Sentences with phrase «in access to quality schools»

However, as state legislatures and the Trump administration look to grow school choice, we must commit to ensuring that increases in choice do not lead to decreases in access to quality schools for, or greater segregation of, students with disabilities.

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New Jersey — a wealthy, educated state with ready access to world - class health care in Philadelphia and New York City — has «better access to higher - quality information that lets us be more complete» in screening, Walter Zahorodny, a New Jersey Medical School professor and director of the New Jersey Autism Study, said in a conference call about the findings.

According to Norris, the first rule is to buy dependable value — be strategic and play it safe with a long - term investment in suburbs that have good access to transit, shopping, and quality schools.

The D.C. School Food Project's mission is to support and accelerate the school system's progress toward ensuring quality, improving access, and inspiring demand for healthy food in and out of schools in our nation's caSchool Food Project's mission is to support and accelerate the school system's progress toward ensuring quality, improving access, and inspiring demand for healthy food in and out of schools in our nation's caschool system's progress toward ensuring quality, improving access, and inspiring demand for healthy food in and out of schools in our nation's capital.

That's why so much of my time is taken up in trying to publicize just how important it is for our lowest income and most vulnerable students to have access to the highest possible quality of food at school.

Effective food policy actions are part of a comprehensive approach to improving nutrition environments, defined as those factors that influence food access.1 Improvements in the nutritional quality of all foods and beverages served and sold in schools have been recommended to protect the nutritional health of children, especially children who live in low - resource communities.2 As legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetSchool Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetSchool Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetschool year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetables.

Block grants school nutrition programs in three states, a dangerous idea that will put further strain on state and local school districts» budgets and jeopardize children's access to quality, healthy school meals no matter where they live.

As we continue to focus on the twin issues of childhood obesity and hunger, we will increase access to good, quality meals in school cafeterias so the nutritional needs of our youngsters are better met.

The Project Development Objective is to increase access to senior secondary education in underserved districts and improve quality in low - performing senior high schools (SHSs) in Ghana.

On sex and relationships education: «Relationships and sexuality education is not mandatory in all schools, its contents and quality varies depending on the school, and LGBT children do not have access to accurate information on their sexuality.

«In addition to ensuring that there is space in the curriculum to address these issues, schools need improved access and quality provision of safeguarding training that specifically addresses the issue of sexual violence and harassmenIn addition to ensuring that there is space in the curriculum to address these issues, schools need improved access and quality provision of safeguarding training that specifically addresses the issue of sexual violence and harassmenin the curriculum to address these issues, schools need improved access and quality provision of safeguarding training that specifically addresses the issue of sexual violence and harassment.

Per - pupil funding levels should be adequate across all programs and settings — both school districts and community based organizations — in order to support high - quality pre-k for 3 - and 4 - year - olds, and the state should establish a timeline for ensuring adequate resources while expanding access to all eligible children, particularly in high - need communities.

For his part, the Mayor of Worcester, Mr Joseph Petty in a goodwill message commended the association for working hard to provide a school building to enable the children in Ghana have access to quality education.

In a follow - up interview with Capital, addressing de Blasio's opposition to raising the cap, Tisch said she works well with the mayor and believes he agrees with her that every student should have access to a quality school.

The superintendent told us his bargain offers access, quality and opportunity in all the schools and it is now up it is up to parents and students to embrace it.

Lafayette, who served for 32 years in the Assembly before retiring, said he endorsed Dromm after years of working personally with him and also because of Dromm's «commitment and effectiveness on the issues that matter most to me, — better schools, more access to doctors and health care, and improved quality of life».

If we can, and it's eminently feasible, be in a situation whereby in 2030 we can say that all of Africa's children are in schools and have access to quality education, the impact of that on the development of the continent and the quality of life of the people will be enormous.»

These proposals are a reflection of the wide variety of community needs that delegates analyzed such as more access to technology in schools, senior - friendly spaces, safe public housing, quality recreation and parks.

Commenting on the publication of the Key Stage 2 SATs results today, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The NASUWT congratulates teachers for their hard work in ensuring that children have access to high quality teaching and are able to progress and achieve during their time in primary school.

The establishment of the Community Day Senior High School would expand and improve access to secondary education as well as develop the quality and affordability of education in Ghana.

«As a State Senator,» he explained, «I will fight for the things that matter to New Yorkers: strengthening rent laws and preserving affordable housing, increasing access to quality schools, safeguarding the environment, promoting economic and social justice, preventing violence in our communities, and creating a fairer and more accessible political process.»

Our vision is for schools that give every child the best possible start in life, and high - quality universities that every young person has the opportunity to access.

Whether it is working hand - in - hand with community leaders to empower minority candidates running for office or working to ensure that African - Americans have access to quality health care, schools and employment, I feel privileged to have the opportunity to lift up our communities and work with and for African - Americans in the Bronx and across New York.

It is not about restricting people's access to the law school that will churn out quality lawyers in Ghana.

«Health and education are intricately connected and we believe strongly in co-locating services in schools, offering children immediate access to high quality care without sacrificing time away from school,» said Larry K. McReynolds, president of the Lutheran Family Health Centers, which currently operates 28 school - based health and dental clinics in New York City.

AAAS Science Assessment Website — Science educators have easy access to more than 700 high - quality multiple choice items for testing middle and high school students» understanding of 16 important topics in earth, life, and physical science and the nature of science.

«Access to high - quality early education contributes to more positive elementary school classroom environments, as well as to fewer subsequent placements in special education.»

«For example, electricity access is needed in schools and homes in order for all girls and boys to have access to free, equitable and good - quality primary and secondary education.»

In schools around the U.S., access to quality STEM resources and materials is often limited due to funding constraints.

With the exception of Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, the lowest ranked Italian school, coming in 44th and 24th place in BoF's BA and MA rankings respectively, the careers departments of the Italian schools scored above average, with students praising their access to quality recruiters and effective careers services.

The report, «Access to high performing schools in England» looks at the density of high - quality secondary school places across England, comparing high - quality places in 2015 with 2010 in order to identify whether geographic access to high performing schools is imprAccess to high performing schools in England» looks at the density of high - quality secondary school places across England, comparing high - quality places in 2015 with 2010 in order to identify whether geographic access to high performing schools is impraccess to high performing schools is improving.

The United Neighborhood Organization (UNO), the community group that I lead in Chicago, and its network of charter schools provide Hispanic immigrant families with access to a high - quality education, thereby challenging them to fulfill their great potential while promoting American values, ideals, and our collective successes.

Minister for Education Simon Birmingham said the extra funding would extend the National Partnership on Universal Access to Early Childhood Education into 2019 to ensure more than 348,000 children have access to 15 hours of quality early learning in the year before commencing sAccess to Early Childhood Education into 2019 to ensure more than 348,000 children have access to 15 hours of quality early learning in the year before commencing saccess to 15 hours of quality early learning in the year before commencing school.

Also important is universal access to high - quality, affordable, integrated early childhood education and care, especially in the year before full - time school and for developmentally vulnerable children and children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

«Legislators in Ohio have once again stood up for families that lack access to high - quality educational options, and we thank them for putting kids first,» said Betsy DeVos, Chairman of The American Federation for Children, a school - choice advocacy group.

While we may have our differences from time to time, our end goal is the same: to ensure that every child in every ward in Newark has access to a high - quality school that prepares them for college and the competitive world beyond.

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Our main goal, in collaboration with the district schools, is to expand students» access to high - quality schools, whether they're district schools or public charter schools.

In recent years, that goal has been largely crowded out by an almost exclusive concern with access to school and educational attainment, with less regard for the quality and purpose of education.

Advocates need information to determine whether all students in a district have equal access to high - quality schools.

She was also, she says, «interested in learning about the micro-level changes that ought to take place within education systems, both at the school level and beyond it, to guarantee that all children have access to quality learning opportunities.»

As charter schools across the country struggle to keep up with demand, a new federal tax incentive could hold the key to spurring billions of dollars in investment in low - income areas with limited access to quality public charter school options.

According to Sachs, if kids have access to high - quality early care and education, «they'll do better in school, they'll come to school much more prepared to learn, they'll know how to interact with adults, they'll have better language skills, they'll know how to get along with kids better.»

According to Duncan, «Over 40 states are developing next - generation accountability and support systems,» guided by the CSSOs, and «many states are moving forward with reforms in teacher and principal evaluation and support, turning around low - performing schools, and expanding access to high - quality schools.»

Arenas leads Hoover's after - school Garden Nutrition classes, one of several programs comprising the educational outreach of the People's Grocery, a nonprofit West Oakland organization that, in addition to providing the community with access to high - quality, affordable food, aims to educate children and adults about nutrition and what it calls «food justice,» or «the human right to healthy food.»

«The best schools in the country combine a high - quality cultural education with excellence in core academic subjects and we are committed to ensuring that England's students continue to have access to both.»

As preparations for the local elections in England gather pace, the National Association of School - Based Teacher Training (NASBTT) has joined forces with Universities» Council for the Education of Teachers, the Chartered College and the Teaching Schools Council to suggest solutions to the issues which students and teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recruitment.

She suspects it is because those living in poor families today have «poor health, limited access to home environments with rich language and experiences, low birth weight, limited access to high - quality pre-school opportunities, less participation in many activities in the summer and after school that middle class families take for granted, and more movement in and out of schools because of the way that the housing market operates.»

While students in other schools have access to CTE courses, RVTS offer more variety in terms of the program of study, and the programs themselves are typically higher quality than those found in comprehensive high schools.

I agree with Bradford that single - site schools and small, locally grown and community - based networks are crucial assets for the charter movement and important contributors to expanding access to quality schools in communities that demand them.