Sentences with phrase «on equitable access»

As cities focus increasingly on equitable access — system reliability, affordability, safe places to ride — ridership is growing and becoming more reflective of city racial and socio - economic demographics.»

Under the AWG - LCA, an in - session workshop on equitable access to sustainable development was held.

Whether streamlining IT operations utilizing a cloud infrastructure for managed services and storage, or spearheading the introduction of the computer science program in 32 middle schools, he tackles all district projects with the same passion and focus on equitable access.

In the past few years, educators and education advocates have put a robust focus on equitable access and representation in STEM fields for disadvantaged groups, such as girls or students of color.

Not exact matches

«We're thrilled that free, citywide public WiFi is on the way, but without equitable access throughout the city, this is a plan that divides.

The Commission makes five recommendations regarding neural modification: first, to prioritize existing strategies to maintain or improve neural health, such as diet, and adequate exercise and sleep; to prioritize the treatment of neurological disorders; to study neural modifiers and examine their prevalence, benefits and risks; to ensure equitable access so individuals of all socioeconomic levels can access the benefits of these advancements; and fifth, to create guidance on the use of neural modifiers.

9.1 develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and trans - border infrastructure, to support economic development and human well - being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all

First, just as the states refused to make good on the «equal» part of «separate but equal» after Plessy, for more than 40 years states have failed to provide equal access to the funding needed to achieve excellent schools for all children, largely because of a lack of federal accountability for equitable school funding.

On the contrary: the industrial age model of education was an unqualified success, generating more (though not equitable) access to upward economic and social mobility for more people in more parts of the globe than at any time in human history.

It means encouraging diverse providers and sources of expertise while focusing oversight on standard setting and guaranteeing equitable access.

In the New York Times («Free Tuition Can Boost Latinos College Access and Completion Rates) she states, «What «free» college does for the nation's underserved students is even the playing field on access to college and make it more equitable.&Access and Completion Rates) she states, «What «free» college does for the nation's underserved students is even the playing field on access to college and make it more equitable.&access to college and make it more equitable.»

Coverage of areas specially conserved for biodiversity and ecosystem functions should be increased (at least to the Aichi Target 11 of 17 % terrestrial and 10 % marine area), with systems of conservation being democratized and based on integration of rights and responsibilities; in all kinds of land / water uses, activities that are ecologically damaging need to be modified or replaced; high priority should also be given to the regeneration and restoration of degraded ecosystems and the revival of populations of threatened species; equitable access (including through territorial and resource tenure) must be accorded to natural resources, with special focus on populations with high and direct dependence on such resources for their survival and livelihoods.

Ensure access to environmentally sound technologies, developing countries have equitable access to technologies, agreement on lifting of intellectual property barriers and measures to ensure that knowledge is in the public domain.

Ellen Sherratt is deputy director of the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders where she led the support of 22 states» plans to ensure equitable access to excellent educators.

These cities vary widely in terms of providing publicly - funded transportation for students, prompting new questions on how student transportation can be an enabler of, rather than a barrier to, equitable access to high - quality education in urban areas.

Whatever the inadequacies of the engagement efforts, shouldn't we focus our criticism first and foremost on those elected officials, union leaders, and activists who were pursuing a strategy of deception and vitriol — who woke up every day seeking to thwart positive change for kids, seeking to prevent the expansion of schools that were getting outsized success for children, seeking to undermine policies designed to increase equitable access to the district's better schools, seeking to gum up efforts to empower parents with choice, and seeking to thwart all efforts aimed at fostering an honest conversation about which educators were truly superlative and which were badly underserving children?

The NAACP works to ensure that all disadvantaged students and students of color are on the path to college or a successful career by ensuring access to great teaching, equitable resources, and a challenging curriculum.

«We have an education stakeholder community that is uniquely engaged, informed, and excited about our ESSA plan, and we are moving forward on this important work: providing pathways for all students so they can access real opportunities after high school, improving schools that have consistently underperformed, and supporting a well - rounded, equitable education that can serve the whole child.»

If we all keep our eye on the ball of student growth and achievement, I know we'll build the system our kids deserve, a network of schools that gives all of our students access to an empowering, equitable, excellent education.»

Considered a seasoned collaborator and evidence - based strategist, Dr. McGlawn served as the Senior Associate for Linked Learning at The Education Trust - West, where she led assessments of Linked Learning implementation, with a strong focus on the quality of curriculum and instruction delivered through Linked Learning pathways, as well as equitable systemic access and improved outcomes for students.

She is an active member of the El Monte community, serving on boards and supports organizations that promote quality of life, access to resources, and equitable opportunities for El Monte students.

According to the state's plan to ensure equitable access to teachers, filed with the federal government, teachers on emergency - style permits are three times as likely to teach in California's high - minority schools and twice as likely to teach in high - poverty schools as in more advantaged schools.Torlakson, T. (2016, November 8).

Our Education & Economic Mobility Program focuses on helping young people move up the economic ladder through equitable access to high - quality education and jobs.

They remarked that the bills are «tampering with the accountability system» of standardized testing, and that these standardized tests «provide central data on school performances» and «equitable economic access and opportunity.»

Lorenzo Manor Elementary, in their second year of inquiry, is focusing on supporting students» academic language development in order to ensure equitable access to curriculum and full participation in the classroom community for all students.

Based on focus groups from across the state, the report suggests fostering collective responsibility for the postsecondary preparedness among K - 12 faculty and staff and ensuring all students have equitable access to course opportunities to increase readiness and success, including TN SAILS.

Improving access to and quality of arts learning first requires conducting audits of what exists by school, neighborhood or region and then making equitable access to arts learning a priority to help counteract the emphasis on tests scores.

Lorenzo Manor teacher scholars are focusing on supporting students» academic language development in order to ensure equitable access to curriculum and full participation in the classroom community for all students.

Approaches to State Pre-K Eligibility Policy: Considerations for Virginia Policy Makers provided an overview to the Joint Legislative Committee on Virginia's Preschool Initiative of national data on state pre-k eligibility policy and considerations for policy makers in ensuring that high need children have equitable access to quality preschool programs.

«The challenger and three incumbents we've chosen to endorse represent the common sense leadership that families in Los Angeles are counting on to provide equitable access to a quality public education, which includes the 130,000 students who attend 285 independent and affiliated charter schools in the district.»

For the last several months, CCSA staff worked with Chico charter leaders on an aligned and aggressive strategy in pursuit of equitable access to facilities for charter students.

Parent activist Megan Wolf, who testified about the bill during the Oct. 3 hearing at the State House, said the filing of the new enrollment policy took many by surprise and occurs while the public remains largely in the dark on details such as how the proposed unified enrollment process would work — including its impact on school choice, equitable access and the BPS budget.

They are ready to advocate on behalf of their schools to make sure their children get equitable funding and access to facilities funding.

Accessibility resources provided on Smarter Balanced assessments ensure equitable access for students with diverse accessibility needs and preferences.

Lorenzo Manor Elementary School, in its second year of inquiry, is focusing on supporting students» academic language development in order to ensure equitable access to curriculum and full participation in the classroom community for all students.

The program focused on helping teachers move past the deficit model: by the end of the trainings, teachers were expected to hold all students to high standards, provide equitable access to learning resources, embrace social - emotional learning, and center students» knowledge in lessons (Patton, 2011).

As Democrats and Republicans alike race to claim victory on ESSA for their parties, now more than ever it is crucial to shift the conversation back to the students the law was designed to help: those from low - income areas whose schools have traditionally lacked access to equitable education resources.

Following on today's order, we urge the PUC to finalize key details of the program as soon as possible to ensure equitable access to solar for all Oregonians, whether through solar panels on their roof or in their community.»

3 The fact is that in many countries (such as Canada, Japan, and many European nations) with equitable, population - wide access to medical care, not only do people live longer, healthier lives than in the U.S., but less money (per capita) is spent on both health care and biomedical research.

Then there is a requirement for agreement on access and benefit sharing for a fair and equitable part of the benefits.

The Convention on Biological Diversity and, as part of that, the Nagoya Protocol, which is part of the convention, addresses access to genetic resources and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilization.

With all agreements at the OCDE level, it will be possible to eventually harmonise tax regulations from a global perspective to solve the needs and concerns of international tax and cross border tax, which will bring positive results, benefiting taxpayers fairly, such as avoiding double taxation, being able to access greater knowledge, exchange of experiences among tax administrations with the consequent achievement of strengthening the actors that implement and execute the application of substantive rules on tax matters; to acquire and strengthen an application of the norm in a standardised, equitable, compatible and fair manner.

As the LGBTQ community acquires new rights and responsibilities, lawyers have the opportunity for new revenue streams as they engage the civil justice system on behalf of clients who previously did not have equitable access.

«We are Canadian civil society organizations committed to the basic principle that access to medicines and to health care should be equitable, based on need and not on ability to pay, whether at home or around the world.

In a landmark ruling released on January 26, 2016, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found that the Canadian government is racially discriminating against 163,000 First Nations children and their families by providing flawed and inequitable child welfare services («FNCFS Program») and failing to implement Jordan's Principle to ensure equitable access to government services available to other children.

Don brought an action to restore his access to the cabin based on Martha's unjust enrichment and equitable estoppel (Martha could not deny access to Don based on her previous actions).

A solidly worded paragraph 18 of Delivering Justice on effective and equitable justice service delivery morphed into a blabbering paragraph 14 of the Declaration emphasizing the right of equal access to justice for all (making me ask: what legal value does «emphasizing» a right have?)

Though I have not searched today on the federal and provincial govn't websites on this, there have been probably policy direction papers within the past decade or further back, on increasing equitable access to govn't information.

This is to be achieved by removing or reducing the barriers that prevent Indigenous peoples from accessing existing mainstream services on an equitable basis.

When Croakey asked a range of health experts to assess the Coalition's record on providing equitable access to healthcare, their responses were almost universally damning.