts in Teaching Programs, which started at the Ed School in 1936 and is now offered nationwide.

In the end, the high - stakes test is the definition of what we think successful education stands for, for better or worse, and I think it's still an open question whether the next generation of assessments will really match our aspiration to encourage rigorous, deep thinking rather than the rote - like product from the testing regime.

Moving beyond school It's the career pathways emerging from art craft and design through further and higher education and links to the outside world of the creative, cultural, and digital and heritage industries that are seriously misunderstood, and the barriers to those aspirations are increasingly challenging for young people to surmount.

For every person who believes that the high school's mission is to supply all students with a solid liberal arts education, someone else is convinced that young people's differing tastes and aspirations should preclude uniformity of academic standards and curriculum.

All of higher education is negatively impacted by this decision, and to those of us who believe in the power of human reason to improve the human condition, the arbitrary and unsubstantiated basis of the decision moves us away from the cosmopolitan aspirations of democracy and of the Enlightenment, back to an age of darkness.

Ensure that students are exposed to learning experiences that focus on developing college aspirations and preparing students for entry into higher education to help all students have access to higher education.

A Department for Education spokesperson said: «Developing character and resilience is part of our core mission to deliver real social justice by giving all children, regardless of background, the chance to fulfil their potential and achieve their high aspirations.

When higher education is possible but not desirable: Widening participation and the aspirations of Australian Indigenous school students.

In terms of educational aspirations, we just asked them what was the highest level of education they planned to complete.

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As a region with a large coastline, Mr Herrington said that the big challenge for the area was to tackle underperformance in coastal towns, where factors such as low participation in higher education and high joblessness have been seen to create barriers to aspiration.

I've really enjoyed working with our UK development education team who provide students with the kind of global learning often reserved for more privileged peers, helping them develop the skills to have higher aspirations.

Schools are fortunate indeed to have such valuable sources of inspiration for pupils» higher levels of learning and aspirations for higher education.»

In order to achieve such high aspirations, we must abandon failures of the past and address the difficult, persistent questions confounding our education system: Why do children of poverty continue to struggle and experience limited success in school?

Dr. Yee described Linked Learning as «a universal high school transformation» that can «help students apply the academic skills they are learning in school to solve real world issues and, ultimately, show them how their high school education directly relates to their career interests and aspirations.»

Inside the classroom, college aides are among the program instructors that help students form aspirations for their futures and prepare for higher education.

A handful of studies from the U.S. Department of Education show that students with a history of in - depth involvement in the arts also tend to have better academic outcomes even beyond graduation, have higher career aspirations and are more civically engaged.

And now, a new test promising to revolutionize education will produce yet more meaningless data for adults starving to exploit children for self - gain, selfish career aspirations, blind ideological ploys, or for the purposes of establishing high property values on the backs of children, all the while sorting out which 8 year olds are on track to be «college and career ready».

Proving that excellent education & high aspirations ARE possible anywhere.

The tsunami of high - stakes testing and accountability has crashed on our educational shores with full force - threatening the foundations of teaching and learning, as well as the democratic aspirations of public education.

«Our reforms to GCSEs and A-levels are based on the highest possible aspirations for our young people - providing a broad and balanced education and equipping them with the knowledge, skills and qualifications which will set them up to succeed.»

• The degree of parent and community interest in high quality education is the critical factor in the impact of the school environment on the achievement and educational aspirations of students.

Involve all students, particularly low income, first - generation college, and underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds, in precollege program learning experiences that focus on developing college aspirations and preparing students for entry into higher education.

I will cover some of these materials below, but in sum the changes in relation to Special Education and English Language Learners mostly concern schedules and professional development; the revised budget and enrollment model call for a slightly smaller school, lower (lead) teacher / student ratios, higher special education teacher ratios (and lower special education assistant ratios), designates Bilingual Resource Teacher and Specialist allocations (these were folded into other categories in the January version), a slightly smaller school, and a 5 year budget shortfall that increases from $ 58,681.36 to $ 516,157.01; the Data Update does little but relabel unrealistic «Goals» as «AspirationEducation and English Language Learners mostly concern schedules and professional development; the revised budget and enrollment model call for a slightly smaller school, lower (lead) teacher / student ratios, higher special education teacher ratios (and lower special education assistant ratios), designates Bilingual Resource Teacher and Specialist allocations (these were folded into other categories in the January version), a slightly smaller school, and a 5 year budget shortfall that increases from $ 58,681.36 to $ 516,157.01; the Data Update does little but relabel unrealistic «Goals» as «Aspirationeducation teacher ratios (and lower special education assistant ratios), designates Bilingual Resource Teacher and Specialist allocations (these were folded into other categories in the January version), a slightly smaller school, and a 5 year budget shortfall that increases from $ 58,681.36 to $ 516,157.01; the Data Update does little but relabel unrealistic «Goals» as «Aspirationeducation assistant ratios), designates Bilingual Resource Teacher and Specialist allocations (these were folded into other categories in the January version), a slightly smaller school, and a 5 year budget shortfall that increases from $ 58,681.36 to $ 516,157.01; the Data Update does little but relabel unrealistic «Goals» as «Aspirations.»

About fourteen years ago I remember getting into my first debates with family about career aspirations and higher education.

Your child's dreams of higher education and his / her professional aspirations will be fulfilled with a children's plan.

If you are thinking about securing your kid's future by saving money for education or marriage or any other aspiration, then invest money in other products where you will get high return.

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To effectively apply my education, training and diverse healthcare leadership career experiences to improve the quality of clients life style and health status, while supporting the mission of a well established / financed and high quality healthcare organization, and insuring the continued development of its staff skills and career aspirations.

Women need to have access to affordable prescription birth control so they can plan their families as well as pursue higher education, their careers, and other aspirations.»

A new report, released by the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) and conducted by CQUniversity, has found that access and bridging programs are vital when it comes to raising education aspirations among Indigenous Education (NCSEHE) and conducted by CQUniversity, has found that access and bridging programs are vital when it comes to raising education aspirations among Indigenous education aspirations among Indigenous students.

Research by Dr Gawaian Bodkin - Andrews from Macquarie University's Warawara Department of Indigenous Education has also shown that racism is strongly related to higher levels of disengagement and lower aspirations and achievement among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.