In this Best of Dropout Nation, Editor RiShawn Biddle points to the economic reasons why we must commit to providing all children with strong, comprehensive, college prep curricula and nurturing kids through high expectations (along with improving teacher and
school leader quality, and expanding school choice and Parent Power).
Not exact matches
Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb
leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor -
quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public
schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.
We're increasing enrollment in high -
quality early education, raising standards in our public
schools as a
leader in implementing the Common Core curriculum and working with the business community on STEM programs that are relevant to the job market.
NBK Capital Partners Mezzanine Fund II has already invested in two companies: Qimam El Hayat, a private K - 12
school in Riyadh that provides
quality education to over 2,500 students and Perkon, the market
leader in the Turkish payment systems / automatic identification and data capture («AIDC») industry.
Without minimizing the difficulties, theological
schools and the religious groups they serve must ask themselves the hard questions: Do we care about the
quality of religious
leaders we educate?
«We are excited to see Chicago Public
Schools continue to be a
leader by using procurement dollars to improve the freshness,
quality and nutrition in their meals for students while growing opportunities for local, sustainable and fair producers and processors,» stated Rodger Cooley, Executive Director of the Chicago Food Policy Action Council.
After four years and half a billion dollars on a failed
school turnaround program, NYC students need a
leader who will work with urgency to give them the
quality of
schools they deserve,» said StudentsFirstNY Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.
It is very unfortunate that an opinion
leader like Casely Hayford would not use his platform and such opportunities to discuss the
quality of the state of Journalism independent of
schools and of gender.
These 15
schools are
leaders in Dual Language education and, through collaborative practices, we can ensure a supportive, high -
quality multilingual experience for even more students.»
«Despite all these shortcomings in way in which GCSEs have been reformed, teachers and
school leaders have continued, as ever, to ensure that pupils receive high
quality learning experiences and can secure the best possible chance of exam success tomorrow.
«Ofsted must now take this opportunity to engage with teachers and
school leaders to ensure that inspection can be reformed further so that it accurately reflects the full value that
schools add to the
quality of children and young people's lives and their future prospects.»
«We are all products of
quality public
schools and can compete anywhere in the world; we are beneficiaries of
quality education from public
schools and we have achieved a lot from the sacrifices made by previous
leaders.
Whether it is working hand - in - hand with community
leaders to empower minority candidates running for office or working to ensure that African - Americans have access to
quality health care,
schools and employment, I feel privileged to have the opportunity to lift up our communities and work with and for African - Americans in the Bronx and across New York.
Elected and parent
leaders urged Albany not to back down from efforts to achieve bold, structural change to expand access to high -
quality schools — district or charter.
«My concern is that independent trials are on the decline and that means we have less high -
quality data to inform public health that are not influenced by commercial interests,» says study
leader Stephan Ehrhardt, MD, MPH, an associate professor in the Bloomberg
School's Department of Epidemiology.
Researchers from the Perelman
School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in partnership with ORGANIZE — a non-for-profit organization based in New York which leverages health data to end the organ donor shortage by applying smarter technologies, utilizing social media, building more creative partnerships, and advocating for data - driven policies — The Bridgespan Group — a global nonprofit organization that collaborates with mission - driven
leaders, organizations, and philanthropists to break cycles of poverty and dramatically improve the
quality of life for those in need — and Gift of Life Donor Program — an OPO which serves the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware — evaluated the metrics and criteria used to measure OPOs across the country, and found significant discrepancies in how potential donors are evaluated and identified.
«The findings of both studies support a growing body of research that suggests lifestyle interventions lower biomarkers associated with breast cancer recurrence and mortality, and improve
quality of life,» said Melinda Irwin, PhD, co-program
leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Yale Cancer Center, associate professor of Epidemiology at Yale
School of Public Health, and principal investigator on both studies.
«There remains a strong demand among health care
leaders to better understand this issue, and how to address it, given the link between disparities,
quality, safety, cost and value,» says Betancourt, who is an associate professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical
School.
Likewise, the
School of Medicine is equally committed to advancing the
quality and strength of its medical and graduate education programs, for which it is recognized as an innovative
leader, and to training highly skilled, compassionate clinicians and creative scientists well - equipped to engage in world - class research.
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School alumnus and 2015 Asia 21 Young
Leaders awardee Henry Motte - Muñoz in June 2015, Edukasyon.ph believes that every student has the right to a
quality, affordable education that will get them employed.
Additionally, TransformEd collects and archives longitudinal administrative data to conduct policy analyses for member district
leaders and practitioners in order to support the CORE
School Quality Improvement System (CORE SQIS).
At the same time,
schools and
school leaders have focused significant resources on improving the
quality of «teaching and learning practice».
But that means little unless we also understand that the only people capable of ensuring
quality instruction in a
school are that
school's
leaders.
We met with three hundred charter
leaders around the state to learn more about what could be done, and then built goals and objectives for the California charter
schools movement by first providing insurance, cash - flow financing, and other resources to
schools willing to focus on academic
quality (measured in many different ways).
If the current funding does not change, this will likely require
school leaders and governing bodies to become more confident in both managing their workforce and in setting pay policies that enable performance based awards and targeted salaries to retain high
quality staff.
But over time, what we thought of as
quality authorizing has morphed into a sort of technocratic risk management for the sector — a process whose own bias, one could argue, accelerated not the growth of charter
schools but the replication of one kind of charter
school with one specific sort of
leader.
The 2015
School Travel Forum (STF) survey of over 2,000 teachers and subject
leaders found that 75 per cent of respondents had no awareness of the LOtC
Quality Badge.
The notice instructs the academy to provide evidence that it is improving and also requires
school leaders to demonstrate that they doing something to improve the
quality of teaching.
Encourage networking The Independent Academies Association (IAA) and the Association of
School and College
Leaders (ASCL) have joined forces to work with IAAS (Independent Academies Assured Services) to develop a
Quality Mark for services and to encourage networking of
schools and academies to share and build good and effective practice.
Ofsted's chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has warned that the biggest challenge facing
schools in England is a lack of
quality teachers and
leaders.
Working with
school leaders, new high -
quality training opportunities will be developed to boost career progression and support the record number of teachers in our
schools to become
leaders in their field, including: extending on - the - job training and support for trainee and new teachers to two years, so they get the best possible start to their career; and creating early career development opportunities for teachers through a new framework that
schools will follow, developed in partnership with teachers,
school leaders and education experts.
School leaders should look to high
quality evidence to support their professional judgement.
In the past, administrations emphasised
school management; tomorrow the focus needs to be on instructional leadership, with
leaders supporting, evaluating and developing high -
quality teachers, and designing innovative learning environments.
One of the challenges facing
school leaders right now is striking the right balance between pragmatism to make sure that every class has a teacher, and ensuring the bar continues to be set as a high as it should be in terms of teaching
quality.»
To choose wisely in the face of such challenges, John Bush explores why
school leaders should look to high
quality evidence to support their professional judgement.
Speaking of the rise in the number of
schools choosing to travel with STF assured operators,
School Travel Forum general manager, Gill Harvey, said: «By taking care of standards of safety and quality in an easily recognisable and trusted accreditation scheme, the LOtC Quality Badge is an invaluable tool for school trip leaders, in particular those booking ski trips, and it's great to see that the awareness of the benefits of choosing approved tour operators is increasing.&
School Travel Forum general manager, Gill Harvey, said: «By taking care of standards of safety and
quality in an easily recognisable and trusted accreditation scheme, the LOtC Quality Badge is an invaluable tool for school trip leaders, in particular those booking ski trips, and it's great to see that the awareness of the benefits of choosing approved tour operators is increasing.
quality in an easily recognisable and trusted accreditation scheme, the LOtC
Quality Badge is an invaluable tool for school trip leaders, in particular those booking ski trips, and it's great to see that the awareness of the benefits of choosing approved tour operators is increasing.
Quality Badge is an invaluable tool for
school trip leaders, in particular those booking ski trips, and it's great to see that the awareness of the benefits of choosing approved tour operators is increasing.&
school trip
leaders, in particular those booking ski trips, and it's great to see that the awareness of the benefits of choosing approved tour operators is increasing.»
For new or potentially expanding MATs, this move has a significant impact on how their senior
leaders choose to oversee and monitor
quality within each
school under their control, says Louise Doyle, a MAT trustee and maintained
school governor as well as director of self - assessment and improvement planning resources specialist, MESMA.
Education officials hoped the offer might stem the exodus of experienced principals to the suburbs while attracting fresh blood and top -
quality leaders to its
schools.
Gibb's comments were in response to the Committee's inquiry into the well publicised issues with teacher supply, and followed evidence given by Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), who told the Committee that
school leaders felt there was a shortage of
quality teachers.
Through a 2 - year professional development program that incorporates continuous
quality improvement methods, UBC provides classroom teams and
school leaders training and in - classroom coaching to maximize language instructional strategies, instructional time, effective interactions and attendance.
Currently used in an outstanding
school and covers religious
leaders, their
qualities and focuses on Moses and Buddha.
The NAHT published its annual recruitment survey before the meeting, which reported 79 per cent of
school leaders were facing problems in recruiting
quality teachers.
Is PBL really so difficult that only a select number of masterful teachers, innovative
schools, and dynamic
school leaders can pull off high
quality projects?
I credit these
qualities — along with the tireless dedication of our teachers and
school leaders, who instill in our students the values of integrity, humility, hard work, and service — for our remarkable success.
The goal is to provide great resources for teachers and
school leaders, ensuring outstanding value for money and
quality.
President Reagan's criticisms of the nation's
schools and his proposals for improving the
quality of education are misleading the American public and threatening to reverse 20 years of progress made possible by federal support of education, according to a report by 19 education and civil - rights
leaders.
It is time to hold
school leaders accountable for reducing the turnover and attrition that undermine teaching
quality in high - need
schools.
Therefore, it's up to charter
school leaders and teachers to prove to parents that their children are getting a high -
quality education and laying the foundation for a life of opportunity.
Massachusetts has become a national
leader in developing high -
quality vocational high
schools.
The 2017 campaign is focused on education financing: World
leaders have promised every child in the world a
quality education but a key piece of the puzzle is not in place — the money to pay for this education — leaving the global picture with 263 million children missing out on
school, and many of those in
school are not learning.