Sentences with phrase «standard of education such»

As a part of maintaining a stable lifestyle for the children, the court may also look at the child's standard of education such as the ability to continue attending a private or boarding school.

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As anywhere else in the world, Church initiatives in public education, social ministries, historical commemoration, and establishment of new parishes require Church and state to negotiate such matters as licensing, training standards, and financing.

That the days were numbered when such elite educational ideals might hope to set the standard is suggested by the strikingly different tone of the even more influential 1947 report of The President's Commission on Higher Education for Democracy.

It is rather paradoxical that while European political colonization is nowadays firmly rejected, the spread of European culture goes on apace in such forms as education, science and technology, democratic rule, and Western standards and ways of thought.

Development is also often used in a normative sense as a multi-valued social goal covering such diverse spheres as better material well - being, living standards, education, health care, wider opportunities for work and leisure, and in essence the whole gamut of desirable social and material welfare.

• Revising how subsidies are allotted to producers, and how different practices are taxed across the value chain; • Influence the evolution of production standards so that they guide producers toward increasingly sustainable practices; • Refining public education regarding what are best practices of production systems (and accounting for them), and how to make them more widespread; • Studying the effects different practices and production systems have on society - wide challenges such as public health (and health insurance, whether it is publicly or privately provided), climate change mitigation, job creation and family income, etc..

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

«In judging our progress as individuals, we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one's social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of education... but internal factors may be even more crucial in assessing one's development as a human being: humility, purity, generosity, absence of vanity and readiness to serve our fellow men — qualities within the reach of every human soul.»

During a speech at the Rockefeller Institute of Government in Albany, King offered education reforms such as the Common Core standards and teacher evaluations as vehicles of greater equality in schools.

Two members of the panel argued that the group's final report, released Tuesday, neglected several controversial issues facing public education, such as the state's implementation of new, rigorous academic standards known as Common Core.

In 2013, the Department for Education (DfE) published advice stating that» There are many different actions that schools can take to meet this part of the standard, such as:... Use teaching resources from a wide variety of sources to help pupils understand a range of faiths, and beliefs such as atheism and humanism.»

Under it, he said, educational officials trying to evaluate standards at yeshivas would be asked to consider the number of hours spent studying all topics, including religious studies, in determining whether such an education was «substantially equivalent» to secular public schools.

Speaking on The Andrew Marr Show, Mr Twigg added such schools opened in England would be brought into line with the teaching standards of conventional education.

In a paper written for the conference, Roseman also touched on the role of scientists and scientific organizations such as AAAS in reforming science education, including the development of standards and the curriculum materials, assessments, and teacher professional development that are aligned to them.

Using scientific literature in the classroom does more than supplement lessons — the articles made available by Science in the Classroom also align with educational standards such as the Framework for K - 12 Science Education, the Common Core, Advanced Placement practices and competencies suggested in Vision & Change in Undergraduate Biology Education, said Shelby Lake, senior program associate of Science in the Classroom.

There he could search by diet preferences such as gluten - free, macrobiotic or paleo in addition to the standard categories of age, religion and education.

Russia has internationally acknowledged universities such as the Moscow University or St. Petersburg Institute, the Russian education system is known throughout the world for the high standards of education it produces.

The Producers Guild has more than 5,700 members who work together to protect and improve their careers, the industry and community by providing members with employment opportunities, seeking to expand health benefits, promoting fair and impartial standards for the awarding of producing credits, as well as other education and advocacy efforts such as encouraging sustainable production practices.

Some argue that education lacks the characteristics of a fully professional field, such as uniformly recognized standards or a common core of knowledge that is taught in every school of education.

His articles and essays address such topics as school desegregation, school finance, school choice, standards and testing, pre-K, and the intersection of special education and neuroscience.

Quality badges such as the Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) Quality Badge and the Association of Heads of Outdoor Education Centres (AHOEC) Gold Standard are both indicators of high quality provision.

A range of initiatives from the New York State Education Department (SED) regarding standards, assessments, and graduation requirements has been very helpful in [forming] such important district strategies as aligning our curriculum, more effectively focusing our staff development, and instituting additional summer and afterschool programs.

Even leaving this concern aside and accepting the 0.08 of standard deviation achievement boost, Hanushek finds that «we are hard pressed to come up with any other education program working at (national scale) that has produced such results.»

Ms Rodgers will replace the recently departed Ms Margery Evans, who served as the inaugural CEO of AITSL for six years and established the organisation's role in delivering national education reforms such as the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers and the Australian Professional Standard for Principals.

The international math and science scores so important for growth rates are not related to variations in spending on education or other standard measures of school resources, such as pupil - teacher ratios.

To see whether states are setting proficiency bars in such a way that they are «lowballing expectations» and have «lowered the bar» for students in 4th - and 8th - grade reading and math, Education Next has used information from the recently released 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to evaluate empirically the proficiency standards each state has established.

Not only will such rhetoric keep it in the forefront as implementation progresses, it has the potential to build support for the CCSS among those who wonder if ELA and math standards are all we want out of our children's education.

A leading researcher in education, he is a speaker, trainer, and author of more than 30 books and 150 articles on topics such as instruction, assessment, writing and implementing standards, cognition, effective leadership, and school intervention.

«I submit to you that in a system of education that serves such a highly diverse and transitory culture,... shared standards aren't simply an option, but a mandatory conversation,» the Council of Chief State School Officers» executive director, Gene Wilhoit, said in a speech at the conference's opening session.

In a revealing analysis of a large data set, Hoover Institution economist Eric Hanushek and his colleagues found that placement in special education in grades 3 - 6 was associated with gains of 0.04 standard deviation in reading and 0.11 in math; such small gains indicate that children with LD clearly are not closing the gap.

While her primary focus — and the focus of many media reports about her — has been on vouchers, tax credits, and education savings accounts, organizations she has led or helped found have also advanced other reform initiatives, such as accountability for student learning and more - rigorous academic standards.

People who study education for a living understand what's going on — this is straight out of the standards promulgated by the National Council for the Social Studies, a professional organization that has long prized such «conceptual understanding» over «rote facts and figures.»

With widespread bipartisan support from such ideological opponents as U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, as well as the business community, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in 2010 the standards sailed remarkably fast through adoption in 40 states and the District of Columbia.

In its much - anticipated report, the National Council on Education Standards and Testing, a 32 - member panel of educators, business leaders, and public officials, concludes that creating such standards and assessments is both highly desirable and feasible.

In order to meet the standards of federal legislation such as No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top ~ state departments of education have revamped a great deal of their educational infrastructure such as assessment programs and teacher certifications.

I agree with a lot of the things that Al Gore says about education, such as high standards and giving teachers bonuses.

BESA includes some of the country's top educational suppliers, such as YPO, and, as an association, we're fully invested in exploring ways of unlocking the potential of schools and giving teachers the support they need to drive up standards of education.

The author of 16 books and more than 400 articles, his work has appeared in such publications as The Weekly Standard, Christian Science Monitor, Commentary, The Public Interest, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, Education Week, Harvard Business Review and Boston Globe.

Groups such as the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) have been working with states from both consortiums to implement the Common Core standards and prepare for their assessments.

The Gates Foundation spread money across the political spectrum, to entities including the big teachers unions, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, and business organizations such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — groups that have clashed in the past but became vocal backers of the standards....

The bill requires a state to demonstrate that such standards are aligned with: (1) the entrance requirements of the state's system of public higher education, and (2) relevant state career and technical education standards.

And partly it's because of the fragmentation of America's primary - secondary education system itself — 14,000 school districts, fifty different sets of state standards and tests — that makes disrupting this industry, indeed even entering this market, such a challenge for small publishing upstarts.

Also tucked in the recommendations are such bold ideas as serious acceptance of alternative pathways and «residency» - style preparation; insistence on real standards for entering prep programs and getting certified; the demand that prep programs respond to K — 12 education's actual supply - demand numbers rather than enrolling as many people as possible (thus probably killing the proverbial ed - school «cash cow» within universities); and tracking the performance of those emerging from various prep programs and institutions — and actually closing those that don't produce successful professionals.

Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the Northwest Comprehensive Center (NWCC) provides high - impact training and technical assistance to SEA staff in planning, implementing, monitoring, and sustaining initiatives in priority areas such as college and career readiness, educator effectiveness, school improvement, and rigorous, college - and career - ready standards implementation.

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.

The state Department of Education has argued that the standards are already deemed as such, but Martirano has expressed a commitment to review them to assuage concerns from lawmakers, educators and the public.

Equity Coalition members meet in person and virtually to explore common ground, articulate priority goals related to students with disabilities, examine policy challenges and continue to build bridges to address specific issues such as funding, legal status, providing a full continuum of special education services, special education infrastructures, and authorizer standards.

Aligned to educational standards, these solutions span partnerships with a variety of like - minded organizations and include nationally recognized and award - winning programs such as the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, and the Toyota TeenDrive365 Video Challenge, among others.

New York City Department of Education: Teacher Leadership Programs http://schools.nyc.gov/AboutUs/workinginNYCschools/leadershippathways/Opportunities/teacherleadership/default.htm New York City offers a variety of opportunities for teachers interested in teacher leadership for specific specific instructional hurdles (such as the implementation of the Common Core standards) or more general roles such as mentors or lead teachers.

AITSL will manage the operation of the TPA advisory group and will draw on specifically selected members with a range of expertise including; technical expertise such as standard setting methodologies and establishing valid and reliable assessments, and expert knowledge in the design and delivery of initial teacher education.