Sentences with phrase «number of education initiatives»

General Assembly leadership has focused on replicating a number of education initiatives from other states, most lacking any research - based evidence of delivering successful results to students.

«We also recognize that this is the first step in the process and that there are a number of education initiatives up for debate.

The budget includes money for a property tax rebate for homeowners and a number of education initiatives.

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STEM education initiatives to increase the number of Americans who can fill engineering and research roles are not part of Trump's official platform.

The five - time Grammy winner also discusses her education, her involvement with a number of different charitable initiatives and the idea behind the Jessye Norman School of the Arts.

Our numbers have expanded to 45 known schools and initiatives, and we've started to see the Public Waldorf Education impulse move from its spiritual home in the West towards its historical roots in the East... with a few stops in between: schools based on the principles of Public Waldorf Educationwere granted charters in Colorado, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Idaho and Florida this year and are set to open in the fall.

In the US, the Obama administration has funded a range of initiatives that require the use of evidence - based strategies in areas such as teen pregnancy prevention, home visiting, education and workforce innovation.2, 3 In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5,6

I have created and support a number of initiatives within the community both in the UK and overseas to help provide support and education to parents, baby massage training and classes to those who may not be able to access these vital services.

«From his days working in the Parks Interpretation / Education Unit at Niagara Falls to his days in public office, John has always been a steadfast advocate for state parks and the outdoors, and we are excited to see him return as project coordinator that will see him lead and assist on a number of park and governmental affairs initiatives.»

Among the goals cited by Thompson, a former head of the Board of Education, were expanding the city's prekindergarten programs and the number of Community Learning Schools, an initiative that was launched by the UFT.

The Athena Project, which is a UK - wide initiative that aims to increase the number of women working in science, engineering, and technology (SET) at all levels of higher education (HE), and to improve their career development, awards development grants to HE institutions for pilot projects that address those aims.

The Cleveland Clinic Office of Diversity, in collaboration with the Office of Civic Education Initiatives and Health Legacy of Cleveland, is sponsoring the Saturday Academy to increase the number of African American and Hispanic physicians, scientists and physician leaders.

Sandra's knowledge in bullying behaviour in schools is extensive, due to her teaching career and the fact that she has been involved in the development of a number or initiatives focused on reducing bullying in Australia, including the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development's Review of Antibullying Policy and Practice.

Overall, the foundation is spending about $ 20 million a year to «leverage change in public education — especially in schools serving disadvantaged students — through large strategic investments in a small number of initiatives that bolster student achievement.»

Amy Albright, a spokesman for the Governor's office of child development and education, said the initiative would dramatically increase the number of school - based clinics, although officials do not yet know...

At least 28 states have recently enacted early - childhood - education initiatives, and a growing number of others are considering such initiatives.

The intense media interest on this highly political education initiative allied to the promised professional autonomy proved to be a lethal combination for some with the consequence that hubris triumphed over humility, and a number of careers were damaged in the fall out.

«In addition to her scholarly dedication and prowess, Lizzie has spent time with her peers in the program, and collaborated in a number of student - led initiatives designed to sustain inquiry and reflection about critical topics in education and development.

Additionally, Bernard is engaged in a number of regional and statewide initiatives to develop and improve students» access to high quality bilingual education.

As part of its Children First education reform initiative, the NYC Department of Education (DOE) embarked on a number of changes in the way it recruits, assigns, develops, retains and evaluates its weducation reform initiative, the NYC Department of Education (DOE) embarked on a number of changes in the way it recruits, assigns, develops, retains and evaluates its wEducation (DOE) embarked on a number of changes in the way it recruits, assigns, develops, retains and evaluates its workforce.

During his eight years in Tallahassee, the governor established a far - reaching accountability system, including limits on social promotion in elementary school; introduced a plethora of school choice initiatives (vouchers for the disabled, vouchers for those in failing schools, tax - credit funded scholarships for the needy, virtual education, and a growing number of charter schools); asked school districts to pay teachers according to merit; promoted a «Just Read» initiative; ensured parental choice among providers of preschool services; and created a highly regarded system for tracking student achievement.

Atlanta — Educators from 13 Southern states and a number of regional associations met here last week to share information about legislative initiatives in the field of early - childhood education.

Relationships Matter: A Toolkit for Launching an Elementary Success Mentor Initiative, builds upon ideas from a number of national partners and from districts participating in the groundbreaking My Brother's Keeper Success Mentors initiative, announced in 2016 by the White House and the US Department of Education.

To address persistent gaps in postsecondary educational attainment and our country's growing economic and workforce needs, federal and state policymakers, the philanthropic community, national education organizations and practitioners have put forth a number of goals and initiatives designed to increase college completion rates.

Yet throughout India, a number of digital initiatives are underway aimed at improving education in areas that lack sufficient trained and experienced teachers.

State education commissioner Robert Hammond, facing board frustrations Thursday after this year's results were presented, argued progress would come if the state stays the course while reducing the number of initiatives it expects school districts to follow.

Market - oriented education reform refers to a series of initiatives that include educator evaluations based in large part on student standardized test scores, the closure of schools that are considered failing or underenrolled, and an increase in the number of charter schools, many of which are operated by for - profit companies.

«To help do this, we have introduced a number of initiatives, such as the Women Leading in Education programme, and in December 2017 we announced an # 1.8 million fund to help schools increase the diversity of their senior teams.

These same spheres of influence have also had a significant role in legislative initiatives directed at the «reform» of public education, resulting in a number of innovative structural changes, the charter and contract school movements being prominent examples.

«Choice» has become a popular mantra in education - reform circles, used primarily to describe initiatives to increase the number of charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately operated, and to increase funding for private schools through voucher systems.

Hansen serves on the Operating Board for Alignment Nashville, the Board of Directors for the Exchange Club Family Center, and a number of city leadership councils, including those focused on the Child and Youth Master Plan, the Nashville AfterZone Alliance, Healthy Nashville initiatives, and the Education and Youth Resource Team for Nashville Next, the city's 25 - year planning process.

«Many of the measures of «health of the movement» are just that — measures of the degree to which charter schools, as a movement, are increasing in number and influence,» said Elaine Weiss, who helps lead education initiatives at the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank focused on low - to - moderate - income people.

For example, in the mid-1980s, North Carolina created the Teaching Fellows Program, an effort to attract bright young college students into teaching, give them rigorous preparation, and keep them in the profession — at one point, the initiative even funded scholarships for 11,000 new recruits to enroll in revamped teacher education sequences at a number of the state's universities.

The push, heavily motivated by federal funding initiatives such as the $ 4.35 billion Race to the Top program, and major education reform philanthropies, seeks to accelerate the rate of improvements in education and the number of United States students succeeding in school, career and life.

She has worked on a number of key initiatives including The Broad Prize for Urban Education, the architectural competition and construction of The Broad museum and the foundation's organizational strategy, design and governance.

As a direct result of the passage of this initiative, the number of ELs in bilingual education programs in California declined significantly from 30 % of all ELs in the state to 8 % of all ELs.

She has worked on a number of other studies, including a longitudinal study of the effectiveness of inclusive STEM high schools funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Evaluation of Writing Project Professional Development for the National Writing Project, the National Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund Program for the U.S. Department of Education, evaluations of several school reform initiatives in Chicago, and the Bridging the Divide study that examined the transition from high school to college for the U.S. Department of Education.

In the course of this work, she has spearheaded a number of media ventures to amplify and elevate student voice on education issues, including initiatives that garnered Peabody and regional Emmy awards.

Another recent publication is RISE4Montana, a joint initiative of Montana's education groups with the objective to increase the number of available educators interested in working in Montana's public schools.

Drones and helpers typically don't need a college education, but if they show initiative, they can grow into a limited number of greater positions.

Subsequently, the AKC has launched a number of initiatives focused on government relations, networking and education, and breeder outreach.

Plans for the coming year also include solo exhibitions by three acclaimed American artists Elizabeth Peyton, Terry Winters, and Lynda Benglis, French artist Philippe Parreno and Irish artist Alan Phelan, and a number of new partnerships and initiatives under IMMA's Education and Community Programme.

The year ahead will see a number of new initiatives in education and community programming.

Our wind energy projects, like this one in the State of Maharashtra feed reliable, clean energy into the regional energy grid, helping to displace polluting fossil fuel power generation whilst also supporting the local community through a number of education, healthcare and training initiatives.

We can not understand why initiatives such as the Pre-Application Judicial Education (PAJE) course, which has seen considerable investment over a number of years from both the Bar Council and partners across the legal profession, including the Ministry of Justice, and indeed was a recommendation in the Lammy report, has been omitted from the Government's plan to address inequalities.

Online information can be the basis for public legal education and information initiatives that are particularly important with the growing number of self - represented litigants in the courts.

CEO Tim Cook and other Apple officials also outlined a number of new education initiatives at an event held at Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago.

Apple has launched a wide number of initiatives for teachers and students, but we're not so sure if those are the kinds of things teachers need right now in this underfunded education climate.

NAEYC undertakes a number of additional initiatives to help enhance the professional development of caregivers and help ensure that a high level of care and education is provided to children and their families across the country.

«Over the past 30 years there have been a number of initiatives in Ontario aimed at increasing wages for the early childhood education and child care (ECEC) workforce working in regulated child care centres and regulated home child care.