Sentences with phrase «standards than education»

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This possibly explains why other non-nuclear nations play a greater role in the international community and enjoy a higher standard of living than Russia, which prioritizes nuclear weapons above other things like investing in education or infrastructure.

«Growing up in a home with 500 books would propel a child 3.2 years further in education, on average, than would growing up in a similar home with few or no books,» the Pacific Standard noted.

Rather than mandating burdensome education and compliance costs for advisors, the SEC should focus on establishing standards for research that ensure all advisors have the information and analysis they need to fulfill the Duty of Care.

A far greater part of the text — thousands of pages in more than 30 chapters — has to do with harmonizing regulations (financial, health and safety standards, etc.), reinforcing intellectual property rights (patents, copyrights), opening up new sectors to privatization and foreign investment (health insurance and education), and putting strict limits on how governments choose to protect the environment or create jobs.

Not convincing» which is funny circular argument because you state that everyone of that age «average education level of individuals is higher now than in the dark ages» so by your standard nothing of that age can be verified?

He did not measure himself by the cultural standards of his day, as did some others, who scoffed at the fact that he was a carpenter (Mark 6:3), nor by the greatness of the order of the intellect (his education was that which could be gained at the local synagogue school) Some of the creatures made by the Word of God are greater in these respects than the one who is the Word of God incarnate, and that one is not ashamed of his inferiority.

«If DeVos follows through on her plans to privatize education and hold charter schools receiving federal funds to different standards than public schools, as she indicated she would in her confirmation hearing, this could mean that fewer and fewer schools are even required to follow Title IX guidelines at all,» Gibbs wrote.

I agree with you that there need to be uniform and stringent standards to be a midwife and I see no reason why a midwife delivering a baby at home should have less education than a CNM.

AZA represents more than 200 institutions which meet the highest standards in animal care, provide a fun and educational family experience, and dedicate millions of dollars to scientific research, conservation, and education programs.

It's not a surprise that education entities spent the most money on lobbying than any other group in 2014, just as controversy over the new Common core standards and the related standardized tests reached a peak.

The Greens are currently claiming on ITV that the collapse in Lib Dem support and switch to them reflects the toxicity of their association with the Conservative Party: #BESFactCheck suggests that it is more likely reflect the fact that voters do not credit the Liberal Democrats with any of the major successes or the failures of the coalition government: fewer than one in five voters believe that the Lib Dems in government have been responsible for the upturn in the economy, changes in the NHS, changes in levels of crime, changes in levels of immigration and changes in the standards of education.

In place of Labour's hopeless acceptance of mediocrity in education, which has seen Britain tumble down the world league tables just when we need our children to be doing better than those in other countries, we will offer the hope of a decent education for every child, with immediate action to raise standards and radical reform to end the state monopoly over new school places.

Roll back Malloy education reform policies by not interfering in high - performing schools, which would be subjected to different standards than lower - performing schools.

«One reason why we are no happier than we were in the 1950s is that despite huge advances in education, health and living standards, we have neglected the deep personal problems that hold so many people back,» he will say.

In a tense exchange with Lord Leveson, the education secretary said the inquiry into media standards could produce proposals which would be «worse than the disease».

In 1984, Conservative Education Secretary Sir Keith Joseph decided to proceed with a merger, on the premise that the new qualifications should be based on general and subject - specific criteria approved by himself; that the O Level exam boards should take responsibility for carrying forward the O Level A to C grade standards into the new scale, while the CSE boards should do the same for grades D to G, which were to be based on CSE grades 2 to 5 respectively; and that most subjects should be examined through tiered papers focusing on different parts of the grade scale, ensuring that each grade reflected «positive achievement» on appropriate tasks, rather than degrees of failure.

That's why for more than a century, it has been Conservative Education Secretaries who have driven the reforms that have widened access and raised standards.

Their standard - bearers for secretary of state and superintendent of education, Terry Goddard and David Garcia, respectively, have better - than - even odds to win.

Commenting on today's announcement from Nicky Morgan, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «No - one is more committed to raising the standards of education than teachers and school leaders.

The state Education Department announced proposed revisions to the controversial Common Core learning standards after two committees made up educators and parents recommended changing more than 55 percent of the standards

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.

With current national and state science education standards emphasizing hands - on and applied science learning, teachers need, more than ever before, materials they can use with students to foster and support active learning, but finding funding to pay for supplemental classroom science materials can be difficult.

Penn Medicine has been recognized for its high standards of nursing excellence in patient care, education and clinical research for more than two centuries.

The Next Generation Science Standards do a better job overall of covering genetics than most previous state standards, but are missing some key content, according to a new study by science education specialists at the American Society of Human Genetics.

The advantage of my specialized education and medical experience allows me to better pinpoint the underlying causes of your health problems, which is infinitely more effective than the standard medicine approach.

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.

In its latest round of decisions, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education granted accreditation to a larger proportion of teacher - education institutions than had been customary since tougher ncate standards took effectEducation granted accreditation to a larger proportion of teacher - education institutions than had been customary since tougher ncate standards took effecteducation institutions than had been customary since tougher ncate standards took effect in 1988.

Critics see the combination of program accreditation standards, revised by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) in 2000; a growing curricular emphasis on «social justice» issues; and a left - leaning education professoriate as yielding a one - sided approach to teacher education and the certification of teachers based on ideology, rather than teaching skills or mastery of content kEducation (NCATE) in 2000; a growing curricular emphasis on «social justice» issues; and a left - leaning education professoriate as yielding a one - sided approach to teacher education and the certification of teachers based on ideology, rather than teaching skills or mastery of content keducation professoriate as yielding a one - sided approach to teacher education and the certification of teachers based on ideology, rather than teaching skills or mastery of content keducation and the certification of teachers based on ideology, rather than teaching skills or mastery of content knowledge.

This provides a financial incentive for teachers to continue delivering the best standards of education in the classroom, because this will provide great teachers with incentives to remain as teachers rather than taking management responsibilities which come with larger salaries.

But ensuring quality in online education requires more than just following a set of standards, so here are some of the most important things you should understand about quality and compliance in online education.

Waiver: Comprehensive flexibility that the U.S. Department of Education has granted to more than 40 states and the District of Columbia from key requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) in exchange for embracing certain Obama administration education - redesign priorities on teachers, testing, standards, and school turEducation has granted to more than 40 states and the District of Columbia from key requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) in exchange for embracing certain Obama administration education - redesign priorities on teachers, testing, standards, and school turEducation Act) in exchange for embracing certain Obama administration education - redesign priorities on teachers, testing, standards, and school tureducation - redesign priorities on teachers, testing, standards, and school turnarounds.

Inspired in part by the Massachusetts experience, the Common Core standards were developed by governors and state education chiefs, and today more than forty states, including Massachusetts, have adopted these deeply rigorous academic expectations for students.

For all their flaws, they are far better for equity and quality than statewide skills - standards with high - stakes tests that encourage wasting huge amounts of school time in practicing narrow test - taking activities at the expense of education.

In summary, based on 1) no evidence of a salary penalty when controlling for AFQT rather than years of education, 2) job switchers receiving higher salaries as teachers than as nonteachers, and 3) public school teachers receiving higher salaries than private school teachers, we conclude that the standard regression is, at best, highly misleading.

Lucy Powell, the Shadow Education Secretary, said: «Nothing is more important for raising standards and improving social mobility than ensuring there are excellent teachers in every school.

This is characteristic of the global education ideology, which seems to hold America to far higher standards for human rights than it does other nations.

The definition of «scientifically based research standards» for education wound up less proscriptive than in earlier drafts, but still limited causal claims to research designs that could bear their weight.

Support Slipping for Common Core, Especially Among Teachers, Poll Finds Education Week, 8/19/14 The poll of 5,000 adults, conducted this past spring by Education Next, a journal published by Stanford University's Hoover Institution, shows that more than two - thirds of adults support the idea of shared academic standards.

Digital learning is more than the latest addition to education reformers» to - do lists, filed along with teacher evaluations, charter schools, tenure reform, academic standards, and all the rest.

The campaign for a Broader, Bolder Approach to Education hints at the standard interpretation of the Coleman findings when it asserts that «poverty, which has long been the biggest obstacle to educational achievement, is more important than ever.»

«Even satisfactory national standards must extinguish federalism's creativity: At any time, it is more likely there will be half a dozen innovative governors than one creative federal education bureaucracy.

The magnitude of the effect in reading is greater than one - half of a standard deviation — a large effect by the standards of education policy research.

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.

Wilshaw said that in an increasingly autonomous education system where schools have greater freedom to innovate and raise standards, the importance of effective oversight was greater than ever.

The report also said that migrants were more likely than not to be an «asset than a liability» in terms of standards, with Andreas Schleicher, the OECD's director of education, saying that many migrant families were «hugely motivated» to succeed in education.

It is bringing much higher standards than appear possible under public education.

Moving on to what people think about education and schools, Page said that overall, concern about education is drifting downwards and that it is actually pupil behaviour and discipline that is the biggest issue (at 17 per cent) followed by funding (nine per cent) rather than standards and attainment.

While Ofsted recognised that «substantial progress had been made», inspectors maintained that the chain's schools are still not good enough, with more than half not providing a good enough standard of education and five rated as inadequate.

We have yet to take sufficient note of a historic development in public education: A critical mass of schools is establishing, with more assurance than ever, that children can achieve at high standards regardless of race or economic disadvantage.

Why not work to make the «default» option in American public education far better than it is today, and aligned with the excellent Common Core standards?