Sentences with phrase «important education challenges»

«There are serious and important education challenges, in the U.S. and around the world, which call for innovative thinking,» Reimers says.

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I think it's really important to connect education and the challenge of jobs and I think it's important to talk about it.

A number of events are planned to commemorate the bicentenary, Mr Blair explained, but the most important thing is to recognise the challenges that remain, regarding both the «modern slavery» of people trafficking and the need for education in Africa.

Responding to a question on the need to tackle extremism in schools, the Education Minister stated that schools in Wales needed to «rise to the challenge of community cohesion», and the transformation of Religious Education (RE) was an important means of achieving this.

«Developing patient education materials that are appropriate for all literacy levels is a challenge, but a very important challenge for improving health outcomes.

Aptly titled «The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats», this cookbook not only teaches you how to prepare real, healthy traditional foods but also includes a complete education on important topics such as the health benefits of traditional fats and oils (including butter and coconut oil); risks of vegetarianism; problems with modern soy foods; health benefits of sauces and gravies; proper preparation of whole grain products; pros and cons of milk consumption; easy - to - prepare enzyme enriched condiments and beverages; and healthy diets for babies and children.

Civic education without intercultural education risks to ignore an important part of society, to simplify the reality and miss to address issues related to specificities of different groups, as well as challenges and opportunities of diversity.

The education problems in New York City (and a number of other jurisdictions that face court financing challenges) are real and important.

It is a general challenge for education, but especially for maths education, because maths is a very important topic in our curriculum.

Mr Perrottet said: «There is nothing more important than the education of our children, and this record investment by the NSW Government will ensure we have the schools and the resources we need to meet the challenges of the future.»

Kailash Satyarthi: Best quality education and child friendly education are the more important challenges.

«I got to experience a variety of different challenges, participate in nearly every higher education policy debate, and craft new policy that has shaped the conversation in higher education in important ways,» Smith says, citing her work on the college scorecard and the financial aid shopping sheet as among the initiatives she found most interesting.

With a new administration taking office, ESSA implementation underway, and the debate over school choice heating up, it can be a challenge to stay abreast of the most important developments in the education field.

Two blockbuster research findings reported recently in the national press — one from the field of education, the other from medicine — have something important in common: They are the latest cases in which widely used, widely accepted practices have been challenged by scientifically rigorous evaluations.

The promotion of EUROPEAN VALUES and the connection to the most contemporary challenges in education are an important concern.

From a national perspective it is likewise very important that states and districts understand this challenge of international competition — because of the primacy of states and districts in education policy and implementation.

DeTore talked with Education World about his fitness competition experience and the challenges facing todays P.E. teachers and the important roles they play in students lives.

Which means, to our eyes at least, that what groups like Democrats for Education Reform, Stand for Children, and StudentsFirst are doing to challenge the hegemony of the unions is appropriate, important, and good for the country.

She added: «Education is, and always will be, a key priority for this government and I passionately believe that the Reading Challenge is an important addition to the investment of # 750 million over the next five years in measures and reforms to close the attainment gap in Scotland.»

Question: Besides charter schools, what are the most important education policy challenges facing the Trump administration?

«We are very pleased to be contributing to the important challenge of educating a new generation of global education leaders,» Reimers says.

This growth has led scholars from New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development to argue that harnessing these students» «energy, optimism, and faith in the future is in everyone's interest» and «one of the most important challenges to our country's democratic promise.»

Teach about identity and bias: An important way to decrease bullying, and specifically identity - based bullying, is to engage students in anti-bias education work, which teaches students about the various dimensions of identity, develops their capacity to understand bias, and builds skills to challenge bias in themselves and others.

«As we reorganize the School to meet 21st - century education challenges, we are seeking to identify new faculty who can forge connections across different programs, fill important gaps in the curriculum, and add depth to current research strengths of the School.

However, there are some important challenges that 3D printing in education must address.

Education is one of the most important things in the world, but at most schools, students are told to memorize facts, formulas, and functions without any applicability to the real challenges we will face later.

In striving to make it through the K - 12 system and on to higher education, this small but important portion of public school students faces special challenges.

The most recent annual Gallup poll on attitudes toward schooling reported that just 20 % of respondents said «improving the nation's lowest - performing schools» was the most important of the nation's education challenges.

However, increasingly we see policy makers, departments of education, and pundits challenge the notion that local school boards are important and decry that boards should not have the final say in some of the meaningful aspects of education, like curriculum, assessment, and instruction.

To promote these important but challenging goals collaboration among organizations and individuals with expertise in science teacher education, science teaching, science education research, and the pure and applied sciences is essential.

Vitter views education as Louisiana's most important challenge and advocates expansion of school choice options.

More importantly, you'll be able to connect with more than 33,000 Fellows across the country to share resources, talk through challenges and discuss important education issues affecting classrooms like yours.

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41

The two essays by Cliffort Gertz (1973a, b) discussed in this paper come from the anthropological field to challenge readers with important questions about what it really means to appreciate and model intercultural education.

By bringing people together and creating an informal and balanced environment for discussion, Grantmakers for Education offers important opportunities for meaningful dialogue, collaboration and action on the most critical challenges in public education today and into thEducation offers important opportunities for meaningful dialogue, collaboration and action on the most critical challenges in public education today and into theducation today and into the future.

A new analysis by Education Datalab has now further challenged the study, revealing that subject background of senior leaders is not an important factor in explaining variation in a school's performance.

The report finds that the discrepancy between traditional and charter school special education enrollment in California is caused by a host of structural barriers and challenges, the most important of which, is the degree of charter school autonomy in special education.

Why, then, do the majority of district, state, and federal education policies prioritize annual assessment results over equally important factors, such as challenging and engaging curricula; strong social - emotional and physical health supports; moral and ethical development; and safe, supportive learning environments?

In tackling turnaround, the greatest — and most important — challenge posed in public education, Denver's attitude and approach is worthy of emulating.

But I will argue here that it might be the most important topic in American education today and that we will not be able to meet the challenges that now face us until we rethink the way we approach education policy.

I believe ACER has a significant contribution to make to important education debates in the UK and other EU countries, in particular addressing the challenge of under - achievement of disadvantaged children and contributing to the UK government's national plan to improve social mobility through education: Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential.

It's been a busy year for higher education reporters, and the New Year promises plenty of challenging — and important — stories to cover.

Educators overwhelmingly agree that an excellent education experience goes well beyond academic achievement to include equally important factors such as challenging and engaging curricula; strong social - emotional and physical health supports; moral and ethical development; and safe, supportive learning environments.

This finding illustrates an important challenge that faces teacher education programs: helping preservice teachers transition from the role of passive users of educational materials (a student perspective) to being more - active users or prosumers of materials (toward an educator / professional perspective).

As described by the US Department of Education, ``... it's more important than ever for our youth to be equipped with the knowledge and skills to solve tough problems, gather and evaluate evidence, and make sense of information... to think deeply and to think well so that they have the chance to become the innovators, educators, researchers, and leaders who can solve the most pressing challenges facing our nation and our world, both today and tomorrow....

Gallup has reported that only about one in five respondents think «improving the nation's lowest - performing schools» is the most important of the nation's education challenges — yet it seems that five out of five education reformers think just that.

Vitter called education Louisiana's most important challenge and advocated expansion of school choice options.

Eliminating programs that support physical education, arts education, school counselors, school leadership, and the Teaching American History program indicates that these important activities that promote healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged students are no longer a federal priority.

Computer Science education is an important challenge for school systems nationwide.