Sentences with phrase «say about their education system»
«We're inviting every Victorian to have their say about their education system and their future,» he said.
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«My role here is to take a lot of those learnings that I had at Airbnb where it was about transforming an archaic system that really needed a revamp — for there it was travel and here it's education,» said Modi, now AltSchool's vice president of operations and services.
Much has been said recently about the quality of Canada's education system.
Changing entrenched views about girls and education is a long - term process, she says, but so far her organization's efforts have helped to educate 1.3 million children, including more than 80,000 girls that it has brought into the school system.
Janaina, who bought her food from an organic street market, says cooking with so many vegetables was an education in itself, in terms of learning about food systems and how the world could be eating.
«I say this with some caution — I didn't know Ann Maguire, of course — but I suspect from what little I have read about or know about her, a dedicated teacher like that wouldn't want to see the education system — I think her headmaster has said that she herself wouldn't want see the school system turn into a high - security environment.
«We also have to remember the public education system is about the students and we want to get the best teachers in the classroom that we can,» Cuomo said in earlier in the year.
Cuomo's Commission on education reform got an earful at a public hearing in Albany yesterday, as speaker after speaker complained about a statewide school system that they say is in disarray.
Governor Cuomo's Commission on education reform got an earful at a public hearing held at the State Capitol today, as speaker after speaker complained about a statewide school system that they say is in disarray.
Think about how we could transform that public education system and really make it a model of pride and be able to say to every child in this city and in this state, «you are going to get every shot you deserve,» because we have a public education system that is second to none.
The letter, written by a top Cuomo aide, says the student test scores are «unacceptable,» and asks Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch and outgoing Education Commissioner John King what to do about an evaluation system that rates just 1 percent of all of the teachers in the state as poorly performing.
About a month later, on the same program, Cuomo said: «This is a moment to bring change to the system, and remember how hard change is, especially for a large system like the education system.
Baroness Warsi has said that she backed Michael Gove's complaints about the number of Old Etonians in David Cameron's inner circle because she believes the Education Secretary wants a «world class state system».
«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.
If New York State is serious about improving education, it must move forward with a better teacher evaluation system,» said Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.
«Somewhere along the way, we forgot that the education system and the education program are about the students, not the bureaucracy,» the governor said, echoing a sentiment he has expressed many times before.
Assemblymember Deborah Glick, a Manhattan Democrat and chair of the Committee on Higher Education, said that funds would have been better allocated to operating aid for CUNY, but did not think there was anything inappropriate about the governor requesting support from members of the system.
Commenting on the statement by the Secretary of State for Education setting out proposals to reform the system of primary assessment, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «It is important to recognise, and as the NASUWT has stated consistently, that many of the concerns expressed about statutory primary assessment are the direct result of their use in the current high stakes school accountability regime.
«We feel as though we have an obligation to support the education system,» Gerald Patterson said, adding about the tough budget, «I think it's a bad year.»
«For a body that talks so much about education, to leave without an agreement where in a matter of days you could revert back to the board of education system, is just the height of irresponsibility,» Cuomo said.
«Teachers need to be honest about faults in the exam system if they are to gain more respect and esteem for the profession, the shadow Education Secretary says today.
The American Federation of Teachers says the New York results should serve as a «national wake - up call» about the dangers of a test - focused education system.
He also spoke about the public education system, saying young people are graduating from high school without having the reading, writing or math skills needed to excel in a college environment.
«We have grave concerns about a budget that allows for teacher layoffs, which would be immensely damaging to our education system and children's opportunities for a quality education,» City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Council Finance Chair Domenic Recchia, Jr. said in a statement.
«I'm sure that he's intending it to cloak his other positions, like less funding in an already underfunded system of education in New York state, and his other positions about getting rid of due process and his very Wisconsin Walker - like positions about collective bargaining,» Weingarten said.
«The funny thing is, particularly in the urban center, the problems that are facing Syracuse are the problems that I face back home in the Bronx when we talk about education, when we talk about poverty — trying to lift families out of poverty and improve the education system,» Heastie said Tuesday morning, after emerging from a closed - door meeting with Miner.
«Since her first child entered the City's public school system ten years ago, Ann Kittredge has immersed herself in learning about the many different facets of educational policy and has dedicated a great deal of her time and effort to volunteer projects aimed at improving the education experience of our children,» Borough President Katz said.
«It's really important that we are making sure that not only our students are benefiting from their education system, it's really about ensuring that my parents feel confident about bringing their kids to our local public schools,» she said.
Digital literacy and understanding how systems (computer and otherwise) work will become increasingly important in a world where many of today's students will pursue jobs that do not currently exist, says Gershenfeld, who wrote about video games» potential to transform education in the February Scientific American.
«He's one of a dying breed,» says physiologist Arlan Richardson, director of the Aging Research and Education Center at UTHSCSA, «one of the [few] people who has really thought about whole - animal systems.»
«We have to move beyond dietary guidelines and education and food labeling and really think about strong government policies to make the food system healthier for everybody,» Mozaffarian says.
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.
Theresa May has spoken out about possible plans to lift the ban on opening new grammar schools in England, saying she want to bring «an element of selection» back into the education system.
The Harvard report reignited discussions about options for students, experts say, posing confounding questions about how education systems can respond to varying student needs and desires without lowering standards, translating later into closed doors.
«Parents Want a Say will continue to campaign to reverse term time holiday rules - this is a debate about family rights and the education system.»
They don't care any less about their children or value education less than English speaking parents, but understanding how the system works, let alone finding a role for themselves in it, is not as straightforward as marching up to the principal and saying, «Sign me up.»
She was also, she says, «interested in learning about the micro-level changes that ought to take place within education systems, both at the school level and beyond it, to guarantee that all children have access to quality learning opportunities.»
Speaking on the BBC's The Andrew Marr Show, May said that the plans were about «ensuring we have good school places for every child» and not about «going back to the system of binary education from the 1950s».
Mark Robinson says the best thing about our education system is the people involved in it.
The Department for Education said it had received positive feedback about the changes from many families, as many have found the new system more straightforward.
Sahlberg said that it wasn't necessarily about moving the Finnish education system like a box and bringing it to America, but perhaps taking pieces of it and applying it.
«I want to gain more knowledge about working within the education system and how to create curriculum,» she says.
Craig Kemp (@mrkempnz) based in Singapore (which has a world - renowned education system, ranking 2nd on the PISA 2012 Reading, Math and Science tests) says about testing that he has seen «the negative result of this pressure on students every day.»
«It's not just about wealth, but [about] the effort a state makes,» said Bruce Baker, professor at the Rutgers University Graduate School of Education, who outlined the ways in which the U.S. funding system is suffering.
Much has been written recently about the differences between education systems around the world, but much less has been said about what excellent schools around the world have in common.
Finally, when asked about the impact of a stable economy on the UK's education system, 75 % of teachers say a stable economy has an impact, with 38 % of teachers saying «a lot of impact».
Speaking at the Teach First Impact Conference, Milburn voiced concerns about the educational attainment gap in schools and said the government should» no longer tolerate an education system that produces a cohort of youngsters who simply lack the skills to compete in the modern labour market».
Four administrators who talked with Education World about their winter weather decision - making processes said that besides always considering safety first, having a system for deciding when to close — and communicating that system to everyone in the district — can mean making the right call most of the time.
«Current accreditation systems are set up to be honest brokers about school quality and set a low bar for what that looks like,» said Chad Aldeman, a principal at Bellwether Education Partners.
As Bush strategist Karl Rove explained in his book Courage and Consequence: «When Bush said education was the civil rights struggle of our time or that the absence of an accountability system in our schools meant black, brown, poor, and rural children were getting left behind, it gave listeners important information about his respect and concern for every family and deepened the impression that he was a different kind of Republican whom suburban voters... could be proud to support.»