Sentences with phrase «most impact their education»

Founded in 2012, Student Voice is a student - run nonprofit dedicated to strengthening the student movement by empowering high school students to take action on the issues that most impact their education.

Founded in 2012, this DC - centered nonprofit «dedicated to strengthening the student movement by empowering high school students to take action on the issues that most impact their education» lists no donors on its website.

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As part of its 7 Days of Genius Festival, a weeklong series of panel discussions and talks kicking off March 1, New York City's 92nd Street Y is launching its first Genius Startup Competition, a contest that's intended to unearth big ideas that can have a major impact in fields such as education, energy, sustainability, and other industries that are poised to address the world's most pressing problems.

«What public school have you worked with the most and which public school principal to do you personally have the best relationship with, and how has it impacted your viewpoint on K - 12 education?

Asian students in Canada are the most obvious manifestation of the impact on the education sector.

I think your position is the position of most pro-choice supporters, my issue with the religious pro-life side is they do not want to support the very things that have been shown to have to largest impact on reducing abortion, s.e.x education and contraception.

The radical secularization that has transformed Christianity's heartland into the most religiously arid half - continent on the planet has at least as much to do with the craven surrender of ministers of the gospel to theological and political fads, and their consequent loss of faith, as it does with the impact of urbanization, mass education, and the industrial revolution on Europeans» understanding of themselves.

As Marjorie Reeves has shown in her application of Buber's I - Thou philosophy to education, the whole concept of the «objectivity» of education is called in question by the fact that our knowledge of things is for the most part mediated through the minds of others and by the fact that real growth takes place «through the impact of person on person.»

6, these years constitute the period during which effective parent education can have its most decisive impact.

I don't want to discount the impact of premarital education that a covenant marriage requires, because it most likely helps a lot.

Of the many education sessions she attended at ANC, Martinat points to her session on social media marketing as being one with the most impact.

As we learn more about the mechanisms for these impacts, both direct and indirect, research will demonstrate the most effective approach to link home visiting services and early childhood education and child care programs to more fully realize positive outcomes.

According to him, instead grand corruption prevented investments in healthcare and education and infrastructure, and shamelessly robbed government policies of most if not all of their intended impact.

Most evaluations of early education programs show that such programs improve children's school readiness, specifically their pre-academic skills, although the distribution of impact estimates is extremely wide, and gains on achievement tests typically fade over time.

If you're going to criticize the educational level of minorities, I'm wondering why other groups get high level policy positions that impact on the lives of most Americans with low levels of education.

«He has been a vocal champion for pre-k funding and for additional state aid for education, and a proponent of Community Schools, which put needed health and community services where they have the most impact — inside city school,» said Mr. Mulgrew.

Barnett said the most obvious immediate impact of quality pre-k is keeping a child from being funneled into a costly special education program when he or she reaches kindergarten or first grade.

They found that the most obvious positive impact of technology on education was reflected in cognitive tools that helped show what was being studied — like a demonstration of how a cell divides, or the details of the internal organs of a medical patient.

The report gives only passing attention to the positive impact of NCLB on the education of the most disadvantaged students, a consequence of the requirement to report performance by specific subgroups (e.g., racial and ethnic groups and the economically disadvantaged).

Delegates attending the BNF conference heard from a panel of eminent scientific experts including Professor Ashley Adamson from University of Newcastle, Dr Graham Moore from University of Cardiff, Professor John Reilly of University of Strathclyde, and Professor Jeanne Goldberg from Tufts University in Massachusetts, USA, about the role and impact of a whole school approach to nutrition; the association between breakfast consumption and education outcomes in primary schools, with particular reference to deprivation; the impact of obesity, and of physical activity, on academic attainment; and research which points to the most effective methods of communicating about nutrition with school children.

Should the Supreme Court strike down disparate impact, it would end the most mischievous and destructive policies imposed by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and would also stop pernicious lawsuits (like one just decided in New York) that seek to eliminate basic standards for new teachers.

Education Secretary Justine Greening responded by saying that «no country in the world» has managed to «crack the issue of social mobility yet» and argued that «grammars can have potentially a transformational impact in some of the most deprived communities where we want to see the biggest changes».

Peter DeWitt, author of «Collaborative Leadership: 6 Influences That Matter Most» and Education Week opinion blogger, describes how school leaders can evaluate their impact by building collective efficacy among staff.

The $ 6 billion funding for the federal Reading First program has helped more students «crack the code» to identify letters and words, but it has not had an impact on reading comprehension among 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders in participating schools, according to one of the largest and most rigorous studies ever undertaken by the U.S. Department of Education.

We place talented Education Pioneers with our partners, connect them to our network, and expose them to leverage areas for driving change in education, but they are ultimately the ones making decisions about where they can make the most impact during the course of theirEducation Pioneers with our partners, connect them to our network, and expose them to leverage areas for driving change in education, but they are ultimately the ones making decisions about where they can make the most impact during the course of theireducation, but they are ultimately the ones making decisions about where they can make the most impact during the course of their careers.

It does something else: it brings together higher education and K - 12 to discuss and agree on what matters most... Those critical decisions made in partnership are a key impact the College Board has in the world; its strategic impact is significant.

«When we find that there are solutions to some of the most pressing problems in education that actually seem like they have larger appeal and potential,» says Professor Monica Higgins, faculty chair of Scaling for Impact, «we like to figure out how to help those organizations, those initiatives, those programs really scale.»

As the only charity providing mental health and wellbeing support services to all education staff and organisations, Education Support Partnership is only too aware that whilst teaching can be one of the most rewarding careers, there's a growing impact from increasing stresses and strains at every level, from school leaders, teachers and support staff to leducation staff and organisations, Education Support Partnership is only too aware that whilst teaching can be one of the most rewarding careers, there's a growing impact from increasing stresses and strains at every level, from school leaders, teachers and support staff to lEducation Support Partnership is only too aware that whilst teaching can be one of the most rewarding careers, there's a growing impact from increasing stresses and strains at every level, from school leaders, teachers and support staff to lecturers.

Even though most education policy debates have focused on school quality and student achievement, most research on the economic impact of schooling has focused narrowly on the number of years students remain in the educational system.

The Senate bill, which passed in early December, did not include many of the most concerning provisions, and the final bill, agreed to by House and Senate Republicans and now nearing a vote, preserves the tax - exempt status of graduate student tuition waivers and does away with the House bill's most serious impacts on higher education.

Peterson and Matthew Chingos published a study in the Summer 2013 issue of Education Next, «The Impact of School Vouchers on College Enrollment,» that found that African - American students benefited the most from receiving vouchers.

In striking the necessary balance, there is no avoiding a level of aggregation above the school and classroom level, because the impact of most education interventions is small relative to the variation in student achievement at any point in time.

I share this because my formidable years in public education impacted how I think and consider the educative experience for students, especially the most marginalized students.

While we have great understanding of the circumstances and experiences of some of the most marginalized and vulnerable in our education systems, we know very little about each other, our stories, and how we impact each other every day through interpersonal interactions.

The pupil premium research carried out by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has shown how, as part of a whole ‑ school approach, low - cost, high - impact strategies can impacting positively on outcomes for children and young people with SEN and help in narrowing the gap in attainment for our most vulnerable students (http://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk).

Madeleine White, head of marketing, Whizz Education and developer of Maths Whizz, comments: «Schools have had many years experience to recognise what has the most positive impact on learning.

Perhaps the most significant impact of education technology is its potential to eliminate obstacles posed by geography.

Claremont Graduate University professor Charles Kerchner described Hoxby's study in a literature review prepared for the National Education Association as «the most sophisticated of the econometric attempts to isolate a union impact on the student results and school operations...» Hoxby finds that unionization is associated with higher student dropout rates as well as higher spending.

«When we find that there are solutions to some of the most pressing problems in education that actually seem like they have larger appeal and potential,» says Professor Monica Higgins, faculty chair of Scaling for Impact,»...

Most modern college presidents adhere to the school of thought that says institutions should only take a stance on public issues that could impact the core mission of the university, says Julie Reuben, a historian at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

With the Senate joining the House in advancing bills that would replace dozens of vocational - education and job - training programs with block grants, educators are trying to assess the likely impact of handing most authority over federal funding in those areas to states and their governors.

Another study of the IMPACT system, published by Education Sector, an education think tank run by the American Institutes for Research, reported that the teachers interviewed «almost universally liked the people who evaluated them, finding them for the most part helpful, empathetic and smarEducation Sector, an education think tank run by the American Institutes for Research, reported that the teachers interviewed «almost universally liked the people who evaluated them, finding them for the most part helpful, empathetic and smareducation think tank run by the American Institutes for Research, reported that the teachers interviewed «almost universally liked the people who evaluated them, finding them for the most part helpful, empathetic and smart.»

«I saw education as the place to make the most impact,» she says.

Perhaps the most telling research about the impact of middle - school grade configuration is a recent study of New York City middle schools by Jonah Rockoff and Benjamin Lockwood (see «Stuck in the Middle,» Education Next, Fall 2010).

The fact that skills in these areas can not be easily assessed should not trouble us since most middle - class and affluent children receive such an education already and typically no one asks for evidence that such an approach has an impact on their test scores.

There are a range of critical issues, such as: the implementation of the reauthorized ESEA (now called The Every Student Succeeds Act) which includes new flexibility for states in designing state standards and accountability systems as well as a hard cap on the number of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities taking alternate assessments on alternate standards; regulations on disproportionate identification of minority students to special education; and, the goal to transition more disadvantaged students into college and careers that will have a significant impact on some of the most vulnerable children.

If the state legislature and Brown give their blessing, the move would finally place full responsibility for education in the hands of the officials who should be most - concerned about the impact of schools on economies and communities.

What I'm Looking Forward to on the UCEA GSC: I am most looking forward to open the dialogue about how to help Puerto Rico as they embark on the education reform as well as its impact on the island.

At the same time, some of the schools and education programs that are making the most significant positive impact on students — including programs that serve districts but operate independently from them - must constantly fundraise to do their work.

Betty has seen many developments in education over the span of her career, but she believes personalized learning will have the most profound impact for all learners.