Sentences with phrase «school quality issues»

This focus contrasts sharply with policy considerations that almost exclusively consider school quality issues.

«We simply don't know what component of the effect has to do with school quality issues that might be replicated, and what component has to do with clustering kids together in a more advantaged peer group,» Baker wrote.

Not exact matches

By staying abreast of issues impacting access to high - quality education like accessible and timely school reports for parents, we can discover specific ways our churches can help to support their local schools.

The Reds are prepared to boost Sessegnon's weekly wage, and also find the family a house and high quality schooling in nearby Cheshire, meaning a perfect compromise to the issues that have dogged his time with Sunderland so far.

«The findings concerning identification and reporting,» said the authors of a 2013 study, [17] are particularly alarming given the growing body of both short - term and long - term issues associated with concussive injuries, such as psychological issues, school - related problems, increased risk of subsequent concussions and potential quality - of - life issues associated with concussions.»

Our Mission is to promote quality school nutrition programs, provide educational opportunities and affect regulatory and legislative issues.

To me, the solution to the attrition issue, whether it's at a KIPP middle school or the Promise Academy middle school, is the Harlem Children's Zone's «conveyor belt» model, which provides continuous, high - quality early - childhood and elementary education to precisely those «disengaged families and students,» so that when those children arrive in middle school, they won't have the kind of difficulty doing demanding work as did the kids who left the Bay Area KIPP schools or who underperformed at the Promise Academy middle school in its first few years.

The less affluent school started issuing report cards for the seven qualities in an attempt to improve them.

Our issue with our local school is the quality of the education.

While the program continues to generate a lot controversy in more affluent schools (lost class time, sanitation issues and concerns about the nutritional quality of the food), our Food Services department has said that in poorer schools the program has been enthusiastically welcomed by principals who are seeing increased attendance, reduced tardiness and fewer discipline problems.

I agree that the quality of the food is a huge issue (although right now the calorie requirements per meal are actually quite high — see my School Lunch FAQs).

I don't envy the task of a trying to ensure quality control at 300 local schools, and I'll write more about the issue of on - site quality control as I learn more from my district.

Farm to School programs can help expand students knowledge about food, health, and environmental issues, and improve the quality and nutrition of school meal options, while supporting the local food ecSchool programs can help expand students knowledge about food, health, and environmental issues, and improve the quality and nutrition of school meal options, while supporting the local food ecschool meal options, while supporting the local food economy.

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.

WFP evaluates the records of all the candidates and supports only those who stand up for working - class and middle - class families on issues like good jobs, affordable healthcare, fair taxes and quality schools.

Before people filled the auditorium at Hoosick Falls Junior - Senior High School for a state Senate hearing chaired by Marchione on the Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh water crises and other water quality issues, Shaun Francis held a news conference to unveil a billboard critical of his opponent's response to the discovery of perfluorooctanoic acid, a suspected cancer - causing chemical, in both the village water system and wells in the village and surrounding town of Hoosick.

«In addition to ensuring that there is space in the curriculum to address these issues, schools need improved access and quality provision of safeguarding training that specifically addresses the issue of sexual violence and harassment.

Billed as a hearing on statewide water quality and contamination, the daylong hearing did briefly touch on issues of lead in the water of New York City's schools and a similar tainted - water problem in Newburgh, in the Hudson Valley.

Nixon, who headlined a fundraiser for the union - aligned advocacy group Alliance For A Quality Education this week, issued a statement Thursday pushing for more school funding — fueling more talk that she will run for governor herself next year.

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.»

As with the academies programme, free schools were initially meant to address issues of equity and inclusion, and create quality provision in poorer areas where it may not already exist.

Chris Keates: «It is increasingly important to treat Ofsted's assertions about the quality of educational provision across the school system with some caution... However, notwithstanding these reservations, Ofsted's report highlights key issues that reflect some of the NASUWT's longstanding concerns»

Lafayette, who served for 32 years in the Assembly before retiring, said he endorsed Dromm after years of working personally with him and also because of Dromm's «commitment and effectiveness on the issues that matter most to me, — better schools, more access to doctors and health care, and improved quality of life».

The Alliance for Quality Education, a group that has pushed for more school aid, took issue with Cuomo's comments, including the claim that education isn't an issue being discussed in Albany.

The Alliance for Quality Education's Billy Easton says New York has fallen far behind in carrying out an order issued eight years ago form the state's highest court saying schools, particularly the poorest districts, deserve billions of dollars more in state funding each year.

«The issue of ensuring quality and competent teachers in public schools is something crucial and doable, but it requires courage, sincerity and honesty as guiding principles.

Just one such issue is the quality of drinking water supplies — particularly those found in New York's schools.

«During her decades in public life, Helen fought tenaciously to improve our children's schools, to address seemingly intractable quality - of - life issues and to secure a fair share of City resources for Queens,» Katz said in a statement.

Residents have protested the shelter from the very beginning, claiming it is too close to the elementary school P.S. 75 and has contributed to quality - of - life issues such as vandalism, public drunkenness, noise disruption and thefts.

The issue of equitable aid was at the heart of the $ 1.11 billion lawsuit brought by the Alliance for Quality Education on behalf of 26 students in eight small city school districts, including Kingston, in 2008.

«Improving our schools, putting New Yorkers back to work, advocating for our city's veterans, fighting for tax equity for co-op and condo owners and preserving our quality of life are the issues that made me want to run for City Council from the very beginning,» Silverstein said in a statement.

Malliotakis» campaign has argued that she can manage the city better than de Blasio has — she regularly criticizes the mayor for failing schools, the homelessness crisis, crumbling subways, and other quality of life issues.

Promising to build more SHS schools than NDC's 200 without addressing the related issues of what else you will do to ensure that more teachers are not only trained, but employed to produce quality education to our children, will not do.

It has also reviewed hundreds of thousands of reports to aid in distinguishing the best - quality research from weaker work, including studies on such subjects as the effectiveness of charter schools and merit pay for teachers, which have informed the ongoing debate about these issues.

«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.

«High - quality civic learning teaches the importance of community (both within the school and more broadly), respectful dialogue about controversial issues, creative problem solving, collaboration, teamwork, and the importance of diversity,» according to the authors.

«Since having enough high - quality teachers is essential to the effective operation of the school system, these are issues that the Department needs to address urgently.»

In the following debate, Jay Greene of the University of Arkansas's Department of Education Reform and Mike Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute explore areas of agreement and disagreement around this issue of school choice and school quality.

School works when students have opportunities to produce quality work about issues that matter.

Wright: The two most common issues are related to a school's refusal to either provide services, or an inability and or unwillingness to provide quality services.

The Big Life Group, linked to the Big Issue magazine, has set up a primary school, which will deliver high quality education and childcare to families in one of the poorest parts of Manchester while Everton, Bolton Wanderers and Bradford City are examples of a number of football clubs that have embedded their role in the community by leading the creation of new schools.

During the consultation we need to consider what this will look like, alongside whole school issue around quality first teaching.

«Accountability for student performance is one of the two or three - if not the most - prominent issues in policy at the state and local levels right now,» says Richard F. Elmore, a professor at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education (Quality Counts, 1999)

Some organizations direct their activities only to district and / or charter school issues, such as improving teacher quality and effectiveness, developing new public charter schools, or closing and transforming failing district schools to create new high - quality schools of choice.

Elementary and middle schools — attendance, science test results, «program quality» (improving school climate, reducing behavior issues, and increasing engagement.

New findings coauthored by Harvard Graduate School of Education Dean Kathleen McCartney, published today in the September / October 2009 issue of Child Development, reveals the quality of early childcare may play a role in boosting reading and math achievement among low - income youth.

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.

Risk Management By making it easy for teachers to seek out good quality school trip companies, the red tape and health and safety concerns cited by many teachers and governors as reasons why they decide not to arrange school educational visits, become less of an issue.

Fordham Institute Executive Vice President Mike Petrilli served as moderator, and he was joined by panelists Sandi Jacobs, Vice President and Managing Director for State Policy, National Council on Teacher Quality; Alice Johnson Cain, Vice President for Policy, Teach Plus; Chet Linton, CEO and President, School Improvement Network; and Rob Well, Director of Field Programs, Educational Issues Department, American Federation of Teachers.