Sentences with phrase «in education around the country»

Pittsburgh Schools Superintendent Mark Roosevelt described just how bad Imagine's reputation is when Imagine was trying to open a school in the district: «A lot of my friends in education around the country are very supportive of the charter movement.

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In an annual survey of expats around the globe, some 9,000 workers in over 100 countries were asked to score 43 aspects of their lives abroad, from commuting and ease of setting up utilities to the cost of education and the ease of making friends — for both expats and their childreIn an annual survey of expats around the globe, some 9,000 workers in over 100 countries were asked to score 43 aspects of their lives abroad, from commuting and ease of setting up utilities to the cost of education and the ease of making friends — for both expats and their childrein over 100 countries were asked to score 43 aspects of their lives abroad, from commuting and ease of setting up utilities to the cost of education and the ease of making friends — for both expats and their children.

Teach Away's clients — education ministries, colleges, and other organizations that provide ESL training — are situated in more than 50 countries around the world, including the Middle East, Asia and Eastern Europe.

While the lender is located in Kentucky, Advantage Education student loans are available to people living around the country.

PowerSchool is the leading K - 12 education technology provider of solutions that improve the education experience for 100 million students, teachers, and parents in over 70 countries around the world.

Of course, if Israel were the only country in the world where we send either 1) direct aid and / or 2) provide a military presence and which had free universal health care and / or free or low cost secondary education, you might actually be making a point about there being something unique in the US / Israeli relationship, as opposed to, the $ 100s of billions we're sending around the world to hundreds of other countries which provide the same benefits.

As I've already argued here on The Lunch Tray, it's incumbent upon Congress to step up and fund similar nutrition education around the country if the HHFKA is to succeed in its goals.

In addition, participants at the IOC conference learned about a community - based program the Institute first developed in 2005 called «The Power of The Permit,» which is being utilized by municipalities around the country in adopting concussion risk management programs for all athletes using public fields, rinks, courts, and diamonds, not just those covered by existing state concussion education, removal from and return to play mandateIn addition, participants at the IOC conference learned about a community - based program the Institute first developed in 2005 called «The Power of The Permit,» which is being utilized by municipalities around the country in adopting concussion risk management programs for all athletes using public fields, rinks, courts, and diamonds, not just those covered by existing state concussion education, removal from and return to play mandatein 2005 called «The Power of The Permit,» which is being utilized by municipalities around the country in adopting concussion risk management programs for all athletes using public fields, rinks, courts, and diamonds, not just those covered by existing state concussion education, removal from and return to play mandatein adopting concussion risk management programs for all athletes using public fields, rinks, courts, and diamonds, not just those covered by existing state concussion education, removal from and return to play mandates.

The Independent Institute joins the successful efforts of numerous community initiatives around the country to offer children a competitive education alternative in the San Francisco East Bay.

In Australia, Dr Rebecca English from Queensland University of Technology's Faculty of Education has said there were around 10,000 students registered to be home schooled country - wide.

Second, how let me flip that around: «how does a woman with no post-secondary education in science decide that she can trust the clinical judgment of a practitioner that refuses to get the minimum level training required of midwives in all other developed countries»?

Our Consider Cloth Kits are changing the diapering conversation in childbirth education classes around the country.

According to the Fall / Winter 2011 issue of Renewal: A Journal for Waldorf Education, published quarterly by AWSNA (the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America), «There is a drastic shortage of trained Waldorf teachers — class teachers, as well as early childhood / kindergarten... This shortage exists in North America and around the world, including in English - speaking countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, and Ireland.

She stated that time has come for all and sundry to stamp - out all impediment and turn around the education sector not only in the western region but in the whole country.

Tory - supporting men and women, usually white and middle - aged, amble around the Escher-esque creation, listening to speeches and talks by politicians who, in many cases, have enjoyed some of the most expensive educations the country can offer.

While African governments now invest around US$ 2000 of public funding per student (more than the average for developing countries), this follows decades of underinvestment in which drives for education focused on primary and secondary learning.

Any country that aims to transform itself into a modern productive player in the global marketplace must get its educational policies right, adding that the countries that have made rapid progress around the world put education at the heart of their development.

«If you look any of the challenges that we have on Staten Island or across the city or around the country, the solution, the way to improve those things, is investing in young people,» said Oddo, who added he's allocated more than $ 100 million for education since his days on the City Council.

The cut is the third to education in as many years, as the recession's aftermath continues to pressure state budgets around the country.

Public education in New York and around the country is undergoing tremendous change as parents and citizens demand more performance, accountability and results.

The previous contract, for $ 32 million, was held by Pearson, an international education company based in London that has become a lightning rod in education policy around the country.

We need to adopt new ideas and system reforms to cater to the demands of this evolving world, especially in a country like Japan where we experience many dynamic changes and challenges,» states Igarashi, who emphasizes the importance of maintaining R&D and science education funding to make research careers attractive to young clinicians and scientists in Japan and around the world.

In addition to compiling head - to - head rankings, OECD collects data on educational policies and practices around the world, with topics ranging from how countries educate their poorest students to parental attitudes toward the importance of an education.

A rapid voluntary reduction in fertility rates in the poor countries, brought about by more access to family planning, higher child survival and education for girls, could stabilize the population at around eight billion by 2050.

Here, the ACA offers a glimmer of hope, ushering in a $ 200 million federal pilot project to provide funding for graduate nurse education at five institutions around the country.

However, despite the gains in life expectancy seen across China, thought to be linked to increasing GDP and improved maternal education, large inequalities between provinces remain, with life expectancy around 10 years lower for both men and women in some provinces in the west part of China, comparable to less developed countries like Bangladesh.

Our study, along with prior studies, supports the notion that «cognitive reserve» resulting from early - life and lifelong education and cognitive stimulation may be a potent strategy for the primary prevention of dementia in both high - and low - income countries around the world.21 However, it should be noted that the relationships among education, brain biology, and cognitive function are complex and likely multidirectional; for instance, a number of recent population - based studies have shown genetic links with level of educational attainment, 22,23 and with the risk for cognitive decline in later life.24 Higher levels of educational attainment are also associated with health behaviors (eg, physical activity, diet, and smoking), more cognitively - complex occupations, and better access to health care, all of which may play a role in decreasing lifetime dementia risk.

Dr Thurayya Arayssi, WCM - Q's associate professor of medicine and senior associate dean for medical education, led a team of researchers from five centers across the Arab world that collected samples from around 1,600 individuals with rheumatoid arthritis in five different countries plus samples from control subjects.

This year's Twestival was held in 175 countries around the world on March 25, 2010 and raised almost $ 350,000 to date for Concern Worldwide, an organization that helps bring education to the world's poorest children.

«If you believe education in this country and around the world needs improvement, perhaps dramatic improvement, who else is in a better position to make that happen?

Alerted to the district's success over social media and via professional networks, education leaders around the country began asking to come see the Leyden schools in action.

The academy's Center for the Arts in Education, which raises money and promotes the school's innovations around the country, serves as a key liaison for nurturing these partnerships.

In reality, there are many excellent special - education programs around the country, programs that provide highly qualified teachers for students with disabilities.

«While the media hyperventilate about MOOCs and higher education, and K 12 school districts around the country form technology committees, the nation's preschoolers have the situation well in hand.»

The weekly series, which will be available on the Harvard University iTunes U page, features a 15 - 20 minute conversation with thought leaders in the field of education from across the country and around the world.

Pupils at London schools are being outperformed by their peers in many countries around the world, according to new research from University College London's (UCL) Institute of Education.

U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley will address school and community leaders from around the country at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on Friday, March 26 at 2 pm in the Gutman Conference Center, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge.

Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the ELLA program's popularity kept growing, with an extra 20,000 children around the country set to participate in the program in 2018.

Late into the project, the Federal Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) saw the potential of eSmart and decided to invest $ 3 million to pilot eSmart in 150 schools around the country.

Last summer, as I was winding down my eight years as president of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, I went around the country and met with 30 superintendents, asking them, «What can I do to support your efforts to implement 21st century education in your district?»

Over the past 20 years, many school systems around the globe have undergone some form of education reform and yet the trillions of dollars being spent in school systems, ongoing debates over the value of teacher pay incentives, and standardized test movements have yielded little effect in many countries.

In 2011 - 12, a series of student - led protests arose around Chile demanding major reforms to the country's education system, including the end of the Chilean school voucher system and more direct state involvement in secondary educatioIn 2011 - 12, a series of student - led protests arose around Chile demanding major reforms to the country's education system, including the end of the Chilean school voucher system and more direct state involvement in secondary educatioin secondary education.

On July 4th, Americans around the country and the world reminisce about the Great American Experiment led by George Washington in government and by Thomas Jefferson in education.

Comprehensive school reform has been identified by both Democratic and Republican administrations and Congress as a key strategy in turning around the country's lowest performing schools, but this fact does not make NAS just like any other education group in D.C. Instead, it means that after a great deal of review, comprehensive school reform emerged as one of the country's best hopes for public school improvement on a grand scale.

In addition, some 115 principals from around the country discussed the same issues this past summer at a Principals» Leadership Summit in Washington sponsored by the U.S. Department of EducatioIn addition, some 115 principals from around the country discussed the same issues this past summer at a Principals» Leadership Summit in Washington sponsored by the U.S. Department of Educatioin Washington sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.

The Change Leadership Group will be the first - in - the - nation program to recruit, train, and supervise a network of education experts to deliver on - site training and support to school districts around the country.

When they got together here last week, governors from around the country explored an issue they say every state leader is grappling with: how to pinpoint and replicate what works in reforming education.

Download the mp3: O Canada About the Harvard EdCast The Harvard EdCast is a weekly series of podcasts, available on the Harvard University iTunes U page, that features a 15 - 20 minute conversation with thought leaders in the field of education from across the country and around the world.

In the 20 years he has spent interviewing college students around the country, Professor of Education Richard J. Light has noticed a pattern in how undergraduates experience their four yearIn the 20 years he has spent interviewing college students around the country, Professor of Education Richard J. Light has noticed a pattern in how undergraduates experience their four yearin how undergraduates experience their four years.

Paulet Piedra enrolled in the International Education Policy (IEP) Program at the Ed School to follow that dream by developing a greater understanding of policy design and implementation processes in countries around the world.