Sentences with phrase «make educational policies»

The division's work helps policymakers and practitioners around the world make educational policies, programs and practices more effective for all.

The National Education Association also filed an amicus brief, urging the court to restore to California Legislature the prerogative to make educational policy by striking down the Vergara ruling.

Your state government makes educational policies that impact each district and each student.

Not exact matches

Indeed, it is simply remarkable that those people responsible for educational and social policy during the past three decades can not make the obvious connection between the deplorable state of education, the multiple tragedies of the inner cities, and the virtual elimination of religiously informed values from American public life.

On the one hand, recent Indian educational policy has made Indian doctors, managers and engineers competitive on the world job market.

When he was made Dean in 1945, he sought to make the principles of the Whiteheadian system formative of educational policy itself at the Divinity School, and he hoped to make mastery of Process and Reality a foundation for theological study.

The ideologisation is seen in that the market with its sole criterion of economic growth is made to determine policies regarding other economic goals like liquidation of mass poverty, economic welfare and eco-justice, but also policies regarding directions in social educational and cultural life.

Despite this consideration, the report, in the same chapter, recognizes the clear advantage of organic schemes in the educational role that they have played: «millions of consumers have been made aware of the way food markets work, and of the environmental impacts of food production, processing and distribution, and of the quality of the foods we eat» and it concludes that organic as well as fair trade and «short - chain strategies» are legitimate and valid options for both farmers and consumers and that policy can support these approaches by helping farmers to achieve higher yields.

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.

«I've revised, updated and written many a hospital policy and procedure and find Penny's Guidelines to be educational as well as research based and empower her workers to utilize their knowledge to help them make the best decisions for patient care at the time.

Much of contemporary social science and policy research is concerned with fathers» impacts on children's socioemotional development.1, 2 Yet material contributions made by fathers («breadwinning») remain central to an array of impacts on children, 3 including with respect to children's educational attainment and prospects for social success.

Make sure you regularly update your knowledge and understanding of the educational and professional policies of GES to enable you to communicate things well to the people».

Any country that aims to transform itself into a modern productive player in the global marketplace must get its educational policies right, adding that the countries that have made rapid progress around the world put education at the heart of their development.

The Bloomberg administration has always made a point of stressing the crucial role of data in shaping its educational policy.

Kwesi Pratt said government must explain why only first year SHS students are going to enjoy the new educational policy since it contradicts the promises made by Akufo - Addo.

With the exception of Finland, statistical data on liberal adult education is poorly available and the activities often lack a clear organisation, making the role of liberal adult education in educational policy and academic research less prominent than that of vocational non-formal education.

In 1996, in response to these concerns, Varmus, then director of NIH, impaneled a group of experienced clinical investigators and academic health center administrators to make recommendations that might guide the NIH toward policy changes to alleviate the concerns in the clinical research community.14 Several of the panel's recommendations have been implemented, including increased support of the General Clinical Research Center budget, expanded support of training in clinical research, and the establishment of NIH - sponsored educational debt relief programs for clinical investigators.15 - 18 The panel also recommended restructuring of NIH peer review groups so that patient - oriented grant applications would be evaluated by study sections in which at least half the grant applications involve patient - oriented research.

In the meantime, there is increasing recognition in the policy making community that the global dimension of the educational process is essential to its relevance and that issues of world development, interdependence and solidarity are inherent to any curriculum for citizenship education in a global society.

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) NCREL's mission is to «strengthen and support schools and communities in systemic change so that all students achieve standards of educational excellence,»... «to help teachers teach better, students learn better, administrators provide better leadership, and policy makers make better policy.»

Although safety should remain an important aspect of AUPs, such policies should also promote effective use of the Internet and ensure that every student benefits fully from the substantial investments schools have made in educational technology.

As a result of those hearings in 1992, former Massachusetts Governor William Weld created the first - in - the - nation Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth and released a groundbreaking report making policy recommendations for how to make Massachusetts schools safer educational spaces for LGBT youth.

Hence, whether you are going into teaching, policy making, curriculum development, research and scholarship, administration, social entrepreneurship, new educational media, or some other field — I suggest that to the extent that you see yourself as committed to the «civil rights struggle of our time,» you should work to empower youth rather than solely to advocate or act on their behalves.

Legislatures should make basic educational policy decisions; state education departments and local school districts should determine how best to implement educational reforms.

State courts, previously intervening significantly into state educational policy making, pushed up spending without commensurate results in student performance.

By using standard notice - and - comment rule making, by bringing the agency's policy in line with the Supreme Court's interpretation of Title IX, by getting a better handle on the extent of sexual assault in educational institutions and effective prevention measures, and above all, by focusing regulations on improving the educational opportunities that we provide students rather than upending the sexual mores of society at large, they can demonstrate that not everyone appointed by President Trump need sink to his level.

But many factors can influence a state's educational performance, from changes in state policies to changes in their demographic makeup, making it extraordinarily difficult for researchers to isolate any one cause for an increase in achievement.

Since our faculty is actively engaged in the world of educational policy, we are able to connect students to people and organizations currently making a difference in our sector.

by Brett Wigdortz, founder and CEO, Teach First; Fair access: Making school choice and admissions work for all by Rebecca Allen, reader in the economics of education at the Institute of Education, University of London; School accountability, performance and pupil attainment by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within - school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of London.

FERPA states that no federal funds shall be made available to any educational agency or institution that has a policy or practice of permitting the release of students» educational records (or personally identifiable information contained therein) to any individual, agency, or organization, without the written consent of the students» parents.

Within a country's educational system, the relevant institutions and policies include the ways in which a society finances and manages its schools, how a society assesses student performance, and who is empowered to make basic educational decisions, such as which curricula to follow, which teachers to hire, and what textbooks to purchase.

Some of these are the same people who have made once - esoteric educational questions — like school discipline, collegiate Title IX policies governing due process, school choice, teacher evaluation, and determination of testing subgroups — into hero's journeys defined by bitter battles between those fighting «for the kids» (their side) and the forces of malice (the other side).

«We're making progress,» said Douglas N. Harris, an assistant professor of educational policy studies at the Wisconsin Center for Educational Research, based at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

«To leverage Harvard's strengths in educational administration, business executive training, and public policy to prepare these future leaders makes so much sense.»

The more carefully governing boards, and educational leaders, work to make staff members and students aware of their policies, the more likely they will be able to both have safe schools in which children are free to learn without distraction and avoid potentially costly injuries.

«Personalized learning» seems to be everywhere these days — in the instructional goals set by school districts, in state and federal policy, and in the promises made by educational technology companies trying to do business with schools.

In his time working at the federal Education Department, Culatta made strong arguments for the development and sharing of open educational resources, and he encouraged districts to share information about ed - tech policies.

A great group of faculty from across the country, along with state and district policy leaders, is joining me to make the case that educational research needs good data and that these data can be properly safeguarded through policy.

This information on the educational effects of tests will give feedback to policy makers as to what is working well and what needs to be changed, making it possible to improve instruction through the improved use of test information.

The National Center for Research in Policy and Practice studies how educational leaders — including school district supervisors and principals — use research when making decisions and what can be done to make research findings more useful and relevant for those leaders.

Our research and modeling projects are intended to supply an extensive resource for policymakers and educational leaders so that they can make thoughtful policy decisions for their students.

«If we want to address educational opportunity at large we need to intervene at a structural level,» he said, explaining that there are many social policies in effect that make it difficult for low - income and minority parents to support their children's education.

Getting these incentives right can make Course Access policies an R&D engine for new educational paradigms, while radically expanding Course Access for students whose current alternative is nothing at all.

Peter Smyth, a retired educator and administrator, and also a co-founder of Community Voice, says, «After a career in education and research into educational reform, I have come to these conclusions: while South Carolina Superintendent Zais has applied for a waiver to No Child Left Behind, his proposals reflect those of Secretary Duncan and the current and previous administrations, policies which have not achieved their goals and have made raising test scores and graduation rates, rather than meaningful learning, the default goals of American education.

At PS 770 she was member of that school's Educational Leadership Team who along with the Headmaster made educational, curricular, policy and hiring decisions.

This gives the impression that scientific or mathematical yardsticks are used by educational policy makers to make policy decisions.

Investors are always looking for mathematical and scientific yardsticks to evaluate their decisions regarding their investments, but the educational policies of our nation have only been made with the yardstick of political expediency.

Policy makers need to make sure guidelines are in place that ensure taxpayer dollars are spent wisely and transparently, and that students inside and outside of such programs are receiving quality and equitable educational opportunities.

It seems that an awful lot of decisions including this one regarding the timeline of administration were made to trump good educational practice and that they were done so in an effort to push policy through quickly.

If educational professionals were allowed more influence on policy we would make better forward progress.

Kobielus wrote that Czaja has ignored «her constitutional obligation» to vote for the educational policies her constituents support which led to her group filing an open records request to reveal the «massive number of emails, letters and phone calls made to Rep. Czaja in support of fair funding for public schools and opposed to vouchers.»