Sentences with phrase «in education incentives»

In 2010, when New York, like other states, was recovering from recession, it won nearly $ 700 million in education incentives from the federal «Race to the Top» program.

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That includes funding programs that teach STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) to young people in underserved areas, collaborating with higher education institutions, investing in women and minority - owned companies and creating bolder hiring and retention incentives and programs to encourage diversity within Intel.

At the time, she said the company would collaborate with higher education institutions, invest in women and minority - owned companies, and create bolder hiring and retention incentives to encourage diversity at Intel.

Global - trade crossroads Georgia is climbing in business rankings, thanks to education, tax incentives, investment and research.

In his encyclical Divini Illius Magistri, issued in 1939, Pope Pius XI deplored the fact that «these most powerful means of publicity, which can be of great utility for instruction and education when directed by sound principles, are only too often used as an incentive to evil passions and greed for gain.&raquIn his encyclical Divini Illius Magistri, issued in 1939, Pope Pius XI deplored the fact that «these most powerful means of publicity, which can be of great utility for instruction and education when directed by sound principles, are only too often used as an incentive to evil passions and greed for gain.&raquin 1939, Pope Pius XI deplored the fact that «these most powerful means of publicity, which can be of great utility for instruction and education when directed by sound principles, are only too often used as an incentive to evil passions and greed for gain.»

The stark fact that complicates incentive studies like Fryer's is that for children who grow up in difficult circumstances, there already exists a powerful set of material incentives to get a good education.

Jonathan Guryan, James S. Kim, and Kyung Park, «Motivation and Incentives in Education: Evidence from a Summer Reading Experiment,» NBER Working Paper 20918 (Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, January 2015)

In New York City, between 2007 and 2010, Fryer oversaw and evaluated a program jointly administered by the city's education department and its teachers union that distributed $ 75 million in cash incentives to teachers in some of the city's most low - performing schoolIn New York City, between 2007 and 2010, Fryer oversaw and evaluated a program jointly administered by the city's education department and its teachers union that distributed $ 75 million in cash incentives to teachers in some of the city's most low - performing schoolin cash incentives to teachers in some of the city's most low - performing schoolin some of the city's most low - performing schools.

Lead author Sara Chrisman of the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center in Seattle, Washington, viewed the finding that concussion education requirements for coaches under the state's first - in - the - nation «Lystedt Law» were being closely followed by public high schools in Washington State as «very encouraging but not surprising,» noting that schools had an incentive to follow the law because it provides legal immunity from litigation for schools that follow it correctly.

All of these issues certainly need to be addressed by hospitals, insurance companies and businesses, and the government can be of service in these areas by providing tax incentives, education, and support.

In 2009 the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) received a $ 14.4 million incentive grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs as part of the American...

«That this House is deeply concerned by the ban on all prisoners receiving books as gifts under the Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme which will have a detrimental effect on prisoner rehabilitation; notes that the ban has been opposed by eminent writers including Mark Haddon, Philip Pullman and Carol Ann Duffy; further notes that to deny prisoners the books they need in order to improve their skills and support their learning is both unreasonable and counter-productive given that reading goes hand - in - hand with education, rehabilitation and humanity; and urges the government to reverse the ban as soon as possible by exempting books from the Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme.»

• Redesigning Education: Noting that New York is first in spending but 34th in results, Governor Cuomo proposed restructuring a portion of our education aid to create incentives that reward school districts for improving student performance and implementing management efficiency Education: Noting that New York is first in spending but 34th in results, Governor Cuomo proposed restructuring a portion of our education aid to create incentives that reward school districts for improving student performance and implementing management efficiency education aid to create incentives that reward school districts for improving student performance and implementing management efficiency policies.

The fee - free Senior High School project, she noted, provides the demand side of incentive for SHS in addition to the easing of barriers for parents who wish to finance their children's education at the secondary level, but do not have the means.

The Buffalo school district is partnering with the Buffalo Teachers Federation and SUNY Buffalo State on a new program that will recruit students while they are still in high school and offer them incentives to pursue a career in education.

The state government also announced incentives, including facilitation of formal education for Fulani children in the state.

«The STEM Incentive awards not only give this state's top high school students access to a first rate education, but it ensures that they and their talents remain in New York to help build our burgeoning high tech economy,» Governor Cuomo said.

Companies specialising in flexible working will be offered a # 500,000 incentive, and local education authorities are required to rewrite careers literature to ensure that advice that is «free from gender stereotyping».

In an attempt to diversify its teaching ranks, the Buffalo school district is partnering with the Buffalo Teachers Federation and SUNY Buffalo State on a new program that will recruit students while they are still in high school and offer them incentives to pursue a career in educatioIn an attempt to diversify its teaching ranks, the Buffalo school district is partnering with the Buffalo Teachers Federation and SUNY Buffalo State on a new program that will recruit students while they are still in high school and offer them incentives to pursue a career in educatioin high school and offer them incentives to pursue a career in educatioin education.

«This plan will help New York families save for their children's education, while giving college graduates added incentives to put down roots here in New York after they graduate,» said Klein.

The omnibus education bill included funding for the «Schools of Hope» program, which encourages charter schools to open in low - performing school districts by giving them incentives.

Needless to say, variable pay, financial incentives and pay - for - performance plans are virtually unheard of in public education salary schemes — and are positively anathema to NYSUT.

Joined by area politicians and community leaders, the parents, students and teachers rallied in support of the Education Investment Tax Credit which would increase support for public and religious schools by creating a tax incentive for individuals and corporations to donate to scholarship programs administered by nonprofit educational organizations.

Financial incentives of up to # 20,000 per student to attract the best graduates into teaching subjects such as maths, chemistry, physics and computer science in Wales, have been announced by Education Secretary Kirsty Williams (Mon 3rd April).

According to Fitzpatrick and Lovenheim: «Early retirement incentives (ERIs) are increasingly prevalent in education as districts seek to close budget gaps by replacing expensive experienced teachers with lower - cost newer teachers.

Since World War II, the U.S. government has offered education benefits to veterans through a series of «GI Bills» both as an incentive to encourage military enlistment and as a «gesture of gratitude» to young men and women who serve in the military.

The 20 Challenges, addressed by a team of education experts, range from «Enable students to build on their own enduring, science - related interests» to «Shift incentives to encourage education research on the real problems of practice as they exist in school settings.»

In 2009 alone, Himin Solar poured more than $ 2.5 million into education incentives.

At the beginning of 2002, it was reported that the Ministry for Education and Scientific Research had developed a project offering economic incentives to attract 96 «brains» back to Italy to take up posts in Italian universities.

He added, «We will not just meet, but we will exceed the level achieved at the height of the space race, through policies that invest in basic and applied research, create new incentives for private innovation, promote breakthroughs in energy and medicine, and improve education in math and science.»

There will be incentives for pupils to study science, and a «second chance» programme for those already in secondary or higher education.

Those early experiences with falling short on nutrition, gave her the incentive to pursue a formal education in the field.

Incentives and Test - Based Accountability in Education A report from the National Research Council

But this strong scientific discussion of theory and empirical analysis of incentives and accountability breaks down when it comes to the committee's core purpose: evaluating accountability regimes in education that employ incentives and tests.

Toward the end of its review of the commission's work, the task force states, «Education reform will only come about in the United States when the delivery system itself is reconstructed around clear principles, sound ideas and learning - centered rules, incentives and power relationships.»

On the one side, she agreed with New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg to a test plan offering monetary incentives to teachers in schools whose poorest students make significant gains in achievement (see «New York City's Education Battles,» features, Spring 2008).

This provides a financial incentive for teachers to continue delivering the best standards of education in the classroom, because this will provide great teachers with incentives to remain as teachers rather than taking management responsibilities which come with larger salaries.

In its report, Incentives and Test - Based Accountability in Education, the committee says that NCLB and state accountability systems have been so ineffective at lifting student achievement that accountability as we know it should probably be dropped by federal and state governments alikIn its report, Incentives and Test - Based Accountability in Education, the committee says that NCLB and state accountability systems have been so ineffective at lifting student achievement that accountability as we know it should probably be dropped by federal and state governments alikin Education, the committee says that NCLB and state accountability systems have been so ineffective at lifting student achievement that accountability as we know it should probably be dropped by federal and state governments alike.

Whilst we welcome the FFA's references to expanding the tax base and challenging harmful tax incentives we need to oppose not just tax evasion but aggressive tax avoidance, which, though technically legal, can be immoral in denying countries the funds needed for delivering on the right to education.

Expanding education is worth little more than yesterday's newspaper if the incentives to invest in the future are not there.

One area where policymakers could influence the special education gap is by providing charters with resources and incentives to better recruit students with disabilities (particularly those with a speech or language impairment) to apply in kindergarten.

Committee on Incentives and Test - Based Accountability in Public Education, M. Hout and S. W. Elliott (Eds.)

Building upon his past analysis of CCT programs in Bogota, Colombia, Harvard Graduate School of Education economist Felipe Barrera - Osorio has found that these programs — depending on their structure — can increase educational attainment for as many as eight years after the incentives were provided.

Some found the double classrooms a hassle to coordinate, says Elisabeth Woody, one of the researchers hired to evaluate the program, some felt they weren't seeing an improvement in overall education, and some simply lost their incentive once the money ran out.

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.

Winters suggests that policymakers could influence the special education gap by providing charters with resources and incentives to better recruit students with speech or language impairments in their kindergarten year.

Authors Paul Peterson and Peter Kaplan find that even though 37 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) received a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education as incentive to join the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) consortia and raise their standards in 2009, standards still declined in rigor in 26 states and D.C. between 2009 and 2011.

Hess succeeds in posing a challenge to those who see choice and competition - the manipulation of incentives, if you will - as a way of improving schools without getting bogged down in the nitty - gritty issues of providing a quality education.

Changing the current dynamic, say the authors, would require giving less - educated women incentives to invest in education and careers, and to use more reliable contraceptive methods.

And, as in the business world, he hoped the creation of an education marketplace would provide compelling incentives for schools to continuously improve or risk being put out of business.