Sentences with phrase «state education system in this country»

That is why there has never been a better time for the best school and college leaders to take control of improving the state education system in this country.

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For example, the US Department of Education's Race to the Top Fund, which offered $ 4 billion in grants to states that developed successful educational reforms, spurred innovations that hold promise for school systems across the country.

If company officials had, they would have found a state that finished 29th overall, with the second worst education system in the country (behind neighboring Arizona).

The duo said Osun has not only revolutionalised education system in the country but also democratized education for easy accessibility by common citizens, noting that no state has done what Aregbesola did in education.

«I appeal to the federal government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in the Education sector for the country to be able to change the fortunes of the system.

He also promised to continue to enact the Dream Act, to offer college aid to children of immigrants in the country illegally, hold down the state's near highest in the nation property taxes, and to make New York's education system the best in the nation.

In U.S. history, the two most notable efforts to develop religious communities that served much of the role of the welfare state to its members that most developed countries provided through government to its citizens, have been the Roman Catholic Church, which has developed a large parallel education and health care system, and the Church of the Latter Day Saints, which uses tithes to finance a wide variety of services and economic supports for members of the Mormon community.

The State University of New York, «the largest comprehensive system of postsecondary education in the country,» now serves 600,000 students each year, Chancellor Nancy Zimpher told the state legislature at a budget hearing in JanState University of New York, «the largest comprehensive system of postsecondary education in the country,» now serves 600,000 students each year, Chancellor Nancy Zimpher told the state legislature at a budget hearing in Janstate legislature at a budget hearing in January.

The State University of New York, «the largest comprehensive system of postsecondary education in the country,» now serves 600,000 students each year, Chancellor Nancy Zimpher

«The State University of New York is the greatest, most impactful system of higher education in the country, and being chancellor of SUNY is a highlight of my career,» Zimpher said.

We need to adopt new ideas and system reforms to cater to the demands of this evolving world, especially in a country like Japan where we experience many dynamic changes and challenges,» states Igarashi, who emphasizes the importance of maintaining R&D and science education funding to make research careers attractive to young clinicians and scientists in Japan and around the world.

For academics who desire employment on this diverse and captivating continent, it is important to remember that while many aspects of European science are the same no matter which country you are in (for example, all EU scholars can apply for funds from the European Research Council [ERC]-RRB-, there are also numerous differences that exist between the members states and their higher education systems.

By contrast, Education Trust's report, reflecting the effect of Abbott, ranked the Garden State as the second most equitable school finance system in the country.

The National Center of Education and the Economy, through its Center on International Education Benchmarking, is working to build a community of researchers interested in investigating how a small set of countries and states have managed to build and sustain educational systems that manage routinely to produce higher and more equitable outcomes for children and youth.

In 2011 - 12, a series of student - led protests arose around Chile demanding major reforms to the country's education system, including the end of the Chilean school voucher system and more direct state involvement in secondary educatioIn 2011 - 12, a series of student - led protests arose around Chile demanding major reforms to the country's education system, including the end of the Chilean school voucher system and more direct state involvement in secondary educatioin secondary education.

Undoubtedly, the United States has much to learn from education systems in other countries.

The U.S. and the U.K. were both awakening to being «nations at risk,» due in no small part to the parlous state of their public education systems, and reformers in both countries were pushing for big changes — changes that their respective «education establishments» didn't want to make.

After completing his law degree and returning to his home state, Quarles decided to run for office in the hope of making vast improvements, especially to the state education system which ranks last in the country.

As the secretary of education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Professor Paul Reville oversaw a system of reforms that produced better student - achievement results than any other state in the country.

In 2011 - 12, a series of student - led protests arose around Chile demanding major reforms to the country's education system, including the end of the Chilean school voucher system and more direct state involvement in secondary education.In this edition of the EdCast, Camila Vallejo and Noam Titelman.In 2011 - 12, a series of student - led protests arose around Chile demanding major reforms to the country's education system, including the end of the Chilean school voucher system and more direct state involvement in secondary education.In this edition of the EdCast, Camila Vallejo and Noam Titelman.in secondary education.In this edition of the EdCast, Camila Vallejo and Noam Titelman.In this edition of the EdCast, Camila Vallejo and Noam Titelman...

Officials from the island nation are eager to find ways to improve their education system by observing schools in the United States — despite this country's mediocre finish in that study, the biggest and broadest ever conducted comparing the math and science performance of 7th and 8th graders around the globe.

The employment patterns are most pronounced in the «apprenticeship countries» with combined school and work - based education programs (Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland in our data) and least noticeable in the countries with no formal system of vocational education such as the United States.

Several of the most significant features of recent education policy debate in the United States are simply not found in any of these countries — for example, charter schools, pathways into teaching that allow candidates with only several weeks of training to assume full responsibility for a classroom, teacher evaluation systems based on student test scores, and school accountability systems based on the premise that schools with low average test scores are failures, irrespective of the compositions of their student populations.

The Council on Foreign Relations report says — in direct contradiction to America's federal system and the primary responsibility of the states for public education — that «clearly» there can not be «can not be different standards and expectations» in «a single country.»

Ultimately, the strides that the UAE has made in its educational reforms rely on a number of focuses, but it is fair to say that the success of the changes being made to the education systems in UAE countries reply on teachers; their skills, happiness and wellbeing all contribute to pupil, state and national achievement in an undeniable way.

Expert Offers Ideas on How to Improve U.S. Education Ventura County Star, December 10, 2011 «The decline in graduation rates in the United States comes not because the American education system has lost ground, but because the U.S. has stagnated, while other countries have surged ahead, according to Ronald F. Ferguson... a Harvard University professor and director of the Achievement Gap InitiativEducation Ventura County Star, December 10, 2011 «The decline in graduation rates in the United States comes not because the American education system has lost ground, but because the U.S. has stagnated, while other countries have surged ahead, according to Ronald F. Ferguson... a Harvard University professor and director of the Achievement Gap Initiativeducation system has lost ground, but because the U.S. has stagnated, while other countries have surged ahead, according to Ronald F. Ferguson... a Harvard University professor and director of the Achievement Gap Initiative.»

The big job of retooling state education systems under ESSA will take staff resources and funding, both of which are still squeezed in states across the country.

Hinz believes Australia's education system does benefit from federalism, referring to the country's two levels of government, in that it benefits from being primarily a state government responsibility as that is the perfect level to keep the system fair and suggested that the Federal Government may be trying to warm the nation up to its intention to step back from its current level of involvement in education.

Those matter more than a little in contemporary American K — 12 education as she is (a) close to the Obama administration, (b) the intellectual and spiritual leader of one of the two major «consortia» of states that are going to develop new assessment systems to accompany the new «common core» standards, and (c) she is at the epicenter of much work on multiple fronts — with big bucks from major foundations — to transform how the country views assessment and how states engage in it.

Dating back to the 1970s, our state leaders attempted a series of ineffective initiatives to turn around one of the worst public - education systems in the country.

To parents choosing among schools, to families deciding where to live, to taxpayers attempting to gauge the ROI on schools they're supporting, and to policy makers concerned with big - picture questions such as how their education system is doing when compared with those in another city, state, or country, that information is only marginally helpful — and potentially quite misleading.

«We should question the relevance of comparing so - called U.S. national student performance with average scores in other countries, when U.S. students attend schools in 51 separate education systems run by states and the District of Columbia, not the federal government,» said Carnoy.

It focuses on the relevance of comparing U.S. national student performance with average scores in other countries when U.S. students attend schools in 51 separate education systems run not by the federal government, but by states (plus the District of Columbia).

Those who are looking at Finland's education system as a possible model for reform in the United States point out, quite correctly, that our two countries are very different.

What do you learn when you take some of the United States» best teachers to a country that reportedly has one of the best education systems in the world?

In this deep dive into the regression of Governor Andrew Cuomo's commitment to education reform, Eliza Shapiro surveys the last three years of education politics in the most segregated state school system in the countrIn this deep dive into the regression of Governor Andrew Cuomo's commitment to education reform, Eliza Shapiro surveys the last three years of education politics in the most segregated state school system in the countrin the most segregated state school system in the countrin the country.

Connecticut was one of the first states in the country where the courts stepped in to say that a child's right to an education was so fundamental that state governments must act to ensure that school financing systems «provide a substantially equal educational opportunity.»

Although the United States has a strong higher education system compared with most other countries, here, too, other countries are passing the United States in the proportion of students completing college.

The report also stated there was little support for the «notion that pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to succeed if they live in a country with an academically selective secondary education system», based on the OECD's definition of resilience [which measures how many pupils in the bottom quarter of socio - economic status are in the top quarter of attainment].

But why compare national student performance in the United States with average scores in other countries, when U.S. students attend schools in 51 separate education systems responsible to states and the District of Columbia, not the federal goverStates with average scores in other countries, when U.S. students attend schools in 51 separate education systems responsible to states and the District of Columbia, not the federal goverstates and the District of Columbia, not the federal government?

Developed Maine's first statewide school accountability system (A-F school grades) to ensure transparency in school performance for families and students; joining other states and cities around the country who offer these grades on schools — grades that are based on information Maine already collected but that had been sitting in file cabinets at the Department of Education.

Over the course of a year, NCLD gathered top special education and personalized learning experts from across the country — including educators, advocates, researchers, state and district leaders, school leaders, and parents of children with disabilities — and engaged them in discussions to learn and explore ways to ensure that personalized learning systems integrate and benefit students with disabilities.

Overview Internationally, leading countries have built education systems based on a competency - based education approach as opposed to seat - time requirements that we have in the United States.

With National School Choice Week behind us, the battle — and it is a battle — to free our children from a monopoly by zip - code public education system is being fought on fronts all over the country, and in red and blue states alike, more and more Democrats are breaking ranks and joining Republicans in the fight.

At the same time, many researchers say that attempting to simply replicate features of high - performing countries» education systems in the United States is a mistake, unless policymakers account for the role that cultural norms play in shaping school policies in other nations.

In today's ENR: Sen. Stephenson is part of the National Conference of State Legislatures group that issued a report today on what to glean from top country education systems.

While we live in the state with the best public school education system in the country, we know that not all of our communities reflect this measure.

We work with public education stakeholders at every level: state legislatures, governors» offices, state education agencies and boards of education, business leaders, foundations, school district superintendents and business officers, county - level leaders, teacher associations, and numerous other groups interested in improving our country's education system.

While the United States has been fiddling with the implementation of poorly designed accountability systems constructed in anger at our teachers, a large and swiftly growing number of other countries have succeeded in redesigning their education systems to greatly improve student achievement, provide much more equity for vulnerable students and do all this at much lower cost.

Advocates of public education in the United States have worried that President - elect Donald Trump would tap an education secretary who would speed up the privatization of public schools, a move that many fear could destroy America's public education system, the country's most important civic institution...