Sentences with phrase «shaping education decisions»

Families once relegated to the sidelines are taking more - powerful roles in shaping education decisions decision - making.

Another oversight comes in the failure to rank states on whether families have strong roles in shaping education decisions within the school systems that serve their children.

Families once relegated to the sidelines are taking more - powerful roles in shaping education decision - making.

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In A even if people get an inheritance, they might not get it until well into their adult lives when many of their crucial life - shaping decisions about education and work have already been made.

But former D.O.E. administrators and education experts say there's no question that the mayor's authority over charters has been partially absorbed by the state, leaving de Blasio's (and future mayors») hands tied when it comes to charter - related policy decisions that could shape his education agenda.

We can not have a situation where more and more decisions about Scotland are being taken in Scotland, and yet Scottish MPs come to Westminster and vote on English - only issues, shaping the destiny of health, education, justice, environment and probably taxation, too, in England, potentially against the wishes of most English representatives.

State officials and courts have already grappled with many of these issues, and creating a federal right to education would destabilize policies and decisions that have shaped local school systems for generations,» they say, noting that unlike the federal Constitution, all 50 state constitutions contain provisions that explicitly address education.

That notion shaped a recent decision by the University of North Carolina system to require all teacher education faculty members to incorporate computers and technologies into their instruction.

Nearly six decades after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education court case established racial equality as a core commitment of American schools, the decision still shapes the way we think about the concept of equal opportunity in many diverse arenas.

Warren E. Burger, the retired chief justice of the United States who died last month at the age of 87, wrote several landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions that shaped education policy.

Sydney co-founded Educators for Excellence to address the lack of teacher input in the crucial education policy decisions that shape our classrooms and the teaching profession.

This program empowers educators to speak up and shape our nation's future by joining with colleagues to help lawmakers make the best education decisions.

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Meetings with your statewide elected officials provide you the opportunity to initiate and grow relationships with decision - makers who shape Texas public education policy and funding.

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The Economic Opportunity Institute (EOI) undertook the first survey of the state's 296 districts in order to document the extent of school district involvement in early education, identify promising models, and help shape policy decisions about moving toward universal preschool and full - day kindergarten.This report presents an overview of the survey's findings.

As students become contributing participants in their education, their communities and the diverse global society we live in, they grow their individual and collective ability to shape the decisions that impact their lives.