Sentences with phrase «said academic preparation»
The strong emphasis on job preparation is consistent with and expands upon the findings from PDK's 2016 survey, in which fewer than half of respondents said academic preparation should be the main goal of a public school education.
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But Gottesman said the course preparation and teaching involved in a degree - granting program would «add to the intellectual excitement in our laboratories,» foster more interdisciplinary contact, and help NIH recruit top - level academic scientists who want to keep teaching.
«For many economically disadvantaged students, you could imagine a gap year as being a bridge year, where they're doing some academic or service work and they're also getting some preparation for college, so that when they actually get there, they're more likely to stay,» Weissbourd says.
«Hitherto, nobody in the U.K. has invested money like this into the preparation of reviews,» said Michael Bassey, the academic secretary...
«Academic preparation is absolutely foundational,» says Jeremy Chiappetta, executive director of Blackstone Valley Prep in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
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 Education.
Clifford Adelman, a researcher whose work for the U.S. Department of Education in the late 1990s helped shape the field's thinking about what constitutes sound academic preparation for college, says that although occupational certificates are becoming «the new currency» in the push for more postsecondary education, the value of many certificates is questionable because of a lack of consensus on the competencies required to earn them.
That said, though, Americans do still value traditional academic preparation, especially opportunities for advanced academic studies.
While affordability and academic preparation are both important issues, Long said these factors are compounded by the complexity of the processes involved, with parents and students faced with too little information, bad information, misperceptions about what aid is available, and often not getting the information they need when they need it.
«Since its founding, Visions Academy has shared Marion P. Thomas Charter School's commitment to rigorous academic preparation and community engagement,» said Reverend Ronald Slaughter, the former President of the Visions Academy Board of Trustees.
During a second term, Torlakson said he would prioritize additional funding for implementing Common Core, ensure an effective transition to the new school funding formula that directs more money to schools with the most disadvantaged students, and continue championing programs that meld academics with career preparation.
[3] national experts say that school - based experiences should be closely linked with academic preparation and coursework: http://www.ncate.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=zzeiB1OoqPk%3D&tabid=7
That's ridiculous and it undermines all the work that's been done in our state to strengthen teacher preparation and improve the teacher certification exams and process,» said Jamie Dangler, UUP's vice president for academics and a member of the state's edTPA Task Force.
«We have increased our hours from 285 to 600 in order to expand our program and enrich the preparation of our students,» said Jerolyn Robertson, Career Step Vice President of Academics.