Sentences with phrase «improve education for decades»

Closing the achievement gap has been a focus of those looking to improve education for decades.

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Besides the 2013 University of Washington study, a number of other recent studies have found education ineffective in improving self - reporting by athletes, adding to a growing body of evidence challenging the conventional wisdom that inadequate athlete concussion knowledge is the principal barrier to increased reporting, and suggesting that one of the best ways to combat underreporting by athletes of concussion symptoms may be to shift the focus of educational efforts towards helping coaches facilitate concussion reporting, the theory being that athletes will be more likely to report concussion symptoms if they no longer think that they will be punished by the coach for reporting, such as by losing playing time or their starting position, perceived by their teammates as letting them down, or viewed by their coach as «weak,» all of which have been documented in numerous studies over the past decade as reasons athletes are reluctant to report concussion symptoms.

The one policy that has arguably done more to improve education outcomes for kids in New York City over the past decade has been the systematic effort to close the City's giant failing high schools (i.e. drop out factories) and replace them with new, smaller high schools.

«A decade ago, New York's highest court ruled that our state must hand over billions of dollars to improve public education — but that money has not materialized,» said Zakiyah Ansari, the advocacy director of the Alliance for Quality Education, which organized the Jan. 10 press conference on the City Hall steps to kick off the lobbyeducation — but that money has not materialized,» said Zakiyah Ansari, the advocacy director of the Alliance for Quality Education, which organized the Jan. 10 press conference on the City Hall steps to kick off the lobbyEducation, which organized the Jan. 10 press conference on the City Hall steps to kick off the lobbying push.

Furthermore, the President will make it a national imperative to dramatically improve student achievement in math and science, and move US students from the middle of the pack to the top on international benchmarks over the next decade by challenging all Americans to dramatically increase support for math and science education.

Thus the NRC mantra, repeated with slightly different wording throughout the report: «Despite using them for several decades, policymakers and educators do not yet know how to use test - based incentives to consistently generate positive effects on achievement and to improve education.»

We need to approach the task of improving education with a great deal more humility than we have for the past three decades.

Yet his administration also issued the most influential education report of the past two decades, which ultimately helped pave the way for today's federal mandates aimed at improving the nation's schools.

The New Labour government's thrice - repeated education pledge meant a real opportunity to improve literacy and numeracy teaching, including money to help failing readers and information for teachers about phonics, grammar and spelling — essential elements of literacy that had been neglected for decades.

For decades, discussion of education reform always began with a question along the lines of, «How do we improve the urban district?»

Nevertheless, there is still a story to be told, and the essential part of it is that the program that education reformers have tried to promote now for decades — introduce more choices of schools for students, enable competition among schools, open up paths for preparing teachers and administrators outside schools of education, improve measures of student achievement and teacher competence, enable administrators to act on the basis of such measures, and limit the power of teachers unions — has been advanced under the Obama administration, in the judgment of authors Maranto and McShane.

But even with these limitations, as an education - policy research document, the report was breathtakingly innovative, the foundation for decades of ever - improving inquiry into the design and impact of the U.S. education system.

Professor Richard Murnane, the student - selected faculty speaker, reflected on five decades of education and the five challenges currently facing all educators around the world: make equality a reality for all children; use money so it affects students» daily experience; create schools that prepare children for the future; make school choice work for the most disadvantaged; and create school accountability systems that improve education for all our children.

But the bottom line is pretty simple: for at least the past two decades, Democrats have enjoyed a steady advantage when the public is asked who it trust most to improve education.

A report out last week that found only a fraction of children in the United States meet all the federal guidelines for a healthy diet has disappointed some education leaders who have strived over the past decade to improve students» eating habits.

After a decade of efforts to improve public schools incrementally, the initiative for education reform has shifted to outsiders who propose radical measures.

The text - based chat followed the release last month of Quality Counts at 10: A Decade of Standards - Based Reform, the 10th annual Education Week report on state policy efforts for improving education (Jan. Education Week report on state policy efforts for improving education (Jan. education (Jan. 5, 2006).

For two decades now, education reformers have promoted a two - track strategy for improving our schooFor two decades now, education reformers have promoted a two - track strategy for improving our schoofor improving our schools.

For decades, conservatives have generally followed two principles when it comes to federal K — 12 education policy: Respect state and local control of schools, and demand improved academic achievement in exchange for federal funFor decades, conservatives have generally followed two principles when it comes to federal K — 12 education policy: Respect state and local control of schools, and demand improved academic achievement in exchange for federal funfor federal funds.

For the past decade, Editorial Projects in Education's annual Quality Counts report has tracked state policies for improving K - 12 educatiFor the past decade, Editorial Projects in Education's annual Quality Counts report has tracked state policies for improving K - 12 eEducation's annual Quality Counts report has tracked state policies for improving K - 12 educatifor improving K - 12 educationeducation.

For the past decade, Quality Counts has focused on the policy efforts states have undertaken to improve K - 12 education.

The charter school movement began nearly two decades ago with tremendous potential for narrowing the achievement gap by improving education for disadvantaged students.

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Single - gender education has long been a pillar in the world of private schools, but in the past decade, several big - city school districts have opened all - boys schools designed to improve academic achievement and social - emotional skills for non-white students.

For several decades, western colleges and universities have been lured into creating new initiatives outside of their countries» borders by the globalization of higher education and its potential for improving education around the world, as well as for additional funding and branding opportunitiFor several decades, western colleges and universities have been lured into creating new initiatives outside of their countries» borders by the globalization of higher education and its potential for improving education around the world, as well as for additional funding and branding opportunitifor improving education around the world, as well as for additional funding and branding opportunitifor additional funding and branding opportunities.

That report made improving education a national priority, and the argument that there should be no federal role receded for more than a decade.

For decades, we threw money at education without making sure our schools were actually improving, or whether we were giving teachers the tools they need, or whether our taxpayer dollars were being used effectively.

Based on decades of scientific research, Achieve3000's solutions for grades PreK - 12 and adult education reach all students at their individual reading levels to accelerate their learning, improve NeSA - ELA and NE - ACT performance, and prepare them for college and career success.

Based on decades of scientific research, Achieve3000's solutions for grades PreK - 12 and adult education reach all students at their individual reading levels to accelerate their learning, improve OSTP - ELA performance, and prepare them for college and career success.

Based on decades of scientific research, Achieve3000's solutions for grades PreK - 12 and adult education reach all students at their individual reading levels to accelerate their learning, improve OST and EOC performance, and prepare them for college and career success.

Dismantling our nation's public education system while investing in unproven schemes to incentivize private school vouchers that have no evidence of improving student achievement could have devastating consequences for students that could take decades to fix.

Senate leader Phil Berger (R - Rockingham) cites decades - old research to support his claims that class size reductions are the best course of action for improving student achievement — a study out of Tennessee that Randolph County Board of Education chair Todd Cutler said is flawed and many researchers are unconvinced of the study's results.

Based on decades of scientific research, Achieve3000's solutions for grades PreK - 12 and adult education reach all students at their individual reading levels to accelerate their learning, improve PARCC and IL - SAT performance, and prepare them for college and career success.

Based on decades of scientific research, Achieve3000's solutions for grades PreK - 12 and adult education reach all students at their individual reading levels to accelerate their learning, improve AL - Scantron and AL - ACTA performance, and prepare them for college and career success.

For most of the past decade, NCATE, the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education and the ed schools they represent have spent more time criticizing school reformers, decrying the presence of alternative outfits such as Teach For America, and defending their shoddy offerings, than on improving the quality of their teacher trainiFor most of the past decade, NCATE, the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education and the ed schools they represent have spent more time criticizing school reformers, decrying the presence of alternative outfits such as Teach For America, and defending their shoddy offerings, than on improving the quality of their teacher trainifor Colleges of Teacher Education and the ed schools they represent have spent more time criticizing school reformers, decrying the presence of alternative outfits such as Teach For America, and defending their shoddy offerings, than on improving the quality of their teacher trainiFor America, and defending their shoddy offerings, than on improving the quality of their teacher training.

Based on decades of scientific research, Achieve3000's solutions for grades PreK - 12 and adult education reach all students at their individual reading levels to accelerate their learning, improve SOL performance, and prepare them for college and career success.

Based on decades of scientific research, Achieve3000's solutions for grades PreK - 12 and adult education reach all students at their individual reading levels to accelerate their learning, improve WY - TOPP and WY - ACT performance, and prepare them for college and career success.

Based on decades of scientific research, Achieve3000's solutions for grades PreK - 12 and adult education reach all students at their individual reading levels to accelerate their learning, improve K - PREP, KY - ACT, and KYOTE performance, and prepare them for college and career success.

Said Mieka Wick, Executive Director of CityBridge Education: «At CityBridge, we believe that our calling — for at least the next decade — is to focus on creating the pipeline of new schools and new school models that will deliver vastly improved results for our students.

For more than a decade, SoundOut has been helping educators around the world engage students as partners to improve the education system.

Based on decades of scientific research, Achieve3000's solutions for grades PreK - 12 and adult education reach all students at their individual reading levels to accelerate their learning, improve performance on their state's high - stakes assessments, and prepare them for college and career success.

Adriana has spent more than a decade working to improve education for Arizona students.

From IBM's test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades.

Just a decade ago, «it was disconcertingly easy to find education leaders who dismissed student - achievement data and systematic research as having only limited utility for improving schools or school systems,» according to the Minnesota - Toronto researchers.48 Lately, the pendulum has been swinging sharply the other way.

Based on decades of scientific research, Achieve3000's solutions for grades PreK - 12 and adult education reach all students at their individual reading levels to accelerate their learning, improve AzMERIT performance, and prepare them for college and career success.

He's been working to improve the education of the black community in Louisville for more than three decades.

Based on decades of scientific research, Achieve3000's solutions for grades PreK - 12 and adult education reach all students at their individual reading levels to accelerate their learning, improve IAA performance, and prepare them for college and career success.

The Center's work, based on research and two decades of experience, focuses on K — 16 mathematics and science education with an emphasis on strategies for improving student engagement, motivation, persistence, and achievement at scale.

The U.K. nations are among a handful of countries that have made a concentrated push to both expand and improve their early education systems in the last decade and a half, said Rowena Phair, project leader of the education and skills directorate at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Based on decades of scientific research, Achieve3000's solutions for grades PreK - 12 and adult education reach all students at their individual reading levels to accelerate their learning, improve SBAC, DE-PSAT and DE-SAT performance, and prepare them for college and career success.