Sentences with phrase «providing equal opportunities for students»

ESSA was signed into law in late 2015, reauthorizing the 50 - year - old federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that was meant to provide equal opportunity for all students.

«Public charter schools that are working to provide an equal opportunity for all students to learn have reached a critical mass in this country,» said Eli Broad, founder of The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation.

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«We recognize that broadband service has become as essential as electricity and water and sewer for economic development and that if we want to attract high - tech jobs, if we want to provide students opportunities for education and provide equal access to services to people across the county, having high - speed broadband is absolutely critical at this point.»

The school is determined to provide equal opportunities for people with Autism and equip students with a wealth of skills and knowledge through work related learning and employability events.

Other provisions that lend a more credible basis to the view that inclusive education has been promoted in the Act, are provisions such as Section 28 which provides for designing and developing new assistive devices, teaching aids, special teaching materials and other such items necessary to provide «equal opportunities in education'to a child with disability; and clauses (f), (g), (h) of Section 29, which provides for suitable modification in the examination system through elimination of purely mathematical questions for the benefit of blind students and those with low vision (f); restructuring of curriculum for the benefit of children with disabilities (g); restructuring the curriculum for benefit of students with hearing impairment to facilitate them to take only one language as part of their curriculum (h).

Section 28 does provide for designing and developing new assistive devices, teaching aids, special teaching materials or other such items necessary to give a child with disability «equal opportunities in education», but it could be better worded to extend beyond just equal opportunities in curriculum and academics, to a totally interactive learning process, thereby implying the integration of all students, disabled and non-disabled.

Educators play a key role in engaging students with other participants in a modern and asynchronous way, encouraging them to respond to their questions by creating a learning community that will provide learners with equal opportunities for communication such as live lessons and interaction in the virtual environment (Maboe, 2017).

«It also sets aside new money for investments in quality pre-kindergarten and for wraparound supports that help provide disadvantaged students equal opportunities to learn.»

The Secretary of Education approves plans, ensures state implementation through oversight and enforcement, and takes action when states fail to meet their obligations to close achievement gaps and provide equal educational opportunity for all students.

«The ultimate issue is whether funding is provided to each school in the district so as to provide equal educational opportunity for all students.»

«We must recognize that different colleges provide different experiences for students, and, if we as a society value equal opportunity as we say we do, it's critical that Colorado's low - income students have the same access to elite colleges as their wealthier peers,» said Van Schoales, CEO of A + Denver.

The liaison is responsible for ensuring that activities with other agencies are coordinated with school personnel; students in temporary housing have full and equal opportunity to succeed in school; and provide public notice of the educational rights is disseminated where to receive services such as schools, family shelters and soup kitchens.

Describes a framework for curriculum design, instructional processes and tests that provides all students with equal opportunities to learn and demonstrate their knowledge and skills.

Equal educational opportunity means ensuring schools have the resources they need to provide real and meaningful opportunities for all students to succeed, regardless of family income or race.

We continue to have a school funding system that does not provide an equal educational opportunity for our children; does not meet the additional needs of the three student populations identified in our standard; and does not provide a fair and equitable school tax burden for property owners.

For this section of the IEP, the case manager should use the assessment data to outline the special education services that should be provided to improve a student's skills, accommodations that should be made to give the student equal opportunities to access the general education curriculum, and modifications or supplementary aids that the student would need for testing or daily classroom activitiFor this section of the IEP, the case manager should use the assessment data to outline the special education services that should be provided to improve a student's skills, accommodations that should be made to give the student equal opportunities to access the general education curriculum, and modifications or supplementary aids that the student would need for testing or daily classroom activitifor testing or daily classroom activities.

Their involvement, as well as the 1993 ruling in McDuffy v. Roberson ordering the Commonwealth to provide equal educational opportunities for all students in Massachusetts, led to the passage of the Education Reform Act of 1993.

The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act, which provides an Education Scholarship Account for students with speciaStudents with Special Needs Act, which provides an Education Scholarship Account for students with speciastudents with special needs.

This article identifies four programs that have the potential to help school districts provide equal access, treatment, and opportunity for ALL students.

High quality schooling that provides equal educational opportunities for secondary English language learners (ELLs) must include seven key components: state leadership, oversight and compliance; governance; fair funding; parent and community engagement; student achievement and support; teaching and curriculum quality; and accountability.

As part of the agreement, which the district agreed to enter prior to any OCR compliance determinations, the district committed to take specific actions to ensure that it is providing an equal opportunity and equal access for black students to participate in its college and career preparatory programs, in particular its advanced courses and enrichment programs, IB program, AP courses, honors courses, and dual enrollment courses.

Achievement First — the Charter School Management Company that runs the plurality of charter schools in Connecticut --(as well as some of the state's independent charter schools) serve less Latino students then they are supposed to if they are truly there to provide equal opportunity for all children.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

The Assistant Secretary for civil rights is responsible for ensuring that schools and districts across the country provide all students equal access to educational opportunity regardless of their backgrounds.

«Both the president and I believe that providing an equal opportunity for a quality education is an imperative that all students deserve.»

More than half.That should mean that we could improve the problem by at least half by providing equal access to summer learning opportunities for disadvantaged students — and yet the creation of effective summer learning programs for lower - income students has not been a significant focus of literacy efforts in the U.S. Let's look at some of the latest facts on summer learning loss:

The General Assembly shall provide by taxation and otherwise for a general and uniform system of free public schools, which shall be maintained at least nine months in every year, and wherein equal opportunities shall be provided for all students.

When appropriate, schools should provide equitable or equal opportunities for students and adults to serve by establishing and enforcing substantive and appropriate terms of office, voting rights, or positions.

This will provide a more equal opportunity for students to reap the benefits of AP classes even if they are not placed in a magnet school with a flourishing AP program and will provide an incentive for more suburban families to apply to New Haven schools if there is a wealth of excellent options to choose from.

Supporters of «desegregation bussing» argued that integration would provide minority students with equal access to equipment, facilities and resources thus providing an equal educational opportunity for all students in the area.

The General Assembly shall provide by taxation and otherwise for a general and uniform system of free public schools, which shall be maintained at least nine months in every year, and wherein equal opportunities shall be provided for all students.

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