Sentences with phrase «national education foundation»

He formerly worked with the National Association of State Boards of Education, the American Institutes for Research, and Cable in the Classroom, the cable industry's national education foundation.

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A statement attributed to Peggy Carr, the acting commissioner of the department's National Center for Education Statistics, said: «We consider it to be an important innovation, but we want to allow it time to develop and crystalize into an operationalized assessment with a solid empirical foundation to validate its technical stability.»

The Facebook co-founder co-led a $ 4 million round in survey startup Panorama Education in what appears to be his first national equity investment through his foundation Startup: Education.

ARI is a national, not - for - profit, non-partisan public opinion research foundation established to advance education by commissioning, conducting and disseminating to the public accessible and impartial statistical data, research and policy analysis on economics, political science, philanthropy, public administration, domestic and international affairs and other socio - economic issues of importance to Canada and its world.

In 1995 when PepsiCo offered to assist our nonprofit scholarship foundation with private charitable contributions, the Jersey City Education Association threatened a state and national boycott of all Pepsi products.

About the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation As the philanthropic foundation of the National Restaurant Association, the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the industry's training and education, career development and community engagement efforts.

You'll gain practical hands - on experience and a strong foundation in the discipline through an intensive educational curriculum containing the necessary competencies and proficiencies established by the National Athletic Training Association (NATA) Education Council.

Named the United States Midwifery Education, Regulation and Association (US MERA) Work Group, the objectives were to: 1) strengthen the foundation for organizations responsible for midwifery education, regulation and associations to work collaboratively to advance the midwifery profession in the U.S., and 2) grow together as leaders creating the future of midwifery in the U.S. Member organizations include: American College of Nurse - Midwives (ACNM), Accreditation Council for Midwifery Education (ACME), American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB), Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC), North American Registry of Midwives (NARM), and National Association of Certified Professional MidwivesEducation, Regulation and Association (US MERA) Work Group, the objectives were to: 1) strengthen the foundation for organizations responsible for midwifery education, regulation and associations to work collaboratively to advance the midwifery profession in the U.S., and 2) grow together as leaders creating the future of midwifery in the U.S. Member organizations include: American College of Nurse - Midwives (ACNM), Accreditation Council for Midwifery Education (ACME), American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB), Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC), North American Registry of Midwives (NARM), and National Association of Certified Professional Midwiveseducation, regulation and associations to work collaboratively to advance the midwifery profession in the U.S., and 2) grow together as leaders creating the future of midwifery in the U.S. Member organizations include: American College of Nurse - Midwives (ACNM), Accreditation Council for Midwifery Education (ACME), American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB), Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC), North American Registry of Midwives (NARM), and National Association of Certified Professional MidwivesEducation (ACME), American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB), Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC), North American Registry of Midwives (NARM), and National Association of Certified Professional MidwivesEducation Accreditation Council (MEAC), North American Registry of Midwives (NARM), and National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM.)

Science Learning Goals and Curriculum.Through its two - volume Atlas of Science Literacy as well as Benchmarks for Science Literacy and Science for All Americans, Project 2061 provides a coherent set of K - 12 learning goals that serve as a foundation for state and national science education frameworks and standards, including the Next Generation Science Standards.

Until now, research in France has been divided among five different types of organizations: universities, elite higher education institutions (the grandes écoles), national research agencies such as the National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS), foundations such as the Pasteur Institute, and privanational research agencies such as the National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS), foundations such as the Pasteur Institute, and privaNational Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS), foundations such as the Pasteur Institute, and privaNational de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS), foundations such as the Pasteur Institute, and private labs.

TECH CRUNCH - Jan 22 - Weinreich, the founder of dating app MeetMoi, is joining the ranks of business schools, serial entrepreneurs and even national foundations offering startup entrepreneurs a compressed education in how to succeed in (starting up) a business.

The Ypsilanti, Mich., foundation worked with the Washington - based National Association for the Education of Young Children to...

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Unit of Teachers, commented: «This Budget offers more of the same — the foundations of economic growth eroded instead of strengthened, and more bad news for teachers and parents.This Budget does not address the pressing issues in education funding.»

The National Center on Education and the Economy, the nonprofit group that produced «America's Choice: High Skills or Low Wages,» announced last week that it will use more than $ 3 million in funding from private foundations to form a consortium of those states.

The author, Laurie Moses Hines, teaches cultural foundations of education at Kent State University, a National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)- accredited inseducation at Kent State University, a National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)- accredited insEducation (NCATE)- accredited institution.

None of this mentions the work of the AFT, National Education Association, national foundations, teacher preparation institutions, assessment consortia (Smarter Balanced and PARCC), or other groups with a stake in the successful implementation of the CommNational Education Association, national foundations, teacher preparation institutions, assessment consortia (Smarter Balanced and PARCC), or other groups with a stake in the successful implementation of the Commnational foundations, teacher preparation institutions, assessment consortia (Smarter Balanced and PARCC), or other groups with a stake in the successful implementation of the Common Core.

Program is designed to prepare graduates for a variety of system - level leadership responsibilities in organizations such as school systems, state departments of education, U.S. Department of Education, national policy organizations, national nonprofits or mission - based for - profits, and foundations /education, U.S. Department of Education, national policy organizations, national nonprofits or mission - based for - profits, and foundations /Education, national policy organizations, national nonprofits or mission - based for - profits, and foundations / funders.

American philanthropy, by local and national foundations, corporations, and wealthy individuals, has played many important roles in K — 12 education: creating new schools, underwriting research, funding scholarships, testing hypotheses, generating new curricula, invoking ideals, setting agendas, bolstering training, and building a case for policy changes.

The grants, which are funded by the Atlantic Richfield Foundation and administered by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, are intended to enable principals, joined by their administrators and teachers, to take «essential steps» to further excellence in their schools, said Ernest L. Boyer, president of the foundation and author of High School — A Report on Secondary Education in America.

Thousands of schools for African American students across the Jim Crow South were built with the backing of the Rosenwald Fund, one of the earliest and most important foundations in education; philanthropist Grace Dodge founded Teachers College, now at Columbia University, in 1887, which led to training of teachers in pedagogy; the Ford Foundation was involved in promoting the employment of classroom aides, National Merit Scholarships, and the development of Advanced Placement curricula and tests; the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards grew out of work funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, which also funded the Educational Testing Service to develop objective ways of measuring academic merit, which led to the SAT.

«His vision of education is as a foundation not just of the economy but of a society in which people take care of each other,» explained Stanford University education professor Linda Darling - Hammond, who advised Obama during the campaign and handled education policy for the president - elect's transition team, in remarks delivered in November 2007 at a National Academy of Educatieducation is as a foundation not just of the economy but of a society in which people take care of each other,» explained Stanford University education professor Linda Darling - Hammond, who advised Obama during the campaign and handled education policy for the president - elect's transition team, in remarks delivered in November 2007 at a National Academy of Educatieducation professor Linda Darling - Hammond, who advised Obama during the campaign and handled education policy for the president - elect's transition team, in remarks delivered in November 2007 at a National Academy of Educatieducation policy for the president - elect's transition team, in remarks delivered in November 2007 at a National Academy of EducationEducation event.

That's according to a Sept. 21 memo that Vicki Phillips, the director of the foundation's education initiatives, sent to the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers.

For example, IES provides the foundations of factual information and research with the collection of clear, consistent, high - quality data through the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).1 It is through the efforts of IES, which conducts its work free from political influence, that we are able to understand trends in our student populations, schools and universities, and an array of inputs and outcomes that span early childhood to adult eEducation Statistics (NCES).1 It is through the efforts of IES, which conducts its work free from political influence, that we are able to understand trends in our student populations, schools and universities, and an array of inputs and outcomes that span early childhood to adult educationeducation.

National security, not education, will be the overriding issue in the 2008 campaign, even if the Gates and Broad Foundations succeed with Strong American Schools, their $ 60 million quest to place education front and center.

The foundation promotes initiatives to expand parental choice and equal opportunity in education to help spur the bold transformation of the national K - 12 system of public education.

Pyne said a strong national curriculum is a foundation of the top performing education systems around the world.

Michele Moses is Professor of Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice, faculty fellow of the Center for Values and Social Policy and the National Center for Education Policy, and affiliate faculty of Ethnic Studies and of Women's and Gender Studies.

In 2014, the school was honored as a National School of Character for its innovative character - based initiatives, including Time For Living — the foundation of the Woodlands Way culture — which is based on the idea that strong character education creates happy, sensitive, creative children who grow into adults who are morally and socially responsible.

The National Association for The Education of Young Children states that developing early skills in math is the key to building a foundation for future math learning.

Some of the foundation's other education efforts in the state include helping schools adopt the new national academic standards and supporting colleges to improve their graduation rates.

The foundation run by the National Education Association received $ 501,580 in 2013 to help put the Common Core in place in Kentucky.

Civic Enterprises is a social enterprise firm that works with corporations, nonprofits, foundations, universities and governments to develop innovative initiatives and public policies in the fields of education, national service, civic engagement, conservation, public health and more.

The Memphis teachers union, an affiliate of the National Education Association, has partnered with the foundation for the project.

I also blame the current national Department of Education for Reach to the Top, for pushing these policies and private foundations, which are the new tax free lobbyists.

The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) Blue Ribbon Panel determined that in order to facilitate better resources, collaboration, and support for future educators, and to effectively reverse the teacher shortage, clinical practice should form the foundation of teacher preparation.

FairTest is grateful for support from the Bay and Paul Foundations, Chicago Teachers Union Foundation, Schott Foundation, New World Foundation, Wiener Educational Foundation, National Education Association, other organizations, and many individual donors.

Foundations, Inc., a national nonprofit organization, is committed to building the quality of educational opportunities for children, youth, and families through work with the afterschool field, district and charter schools, and education and community - based organizations.

This brief keeps pace with the release of graduation rate data by the National Center for Education Statistics and lays a foundation for the more comprehensive annual Building a Grad Nation report that will be published in spring 2016.

According to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the math skills that students learn at a young age build a foundation for future learning, so there has been a focus on using technology to build those abilities.

NEA gave $ 250,000 to Economic Policy Institute, while giving another $ 250,000 to the National Education Policy Center through the University of Colorado - Boulder's foundation.

Speaks extensively, with engagements including Australia Conference on Thinking and Learning; European League for Middle School Education; United Kingdom Department for Children, Families, and Schools; China and U.S. Conference on Educational Leadership; PBS; Harvard's Summer Institute for Principals; SCERT (Delhi, India); Tasmania Teacher Training; New Zealand; Slovakia; School Leadership Center of Trinidad and Tobago; National Conference of State Legislatures (U.S.); Annual Conference of Southwest Foundations; New York Superintendents Association; and Chief Officers of State School Departments (U.S.)

AGB is the only national association that serves the interests and needs of academic governing boards, boards of institutionally related foundations, and campus CEOs and other senior - level campus administrators on issues related to higher education governance and leadership.

The National Education Trust is an influential independent charitable foundation that is leading and promoting excellent practice and innovation in eEducation Trust is an influential independent charitable foundation that is leading and promoting excellent practice and innovation in educationeducation.

Recently I attended a working meeting of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) to hear three well - known national experts discuss with board members the foundational elements of reading and the language arts, particularly as they pertain to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), which for the past ten years has been the foundation -LSB-...]

The National Task Force on Assessment Education has provided a much more in depth definition of assessment literacy, diving into assessment purpose, learning targets, assessment quality, the communication of assessment results, and assessment and motivation — critical components that help form the foundation for overall assessment literacy.

The superintendent's report is also an excellent vehicle for sharing with board members notable superintendent activities, such as meetings with the board of county commissioners, the CEO of the local community foundation, or the director of the state department of education, and attendance at state and national conferences.

New study looks at the use of performance assessments for both k - 12 learning and college admission, placement and advising; lays foundation for first - ever national initiative to align k - 12 performance assessment with higher education

«As a parent, I am very disturbed to discover that private billionaires with foundations and agendas and zero expertise in education are largely determining national public education policy right now,» she said.

The D.C. Policy Center's strong network of local support representing every major industry in the District has enabled the Education Policy Initiative to attract funding from national foundations.

Leading foundations and the national education unions are both interested in turnarounds.