Sentences with phrase «higher levels of the education system»

The Bright Vale story shows feedback being used to improve teaching within a school, but the same logic holds true at higher levels of the education system, as illustrated above right.

Not exact matches

Yet despite the upheaval in the education system from the 1960s onwards some schools have managed to maintain high academic levels of excellence.

Recognizes the importance of continuing education and training and demonstrates commitment by professionals from across systems to provide services promoting infant mental health with a high level of integrity.

Institutional preconditions are flexible labour markets, an education and training system with a strong emphasis on high level general education, companies with top down management enabling rapid movement of resources, and a sharp corporate governance system to enforce profitability.

Applications taking advantage of this high level of interactivity include computer aided design, digital signage, computer gaming, security monitoring systems, education and training, and teleconferencing.

The largest urban health systems, which serve as safety nets for large patient populations with lower socioeconomic status and greater likelihood to speak English as a second language, do worse on government patient satisfaction scores than smaller, non-urban hospitals likely to serve white customers with higher education levels, according to a new study by Mount Sinai researchers published this month in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

So how can Germany's publicly funded higher education system — which also accounts for most of the basic research — survive on a long - term basis while still maintaining excellence on a competitive level?

The team adds that as with education, a higher level of engagement and stimulation makes the system that much easier for the personnel involved to benefit from the information in the system.

Level I trauma centers also have a major responsibility for providing leadership in education, research and system planning to ensure resources are available for delivering the highest level of Level I trauma centers also have a major responsibility for providing leadership in education, research and system planning to ensure resources are available for delivering the highest level of level of care.

The award recognizes «an AFW member whose leadership has advanced the role of women in the WSU system and / or who has demonstrated leadership in higher education, the community or her profession at the local, state, regional, national or international level.»

The Literacy and education level of Russia's population (142 million people) is relatively high, mainly due to the Soviet system of education.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

These students are in classrooms in most school systems — and face some of the steepest odds for graduating from high school — yet only one - third of district - level leaders believe educators in their schools are prepared to effectively teach English - learners, according to an Education Week Research Center survey from late last year.

«The level of the higher education system in Haiti, partly due to the way that it is organized, is lagging behind and has much catching up to do,» said Haiti native Harry Dumay, SEAS associate dean for finance and IT operations, who has been involved heavily in bringing these educators to Harvard and also rebuilding the higher education system in the country.

However, Education Minister Simon Birmingham said Education at a Glance report showed Australia's education system ranked amongst the world's best with high levels of access, participation and attainment and strong employment Education Minister Simon Birmingham said Education at a Glance report showed Australia's education system ranked amongst the world's best with high levels of access, participation and attainment and strong employment Education at a Glance report showed Australia's education system ranked amongst the world's best with high levels of access, participation and attainment and strong employment education system ranked amongst the world's best with high levels of access, participation and attainment and strong employment outcomes.

A different approach gaining interest is competency - based education (CBE), a system where students advance to higher levels of learning when they demonstrate mastery of concepts and skills regardless of time, place, or pace.

The OECD folks offer some explanations, terming Shanghai a «leader in reform» and citing in particular its near - universal education system, its competitiveness (including admission both to universities and to the best secondary schools), a very high level of student engagement, a modernized assessment system, an ambitious new curriculum, and a program of intervention into weak schools.

As part of the first major overhaul of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education's system in nearly a decade, schools might commit to working toward a higher level of performance on NCATE's six standards.

Discovering thousands of high schools with graduation rates under 60 percent threw his beliefs about American education into sharp relief — our current system is failing to support all students to learn at the levels they need and deserve.

The research pointed at Australia's decentralised education system and said increasing the clarity of policies and finding within it needs attention, and added that the country's high education performance can be complemented with further focus on reducing inequities by tackling system - level policies hindering equity in education.

Several national studies, including analyses of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), show that just 38 — 40 percent of high school graduates leave our education system at the «college - prepared» level in reading and math.

We have to think about how to build a smart education system that integrates the assets of municipal agencies, such as housing departments, parks and recreation departments, or cultural - affairs departments so that, particularly in disadvantaged communities, students and their families begin to get the supports they need to hone higher - level skills.

Both grants announced today are a part of a larger three - year, $ 350 million commitment by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help all students achieve at high levels by recognizing and encouraging high - achievement models and developing strong leadership throughout the education system.

«The high - level roundtable that took place at HGSE is one more step in this long - term collaboration as we advance understanding of how best to align education systems with the needs of the 21st century,» Reimers says.

The report states that a system should be in place that requires all 16 and 19 - year - olds to study maths in higher education and that basic levels of literacy and numeracy at a GCSE level should be a requirement for all further education.

The corresponding percentages for some of the world's highest performing education systems are also shown, indicating the levels that some countries have achieved.

Although the strengths of the U.S. economy and its higher - education system offer some hope for the future, the situation at the K — 12 level should spark concerns about the long - term outlook for the U.S. economy, which could eventually have an impact on the higher - education system as well.

Yet there is every reason to believe that the single best route to higher levels of cognitive skill is strengthening a country's education system.

Abuse of the system is an increasing concern at the highest levels of the state Education Department, even as officials defend it as a useful tool for helping at - risk students.

Yet school leaders «tend to think of the entire [education governance] system as a hierarchical - linear system, meaning that they feel they can not influence parts of the system much «higher» or «lower» than their level» (Jean - Marie, Normore, & Brooks, 2009, p. 17).

The Global Cities Education Network benchmarks internationally informed practices that enable urban systems to provide the vast majority of students with the opportunity to attain high - level skills, regardless of their cultural or economic background.

The measures of teacher quality that are used by most public school systems to screen candidates and determine compensation — certification, experience, and education level — have been well researched, but there is little definitive empirical evidence that these characteristics, defined in general terms, are associated with higher student achievement.

It seemingly believed that the public education system of the day, given higher standards, better - trained teachers, and more time on task, would move the schools and their pupils toward loftier levels of performance.

If the entire public - education system could be rendered more productive, that is, if higher levels of achievement could be coaxed from existing resource levels, some of the pain could be avoided or at least mitigated.

As difficult as it is to close a school, that is what is required to ensure that California's charter movement fulfills its promises to students and the state, and maintains the high level of achievement required to continue to play a transformational role in the education system for years to come.

Various studies in the 1970s and 80s described the limits of higher levels of authority in the governance structure for education, and the relatively weak impact of state policy on student outcomes.294 But loose coupling does not mean that no influence flows from superordinate entities.295 Even as schools are busy developing their own policies and initiatives, they pay attention to demands from «outside the system» when those demands are consistent with the directions in which their organizations are already moving.296

M&C's argument seems compelling when one considers the snail's pace progress of virtual education at the K - 12 level, as compared with the speed with which virtual education is disrupting the less unionized system of higher education.

West Virginia is also among the group of lowest performers, where maths levels are far below western European countries or high - performing Asian education systems in South Korea or Singapore.

When students cry out, as they have in Los Angeles, for higher - quality school climates, all levels of our education system must respond with the support, funding, information and accountability.

Just 30 or 40 years ago, the US had both the best education system (comparatively) and highest level of social / economic mobility of any country.

Achieving those results, however, will require the support of higher education not only throughout the development of theexams but also into their full implementation.As a first step toward encouraging higher education systems to endorse and base judgments aboutstudents» college readiness on the new assessments, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundationand Lumina Foundation requested the National Center for Higher Education ManagementSystems (NCHEMS) to identify the conditions that help build consensus between K - 12 andpostsecondary systems at a state higher education not only throughout the development of theexams but also into their full implementation.As a first step toward encouraging higher education systems to endorse and base judgments aboutstudents» college readiness on the new assessments, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundationand Lumina Foundation requested the National Center for Higher Education ManagementSystems (NCHEMS) to identify the conditions that help build consensus between K - 12 andpostsecondary systems at a staeducation not only throughout the development of theexams but also into their full implementation.As a first step toward encouraging higher education systems to endorse and base judgments aboutstudents» college readiness on the new assessments, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundationand Lumina Foundation requested the National Center for Higher Education ManagementSystems (NCHEMS) to identify the conditions that help build consensus between K - 12 andpostsecondary systems at a state higher education systems to endorse and base judgments aboutstudents» college readiness on the new assessments, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundationand Lumina Foundation requested the National Center for Higher Education ManagementSystems (NCHEMS) to identify the conditions that help build consensus between K - 12 andpostsecondary systems at a staeducation systems to endorse and base judgments aboutstudents» college readiness on the new assessments, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundationand Lumina Foundation requested the National Center for Higher Education ManagementSystems (NCHEMS) to identify the conditions that help build consensus between K - 12 andpostsecondary systems at a state Higher Education ManagementSystems (NCHEMS) to identify the conditions that help build consensus between K - 12 andpostsecondary systems at a staEducation ManagementSystems (NCHEMS) to identify the conditions that help build consensus between K - 12 andpostsecondary systems at a state level.

All were plagued with underdeveloped education systems, low levels of literacy (40 % in Portugal in the 1950s), low school completion, and high rates of emigration to the US.

School - level data were downloaded from the California Department of Education, California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) website.6 The following were dropped: schools with total enrollment of fewer than 50 students, special education schools, continuation high schools, schools in juvenile delinquency facilities, alternative schools, community day schools, and schools lacking a full panel of data for 201Education, California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) website.6 The following were dropped: schools with total enrollment of fewer than 50 students, special education schools, continuation high schools, schools in juvenile delinquency facilities, alternative schools, community day schools, and schools lacking a full panel of data for 201education schools, continuation high schools, schools in juvenile delinquency facilities, alternative schools, community day schools, and schools lacking a full panel of data for 2013 - 2015.

The report examines progress in the performance of students in high - poverty schools, the development of state standards and assessment systems, accountability systems and school improvement efforts, the targeting of Title I funds, Title I services at the school level, support for family involvement, services for students in private schools, and services provided under the Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected and Delinquent programs.

«Christina School District strives to create a system of education where research - based teaching and learning cultivates students of distinction at high levels.

In 1995 secondary school principals founded the Virginia Foundation for Educational Leadership — a Pre-K through 16 nonprofit leadership learning organization designed to support and broaden the outreach opportunities of VASSP in providing through its own activities, financial, and volunteer support the educational, scientific, and charitable purposes of linking all education levels — preschool, elementary, middle, high school, and higher education — to create a comprehensive seamless system of leadership learning.

The Australian education system appears to be moving more and more towards a differentiated system characterised by high levels of school selection and differing access to subjects that is strongly patterned by social class.

Three indicators are new to the state's accountability system, and according to state education officials are designed to give an understanding of a students» opportunity to learn: the opportunities students have to take advanced placement or college - level courses in high school; 9th graders on track to graduation; and the percentage of students who aren't chronically absent.

(James J. Barta and Michael G. Allen); «Ideas and Programs To Assist in the Untracking of American Schools» (Howard D. Hill); «Providing Equity for All: Meeting the Needs of High - Ability Students» (Sally M. Reis); «Promoting Gifted Behavior in an Untracked Middle School Setting» (Thomas O. Erb et al.); «Untracking Your Middle School: Nine Tentative Steps toward Long - Term Success» (Paul S. George); «In the Meantime: Using a Dialectical Approach To Raise Levels of Intellectual Stimulation and Inquiry in Low - Track Classes» (Barbara G. Blackwell); «Synthesis of Research on Cooperative Learning» (Robert E. Slavin); «Incorporating Cooperation: Its Effects on Instruction» (Harbison Pool et al.); «Improving All Students» Achievement: Teaching Cognitive and Metacognitive Thinking Strategies» (Robert W. Warkentin and Dorothy A. Battle); «Integrating Diverse Learning Styles» (Dan W. Rea); «Reintegrating Schools for Success: Untracking across the United States» (Anne Wheelock); «Creatinga Nontraditional School in a Traditional Community» (Nancy B. Norton and Charlotte A. Jones); «Ungrouping Our Way: A Teacher's Story» (Daphrene Kathryn Sheppard); «Educating All Our Students: Success in Serving At - Risk Youth» (Edward B. Strauser and John J. Hobe); «Technology Education: A New Application of the Principles of Untracking at the Secondary Level» (N. Creighton Alexander); «Tracking and Research - Based Decisions: A Georgia School System's Dilemma» (Jane A. Page and Fred M. Page, Jr.); and «A Call to Action: The Time Has Come To Move beyond Tracking» (Harbison Pool and Jane A. Page).

Equity, as defined by the Edgewood case, means that all students shall have access to an education of high quality that will prepare them to participate fully now and in the future in the social, economic, and educational opportunities in Texas, and that the organization and management of all levels of the education system will be productive, efficient, and accountable.