Sentences with phrase «teacher education initiatives»

Specifically, it would consolidate the federal government's myriad teacher education initiatives into two grant programs.

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«We have dramatically increased access to school options for Newark families, provided grants directly to teachers at 37 schools, given 300,000 books to Newark students through the My Very Own Library program, and just recently, we committed to a $ 1 million initiative to improve early childhood education in Newark,» the foundation said in a statement to CNBC.

Other education related initiatives include resolving the issue of the Alberta teachers» pension plan shortfall and preventing a teachers» strike for five years; creating 1000 new spaces for post-secondary education students in energy, the environment, and economic studies; and creating 6000 new apprenticeship seats.

Stamford Bridge was the setting for the launch of a new Premier League education initiative as 25 teachers attended the Chelsea Foundation event...

I'm so excited to have teamed up with a local registered dietitian to create an education initiative targeting the people in our school community with the greatest power to influence our kids: our teachers.

To promote the prevention of, recognition of, and appropriate responses to TBI, CDC has developed the Heads Up initiative, a program that provides concussion and mild TBI education to specific audiences such as health - care providers, coaches, athletic trainers, school nurses, teachers, counselors, parents, and student athletes.

Albright's two - minute speech about the master teacher program, and the state's initiatives to improve education was taped from the audience by her husband, Benjamin Albright, who also teaches in Cortland.

Teachers unions have a renewed interest in the Chancellor's District, an initiative that placed a group of struggling schools under the supervision of central office, and are saying the Education Department should bring it back.

$ 20 million for the Department of Education's «Algebra for All» initiative to prepare 8th graders for algebra and provide professional development for algebra teachers;

Thirteen states have been approved to receive money under the state fiscal stabilization initiative that's designed to maintain education spending levels and prevent the loss of teachers» jobs.

Education The governor put forth several education initiatives, including to expand the availability of early childhood care, pre-kindergarten education, and afterschool; a proposal to guarantee free food for school children; and supports for Education The governor put forth several education initiatives, including to expand the availability of early childhood care, pre-kindergarten education, and afterschool; a proposal to guarantee free food for school children; and supports for education initiatives, including to expand the availability of early childhood care, pre-kindergarten education, and afterschool; a proposal to guarantee free food for school children; and supports for education, and afterschool; a proposal to guarantee free food for school children; and supports for teachers.

This is according to a national initiative aimed at identifying and fixing the U.S. education system's «leaky engineering talent pipeline,» led by the National Academy of Sciences, Achieve, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Science Teachers Association.

Specifically, one or more faculty members who choose to champion physics teacher education in combination with institutional motivation and commitment can ensure that such initiatives remain viable.

Through a program called IISME, or Industry Initiatives for Science and Mathematics Education, 12 high school science teachers from throughout the Bay Area spent part of their summer working with Berkeley Lab scientists on ongoing research projects, conducting and designing experiments and helping to collect and analyze data.

Styling her sun - kissed hair in loose waves, Biel looked like a total Cali girl while attending the «Think It Up» education initiative telecast for teachers and students in Santa Monica, CA.

At a recent convening of education leaders, someone asked Coon, «How do you and your teachers know which initiatives to pursue?»

Led by Dulux Smarter Spaces Ambassador Matthew Burton of Educating Yorkshire fame, who is now Assistant Head Teacher at Thornhill Community Academy in Dewsbury, the initiative is informed by an influential coalition of education experts.

Charlotte Moore, Deputy Head Teacher at the school, said: «Initiatives such as this are vital if we're going to improve financial education among young people.

Your 21st century education initiative rests upon your ability to engage and support every teacher in their practice around the 4Cs.

Drawing on the expertise of teachers at other local schools, Yang has established a group of teachers who work to support psychology education lectures in schools and prisons — an initiative which has reaches more than 50 000 teenagers, teachers and parents.

The initiative led by Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) on behalf of the Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA) has finalised a set of Professional Standards for Teachers and a set of Professional Standards for Principals.

• Around 1,000 more teachers • $ 6.1 million over three years to support an updated anti-bullying strategy and resources for teachers, students and parents • Funding of $ 88 million in 2017 - 18 as part of the $ 224 million for teacher professional development through the Quality Teaching, Successful Students initiative • Funding of $ 50 million in 2017 - 18 on student counselling and wellbeing services as part of the $ 167 million Supported Students, Successful Students program • $ 149 million on education standards for provision of services related to school curriculum assessment, teaching and regulatory standards in NSW schools

We have found that in many schools and districts, parents, students, school board members, teachers, and administrators have embraced the 4C's and use it as the starting point for their 21st century education initiatives.

01, Ed.D.»05 Assistant Dean of Equity Outreach Initiatives and Associate Professor of Teacher Education, Michigan State College of Education Lansing, MI

The poll results that Education Next released Tuesday carry mildly glum news for just about every education reformer in the land, as public support has diminished at least a bit for most initiatives on their agendas: merit pay, charter schools, vouchers, and tax credits, Common Core, and even ending teacheEducation Next released Tuesday carry mildly glum news for just about every education reformer in the land, as public support has diminished at least a bit for most initiatives on their agendas: merit pay, charter schools, vouchers, and tax credits, Common Core, and even ending teacheeducation reformer in the land, as public support has diminished at least a bit for most initiatives on their agendas: merit pay, charter schools, vouchers, and tax credits, Common Core, and even ending teacher tenure.

He said his education initiatives focus on recruiting, training, and hiring teachers, which will help reduce class size and improve teacher quality.

The 1 - million - member group, formerly known as the National Retired Teachers Association and now dubbed NRTA: AARP's Educator Community, expects to convene a panel of business and education leaders early in the new year to guide the initiative.

Called Parents as Learning Partners, the initiative is having a positive impact on the attitudes of both parents and teachers toward family involvement in education, according to the study conducted by Denise D. Quigley, a senior education researcher from the Center for the Study...

Indeed, one of the most contentious education reforms of the last decade was the effort, spearheaded in the federal Race to the Top initiative, to create accountability around teachers» performance.

Funders get excited about things like small high schools, education technology, or a local teacher - pay initiative and they dive in.

The federal Race to the Top initiative has empowered teachers» union presidents as brokers of education policy.

As part of a three - year United States Department of Education - funded initiative, students and teachers at Satellite Academy are now working with EVC staff to examine media violence and its impact on their lives.

Many Teacher Team members agreed with Sharp, pointing out that the future of education is threatened most not by a lack of initiatives, but by a lack of funding for those initiatives.

Learning by Universal Design Education Week Teacher, 6/18/14 «As in any education initiative, you should start by asking yourself, «What are the goEducation Week Teacher, 6/18/14 «As in any education initiative, you should start by asking yourself, «What are the goeducation initiative, you should start by asking yourself, «What are the goals here?

Not only has President Barack Obama announced a $ 250 million public - private initiative to recruit and train more STEM teachers, but also the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top Fund grants competition is giving bonus points for applications that stress STEM instruction.

Known as Project 30, the initiative will bring together faculty members from the arts and sciences with those from teacher education to redesign their curricula based on answers to five broad questions:

As an example, veteran teachers are highly experienced, having seen every «new» initiative of education.

Noting the AFT's focus on the standards in its education journal American Educator and the NEA's $ 60 million investment in teacher training projects, a February 2014 Education Week article described the two national unions as «among the initiative's biggest boostereducation journal American Educator and the NEA's $ 60 million investment in teacher training projects, a February 2014 Education Week article described the two national unions as «among the initiative's biggest boosterEducation Week article described the two national unions as «among the initiative's biggest boosters.»

Kane, an education and economics professor on leave from Harvard University, leads a massive initiative supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that is developing new approaches to evaluating teachers, with high - definition, 360 - degree cameras at the center.

post from March 13, which devoted attention to a wonderful column by Nicholas Kristoff on the subject, and my The «Great Teacher» Trap post, which highlights an Education Writers Association meeting hosted by the Carnegie Corporation, which has its own The Elusive Talent Strategy initiative.

Investment in educational hardware and software, while «a major component in educational restructuring and reform initiatives,» has not been matched by coordinated efforts to train teachers to use the equipment effectively, a new report from the Southern Regional Education Board concludes.

Education initiatives that ranged from boosting teacher salaries to driving down high school dropout rates dominated much of Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen's State of the State Address to lawmakers in Nashville last week.

The sharp division between the Obama administration and key congressional Democrats over education policy and priorities may never have been more clear than it was Thursday night when the U.S. House of Representatives voted to cut $ 800 million from key administration initiatives to help pay for an effort to avert teacher layoffs.

Mississippi To Receive $ 100 Million Gift for Reading: Mississippi's 2 - year - old reading initiative has received a big boost with a $ 100 million donation for teacher education, professional development, and instructional materials.

Nor did public opinion concerning teachers unions change significantly, despite rising union opposition to many of the Obama administration's education reform initiatives.

Joanne Weiss, former chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, says that the initiative spurred comprehensive improvements nationwide, especially in standards and assessments, teacher evaluation methods, and public school choice.

With major financial backing from the National Education Association, California's largest teachers» union has launched an initiative to organize employees in hundreds of charter schools in the state.

It has also participated in the development of the Common Core Standards initiative; created alternative - certification routes that allow organizations other than education schools to give teachers credentials; improved its teacher pipeline through strong partnerships with the New Teacher Project and Teacher for America; and experimented with performance - based compensation in 41 school disteacher pipeline through strong partnerships with the New Teacher Project and Teacher for America; and experimented with performance - based compensation in 41 school disTeacher Project and Teacher for America; and experimented with performance - based compensation in 41 school disTeacher for America; and experimented with performance - based compensation in 41 school districts.

«There have been waves of merit pay initiatives in the past, and every time someone recommends it anew, it's as if it's never been done before,» says Johnson, who recently coauthored Redesigning Teacher Pay: A System for the Next Generation of Educators, a book garnering much attention in the education world by advocating a radically different approach to teacher pay that encourages teacher career development through a four - tier system of proTeacher Pay: A System for the Next Generation of Educators, a book garnering much attention in the education world by advocating a radically different approach to teacher pay that encourages teacher career development through a four - tier system of proteacher pay that encourages teacher career development through a four - tier system of proteacher career development through a four - tier system of promotion.

The initiative has grown rapidly since its origins as a regional programme through the Mayor of London, and the concerns raised by teachers, students, industry professionals and local government during the panel discussion only cements the need to develop computational thinking skills in a more effective way to support a 21st Century education.