Sentences with phrase «significant impact on their education»

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Her impact on the vision, direction and culture of the college has resulted in significant growth and has activated a critical public discussion on the value of college education in Ontario's economic development.

Stanford education expert Denise Pope says that the quality of a homework assignment and whether students find it meaningful can have a significant impact on student achievement, homework completion, motivation and even physical health.

These studies demonstrate that group prenatal education can have a significant impact on breastfeeding initiation.

Today BHA Chief Executive Andrew Copson commented, «We welcome the announcement that the PSHE Association will be funded to work with schools to improve their PSHE and we believe this will have a significant positive impact on the education many young people receive.

«The impact on public education would be significant, particularly in light of a tax cap that is projected to be near or at zero for next year,» said Michael Borges, executive director of the state association of School Business Officials.

SAN JOSE, California — Online learning is already bringing significant changes to education, but its biggest impact might be on the careers of people all over the globe, said Daphne Koller at the 2015 AAAS Annual Meeting.

«Our study showed that among gay and bisexual men, age and ethnicity had a significant impact on mental health, as did income and education.

«Delaying diagnosis had a significant impact on the treatment eventually received by patients in our study,» said lead author Dr Raviteja Miriyala, senior resident, Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

This annual award recognizes the contributions of individuals, corporations, and foundations that have made a significant impact on medical research, patient care, or public education in the fields of cancer immunology and immunotherapy.

The Award recognizes a person or group whose efforts have made a «significant, sustained impact on genetics education at any level.»

FLORENCE, Italy — With its national banks teetering on the edge of default and an uncertain economic future, Italy's financial woes have had a significant impact on state funding for arts education and the availability of student finance for Italian students, creating a challenging landscape for fashion education.

Interestingly, factors that had no significant impact on the marriage stability include education, religiosity, and cohabitation before marriage.

Her award - winning scholarship — particularly her work on civic education — has had a significant impact on theory, practice, and policy,» said Ryan.

These decisions obviously have a significant impact on all of our students as they move on to further education.

«We are particularly worried about the woefully inadequate level of funding for post-16 education which is having a significant and detrimental impact on schools, sixth forms and colleges.

The expansion of the academies programme and free schools, the end of the # 55bn Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, and a reduction in government funding for higher education are all having a significant impact on the sector.

A study by Josh Goodman published in Education Next challenges the conventional wisdom that the number of school days cancelled due to snow has a significant impact on student learning.

It does something else: it brings together higher education and K - 12 to discuss and agree on what matters most... Those critical decisions made in partnership are a key impact the College Board has in the world; its strategic impact is significant.

«SDP offers districts and states a terrific opportunity to catalyze their analytical talent,» said Glover, «We look forward to working closely with SDP partners to develop and expand methods of identifying, collecting, and analyzing data to help education leaders make policy decisions that are likely to have significant impact on raising student achievement.»

Professional Development Manager at Cool Australia, Kirsty Costa, told Education Matters that state government investment in school sustainability initiatives has a significant impact on what is happening «on the ground» and that the Victorian Government's 10 - year investment in the ResourceSmart Schools program has seen over 1000 primary and secondary schools implement whole - school sustainability initiatives.

The report warns that in the absence of any significant extra government funding, academies may need to reduce teacher numbers, impacting on the quality of education and the scope of subjects being taught.

After almost five years, the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act already has made a significant impact on U.S. schools, based on improved test scores and a narrowing of the achievement gap, according to U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings.

As one student said, «Her impact on higher education will be significant.

The movement of education from the classroom to the Internet has had (at least) two significant impacts on how courses are delivered.

That marks a significant milestone for education in this country in that we are now utterly focused on there being duties on national and local government to act to reduce the impact of poverty and inequality on children's learning.»

«Jon Star is a top - flight researcher and scholar in math education, and his work, informed by his years as a classroom teacher, has had significant impact on teaching practice and curriculum design,» said Ryan.

The Commission will examine factors that impact spending in education, including: school funding and distribution of State Aid; efficiency and utilization of education spending at the district level; the percentage of per - pupil funding that goes to the classroom as compared to administrative overhead and benefits; approaches to improving special education programs and outcomes while also reducing costs; identifying ways to reduce transportation costs; identifying strategies to create significant savings and long - term efficiencies; and analysis of district - by - district returns on educational investment and educational productivity to identify districts that have higher student outcomes per dollar spent, and those that do not.

The Brock International Prize in Education is awarded annually to individuals who have made a specific innovation or contribution resulting in a significant impact on the practice or understanding of the field of eEducation is awarded annually to individuals who have made a specific innovation or contribution resulting in a significant impact on the practice or understanding of the field of educationeducation.

Using propensity - score matching and difference - in - differences estimates, the authors show that delaying vocational education had a positive and significant impact on student performance on the order of one standard deviation.

Experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) played a significant role in studying and reporting the findings of The Impact of Two Professional Development Interventions on Early Reading Instruction and Achievement, a report that was released on September 22, 2008 by the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

In the gamification 2020 report, Gartner predicts that «gamification, combined with other emerging trends and technologies will have a significant impact on innovation, employee performance design, higher education globalization, customer engagement platforms, personal development».

The result could have a significant impact on federal education policy, depending on the priorities of the new leaders and their willingness to work...

Behind the Headline Big Impact: Supreme Court Housing Decision Could Have Significant Effect on Education 6/21/15 Education Next blog

That is almost surely true on the margin, but will it make a significant impact on our public education system?

There are a range of critical issues, such as: the implementation of the reauthorized ESEA (now called The Every Student Succeeds Act) which includes new flexibility for states in designing state standards and accountability systems as well as a hard cap on the number of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities taking alternate assessments on alternate standards; regulations on disproportionate identification of minority students to special education; and, the goal to transition more disadvantaged students into college and careers that will have a significant impact on some of the most vulnerable children.

Cash incentives lead to no significant improvement in GCSE results, according to an Education Endowment Foundation trial on the impact of incentives in...

Moir is this year's recipient of the $ 40,000 Brock International Prize in Education, given annually by the Brock Family Community Foundation of Oklahoma City to someone who has made «a significant impact on the practice or understanding of the field of educatioEducation, given annually by the Brock Family Community Foundation of Oklahoma City to someone who has made «a significant impact on the practice or understanding of the field of educationeducation.»

At the same time, some of the schools and education programs that are making the most significant positive impact on students — including programs that serve districts but operate independently from them - must constantly fundraise to do their work.

Just four months into the partnership, Brentfield Primary School's senior leadership can already see a significant impact, and have reflected on how Discovery Education is supportive, collaborative and unique in its long term commitment to their success.

Those new options have made a significant impact on Connecticut's achievement gap — you can not argue against the fact that charter schools have changed the lives of inner - city children of color who may not have otherwise had success in education.

The law is also having a significant impact across the state on enhancement classes that include but are not limited to music, art, physical education — resulting in some principals putting art and music on moving carts or considering eliminating those classes altogether to comply with the law.

The English Baccalaureate (EBacc) policy is a significant and serious distraction from other far more important issues in education and will impact on the life chances of students in every school.

Aspire Public Schools, Lighthouse Community Charter, and KIPP Bay Area Schools (KIPP Bridge) were recently recognized for their significant impact by education experts on the Local Education 2012 Philanthropeeducation experts on the Local Education 2012 PhilanthropeEducation 2012 Philanthropedia list.

In addition to remedial education's impact on students» academic success, its financial costs are significant and quantifiable.

The education secretary has in her grasp some key levers to head off the perfect storm that is beginning to gather: in seeking information, before the election, about the workload challenges facing schools, she knows that: Ofsted needs extensive reform, possibly replaced with validated peer - to - peer accountability and the incoherent sequencing and pace of curriculum changes need to be rethought with school leaders thinking about what will have a significant impact on children's learning.

«History will show that compared to some secretaries of education, Duncan had a significant impact on national and state public policy,» State Board of Education President Michael Kirst saieducation, Duncan had a significant impact on national and state public policy,» State Board of Education President Michael Kirst saiEducation President Michael Kirst said Friday.

It is uncertain, however, what impact that will have on the future of the standards, one of the most significant education reforms in decades.

In addition, Palo Alto Online also wrote on the significant impact a local innovator is having in education.

In traditional education settings, the focus has been on IQ skills, however, recent research shows that while IQ might be the strongest predictor of future salary, a person's Emotional Intelligence has a significant impact on predicting life - altering factors including adult conviction rates, substance abuse, and overall health.

One reason D.C.'s education reforms attracted significant attention across the country was their timing: DCPS started using IMPACT to evaluate teachers during the 2009 — 2010 school year, just as the education reform organization The New Teacher Project (TNTP) released a report recommending that districts develop evaluation systems that rate teachers «based on their effectiveness in promoting student achievement.»