Sentences with phrase «increasing focus on education»

In particular, this means increased focus on education, immigration, social infrastructure and the participation of women and indigenous peoples in the economy.

The namesake and chairman of The George Lucas Educational Foundation discusses his vision of Edutopia at Dreamforce, the annual conference for customers of the customer - relationship - management company salesforce.com, as part of the event's increased focus on education reform and the need for greater business investment to achieve that goal.

On the verge of a bruising budget battle with the Republican - controlled Congress, President Clinton in recent weeks has sharpened his rhetoric and increased his focus on education as a critical dividing line between himself and his opponents.

It has increased the focus on the education of poor and minority students, but it has not provided schools with needed tools to create higher quality schooling for these students.

The increased focus on education began when Congress passed laws providing aid to schools in communities most affected by World War II and the GI Bill encouraged Americans to seek a postsecondary education.

With the Qatar Tourism Authority's increased focus on education and entertainment to boost tourism, the nation is emerging as a hotspot for the arts.

Not exact matches

They are focusing on systems to increase team education to meet the ever - growing demand as they expand.

Thomas says educators should focus on a campaign for a November ballot measure that would raise education funding from an income tax increase on wealthy residents.

This is due to a number of factors: a main one being an increased focused on higher education for women (hooray!)

He lamented, in 2009, the significant decrease in the number of Catholic faculty and the fact that the University's increased focus on research to maintain its status among elite universities was weakening the quality of undergraduate education.

Joe Milner, Milestone Beverages» managing director, said: «We have agreed a clear strategy which is extensively focusing on distribution and education as a way to increase consumer awareness and appreciation of the brand.

However, noting that even their increased earnings barely took the participants» income above poverty level, the evaluators recommend that an early focus on education and training rather than on income - generation may be a more productive long - term strategy for these young men and their children (Spaulding et al, 2009).

State education officials said there has been an increased focus on providing fresh fruits and vegetables in student lunches, as the state noted a significant increase in the past decade in the number of students who require meals at school.

Community education efforts should focus strongly on increasing exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life, decreasing parental smoking and smoking during pregnancy and educating parents, non-parental caregivers and hospital staff about the dangers of non-supine sleep positions for infants.

Mr. Thompson said the City should focus on fighting obesity through other initiatives including improved health education, increasing access to healthy foods and improving recreation opportunities rather than by banning unhealthy options.

One question focused on possible reasons to vote for «Woodstock,» citing reasons like fighting to improve the economy by taking on big businesses and monopolies, pushing for campaign finance reform, increasing education funding, changing the tax code to require the wealthy and large corporations to pay more and raising the minimum wage.

«Since 2010 there has been an obsessive focus on structural change and increased autonomy for individual schools and providers, which has compromised the values and ethos of the public education system.

New York negotiations also focused on how to divide increased education funding and whether to increase the number of authorized charter schools.

During the 84 - minute speech, Cuomo largely focused on education, proposing to increase school aid by $ 1 billion, increase reliance on teacher evaluations and tie the education investment tax credit to the Dream Act, a bill that would open state tuition assistance programs to undocumented students.

Instead of mandating it or proposing legislation, which former Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried and failed to do, Oddo said his office is focused on increasing education on health issues.

«We are going to stay focused on extending mayoral control and increasing opportunities so every child can receive a first - class education and follow their dreams.»

WBFO's Focus on Education reporter Eileen Buckley says the funding will allow the district to increase the use of healthy foods served up on school menus.

Universities, colleges, and their students in Canada were not anticipating much in the way of increased funding for postsecondary education initiatives because much of the talk leading up to this year's federal budget focused on health care..

They should be focusing instead on how to incent [sic] the best and brightest to pursue graduate science and engineering educations by increasing the opportunities that exist for those people once they graduate.»

During the opening keynote address, former NBA basketball star and U.S. global cultural ambassador Kareem Abdul - Jabbar set the tone for the summit: In order for the United States to stay economically competitive with emerging markets in China, India, and elsewhere, it will have to overhaul its education system to increase its focus on critical thinking and on applied science, math, and tech skills.

One thing was clear from the talks: Most companies are focused on increasing the supply of workers with STEM education, but few are doing much to improve demand for such jobs, either by raising salaries for STEM jobs or implementing programs to make these jobs more attractive.

Chandra's program plays a key role in NASA's EPO portfolio, synthesizing and disseminating results from NASA's exploration of the high - energy Universe into a broad suite of programs and activities focused on increasing science literacy and contributing to science, mathematics, engineering and technology (STEM) education.

Her goal is to increase diversity and inclusion in the sciences while pursuing a career focused on science education and outreach.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

Yet we are focused on expansion at a time when the system still needs great improvement, including increased attention to generating high - quality, affordable models of early education and care.

At the partnership, she focused on increasing the private sector's role in public education.

Anything that appears to be focused on training is perceived to increase the risk of a school of education being seen as a vocational entity.

In addition, in cases in which inclusion really means «mainstreaming» (special education students are «brought into» a regular classroom for certain periods of the day) or when special education professionals focus solely on special education students instead of supporting, and interacting with, all students, individual differences are magnified and social isolation is increased.

The program, which runs March 31 - April 2, focuses on using technology to support change and increase the quality and relevance of education systems.

For the most part, he says, the past decade of research on the accountability movement in education has focused on two things: whether or not the tests increased academic achievement, and how high - stakes testing has led to certain behaviors such as teaching to the test or manipulating the data.

This summer Mapp led her first Program in Professional Education (PPE) institute, «Family Engagement in Education: Creating Effective Home and School Partnerships for Student Success,» which focused on designing family engagement practices connected to student learning, and increasing the capacity of educators, families, and community members to develop and sustain partnerships that improve student outcomes.

The legitimacy of test score increases in District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), in particular those at Crosby S. Noyes Education Campus, are the focus of the latest installment in USA Today's «Testing the System,» a multi-part series exploring the extent and causes of cheating — by teachers, principals and schools — on standardized tests.

These national ERAOs and their counterparts at the state level are focused on enacting sweeping education policy changes to increase accountability for student achievement, improve teacher quality, turn around failing schools, and expand school choice.

Unfortunately, not every student can benefit from advanced education, and it could well be that the best way to increase performance is to reduce the number of students included in these programs while continuing to focus on bringing all students to international standards.

An afternoon panel on Global Education featured three plans, Diploventures, American Global Scholars Program, and LingoTrotters, all focused on increasing students» access to global competency development and intercultural exchange.

In short, we have focused considerable energy on increasing the resources available for education.

Susannah Chambers, Education Strategist at PrimarySite, explains why a cross-curricular, real - world approach to STEM subjects from an early age is key to breaking down misconceptions about the subjects, and to increasing the number of students going on to pursue STEM focussed careers.

Gatlin says she is proud of Romney's education plan, particularly its focus on increasing choice for parents, which would allow for expanded access to highquality public charter schools, and make Title I and IDEA funds portable, so that low income and special needs students can choose which schools to attend and bring the funding with them.

Former Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell has said that the teacher crisis is «one of the biggest issues facing our schools», calling on the government to ditch the «terrible idea» of increasing the number of grammar schools and focus on the real problem.

Rather than focusing on the shortcomings of public schooling, a more sensible approach to the problem will be increasing accountability for the process of public education.

Thompson: The council was one of the few education organizations in Washington to support the No Child Left Behind Act and we believe the federal law deserves credit for focusing the attention of urban schools more sharply on student achievement, and increasing the national focus on educating our neediest children.

The research pointed at Australia's decentralised education system and said increasing the clarity of policies and finding within it needs attention, and added that the country's high education performance can be complemented with further focus on reducing inequities by tackling system - level policies hindering equity in education.

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.

Efforts to improve adolescent reading and writing skills are numerous, but few focus on increasing literacy through career and technical education (CTE).

A large majority of teachers have raised concerns that education reforms with an increased focus on exams are undermining student's health and wellbeing.