Sentences with phrase «on educational improvements»

In 2003, the provincial government of Ontario, Canada initiated a focus on educational improvement as one of its key strategies for the future success of its people and its economy.

Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy The Rennie Center conducts independent research to promote public discourse on educational improvement and inform policy discussions by key decision makers and opinion leaders.

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One disadvantage we found is that there are restrictions on the use of funds - you can not use a Citizens Bank personal loan for home improvement, educational or business purposes.

On the other hand leaders of the Bible school movement have been developing a theory of liberal arts education with the Bible at its center, and through an accrediting association have moved toward standardization and steady improvement of a program which seeks to synthesize conservative evangelical Christianity with a valid educational ideal.

Building on major trends and successful regional efforts, Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) launched the SWP in 2002 to give growers and vintners educational tools to increase adoption of sustainable practices and to measure and demonstrate ongoing improvement.

This funding will support program upgrades, additional supplies, and other improvements that will enhance the educational impact of these libraries on youth in these twelve communities.

Commenting on Ofsted's Annual Report, published today, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «Sir Michael Wilshaw's final Annual Report as Chief Inspector of Schools confirms that it is the hard work, dedication and professionalism of teachers and headteachers that is key to delivering high educational standards and improvements, year on year.

Joining de Blasio on a press call this afternoon, Duncan insisted that the mayoral control system has both led to improvements to local schools and created a rare kind of electoral accountability for educational performance.

Continual improvement of individual members is catalyzed through publications (including the PAS journal) and by providing information on educational opportunities.

UACIM research activities contribute rigorous scientific studies on the integration of complementary therapies with conventional medicine, with a focus on educational research, corporate health improvement research, and methods to study clinical outcomes in integrative medicine.

New York, NY About Blog This is a place for parents, teachers, students — and anyone who has a stake in the improvement of our public school system — to offer ideas, share experiences and advice, and weigh in on policies and educational politics.

Ongoing improvements in educational performance in Australian schools depend on continual improvements in the quality of classroom teaching.

While the evidence behind an academy ‑ school improvement correlation has been hotly debated, very few contend against the positive influence that parents, families, local businesses and communities can have on educational well - being and achievement.

His research on leadership focuses on issues of scaling up innovations from local to widespread use, and his work in policy centers on state and national level educational improvement strategies.

In a strongly worded letter sent this month to chief state school officers, legislators, state board of education members, representatives of the National Education Association, and publishers nationwide, the Florida leaders point to the «pervasive» influence of textbooks and other classroom materials on the educational process and say that their state's school - improvement efforts «have been impeded repeatedly by the declining...

Murray points to the fact that national gains in educational achievement, particularly for those beginning on the lower end of the distribution, have been very hard to come by in the past few decades: «If we confine the discussion to children in the lower half of the intelligence distribution (education of the gifted is another story), the overall trend of the 20th century was one of slow, hard - won improvement.»

The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee voted unanimously last week to approve a bill that would reorganize the research functions of the office of educational research and improvement into five «directorates,» as well as establish new offices on technology and dissemination.

«Reflecting on much of my past research and policy advisory work to support the expansion of educational opportunity,» said Reimers, «I realize that I had tried to support the improvement of educational quality without really asking what the purpose of education should be.

But while some witnesses at a two - day oversight hearing told the House Subcommittee on Select Education that research efforts can be improved without changing the structure of the office of educational research and improvement, others called for an overhaul.

At the Askwith Forum on November 17, Washington, D.C., Public Schools officials discussed how the district is going farther faster, together with its families, to create sustainable improvements in educational outcomes for all its children.

Lortie - Forgues, Tian and Siegler (2015) repeated the question with students of the same age in 2014 — 27 per cent got it right, leading the researchers to comment: «Thus, after more than three decades, numerous rounds of education reforms, hundreds if not thousands of research studies on mathematics teaching and learning, and billions of dollars spent to effect educational change, little improvement was evident in students» understanding of fraction arithmetic.»

They are an improvement on traditional school - choice programs because they enhance the freedom of parents to purchase a wide variety of educational products and services and save for educational expenses in future years, including college.

And, even with small effects on the non-poor, shouldn't we have seen fairly dramatic improvements in overall educational and labor market outcomes?

If anyone wants the documentation, I will send it to them, since I am the author of «Back - to - Basics Reform or... Skinnerian International Curriculum,» which is based on official documents out of the U.S. Education Department's office of educational research and improvement,...

Although 11 educators were convicted of cheating on state tests (and it would likely have been 12 if not for the death of former Superintendent Beverly Hall), the city made remarkable improvements on low - stakes measures of educational progress such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

Hearing The Senate education subcommittee opened hearings last week on reauthorization of the Education Department's office for educational research and improvement.

The fact that he is focused on the support of literacy instruction, a topic that is crucial to promoting the improvement of educational quality worldwide is also very important.»

As Luton Sixth Form College demonstrates, with the right tools, educational institutions can ensure the time spent by the IT staff is on continual improvement and innovation, rather than crisis management.

Papay became intrigued by the notion that labels given to Massachusetts students» performances — advanced, proficient, needs improvement, and failing — may have an effect on the student's future educational attainment.

Kathleen Budge is an associate professor at Boise State University, where her research and scholarly activity focuses on educational leadership, leadership development, rural education, school improvement, and poverty.

From teacher evaluation systems to value - added modeling to the recent Vergara decision in California, reformers have increasingly focused on selecting, measuring, developing, evaluating, and firing teachers as the key to educational improvement.

Gabriel Sanchez Zinny is focused on education and the improvement of educational quality to fit a 21st century economy.

However, no matter how great your product is, if the technology is poorly integrated into the school structure, it will eventually fail to deliver on its promises to create educational improvements, until a new trending technology arrives on the market, renewing the cycle.

According to a Y Soft survey on 3D printing usage in educational institutions, 67 per cent of IT staff polled said that while their 3D printing products were generally working well, there were areas where improvements could be made.

They found that, on average, the educational reforms in 1999 were «associated with significant improvements».

However, this can be one of the areas where improvements can be implemented easily without having to worry about the effect on educational outcomes.

Comments: In 2008, Education reported that it added more reporting requirements to the annual Consolidated State Performance Report (CSPR) on school improvement funds to local educational agencies.

Of the amount reserved, a state shall: (1) allocate 95 % to local educational agencies (LEAs), whether on a formula or competitive basis, for activities to support the improvement of the lowest - performing schools; or (2) with the LEA's approval, provide for these activities directly.

Except as provided in subparagraph (vi) of this paragraph, a local educational agency (LEA) that received funds under title I for two consecutive years during which the LEA did not make adequate yearly progress on all applicable criteria in paragraph (14) of this subdivision in a subject area, or all applicable indicators in subparagraphs (15)(i) through (iii) of this subdivision, or the indicator in subparagraph (15)(iv) of this subdivision, shall be identified for improvement under section 1116 (c) of the NCLB, 20 U.S.C. section 6316 (c) and shall be subject to the requirements therein (Public Law, section 107 - 110, section 1116 [c], 115 STAT.

In Smith's model, as it was refined over time, curriculum standards serve as the fulcrum for educational reform implemented based on state decisions; state policy elites aim to create excellence in the classroom using an array of policy levers and knobs — all aligned back to the standards — including testing, textbook adoption, teacher preparation, teacher certification and evaluation, teacher training, goals and timetables for school test score improvement, and state accountability based on those goals and timetables.

The School of Education MicroMasters allows learners to take five courses focused on educational innovation and improvement, with a specific focus on the principles and application of Improvemeimprovement, with a specific focus on the principles and application of ImprovementImprovement Science.

Summary: Countries have a choice of focusing on educational quality improvements and reaping the benefits of future growth improvements or of letting the future be stuck with today's economic outcomes.

I would further suggest that these days we seem to be awash in existential educational questions like those, brought on by such new controversies (at least, newly packaged) as whether it's good to try to close the achievement gap, whether it's counterproductive to demand «proficiency» as opposed to «improvement,» whether «differentiated instruction» is another form of tracking, whether common standards are anti-American, etc..

True educational equity comes from comprehensive school reform, which incorporates academic improvements along with health care, housing policy, funding changes, family support and other policies that allow students to go to class safely and actually focus on their work, and that provides teachers with a work environment and enough support to operate creatively, not like infantilized robots.

More than a decade of research, at Harvard and elsewhere, on accountability, school improvement, and school organization has become «increasingly specific,» he said, «about the conditions that promote high - level learning and performance in educational institutions,» within classrooms and in systems as a whole.

Although 11 educators were convicted of cheating on state tests, the city made remarkable improvements on low - stakes measures of educational progress such as NAEP.

On the unrelenting pressure to improve schools without corresponding improvement in teachers» skills: «In its least desirable face, educational reform can become a kind of conspiracy of ignorance: policymakers mandating results they do not themselves know how to achieve, and educators pretending they do know what to do but revealing through their actions that they don't.»

At the same time, NCLB needs major revisions to make sure it focuses on the most important kinds of learning, accountability for improvement, and creates genuine educational opportunity for all our children.

Substantial policy effort has focused on improving the educational opportunities for students in these schools, including the Obama administration's School Improvement Grants (SIG).