Sentences with phrase «quality education costs»

Quality education costs money.

Every state should determine how much high - quality education costs and guarantee that every school — especially those serving poor and minority children — has at least that much money.

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A parallel concern is the sense that the primary path to generational advancement — access to quality education — is increasingly a product of privilege given skyrocketing college costs.

Though it operates with the mission of providing high - quality, low - cost education for all, Bridge has drawn criticism from some education experts and teachers unions for the model it uses to make good on that mission.

Overall score: 1,615 out of 2,500 points Best categories: Education (No. 2), Quality of Life (No. 3) Worst categories: Cost of Doing Business (No. 36), Business Friendliness (No. 33) 2016 rank: No. 4

Finalist cities are refining their pitches based on many of the factors that usually motivate corporations in site selection — economic development opportunities, transportation access and infrastructure, skilled labor force and quality - of - life measurements, like education and real estate costs.

Mintz concludes that the psychological cost to children has steadily grown more apparent, and he makes the familiar array of policy recommendations: more widely available health care, education reform, subsidized high - quality child care, family - friendly employment policies, a living wage, a limited work week and economic support to the impoverished.

«The artisan, craft chocolate maker is probably, hopefully, going to be sourcing their beans in a way that they're hunting down the highest quality, which often costs more — and also hopefully ensuring that the farmer gets a larger share of that price tag,» said former Le Bernardin pastry chef Michael Laiskonis the creative director at the Institute of Culinary Education's Chocolate Lab.

Through technical assistance and community education programs, we hope to increase awareness and adoption of cost - effective and practical ways to use native plants and natural landscaping to improve water quality and climate resilience.

Research shows that high - quality early childhood programs can yield a 13 percent annual return on investment through better outcomes in education, health, social behaviors and employment — reducing taxpayer costs down the road.

She advised parents to channel their resources and energy in educating the girl child to ensure that the Muslim communities develops with many sons and daughters in the academia, adding that it is necessary for parents to give their children quality education at all cost because that undoubtedly will eradicate poverty in Zango community.

• In practical and policy terms, what this means is that the APC administration to be sworn in on October 15, 2018, by the grace of God, must resume good governance that was cut short four years ago, and once again prioritise social investments in education, healthcare and other social protection programmes that reduce the cost of living, while raising the quality of life.

«A tax cap that is tied to an inflationary number that does not reflect school district costs and which results in negative levies should raise concerns with both state policymakers and the general public that want a quality education for our students.»

Its faculty and staff work hard to provide a quality college education at an affordable cost.

REAP's initial studies focused on the quality and cost of rural education.

That selective funding, University of Hong Kong education scholar Gerry Postiglione wrote in an e-mail, has «left second and third tier universities in an abysmal financial state, leading many with no choice but to cut corners on cost and quality.»

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Higher education today gives analysts, policymakers, and critics so much to fret about — cost, free speech, leftward lurching faculty, politically trendy majors — that we haven't been paying nearly enough heed to the quality and value of the product itself.

The most confident conclusion that can be drawn from this literature is that unions increase the costs of education, apparently by an average of 8 to 15 percent - and without (as far as can be determined) a corresponding increase, or any increase at all, in school quality.

There is significant evidence to show that private education, even when «low cost», ultimately increases segregation and marginalisation in society because access and quality depend on ability to pay.

The event has been created to address many of the major priorities of the regional Governments for education; in improving finance; increasing access; raising the levels of quality; increasing vocational and skills development for higher employment levels; and harnessing low - cost technologies to improve reach.

Many schools consider that they need to reduce staff costs and that they need guidance on how to do so while maintaining high - quality education.

Whether such low - cost, high - quality models can make inroads in undergraduate or secondary education remains to be seen, however.

Overall, year - round education offers schools an exciting, almost cost - free opportunity to improve quality time between teachers and students.»

Author Meredith Liu writes that in contrast to sustaining innovations, by which education schools might add some new faculty or online course offerings but not change their brick - and - mortar model, fully - online degree programs offer the potential to «transform the industry into one that has lower costs and higher quality, and is more widely accessible.»

Knee also misses an opportunity to address the elephant in the room that any education business must face: the impact of such companies on their customers or end users, including effects on student learning, teacher quality, school productivity, or district cost savings.

He, along with Terry Moe, Clay Christensen, Paul Peterson, and others, envision large numbers of hybrid virtual schools offering higher quality customized education at dramatically lower costs.

Low - cost programs raise concerns about quality in other fields, but in education, it's hard to imagine a new program being worse than worthless.

Schools and nurseries can now deliver the highest quality safeguarding training to meet statutory and Ofsted inspection requirements, whilst making vast cost savings with SSS Learning's new e-learning courses, debuting at the Education Show 2017 (stand H81).

Small gains in the education of teachers relative to other workers may not be evidence of declining quality, however; additional years of schooling may be more valuable for teachers because, as highly skilled workers, they face higher opportunity costs of staying out of the labor force.

That's a shame, since the same basic dysfunctions that ail general education afflict special education too: middling (or worse) teacher quality; an inclination to throw «more people» at any problem; a reluctance to look at cost - effectiveness; a crazy quilt of governance and decision - making authorities; a tendency to add rather than replace or redirect; and a full - on fear of results - based accountability.

• In - depth view on what the industries really want from graduates • The support of each education tiers — Early, primary, seconday and higher learning in shaping holistic graduates • Asessing the quality and cost of Malaysia's education in comparison to other ASEAN countries • Gaining insights on new teaching methods — Outdoor learning and trust schools • Transforming education system to cater new generation

There are cost effective and quick strategies that can be applied to these reduce costs, making the vision for quality education for all possible.

In his new study, Boosting the Quality and Efficiency of Special Education, he and his team identified school districts that get similar (or superior) results for special - education students as their peer districts, yet do so at significantly loEducation, he and his team identified school districts that get similar (or superior) results for special - education students as their peer districts, yet do so at significantly loeducation students as their peer districts, yet do so at significantly lower cost.

In the piece, headlined «Alternative» Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System, ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell describes how traditional schools and districts are pushing kids into low - cost, low - quality alternative programs in order to hide dropouts from the public and boost test scores and graduation rates.

Education schools, with their high costs and stranglehold on the teacher - preparation market, are ripe for disruption, and online learning is poised to offer the mix of cost and quality required.

The company's philosophy is to ensure quality education and learning is the heartbeat of your business but removes the added cost of having in - house educators.

But the relative lack of competition in the K - 12 education sector tends to dull the incentives to improve quality and restrain costs.

The quality of higher education institutions is threatened if the cost of matriculation is too high and if families — parents more than students — want only vocational education.

The Sloan Consortium, an international association of colleges and universities committed to quality online education, is offering students displaced by Hurricane Katrina an opportunity to continue their education at no cost.

Depending on the financial or political costs of extending school years, those with a stake in education might think differently about gains attributable to the quality of instruction provided and gains attributable to the quantity.

Education is correlated with future income and important measures of quality of life, and it is the students themselves who will eventually reap the benefits of their efforts in school — or the costs of their indifference.

A shift to a focus on measuring outcomes will open the licensure process to high - quality alternative pathways into teaching and encourage innovation among higher education providers who wish to compete on cost and quality rather than on traditional curriculum and seat - time requirements.

[xv] So improving the quality of curriculum materials is a very low - cost way to improve outcomes, even if it is the least supported among the options presented by Education Next.

Free college programs that cover students» tuition are a step toward addressing issues of the cost of higher education, but leave questions of quality unanswered.

The survey also highlights how experienced online - learning users define quality and compare the cost of online learning vs. traditional education.

As modern - day educational institutions regularly need to facilitate o - site education days such as sporting commitments, outward bounds activities or museum / theatre visits we appreciate the growing demand for an all inclusive package which provides a suitable vehicle (including conversions), quality maintenance programme, regular safety inspections and optional driver training on a cost - eff ective basis.

The growth of for - profit online schools, one of the more overtly commercial segments of the school choice movement, is rooted in the theory that corporate efficiencies combined with the Internet can revolutionize public education, offering high quality at reduced cost.

State education agencies, school districts, statewide afterschool networks, and intermediary organizations may be eligible to receive no - cost technical assistance in planning for or implementing high quality expanded learning opportunities for your afterschool system or school district in your community.

As modern - day educational institutions regularly need to facilitate off - site education days such as sporting commitments, outward bounds activities or museum / theatre visits we appreciate the growing demand for an all inclusive package which provides a suitable vehicle (including conversions), quality maintenance programme, regular safety inspections and optional driver training on a cost - effective basis.