Sentences with phrase «over educational quality»

Somewhat more surprising is the opposition from many parents who often seem to value proximity over educational quality.

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In addition, more than 10,000 vintners and growers participated in over 240 educational workshops targeting specific practices such as energy efficiency, integrated pest management, and air and water quality.

John Douillard's LifeSpa — Dr. John Douillard DC has been practicing natural medicine and Ayurveda for over 25 years and has archived more than 200 free educational videos and articles along with a robust self - help website and online store for the highest quality organic herbs, cleanses, supplements, DVD's, skin care, and several books.

The school is well recognized for its positive, educational environment and contribution of quality dance education to the community for over 40 years.

KidsTV is on a mission to provide quality fun and educational videos as a resource for parents and teachers from all over the world.

Recommendations are also given for affordable Montessori and other quality early learning materials; and over 225 of the best educational tablet apps, as well as a guide to how and when to introduce preschoolers to digital media, so you won't always have to say no to screen time.

HETV works within the existing health framework of developing countries to establish and promote health educational programs that will provide rapid and long - term capacity - building to improve health and quality of life, and will give mothers and communities more control over their health status.

I remember we purchased so much supporting and educational materials from: 5 potties of size, comfort, colour and design; 2 Toilet inserts (one to fit under the set and over); Tens of tens of quality training pants from...

«Our research shows that the Chinese educational system stifles creativity and the critical thinking necessary to achieve innovative breakthroughs, too often hamstrings researchers with bureaucratic requirements, and rewards quantity over quality,» said Appelbaum.

John Douillard's LifeSpa — Dr. John Douillard DC has been practicing natural medicine and Ayurveda for over 25 years and has archived more than 200 free educational videos and articles along with a robust self - help website and online store for the highest quality organic herbs, cleanses, supplements, DVD's, skin care, and several books.

Could «former President» Obama use his platform to effect the change so many of our minority students need by embracing educational opportunity, and access to quality public, private and charter schools, over the politics - as - usual of the education establishment?

Preparing for adulthood • Planning for young people's futures • A broad range of education and learning opportunities: Wolf Review • Employment opportunities and support: the role of disability employment advisers • A coordinated transition to adult health services: joint working across all services • Support for independent living Services working together for families • Local authorities and local health services will play a pivotal role in delivering change for children, young people and families • Reducing bureaucratic burdens on professionals • Empowering local professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangements

Net Languages creates and licenses high - quality online English and Spanish language courses to individual students, corporate clients, and government and educational institutions all over the world

However, despite the enthusiasm for both school restructuring and transformational leadership, the findings from international meta - analytic work comparing the impact of various approaches to educational leadership, along with wider developments and concerns over quality teaching and student performance noted in earlier chapters, caused a re-examination of the worth of instructional leadership.

Over the decade, we have witnessed — perhaps contributed to — the advance of school reform: the proliferation of school choice from vouchers to tax credits, charters, and online learning; the evolution of accountability's focus from schools to teachers; renewed attention to national standards; and a more realistic understanding of the uncertain connection between educational expenditures and school quality.

YPO has been a trusted partner of schools nationwide for over 40 years, supplying a range of quality and affordable educational resources.

DeAnna has been engaged in providing and supporting quality educational options in Arizona for over 25 years.

Concluding that the Jersey City, N.J., school board has «so lost its own way that it can not be counted on to lead the children to educational quality,» an administrative law judge recommended last week that the state assume full control over its second - largest school system.

School climate refers to the quality and character of school life and has been an area of educational focus and research for over 100 years.

The Orleans Parish Superintendent and the OPSB are established institutions created to ensure the educational success of the children of New Orleans yet they failed to show any leadership over the past 13 years that would create quality schools in New Orleans and they have failed to come up with and present to the people of New Orleans a strategic plan to ensure the creation of more quality schools for the children of New Orleans.

It collects educational achievement data at the 4th and 8th grades to provide information about trends in performance over time together with extensive background information to address concerns about the quantity, quality, and content of instruction.

The purpose of this study is to help assess to what extent charter schools have the potential to provide a higher quality, more cost - effective educational solution for California K - 12 students over traditional schools, particularly those in low income communities.

But 2,000 respondents to an Ipsos MORI survey have faith in the capacity of comprehensive schools to enable social mobility, with 47 per cent backing high - quality schools over other educational alternatives, such as lowering tuition fees, to help poor pupils.

Woodhead was eclectic in his conception of the term «standards» and over time used it to advance his views on educational performance, learning, curriculum and above all teacher quality.

However, the essence of their respective educational policies are alarmingly similar: marketization and privatization of public schools; pockets of «success» valued over educational justice; teaching discounted as a profession; compliance trumping professional responsibility; free market competition as the arbiter of all; and test - centric, data - driven regimens that crush student - centered quality teaching and learning.

CK - 12 is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing access to high quality educational materials for K - 12 students all over the world.

Beyond Test Scores reframes current debates over school quality by offering new approaches to educational data that can push us past our unproductive fixation on test scores.

Dr. Rodriguez represents a significant improvement over the incumbent in Board District 5, Mr. Kayser, who has consistently opposed high - quality charter schools and fought to deny educational options to tens of thousands of hard - working families.

I at BAEO's annual symposium, which brings together parents, policymakers and education activists from all over the country to fight for ensuring that all African - American children have a range of high - quality educational options available to them.

Over the years we have carefully added quality writing - help content to this site whenever we believed we had something to offer that would help regular people with their day - to - day home, business, and educational writing.

FlatWorld Knowledge, intended to combat the high cost of college textbooks by publishing low - cost, quality educational materials, began straying from its mission over the years.

As the distinction between ebooks and apps can often be blurry, it is important for publishers to promote quality educational content — 40 % of parents are willing to purchase educational apps, and over 80 % of the top - selling paid educational apps in the iTunes store are aimed at children.

We create short, easily shareable online movies that explore some of the key features of our relationship with Stuff — including how we can make things better; we provide high quality educational resources and programs to everyone from teachers and people of faith to business and community leaders; and we support the learning and action of the over 450,000 members of the Story of Stuff community.

It provides materials freely for research and educational purposes, it updates the materials on an ongoing basis, it provides quality control over the materials selected, and it aims to be a comprehensive and searchable repository for those with an interest in the CTC.

From the first ABE - sponsored life insurance plan for attorneys in 1955 to the quality, affordable ABE - sponsored insurance plans available exclusively to ABA members today, the unique charitable giving feature of each plan provides ABA members the opportunity to donate their dividends to support over 200 legal research, public service and educational projects.

Facilitated educational projects successfully over the past two years for Northern California blood centers, an FDA regulated manufacturing environment, as pertaining to cGMP, CFR's, CA state and American Association of Blood Bank (AABB) regulations, and assure compliance with 22 organization quality systems.

Today, the company has partnerships with over 4,000 hospitals, long - term care facilities, clinics, and educational institutions across the U.S. and continues to strive to deliver quality, client - focused solutions to meet the industry's rapidly changing needs.

Multiple studies undertaken over many years attest to the effect of parenting on the development of children and young people, 1,2 and on their mental3 — 5 and physical health in adult life.6, 7 Good quality, timely support for parents has now been identified in national and international policy documents as important for reducing social inequalities in health, 8 preventing mental illness, 9 — 11 and enhancing social and educational development.12

The Gottmans who have based the content on the outcomes of high quality research have continued to develop the adult educational program over these many years in response to attendee feedback of thousands of couples, their own observations and the feedback of hundreds of certified couples» therapists that have assisted with the delivery of the workshop.

Experts have shown in study after study that high - quality early care and education produce external benefits that are abundant and long - lasting.29 Quality child care may be costly, but many of its associated benefits spill over into society over time, reducing inequality in educational, health, and social ouquality early care and education produce external benefits that are abundant and long - lasting.29 Quality child care may be costly, but many of its associated benefits spill over into society over time, reducing inequality in educational, health, and social ouQuality child care may be costly, but many of its associated benefits spill over into society over time, reducing inequality in educational, health, and social outcomes.