Sentences with phrase «strong education department»
It started in a small town, at a small college with an extremely strong education department.
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Grad PLUS loans are offered through the Department of Education, and borrowers with a strong credit history are eligible to request funds through the program.
While the current leadership of the Department of Education appears to back relaxing or even repealing the gainful employment rule, other groups are strong advocates of this regulation.
He followed the testy confirmation hearings for Trump's nomination of Betsy DeVos as secretary of the Department of Education, whose strong support of school choice made her a target of teachers» unions.
The Roundtables have been designed to help local services meet the strong policy requirements on father - inclusive practice coming from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF — formerly the Department for Education and Skills).
«I don't think the state Education Department has ever been in in a particularly strong position vis - à - vis the Legislature,» said David Bloomfield, professor of educational leadership at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center.
Top of their list is a schools chief who can help distance their new administration from the perceived failures of Bloomberg's decade in charge, but one with strong insight into how the Department of Education works, insiders told DNAinfo New York.
«This report is evidence of the strong determination the City Council and the Department of Education share to ensure that the children parents entrust to schools» care, return to them safe at each day's end,» said Council Member Robert E. Cornegy, Jr., the law's lead sponsor.
NEW YORK CITY — City officials voted Wednesday to close five of its struggling schools in The Bronx and Brooklyn despite strong opposition from elected officials, parents, teachers and students who called on the Department of Education to reconsider.
«Her strongest point made was that we report to our communities, not to [state Department of Education Commissioner John King].»
The long - term plan is to have all districts use the computer - based test for annual state tests because it has the potential to make the assessments stronger instructional tools and will make it possible to get test results back sooner, according to the state Education Department.
The study made it to the What Works Clearinghouse, a U.S. Department of Education database that aims to collect the strongest studies on teaching techniques.
England's leading academic centres won the lion's share of funding for research last week, as the Higher Education Funding Council for England directed most of its research budget into the strongest departments.
The team at the Department of Ophthalmology at the Mainz University Medical Center led by Professor Norbert Pfeiffer and PD Dr. Alireza Mirshahi found strong evidence that attaining a higher level of education and spending more years in school are two factors associated with a greater prevalence and severity of nearsightedness, or myopia.
The Institute for the Psychology of Eating, approved and regulated by the Colorado Department of Higher Education, sets itself apart from other online nutrition trainings in that we provide more than a strong foundation in nutrition.
The U.S. Department of Education recently warned districts that they must take stronger steps to combat so - called peer harassment, and a similar message is emerging from the federal courts.
Most schools will not assist children in applying their sunscreen as teachers face time pressures and concerns over child abuse is a huge deterrent that comes with strong advice from local authority education departments and trade unions.
Washington — The House and the Senate, despite strong warnings from the Education Department (ed) that they lacked the authority to do so, voted resoundingly last week to veto final regulations governing Chapters I and II of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ecia).
Public and private school students stepped into their classrooms this fall 52.7 million strong, surpassing last fall's enrollment by a half - million students, according to a study released last week by the U.S. Department of Education.
Additionally, Weller argues that» strong MATs require strong leaders» and advises the Department for Education to assign funding to MAT CEOs from northern «cold spot» areas to attend training, as well as fund a a mentoring scheme whereby successful MAT CEOs from across the country mentor CEOs of new or expanding MATs in the North.
According to the Australian Council for Education Research and Queensland Department of Education, Training and Employment's National School Improvement Tool (2012), «Research is revealing the powerful impact that school leadership teams can have in improving the quality of teaching and learning... and establishing strong professional learning communities.»
In March 2015, the Department for Education in England published its blueprint for counselling in schools saying: «Our strong expectation is that over time all schools should make counselling services available to their pupils.»
Secretary of state for education and minister for women and equalities, Justine Greening said: «I'm proud that the Department for Education has taken an important step in reporting its gender pay gap, setting an example to other employers as we build a stronger economy where success is defined by talent, not gender or circeducation and minister for women and equalities, Justine Greening said: «I'm proud that the Department for Education has taken an important step in reporting its gender pay gap, setting an example to other employers as we build a stronger economy where success is defined by talent, not gender or circEducation has taken an important step in reporting its gender pay gap, setting an example to other employers as we build a stronger economy where success is defined by talent, not gender or circumstance.
Yet the Education Department's own three - year study comparing Core Knowledge with balanced literacy in demographically matched New York City schools showed the former «had significantly stronger gains than comparison school students on nearly all measures.»
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were developed by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia with the strong support of the U.S. Department of Education (ED).
Strong Families, Strong Schools: Building Community Partnerships for Learning, by the U.S. Department of Education.
Washington — Although the official position of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) is one of strong support for retaining the cabinet - level Department of Education, an informal poll conducted by the association's monthly journal says that the publication's readers are — by a 2 - to - 1 margin — in favor of dismantling the dDepartment of Education, an informal poll conducted by the association's monthly journal says that the publication's readers are — by a 2 - to - 1 margin — in favor of dismantling the departmentdepartment.
If Roberts's decision had already been rendered, perhaps at the time of enactment or in later negotiations with the Department of Education (ED), the states would have been in a stronger position.
Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) will be replaced by a «stronger, more challenging accreditation», according to a new Department for Education (DfE) white paper.
The principal has worked with both the New South Wales and South Australian state education departments, but he has a strong technology background having spent his early days with Apple and Microsoft.
The school's funding continued on a year - to - year appropriation, but strong political support in the governor's office, the state department of education, and key legislative committees ensured that total funding rose from $ 1.3 to $ 6.9 million in the same time frame.
The assigned - school - district sector has a strong competitive advantage because assigned - district schools are free and universally available, and 76 percent of American students attend them, according to a 2012 survey by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), part of the U.S. Department of Education.
In his time working at the federal Education Department, Culatta made strong arguments for the development and sharing of open educational resources, and he encouraged districts to share information about ed - tech policies.
The leadership of both CUNY and the New York City Department of Education provide strong support for College Now and the Early College Initiative.
In Congress, at the U.S. Department of Education, and at the White House, NAESP represents the nation's elementary and middle - level principals, providing a strong voice for the principalship.
DeVos's announcement that the Education Department will review Obama - era guidance on campus sexual assault has prompted strong reactions.
The Department of Education does not have a strong track record of monitoring compliance in ESEA programs, a problem that has spanned administrations of both parties.
Washington — Amid strong signals that the Reagan Administration is hardening its opposition to busing for school desegregation, the naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund has asked a federal judge for permission to intervene in the U.S. Justice Department's desegregation suit against the Charleston County, S.C., public schools.
The Anderson School will select a pool of applicants who have demonstrated a strong performance in school, as shown by their fourth grade report card, good attendance and punctuality, and fourth grade NYS ELA and Mathematics test scores - as reported in the Department of Education's Student Enrollment Management System (SEMS).
The Star - Ledger reports that the International Academy of Trenton (IAT), a public charter school serving grades K - 5, is being shut down for failing to meet student academic and social needs: Kimberley Harrington, then commissioner of the Department of Education, in a Jan. 12 letter to IAT said the state was not renewing the charter because the academy «failed to provide a strong educational program and sustained organizational stability.»
A US Department of Education analysis of results from the 2011 national reading tests shows that Virginia students have larger vocabularies and stronger passage - comprehension skills than their peers nationwide.
They are strong and certain in their view the Betsy DeVos is not the right choice to lead the US Department of Education.
We need a strong leader in the U.S. Department of Education that has experience in the public school system and is aware of the concerns of parents, teachers, and students within the system.
[Bennett's] unproven experiment in school choice and privatization has strained local districts at the very time they've needed the support and resources of a strong Indiana Department of Education.
Hill said that the proposed budget protects special - education funding, ensures careful stewardship of taxpayer dollars and demonstrates the administration's «strong commitment to ensuring the Department of Education provides more educational options for low - income studenteducation funding, ensures careful stewardship of taxpayer dollars and demonstrates the administration's «strong commitment to ensuring the Department of Education provides more educational options for low - income studentEducation provides more educational options for low - income students.»
Well, a few people found it remarkable to hear this strong anti-test rhetoric from a president whose Department of Education is prepared to expand standardized testing to unprecedented levels in its proposal for reauthorizing federal educatEducation is prepared to expand standardized testing to unprecedented levels in its proposal for reauthorizing federal educationeducation laws.
A spokesman for the Department for Education said: «Parents rightly want to send their child to a good local school, with high standards and strong discipline.
While some might see all of this as good news — or rather better news than what we have seen for nearly the last decade during which states, state departments of education, and practitioners have been grappling with and trying to make sense of student growth measures and VAMs — others are still (and likely forever will be) holding onto what now seems to be some of the now unclenched promises attached to such stronger accountability measures.
Ms Morgan said the Department of Education is asking all schools to put in place stronger measures to protect pupils from harm online and that the law is «crystal clear» in saying teachers should report any indecent images of children to police.
But this week the education secretary faced strong criticism from the Public Accounts Committee, who warned the Department for Education had failed to engage with the seriousness of funding problems facingeducation secretary faced strong criticism from the Public Accounts Committee, who warned the Department for Education had failed to engage with the seriousness of funding problems facingEducation had failed to engage with the seriousness of funding problems facing schools.