Sentences with phrase «priority state initiatives»

Today, through strong relationships and authentic collaboration with state education agencies, the center meets the most pressing needs regarding their highest - priority state initiatives.

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Brown said one of the main priorities this year is for legislators to approve proposed funding for Buffalo Billion ², a regional economic initiative crafted by Empire State Development and the Governor's Office.

The initiatives are contained in the Assembly's proposed state budget, which outlines its priorities as the budget talks with Gov. Cuomo and the Senate heat up.

In the days leading up to today's combined State of the State / budget address, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced no fewer than 12 initiatives and leaked out a handful more, aiming to ensure some of his top policy priorities get the coverage he believes they deserve.

Starting with the Buffalo Billion and now Phase II of the governor's signature economic development initiative, the state has made Western New York a priority for roughly the past half a decade.

As the state focuses on fiscal and budgetary matters in Rockland County's troubled East Ramapo school district, former monitor Monica George - Fields said the teaching and learning initiatives laid out last school year also need to be a priority.

The state's economic development programs continue to be a priority, with the governor proposing $ 750 million for existing initiatives.

«Cancer research is a high priority for both countries — just witness the launch of a new National Cancer Moonshot initiative in the United States early this year,» said Tom Wang, chief international officer at AAAS and director of the AAAS center, referring to the plan President Barack Obama unveiled earlier this year to direct $ 1 billion toward battling cancer.

Obama, he said, elevated the role of science and technology advisers throughout the executive branch, put in place plans to mitigate and prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change, set up health research initiatives to tackle such priorities as cancer and brain research, worked with international partners on scientific issues and used the White House as a platform from which to herald science and education, particularly for children.

See https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/10/15/nanotechnology-inspired-grand-challenge-future-computing The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) states that, after considering over 100 responses to its June 17, 2015, request for information, it «is excited to announce the following grand challenge that addresses three Administration priorities — the National Nanotechnology Initiative, the National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI), and the BRAIN initiative.»

Similarly, a school or district's access to adequate funding for a technology initiative can depend heavily on whether the state's budget reflects education as a priority.

However, states and school districts often struggle to prepare and retain high - quality educators, and in 2014, the Department of Education made having an equal distribution of effective teachers a national priority with its announcement of the «Excellent Educators for All» initiative.

Nevada voters could be drawn into an all - out battle to decide how big a priority school funding should be if two initiatives to amend the state constitution find their way to the ballot.

She focused on leveraging understanding and compliance with state initiatives and on using the state «s priorities to stimulate change at the school level.

State policy makers and education agencies should find ways to disseminate the creative initiatives that local districts develop to comply with and exceed state policy expectations and expand on those expectations in light of local needs and prioriState policy makers and education agencies should find ways to disseminate the creative initiatives that local districts develop to comply with and exceed state policy expectations and expand on those expectations in light of local needs and prioristate policy expectations and expand on those expectations in light of local needs and priorities.

«By combining the research and services from The Leadership and Learning Center and Learning Sciences International, HMH Educational Consulting Services is able to offer Florida an unprecedented holistic solution that is aligned to state legislative and regulatory mandates, and also supports key priorities within the Race to the Top initiative,» said Senior Vice President of HMH Educational Consulting Services Dave West.

None, however, reported significant professional guidance or support from state education departments or regional service units for the implementation of programs targeted to locally defined needs and goals, even within the scope of state priorities and initiatives.

The RESC «s professional development offerings focused largely on state initiatives (such as improving Gifted and Talented programs and classroom technology use) that were not always linked to local priorities.

Subject to available funding, the Legislature shall provide an annual appropriation to the State Board of Education to be allocated to Florida College System institution presidents, faculty, and administrative personnel to further enhance equity initiatives and related priorities that support the mission of colleges and departments in recognition of the attainment of the equity goals and objectives.

The 2013 initiative gave $ 5,000 to teachers with high «value added» scores, based on student test scores, who agreed to stay in the state's «priority schools» for another school year.

The president's Preschool for All initiative, designed to prepare low - income and vulnerable children, has been a top priority and will enable states to apply for funding to develop, update or implement an early education strategic plan.

Reviewed 2013 Strategic Plan goals (Develop a committee structure that parallels AACTE and mobilized committees based on annually identified MACTE priorities; Developed and implemented an advocacy plan for educator preparation at the state level in matters of legislative policy, and regulatory matters related to initial and advanced educator preparation and licensure; Developed and disseminated position statements on issues of importance to educator preparation and licensure; Developed a statewide initiative showcasing excellence in educator preparation), established working committees and set priorities for 2014 - 15.

Before joining EducationCounsel, she served as Managing Partner at America Achieves, where she led a number of the organization's most critical priorities, including their support for state and local superintendents, the Global Learning Network and their parent engagement initiative.

2015 Session The funding priority was to increase funds for the Network for Quality Teaching and Learning and prioritize funding for the expansion of the School District Collaboaration Fund (state - funded CLASS process); the Oregon Beginning Teacher and Principal Mentoring Program; completion and evaluation of the TeachOregon teacher preparation pilots; and funding for the new Leading for Learning initiative for new and current administrators.

Part 2 is designed to assist State Teams in setting priorities for planning, implementing and sustaining initiatives in their comprehensive assessment system in the coming year.

In Phase One of the initiative, the Oklahoma NSFY team built upon the governor's Oklahoma Works campaign to identify regional labor market priorities and develop a plan to align program offerings across the state.

The «National Green Schools» initiative is aimed at raising general awareness of the benefits of green schools and the critical need for building and modernizing all schools with healthy, high performance green classrooms.Sign a petition for green schools Global Green is calling upon the public to sign a letter urging President Obama to push Congress to make green schools a high priority in the 2009 legislative and to urge local school districts and city councils, mayors, governors, and state legislators to utilize green standards for school construction.

As Parker and her colleagues emphasize: «All management policies, priorities and initiatives — formal or informal, and explicitly stated or implicitly assumed — can either undermine or support ethical practice within a firm.»

The ICC Managers then report regularly to the state manager group on progress with the priority initiatives.

States, in conjunction with indigenous peoples, to establish national initiatives, programmes and plans of work to implement the Declaration with clear timelines and priorities.

Even as green building and energy - efficiency issues are pushed aside as policy priorities in the Trump administration, momentum for state, local, and grassroots initiatives remains strong.