Sentences with phrase «providing great public education»

The teachers, support professionals, administrators, community and union are all focused on the same goal — providing a great public education for their students.

It's hard to envision with today's political and economic climate, but America can provide a great public education for every child.

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My greatest objection to the presence of religion in schools is that public schools are supposed to be about providing education for everyone — not religious instruction.

Efforts include: Advance producers» awareness of emerging animal welfare issues; Provide information and education to improve animal care skills; support scientific research to enhance animal well - being; provide information for greater public understanding and awareness about producers commitment to providing humanProvide information and education to improve animal care skills; support scientific research to enhance animal well - being; provide information for greater public understanding and awareness about producers commitment to providing humanprovide information for greater public understanding and awareness about producers commitment to providing humane care.

Since so few understand Selective Mutism, our mission is to increase public awareness of Selective Mutism, to promote greater understanding of these disorders through education and research and to provide support to professionals, affected individuals and their families.

Since so few understand Selective Mutism, our mission is to increase public awareness of Selective Mutism and related childhood anxiety disorders, to promote greater understanding of these disorders through education and research and to provide support to professionals, affected individuals and their families.

«Fundamental to our great public services, including education, is that they provide entitlement for all children and young people.

«It is time that Albany and City Hall step up to provide greater support to our public higher education system and today all of us here today and countless others are calling upon New York City, City Hall and Albany to commit to a $ 2 billion plan over the next five years,» James said.

«Because our findings strongly suggest that attending public pre-K helps to promote information access and test taking for gifted and talented programs, with the advent of universal pre-K, the New York City Department of Education has an even greater chance to provide information about public educational opportunities to many more children across all demographic subgroups,» said Weinberg.

Evidence collected by public health experts over the past few decades repeatedly shows that less obvious forces, including proper diet and exercise, higher levels of education, good jobs, greater neighborhood safety, and underlying support from family and friends, provide a powerful, and often unappreciated, boost to a community's health and well - being.

The Heartland Institute argues that market reforms should be introduced into the public education system to increase competition and provide more options and greater choice for parents and their children.

«I am deeply honored by this appointment to the Board of Higher Education and look forward with enthusiasm to work with Chairman Desmond, Commissioner Freeland, Secretary Reville and my new colleagues on the Board in support of our public universities and community colleges as they provide a greater proportion of our youth access to a world class higher education that supports an innovation and inclusive economy in Massachusetts,» saidEducation and look forward with enthusiasm to work with Chairman Desmond, Commissioner Freeland, Secretary Reville and my new colleagues on the Board in support of our public universities and community colleges as they provide a greater proportion of our youth access to a world class higher education that supports an innovation and inclusive economy in Massachusetts,» saideducation that supports an innovation and inclusive economy in Massachusetts,» said Reimers.

Attitudes: support for diversity (racial integration), a perception of inequity (that the public schools provide a lower quality education for low - income and minority kids), support for voluntary prayer in the schools, support for greater parent influence, desire for smaller schools, belief in what I call the «public school ideology» (which measures a normative attachment to public schooling and its ideals), a belief in markets (that choice and competition are likely to make schools more effective), and a concern that moral values are poorly taught in the public schools.

Public schools provide education to 90 % of American citizens; therefore, state and federal funding for education must be targeted to public schools, especially those with the greatestPublic schools provide education to 90 % of American citizens; therefore, state and federal funding for education must be targeted to public schools, especially those with the greatestpublic schools, especially those with the greatest need.

Together, they started the Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP) which has worked to provide funding and private training to state legislators to advocate for the redirection of public funds from traditional public schools to other options, including charter schools, private schools, parochial schools (private schools with a religious affiliation) and online schools.

Otherwise, we risk squandering the great potential charters have to transform not only the lives of children in their care but also provide models for how all public education can improve.

Together the board and leadership will work diligently to provide valuable resources to our members, secure federal policies that ensure public education continues to improve to meet students» needs today and into the future, create a better understanding of the importance and benefits of the role of school boards and local governance, and generate greater appreciation for our local public schools.»

Their proposal will also provide computer companies, software companies, testing companies and educational consulting companies with an even greater share of the taxpayer funds being spent on public education.

It's about providing all New York's public school children the chance at a great education.

Public charter schools like Side by Side are beating the odds to provide a great education for their students.

«Across the United States, school districts have relied on this template to build strong systems that provide a solid education for their students, and the model makes great sense for Puerto Rico as well,» said David Kirp, a public policy professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

Reign of Error begins where The Death and Life of the Great American School System left off, providing a deeper argument against privatization and for public education, and in a chapter - by - chapter breakdown, putting forth a plan for what can be done to preserve and improve it.

It has been another great school year for public charter schools and we know how hard you have worked to provide students with a quality public education!

They include evidence that the schools have demonstrated an ability to «provide all students with a high - quality education» and that because «multiple models» have succeeded, «Great Public Schools Now is considering how to invest in multiple types of public schools to expand the number of high - quality options for students throughout Greater Los AnPublic Schools Now is considering how to invest in multiple types of public schools to expand the number of high - quality options for students throughout Greater Los Anpublic schools to expand the number of high - quality options for students throughout Greater Los Angeles.

The education provided by public schools has instilled students with the ability to think creatively so they could solve some of the world's greatest challenges.

Vista Charter Public Schools, like almost all charter schools, are here to provide a great and unique education choice for all parents and students.

The FEA provides local education agencies (e.g., public schools), including magnet and charter schools, a set of extended services to address an educational problem, concern or practice to provide greater opportunity for every learner to receive high quality instruction and educational supports to be academically successful.

This frustration and fatigue over failed «reforms,» and a growing consensus among parents and educators about more - promising ways to provide all children with a great education, make this a critical moment to reclaim the promise of public education.

We believe that public schools must live up to the promise of providing a great education to every student.

The bipartisan initiative, which President George W. Bush signed into law in 2002, provided greater accountability for the education of 50 million U.S. public school students.

While it is perfectly reasonable that the State Board of Education has a policy in place that seeks to ensure that all children enrolled in public schools take the Mastery Test, the Board and the agency it manages has an even greater obligation to provide parents, students, teachers and the public with the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Great Hearts has grown to become a leader in public charter education by providing a Classical liberal arts curriculum.

(b) The purposes of establishing charter schools are: (i) to stimulate the development of innovative programs within public education; (ii) to provide opportunities for innovative learning and assessments; (iii) to provide parents and students with greater options in selecting schools within and outside their school districts; (iv) to provide teachers with a vehicle for establishing schools with alternative, innovative methods of educational instruction and school structure and management; (v) to encourage performance - based educational programs; (vi) to hold teachers and school administrators accountable for students» educational outcomes; and (vii) to provide models for replication in other public schools.

During the Great Depression the state assumed the major role for funding schools: «provided for the operation of a uniform system of schools in the whole State for a term of eight months... and relieved the county board of education of the responsibility for operating and maintaining the public schools of the county,» according to the 1933 School Machinery Act.

Despite the fact that our scholars receive less public funding than district school students, Great Hearts provides a world - class education, with robust athletics and extra-curricular programs.

«Included in a great public education is the character - building that extracurricular activities such as sports provide.

This three - part professional learning module, developed through a partnership between the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, the Center on School Turnaround, Public Impact, and the University of Virginia Darden / Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education, provides state and district leaders with tools to identify and apply turnaround leader competencies to the selection and development of school turnaround leaders.

While the research presented here investigated the school choice process, great consideration must also be given to the quality of the special education services that New Orleans» public schools provide and how these conditions may perpetuate further inequities.

The amendments to the Education of Homeless Children and Youth program provided local educational authorities with greater flexibility in the use of funds; specified the rights of homeless preschoolers to a free and appropriate public preschool education; gave parents of homeless children and youth a voice regarding their children's school placement; and required educational authorities to coordinate with housing autEducation of Homeless Children and Youth program provided local educational authorities with greater flexibility in the use of funds; specified the rights of homeless preschoolers to a free and appropriate public preschool education; gave parents of homeless children and youth a voice regarding their children's school placement; and required educational authorities to coordinate with housing auteducation; gave parents of homeless children and youth a voice regarding their children's school placement; and required educational authorities to coordinate with housing authorities.

Education day, which is co-hosted and sponsored by PNC Bank, in conjunction with the show, includes an hour long «A World of Opportunities» event in which some 225 Detroit Public School pre-K students are provided with PNC «Grow Up Great» educational materials.

I think the distortion of science is greater in global climate change articles because there is no government agency taking responsiblity for providing essential information and education for the media and public, in the U.S..

The International Dark Sky Association has gone to great lengths to design new light shields, provide education for the public about light pollution and reclaim our view of the night sky.

The strongest recommendation from the Legal Education Committee was to adopt a paralegal licensing program, providing an expanded role for paralegals that would give the public greater access and allow attorneys to focus on more complicated issues.

Comparatively little attention has been paid to overcoming the biases that psychologists have identified, except insofar as this might serve the national security objective of discouraging extremism through the introduction of measures to combat effects such as confirmation bias.15 It is still possible to envisage behavioral science playing a part in the great social experiment of providing the kind of public education that nurtures the critical faculties of everyone in our society.

Indeed, providing a high - quality public education system is one of America's greatest responsibilities and wisest investments in the nation's future.

Concrete actions by policy makers, already practised in many counties, are: matching paid parental leave to the rate and duration observed in Scandinavian countries; providing adequate public funding and developing tax policies that allow parents to make appropriate child - rearing choices, paying greater attention to children from poor or diverse backgrounds; integrating child care and early education under one ministry or agency and thereby enhancing quality, qualification requirements, accessibility and affordability.

The Healthy Fathering Collaborative of Greater Cleveland (HFC) is a network of public and private agencies that aims to provide education, services, and support directly to fathers throughout the lifespan of fatherhood, from pre-conception and pregnancy to childbirth, early childhood, and parenting school - age children.85 Member agencies provide four types of services: programs that help fathers address barriers that impact their involvement with their children; supportive services for fathers; fatherhood development programs; and father - child social / recreational event programs.86