Sentences with phrase «increased educational quality»

We also anticipate continuing discussions regarding prioritizing best policies and best actions for students and creating and utilizing the right incentives and accountability systems to improve student achievement, increased educational quality, graduation rates, and capital and technology needs.

Additional private schooling within a nation - state may increase citizens» political and economic freedom through increased educational quality, balanced power relationships, and increased civic engagement.

«Children in the classroom get increased educational quality, and younger teachers get mentors.»

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From its headquarters in Washington, D.C. and Western Regional office in Salinas, Calif., United Fresh and its members work year - round to make a difference for the produce industry by driving policies that increase consumption of fresh produce, shaping critical legislative and regulatory action, providing scientific and technical leadership in food safety, quality assurance, nutrition and health, and developing educational programs and business opportunities to assist member companies in growing successful businesses.

The Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), established in 1982, is a professional membership organization that promotes excellence in midwifery practice, endorses diversity in educational backgrounds and practice styles, and is dedicated to unifying and strengthening the profession, thereby increasing access to quality health care and improving outcomes for women, babies, families, and communities.

While father absence has been associated with a host of negative children's outcomes, including increased risk of dropping out of school and lower educational attainment, poorer physical and mental health, and behavioural problems,36 - 40 higher levels of involvement by nonresident fathers may assuage the negative effects of father absence on children's outcomes.41, 42 Quality of the parents» relationship before divorce, or of the pre-divorce father / child relationship, can also be an important factor: children fare worse following divorce when pre-divorce relationships were good and fare better when pre-divorce relationships were poor, 43,44 suggesting children are sometimes better off without a father if the father's relationship to the child or the mother was not good.

«The zoo provides services that are vital to our quality of life and I am pleased to support our efforts to increase the economic and educational impact the zoo has on our region.»

His goal is not just to increase results in the district, but to create a sustainable, long - lasting culture of student achievement, community support, and educational quality in Holyoke.

The keen observers among you will have noted that the most recent Ofsted inspection framework revealed an increased focus on the achievement of pupils with special educational needs and the quality of teaching that enables learning to take place.

There is a significant body of high - quality evidence showing that part of this difference is causal (not explained by differences in student characteristics between two - and four - year colleges), although community colleges likely increase educational attainment relative to not attending college at all (http://papers.ccpr.ucla.edu/papers/PWP-CCPR-2012-004/PWP-CCPR-2012-004.pdf).

According to two additional meta - analyses, high - quality assessment that is integrated into regular classroom practice can increase the rate of learning (Black & Wiliam, 1998) and is a highly cost - effective educational intervention (Yeh, 2007).

It stresses that increasing efforts have to be made to promote the culture of open educational resources and the need to ensure quality assurance and recognition of online learning.

Although the government allocates about 18 percent of the national budget to education, the system lacks the resources to increase access and the quality of educational services.

They are employing WGBH to create a 10 - 12 minute video that tells the story of the book, including both the disturbing effects of increased family income inequality on the quality of education provided to children from low - income families, and the evidence on strategies to improve educational opportunities for low - income children.

The U.S. Department of Education has invited each State education agency (SEA) to request flexibility regarding specific requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) in exchange for rigorous and comprehensive State - developed plans designed to improve educational outcomes for all students, close achievement gaps, increase equity, and improve the quality of instruction.

The Obama administration's $ 650 million Investing in Innovation Fund — designed to spur investments in innovative educational providers and practices — specified that applicants needed to «demonstrate their previous success in closing achievement gaps, improving student progress toward proficiency, increasing graduation rates, or recruiting and retaining high - quality teachers and principals.»

Both sought to achieve these objectives while preserving their commitment to other educational goals, e.g., districtwide commitment to high quality public schools, increased pupil assignment to neighborhood schools, diminished use of busing, greater student choice, reduced risk of white flight, and so forth.

As a result, public institutions are experiencing dramatic increases in tuition, threats to access, the erosion of educational quality, and a reduction in staff and faculty, they charged.

Under this plan, state education agencies would be granted flexibility in meeting certain NCLB requirements in exchange for «rigorous State - developed plans designed to improve educational outcomes for all students, close achievement gaps, increase equity, and improve the quality of instruction» (Department of Education, October 2011).

When school quality increases with the educational standard set by schools, education before college needs not be a hierarchy with private schools offering better quality than public schools.

Far from being anathema to progressive values, high - quality charter schools demonstrate how to translate these educational values into practice by committing to college success, increasing teacher diversity, rethinking school discipline, and supporting vulnerable populations.

OECD finds that on average, students worldwide attend schools with increased funding, more qualified teachers, and better quality educational materials than before.

Increasing College Access through School - Based Models of Postsecondary Preparation, Planning, and Support grows out of Engaging Schools» commitment to reducing educational disparities and facilitating equal access to quality instruction, supports, and opportunities for all secondary students.

Prior to joining DCSC, she was the CEO of Rhode Island Mayoral Academies (RIMA), a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the transformation of K - 12 education and dramatically increasing high - quality educational opportunities for Rhode Island students.

Most support that was offered to schools was directed at senior leadership teams, with other popular support categories including «key» subject improvement and increasing the quality of special educational needs.

As with any school, Plitzuweit said that Edkey Inc. «has a focus on increasing wages at the school level and working on retaining quality educational professionals.»

NACSA works to increase and improve quality educational opportunities for children by strengthening charter school authorizing.

More parents deserve access to quality charter public schools that can enhance and challenge a child's educational experience. Visit www.publiccharters.org/openthedoors to read more stories about how charter schools change lives, and tell Congress to increase support for charter schools.

The Mott Foundation works to increase access to quality educational opportunities for all children — particularly those from low - income families and underserved communities.

However, as Johnson (2011) argues, desegregation actually increased school quality and per - pupil spending for black students, increasing black students» educational attainment with no effect on the attainment of white students.

Flexible pathways also promote opportunities for Vermont students to achieve postsecondary readiness through high - quality educational experiences that acknowledge individual goals, learning styles, and abilities; and increase the rates of secondary school completion and postsecondary continuation in Vermont.

The NYC Leadership Academy is a nationally recognized 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization that prepares and supports passionate, high - quality educators to lead schools that accelerate student learning and that increases the capacity of systems across the country to develop and support such educational leaders.

CK - 12 is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing access to high quality educational materials for K - 12 students all over the world.

Thus, the adoption of the CCSS is aimed at increasing national educational equity and quality with the goal of preparing all students for long - term success.

«Both Lewis and Orange Jones are staunch advocates for parental choice and unwavering supporters of increasing access to high - quality educational options for low - income and working - class Black families in Louisiana,» the BAEO Action Fund Board of Directors wrote in a press release.

As the nation celebrates National School Choice Week, the potential to increase access to high - quality educational options, especially for low - income and working - class black families, has never been higher.

He's also working with advocacy organizations to increase the community's appetite for quality schools and bringing other non-profits whose expertise is critical to transforming educational outcomes, into the district.

Increasing educational attainment will positively impact the economic prosperity of our region and quality of life for our residents.

WestEd Policy Forum on Increasing Equity Through High - Quality Charter Schools (Elsa Duré) National and state leaders discussed how high - quality charter schools can increase educational equity, including policy strategies such as unified enrollment systems, weighted lotteries, comprehensive transportation access, district - charter collaborations and school segreQuality Charter Schools (Elsa Duré) National and state leaders discussed how high - quality charter schools can increase educational equity, including policy strategies such as unified enrollment systems, weighted lotteries, comprehensive transportation access, district - charter collaborations and school segrequality charter schools can increase educational equity, including policy strategies such as unified enrollment systems, weighted lotteries, comprehensive transportation access, district - charter collaborations and school segregation.

The Program for Educational Access advances public policy to increase the accessibility of quality educational options for low - income families.

To provide this program for Black and Latino males as well as increase high - quality educational access in Washington DC, the North Star College Preparatory Academy for Boys PCS intends to open a single gender middle school campus serving grades 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 within Ward 7 or 8 in the summer of 2018.

The National Association of Charter School Authorizers works to increase and improve quality educational opportunities for children by strengthening charter school authorizing.

While many factors — including student demographics, parental involvement, teacher quality, and government policy — influence educational outcomes, research generally finds that students perform better when taught by more experienced teachers and that increased teacher turnover can harm student performance.8 High levels of turnover can also disrupt schools.

«With this renewal, the CORE districts will be able to continue implementing their plans to promote innovative, locally tailored strategies to improve educational outcomes for all students, close achievement gaps, increase equity, and improve the quality of instruction,» Ann Whalen, a federal administrator for elementary and secondary education, wrote in the approval letter.

Our educational design was developed to address the most critical needs of schools challenged by socioeconomic conditions: closing the achievement gap, improving the quality of teaching, increasing graduation and college acceptance rates, creating inclusive and vibrant learning environments, and developing outstanding urban school leaders.

The Democratic Party platform calls for «bold new investments by the federal government» to increase access to and the quality of the American educational system.

Developing Leaders — Each month, IDRA works with more than 10,000 parents, educators, principals and school board members to expand educational leadership and effectiveness, and to increase community and institutional support for quality teaching.

Apart from urging employers to make greater accommodations for dual income households, the only other practical antidote is to increase both the quality and quantity of educational attainment.

It is time to reconsider that assumption, to embrace true educational pluralism, and to support policies focused on increasing high - quality educational options across all educational sectors — public, private, and charter.

If they do, that failure could exacerbate educational inequity — driving increased variance in the quality of education across state lines.