Sentences with phrase «informed decisions about schools»

It is difficult to make informed decisions about schools or programs without good information on the spending required to achieve a given result.

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Ultimately, children and young people will go on to make their own decisions about what they eat, but as long as schools offer students the opportunity to think, discuss and debate the issues as well as to cook and eat good vegetarian food, a weekly meat free day provides them with the knowledge and experience with which to make informed, responsible and compassionate choices.

The experts are there to answer any question to help you to make an informed decision about your child's educational journey from preschool through high school.

Whether you're thinking about enrolling your child in a traditional public or private school, a DoDEA school or you're currently homeschooling your child (or considering the possibility), there are many resources available to help you make informed decisions about your child's education.

The Service later announced that it will carry out an investigation into the matter to ascertain the factors which informed the headmistress» decision to ask for chalk from the Second Lady who had visited her school to donate 5 computers and about 500 books.

Lawrence D. Phillips, an emeritus professor at the London School of Economics, will present his research group's findings about the relative risks of different drugs at Advances in Decision Analysis, a conference sponsored by the INFORMS Decision Analysis Society (DAS).

«People rely heavily on the «normal» way to compute an average and if they simply had ready access to software that calculates the average of ratios, they could make more informed decisions about many big - ticket purchases, such as cars,» said Michael Tsiros, professor of marketing at the University of Miami School of Business Administration.

In addition to making a positive statement about the school's approach to sustainability many of the issues that inform the decision making process can also be introduced into the classroom to engage pupils with real - world issues in a meaningful way.

When job seekers see an advert for a school they have access to Ofsted reports, good schools guides, league tables, performance rankings, and online forums; many of these will be used to make an informed decision about whether to apply for a particular job.

A unitary accountability system enables the state to fairly and transparently monitor program compliance and inform the public about performance; make difficult decisions about withholding funds, intervening with local boards, and taking over schools and districts; and uniformly and thoroughly administer federal programs.

Data about student learning, demographics, school processes, and teacher perceptions are used to inform decision making, and extensive professional development is used to set goals, prioritize, and make appropriate intervention plans (Slavin, Cheung, Holmes, Madden, & Chamberlain, 2012).

is to inform parents, voters, taxpayers, and educators about the performance of their kids and schools, then let them make their own decisions as to whether anything needs to be done.

The new professional standards will also play a role here in informing decisions about appropriate continuing professional development activities for school business management practitioners.

And as Andy Smarick has argued, voucher programs need something akin to authorizers, too, so that decisions about participating schools can be informed by nuance and human judgment, not just by test scores and other data points.

However, dissemination of accurate information about the responsibilities of charter schools toward students with disabilities is critical to helping parents make informed decisions.

«While those five factors are not representative of all schools it's helpful for teachers to know that these are the different ways students think about responsibility so that in their engagement with students and the way they structure their curriculum, develop policies in schools, this is part of the knowledge base that can inform their decision making.»

It can help people reach better informed decisions about individual children's school placements and formulate better informed evaluations of provision at local and national levels.

«At a time when students are increasingly hesitant about their prospects in the job market, and schools and universities face uncertainty when it comes to securing funding, there is a need for solid evidence to inform crucial decisions and shape future policies», Jane adds.

And even if some parents base their decisions on educational quality, many observers worry that low - income and minority parents will be less informed about or interested in school quality, placing their children at a disadvantage in the education marketplace.

The message is clear: be sure the support staff members of your school family are fully informed about all important school decisions, even those dealing with curriculum.

The framework for our overall project also points to the mostly indirect influence of principals «actions on students and on student learning.223 Such actions are mediated, for example, by school conditions such as academic press, 224 with significant consequences for teaching and learning and for powerful features of classroom practice such as teachers «uses of instructional time.225 Evidence - informed decision making by principals, guided by this understanding of principals «work, includes having and using a broad array of evidence about many things: key features of their school «s external context; the status of school and classroom conditions mediating leaders «own leadership practices; and the status of their students «learning.

The authorizing mission of ACNW is to ensure quality academic and environmental literacy outcomes for students in Minnesota by conducting effective oversight and evaluation of its authorized schools, providing strategic support to schools, and making informed and merit - based decisions about its portfolio of charter schools.

«In order for a parent to make an informed decision about the best school for their child they should visit a number of schools.

We expect lawmakers to hear testimony that will inform critical decisions they will make in the future about arming teachers, placing resource and police officers in schools, and providing funding for programs that will improve school climate and -LSB-...]

To make an informed decision about your new special education arrangements, all charter schools are strongly encouraged to attend the Los Angeles Area Charter Leaders Meeting.

Then, through day trips and a four - day residential Easter School, held at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, we provide first - hand experience of higher education to help pupils make informed decisions about what they want to do next.

These leaders are prepared to help all students plan informed decisions about their education beyond high school.

Arizona College Access Professionals are prepared to help all students plan for their future beyond high school and make informed decisions about their postsecondary education.

Responding to the Vergara decision, National Education Association leader Dennis Van Roekel informs us that, «This lawsuit was never about helping students, but is yet another attempt by millionaires and corporate special interests to undermine the teaching profession and push their own ideological agenda on public schools and students while working to privatize public education.»

Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE) is about creating «a high quality public education for all children by informing parents about education issues and parents» rights, bringing parents into the decision making process, empowering parents in their role as advocates for their children, and assisting them in their interactions within the school system.»

Districts should be key drivers within comprehensive accountability systems by supporting continuous improvement, tracking additional measures of school quality and student success, using these measures to inform local decisions about resources and supports, and serving as laboratories of innovation for the state;

This helps them to make informed decisions about their children's education, whether the school is under the control of a local authority, run by a MAT or is a standalone academy.

Research findings, anecdotes, and test scores can inform the debate about whether a particular school reform has worked or not worked, or whether it is a «good» approach or a «bad» one, but the decision to continue or abandon that approach will always be political in nature.

While research can inform the use of value - added measures, most decisions about how to use these measures require personal judgment, as well as a greater understanding of school and district factors than research can provide.

Once completed in 2013, the revised standards are expected to provide the district with a more useful tool for informing decisions about training, assessing and supporting novice and veteran school leaders.

An individualized learning plan is both a document and a process that students use — with support from school counselors, teachers, and parents — to define their career goals and post-secondary plans in order to inform the student's decisions about their courses and activities throughout high school.

«I have not been informed about the reasons behind this decision but it seems that the choice of school places for my constituents in the north of Warrington is being reduced yet again,» she told Schools Week.

The Committee has been an active participant with the Kentucky Department of Education and other stakeholders in creating a new accountability system for the state that sets ambitious goals for student learning, educates and empowers parents with information about schools, and provides state and local education leaders and policymakers with data to help make more informed decisions to improve opportunities for each student.

The process and tools could enable school leaders to begin making more informed decisions about the acquisition and use of technology.

This issue of Educational Leadership aims to provide guidance about how schools can use data to inform decision making without succumbing to either extreme.

PURE exists to support and assure a high quality public education for all children by informing parents about education issues and parents» rights, bringing parents into the decision making process, empowering parents in their role as advocates for their children, and assisting them in their interactions within the school system.

Indeed, for the assessments to fulfill their purpose of informing educators, schools, districts and states about what students know and how to improve their progress, decision - makers must ask some key questions.

Voucher proponents frequently argue that accountability ultimately lies with the parent as the educational decision - maker, but parents can not make truly informed decisions about their children's education without adequate information about how schools serve students and families.

Currently schools are required to report to parents and the community on a variety of performance and facility indicators intended to help families make informed decisions about where to enroll their children.

NSBA looks forward to joining the president and Congress in a conversation about «protecting our children's information» while safeguarding school districts» efforts to promote student achievement and make informed governance decisions based on student data.

While SB 213 makes a quantum leap in providing greater equity, adequacy and accountability for school funding, it will require our citizens to know enough about school funding (not the most glamorous topic) to make an informed decision at the ballot box.

Isle of Wight council said the arrangement gives parents of year 6 pupils time to make an «informed decision» about their children's secondary school places for September 2018, as admissions close at the end of October.

Champion for Parents» Rights FCSBM works to empower parents to make informed decisions about where their children will attend schools, and strongly supports the expansion of school choice initiatives, including Florida tax credit scholarships, McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities, schools of choice, and education savings accounts.

Senator Bennet: What have you learned about the failures of the Detroit public schools and Detroit charter schools that has informed your decision - making as the secretary of education?

This essay aims to review resources available to parents, who are interested in determining the academic performance of a prospective elementary magnet, and to expose the lack of easily obtainable information for prospective parents to use in informed decision - making, by examining two common ways parents obtain information about prospective schools: the first is directly from school representatives at school choice fairs or open house events, and the second is from a popular website, called GreatSchools.