Sentences with phrase «national education systems»

For national education systems, HP developed NETA, the National Education Technology Assessment process.

«They are skewing schools and national education systems away from real learning towards repetitive rote learning,» said Sir Anthony, head of Wellington College in Berkshire.

All of the better - performing countries have national education systems, which simplifies curriculum development and provides textbook publishers with clear standards for their textbooks.

International test results such as those of the OECD have become surrogate measures of the future economic potential of nations, prompting a global education race between national education systems.

So, when U.S. citizens read that «only one - third» or «less than half» of the students in their local schools are proficient in mathematics, science, or reading (or other subjects), they can rest assured that the same judgments could be applied to national education systems throughout the world if students in those nations participated in NAEP or Common Core - related assessments.

In our book, we point out that the research methods, most valued by American researchers, which involve the random assignment of research subjects to «treatments,» can not be used when researching entire national education systems, because it is not possible to randomly assign national populations to the national education systems of other countries.

With regard to the four areas of education systems examined, the report findings illustrate how LTLT, through these complementary processes, is promoted in national education systems.

Four of his overseas» benchmark» examples have national education systems, run by the central government, and he seems at ease with America moving in that direction, not just via voluntary comings - together of states (e.g. the Common Core) but also through forceful actions by Uncle Sam.

At the heart of the Bologna Process is an effort to make Europe's various national education systems more transparent and compatible.

She hopes to further bring knowledge and awareness of selective mutism to the local and national education system and communities.

Preferably, they need to be fully included in the national education system of the country of refuge.

If the U.S. had a national education system like in France (or Cuba), our education debate would be quite different — for better or worse.

In US studies of inverted classrooms tried in national education system, reported by the Flipped Learning Network:

This distinct field - study project enabled the team of IEP students to gain valuable, firsthand insight into how a national education system functions and how it is managed from both top - down and bottom - up perspectives.

As is widely known, England has a highly centralized national education system, more like one of our states than like Uncle Sam.

Mexico's national education system currently serves 35 million children and President Enrique Peña Nieto's government has allocated a record investment of over $ 47 billion for education in 2014.

And, of course, comparing results from single cities or a city - state like Singapore with results from a country like France, with its national education system, and then to a highly decentralized system like the United States is clearly an apples - to - oranges (to bananas) proposition.

How fast can national education system be changed through curriculum development?

Homeschooling shows what's great about American democracy, yet also where our national education system needs to improve.

In China, where the national education system serves 20 percent of the world's students, there's a strong emphasis on the mastery of core concepts.

No one wants a national education system run by the federal government, and the districts can not play that role.

Today, the national education system spends over $ 12,600 per student each year.

And how those details fits into the national education system is a big issue as well.»

Not exact matches

The U.S. Department of Education centralizes all federal student aid information through its National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS).

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«Partial withdrawals will now be allowed to National Pension System (NPS) subscribers who wish to improve their employability or acquire new skills by pursuing higher education / acquiring professional and technical qualifications,» the PFRDA said in a statement.

Western Governors University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS), the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), and is currently a Microsoft IT Academy Program member.

Specific policies include the 30 - 50 Plan to Fight Poverty, which is committed to reducing the number of people living below the poverty line by 30 percent and the number of children by 50 percent; an Affordable Housing Plan; pursing the long - term goal of a national high - quality, universal, community - based, early education and child care system; increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement by $ 600 per year for low - income seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna Accord.

«The inequitable distribution of the national revenue; the disparity in the scale of salaries (some dispose of emoluments which are an insult to the poverty of the country, while the immense majority receives a miserable pittance); the fact that a bare two per cent of the active population owns seventy per cent of the arable land; the system of recruiting our agricultural laborers, who do not even enjoy legal status; the fact that hundreds of thousands of school - age children lack basic education; the disintegration of the family; the growing immorality everywhere — all this demands bold and definitive change.»

A multitude of local programs, differing according to the national cultures and social systems in which they sparing up, struggle to improve public education, deliver medical care, reduce crime, and enhance economic opportunity.

I would like to vote Republican but my fear of closed minded bible thumpers who want to set back our education system, social reforms, free thought and our culture as a whole, outweighs my fear of skyrocketing national debt, slow economic growth and higher taxes (incidentally higher taxes are coming no matter who is in power.

In many ways the problem was and still is how to provide close representative connections between local churches and national policies: education curriculum, youth work, national ministries, and international ministries, etc, without the insights of the local churches being filtered through states and regions in a typical connectional system.

Celebrating its 101st anniversary this year, the agency continues to fulfill its responsibility to preserve the natural resources and values of the National Park System for the enjoyment and education of future generations.

The conference featured a robust education program including keynote presentations by award - winning actress, social advocate and mom of three, Jennifer Garner and organic industry pioneer John Foraker, co-founders of Once Upon a Farm; and national bestselling author and internationally recognized expert on food systems, Anna Lappé.

«We know that as dads put [ting] this information in the hands [of moms] is a critical thing we need to do,» said Gerard Gioia, PhD, Division Chief of Neuropsychology and the Director of the Safe Concussion Outcome, Recovery & Education (SCORE) Program at Children's National Health System.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration «Through education, training, enforcement, outreach and legislation, NHTSA seeks to ensure that all children ages 0 - 16 are properly restrained in the correct restraint system for their age and size every time they travel in a motor vehicle.

If somehow all these big words are about the future of Northern England's society and economy, about its transport and education and health system, about power and control vis - à - vis Whitehall bureaucracy and the whims of national government, about jobs and infrastructure and other areas where we are spending and raise tax money, then we should be talking about something else.

This is to be supported with a national strategy to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education throughout our educational system, and stimulate the interest of our pupils and students, especially girls, in Science, Technology and Innovation.

If somehow all these big words are about the future of Northern England's society and economy, about its transport and education and health system, about power and control vis - à - vis Whitehall bureaucracy and the whims of national government, about jobs and infrastructure and other areas where we are spending and raise...

In addition, the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria inaugurated the Nigerian Military Human Rights Dialogue in August 2015 to provide the Nigerian Military and Para-Military with necessary tools to integrate human rights practices into their code, education systems, field training and disciplinary systems.

A national comprehensive system of education has served most children well.

He said the state has distinguished itself among its peers in education sector, thus, making Osun the model and pacesetter for national and international education system.

The National Inspectorate Board (NIB) of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has identified teacher's absenteeism as a threat to the country's educational system.

Serving as Director - General of the Electoral Institute of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), he was at the forefront advocating for free, fair, credible and participatory electoral system through research, capacity building for the staff of the Commission, and engagement of vigorous voter education activities.

This is central to our mission to raise standards, reduce the attainment gap and deliver an education system which is a source of national pride and confidence.

Local education authorities used to ensure a «national system, locally delivered».

He said higher education must raise a value system that will enable graduates to have an impact in national development and not deviant in society adding that it must create the relevant knowledge, skills and solutions to challenges impeding national growth and development.

The system of regions and states preserving their autonomy in relation to local matters such as education, healthcare, language, chieftaincy, local government, intra-state commerce, local policing etc. while federating together regarding matters such as currency, defence and national security, foreign relations, customs and excise etc. liberates diverse peoples by removing the fear of obliteration of their local identity while allowing for synergies at the national level that benefit everyone.

Conference celebrates the invaluable role played by supply teachers within our education system and welcomes the actions taken by the national executive to support supply teacher members.

Commenting on reports that the Secretary of State is proposing to scrap the current GCSE examinations and abolish the national curriculum in all secondary schools, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «This appears to be yet another example of the Secretary of State's ambition to create a two tier education system.