Sentences with phrase «more federal involvement»

Local education decisions traditionally have been the provenance of states and local districts, but Bush led the way for more federal involvement — requiring students in grades 3 through 8 and once in high school to take standardized tests for school «accountability» purposes.

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The new Obama federal budget points clearly to more government regulation and involvement in the economy.

Ten people, including a correction officer at Clinton Correctional, have been indicted on federal charges for their alleged involvement in a heroin distribution ring more

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Some education leaders have complained that the federal models are too inflexible and don't put enough emphasis on parent involvement, but a little more than a year later, some turnaround schools are starting to show gains.

Republicans want less federal involvement; Democrats want more» — instead of looking at research on the impact of the law.

The more useful example for us among those he has examined is Ontario, for Canada has no federal education department nor (to my knowledge) any involvement by the national government in the delivery or financing or even policy - setting for primary - secondary education.

Federal involvement also carries political risks for private school choice, as the Obama administration learned through its efforts to promote Common Core standards and more robust teacher evaluation systems.

More than a decade has passed since Ohio bolstered its involvement in Head Start by adding $ 4 million in state money to the federal dollars spent on the comprehensive preschool program for poor children.

This federal involvement was not limited to higher learning; it also encompassed K — 12 education, driven by science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) issues, the justification being that the United States needed more scientists, more engineers, and better mathematicians.

More broadly, why do conservatives argue for limited federal involvement unless it is something they want?

Federal involvement began more than 225 years ago, even before George Washington was president, when Congress passed two laws — the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 — to create and maintain public schools in the expanding United States.

School safety promoted by engaging students, parents and promoting dialogue Meeting in the wake of yet another school shooting — this one in Sparks, NV — speakers and attendees at CEP's first - ever School Safety Summit Oct. 24 in Washington, D.C., rallied around the ideas of greater student engagement, wider community involvement and more robust support from the federal government.

To help educators become that trusted voice, ASCD's next issue of Policy Points, to be released in the coming weeks, dispels those aforementioned Common Core myths, addressing widespread questions about federal involvement and local control of schools as well as other misunderstandings related to the standards» relationship to curriculum, their cost to states, student privacy, and more.

Involvement of the provinces and territories in the inquiry is essential in order to ensure more coordinated responses to violence and to address the root causes of Indigenous women's marginalization within systems and institutions that fall under both federal and provincial / territorial responsibility (such as child welfare, policing, criminal justice, housing, social assistance, and many others).

Lawyers for the plaintiffs in the State Farm case are pursuing a separate case in federal court alleging that State Farm's involvement in his campaign amounted to a «racketeering enterprise» that conspired to funnel more than $ 4 million to elect Karmeier in 2004.

[120] The assessment cites the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal in Harb v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2003 FCA 39, in support of a statement that «membership in an organization implies the existence of an institutional link between the organization and an individual, accompanied by more than a nominal involvement in the activities of the organization».

More children attend preschool and all - day kindergarten than ever before, and educators are being urged by federal, state, and local institutions to use research - based or evidence - based approaches to improve their work with families and families» involvement with their children and the school.

In fact, 40 percent of responses to NAR's federal calls for action come through the Broker Involvement Program, an initiative designed to engage brokers and their agents more significantly in national political action.