Sentences with phrase «important roles of the federal government»

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While federal and provincial governments will continue to play an important role investing in infrastructure, they simply do not have the resources to meet the demand — pegged at somewhere in the neighbourhood of $ 500 - billion — without a large increase in tax revenues or drastic cuts to social programs.

In the principles, the groups highlight the important and historic role the federal government has played during the 50 years since the ESEA was originally passed in promoting educational opportunity and protecting the rights and interests of students disadvantaged by discrimination, poverty, and other conditions that may limit their educational attainment.

Parents and the federal government each have an important role to play in boosting student achievement, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois told the nation's oldest civil rights organization on Monday.

Education - reform experts say «external providers» can play an important role in turning around failing schools, and that viewing schools with an outside, higher - level lens can lead to more radical reconstruction, but they are disturbed that neither the federal government nor the majority of states keep track of this spending.

Given these tensions, it is important to examine what productive role, if any, the federal government can play in the evolution of OER.

That's why it is so important to finally tackle the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the critical piece of legislation that sets out the role of the federal government in school funding and policy.

The federal government has an important role in promoting educational equity and excellence, of which the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) has historically been the most articulate expression.

Though the role of the federal government would be curtailed, there are some very important national functions that must be served in a modern education system.

«States and the federal government have a role in changing the way districts support effective leadership in every school;» said Jean Desravines, CEO of New Leaders, Inc. «To scale and sustain school improvement, state and federal leaders must recognize the important role that districts play and promote and model large shifts in organizational culture and operations.»

Presidents Obama, Bush, and their respective education secretaries believed the federal government had an important role in improving the quality of public education for our country's least advantaged children.

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