Sentences with phrase «pressing educational problem»

I imagined developing new and exciting programs and classroom curriculum to answer some of the nation's most pressing educational problems.

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Yet once in office, his administration aggressively sought to defund the DC Opportunity Scholarship program, a federally funded model voucher program serving about 1,500 students in Washington, D.C. Early on, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs made it clear that Obama's open - mindedness had reached its expiration date: «The president doesn't believe that vouchers are a long - term answer to our educational problems.»

The Center conducts new research to identify problems or issues with educational policy or it's implementation, takes direct action to improve policy, and enhances the capacity of advocates to press for successful remedies at the local, state and federal levels.

What's really needed, of course, is to see the marketing campaign for what it really is: a distraction from educational problems that are much more pressing.

As Malloy stressed in a press release following the announcement of the State's appeal: «It would be prudent to address the systemic problems in our educational system, particularly fair funding, in a serious manner once and for all in the 2017 legislative session... Let us take this opportunity to act on behalf of all of our students.»