Sentences with phrase «higher educational costs»

In many countries, students require additional resources to support higher educational costs.

But there is a high educational cost in replacing faculty on regular appointment with other kinds of teachers.

These adjustments give more value or «weight» to compensate for higher educational cost associated with these characteristics (e.g. economic disadvantage or limited English proficiency).

Not exact matches

Dunsmuir said the park district explored the possibility of building an educational facility on the marsh grounds several years ago but rejected the idea because of high costs and potential disruption of marsh ecosystems.

While families valued the educational and social benefits offered by formal childcare, the inflexibility and high cost of formal childcare meant, for many, it was incompatible with working life.

These federal funds will help Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency, Inc. support important educational programs for children and will reduce the cost of high - quality early childhood care for some of the most vulnerable families in our community.

(7) instructs the shadow Sponsor Board and Delivery Authority and their statutory successors to apply high standards of cost - effectiveness and demonstrate value for money in the business case, to report back to Parliament with up to date costings and a realistic timetable for the duration of the work, and to include measures to ensure: the repair and replacement of mechanical and electrical services, fire safety improvement works, the removal of asbestos, repairs to the external and internal fabric of the Palace, the removal of unnecessary and unsightly accretions to the Palace, the improvement of visitor access including the provision of new educational and other facilities for visitors and full access for people with disabilities;

Today's «day in the life» post is one of my current job, which focuses heavily on supporting my fellow faculty find and use open educational resources (an educational movement to help bring down student costs by using or creating free and high - quality texts and resources instead of expensive textbooks).

Each entry is judged by a panel of educational professionals, who look for what works in the classroom or the school setting in terms of design, cost - effectiveness, support of higher order thinking skills and effective learning and teaching styles.

According to two additional meta - analyses, high - quality assessment that is integrated into regular classroom practice can increase the rate of learning (Black & Wiliam, 1998) and is a highly cost - effective educational intervention (Yeh, 2007).

With a new generation of reform - minded philanthropists targeting high - profile efforts that will influence educational politics and policy, the time is ripe for a project that targets methodological advances and improvements for cost modeling strategies.

Third, and most controversial, is the cost of ensuring that schools have enough resources to provide the high - quality educational opportunities that students need to meet the academic standards required by NCLB.

That cost, as well as our overall educational goals, should be taken into account when setting higher - education policies.

This occurs in higher education, resulting in a range of educational options at a variety of costs.

In fact, a recent report Deloitte has identified the following issues impacting the higher educational sector: Globalization, cost, student expectation, technology, estates, talent and research (Mercer, 2015).

The Commission will examine factors that impact spending in education, including: school funding and distribution of State Aid; efficiency and utilization of education spending at the district level; the percentage of per - pupil funding that goes to the classroom as compared to administrative overhead and benefits; approaches to improving special education programs and outcomes while also reducing costs; identifying ways to reduce transportation costs; identifying strategies to create significant savings and long - term efficiencies; and analysis of district - by - district returns on educational investment and educational productivity to identify districts that have higher student outcomes per dollar spent, and those that do not.

But even without a clear cause, the new analysis emphasizes the payoff to public funding of ECE, suggesting its potential to mitigate the high costs of special education and of dropouts and other poor educational outcomes.

The judges, who are all educational professionals, focus on what works in the classroom or the school setting in terms of design, cost - effectiveness, support of higher order thinking skills and effective learning and teaching styles.

Whilst there are costs associated with training staff, the environmental quality of a school and the health of staff, pupils and visitors should be high on educational establishments lists.

In short, curriculum reform is a low - cost, high - return educational investment.

Those funds can cover private school tuition and fees, online learning programs, private tutoring, educational therapies, college course costs, and other higher education expenses.

The U.S. Department of Education is a proponent of blended learning, as a way to provide more individualized learning, broaden access for all students in K - 12 and higher education, and to reduce costs while improving educational productivity.

Working with and for its member districts, CREC has developed a wide array of cost - effective and high - quality programs and services to meet the educational needs of children and adults in the region.

The purpose of this study is to help assess to what extent charter schools have the potential to provide a higher quality, more cost - effective educational solution for California K - 12 students over traditional schools, particularly those in low income communities.

This would provide families with high quality choices while incorporating online educational resources into the traditional learning environment at far lower cost to taxpayers.

The Alliance College - Ready Public Schools in Los Angeles is a network of 26 high schools, located throughout Los Angeles, which, like nearly all charter schools, consistently delivers superior educational outcomes at a fraction of the cost of union controlled public schools.

This process has a cost but the cost of educational failure is vastly higher.»

«There is nothing wrong with seeking high educational standards and accountability, but there is surely something very wrong indeed if this comes at the cost of natural development.»

Explore online learning and new technologies to the fullest as well as «extended university» programs to increase educational productivity, expand access to higher learning, and reduce costs.

If the state sets higher minimum math requirements, the educational and economic benefits for California students will likely to outweigh the costs.

Relatively small improvements in students» educational performance can have large impacts on a nation's future economic well - being, according to The High Cost of Low Educational Performance: The Long - Run Economic Impact of Improving PISA Outcomes.

readers know Commissioner Pryor has been on an unrelenting campaign to remove, undermine and destroy the professional staff and professional capabilities of the Connecticut Department of Education and replace experienced and dedicated professionals with high - cost, out - of - state consultants and staff who have little to no educational experience except for their loyalty to the corporate education reform agenda.

Not only does this arrangement translate to high costs and poor quality of services for many charter schools, it also prevents charter schools from delivering special education services that align with the innovation and educational philosophies that are unique to their school.

Where several alternative programs are available that address the same educational outcome, for example, increasing the rate of high school completion, we combine program costs with effectiveness data in cost - effectiveness analyses.

This report finds the seven largest charter operators, who all contract with educational management companies, have per pupil administrative costs that are $ 406 higher than the overall average for charter schools.

Two mothers who themselves understood the challenges of finding appropriate educational options for their sons, committed themselves to creating a new kind of school — one that would offer a high quality education to all of it's students at no cost to their families.

In selecting communities to participate in the program, the statute requires DOT to give priority to those communities where (a) average air fares are higher than the air fares for all communities; (b) a portion of the cost of the activity contemplated by the community is provided from local, non-airport-revenue sources; (c) a public - private partnership has been or will be established to facilitate air carrier service to the public; (d) improved service will bring the material benefits of scheduled air transportation to a broad section of the traveling public, including businesses, educational institutions, and other enterprises whose access to the National air transportation system is limited (e) the assistance will be used in a timely fashion; and, (f) multiple communities cooperate to submit a regional or multistate application to consolidate air service into one regional airport.

Scholarships are a high priority for any student; with rising educational costs on top of tuition, every dollar of scholarship money counts.

FlatWorld Knowledge, intended to combat the high cost of college textbooks by publishing low - cost, quality educational materials, began straying from its mission over the years.

The cost of higher education is a major expense for many students and their parents so a lot of them turn to Sallie Mae and its student loan services for educational financing.

For a loan to fall with this section, (1) it must have been made under a government or nonprofit student loan program, or (2) it must be a qualified educational loan under section 221 (d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, for attending an eligible education institution as defined in section 221 (d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, and incurred for costs of attendance as defined in section 472 of the Higher Education Act.

(I) the allowance (applicable to the student) for room and board included in the cost of attendance (as defined in section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll), as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001) as determined by the eligible educational institution for such period, or

2) Qualified higher education expenses The term «qualified higher education expenses» means the cost of attendance (as defined in section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. 1087ll, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997) at an eligible educational institution, reduced by the sumhigher education expenses The term «qualified higher education expenses» means the cost of attendance (as defined in section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. 1087ll, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997) at an eligible educational institution, reduced by the sumhigher education expenses» means the cost of attendance (as defined in section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. 1087ll, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997) at an eligible educational institution, reduced by the sumHigher Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. 1087ll, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997) at an eligible educational institution, reduced by the sum of --

A student loan is beneficial to both the student and the parent because it helps the student be guided financially and it takes the burden off parents of having to pay such high costs for their children's educational careers.

Most California students of higher education will need to take out student loans in order to pay for their educational costs.

Qualified higher education expenses include tuition, fees, and the cost of books, supplies, and equipment required for the enrollment and attendance of the beneficiary at an eligible educational institution, and certain room and board expenses.

Regardless, the higher education tax breaks on I bonds provide an extra advantage for investors who may some day decide to redeem the bonds for educational costs in the future while offering the flexibility of redeeming the bonds for other reasons instead.

Other commenters suggested that the D / E rates thresholds are too high because they do not account for other educational costs (beyond tuition, fees, books, supplies, and equipment) which may limit students» ability to repay debt.

We provide four key resources: large outdoor adoption events; ongoing fundraising; educational outreach and our ever vital medical assistance to soften the high cost veterinary care that our four footed friends require.

All of their programs, including their low - cost, high - volume spay / neuter program, educational outreach, and rescue collaboration and adoptions, aim to bring their community and our state closer to a no - kill status.