Sentences with phrase «quality education for all students as»

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An advocate for a local teachers union also expressed concern to the New York Times Magazine about the quality of the education, arguing Bridge focuses less on getting poor students to the baseline as enticing public school students to switch to Bridge schools.

With the rapidly rising price of college tuition, many top students are realizing you don't need to pay an arm and a leg for a quality education, and that state schools are just as great.

Chris Nye, author of the new OPP Global Student Accommodation Report, which named Ireland as one of its «top tips» for investment, told OPP Connect: «Ireland has a great reputation for the quality of its tertiary education while also attracting serious amounts of «fourth term» language school business every summer.

For instance, the judge granted summary judgment against the NCAA on its argument that scholarship rules «improve [e] the quality of the collegiate experience for student - athletes, other students, and alumni by maintaining the unique heritage and traditions of college athletics and preserving amateurism as a foundational principle, thereby distinguishing amateur college athletics from professional sports, allowing the former to exist as a distinct form of athletic rivalry and as an essential component of a comprehensive college education.&raqFor instance, the judge granted summary judgment against the NCAA on its argument that scholarship rules «improve [e] the quality of the collegiate experience for student - athletes, other students, and alumni by maintaining the unique heritage and traditions of college athletics and preserving amateurism as a foundational principle, thereby distinguishing amateur college athletics from professional sports, allowing the former to exist as a distinct form of athletic rivalry and as an essential component of a comprehensive college education.&raqfor student - athletes, other students, and alumni by maintaining the unique heritage and traditions of college athletics and preserving amateurism as a foundational principle, thereby distinguishing amateur college athletics from professional sports, allowing the former to exist as a distinct form of athletic rivalry and as an essential component of a comprehensive college education.»

Tony's stance on key issues such as job creation (bringing jobs back to the New York State), access to affordable and quality health care for all, improving the quality of education for students, and holding state officials accountable for how they spend taxpayers» money is aligned with the Coalition's point of views.

As Nigerians, we love education; as such we must do everything to make university education affordable for our students through quality university environmentAs Nigerians, we love education; as such we must do everything to make university education affordable for our students through quality university environmentas such we must do everything to make university education affordable for our students through quality university environments.

Further, the authors found that many high school students hold the same misconceptions as students in middle school, making the need for high - quality, diagnostic assessments a top priority for energy education.

Ferguson noted that the quality of the teacher (as determined by test scores, level of education, and experience) accounts for 43 percent of the difference in math scores of students in grades 3 to 5.

• Around 1,000 more teachers • $ 6.1 million over three years to support an updated anti-bullying strategy and resources for teachers, students and parents • Funding of $ 88 million in 2017 - 18 as part of the $ 224 million for teacher professional development through the Quality Teaching, Successful Students initiative • Funding of $ 50 million in 2017 - 18 on student counselling and wellbeing services as part of the $ 167 million Supported Students, Successful Students program • $ 149 million on education standards for provision of services related to school curriculum assessment, teaching and regulatory standards in NSWstudents and parents • Funding of $ 88 million in 2017 - 18 as part of the $ 224 million for teacher professional development through the Quality Teaching, Successful Students initiative • Funding of $ 50 million in 2017 - 18 on student counselling and wellbeing services as part of the $ 167 million Supported Students, Successful Students program • $ 149 million on education standards for provision of services related to school curriculum assessment, teaching and regulatory standards in NSWStudents initiative • Funding of $ 50 million in 2017 - 18 on student counselling and wellbeing services as part of the $ 167 million Supported Students, Successful Students program • $ 149 million on education standards for provision of services related to school curriculum assessment, teaching and regulatory standards in NSWStudents, Successful Students program • $ 149 million on education standards for provision of services related to school curriculum assessment, teaching and regulatory standards in NSWStudents program • $ 149 million on education standards for provision of services related to school curriculum assessment, teaching and regulatory standards in NSW schools

I explore three broad hypotheses for why African Americans might not have benefited as much as whites from the funding initiatives: 1) kindergarten funding disproportionately drew African Americans out of higher - quality education settings; 2) instead of raising additional revenue to fund local kindergarten programs fully, school districts offered lower - quality kindergarten programs to African Americans or moved funds from existing school programs from which African Americans may have disproportionately benefited; and 3) African Americans were more adversely affected by any subsequent «upgrading» of school curricula as more students entered elementary grades having attended kindergarten.

The U.S. Department of Education so far has granted conditional waivers to 26 states from mandates such as the 2013 - 14 deadline for bringing all students to proficiency on state tests and the NCLB law's teacher - quality requirements.

Two aspects of education have consumed me since: using what we know about how people learn to improve educational quality; and delivering on the promise of education as the great equalizer for all students.

Aware that engaging, high - quality early childhood education has ongoing positive benefits for students, Sarah wanted to make sure her classroom strategies were as effective as they could be.

«Nicole Paulet Piedra embodies the qualities that distinguish students in the International Education Policy Program: professional excellence, passion for education as an avenue towards greater justice, and the relentless creation of avenues for global collaborations on behalf of empowering students to become architects of their lives,» says Professor Fernando Reimers, directoEducation Policy Program: professional excellence, passion for education as an avenue towards greater justice, and the relentless creation of avenues for global collaborations on behalf of empowering students to become architects of their lives,» says Professor Fernando Reimers, directoeducation as an avenue towards greater justice, and the relentless creation of avenues for global collaborations on behalf of empowering students to become architects of their lives,» says Professor Fernando Reimers, director of IEP.

Of the seventeen states that submitted their ESSA plans to the U.S. Department of Education last May, for example, fifteen said they plan to use student chronic absenteeism and / or attendance as an indicator of school quality, and a number are using it as their only «nonacademic» indicator.

In an attempt to curtail criticism of college - based teacher - training programs and improve the quality of their graduates, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education is calling for a national evaluation system for prospective educators, as well as the development of a database that links their alma maters to pre-K-12 student performance.

The conservative call for practicality must be understood as an attempt to sabotage the forms of teacher and student self - reflection required for a quality education, all the while providing an excuse for a prolonged moral coma and flight from responsibility.

As part of the Programs in Professional Education (PPE) institute, Improving Quality in Education Systems: Building Quality Schools, participants spent two weeks tackling tough issues like how to build sustainable schools, design effective systems for monitoring and evaluating student and school performance, and define quality sQuality in Education Systems: Building Quality Schools, participants spent two weeks tackling tough issues like how to build sustainable schools, design effective systems for monitoring and evaluating student and school performance, and define quality sQuality Schools, participants spent two weeks tackling tough issues like how to build sustainable schools, design effective systems for monitoring and evaluating student and school performance, and define quality squality schools.

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.

As preparations for the local elections in England gather pace, the National Association of School - Based Teacher Training (NASBTT) has joined forces with Universities» Council for the Education of Teachers, the Chartered College and the Teaching Schools Council to suggest solutions to the issues which students and teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recruitmenAs preparations for the local elections in England gather pace, the National Association of School - Based Teacher Training (NASBTT) has joined forces with Universities» Council for the Education of Teachers, the Chartered College and the Teaching Schools Council to suggest solutions to the issues which students and teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recruitmenas a barrier to teacher recruitment.

• Blurring the boundaries between secondary and postsecondary education has its pluses — such as acceleration opportunities for smart students — but some of what passes for «dual credit» in high school lacks any real collegiate quality control and some of what passes for corequisite courses on campus really is high school stuff and doesn't deserve college credit.

Online education doesn't have the same need for physical space and accessibility, which means the barrier to entry is much reduced and that — as any economy student knows — means there will be more competition on price and quality.

Indeed, in many large cities during the 1960s and 1970s, the problems facing minority high - school students actually worsened, as their schools became battlegrounds for such issues as busing and identity politics, issues that overwhelmed more routine efforts to improve the quality of education.

The state Department of Education may consider investing in high quality formative assessment and data analysis programs as a tool for low performing schools to use in focusing instruction and preparing students for the MCAS.

Rather than wait for the regulators to have their say — and, as former deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Education Jim Shelton has observed, when regulators weigh in, they almost always do so in a way that overreacts and far overshoots their mandate — those bootcamps that were concerned about maintaining high quality and not conning students, got together to ensure that bootcamps would keep a good name and a positive image by, in essence, self - regulating.

An «Income - Achievement» Gap Within Kids» Brain Structures Boston Globe, 5/4/15 «As educators explore ways to shrink the income - achievement gap, programs that improve the quality of education, particularly for low - income students, may help, says Martin West, associate professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Educatioeducation, particularly for low - income students, may help, says Martin West, associate professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Educatioeducation at the Harvard Graduate School of EducationEducation.»

Maria Izolda Cela Coelho, the secretary of education of Ceará State in Brazil, says the seminar was an excellent opportunity for her to reflect on relevant issues of public education improvement, such as the promotion of high - quality learning among students, performance gap reduction between different social groups, and the implementation of curricula focused on the development of 21st - century skills.

«Alyssa Chan exemplifies well the qualities that distinguish students and graduates of the International Education Policy Program: a strong commitment to expanding educational opportunity for the most disadvantaged children around the world, an extraordinary ethic of hard work and rigorous pursuit of academic excellence, and an understanding of leadership as service to others,» says Professor Fernando Reimers, director of IEP.

The Commission will examine factors contributing to teacher recruitment and performance including: incentives to hire and retain high - quality teachers; improvements in the teacher evaluation system to ensure New York is implementing one of the strongest evaluation systems in the country; the use of teacher evaluations for decisions regarding promotion, hiring and termination as required in the teacher evaluation law; and teacher preparation, certification and education programs to ensure that teachers are properly trained to best educate our students.

«The state of Connecticut has done a number of things and committed hundreds of millions of dollars to improving the quality of schools and education as well as providing more choices for Hartford students and their families,» Murphy said.

The U.S. Department of Education has invited each State education agency (SEA) to request flexibility regarding specific requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) in exchange for rigorous and comprehensive State - developed plans designed to improve educational outcomes for all students, close achievement gaps, increase equity, and improve the quality of insEducation has invited each State education agency (SEA) to request flexibility regarding specific requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) in exchange for rigorous and comprehensive State - developed plans designed to improve educational outcomes for all students, close achievement gaps, increase equity, and improve the quality of inseducation agency (SEA) to request flexibility regarding specific requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) in exchange for rigorous and comprehensive State - developed plans designed to improve educational outcomes for all students, close achievement gaps, increase equity, and improve the quality of insEducation Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) in exchange for rigorous and comprehensive State - developed plans designed to improve educational outcomes for all students, close achievement gaps, increase equity, and improve the quality of instruction.

Education is a lifelong calling, and it is value - added when there are meaningful processes to help all of us as educators to grow, to build on our relationships, and to continuously reflect and act on ways to improve the quality of learning and opportunities for all students.

As authorizers, we can increase the quality of education our students receive and change the economic forecast for our cities.»

Imagine Schools Mission Statement As a national family of public charter school campuses, Imagine Schools partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character.

Together, the elements of the Lecturio package make it possible for students deprived of superior medical training to access precisely that and, as a result, attain their goals for a quality education and a more fulfilling professional life.

This tailored list of legal and federal advocacy resources includes: a guide for school board members; a Q&A co-authored by NSBA's Center for Public Education and the Data Quality Campaign; and a Phi Delta Kappa magazine article that offers insight on student data privacy efforts as of February 2015.

The pilot gave the SCDE an opportunity to gauge the need for and response to the program around the state, as well as the SCDE's strength in supporting other initiatives — such as high school redesign and adult education — and in meeting legislative mandates to give all students access to high - quality instruction.

They were hailed as an opportunity to offer more families choice in their education, and a way for educators to innovate and improve the quality of education all students receive.

The profound lack of knowledge about public education, as reflected in comments about public schools being «flush with cash» and badly underserving the nation's children, coupled with policy proposals based on these «alternative facts», pose a threat to a high - quality education for more than 50 million students.

Based on student outcomes, I - DEA continues to rank among the top schools in Idaho and is looked to as a model for quality education; not just among distance learning schools.

This policy report, co-released by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) and the Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO), discusses trends in enrollment, funding, and quality standards, as well as English Language Learner and Special Education students, in state - funded pre-K between 2001 - 2002 and 2011 - 2012.

As a national family of public charter school campuses, Imagine partners with parents and guardians in the education of their children by providing high quality schools that prepare students for lives of leadership, accomplishment, and exemplary character.

As Chairman of the Senate Education Committee and later as Senate Speaker Pro Tempore, Jamie was a key leader in efforts to identify and support effective teaching, overhaul Tennessee's K - 12 education funding formula, raise academic standards for Tennessee students, turn around low - performing schools, and expand high - quality public charter schools in TennesseAs Chairman of the Senate Education Committee and later as Senate Speaker Pro Tempore, Jamie was a key leader in efforts to identify and support effective teaching, overhaul Tennessee's K - 12 education funding formula, raise academic standards for Tennessee students, turn around low - performing schools, and expand high - quality public charter schools in TEducation Committee and later as Senate Speaker Pro Tempore, Jamie was a key leader in efforts to identify and support effective teaching, overhaul Tennessee's K - 12 education funding formula, raise academic standards for Tennessee students, turn around low - performing schools, and expand high - quality public charter schools in Tennesseas Senate Speaker Pro Tempore, Jamie was a key leader in efforts to identify and support effective teaching, overhaul Tennessee's K - 12 education funding formula, raise academic standards for Tennessee students, turn around low - performing schools, and expand high - quality public charter schools in Teducation funding formula, raise academic standards for Tennessee students, turn around low - performing schools, and expand high - quality public charter schools in Tennessee.

«My foray into the charter school world in 2002, after 34 years as an educator, gave me an opportunity to provide a quality education for far more students than ever before,» said Bruce Ravage, who led Norwalk's Side by Side Charter School from 2002 - 2005 before founding Park City Prep Charter School in 2006, where he is currently executive director.

Parents and children across the nation would be fortunate indeed if the Administration and Congress were to adopt a federal tax credit because it would facilitate access to a quality education for another 1 million students — most of whom will graduate and go on to college as the body of research into these programs clearly demonstrates.

When students cry out, as they have in Los Angeles, for higher - quality school climates, all levels of our education system must respond with the support, funding, information and accountability.

Three recent publications highlight some of the key challenges the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools faces as we work to ensure students with disabilities have ready access to charter schools prepared to provide quality special education and related Education in Charter Schools faces as we work to ensure students with disabilities have ready access to charter schools prepared to provide quality special education and related education and related services.

As I listen to the national education conversation, recently heightened and hyped by the movie Waiting for Superman, I am troubled that the current conversation has set up a false dichotomy that obscures the deeper challenges associated with improving the quality of teaching for every student.

promote the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of high quality bilingual education programs for students of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds as a means to ensure equitable and enriched educational opportunities for all students;

Most noteworthy, as the lead technical partner and key policy advisor for New Hampshire's innovative assessment and accountability pilot, Performance Assessment of Competency Education (PACE), the Center is ensuring the quality and rigor of PACE performance assessments and designing methods for evaluating the comparability of student results across districts.