Sentences with phrase «performing education nations»

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The International Dance Day, which comes up every April 29, had been set aside since 1982 by the Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute (ITI), the main partner for the Performing Arts of the United Nation's Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO.)

Even though Foley did not receive the CEA board's endorsement, he «remains committed to real education reform, including addressing the needs of the 100,000 children who are in under - performing schools and closing Connecticut's achievement gap, which remains the worst in the nation,» spokesman Chris Cooper said.

The fact that schools engaging with the Naace Self Review Framework (SRF) have performed significantly better when measured by Ofsted, compared with other schools, puts Naace in a strong position to influence the UK government to ensure that education technology is at the heart of the nation's education system and enables Naace to reach out internationally to build partnerships with likeminded organisations who share Naace's principles.

Business leaders have long held a serious stake in how our nation's education system performs.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said last week that he plans to demand radical steps — such as firing most of a school's staff or converting it to a charter school — as the price of admission in directing $ 3.5 billion in new school improvement aid to the nation's 5,000 worst - performing schools.

As districts nationwide struggle to meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, the U.S. Department of Education has shifted its focus to turning around the nation's lowest - performing schools.

Equally important is well - informed choice, a powerful principle in our economy and in higher education, but one that is severely constrained in K - 12 public education, particularly for low - income populations that are most likely to be assigned to low - performing schools under the nation's residence - based school system.

Fifteen Letters on Education in Singapore Fernando Reimers and E.B. O'Donnell In the fall of 2015, a delegation of educators from Massachusetts traveled to Singapore to learn more about the country's journey from developing nation to major manufacturing and financial center, with one of the most high - performing education systems in tEducation in Singapore Fernando Reimers and E.B. O'Donnell In the fall of 2015, a delegation of educators from Massachusetts traveled to Singapore to learn more about the country's journey from developing nation to major manufacturing and financial center, with one of the most high - performing education systems in teducation systems in the world.

The math proficiency of 8th graders from the nation's top - ranked states — Iowa, North Dakota, and Minnesota — is comparable to that of students from the best - performing nations, such as Taiwan and South Korea, reports a federal study to be released this week at the national education summit.

KH: In the next decade, the highest - performing CMOs have a tremendous opportunity to transform American education and ensure that demography is not destiny for our nation's students.

The U.S. secretary of education's call to «turn around» the nation's 5,000 worst - performing schools has found a warm welcome among educators and policymakers who see that focus as long overdue.

Quality Counts 2012, the 16th edition of Education Week's annual examination of issues and challenges facing America's public schools, takes aim at topics high on the policy agenda, from the White House and Congress down to the level of local school boards and chambers of commerce: the nation's international standing in education, and lessons to be drawn from high - performing cEducation Week's annual examination of issues and challenges facing America's public schools, takes aim at topics high on the policy agenda, from the White House and Congress down to the level of local school boards and chambers of commerce: the nation's international standing in education, and lessons to be drawn from high - performing ceducation, and lessons to be drawn from high - performing countries.

Carole Willis, Chief Executive of NFER, commented: «TIMSS provides a valuable way for nations to benchmark the performance of their education systems, and Northern Ireland has continued to perform well in this latest round.

It bears mentioning that nations with high - performing school systems — whether Korea, Singapore, Finland, or Japan — have succeeded not by privatizing their schools or closing those with low scores, but by strengthening the education profession.

NACSA Members — including school districts, education agencies, independent boards, universities, and not - for - profits — work to increase the number of great charter schools across the nation, and some must make tough decisions to close poor - performing schools.

If MA is a good sport, they would fight left handed - what chance does a majority - minority school system with half the spending per pupil have against the highest performing state education system in the nation many years running?

The most recent annual Gallup poll on attitudes toward schooling reported that just 20 % of respondents said «improving the nation's lowest - performing schools» was the most important of the nation's education challenges.

Education Week, the Education Writers Association and The Hechinger Report partnered with 18 news outlets in 16 states to investigate how $ 3 billion in federal School Improvement Grants are being used to revitalize some of the nation's lowest - performing schools.

Out of 12 gubernatorial races across the nation, at least five candidate maintaining A, B, and C ratings in the Center for Education Reform's education innovation and opportunity ranking system will be joining the other 31 states also let by high performing gEducation Reform's education innovation and opportunity ranking system will be joining the other 31 states also let by high performing geducation innovation and opportunity ranking system will be joining the other 31 states also let by high performing governors.

This, of course, is quite notable because of the district's profile as one of the highest - performing districts in the nation and, now, for its status as one of five finalists for the Broad Prize in Urban Education.

One of the nation's most under - performing school districts, Los Angeles Unified has become a haven of education reform.

After all, a school that is top - performing in general may not be the right fit for particular groups of children, especially young black men who, along with American Indian peers, suffer the most from the nation's education crisis.

The centerpiece is the charter school movement's effort to radically transform education for the city's mostly African - American public school children, many of whom would still be attending some of the worst performing schools in the nation.

A crescendo of support from education researchers, analysts, reform advocates, and lawmakers about the need for additional learning time for our nation's under - performing students may well result in the coming months in meaningful reform.

«The National Education Association is committed to transforming the nation's persistently low - performing schools.

One recent study found that a major difference between the education system in the United States and those in other nations with high - performing students is that the United States offers much lower pay to educators.

Obama Says the Future of U.S. Economy Depends on a Better Education System By Roger Runningen - Sep 27, 2010 President Barack Obama said U.S. public education systems should extend the school year and weed out the worst - performing teachers because the future of the nation's economy depends on a more educated wEducation System By Roger Runningen - Sep 27, 2010 President Barack Obama said U.S. public education systems should extend the school year and weed out the worst - performing teachers because the future of the nation's economy depends on a more educated weducation systems should extend the school year and weed out the worst - performing teachers because the future of the nation's economy depends on a more educated workforce.

Calling North Carolina's school turnaround work «among the most ambitious in the nation,» Vanderbilt University researcher Gary Henry told members of the State Board of Education on Thursday that he's found significant positive effects resulting from the state's federally - funded efforts to boost the performance of some of its lowest performing schools between the 2011 and 2015.

The push to raise standards and increase student outcomes has placed state education agencies (SEAs) at the center of efforts to improve the performance of the nation's lowest - performing schools, but few are well positioned to deliver on that imperative.

That report, Mid - and Late Career Teachers Struggle With Paltry Incomes, from the Center for American Progress, points out that a major difference between the U.S. education system and those in other nations with higher - performing students is lower pay for educators here.

We'll talk with two key state legislators to find out their thoughts and plans on school funding and education policy, including steps Wisconsin can take to improve student achievement to better compete with schools in the highest performing nations.

Findings revealed that top - performing nations share a dedication to providing their students with a comprehensive education across the liberal arts and sciences, whereas U.S. students spend countless hours preparing to take tests of their basic reading and math skills.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Wendy Spencer, chief executive officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), today announced a new competitive grant program that will provide $ 15 million in public funds over three years to reinforce and accelerate intervention efforts in the nation's lowest - performing schools.

Conservative shadow education minister Angela Burns ridiculed Labour for seeking to «raise Welsh performance from the worst performing UK nation to the second worst by 2021».

«We must ensure that we learn one of the major lessons from the highest performing nations in Pisa, and ensure the education system of our small nation has clarity of vision and consistency of approach.

Our nations schools performed well after SPUTNIK and put us on the moon, Now unions and thirst by politicians for power took over and education has failed.

The rigorous Common Core learning standards that have been adopted by 45 states represent a once - in - a-generation opportunity for the United States to improve public schools nationally, bringing math, science and literacy education up to levels achieved by high - performing nations abroad.

Elected officials and advocates routinely cite the United States» mediocre standing, and what they know of the educational practices of high - performing nations, to gird their arguments for their favored changes to American education — from encouraging greater parental involvement to revamping school curricula and standards to paying teachers more.

At the same time, many researchers say that attempting to simply replicate features of high - performing countries» education systems in the United States is a mistake, unless policymakers account for the role that cultural norms play in shaping school policies in other nations.

A study released yesterday by Mathematica Policy Research (and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education) titled «Teachers with High «Value Added» Can Boost Test Scores in Low - Performing Schools» implies that, yet again, value - added estimates are the key statistical indicators we as a nation should be using, above all else, to make pragmatic and policy decisions about America's public school teachers.

Gov. Bryant and others who are skeptical of the Common Core need to understand that different is not such a bad word when it comes to education in Mississippi, consistently the nations's lowest - performing state.

The National Education Association (NEA), standing strong with more than three million union members, is committed to transforming the nation's persistently low - performing, priority schools into great public schools for all students.

Following last month's release of Part I — The Disappointing Reality of American Education, which included 2018 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) alarming data revealing that the lowest performing students in the nation are faring worse than they did on the same assessment in 2015.

Andreas Schleicher, director for education and skills and special advisor on education policy to the Secretary - General at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), presented a detailed analysis of the newly released PISA results and lessons learned from deeper learning applications in high - performing nations.

Dillon has performed a yeoman's task of putting together, in a short article, the convoluted inter-workings of the Bill Gates education philanthropy's strategy for overhauling the nation's education policies.

Second, despite reform efforts, the NOLA Recovery School District has many of the lowest performing schools in Louisiana, which is one of the lowest performing states on the National Assessment of Education Progress (aka, the Nation's Report Card).

Through the expertise and collaboration of experienced public school leaders with a vision of public school education that could bring these improvements to life, Alliance schools are among the best performing in the nation.

This brief from Early Warning Systems in Education at American Institutes for Research (AIR) describes how an early warning system can meet Every Student Succeeds Act, 2015 (ESSA) requirements for states to support the lowest performing high schools in the nation.

While the ESSA still requires an annual assessment, the nation's newest education law removes many of the negative consequences associated with NCLB, such as possible closures for low - performing schools.

Gallup has reported that only about one in five respondents think «improving the nation's lowest - performing schools» is the most important of the nation's education challenges — yet it seems that five out of five education reformers think just that.