Sentences with phrase «including improving public education»

Brezler says she is passionate about a list of topics, including improving public education, universal health care and opposition to fracking.

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And, who knows, it may even include things like improved labour laws, improvements to public health care and education that actually mean it about the public part, requiring the Workers Compensation Board to get serious about the compensation part of its mandate and, yeah, an effort to get off the energy price rollercoaster.

Efforts include: Advance producers» awareness of emerging animal welfare issues; Provide information and education to improve animal care skills; support scientific research to enhance animal well - being; provide information for greater public understanding and awareness about producers commitment to providing humane care.

To reach their goals, trade groups support various tactics including increased public education, on - premise recycling initiatives, improved curbside collection practices, expanded state beverage container deposit programs and mandatory recycling programs or landfill bans.

requires that professional development programs shall be made available to teachers to improve instruction in the public schools, and shall include instruction in incorporating character education throughout the curriculum.

§ 49-6-1007 (2008) requires public school instruction to include character education to «help each student develop positive values and improve student conduct.»

Character Education: KRS 156.095 requires that professional development programs shall be made available to teachers to improve instruction in the public schools, and shall include instruction in incorporating character education throughout the cuEducation: KRS 156.095 requires that professional development programs shall be made available to teachers to improve instruction in the public schools, and shall include instruction in incorporating character education throughout the cueducation throughout the curriculum.

He called for better regulation and enforcement of violations in bike lanes, as well as improved signage and a public education campaign, including signs in taxis warning of the dangers of swinging doors open without looking first.

Parents and students across New York, including grassroots activists organized by education reform advocacy organization StudentsFirstNY and Derrell Bradford, executive director of NYCAN, view Governor Cuomo's reforms as critical to improving public school options.

The report proposes a series of policy recommendations to close the wage gap, including launching statewide public education campaigns on the breadth of career opportunities, salary negotiation and financial literacy, expanding access to child care and family leave, increasing career mentoring for young women and improving data and transparency on job titles, pay and benefits.

«The final budget also makes critical investments in higher education, including in programs that are proven to improve student success at our public colleges and universities.»

Lhota's top priorities, he said, would include improving education with the introduction of new teaching methods, more tablets and a conversation on longer school days and years, creating jobs and maintaining public safety and quality of life.

At 1:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on New York City Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless students.

They included efforts to prepare communities to adapt to climate change; the cancer moonshot, precision medicine, and brain research in the health arena; a network of advanced manufacturing institutes to recapture global industrial dominance; and public - private partnerships to improve science and math education.

Our breadth of support includes public engagement, education and the application of research to improve health.

About Site - The Rheumatoid Patient Foundation (RPF) is dedicated to improving the lives of patients with Rheumatoid diseases such as Rheumatoid Arthritis and Juvenile Arthritis through a variety of means, including research, public awareness, patient education and patient - led advocacy.

USA About Blog The Rheumatoid Patient Foundation (RPF) is dedicated to improving the lives of patients with Rheumatoid diseases such as Rheumatoid Arthritis and Juvenile Arthritis through a variety of means, including research, public awareness, patient education and patient - led advocacy.

The news comes as the Government launches an LGBT survey which aims to understand the experiences of LGBT individuals across the UK and help identify ways to improve public services for LGBT users, including health and education.

A new study, appearing in Education Next, shows that in the 34 districts under federal desegregation orders, including the 24 districts specifically named in the DOJ lawsuit, LSP transfers actually improve integration in both the public schools students leave and the private schools in which they enroll.

He recounted his participation on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Committee On Education Excellence, which included a diverse array of education experts, among them economist Eric Hanushek, who were tasked with recommending steps to improve California's publicEducation Excellence, which included a diverse array of education experts, among them economist Eric Hanushek, who were tasked with recommending steps to improve California's publiceducation experts, among them economist Eric Hanushek, who were tasked with recommending steps to improve California's public schools.

Others are involved with parent - based community groups: the Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation (working to create a dialogue among parents on local education issues, including assignment processes for schools), the Black Ministerial Alliance (working to improve the quality of Boston public schools), and City Life / Vida Urbana (working with a group of Latina mothers advocating for their special - needs children).

The project, which he calls, The Chastened Dream, will look at how publicly - oriented professional schools, including those focused on education, public health, public policy, and urban planning and design, develop knowledge that they hope will be useful for ameliorating poverty, curing disease, improving education, and increasing the quality of life for us all.

«By and large — both in public and independent school education — there is still a tendency to focus on the disciplines separately, and, frankly, there's a lot of value in that,» says Heidi Hayes Jacobs, a highly regarded education consultant, president of Curriculum 21, and author of several influential books on improving K - 12 education, including Interdisciplinary Curriculum: Design and Implementation and Active Literacy Across the Curriculum.

Last year's nearly unanimous education reform bill was a serious step toward improving all of Connecticut's public schools — including charters.

The funding increases in this legislation, including special education grants under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Title I, and Impact Aid are critical for America's public schools to continue to improve and educate a growing and diverse population of education grants under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Title I, and Impact Aid are critical for America's public schools to continue to improve and educate a growing and diverse population of Education Act (IDEA), Title I, and Impact Aid are critical for America's public schools to continue to improve and educate a growing and diverse population of students.

«We encourage educators, families, and the public to use the included suggestions as first steps toward improving their community's approach to whole child education.»

Sixty - two years after the landmark Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision that desegregated America's public schools, the education system is still struggling with a number of issues in classrooms, including segregation, the opportunity and achievement gaps, school funding discrepancies, improving high school graduation rates, and college enrollment and persistence.

As Superintendent, Dr. King spearheaded new and innovative efforts to improve Los Angeles» public education system, including the District's first - ever Promising Practices Forum, which brought L.A. Unified charter school and district educators together to share best practices.

The reality is that these individuals have generously donated large portions of their wealth to improve many aspects of public education, including but not limited to charter schools.

During this evening's State of the Union address, President Barack Obama is expected to lay out a series of initiatives designed to make the United States more competitive, including a focus on improving public education.

To put this figure in perspective, public education's price tag has surpassed $ 500 billion annually, including some $ 14 billion2 (about $ 240 per student) for teachers to take professional development courses and workshops that teachers themselves say don't always improve their teaching (Killeen, Monk, & Plecki, 2002).

Chris Lubienski's research centers on public and private interests in education, including the use of market mechanisms such as choice and competition to improve schooling, especially for disadvantaged children.

EmpowerDC.org: A citywide membership - based organization, Empower DC is dedicated to effecting social change through a democratic, self - help empowerment approach to community organizing working on issues including affordable housing, quality affordable child care, preserving public property and improving public education.

When we improve instruction and curricula for our students who have been the most ill - served by American public education — including for young black, white and Latino men — we are improving education for our high - performing students as well.

The SPI's various responsibilities include acting as chief spokesperson for public schools, providing education policy and direction to local school districts, and working with the education community to improve students» academic performance.

Her group is expected to reveal several recommendations today about how to improve the state's public education system, including development of future teachers.

The honest attempt to find common ground on the crucial issue of improving public education deserves wide support and participation from diverse interests, including the skeptical teachers union.

Based on its work, the Commission will submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature by January 10, 2017 that includes findings and recommendations for action to reform public education funding and improve student performance in the State.

Some people - including President - elect Donald Trump - believe that to improve U.S. education, the nation should stop spending so many tax dollars on public schools and instead invest in alternatives, including charter schools and taxpayer - funded vouchers for private and religious schools.

She joined the conservative Hoover Institution's Koret Task Force on K - 12 Education, a policy group that included Finn; Eric Hanushek, an economist famous for arguing that increasing education funding doesn't necessarily improve student learning; and John Chubb and Terry Moe, authors of the definitive early manifesto for markets and choice in publicEducation, a policy group that included Finn; Eric Hanushek, an economist famous for arguing that increasing education funding doesn't necessarily improve student learning; and John Chubb and Terry Moe, authors of the definitive early manifesto for markets and choice in publiceducation funding doesn't necessarily improve student learning; and John Chubb and Terry Moe, authors of the definitive early manifesto for markets and choice in public schools.

Charter parents, leaders, teachers and graduates from schools including Vaughn Next Century Learning Center, Fenton Public Schools, PUC, YPI Charter Schools and Pacoima Charter shared the message that charters are changing lives and they are essential to improving public education in Los AnPublic Schools, PUC, YPI Charter Schools and Pacoima Charter shared the message that charters are changing lives and they are essential to improving public education in Los Anpublic education in Los Angeles.

Legislators are currently considering four other CTU - supported bills that directly impact conditions in public schools: HB 5481, requiring school districts to report class size data to ISBE and sets targets for K - 12 class sizes beginning in 2020; HB5721, which mandates improved public input and transparency in CPS capital spending and provides supports for schools and students hit with school actions like closings and turnarounds; HB 3786, which requires fully empowered local school councils in publicly funded schools, including charters, that must vote by a super-majority to approve school closures and reorganizations; and HB 4800, which would move surplus TIF funds to public education needs.

January 30, 2018 In a new report, seven nonpartisan organizations in the South — including the Public School Forum of North Carolina — urge their states to take swifter action to improve K - 12 education for every child with an emphasis on support for disadvantaged...

In a new report, seven nonpartisan organizations in the South — including the Public School Forum of North Carolina — urge their states to take swifter action to improve K - 12 education for every child with an emphasis on support for disadvantaged students.

So it turns out that when you take the time to listen to teachers you actually learn stuff, including how to improve public schools without privatizing and turning them over to the corporate education reform industry.

The law brought accountability to American public education, forced revelations of inflated graduation rates, and showed the poor performance of suburban districts in improving student achievement for all kids (including those from poor and minority backgrounds).

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

Specific provisions included scholarships and loans to students in higher education, with loans to students preparing to be teachers and to those who showed promise in the curricular areas of mathematics, science, engineering, and modern foreign languages; grants to states for programs in mathematics, science, and modern foreign languages in public schools; the establishment of centres to expand and improve the teaching of languages; help to graduate students, including fellowships for doctoral students to prepare them to be professors at institutions of higher learning; assistance for the improvement of guidance, counseling, and testing programs; provisions for research and experimentation in the use of television, radio, motion pictures, and related media for educational purposes; and the improvement of statistical services at the state level.

Improved financial oversight as outlined in this report and improved financial transparency for the public, including parents, would enable parents to make more informed choices regarding their child's education and make charters more accountable to taImproved financial oversight as outlined in this report and improved financial transparency for the public, including parents, would enable parents to make more informed choices regarding their child's education and make charters more accountable to taimproved financial transparency for the public, including parents, would enable parents to make more informed choices regarding their child's education and make charters more accountable to taxpayers.

Legislation to protect Dreamers — including the 20,000 educators with DACA — that includes pathways to legal status or citizenship would not only increase the GDP, creating more revenue with which to improve public schools, but it would also mean that students and families across the country currently living in fear of deportation could focus on both their education and creating a better future for themselves and their communities.99