Sentences with phrase «support educational reform»

Students designing, conducting, and presenting research about their schools is a powerful way to initiate and support educational reform, but it will not happen without adequate adult support.

Rex members now help provide leadership on the boards of charter schools and many of the organizations supporting educational reform in New Orleans.

The Center is also a leader in designing innovative assessment system to support educational reforms.

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«Many other steps could be taken to strengthen our economy over time, such as putting the federal budget on a sustainable path, reforming the tax code, improving our educational system, supporting technological innovation and expanding international trade,» he said.

And to win the support of educators who do not share the neoconservative commitment to educational reform rooted largely, if not exclusively, in Western traditions, he argues that in pluralistic America, if schools do their job there can indeed be one cultural vocabulary.

PR insured that political parties would be represented according to their actual popular support, while the educational reforms guaranteed funding for all schools, even those with overt faith commitments.

By guiding, informing, and coordinating alternative options for parents, educators, health and human service professionals, faith - based counselors, legislators, and the public at - large, CRC is able to help reduce divorce and strengthen families through custody reform; parental mediation and training; conciliation and access; parental financial and educational support systems; legislative revision and court briefs.

The event is sponsored by Education Reform Now, a group that has ties to Taveras: the New York - based 501 (c) 3 nonprofit is helping support the national Mayors for Educational Excellence Tour, which is meant to highlight new educational efforts in four specific U.S. cities.

Providing educational support for inmates in prison can help to reduce recidivism, criminal justice reform advocates have argued.

Instead, the pair suggested that reducing educational inequality may best be achieved through three strategies: Effective pre — K programs, effective school reform, and economic support programs.

Panelists mentioned various important changes that needed to be made such as a juvenile justice system reform, access and support for early childhood education, comprehensive support services for parents that includes job training, a professional teaching structure, high schools that build pathways beyond just a four - year college degree, and educational supports for children living with undocumented immigrant parents.

Business leaders «can not support higher taxes if this is not a part of the package» of costly school reforms, said Ms. Bugg, South Central Bell's educational - relations...

The Stupski Family Foundation supports public education by giving money to school districts and organizations that are seeking to accomplish large - scale educational reform.

Robert Goodwill said: «We have taken action to fundamentally reform support for children with special educational needs, making sure that families are at the heart of the process and care plans are tailored to individuals — and our survey of parents tells us that this has made a difference to so many of these families.

A package to support embedding the reforms made to the system of support for children with special educational needs has been announced by Minister for Vulnerable Children and Families, Edward Timpson.

Almost every presentation or speech or conversation about educational reform inevitably includes some reference to the amount of support and training teachers and administrators will need in order to make key reforms real and effective in classrooms.

She is directly responsible for the development and advocacy of NJPSA's legislative agenda which covers a broad spectrum of educational issues including the preparation, support and development of school leaders, school finance, collective bargaining / employment issues and school reform issues.

True educational equity comes from comprehensive school reform, which incorporates academic improvements along with health care, housing policy, funding changes, family support and other policies that allow students to go to class safely and actually focus on their work, and that provides teachers with a work environment and enough support to operate creatively, not like infantilized robots.

What has become clear is that explicitly focusing on the educational concerns of poor and minority children regardless of where they live, and expanding that to the criminal justice reform and other the social issues that end up touching (and are touched by) American public education, is critical, both in helping all children succeed as well as rallying long - terms support for the movement from the parents and communities that care for them.

The Daniels Fund honors his vision through its support of K - 12 educational reform initiatives such as charter schools, portable vouchers for tuition assistance, and significant innovations that challenge the status quo.

Kane simply does not realize (or acknowledge) that this «echo chamber» continues in its persistence because of those who continue to preserve a stronger accountability for educational reform logic, and who continue to reinvent «new and improved» accountability measures and policies to support this logic, accordingly.

Our statistical study examines the compelling case of Sweden, the world's best known social democracy, which in 1992 adopted a policy reform that was traditionally supported by libertarians: a nation - wide educational voucher.

Reforms that aim to give children and young people with special educational needs and their parents a greater say in the support they receive have come into effect in England.

This movement lies in the building of a political, engaged constituency with the power to demand, support and sustain educational reform that emphasizes these key facets:

Profiled on this page are some recipients of Pro Bono Publico grants — successful schools and supporting organizations in the forefront of educational reform in New Orleans.

To support the latest standards we encourage cross-curricular instruction — something that has been an important component of educational reform for the past two decades.

He created Project S.A.M.E. a US - Soviet Youth Exchange that brought students from the US and USSR together to advocate for peace; founded Students Concerned about Bias in Society (SCABS) who fought for implementation of Title IX in Maine schools; directed the University of Maine Aspirations Project and launched 35 statewide student leadership teams to bring students» voices to educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have learned.

«Mike Pence has been leader in advancing bold education reform, including supporting all educational options for children, both in Congress and as Governor of Indiana,» said Betsy DeVos, chairman of the American Federation for Children.

One of the lessons from David Tyack and Larry Cuban's classic book on educational reform, Tinkering Towards Utopia (1995), is that reforms are enacted when they are supported by a diverse coalition.

We must have a holistic approach and focus on supporting the entire school program with not only academic but student support resources in key to educational reform for community based schools.

A new study based on the Annenberg Institute on School Reform's (AISR) work with the Transatlantic School Innovation Alliance (TISA) adds to the emerging literature supporting the idea that peer networks among educational practitioners, both within and across schools, can improve teaching and learning.In England, there has been a focus over the past decade on developing formal peer networks, especially in urban settings that have traditionally underperformed relative to other areas of the country.

As documented under Section 1114 of Title I, Part A of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESEA), a local education agency receiving Title I funds «that desires to operate a schoolwide program shall first develop (or amend a plan for such a program that was in existence on the day before the date of enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001), in consultation with the local educational agency and its school support team or other technical assistance provider under section 1117, a comprehensive plan for reforming the total instructional program in the school that describes how the school will implement the components described in paragraph (1)».

The funding reform commission is responsible for taking a number of factors into account including local capacity to support schools, regional differences in associated costs and a variety of student characteristics that impact educational needs.

Through our global programs, we investigate and support the effective integration of ICT in diverse settings to support international educational reform efforts.

And we are supporting the long - term sustainability of educational reform efforts across states and districts.

The current and ongoing research found within this textbook is meant to continue supporting the notion of educational reform.

FIS seeks professionals dedicated to educational reform and parent engagement interested in supporting the mission, vision, and ongoing development of the organization.

(a) Provides employment and / or practicum experiences with adolescents in urban public school settings; (b) Provides ongoing support in the development of skills necessary to be an effective group facilitator, utilizing a science - based affective curriculum; (c) Heightens facilitators» understanding of the cultural and contextual factors that impact the psychosocial development of urban adolescents and their ability to achieve academically; (d) Exposes facilitators to the process of designing, implementing and evaluating large scale preventive interventions; (e) Examines educational policy and its implications for practice and research for urban education and school reform; and (f) Encourages facilitators» interest and pursuit of careers in education, psychology social work, counseling and / or other related fields.

The Foundation has supported annual national conferences on education reform sponsored by the Bloustein School of Public Planning and Policy of Rutgers University, and has awarded research grants on school improvement, educational history, curriculum development, and medical education.

Our surveys further show that AAE members support many of the educational reforms embraced by this coalition.

The event was made possible by support by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, city community members and a $ 200,000 grant by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation — an organization devoted to educational reforms in New England — according to NMEF Director of Strategic Communications Shaun Adamec.

Instead of continuing to throw millions of precious tax dollars into the proverbial, but very real, pit of failed education reforms; instead of continuing to enrich test corporations and educational entrepreneurs who game the system; instead of maintaining the false and demoralizing narrative that our students and teachers are failures, our state legislators need to take this opportunity to tell the CSDE and CSBE that it will no longer support expensive mandates that unnecessarily impact our budget health when a re-design of state assessment practices has been encouraged by recent federal legislation.

NAREN is a non-profit, non-sectarian professional support system for reforming educators who need a gathering point in their fight for their student's human and educational rights.

November 2011: A Gates Foundation grant to the New Venture Fund — «to support efforts to better engage and mobilize public support for educational policy and advocacy goals, especially around common core standards and effective teaching reforms within and among the faith community and faith leaders.»

During his tenure, he spearheaded significant educational reforms, pioneering a new model of multidisciplinary legal studies, enlarging the clinical education program, revamping to foster a public service ethos, and developing the international law program to support a growing emphasis on globalization in legal practice.

And, thanks to the Madison citizens and BOE who support its district educational leaders to evaluate controversial reform initiatives with rigor and trust their educational expertise to bring joy and creativity back to learning as well as teaching.

Quality schools that support high student achievement, school graduation, college attendance, and life success for all diverse learners can only occur in a context of educational equity, such as where the Goals of Educational Equity and School Reform (Scott, 1999; Scott, 2000) create a high equity context for action, transformation and school rReform (Scott, 1999; Scott, 2000) create a high equity context for action, transformation and school reformreform.

Assessment reform in schools must also involve communication and negotiation among stakeholders about the kinds of information that support students» educational growth.

Jon Hage, the CEO of Charter Schools USA and Center for Education Reform board member, said, «I am hopeful Governor Scott will continue to demonstrate his ability to rise above politics and support the very priorities upon which his legacy will be built: support for educational choice for families, dedication to students with special needs, and rewards for highly effective educators.»

Have significant relationships and partnerships supporting diversity, educational reform, and community and family engagement.