Sentences with phrase «school quality focus»

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Snyder said he will focus on strengthening SOM's faculty, student quality and reputation, as well as integrating the school into the rest of the Yale community.
An advocate for a local teachers union also expressed concern to the New York Times Magazine about the quality of the education, arguing Bridge focuses less on getting poor students to the baseline as enticing public school students to switch to Bridge schools.
One school focuses on quality and maximizing the yield of the process.
Focused on customer service, quality and innovation, J.T.M. serves thousands of schools, restaurants, military and government organizations, food distributors and retailers throughout North America.
Rather than trying to «teach» skills like grit and self - control, he argues, we should focus instead on creating the kinds of environments, both at home and at school, in which those qualities are most likely to flourish.
Focusing on the nutrients that are in a food product rather than looking at the impact of the food as a whole causes schools to focus on looking for cheap ways to meet the minimum guidelines instead of focusing on finding quality items to feed their sFocusing on the nutrients that are in a food product rather than looking at the impact of the food as a whole causes schools to focus on looking for cheap ways to meet the minimum guidelines instead of focusing on finding quality items to feed their sfocusing on finding quality items to feed their students.
The school is diverse, fun and focused on quality education.
The Center is well - known for providing high - quality, multidisciplinary services using highly professional staff for their child - centered, family - focused services in client's homes, schools, clinics and other community venues.
The School Nutrition Foundation focuses on providing the resources that educate and empower SNA members to provide high - quality, low - cost meals to students across the nation to foster an environment where children achieve overall wellness and lifelong success.
This push has embraced forms of school development and quality assurance that are ubiquitous in the mainstream, while making efforts to adapt them to the special situation of Waldorf education with its focus on individual learning.
As we continue to focus on the twin issues of childhood obesity and hunger, we will increase access to good, quality meals in school cafeterias so the nutritional needs of our youngsters are better met.
Given the politics of NYC it is likely that school spending would go up if an independent board focused upon quality education was to be put in place.
The second results area (Pillar 2) focuses on improving the quality of education in 125 selected low - performing SHS through: (i) strengthened school management and accountability; (ii) improved mathematics and science teaching and learning; (iii) expanded information, communication technology and internet connectivity in schools; and (iv) the implementation of school performance partnership plans.
She said she would focus on crime and school quality in a February interview with The Daily Orange.
The Association will focus on signposting schools to high quality resources and in expanding their Chartered Teacher of PSHE programme.
That, unfortunately, will take a significant effort and it's my hope these funds will help maintain a Republican majority that will continue to focus on creating jobs and economic growth, good schools and quality health care.»
Scott Reif, a spokesman for the Senate Republicans, said in a statement that the GOP is «confident» that they are «going to keep and grow» their majority, and said Senate Republicans are focused on key issues like taxes and school quality.
Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif said, «We are confident we're going to keep and grow our majority because Senate Republicans are focused on the issues that hardworking Long Island families are focused on — taxes, schools and quality of life.»
Consultant Aecom's chief executive for the UK & Ireland Patrick Flaherty said: «The major focus must be on drastically improving the quality of carers advice in schools in partnership with industry, so that every student is fully aware of the vast array of STEM careers out there.»
«This decision should bring an end to the politicking and grandstanding and allow us all to focus on what matters most: continuing to improve the quality of education we offer New York City's public school children,» Mayor Bloomberg said.
As superintendent of the LaFayette Central School District, she's focusing on school quality and School District, she's focusing on school quality and school quality and crime.
At the New York Law School, Bratton also defended broken windows, which calls for a focus on small, so - called «quality of life offenses» to prevent larger crimes — and wouldn't even consider one attendee's calls during the question - answer - session to do away with the practice.
Despite Cuomo's comments about the differences between rich and poor districts, his address brought a lukewarm response from the Alliance for Quality Education, which focuses on the wealth disparities among schools.
The findings show the need for renewed focus on closing racial gaps in education and school quality, which have been stuck in place for several decades, according to the authors.
«The new guideline uses the highest quality scientific evidence to focus treatment of blood cholesterol on those likely to benefit most,» said Neil J. Stone, MD, Bonow professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and chair of the expert panel that wrote the new guideline.
At Chicago Medical School her thesis and doctoral work in clinical psychology focused on maintaining health, improving quality of life and achieving wellness.
My condition was keeping me from spending quality time with my kids and I was losing focus at school.
Rest of Cast: Let me reiterate, there is definitely enough quality actors in this film, and they should have turned the focus on the SCHOOL as the main character.
At the same time, schools and school leaders have focused significant resources on improving the quality of «teaching and learning practice».
In 2014, the research reveals that schools in the high preforming jurisdictions (including Shanghai, Singapore and Finland) focus all lesson content on the use of high quality textbooks.
But the bulk of the city's school reforms over the past decade have focused elsewhere, on building a pre-kindergarten system, creating new curriculum materials and instructional strategies and, above all, improving teacher quality — work that's largely unrelated to high school attendance.
There is research that shows that schools with high poverty are more likely to focus on reading and math in order to meet AYP at the expense of quality hours studying science.
All kinds of research are being produced that could count as «instructionally relevant,» after all, from studies of systems - level factors like curriculum quality and school operations to those focused on what's happening in learners» heads, to those examining classroom - level techniques.
At HGSE, Mehta's primary research focus is understanding what it would take to create high - quality schooling at scale, as well as the professionalization of teaching.
Lawmakers should move beyond Chapter 1's current focus on individual remediation and use the program as a tool to force state and local officials to upgrade the quality of schools that educate disadvantaged children, a panel of Chapter 1 experts has urged.
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).
«While schools» focus, quite rightly, is focused on providing quality teaching to hit exam targets, studies show that the physical environment within schools can have a massive impact on its learning outcomes.
States should focus on improving the quality of school performance data, and then making that data available to third parties so they can work their magic and offer it to all parents.
It certainly focused the mind on impact, quality, accessibility and the inclusiveness of the school.
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.
«The Queensland Government is committed to ensuring state schools are equipped with high quality admin and support staff so that principals and teachers can focus on maximising student learning outcomes,» Jones said.
Instead of plans to increase selection, the EPI advises that «a more promising approach» could be to focus on increasing the quality of existing non-selective school places, as has been successfully achieved in London over the last 20 years.
Caroline Wright, director general designate at BESA says: «Our latest research shows that there is a growing desire and need by teachers for high quality CPD: 48 per cent of primary schools and 41 per cent of secondary schools state that CPD will be a focus for 2016/17.
Every discussion of education policy, program design, implementation and evaluation on instruction, teacher policies and education, or school governance focuses on improving educational outcomes for young people and ensuring that all learners have access to a high - quality education relevant to the 21st century.
Whereas business - driven educational reform has largely focused on the K - 12 years, recent studies, including one by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), have now shown that the quality of care infants and toddlers receive can significantly impact their cognitive and social development through elementary school — and even beyond.
Currently used in an outstanding school and covers religious leaders, their qualities and focuses on Moses and Buddha.
Early years settings, schools, academies, colleges and other learning providers are focused on supporting all the children or young people to achieve quality learning outcomes.
In these situations, IAAS is able to help by finding an IAAS Quality Mark supplier to come in to run a venture or part of a venture, so that the school could still gain a revenue stream whilst ensuring its focus on its core purposes.
Understanding this second challenge — the challenge of creating and sustaining high quality formal arts learning experiences for K - 12 youth, inside and outside of school — is the focus of a new report from Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Educschool — is the focus of a new report from Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of EducSchool of Education.
UNESCO is steering forward this initiative, which focuses on three priorities — putting every girl and boy in school, improving quality and fostering global citizenship.
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