Sentences with phrase «overall education efforts»

With this information, we bring our scholars» success and findings to national education leaders to enhance the United States» overall education efforts.

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Overall, I applaud the work of Rainforest Alliance and their efforts to bring so many producers of so many products under sustainability guidelines, as well as their excellent public education campaigns.

«The UNODC, EU and UNICEF have indeed dispensed and are stil dispensing huge financial capital to training and legal research in the justice sector in Nigeria and the idea to establish the Judicial Research Centre is therefore their overall effort to deliver a home based continuous education and research avenue in all legal and justice issues.

Overall, nine people serve on the volunteer panel that has a voice on school policy, district leadership and the direction of Hartford's education reform efforts.

Educational improvement efforts, Eye concludes, should focus not on correcting a nonexistent overall deficit but on improving the academic performance of the students «in the lower portion of the performance distribution,» many of whom face social and familial challenges that interfere with their education.

«Education efforts that help individuals and families make healthy food choices are clearly an important part of our overall health, and can make a big difference for families with young children all the way to our senior citizens.»

Cornerstone Evaluation Associates LLC is the external research firm charged with carrying out the evaluation activities necessary to determine the effectiveness and impact of MAVEN's Education and Public Outreach (E / PO) effort and its success in achieving its overall goal to «engage multiple audiences in the quest to understand Mars» long - term atmospheric losses, giving insight into the history of Mars» atmosphere and climate, liquid water, and planetary habitability.»

P.E. 4Life's Flannery says her organization has mobilized support for the program and advocates that a review of physical education standards be part of overall national education reform efforts.

«The notion of high - stakes testing was brought on as one component of Louisiana's overall reform efforts and not in isolation,» said Scott Norton, director of standards and assessments for the Louisiana Department of Education.

Perhaps higher education shoulders some of the blame here — we have not been, as a collective, strong enough in our efforts to educate the public overall, and lawmakers more specifically.

This pattern of centralization of school funding is consistent with evidence from earlier studies, which also shows that localities partially offset state efforts to increase overall education spending after SFJs.

A citizens» task force has recommended, in a report commissioned by the Connecticut Board of Education, that the state increase salaries and create career ladders to recognize competence as part of an overall effort to attract and keep qualified teachers in the state.

The program of reading research that the RRSG proposes fits into the overall context of research on reading in the United States and is part of a larger RAND effort to suggest ways that education R&D can be made more rigorous, cumulative, and usable.

So while nobody should be satisfied with America's overall performance in science education, it's also important to keep in mind that, when one sets out to overhaul that system, it's possible to make it even worse — particularly if, in our effort to raise standards for all students, we wind up lowering them for our best and brightest.

Overall, Angie believes that education is a team effort.

The overall argument of the report — that efforts to bring college preparatory education to public schools (and improve the rigor of curriculum in American public education) is contributing to the nation's dropout crisis — doesn't hold water when one knows that the nation's five - year graduation rate has barely budged between the Classes of 1991 and 2007 (81 percent and 78 percent, respectively).

There is also a concerted effort around the country to cut overall special education funding — or special education altogether.

Thus, along with an overall focus on high school redesign, North Carolina has highlighted STEM education at the secondary level by making STEM - related fields the theme of many of the redesigned high schools and by developing a replication model for future efforts that blends project - based learning with a pre-engineering curriculum.

The E3 Alliance was formed as a collaborative effort of Austin Community College (ACC), the Austin Area Research Organization (AARO), the University of Texas and others to initiate a regional effort to increase global competitiveness, economic vitality and overall quality of life for Central Texas by aligning our education systems to better fulfill the potential of every citizen.

Efforts with preservice teachers described here have been informed by the authors» successes assisting in - service teachers with understanding how technology can empower inquiry - based teaching practices in social studies classrooms, as well as efforts to more fully integrate technology into the overall teacher education programs at the authors» institEfforts with preservice teachers described here have been informed by the authors» successes assisting in - service teachers with understanding how technology can empower inquiry - based teaching practices in social studies classrooms, as well as efforts to more fully integrate technology into the overall teacher education programs at the authors» institefforts to more fully integrate technology into the overall teacher education programs at the authors» institutions.

In the months to come, Connecticut's Education Commissioner will be directing the overall reform effort and the decisions he makes could result in millions of dollars, even tens of millions of dollars going to the very organization that he helped create, expand and manage until he recently and quietly resigned from Achievement First's Board of Directors.

What makes this issue particularly troubling is that Connecticut's new State Commissioner of Education has repeatedly said he will work to expand charter schools in Connecticut even though it is clear from the evidence that most charter schools are unwilling or unable to be a part of the overall effort to reduce racial isolation in our state.

Like Malloy, Walker spent his first term trying to destroy teacher tenure, eliminate collective bargaining rights for teachers and dramatically expand public funding for charter schools and the overall effort to privatize public education.

«While the overall trend lines are positive, these persistent and significant gaps are a reminder of the importance of the commonwealth's efforts to improve instruction and raise achievement in schools challenged by poverty and other impediments to learning,» Secretary of Education Anne Holton said.

These efforts will be increasingly productive as research provides us with more robust understandings of how successful leaders make sense of and productively respond to both external policy initiatives and local needs and priorities, and of how those practices seep into the fabric of the education system, improving its overall quality and substantially adding value to our students» learning.

However, this is a broad and typical statement, and Representative Harper does not focus his efforts on streamlining student loan programs or the Department of Education overall.

«A piece of my heart will always lie with rescue, anti-breed discrimination efforts, and overall pet ownership education / awareness,» she says.

- to provide refuge for homeless animals and animals in need and coordinate their placement in permanent and safe home environments; - to provide education through publications, seminars, and discussions to the general public on animal health and welfare, behavior and care including the benefits of spaying and neutering; - to provide information and referrals to affordable and low cost medical care including spay & neuter clinics and other animal medical and care facilities; - to provide information on training, behavior modification and general handling instruction along with referrals to vetted and certified professionals in these areas; - to liaise and network with other animal rescue organizations as part of a mutual effort to aid animals in distress; - to solicit donations and funding from government agencies, corporations, private foundations, public charities, individuals and the general public at large to finance the medical, housing and other incidental costs of homeless animals while in the custody of the organization; - to organize and participate in fundraisers to benefit furtherance of the overall main purpose and goals of the organization; - to have the normal functions, operations, programs and pursuits incidental to a fully recognized and operational nonprofit animal rescue organization.

She subsequently became director of public outreach with overall responsibility for planning and developing UCS's education, organizing, and outreach efforts.

Windex Hearing Aid Company (Long Island City, NY) 1998 — 2005 Senior Marketing Coordinator / Sales • Built product awareness through varied marketing efforts including trade show events and advertising initiatives • Served as liaison to healthcare professionals and collaborated with the creative department and sales representatives • Achieved triple digit sales growth and 140 % increase in hearing healthcare market share • Recognized for accomplishments with rating of «outstanding» for seven consecutive years • Secured product placement on «Extreme Makeover» television show and acquired product spokesperson • Featured on Larry King and Wayne Brady television programs as a result of successful marketing initiatives • Designed and implemented continuing education programs for healthcare professionals boosting company reputation • Initiated use of Geographic Information System database to detect critical hearing healthcare and sales trends • Located areas of non-production leading to expansion of company revenues • Distributed new product mailings to over 3500 accounts building brand awareness and enhancing overall sales • Automated advertising program reducing processing time by 65 % while expanding program and sales

As we updated, upgraded and expanded those efforts, we branded the overall initiative S.E.A.L. (Service, Education, Advocacy and Leadership) training, which is consistently developing better trained, more productive agents — and strong, positive feedback on post-closing surveys.