Sentences with phrase «math education initiatives»

He pledged support for a variety of science and math education initiatives.

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A House panel has unanimously endorsed a major bipartisan initiative to improve math and science education in U.S. elementary and secondary schools.

The evidence so far — mainly the career academy evaluations and a recent study (download) on math - enriched CTE — provides strong support for continued expansion of career academies, and for extension of the CTE college - and - career approach through efforts such as HSTW, programs of study that connect secondary and postsecondary education, and the Linked Learning initiative of the James Irvine Foundation.

Considered to be one of the most significant initiatives in American education in decades, CCSI will attempt to set forth standardized math and English curriculums in every participating state, thereby providing clarity about what students are expected to learn and creating common goals across states and districts.

Visitors to the site can find articles about education and technology news; research on topics in math education, implementing standards, and standardized testing; and resources on technology integration, multimedia in projects, web design, national math initiatives, math methodology, and professional development.

He is the co-founder of Educar y Crecer (EyC), an initiative that offers remedial education in math and reading to children in slums in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of Enseñá por Argentina (EpA), an effort to recruit the country's best and brightest college graduates to teach in schools serving the poor for at least two years.

President Bush, in his State of the Union Address in January, pushed a new competitiveness initiative with programs designed to improve math and science education.

Released by the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), a federal initiative that aims to inform educators and policymakers as they work toward improving education, the compiled resources also include an instructional video that shows how to use the WWC when making decisions about new math programs, policies, and practices.

When asked why high school teachers weren't included in this program, education minister Martin Dixon said that by focusing on primary students, the initiative would «address the worrying trend of students turning away from maths and science in secondary school.»

The editorial noted a slippage in reading and math scores in 2015 (as measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress), and argued that this shows that the recent education initiatives have not worked.

In addition to recognizing the achievements of outstanding students, the event provided an opportunity to highlight some of Obama's broader initiatives to improve STEM education through his Educate to Innovate campaign (PDF), including a new AmeriCorps program for STEM education, the US2020 campaign that encourages more companies to involve their science and technology workforce in STEM mentoring programs, and an initiative to expand math and science opportunities at high schools that serve military families.

We have also conducted implementation and impact studies of school reform initiatives focusing on math achievement in k - 12 schools funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

Including; Charles Lovitt — Maths Pedagogy Consultant & Co-Creator of Maths300; Anthony Mackay — CEO, Centre for Strategic Education; Melodie Potts - Rosevear — CEO, Teach for Australia; Roslyn Prinsley — Head, Strategic Research Initiatives, Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research & Innovation, ANU; Lisa Rodgers — CEO, Australian Institute for Teaching & School Leadership; Sonia Sharp — Principal, Nous Group.

The College of Education is home to a variety of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) initiatives.

Career and technical education (CTE) initiatives are receiving much attention of late across the federal government, as policymakers and leaders look toward CTE programs as an alternative workforce development pipeline for the next generation of science, technology, engineering and math careers.

Principals have to manage, lead, and are held accountable for: common core; technology initiatives; social and emotional learning; referendum initiatives; math implementation; science implementation; special education, community outreach; reading; testing (local and state); effective instruction; transportation; public relations, parent custody issues, residency; student and staff discipline, evaluations; hiring; parent complaints; bullying; safety issues; budgeting; human resources issues; immigration questions / concerns; school safety, visibility in and out of school; championing the never ending requests and demands from the central office (one of the biggest challenges); the constantly increasing demands around social media and communications; and the barrage of emails / texts demanding immediate response 24/7, just to name a few.

Considered one of the most comprehensive corporate programs of its kind, Grow Up Great includes a spectrum of school readiness initiatives that reach kids wherever they learn and emphasizes math, science, the arts and financial education.