Sentences with phrase «state workforce goals»

Aligns its state education goals to state workforce goals such that 65 percent of all residents ages 25 - 64 will attain a postsecondary degree or work - based credential by 2025.

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Still, critics of the reduction in the minority workforce goal see it as evidence of the state's failure to prioritize diversity on publicly - funded projects.

The 25 percent minority workforce goal announced last year for Riverbend was included in two agreements signed when the state bought the land for the factory from the city.

Achieving that goal quickly will mean working with an increasingly older and thus more expensive workforce in the United States.

In order for the United States to maintain the global leadership and competitiveness in science and technology that are critical to achieving national goals, we must invest in research, encourage innovation, and grow a strong and talented science and technology workforce.

California students are unlikely to meet the meet academic goals for mathematics and English under the No Child Left Behind Act unless policymakers continue to improve the quality of the state's teaching workforce, a research study suggests.

The success of the Massachusetts approach has important implications, especially as states roll out the new Common Core standards academic goals for what students should be able to do in reading and math at each grade level to ensure high school students graduate ready for the demands of higher education and the 21st century workforce.

States are also supporting post-secondary attainment goals by better aligning K - 12, post-secondary, and workforce systems, as well as resources to advance CCR.

We support policies, practices, and funding to strengthen the state's early childhood system, with the goals of dramatically increasing school readiness, improving third grade reading and math proficiency, supporting families, and ultimately building a strong workforce for Kentucky's future.

These states are setting ambitious goals and identifying concrete strategies — such as the development of grow - your - own programs, which provide high school students with site - based teaching experiences and paraprofessionals with routes into the profession — to diversify their teacher workforce.

What started out as a shared goal of improving academic standards to prepare students for college and the workforce has collided with ideological differences over states» rights and rigid opposition to President Obama.

To address persistent gaps in postsecondary educational attainment and our country's growing economic and workforce needs, federal and state policymakers, the philanthropic community, national education organizations and practitioners have put forth a number of goals and initiatives designed to increase college completion rates.

Although New York state did not specifically set out to increase the diversity of its teacher workforce when making these changes, it was able to accomplish this goal while significantly increasing the selectivity of the profession.

Inclusively, ESSA brings back favorites like Outcome - Based education, GOALS 2000, and School to Work, while at the same time, portions of the Minnesota World's Best Workforce, embedded in the ESSA State Plan, harken back to No Child Left Behind.

Many educators, policymakers, and other stakeholders worry that increasing selectivity may lead to a less racially diverse teacher workforce, as minority candidates generally score lower on many of the current selectivity metrics used by teacher preparation programs.14 Others maintain that the diversity gap will only continue to grow in the decades to come, even with a focus on the recruitment and retention of the current generation of prospective teachers.15 Instead, those skeptical of the United States» ability to attain both goals offer solutions such as increased cultural competency among the existing teacher workforce to inspire and encourage a more diverse generation of future educators.16

As such, FRS should be a central part of every state's plans to reach its academic -, college -, and workforce - readiness goals.

Goals and expectations for college and career readiness and success should be driven by state and national economic and workforce needs as well as individual career interests and aspirations.

A common vision for the state's education workforce pipeline opens the door for state leaders to identify high - impact opportunities to meet its postsecondary attainment goals.

Through these expanded learning opportunities provided after school and during the summer in almost 1,000 sites across the state, TEA is making significant strides toward accomplishing its goal for all Texas students to graduate high school prepared for college and the workforce.

In July of 2004, in pursuit of an opportunity to reach the goal of being a college professor, Dr. Avilés joined the workforce of the University of Texas at San Antonio where she directed of the Early College High School (ECHS), a pioneer program in the state of Texas and of the UTSA P - 20 Initiatives Office.

He leads AIR's Research and Evaluation area where he oversees projects across our entire range of subject areas including education, health, and the workforce both in the United States and internationally, always with the goal expanding our knowledge about how best to improve people's lives, particularly the disadvantaged.

Opportunity Maine was created by a bi-partisan, grassroots coalition with the goal of promoting the economic security of our state through sustainable enhancement of the education and skills of its workforce.

The United States is a global leader in many fields, including in higher education, and one of our goals at the State Department is to help ensure that young Americans — our next generation of leaders — have the international skills they want and need for a globalized 21st century workforce.

Workforce development and training partnerships have been developed to support energy efficiency, renewable energy and advanced technology to support the state's clean energy goals.

Exceeded daily goals regarding the prepping of such forms to the respective State Workforce Agencies.

She helped OFP grantees across the state increase organizational and workforce capacity, all aimed at successful program implementation and sustainability, and assisted the department in achieving its internal program goals.

Early childhood workforce registries are online systems that include characteristics of early childhood workers and their programs of employment.62 Workforce registries allow teachers to track their progress toward their professional goals; enable centers to verify teacher participation in various professional development and training opportunities; and inform state early care and education administrators about the wworkforce registries are online systems that include characteristics of early childhood workers and their programs of employment.62 Workforce registries allow teachers to track their progress toward their professional goals; enable centers to verify teacher participation in various professional development and training opportunities; and inform state early care and education administrators about the wWorkforce registries allow teachers to track their progress toward their professional goals; enable centers to verify teacher participation in various professional development and training opportunities; and inform state early care and education administrators about the workforceworkforce.

The long - term goals are to improve the quality of Maines workforce and decrease the costs of doing business in the state «by lessening future health care, welfare, and other social costs.

This resource can be used to help states stimulate strategic planning, construct goals and benchmarks that support state initiatives, meet new federal requirements for state child care plans, and work on the Institute of Medicine's Transforming the Workforce report recommendations.

The GradNation Campaign leverages a strong network of dedicated partners, in - depth research, and proven tools and tactics to combat the high school dropout crisis across the United States Together with America's Promise Alliance, Civic Enterprises, Everyone Graduates Center at John Hopkins University, and the Alliance for Excellent Education, the GradNation Campaign is rapidly progressing towards its 2020 goal of a 90 percent high school graduation rate, with all students prepared for college and careers in the 21st century workforce.

Grounded in the National 4 - H Program Logic Models for Healthy Living and Social - Emotional Health and Well - Being, YYRR's long - term goal seeks to reduce the homeless rate of teens aging out of state custody through developing the skills necessary to enter the workforce, especially in technology fields, and to be healthy, productive, effective adults.