Although 46 states applied for the money, only a dozen were awarded funds for innovative proposals to turn schools around and
improve educational quality.
We the People of the United States, in Order «to strengthen and
improve educational quality and educational opportunity in this Nation's elementary and secondary schools» will act in accordance with the principles and practices that will guide and support our efforts to ensure excellent education for all.
The network provides a platform to share information, support and strategy, empowering local voices to enter the policy conversation and take action to
improve educational quality for all children.
At a time when corporate reformists are more interested in making money off of education than actually attempting to
improve educational quality for all students, books like this are critical in helping us decipher the truth from the perpetual myths that have become the bedrock of the reform movement.
Growing numbers of parents recognize that standardized exam overkill does not
improve educational quality or equity.
Moreover, online platforms offer the promise, through artificial intelligence, of providing the optimal course pacing and content to fit each student's needs and thereby
improve educational quality and learning.
The high dropout rates and a rising awareness of the need to
improve educational quality, together with a flourishing entrepreneurial environment and a solid and rapid expansion of ICT use and digital inclusion in the region (among the highest in the world), provided the context for the birth of Kuepa.
Tired of living in the only Southern state without a publicly financed program of early - childhood education, business leaders across Mississippi have launched a three - year pilot effort to
improve the educational quality of child - care centers and better prepare children for school.
Two aspects of education have consumed me since: using what we know about how people learn to
improve educational quality; and delivering on the promise of education as the great equalizer for all students.
IEP graduates work as leaders within international education nonprofits, NGOs, and government agencies, and as social entrepreneurs running their own initiatives to
improve educational quality and access worldwide.
Other objectives include
improving educational quality and working out such details as how to mutually recognize course credits.
It can not be mentioned too often that the major impetus behind the «privatization» initiatives has nothing at all to do with
improving educational quality.
A newly released paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that spending on
improved educational quality is more effective for degree attainment than using the same funds to cut the cost of tuition.
Particularly where students are most unable to reach the targets, teaching to the test becomes the norm, and a reform initially advanced in the name of
improving educational quality can drive practice toward the most anti-intellectual and least academic of ends.
Overall, while most policymakers and educators understand the value of data collection in
improving educational quality, there is some concern that FERPA itself, as well as the accompanying regulations, have become outdated in the new digital age.
Governments must decide how the commissioning process will be managed to ensure that organizations selected to run public schools have strong managerial capacity, the right leadership, and sound teaching and learning strategies that will ultimately result in
improved educational quality.
Addressing faculty and administration conflicts directly
improves educational quality inside and outside the classroom.
Not exact matches
To turn GDP growth around, Yellen recommended that Congress adopts policies that «encourage business investment and capital formation,
improve the nation's infrastructure, raise the
quality of our
educational system, and support innovation and the adoption of new technologies.»
«Through our parent company Uniban and our social foundation FundaUniban, we have been actively involved in
improving the
quality of life in the banana and plantain growing regions by ensuring sustainable growth through social,
educational, housing, economic and infrastructure projects.»
The team meets regularly with key retailers to determine industry trends and priorities and provides technical advice and
educational activities to
improve the presentation and
quality of meat at the retail level.
As well as his commitment to the highest -
quality, native, sustainable produce, he has also lobbied against GM crops and taken part in
educational programs to
improve the diet of children in his country.
This episode compares two colleges (Bowdoin and Vassar) that prioritize spending quite differently to dramatic effect, showing how the
quality of the food served (and expense thereof) can
improve or distort the
educational system considerably.
Improve the
quality of your children's playtime with the
educational Learning Resources toys I found on Amazon.
The Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), established in 1982, is a professional membership organization that promotes excellence in midwifery practice, endorses diversity in
educational backgrounds and practice styles, and is dedicated to unifying and strengthening the profession, thereby increasing access to
quality health care and
improving outcomes for women, babies, families, and communities.
Improving Afterschool Meal
Quality and Reducing Waste Thursday, April 19, 2018, 1:00 pm ET Healthy, high - quality meals help to attract children to come to educational and enrichment programming and keep them coming throughout the school year, while also reducing
Quality and Reducing Waste Thursday, April 19, 2018, 1:00 pm ET Healthy, high -
quality meals help to attract children to come to educational and enrichment programming and keep them coming throughout the school year, while also reducing
quality meals help to attract children to come to
educational and enrichment programming and keep them coming throughout the school year, while also reducing waste.
HETV works within the existing health framework of developing countries to establish and promote health
educational programs that will provide rapid and long - term capacity - building to
improve health and
quality of life, and will give mothers and communities more control over their health status.
Improve quality of education through construction and rehabilitation of
educational facilities and effective monitoring supervision
In order to ameliorate this problem of academia and industry variation and the unemployment trend, our
educational sector needs to undergo a rigorous structural reform to
improve the
quality of graduates we produce at every
educational level.
That notwithstanding, Adams intimated the best way to consolidate the sector and
improve on
quality in the
educational system is by making sure there is easy access in the country.
We have so far exhausted the accounts given by the president on the
educational sector and it tells how the
quality and access to education has
improved massively under this government.
DASA will
improve the
quality of life for all of New York's public school students and will enhance their ability to thrive in a safe and nurturing
educational environment.»
Researchers from NYU Langone's Department of Population Health will evaluate these services so that the NYC Department of Education and other urban school districts can continue to
improve on efforts to provide high -
quality family - centered
educational experiences to all children.
About the American College of Surgeons The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and
educational organization of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to raise the standards of surgical practice and
improve the
quality of care for all surgical patients.
Our mission is to
improve undergraduate science training by providing innovative, high -
quality educational experiences in science writing, publication and the peer - review process.
Such an endeavor aims at
improving the
quality of life of millions of people worldwide and creating a new paradigm for global scientific collaborations between academia and industry, one in which science becomes a powerful agent for social and
educational transformation.
About Site - CanadiEM aims to
improve emergency care in Canada by building an online community of practice for healthcare practitioners and providing them with high
quality, freely available
educational resources.
Therefore, the respective governments promote the use of ICT in all
educational institutions to
improve the
quality of teaching and learning.
However, real reform and significant progress in
improving the
quality and equity of Australian schooling depend on tackling our deepest and most stubborn
educational challenges.
The School Music Award is presented to the
educational establishment that can demonstrate a commitment to
improving the
quality of musical learning through the provision of a first class teaching environment.
MESH is a project of the Education Futures Collaboration — a group of universities and
educational organisations with the aim of
improving the
quality of teaching through shared knowledge.
His research areas include HIV / AIDS education and prevention in Kenya,
improving access and
quality of primary education, and
educational benefits of treating health problems in preschool - and school - aged children through projects based in India, Kenya, Tanzania, and Gambia.
Every discussion of education policy, program design, implementation and evaluation on instruction, teacher policies and education, or school governance focuses on
improving educational outcomes for young people and ensuring that all learners have access to a high -
quality education relevant to the 21st century.
In his second major release, Visible Learning for teachers: Maximizing impact on learning, Hattie presents eight «mind frames» or ways of thinking that must underpin every action and decision made in schools and
educational systems if they are striving to
improve the
quality of education.
Business, higher education, cultural, and nonprofit groups are rallying to help teachers and students
improve the
quality of our
educational experience.
«The Commission recognizes that perhaps one of the most acute
educational problems facing this nation — one most directly related to assuring
quality in higher education — is the need to
improve the preparation of those who teach in the primary and secondary schools.
Its flagship initiative, the new National Education Emergency Program («Plan D'urgence» 2009 — 2012) introduces a series of comprehensive
educational reform at all levels, with specific emphasis on education for all and
improving quality of outcomes.
During the past year, Bonnie Mackintosh has been conducting classroom - level observations and child assessments in community - based preschool programs throughout Boston's Circle of Promise and East Boston neighborhoods as part of an initiative to
improve access to high -
quality early childhood care and
educational programs.
[iv] Summarizing this work in Education Next, Dave Marcotte and Benjamin Hansen concluded that «expanding instructional time is as effective as other commonly discussed
educational interventions intended to boost learning» such as reducing class size and
improving teacher
quality.
In
educational buildings, green builders pay particular attention to natural daylight, air
quality, and
improved acoustics, which leads to reduced sick days for both teachers (strained vocal chords are a primary reason for absenteeism) and students.
«The faltering economy is putting at risk the advancements that many states are making to
improve the
quality of their
educational systems,» said U.S. Rep. George Miller of California, the ranking Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce...