Sentences with phrase «said about education issues»

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McDonald, who founded a group called the African - American Ministers Leadership Council, says he opposes same - sex marriage, but that he is more concerned about issues such as health care, education and jobs.

«It's clearly an example of when you talk to voters about issues they care about, you cross party lines on issues like education and funding,» Pellegrino said.

The education tax credit issue remains alive, if only because it's being talked about in the ongoing negotiations as the legislative session draws to a close, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Tuesday said.

Mannion, a biology teacher at West Genesee High School, says he's passionate about environmental issues, as well as education.

But Kolb says he knows talks are going on about the top two remaining issues, renewing New York City's rent laws and an education tax credit for donors who give up to a million dollars to fund scholarships for poor children in private schools and fund afterschool activities at public schools.

«It makes it a tough issue for him to gain traction on,» says Greenberg, who says voters are more geared up about topics like education, taxes and the economy.

Mr. LaValle (R - Port Jefferson) issued that statement Thursday after Mr. King's meeting with the state Senate Education Committee, with the senator saying the state Department of Education «is not listening» to concerns brought up about the Common Core during numerous and contentious public meetings held throughout the state.

The mayor raised the issue of the $ 15.2 billion MTA capital budget deficit and the state's failure to abide by a 2007 settlement that promised additional education funds to the city — saying arguments about lean economic times no longer hold water.

«Our members are very knowledgable about education issues, and while there is great concern about the implementation of the Common Core and the over-reliance on testing, there are many other issues that are front - burner for NYSUT members,» he said, listing concerns over the property tax cap, equitable school funding, the teacher evaluation system and the statewide expansion of pre-kindergarten.

Mr. Bright Awuye, Head of Research and Trade Education, WTC, said the mission to Russia was crucial because both countries signed a protocol in 2016 on national interest issues, urging Ghanaian companies to give a detailed outline about the company and what they could do better than other companies.

After releasing his $ 77.7 billion preliminary budget, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio raised the issue of the $ 15.2 billion MTA capital budget deficit and the state's failure to abide by the 2007 CFE settlement that promised additional education funds to the city, saying arguments about lean economic times no longer hold water.

Although he will lay out an entire platform at a later time, Castorina said the drug epidemic, transportation, education and Common Core «are just a smattering of the issues that I feel strongly about.»

Menin said that, if elected, her top issue would be education, which she spoke about as an urban planning issue as much as a pedagogical one.

One of the biggest issues that I find offensive about this panel is that it did not have any representation of special education teachers or early childhood or elementary teachers,» said Rudley.

(She said there was «no thoughtful education in terms of conversations and opportunities to speak about the issue free of judgment.»)

Dolan said he and Cuomo talked about everything from the sexual abuse look - back period to abortion and education issues.

Asked about the most important issue for them in considering this fall's election for governor, 28 percent said jobs, 21 percent taxes, 20 percent education and 17 percent said corruption.

«Public education will be one of my top issues, but I'm going to be talking about small business development and how we can help storefront businesses, too,» she said.

Helming said the top issues she hears about from voters include the economy, education, the heroin epidemic and Albany dysfunction.

Beloin - Saavedra, who focused her campaign on education issues and lost an August primary to Gerratana, said Tuesday night she has no regrets about running.

«This is about frustration because (the mainline Dems) are not moving forward on issues that matter like homelessness, affordable housing, education,» he said.

AAAS CEO Rush Holt, executive publisher of the Science family of journals said: «Sometimes politicians think science issues are limited to simply things like the budget for NASA or NIH, and they fail to realize that a president's attitude toward and decisions about science and research affect the public wellbeing, from the growth of our economy, to education, to public health.

«Our findings emphasize that health care providers need ongoing education and guidance about how to deal with practical issues associated with prescribing PrEP,» Dr. Adams said.

Whenever the movie tries to say something insightful about racial integration — or education, or any number of issues — it backs off or bogs down.

«Eighty percent of what happens in earth is the undercurrent,» he said, noting that the same can be said in education where political narratives lead to questions of choice and vouchers, but underneath each question lays deep issues about race, class, and immigrants.

A news story in the Jan. 4, 2006, issue of Education Week about recommendations for the Charlotte - Mecklenburg, N.C., school system («Major Change Eyed for Charlotte, N.C., Schools») should have said that the study containing the proposals was conducted jointly by the American Institutes for Research and the consulting firm Cross & Joftus LLC.

«I wanted to step back from the classroom and the daily life of a school to think more broadly about issues in education, particularly the intersection of the arts and education,» she says.

«Our results indicate the achievement gains that are possible with remedial education,» said Jacob in a press release issued at the time, seeming to buttress Roderick's hedge about the need for «substantial supports.»

«The institute is not about focusing on the intricacies of the latest technology or most recent hot button issue for librarians,» says Joseph Zolner, PPE's director of higher education programs.

Northumberland - born Neil Carmichael MP, chair of the education committee, said: «The North East is taking part in a review of its post-16 education provision and we are keen to hear about how the process is going for our inquiry on this issue.

«What's happened, in my opinion, is that there was little information given to locally elected school board members about these two issues,» said state schools Superintendent Sandy Garrett, who proposed the rule at a state board of education meeting on April 24.

Conversations about access to higher education often focus on affordability issues, but poor academic preparation is an equally significant barrier to success in college, says Long, academic dean at the Harvard Graduate School of Eeducation often focus on affordability issues, but poor academic preparation is an equally significant barrier to success in college, says Long, academic dean at the Harvard Graduate School of EducationEducation.

«This report raises serious questions about the priorities of the Camden city board of education,» said a statement issued by state Treasurer Brian W. Clymer with the report's release this month.

A story in the May 1, 2002, issue of Education Week about air quality in schools («EPA Pushing Improved Air Quality in Schools») should have said that the Mesa, Ariz., school district tested classrooms for high levels of carbon dioxide.

«I'm often asked why I spend so much time on this issue,» says Tilson, in a recent post, writing about his education reform obsession.

«In some ways I've always been thinking about these issues of race and class and education,» she says.

The Department for Education says it wants to improve the quality of teaching about these issues within Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) lessons.

The issue is that more times than not, the only people who are hearing about it are already in circles of education,» says Conklin.

«You believe as I do that education is the Civil Rights issue of our time... education provides the foundation for a just society,» she said thanking the students for reminding «everyone in Harvard Yard about the importance of education.»

She says it was a great opportunity to reflect, think about issues in higher education, and also be a model for other women.

Moving on to what people think about education and schools, Page said that overall, concern about education is drifting downwards and that it is actually pupil behaviour and discipline that is the biggest issue (at 17 per cent) followed by funding (nine per cent) rather than standards and attainment.

Morgan has written a letter to members of the Teacher and Head teacher Union Rountable saying that the Department for Education (DfE) wants to: continue to listen carefully to the arguments that unions are making; move forward in a constructive way and continue discussions on the issues the unions have raised with her; and have a conversation about a new series of talks to allow greater depth on certain topics (i.e. pay, conditions, workload and qualifications).

• An article about drug - resistant staph infections and student - athletes in the Nov. 7, 2007, issue of Education Week should have said that the former football player filing a lawsuit against Iona College nearly lost his leg because of an infection.

For more on this topic, please see «The 2012 Republican Candidates So Far: What they've said and done on education in the past, and what they might do about our public schools if elected,» by Allison Sherry, which will appear in the Fall 2011 issue of Education Next and is now availableducation in the past, and what they might do about our public schools if elected,» by Allison Sherry, which will appear in the Fall 2011 issue of Education Next and is now availablEducation Next and is now available online.

And though Hacker and Dreifus, a former Queens College political science professor (and frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books) and a veteran science reporter and editor, respectively, turn in what appears to be a useful essay about the challenges ahead for the CCSS, Peter Cunningham, a former assistant secretary of education, says that Hacker and Dreifus themselves «contribute greatly to the confusion and misinformation surrounding the issue of learning standards.»

A story about the Florida gubernatorial race in the Sept. 4, 2002, issue of Education Week («Teachers» Unions Pass Over Reno and Reich») should have said that the Florida Education Association is affiliated with both the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers.

«I believe that students learn most when they can see the relationship between education and issues they care about, and the capacity to solve problems is developed through exercise,» Reimers says, noting that students are invited to select policy challenges that are relevant to them in an effort to help develop policy analysis skills.

After all, Jackson said, «Education is the defining issue of whether society cares about each other as a whole.»

A story and chart in the May 14, 2008, issue of Education Week about states that have curtailed bilingual education should have said that trends in student achievement identified by Daniel J. Losen of the Civil Rights Project at the University of California, Los Angeles, were based on test scores in reading of English - language learners in 4th grade, not 4th and 8tEducation Week about states that have curtailed bilingual education should have said that trends in student achievement identified by Daniel J. Losen of the Civil Rights Project at the University of California, Los Angeles, were based on test scores in reading of English - language learners in 4th grade, not 4th and 8teducation should have said that trends in student achievement identified by Daniel J. Losen of the Civil Rights Project at the University of California, Los Angeles, were based on test scores in reading of English - language learners in 4th grade, not 4th and 8th grades.

«This is an issue of not only human development but ethical and moral development and civic membership,» Levinson says about the increased need for civic and moral education.