Sentences with phrase «postsecondary education rights»

You may wish to start with learning about the postsecondary education rights for people with disabilities.

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The other empty positions are those of deputy undersecretary for management and assistant secretary for postsecondary education, educational research and improvement, civil rights, and vocational and adult education.

At Central Education Center, a new charter school south of this city, some students will have their pick of $ 35,000 - a-year jobs right after graduation because of the opportunities they have here to take postsecondary - level technical courses while finishing high school.

By simply shifting its policies on K — 12 education to match those it has adopted for postsecondary education, the federal government could provide to parents something nearly every parent wants — the right and opportunity to choose where their child is schooled — and create a powerful engine for innovation and productivity.

For this reason, it is instructive to return to the creation of the Pell Grant and its explicit purpose: «the right of every youngster, regardless of his family's financial circumstances, to obtain a postsecondary education.»

Do they have the momentum, the skills, the confidence, and the know - how to stride right into success in postsecondary education or a decently paying job?

A student who is enrolled in a state - approved teacher preparation program in a postsecondary educational institution that is approved by rules of the State Board of Education and who is jointly assigned by the postsecondary educational institution and a district school board to perform a clinical field experience under the direction of a regularly employed and certified educator shall, while serving such supervised clinical field experience, be accorded the same protection of law as that accorded to the certified educator except for the right to bargain collectively as an employee of the district school board.

Linked Learning pathways make an immediate difference, helping young people earn more right after high school and giving them an advantage in the labor market while they pursue their postsecondary education.

To make sure that students and parents» eyes are on the right prize, K - 12 leaders need to prioritize postsecondary attainment in their long - term education goals.

Tennessee's draft Every Student Succeeds Act plan does just that: setting a long - term goal of a majority of high school graduates from the class of 2020 earning a postsecondary credential or degree, and creating targets that call for a 5 percent annual increase in higher education enrollment to set the state on the right path.

Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities (U. S. Department of Education).

He also has been a teacher, editor, and research assistant for the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, coeditor of Double the Numbers: Increasing Postsecondary Credentials for Underrepresented Youth (Harvard Education Press) and Minding the Gap: Why Integrating High School with College Makes Sense and How to Do It (Harvard Education Press).

Both the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the budget proposals are on the right track to provide much - needed additional funding for postsecondary education loan borrowers.