Sentences with phrase «improve equity issues»

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Initially the thought was that Home Equity Lines of Credit would no longer be deductible but the IRS recently issued guidance that as long as the line is used to buy, build or improve your home it remains deductible.

«Improving our schools, putting New Yorkers back to work, advocating for our city's veterans, fighting for tax equity for co-op and condo owners and preserving our quality of life are the issues that made me want to run for City Council from the very beginning,» Silverstein said in a statement.

In 2015, the United Nations put a spotlight on improving gender equity within its programs, and IPCC moved to sponsor discussions of the issue.

«New approaches in education — including setting higher state standards, measuring students» progress, and requiring schools to improve — haven't fully addressed issues of equity for all students,» that report said.

«The fight to improve our schools and the fight for education equity is the civil rights issue of our time, and L.A. has been the epicenter for that fight,» Villaraigosa told EdSource.

In these roles, she leads and grows a national network of charter school attorneys known as «The Alliance of Public Charter School Attorneys»; provides technical assistance and training to charter school operators, authorizers, attorneys and advocates seeking to improve school - level civil rights policies and practices; addresses fiscal equity and labor issues confronting charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing environments.

Too many teachers report that they struggle with such issues as classroom management and lesson planning, yet they felt isolated and abandoned to overcome their challenges on their own, concluded «On the Path to Equity: Improving the Effectiveness of Beginning Teachers,» a 2014 report by the Alliance for Excellent Education (AEE).

This project will build awareness of these issues and advance policy principles that are evidence - based, equity - oriented, and that support effective practice to improve pathways to and through postsecondary education.

The report also addresses equity and funding issues that exacerbate distrust between districts and charter schools, and examines ways in which the two sectors may work together to improve opportunities for all students to attend charter schools and to increase charter schools» access to district resources that would enhance their ability to serve all types of students.

Functions The teacher leader: a) Facilitates the collection, analysis, and use of classroom - and school - based data to identify opportunities to improve curriculum, instruction, assessment, school organization, and school culture; b) Engages in reflective dialog with colleagues based on observation of instruction, student work, and assessment data and helps make connections to research - based effective practices; c) Supports colleagues» individual and collective reflection and professional growth by serving in roles such as mentor, coach, and content facilitator; d) Serves as a team leader to harness the skills, expertise, and knowledge of colleagues to address curricular expectations and student learning needs; e) Uses knowledge of existing and emerging technologies to guide colleagues in helping students skillfully and appropriately navigate the universe of knowledge available on the Internet, use social media to promote collaborative learning, and connect with people and resources around the globe; and f) Promotes instructional strategies that address issues of diversity and equity in the classroom and ensures that individual student learning needs remain the central focus of instruction.

Cities can improve ridership, equity by increasing station density to 28 stations per square mile NACTO introduces «Practitioners» Paper» series to highlight best practices for cities aiming to address equity issues while introducing or expanding their bike share systems...

In the absence of a court adjudicating what equity requires of nations in setting their national climate change commitments, a possibility but far from a guarantee under existing international and national law (for an explanation of some of the litigation issues, Buiti, 2011), the best hope for encouraging nations to improve the ambition of their national emissions reductions commitments on the basis of equity and justice is the creation of a mechanism under the UNFCCC that requires nations to explain their how they quantitatively took equity into account in establishing their INDCs and why their INDC is consistent with the nation's ethical obligations to people who are most vulnerable to climate change and the above principles of international law.

Each session, the Advocacy Fund and its grassroots activists are a forceful presence on Beacon Hill for issues that relate to improving — and defending - access to reproductive health care and greater health equity for all people across Massachusetts.

Other REITs chose to issue equity with plans to improve the overall health of their balance sheets by paying down debt or to make property acquisitions.