Sentences with phrase «needs better public education»

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Overall, ecumenical campus ministry in public higher education — in the northeast at least — has some well - defined needs, the most critical being a constituency in each denomination that will support it, especially in terms of budgetary increases.

The good news is that football and soccer coaches at public high schools in Washington State nearly all reported completing the required concussion education annually, concussion knowledge among coaches was high, and nearly all reported being somewhat comfortable or very comfortable in deciding whether an athlete needed an additional evaluation for a suspected concussion.

The fact that Nick agreed to support VH1 Save The Music to promotion music education in public schools, as well as MyWorkButterfly, a social network to help moms return to work and working moms trying to do it all, tells a woman all she needs to know.

We need well funded support for all aspects of public education, including meal programs.

Her public school internship had left her with the question of whether there was a form of education which would better meet the needs of children.

Further, discussion included the implications of the Safety in Youth Sports Act (PA's concussion law) and its future needs, provide information in regards to concussion education programs available to the public, as well as describe who are the appropriate medical professionals trained in evaluation and management of concussions and how you can recognize them.

«Ministers will need to address the need for better strategic oversight and leverage in the system to ensure it operates in the public interest, is democratically accountable, encourages and promotes genuine teacher autonomy, secures entitlement for all learners and achieves an end to the postcode lottery in education.»

On six — reducing corruption, improving public education, balancing upstate and downstate needs, improving infrastructure, improving the economy and planning for New York's future — only between 23 and 35 percent of voters say Cuomo has done an excellent or good job.

Business leaders have expressed concern about the high level of public spending, the need for better vocational education, and most recently, how Britain is meeting its energy needs.

NYS Education Commissioner David Steiner's judgment and his own personal integrity are at issue here, as well as the independence and disinterestedness of the panel he has named to advise him on whether to grant the waiver to unqualified Cathleen Black, which she needs in order to assume the post of NYC Public Schools Chancellor.

«We share the concerns of the public about poverty, jobs and the need to do better in education, but we're bringing Conservative principles to solve those problems.»

The Welsh Liberal Democrat manifesto recognised the need to support vocational education and invest in apprenticeships, as well as calling for public sector organisations becoming living wage employers.

As a public school teacher for the past twenty - four years, I know first - hand what is working in our education system and I know all too well what desperately needs fixing.

He stressed the need for the AG's department to collaborate with the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) to embark on educational campaigns to sensitize the public on the laws of the country as well as their civil and legal rights.

Represented by the Deputy Director, Gender Division of VEP, Mrs. Blessing Obidegwu, Osaze - Uzzi reminded participants that as INEC Staff, «we are all voter education officers and we need to be well grounded on what to give out to the public.»

I thought there were good ideas,» said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who applauded Quinn's focus on early education and the need for more and higher - quality affordable housing units.

The researchers suggest that better education of the public, and insurance plan designs that ask patients to pay part of the cost based on the likely value of the scan for them, may be needed to reduce unnecessary use and spending.

They also touched on the importance of societal discussions in the public domain as well as the challenges of reaching all audiences through education and the need for a multi-faceted approach.

«Better drug education is needed to inform the public about common drugs like amphetamines and opioids.»

Five years of studies on charter schools prove they are meeting the needs of traditionally underserved children and forcing regular public schools to change for the better, the Center for Education Reform concludes in a report released last week.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new investment of $ 1.7 billion for K - 12 education over the next five years, with the bulk of the funding aimed at existing traditional public schools that show progress in improving educational outcomes, the development of new curricula, charter schools focused on students with special needs, and «research and development» for scalable models that could inform best practices.

The poor, so this logic goes, need government assistance if they are to get a good education, which helps explain why, in the United States, many school choice enthusiasts believe that the only way the poor can get the education they deserve is through vouchers or charter schools, proxies for those better private or independent schools, paid for with public funds.

Gergen also spoke about the need to increase student funding and financial aid at Harvard's public - service schools in order to attract the best students and lessen the burden of education debt.

Many high - performing public schools employ strategies to screen out such students as well, either by not providing the services needed for special education students, or by employing admissions policies that make it difficult or unlikely for such students to gain access.

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But this claim needs to be tested, for there is clearly a plausible alternative: that teachers are not only better educated and more middle class than the average citizen, but also more public spirited, more committed to public education, and thus more likely to vote in school - board elections regardless of their personal stakes.

If we are going to truly become the great public school system we want to become, we need to transform public education, and we need to transform it so that every child has access to a good public school.»

These questions include the potential value of having a socially and economically diverse group of children together prior to kindergarten; supporting families with working parents who require full - day care and education for their young children; and where best to serve children with special needs whose early education costs already are fully assumed (regardless of family income) by the public schools (based on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [IDeducation for their young children; and where best to serve children with special needs whose early education costs already are fully assumed (regardless of family income) by the public schools (based on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [IDeducation costs already are fully assumed (regardless of family income) by the public schools (based on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [IDEducation Act [IDEA]-RRB-.

Building off of Boston Public School's (BPS) successful PreK initiative, this project aims to operationalize the recommended PreK - 3rd grade reform strategies and pioneer their implementation at scale, all the while examining this particular case of education reform and its incremental progress towards better meeting young children's needs.

Children will receive the best education if the public invests in giving families the financial freedom to choose the schools that meet their needs.

And I want to make sure that we are doing everything we can to make the public and those who provide care and education are not just aware of the needs of autistic people, but their successes and contributions as well.»

They primarily concern the fundamental complexity of turning around the behemoth of public education, as well as the amount of time, sophistication, multitasking, and sustained effort that's needed to cause it to deviate even a little from its traditional course.

At that time, as well as before and since, looming over public higher education in the United States was the urgent need to find ways to compensate for the continuing decline of state funding.

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Charter schools are well positioned to serve the needs of English Learner (EL) students, but need to be aware of the legal parameters governing public education of ELs.

Because of the flexibility charter schools are given to innovate to serve their students, they are well positioned to give special needs children a world - class public education.

On this week's Dropout Nation Podcast, I explain why we need to foster good - to - great principals and superintendents capable of overhauling American public education.

Working with clients in the public, private and business sectors worldwide, ELS focuses on organisation - oriented needs analysis; leadership and management; training and development — applying a systems approach to training methodology; learning technology; education; coaching and mentoring; HR development, as well as specialist expertise in the public sector including in defence issues.

«As you may know, school choice allows parents to use their child's K through twelve education tax dollars to send their child to the public, charter, or private school that best serves their needs.

We all need to do a better job working with the business community so that they might support a more effective public education system that directly benefits them and the rest of us.

If you care about public education and you think that an organization like PAA is needed to push for better public schools for every single child, and to give stakeholders a national voice in progressive education reform, please make a generous donation now.

When school quality increases with the educational standard set by schools, education before college needs not be a hierarchy with private schools offering better quality than public schools.

Zimmer added, «We need to connect with kids and their families so that they believe LAUSD is the best choice for their public education dream.»

Together the board and leadership will work diligently to provide valuable resources to our members, secure federal policies that ensure public education continues to improve to meet students» needs today and into the future, create a better understanding of the importance and benefits of the role of school boards and local governance, and generate greater appreciation for our local public schools.»

Meanwhile, choice has had the effect of producing many competing schools while destroying what ought to be the bedrock of early education, the solid, well - run neighborhood public school with its coherent and clear ideas of what children need to know to be responsible citizens in a democracy.

«California's charter school law has initiated a broad reform movement consisting of parents and educators who are coming together to create new schools which are better meeting the needs of students and encouraging improvement throughout our public education system.

Dave now serves as Senior Policy Analyst with the Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives at Tulane University, and is currently developing a broad engagement strategy that outlines communication and staffing needs to better connect with school board members at the local and state level.

Families who are well - informed about the strengths and needed improvements of their child's learning and their child's school are able to be strong partners and advocates for public education.

And more importantly, a farce of a forum undermines the rights of the students, teachers, school administrators, parents and citizens who make up Connecticut's public education community and need elected officials who are better informed about the Common Core and Common Core testing.

The economic recession California has been slowly emerging from has highlighted the need for better workforce preparation for the state's younger population, said Lupita Cortez Alcalá, a deputy superintendent of public instruction at the state Department of Education.