Sentences with phrase «raise standards in state»
But figures released this morning by former shadow education secretary Lucy Powell MP (pictured right) question the ability of private schools to raise standards in the state sector.
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This isn't just about the independent sector working and helping to raise standards in the state sector.
All his experiences have led to a commitment to raise standards in state schools and help children from less privileged backgrounds maximise their potential.
From next year, the civil servants who oversee academies and free schools will take over responsibility for raising standards in all state - funded schools.
Not exact matches
Morocco joined the United States in signing the ACTA, an agreement that will raise the standard for intellectual property rights enforcement internationally.
But if Sweetgreen's goal was to raise awareness about school nutrition (and not just garner a lot of publicity for its restaurants, which it did in spades), I fail to see what it accomplished by holding American schools up to an unrealistic international standard — whether the standard is unrealistic because it's inaccurate (Greece) or because the country in question invests far more time, money and effort than the United States in feeding its children (France.)
County Executive Anthony J. Picente and Oneida County Comptroller Joseph Timpano announced today a raise in Oneida County's credit rating from A + to AA - by Standard and Poors, one of three major credit rating institutions in the United States.
«The bottom line is that SUNY intends to create an insulated and self - regulated system, which would contradict and undermine state and national efforts to raise standards and accountability in teacher preparation and certification.»
In place of Labour's hopeless acceptance of mediocrity in education, which has seen Britain tumble down the world league tables just when we need our children to be doing better than those in other countries, we will offer the hope of a decent education for every child, with immediate action to raise standards and radical reform to end the state monopoly over new school placeIn place of Labour's hopeless acceptance of mediocrity in education, which has seen Britain tumble down the world league tables just when we need our children to be doing better than those in other countries, we will offer the hope of a decent education for every child, with immediate action to raise standards and radical reform to end the state monopoly over new school placein education, which has seen Britain tumble down the world league tables just when we need our children to be doing better than those in other countries, we will offer the hope of a decent education for every child, with immediate action to raise standards and radical reform to end the state monopoly over new school placein other countries, we will offer the hope of a decent education for every child, with immediate action to raise standards and radical reform to end the state monopoly over new school places.
The most effective way to raise ethical standards, boost New Yorkers» trust in their state government, and ensure that lawmakers serve one, and only one «master:» The public.
Cuomo said the state learned yesterday that hundreds of faulty bolts were discovered within the reactor at the Indian Point Unit 2 Plant — «the latest in a long series of incidents that raise deep concerns about the management, maintenance and equipment standards» there.
«So, we are fully aware of the Osun state government's commitment to advance the economy of the state in such a way that standard of living of the citizens would not only be raised but resourceful.
Removing the tax advantages of private schools would boost standards in the state sector and raise vital extra funds
The mayor said the city would back state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's (D - Manhattan) proposal to raise the minimum wage in the state above the federal standard.
«The low - wage service workers we represent need a champion in Albany who will advocate for raising workers» standards, the DREAM Act and state - level immigration reforms, and ensure the labor movement remains a force for upward economic mobility.»
As a working teamster running for governor, I believe that state government ought to raise the living standards of working New Yorkers, especially in struggling upstate cities like Rochester and my home town of Syracuse.
Recent data show states that have adopted the new learning standards and raised standards for teaching show significant gains in student performance.
The New York State Legislature is currently considering the Reproductive Health Act (S - 348), which Democrats say would bring New York up to current federal reproductive health standards, but has also raised red flags in the minds of many Republcans and anti-abortion activists for ambiguities of language they claim would expand abortion - on - demand.
Meanwhile, New Yorkers are unsettled about recent trends in education, particularly the state's implementation of what's known as the new Common Core standards, part of a national effort to raise the level of class room instruction.
Meanwhile, New Yorkers are unsettled about recent trends in education, particularly the state's implementation of what's known as the new Common Core standards, part of a national effort to raise the level of classroom instruction.
«The United States, without any standard paid leave available to mothers or parents — or any standard vacation or sick leave to support raising a dependent child — falls strikingly behind all the other countries we examined in terms of providing for parents» happiness and overall well - being,» he said.
In order to raise awareness about the importance of plants and bring them into the limelight in science education, it is important that teachers are provided with high quality, engaging activities that complement their curriculum and align with state and national standardIn order to raise awareness about the importance of plants and bring them into the limelight in science education, it is important that teachers are provided with high quality, engaging activities that complement their curriculum and align with state and national standardin science education, it is important that teachers are provided with high quality, engaging activities that complement their curriculum and align with state and national standards.
I should note that a few states have raised their standards in the last couple of years — Georgia and Arkansas spring to mind.
While «having high state standards makes a big difference to underprivileged people,» as Christopher Cerf put it, common standards might be set too low and so, contrary to what the PEPG report showed, may not serve to raise standards of achievement when U.S. students are compared to their peers in high - achieving countries.
Authors Paul Peterson and Peter Kaplan find that even though 37 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) received a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education as incentive to join the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) consortia and raise their standards in 2009, standards still declined in rigor in 26 states and D.C. between 2009 and 2011.
In other words, a key objective of the CCSS consortium — the raising of state proficiency standards — has begun to happen.
In what became known as the «excellence movement,» states like Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Virginia took steps to raise and refine academic standards and introduce more reliable standardized testing.
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.»
This is doubly so in the Common Core era, as states (like New York) move to raise the bar and ask students to show their stuff against a college - and career - readiness standard.
There was the fiscal «incentive» in Race to the Top for states to adopt the Common Core as evidence of their seriousness about raising academic standards.
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In most states, far fewer students were rated «proficient» on the Common Core — aligned tests than on the old assessments, which was by design — the standards were raised to better indicate «college and career readiness.»
In short, the Common Core consortium has achieved one of its key policy objectives: the raising of state proficiency standards throughout much of the United States.
Designed to raise student proficiencies so the United States can better compete in a global market, the standards were drafted in 2009 by a group of academics and assessment specialists at the request of the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers.
Previous reports (most recently «States Raise Proficiency Standards in Math and Reading,» features, Summer 2015) show that states, on average, established proficiency benchmarks that were much lower than those set by the NAEP and that state standards varied wStates Raise Proficiency Standards in Math and Reading,» features, Summer 2015) show that states, on average, established proficiency benchmarks that were much lower than those set by the NAEP and that state standards varied wstates, on average, established proficiency benchmarks that were much lower than those set by the NAEP and that state standards varied widely.
Yet so many states raised their standards before the 2015 administration of state tests that every state in every year is being evaluated on a tougher scale.
Since 2011, 45 states have raised their standards for student proficiency in reading and math, with the greatest gains occurring between 2013 and 2015.
However, a review of evidence relating to the accessibility of the 2016 key stage 2 reading test, which acknowledges concerns raised by teachers, states that «while standards were set appropriately in 2016, the review suggests that the test seemed to be more challenging than the sample materials provided».
In some states, there's actually been movement, though slow to be sure, to raise standards.
As Harvard University's Paul Peterson recently wrote in Education Next, «the Common Core consortium has achieved one of its key policy objectives: the raising of state proficiency standards throughout much of the United States.»
In nearly all the states, projects to increase the supply of teachers, raise standards, and upgrade materials have begun or are being discussed.
The Louisiana legislature in 2008 gave teachers in that state's public schools the legal right to raise questions about evolution — and a dozen or more states have K - 12 science standards that pussyfoot around the topic.
Despite the significant progress in raising proficiency standards across states, the authors clarify that «high proficiency standards do not necessarily reflect high student performance.
In fact, Achieve regularly uses the Massachusetts standards as a model when working with other states that seek to raise their expectations.
The states that made the most progress after allowing for other factors — Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Kentucky, and Georgia, to name the top five — have taken steps, in various ways, to raise academic standards and back them up with rigorous assessments, implement tough but thoughtful accountability systems, and strengthen human capital practices to attract, develop, and retain educators who can deliver on high standards.
Beginning in the late 1980s, Shanker pushed hard for state and federal legislation to raise academic standards, and he kept the pressure on for educational testing and consequences for poor performance.
All 50 states are receiving Goals 2000 funds to raise standards in their own way.
«Raising standards will not be easy,» said President Clinton in his State of the Union address.
Raising standards Lord Nash, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System, said: «We are raising standards in our schools, with more than 1.4 million more pupils in good or outstanding schools than in 2010, and it is only right that children are learning in an environment that matches the standard of that eduRaising standards Lord Nash, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System, said: «We are raising standards in our schools, with more than 1.4 million more pupils in good or outstanding schools than in 2010, and it is only right that children are learning in an environment that matches the standard of that eduraising standards in our schools, with more than 1.4 million more pupils in good or outstanding schools than in 2010, and it is only right that children are learning in an environment that matches the standard of that education.
Pressure by the Obama Administration, using the carrot of incentives (RTTT) and the stick of proposed penalties (denial of access to Title I funding), to induce states to sign on to the common standards initiative raises serious questions about further federal involvement in standards - setting and assessments.