Sentences with phrase «results of an education cost»

The results of an education cost study formed the basis of education funding reform in Maryland that has resulted in a significant closing of their achievement gap.

Not exact matches

The democratization of education has helped break down traditional barriers of access like high costs and location, resulting in a more skilled and informed workplace and citizenry.

The Healthcare Reform Law, including The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and The Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, could have a material adverse effect on Humana's results of operations, including restricting revenue, enrollment and premium growth in certain products and market segments, restricting the company's ability to expand into new markets, increasing the company's medical and operating costs by, among other things, requiring a minimum benefit ratio on insured products, lowering the company's Medicare payment rates and increasing the company's expenses associated with a non-deductible health insurance industry fee and other assessments; the company's financial position, including the company's ability to maintain the value of its goodwill; and the company's cash flows.

Given the severe impact to annuity consumers - higher costs for advice and shortage of annuity advisors to provide education and recommendations - that will result if the Department of Labor's Rule is issued as proposed, a clearer understanding of the IRA consumer is warranted.

The economic case that Educare advocates make is that the savings that result from having those children caught up in kindergarten rather than lagging behind — savings down the road in special education, juvenile justice, and social services — more than offset the cost of Educare.

Schools certainly feel the immediate costs of failing to prioritize wellness — poor test scores for students, lower standardized test scores school - wide, reduced funding resulting from absenteeism, which is why it is so important to share this report with school administrators and boards of education.

«Across the country, parents and carers are facing increasing costs in supporting their children's education as a result of the freedoms and flexibilities introduced by the Government.

A de Blasio spokesperson said Flanagan's proposal «would add an arbitrary, unnecessary and restrictive cap to the New York City property tax code — which already has a number of existing caps — and cost the city billions, resulting in severe cuts to vital services such as public safety and education.»

New York spent $ 21,206 per pupil compared to a national average of $ 11,392 in school year 2014 - 2015.38 Better targeting spending to the highest needs districts would contain costs while ensuring that all students have access to a sound basic education.39 The State wastes $ 1.2 billion annually on property tax rebates and allocates $ 4 billion annually on economic development spending with a sparse record of results.40 Curtailing spending in these areas would reduce pressure to increase taxes and lessen the tax differential with other states.

It also has the advantage of possibly costing far less than extra funding for health care / education that will have real meaningful results.

«As long as childhood lead poisoning remains a public health threat in Oneida County, children's health, education and employment opportunities will be impacted across their life spans resulting in higher taxes for residents to cover the costs of healthcare, special education and social services.

Both programs together reduced third grade students» odds of special education placement by 39 percent, resulting in significant cost savings for the state.

Access to state - supported early childhood programs significantly reduces the likelihood that children will be placed in special education in the third grade, academically benefiting students and resulting in considerable cost savings to school districts, according to new research published today in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, a peer - reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association.

While the drop appears to have resulted from budget cuts prompted by the economic downturn, Davis said evidence suggests that the curtailment of prison education could increase prison system costs in the longer term.

TES has reported that Tony Foot, director of the Department for Education's funding group, is under «no illusion» about the financial challenges schools are due to face as a result of rising costs and real terms budget cuts.

Resulting from the utilisation of digital technologies in the classroom, schools and students have experienced a cost saving when it comes to education.

Failure to hit these targets, as well as underfunding generally, has resulted in pension costs consuming a progressively larger share of the education dollar.

The solution to rising costs and subpar results is not central planning but greater control over education on the part of all families, rich and poor.

As a result, although they don't tackle the high cost of degrees directly, if edX and others like it create a new ecosystem that, for many, renders a «degree» as we've known it irrelevant, they may end up solving the spiraling costs of higher education better than those efforts that take direct aim at the problem.

At a recent Common's Education Committee hearing, the Royal Institute of British Architects issued a warning that efforts to slash the cost of school building projects is still resulting in formulaic design and «functional» boxes.

That's a shame, since the same basic dysfunctions that ail general education afflict special education too: middling (or worse) teacher quality; an inclination to throw «more people» at any problem; a reluctance to look at cost - effectiveness; a crazy quilt of governance and decision - making authorities; a tendency to add rather than replace or redirect; and a full - on fear of results - based accountability.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard made the announcement, saying the increases came about as a result of a better understanding of the costs of education in the State.

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.

But the book's story begins with the ostensible failure of public education and its rapidly rising costs, mediocre student achievement results, poor high - school graduation rates, and limp international rankings.

In September 2005, approximately 18 months after the School Funding Task Force report was released, the Association of Metropolitan School Districts, the Minnesota Rural Education Association, and Schools for Equity in Education contracted the services of APA to «examine the Task Force results and, using widely accepted methodologies, determine the costs necessary to ensure that each public school student is educated to meet the state's academic standards.»

It is calculated that challenges such as this have resulted in over # 1.1 million in adjudication costs per year, with some campaigners appearing to be attempting to influence wider education policy as opposed to the actual operation of the admission systems.

This occurs in higher education, resulting in a range of educational options at a variety of costs.

Efficiency Examining the idea of efficiency in a school setting, Stephen Morales, chief executive of NASBM wrote in a recent article: «The notion that a drive for greater efficiency is an attack on precious education resources is a result of a narrative perpetuated by a perception that efficiency translates directly into cost cutting, reduced resources and capacity, and ultimately a drop in a school's ability to improve children's life chances.

'Em bodied Learning» Blends Movement, Computer Interaction Education Week, October 9, 2012 «Christopher Dede, a professor of learning technologies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, said embodied learning has potential, but there is little academic evidence to suggest the results are conclusively worth the cost, as the field has not yet been thoroughly researched.»

Fortunately, the incremental cost of evaluating any new education initiative has dropped dramatically in recent years, as a result of annual testing and investments in state and local longitudinal data systems.

All this and more is a direct result of Commissioner Stefan Pryor's unending effort to do away with the State Department of Education's professional staff and replace them high - cost, out - of - state consultants.

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As a result, the voucher program can ultimately only help those students whose families have the means of covering extra costs of tuition and fees associated with private school education.

The total demand for and resulting cost of the Pell Grant program grew exponentially between 2007 and 2011 as a result of more Americans enrolling in college and lower family incomes during the Great Recession.58 In 2011, to compensate for an inadequate reserve to fund the growing demand of Pell Grants, Congress cut year - round Pell Grant eligibility, which was restored this year, and eliminated graduate student subsidized loans.59 This affected the student aid packages of students nationwide.60 By cutting the Pell Grant reserve, President Trump and Secretary DeVos risk the ability to fund future upticks in Pell Grant demand, thereby requiring either future reductions to eligibility, lower awards, or cuts to other education programs.

Dr Christina Hinton, a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, said: «Our results suggest that grit does not require pushing yourself at all costs, but rather cultivating healthy emotional regulation skills and effective learning strategies.»

The Perry study found that ``... one dollar invested in high - quality early childhood education programs by policymakers results in a return of seven dollars in preventative costs associated with incarceration, truancy, school dropout, and teen pregnancy» (Stegelin, 2004).

The cost analyses conducted as part of that study indicated that education is a good investment: every dollar invested in education resulted in a nine - dollar return.

Despite claims that vouchers help disadvantaged students, research consistently shows that vouchers drain education budgets, don't cover the full cost of tuition, and fail to produce better academic results for students.

However, the court could have taken this opportunity to remedy growing inequities that have resulted from the unwillingness of the state to pick up its share of the cost and provide excellent education for all students.

A Conservative spokesperson confirmed the party will «ensure that all primary schools can offer a free school breakfast to every child in every year of primary school», adding that evidence shows this is «a cost - effective way to improve education and health results for pupils».

ASCL, which released the survey ahead of its conference for business leaders on Thursday, said the cutbacks were a result of government spending on education failing to keep pace with rising costs, with # 2.8 bn cut from school budgets since 2015.

The result of their hard work was a new, thoroughly - planned and fair system for funding special education in Pennsylvania that would allocate all new state special education funding based on a three - tired system designed to match the state funding level with the actual cost of meeting the needs of students school districts are educating.

Not only do such programs often result in higher levels of student achievement, but they can also drive down education costs for the state.

«Over the past several years, a combination of increasing special education costs and relatively flat state and federal special education funding has resulted in local budgets covering an increasing share of these costs,» the LAO wrote in a report on special education in California.

We find that both programs significantly reduce the likelihood of special education placement in the third grade, resulting in considerable cost savings to the state.

«This move is a significant step in our ongoing efforts to both rationalize and better equip the NOOK business to achieve success, while positioning the digital education team and platform for future growth,» said Michael P. Huseby, Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble, Inc. «These relocations result in work environments and related cost structure impacts that are better aligned with our business objectives and our employees» expressed needs.»

7 in 10 graduates now graduate with student loan debt as a result of rising higher education costs.

As a result of the rising costs of higher education in the U.S., it has become common practice for students to ask their parents or family to co-sign a student loan for them.

Recommendation: The Secretary of Education should publish more detailed Income Driven Repayment plan cost information — beyond what is regularly provided through the President's budget — including items such as total estimated costs, sensitivity analysis results, key limitations, and expected forgiveness amounts.

Comments: The Department of Education agreed to publish more detailed IDR plan cost information and stated that it plans to present sensitivity analysis results and key limitations in upcoming financial reports.