Sentences with phrase «raise standards for»

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed to raise its standards for FHA insurance in high risk flood zones.

• Raise standards for programs that receive funds for children receiving subsidy and support and ensure that the early childhood education programs receiving those funds meet the standards.

«I look forward to continuing this Administration's work to raise the standards for the security of our homeland in all areas — including securing our borders, protecting Americans from terrorist threats, and securing our cyber networks.»

Automakers have been successful in beating back attempts to raise standards for years, saying the system perverts the market by forcing them to heavily discount smaller cars to meet mandates.

His group also fought legislation that would raise standards for commercial breeders.

The problem with reaching beyond the mainstream competition is that we raise our standards for driving dynamics, too.

Mr Clegg said the changes would «raise standards for all our children», but he added that it would «not exclude any children».

Over the past four years it has been a pleasure to work with so many passionate, talented people who are working tirelessly to improve schools and raise standards for children.

Imagine, the question informs voters that the Governor's legislation «takes essential steps to close Connecticut's worst - in - the - nation achievement gap, raise standards for educators, allows immediate action to improve failing schools, increases access to high - quality public school choices, and improves how education dollars are spent.»

«The education reform bill passed last year by the State Legislature and signed by the Governor takes essential steps to close Connecticut's worst - in - the - nation achievement gap, raise standards for educators, allows immediate action to improve failing schools, increases access to high - quality public school choices, and improves how education dollars are spent.

Further, the state should ensure that this subject - matter test for elementary teacher candidates is well aligned with the Common Core Standards, which represent an effort to significantly raise the standards for the knowledge and skills American students will need for college readiness and global competitiveness.

We can raise the standards for entry into the profession and award full scholarships to those who agree to teach at least five years.

«States facing teacher shortages may be hesitant to raise standards for teachers, fearing even more vacancies.

Texas policymakers» desire to raise standards for teacher preparation programs and to find new and improved ways to train better teachers resulted in legislation (S.B. 174) in 2009 that amended the Texas Education Code as well as Chapter 229 of the Texas Administrative Code to create the Accountability System for Educator Preparation (ASEP).

«I... want to congratulate @NYGovCuomo &... NY for having the courage to raise your standards for teaching & learning,» Obama tweeted Oct. 25.

New research by the think tank Policy Exchange has revealed that free schools are helping to raise standards for pupils in other schools across the local community.

Its says it aims to raise standards for all children, narrow the attainment gap between the most and least advantaged, and create a «world - beating system».

«The national objective is to challenge the soft bigotry of low expectations and to raise the standards for every single child,» says Bush.

Here's how education reform was phrased in the poll question: «The education reform bill passed last year by the State Legislature and signed by the Governor takes essential steps to close Connecticut's worst - in - the - nation achievement gap, raise standards for educators, allows immediate action to improve failing schools, increases access to high - quality public school choices, and improves how education dollars arespent.

«Both of the [education reform] bills by Berger and Glazier ultimately try to raise standards for teachers,» said Maher.

The requirements would raise standards for student performance and outcomes, and would be critical in identifying and closing persistently low - performing schools.

«We will put a qualified teacher in every classroom, improve classroom discipline and raise standards for all children.»

She said: «Conference, if there's one thing I ask of you today it's that we show every school that we are on their side, that everything we have done has been driven by the desire to raise standards for all pupils in all schools.

Whoever ends up as Secretary of State will need to reflect on the evidence for any further reform of school provision and the extent to which a market - led approach to school choice will ultimately raise standards for those in the most disadvantaged circumstances.

Every Child Counts aims to help schools to raise achievement of children who have fallen behind in mathematics and raise standards for all children.

«I have always taken the view that RSC should come from the system whenever possible and then return to it, leading schools and trusts using their invaluable experience of working across a region to raise standards for more children.»

«For less than 1 percent of what our nation spends on education each year, we've convinced nearly every state in the country to raise their standards for teaching and learning — the first time that's happened in a generation,» said Obama, referencing the Common Core.

Nor do they want to lose hard - won legal protections as they seek to raise standards for their profession.

Commenting on Patel's departure, Sir David Carter, the national schools commissioner, said: «I have always taken the view that the RSC should come from the system whenever possible and then return to it, leading schools and trusts using their invaluable experience of working across a region to raise standards for more children.»

But let's start by crediting Ms. Weingarten and her organization with a serious proposal to raise standards for new teachers as part of a broader effort to strengthen the profession.

So while nobody should be satisfied with America's overall performance in science education, it's also important to keep in mind that, when one sets out to overhaul that system, it's possible to make it even worse — particularly if, in our effort to raise standards for all students, we wind up lowering them for our best and brightest.

Less than two months into his new job, New York State Commissioner of Education Richard P. Mills has rolled out two high - profile initiatives that aim to raise standards for the state's 2.7 million students and its worst schools.

That is why we will support teachers with continuous learning and development, better support and identify our leaders, and reduce class sizes so that we can raise standards for all.»

State involvement promises to raise standards for the teaching profession to a degree that would be impossible for districts at the bargaining table.

«I have every confidence that our Independent Panel of experts will provide the insight and expertise needed to deliver a system that can support our teachers and raise standards for all.

Teachers» unions ought to be supporting efforts to raise the standards for tenure because it makes the job protections following tenure more legitimate.

«I will insist that we continue to raise standards for all of our children and hold every school district accountable for their results, while providing the support necessary to get that done.»

The stakes are particularly high today as we raise standards for high - school students in schools across the country.

As Cohen and Walsh say in closing, «State involvement promises to raise standards for the teaching profession to a degree that would be impossible for districts at the bargaining table.»

China will raise standards for the production of cement, batteries, leather and heavy metals as part of its efforts to cut air, water and soil pollution, the environment ministry said on Friday.

† As partners to the research enterprise in the communication and dissemination of research results, journals want to do their part to raise the standards for the benefit of all scientists and the benefit of society.

Despite political opposition, New York State Education Commissioner John King has been working to raise standards for students.

«The Chief Inspector is right to send a clear warning about the Government's obsession with further structural changes as being the way to raise standards for pupils; what matters is creating the conditions in which teachers can focus on teaching and learning, without unnecessary and wasteful distractions.

You need to raise your standards for assessing believability.

The management professor - turned - dean aggressively raised standards for faculty and put in place more competitive packages to retain the school's best professors and recruit better talent.

Morocco joined the United States in signing the ACTA, an agreement that will raise the standard for intellectual property rights enforcement internationally.

He has devoted his life to state education and to raising standards for the very poorest.

That the Chicago Park District has engaged such talented designers is a sign of how much Millennium Park and its Lurie Garden have raised the standards for landscape architecture along the lakefront.

Titled «A rising tide: The competitive benefits of free schools», the report claims «free schools are raising standards for other pupils across the local community, especially in some of the poorest performing schools».

«There is incredible momentum behind raising standards for students and teachers and for increasing the number of high quality charter schools,» Sedlis said.