Sentences with phrase «on education attainment»

However, the authors did not find an effect on education attainment, given that approximately half of the students in both the Career Academies and non-Career Academies earned postsecondary credentials.

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The report also says that would lift labor participation, and more government spending on early childhood and college education «would raise the educational attainment of workers.»

However, it is worth noting what the website says about it: «The review is taking place against the background (sic) On The Way to Life, of the re-examining the (sic) Religious Education Curriculum Directory and of embedding the second edition of the Levels of Attainment.»

The readings offer four distinct perspectives on the nature and attainment of happiness, each of which will serve as the springboard for the discussion of a different set of issues in relation to the search for human ful llment: participation in public life, self - control and education, the longing for God, and the confrontation of death.

«We will however make available information on best practice and «what works» for improving the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and I am clear that a valuable use of the premium would be schools investing in ways to encourage parents, including of course fathers, to engage in the education of their children.»

What they found was that fathers» level of education has the biggest impact on the likelihood of low educational attainment — itself (see below) a key factor behind poverty.

By focusing on youth, addressing critical education and health outcomes, organizing collaborative actions and initiatives that support students, and strongly engaging community resources, the WSCC approach offers important opportunities that may improve healthy development and educational attainment for students.

A letter signed by the Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper (addressed to the Controller and Accountant - General and copied to all the relevant parties), stated, «Following the attainment of tertiary status by the 37 colleges of education, approval is hereby given for staff of the colleges of education on the Ghana Education Service payroll to be migrated onto the NCTE payroleducation, approval is hereby given for staff of the colleges of education on the Ghana Education Service payroll to be migrated onto the NCTE payroleducation on the Ghana Education Service payroll to be migrated onto the NCTE payrolEducation Service payroll to be migrated onto the NCTE payroll.»

In a report released earlier this year, the commons education committee also found «no convincing evidence of the impact of academy status on attainment in primary schools», adding that while «some chains such as Harris have proved very effective at raising attainment... others achieve worse outcomes than comparable mainstream schools».

Some studies of children who attended preschool 20 or more years ago find that early childhood education programs also have lasting effects on children's later life chances, improving educational attainment and earnings and, in some cases, reducing criminal activity.

With the Liberal Democrat leader set on highlighting the impact his party has had on the coalition's education policies, Clegg said he is heartened that there are signs the attainment gap is narrowing.

Commenting on the Education Policy Institute's Closing the Gap report into the progress made by the Government to narrow the pupil attainment gap, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «The findings of this report are sadly unsurprising.

«I believe that an increase in pupil segregation on the basis of academic selection would be at best a distraction from crucial reforms to raise standards and narrow the attainment gap and at worse risk actively undermining six years of progressive education reform.»

National Quality Forum (NQF) is a nonprofit organization that operates to improve the quality of American healthcare by building consensus on national priorities and goals for performance improvement and working in partnership to achieve them; endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach programs.

Bolder, Broader Action: Strategies for Closing the Poverty Gap Education Week, May 27, 2011 «We have set the nation's highest standards, been tough on accountability and invested billions in building school capacity, yet we still see a very strong correlation between socioeconomic background and educational achievement and attainment,» writes Senior Lecturer Paul Reville.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

Published studies also show the positive effects of sport on education include improved attainment, with memory, attention and concentration all improving with more activity.

Efforts to Reduce College Costs May Have Little Impact on Degree Attainment (Diverse: Issues in Higher Education) Report: Boosting Quality More Effective Than Tuition Cuts (Inside Higher Ed) New research from David Deming showed that attempts to reduce college costs have little impact on degree completition.

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.

They reaffirmed the vision of the World Declaration on Education for All (EFA) adopted ten years earlier (Jomtien, Thailand, 1990) and committed to the attainment of six EFA goals, supported by 12 strategies, in order to meet the basic learning needs of all children, youth and adults by 2015.

by Eric Hanushek, published July 17, 2015 on the EdNext blog, which was a response to «Boosting Educational Attainment and Adult Earnings,» by C. Kirabo Jackson, Rucker C. Johnson and Claudia Persico, published in the Fall 2015 issue of Education Next.

Measuring schools on GCSE attainment does not take into account the fact that children are at different points when they start their secondary education.

Building upon his past analysis of CCT programs in Bogota, Colombia, Harvard Graduate School of Education economist Felipe Barrera - Osorio has found that these programs — depending on their structure — can increase educational attainment for as many as eight years after the incentives were provided.

Much of the research on the economic impact of education has properly concentrated on the role of school attainment - that is, the quantity of schooling.

Not only are there huge opportunities for environmental and financial benefits of energy efficient buildings, but recent studies, including the James Review on the procurement of education buildings, have demonstrated the direct link between the quality of school buildings and academic attainment.

Attainment and behaviour are very much at the forefront of education today and as our independent survey about school trips and red tape revealed in 2010, teachers feel that school trips have a lasting impact on both.

Later this week, I will publish the new national improvement framework for education, which focuses firmly on our objective of closing the attainment gap in education.

Moving on to what people think about education and schools, Page said that overall, concern about education is drifting downwards and that it is actually pupil behaviour and discipline that is the biggest issue (at 17 per cent) followed by funding (nine per cent) rather than standards and attainment.

Pollock, an assistant professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, argues in her new book, Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School (Princeton University Press, May 2004), that both clumsy race talk and an insistence on avoiding race labels in schools have actually fueled racial disparities in educational opportunity and ateducation at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, argues in her new book, Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School (Princeton University Press, May 2004), that both clumsy race talk and an insistence on avoiding race labels in schools have actually fueled racial disparities in educational opportunity and atEducation, argues in her new book, Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School (Princeton University Press, May 2004), that both clumsy race talk and an insistence on avoiding race labels in schools have actually fueled racial disparities in educational opportunity and attainment.

The discriminatory impact of this compromise lessened as the gender gap in master's degree attainment narrowed, and more subtle means of discrimination were hampered by nearly universal adoption of the uniform salary schedule, with teachers» pay based only on experience and education.

Once prior attainment and pupil background is taken into considering, grammar schools have no overall impact on pupils» attainment, according to a major new study from the Education Policy Institute (EPI).

The pupil premium is a key lever for raising the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and it's vital that it continues to be focused on their education.»

He added: «We spend a fortune on bridging the attainment gap because education is all about all our children fulfilling their potential for achievement.

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).

The Prize contributes to the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals 4 — on education — and 5 — on gender equality, and supports UNESCO's global priorities included in the Medium - term Strategy 2014 - 2021 and the Gender Equality Action Plan 2014 - 2021 (GEAP II).

But we're also looking at sleep education, to see if teaching adolescents about good sleep practices - how to get sleep, how to maintain good sleep, how to deal with stress so that it doesn't interfere with your sleep — if that improves sleep and what effect that has on attainment; and also looking to see if these two interventions combined help the effect.

However, the Education Endowment Foundation, a key research organisation for education, states that non ‑ cognitive skills, could well be having an impact on academic atEducation Endowment Foundation, a key research organisation for education, states that non ‑ cognitive skills, could well be having an impact on academic ateducation, states that non ‑ cognitive skills, could well be having an impact on academic attainment.

I was recently told by an opinionated stranger, who was happy ignoring the etiquette of conversation whilst queuing, that outdoor education should certainly be part of a child's education, but it was not something that schools should be involved with; the time and effort of educators should be spent on the academic attainment of students, not on getting students up hills.

Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, has commented on the Education Endowment Foundation report The Attainment Gap 2017...

Our goal is to inform the national body of work on rural education and explore its implications for increasing educational attainment and economic competitiveness of Idahoans and other Americans who live and work in rural communities.

The report uses empirical data analysis to correct the record on the effects of unions on the teaching workforce and, in turn, on an important measure of student education attainment: high school dropout rates.

Because teacher retention and quality are not the only factors that influence student outcomes, Han also looked at the effects of unionism on an important education attainment benchmark: high school dropout rates.

Even controlling for such variables as socioeconomic status, 10th grade math scores, parents» birthplace, sex, and region, bilingual education has unambiguously negative effects on both years of education and attainment of a degree.

In addition, this study does not say much about racial interactions in the upper grades or about the effects of teachers» race on long - term outcomes such as attainment of further education or employment.

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On Wednesday, April 25, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Michigan College Access Network and college access and success organizations from across the state will meet with state legislators, advocate for postsecondary education, and highlight the work being done to increase Michigan's degree - attainment rate.

I also attended sessions on how Minnesota used data to close attainment and equity gaps and on how Kansas aligned high school education with career opportunities.

The booming private tuition market is a symptom of the problem with an education system that is becoming too heavily focused on attainment in exams and tests and in a narrow range of so - called «core» subjects.

«Governor Rick Snyder is ending his term as governor on a strong note by drawing a crucial connection between Michigan's economic stability and postsecondary education attainment in his 2018 State of the State Speech.

Sturgeon said she was taking the right steps, including releasing # 11m for the Scottish government's attainment challenge fund, which was focusing on improving standards and education at 300 primary schools with the poorest outcomes.