Sentences with phrase «readiness efforts for»

The winner of The Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools will receive $ 250,000 to apply toward college - readiness efforts for low - income students, such as scholarships, speaker series or campus visits.

The winner of The Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools receives $ 250,000 for college - readiness efforts for low - income students and students of color, such as scholarships or campus visits.

YES Prep Public Schools will receive $ 250,000 for college readiness efforts for low - income students.

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 2, 2013 — Uncommon Schools is the winner of the 2013 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools and will receive $ 250,000 to support college - readiness efforts for their students, The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation announced today.

As the winner of The Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools, KIPP Schools will receive $ 250,000 to support college - readiness efforts for low - income students, such as scholarships, speaker series or campus visits.

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We may never really know: For only the second time since the beginning of the reconstruction effort in 2002, US Forces - Afghanistan has classified and restricted once - public information regarding the state of Afghan security forces, including «casualties, personnel strength, attrition, capability assessments, and operational readiness of equipment» — all key measures of the country's security woes.

According to a Defense Department memo obtained by Military Times, the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness will direct «an effort to form a working group to determine changes to military personnel policies necessary to provide the Military Departments increased flexibility to organize, train, and equip more ready and lethal forces.»

Nestlé has pledged to use Project Opportunity efforts to expand its apprenticeship program to 31 Nestlé factories in the United States, hire 1,000 paid interns and trainees by 2017, and reach 300,000 people with «readiness for work» activities annually.

In an effort to promote healthy social and emotional development and school readiness among young children, Ohio and Colorado recently increased funding for early childhood mental health consultation...

To coordinate state efforts to improve children's readiness for school, Ohio Governor John Kasich created an Early Education and Development Officer position within the Governors Office of 21st Centu...

To coordinate state efforts to improve children's readiness for school, Ohio Governor John Kasich created an Early Education and Development Officer position within the Governors Office of 21st Century Education in October 2011.

They expressed readiness to set up an audit panel for financial and human resource management as part of efforts to enhance the financial sustainability of the university.

The power of hurricanes Irma and Harvey as well as the 8.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico demonstrate the critical need for well - planned readiness, response and recovery efforts.

Science, business, and other groups are weighing in on an Australian Senate effort to assess the country's readiness for extreme weather.

Concerned more with inclusiveness, validation, and graduation than with college preparedness, administrators encourage teachers to, for instance, consider pupil effort in their grading, and push students to take advanced courses for which they have the ambition but not the readiness.

The plan would inject the influence of university officials into the K - 12 system in an effort to improve students» readiness for college and the workforce.

«To deliver on the promise of the White House Opportunity Agenda, we must identify and scale innovative ways for school counselors to lead college readiness efforts.»

In exchange for that flexibility, the administration will require states to adopt standards for college and career readiness, focus improvement efforts on 15 percent of the most troubled schools, and create guidelines for teacher evaluations based in part on student performance.

Accountability systems have worked well with other reforms — such as effective choice policies, the expansion of early - childhood - education and other school - readiness programs, and efforts to improve the teaching force through evaluation and tenure reform — to improve education for children around the country.

The Koret report hardly mentions one of the most important developments since Risk: science's remarkable progress in understanding how a child's brain develops in the earliest years and the ensuing efforts to provide the early child care and education necessary for school readiness.

The ongoing efforts of the Republican - dominated House to slash Medicaid, dismantle the Affordable Care Act, and cut key social services programs would negatively affect school readiness and opportunities to learn for millions of students.

Grier promoted Cruz to assistant superintendent for college readiness, allowing him to shift from a small nonprofit effort at a couple of schools to a role where he could help more than 200,000 students across 300 schools.

The plan sets a target of 66 % of working - age New Mexicans earning a college degree or post-secondary credential by the year 2030 — a rigorous goal given the current attainment rate of 45 %.1 The plan also sets a vision for New Mexico to be the fastest growing state in the nation when it comes to student outcomes, with a goal to increase the percentage of students who demonstrate readiness to more than 60 % on the state English language arts (ELA) and math assessments.2 These efforts are significant considering New Mexico's historically lower student academic proficiency rates compared to other states and to national averages3, and demonstrate how leaders are driving a sense of urgency to improve.

Building the Evidence Base for Early Intervention through GEAR UP: The Department of Education will partner with the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) to support NCCEP's efforts to develop and evaluate best practices from GEAR UP programs related to college fit and college readiness.

District leadership is critical for successful efforts at the school level, since those leaders can ensure college and career readiness is a priority and that advisors are empowered to best serve students.

Prior to serving as a reviewer for the U.S. Department of Education in the 2010 and 2012 Race to the Top competitions, he served on the department's Working Group for Postsecondary Linkage Efforts to Improve College Readiness and on the independent Annenberg Commission on Public Schools for their Institutions of Democracy Project.

The so - called «benchmark test» was among the first and most widely publicized districtwide efforts to assess a child's readiness for the 1st grade.

States» efforts to ensure college and career readiness for all depend on it.

The article offers information on the 21st Century Skills (P21) movement for K12 education in the U.S. Topics include the mission of the movement to promote 21st century readiness to the K12 education system of the U.S., the efforts to integrate 21st Century Skills into elementary education, and the «building blocks» of 21st Century Skills.

This effort comes at a critical time as districts embrace college and career readiness as the goal for all students and recognize the potential of digital tools to help teachers personalize learning for each student.

The IEL - led National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD / Youth) released its new report entitled Use of Individualized Learning Plans (ILPs): A Promising Practice for Driving College and Career Readiness Efforts — Findings and Recommendations from a Multi-Method, Multi-Study Effort.

Ms. Kathrin Brewer, Austin Partners in Education, spoke of the Adopt - a-School model where initiatives incorporate college readiness and asking the community to come into classes to co-teach in an effort to better prepare students for college.

College Readiness for All Toolbox: Comprehensive tools and related resources offering school leaders and technical assistance providers with support to plan, organize, and implement secondary school redesign efforts.

As part of an effort to understand barriers to college readiness, the Prichard Committee Student Voice Team spent a school year surveying and listening to seniors and recent graduates across the commonwealth about their experiences preparing for life after high school.

Guiding these efforts is a strategic plan, developed with the involvement of the community, which calls for the district «to ramp up career and college readiness,» says Superintendent Steve Joel.

«Communication with parents about the new assessment system and efforts to improve student readiness for college and careers is a work in progress,» said Michael Kirst, president of the California State Board of Education.

Coalition School for Social Change: Helping Students Build Effort is one of five case studies written on the Academic and Personal Behaviors Pilot, an initiative of the NYC Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Readiness.

In this 45 - minute webinar, originally broadcast live on March 10, 2016, Dr. V. Scott Solberg, Associate Dean of Research at Boston University, leads a range of college and career readiness research, practice and policy efforts in collaboration with the National Collaboration on Workforce and Disability for Youth (that is funded by the Department of Labor).

It has bolstered technology training, scrapped a program that prepared students for almost non-existent manufacturing jobs and boosted college readiness efforts.

A number of recent state legislative efforts highlight the importance of course rigor in preparing students for college and beyond.1 In addition, the State Board of Education has approved a preliminary college and career readiness indicator, which leans heavily on student participation and performance in rigorous courses, such as a — g courses, advanced placement exams, International Baccalaureate courses, and dual enrollment in high school and college courses.2

In an effort to introduce my career readiness unit, I have the students calculate their projected budget for their first year out of high school.

2007 A shared $ 10 million grant teams the College's Lastinger Center for Learning with Miami - Dade Public Schools and a prominent Miami foundation in an all - out school - readiness effort to prepare all Florida preschoolers for success by the time they enter the classroom.

Assessing readiness from multiple stakeholders with different perspectives prior to implementation allows educators across many levels (schools, districts, and states) to prioritize areas for their initial efforts and then slowly use the momentum to build capacity toward full implementation.

As the winner of The Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools, Uncommon Schools will receive $ 250,000 to support low - income student college - readiness efforts of its choice, such as scholarships, speaker series or campus visits.

The report, entitled Use of Individualized Learning Plans: A Promising Practice for Driving College and Career Readiness Efforts: Findings and Recommendations from a Multi-Method, Multi-Study Effort, summarizes NCDW / Youth's findings and recommendations of ILP research and technical assistance activities over a six - year period.

Jaime Puccioni, Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany, «Estimating the Differential Impact of Preschool Teachers» Outreach Efforts on Measures of School Readiness for Children from Economically Disadvantaged Backgrounds: The Mediating Role of Parental Involvement»

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.

The winner of the 2012 Broad (rhymes with «road») Prize for Public Charter Schools — to be announced at the June 2012 National Charter Schools Conference in Minneapolis — will receive $ 250,000 for low - income student college - readiness efforts.

The prize winnings must be used for college - readiness efforts.»

Vanda Belusic - Vollor is Executive Director of the Office of Postsecondary Readiness (OPSR), which leads efforts that ensure all New York City students graduate high school prepared for postsecondary success.