Not exact matches
«We welcome the final
report from Sir John Tooke, particularly its emphasis on promoting
excellence and the importance
of supporting
academic careers.
Secretary Bell conceded that the
report of the
excellence commission «didn't touch enormously on vocational education» because vocational courses are not considered part
of the traditional «
academic core» subjects.
Though nominally just a commission
report, A Nation at Risk (1983) told Americans that we faced a crisis
of educational achievement and began to nudge the country through a 90 - degree change
of course from the «equity» agenda
of the previous quarter - century to the «
excellence» obsession
of recent decades, complete with
academic standards, tests, and results - based accountability systems.
In addition, the main thrust
of the
report's criticism, that the state's ESSA plan is not sufficiently similar to what it would have been had No Child Left Behind remained in effect, assumes the test - based accountability strategy that these reviewers have made their careers pursuing had been effective, which it has not; and therefore, when coupled with the false claim that California has high - quality
academic standards and assessments, which it doesn't (California's standards being based on the Common Core, which leaves American students 2 - 3 years behind their peers in East Asia and northern Europe), California's families remain well advised to opt out
of state schooling wherever and whenever possible, until the overreach from both the federal and state capitals is brought to an end and local schools that want to pursue genuinely world - class
excellence can thrive.
A New Jersey suburb
of Princeton University, which churns out high achieving high school graduates, is riven with conflict, the New York Times
reports, because many Caucasian parents want the
academic pressures relaxed, while many Asian - American parents fear that high expectations will be drawn down and a record
of excellence eroded.
We provide these schools with full back - office support, which means we provide a CFO - level resource and a team
of specialists to perform payroll, accounts payable, and accounting functions, as well as to support financial
reporting and compliance requirements, enabling school leaders to focus on
academic excellence.
Through our core service — back - office — we provide a CFO - level resource and a team
of specialists to perform payroll, AP, and accounting functions, as well as to support financial
reporting and compliance requirements, enabling school leaders to focus on
academic excellence.
In addition to its frequent local accolades, the school has been recognized repeatedly in the U.S. Department
of Education's National Blue Ribbon Schools program, which honors schools for their
academic excellence, and has been featured on «Best High Schools» lists provided by U.S. News and World
Report, Newsweek and Business Week.
Ranked among the top colleges in the region by College Choice and recognized by, among others, U.S. News & World
Report, Princeton Review, Colleges
of Distinction and, also designated by Victory Media as a «Military Friendly College,» Ramapo College is committed to
academic excellence through interdisciplinary and experiential learning, and international and intercultural understanding.
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