Sentences with phrase «on educational costs»

Public transit may be another way to save money on your educational costs.

Additionally, the declining rates of births have also led to increased spending on children and on their educational cost.

Not exact matches

Still, Heinze says she was a bit anxious about putting in an offer and closing on the property because other than her educational costs, this was the most she's ever spent.

Plus, you're offering a highly regarded and desirable job benefit and could potentially qualify for tax breaks on educational assistance costs.

But there is a high educational cost in replacing faculty on regular appointment with other kinds of teachers.

Western offers a nationwide network of expertise that building owners, engineers, architects and property managers can count on to develop cost - effective, corrective measures that can add years of useful life to a variety of structures including: industrial, commercial, healthcare, historic, educational and government buildings, parking structures and sports stadiums.

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Dunsmuir said the park district explored the possibility of building an educational facility on the marsh grounds several years ago but rejected the idea because of high costs and potential disruption of marsh ecosystems.

The evaluation process uses a proprietary methodology in which entries are scored on a number of elements including production quality, design, educational value, entertainment value, originality, appeal and cost.

It's cheaper to bear the costs of warehousing miscreants than to impose the costs of a non-functional educational system on society.

«The NASUWT's latest survey of parents has found significant year - on - year increases in the costs faced by parents for school uniforms, equipment, school meals and educational visits.

«Parents» concerns about the rising cost of education vindicate the warnings given by the NASUWT to Coalition Ministers that on their watch access to educational provision is increasingly now on the basis of parents» ability to pay.

· Working with other agencies to increase E-ZPass educational outreach to showcase E-ZPass as the most convenient and cost — effective way to travel on New York's roadways, bridges and tunnels.

«As veterans are succeeding on college campuses nationwide, it is imperative that our country pulls together to support them in their educational journey; to recognize their GI Bill in covering the cost of their housing is a small thanks for the sacrifices our women and men in uniform made for us,» said Jared Lyon, President and CEO of Student Veterans of America.

The study of Syrian refugee children, presented by researchers on June 6 at BAU International University in Washington, DC, suggests that digital games can be a cost - efficient and scalable approach to meeting the educational and psychological needs of refugee children.

Today's «day in the life» post is one of my current job, which focuses heavily on supporting my fellow faculty find and use open educational resources (an educational movement to help bring down student costs by using or creating free and high - quality texts and resources instead of expensive textbooks).

Ever since the Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) manifesto was launched in 2008, highlighting the powerful educational value of school trips, when asked whether the benefits of taking pupils on educational visits outweigh concerns over cost and safety, teachers and instructors have always answered with a resounding «yes».

Offering further ideas to maximise the value of school trips within the UK, Tim Jenkins, educational travel specialist at Travelbound, says: «Whether it is your first or tenth school trip, the cost of the experience on your students and their families will undoubtedly factor in your planning.

Based on this observation, The Centre for Economic Performance suggest that low - achieving students are more likely to be distracted by mobile phones, and so banning them could be a low cost way for schools to reduce educational inequality.

o To keep costs low, the system must rely primarily on existing data (such as student achievement, grade retention, attendance, graduation, college going and student log files from educational software providers).

If the initiative gathers the requisite number of signatures to be on the ballot, with a single vote this November, California's voters could eliminate one of the most egregious examples of inequity in its educational system — and it won't cost taxpayers any additional funds to do it.

Of course, from a business and cost perspective, no one individual educational software company is incentivized to take this on.

The financial and educational costs were difficult to gauge, but stories bubbled up about teachers who were afraid to use Title I staplers on essays by non — Title I students and Title I staff who wouldn't break up playground fights between Title I and non — Title I students due to liability concerns.

Unless there are unlimited funds to spend on educational programs, it would not make sense to put the money into all the programs without regard to cost.

ESSA wisely eliminates cost - by - cost testing for SNS, a practice which discouraged schools from spending Title I funds on comprehensive services and perversely encouraged spending on add - ons (like pulling students out of academic classes to work with paraprofessionals) that met compliance standards but were not necessarily helpful in improving educational outcomes for low - income students.

The Commission will examine factors that impact spending in education, including: school funding and distribution of State Aid; efficiency and utilization of education spending at the district level; the percentage of per - pupil funding that goes to the classroom as compared to administrative overhead and benefits; approaches to improving special education programs and outcomes while also reducing costs; identifying ways to reduce transportation costs; identifying strategies to create significant savings and long - term efficiencies; and analysis of district - by - district returns on educational investment and educational productivity to identify districts that have higher student outcomes per dollar spent, and those that do not.

The girls in the randomised controlled trial (those involved in the VIP programme) were given four educational sessions by a school nurse on various topics including not smoking, drinking or taking drugs in pregnancy, good nutrition, the financial costs of having a baby, sexual health, contraception, and respectful relationships.

As modern - day educational institutions regularly need to facilitate o - site education days such as sporting commitments, outward bounds activities or museum / theatre visits we appreciate the growing demand for an all inclusive package which provides a suitable vehicle (including conversions), quality maintenance programme, regular safety inspections and optional driver training on a cost - eff ective basis.

The judges, who are all educational professionals, focus on what works in the classroom or the school setting in terms of design, cost - effectiveness, support of higher order thinking skills and effective learning and teaching styles.

Whilst there are costs associated with training staff, the environmental quality of a school and the health of staff, pupils and visitors should be high on educational establishments lists.

As modern - day educational institutions regularly need to facilitate off - site education days such as sporting commitments, outward bounds activities or museum / theatre visits we appreciate the growing demand for an all inclusive package which provides a suitable vehicle (including conversions), quality maintenance programme, regular safety inspections and optional driver training on a cost - effective basis.

A newly released paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that spending on improved educational quality is more effective for degree attainment than using the same funds to cut the cost of tuition.

In addition to the non-fiscal benefits attached to educational choice, the program can relieve pressure for district budgets from rising pension costs (for each one million dollars spent on the program, I estimated that the state would save almost half of that amount, while school districts would save almost $ 700,000).

Before changes made in the late 1990s, special education funds in California were distributed on a cost - based» model but the Legislature moved to a census - based» approach beginning in 1998 - 99 on the theory that the educational costs of students with disabilities would be spread somewhat evenly throughout the overall student population, according to a report from the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst.

In addition, attrition can impose very large educational costs on some schools.

Based on these findings, our report ends up recommending that Michigan increase school funding, but do so in a way that encourages more resources to be devoted to more cost - effective educational policies.

Promisingly, researchers have found that it is possible to orient students toward positive learning mindsets through low - cost interventions, including online programs that teach students about growth mindsets and purpose.29 According to Carol Dweck and her colleagues, ``... educational interventions and initiatives that target these psychological factors can have transformative effects on students» experience and achievement in school, improving core academic outcomes such as GPA and test scores months and even years later.»

Re: the US News article on top about ESSA: Chairwoman Foxx is right about the role of the federal government in America's K - 12 education system; and families can continue to pressure educrats like Mr Botel by opting out, wherever and whenever possible, from their local state schools until the federal government gives up on the continuing mistake of its annual testing requirement in two subjects only, which has produced no significant improvement in American education for 15 years now, but has cost us in lost opportunities, including time and energy that might have been devoted to non-tested subjects, including those in the broader curricula represented by the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, which requires assessment — including but not limited to external final exams — in six subjects distributed over at least five fields, an assessment approach that has been imitated by the world's leading educational jurisdictions, but is being discouraged by the ignorant Luddites in the the U.S. ED.

This permits them to fund political campaigns, educational campaigns, and legal battles, with almost no constraints based on cost.

Relatively small improvements in students» educational performance can have large impacts on a nation's future economic well - being, according to The High Cost of Low Educational Performance: The Long - Run Economic Impact of Improving PISA Outcomes.

readers know Commissioner Pryor has been on an unrelenting campaign to remove, undermine and destroy the professional staff and professional capabilities of the Connecticut Department of Education and replace experienced and dedicated professionals with high - cost, out - of - state consultants and staff who have little to no educational experience except for their loyalty to the corporate education reform agenda.

Roughly ten percent of the special needs student population statewide isn't covered by state funds, says DPI's Hussey, placing a heavy burden on local districts to come up with the extra resources necessary to serve them at a time when locals also face increased costs in other areas of educational need that they are trying to cover thanks to decreased state investments.

Unlike the arbitrary, budget driven efforts of the past and present, an Education Adequacy Cost Study would provide hard, real - world data on student needs and what resources are necessary to meet our state constitutional responsibility to deliver an adequate and equitable educational opportunity for every K - 12 public school student in our state.

Unlike the arbitrary, budget - driven efforts of the past and present, an education adequacy cost study would provide hard, real - world data on student needs and what resources are necessary to meet our state constitutional responsibility to deliver an adequate and equitable educational opportunity for every K - 12 public school student in our state.

The Education Corps is designed to provide tutoring and after - school support but not necessarily to train future teachers.92 The VISTA program matches corps members with a nonprofit organization to perform capacity building and provides yearlong stipends, but it is not intended for provision of direct services.93 The Professional Corps, which specifies teaching as one of its qualified positions, allows participants to access Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards — which recipients can use either for loan forgiveness or for paying tuition and other qualifying educational expenses — but increases residency program costs because residents are prohibited from receiving stipends through AmeriCorps and must therefore be paid through their program or the school district.94 None of these programs were designed for supported entry specifically; thus, programs dedicated to providing a gradual on - ramp to the teaching profession can sometimes find it hard to meet their definitions and requirements.

In order to pay for the increasing costs, most school districts have to cut back on educational programs.

He then went on to exclaim how educational management companies would be able to drive down administrative overhead costs.

These calls focus on student achievement in content areas, issues related to the social impact of educational technology, and overall cost - effectiveness.

Based on economic evidence that included program - based findings, earnings, and educational achievement, the authors found that all assessed programs demonstrated measurable benefits that exceeded their costs, noting, «On average, for every dollar invested equally across the six SEL interventions, there is a return of eleven dollars, a substantial economic return.&raquon economic evidence that included program - based findings, earnings, and educational achievement, the authors found that all assessed programs demonstrated measurable benefits that exceeded their costs, noting, «On average, for every dollar invested equally across the six SEL interventions, there is a return of eleven dollars, a substantial economic return.&raquOn average, for every dollar invested equally across the six SEL interventions, there is a return of eleven dollars, a substantial economic return.»