Sentences with phrase «top education nation»

Ten years ago — against all odds — Finland was ranked as the world's top education nation.

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Moreover, as China, India, and other nations develop, they'll find ways to keep their top students from leaving and spending hundreds of times more for an American education.

Among the nation's top secondary schools, HCHS is uniquely governed, the only New York City public high school not under control of New York City's Department of Education.

«BAM Radio is the largest education radio network in the world offering programming from the nation's top education organizations and thought leaders and reaching a wide audience of people passionately committed to quality education.»

Check, I was able to get a medical education in one of the nation's top medical schools, pass the board exams, trained and qualified to be an ophthalmologist.

The higher cost of fringe benefits is another reason why New York State tops the nation in education spending — $ 19,552 per student — nearly double the $ 10,608 national average.

Out of 285 schools in the nation, SU was ranked among 64 «top performers» by the SR Education Group for women pursuing degrees online in STEM fields.

He could have shown the nation that New York is willing to invest in the top - rate public college education that working people need in an economy that is being increasingly rigged for corporations and the ultra-rich.»

The nation's top education official will be in Albany next week to discuss the federal Race to the Top competititop education official will be in Albany next week to discuss the federal Race to the Top competitiTop competition.

The head of the state's Business Council, Heather Briccetti, says the state already spends more than most other states on education, but does not rank among the top rated schools in the nation.

Speaking today at a White House event honoring the nation's top elementary school teachers and scientist - mentors, President Barack Obama gave a stump - like speech about the need «to move from the middle to the top of the pack in science and math education over the next decade.»

The President's budget offers hope that the nation will continue to make science and education investments a top national priority while taking serious steps to reduce budget deficits.

About Sweet Briar College Sweet Briar College is consistently ranked among the nation's top liberal arts colleges.ÿ Founded in 1901 as an independent undergraduate college for women, Sweet Briar continues its commitment to the education of women, offering a full range of liberal arts majors, including subjects traditionally considered male domains.

When the nation's governors and top business leaders convene in Palisades, N.Y., later this month for an education summit, they plan to champion academic standards as the key to improving student achievement.

Richard W. Riley will leave a record of helping make education the nation's top priority when he steps down as the nation's top educator this weekend.

Riley is particularly proud that under his and President Clinton's leadership, education has become the nation's top priority.

Education Nation was selected as a Top Education Book of 2010 by American School Board Journal.

While the nation seemed transfixed by No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, and Common Core State Standards, «one of the most wide - ranging reforms in public education» during that time, according to a group of researchers from Duke and MIT, «was the reorganization of large comprehensive high schools into small schools» in New York City.

Race to the Top asked states to create their own unique blueprints for education reform — and then, by publicly posting everyone's plans and the judges» scores, got the nation involved in a conversation about what high - quality education systems look like.

Education must rise to the top of the global development agenda — this is the goal of Education First, the new global initiative of the United Nations Secretary - General, Ban Ki - moon, launched in September 2012.

For example, two of the current top priorities of the U.S. Department of Education are to get states to implement rigorous teacher evaluation systems and to improve the quality of the nation's teacher preparation programs.

At the same time, the college is a pivotal force behind a larger higher - education collaborative working to enroll an additional 50,000 qualified low - income students at the nation's top 270 college and universities by 2025.

The nation's governors and top corporate executives will trumpet standards and technology as medicine for what ails the nation's schools when they gather next month in New York state for an education summit.

Not surprisingly, education is the top priority for Malaysia's achievements of developed nation status as laid out in Vision 2020.

Education leaders from Singapore say their country's top ranking among 41 nations in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study released last fall is not reason to be satisfied with their schools» performance.

The math proficiency of 8th graders from the nation's top - ranked states — Iowa, North Dakota, and Minnesota — is comparable to that of students from the best - performing nations, such as Taiwan and South Korea, reports a federal study to be released this week at the national education summit.

For instance, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R - Tenn., who served as U.S. secretary of education under President George H.W. Bush, extolled the benefits of teacher pay - for - performance programs — and prodded one of the nation's top teachers» union officials on the topic.

President Obama talks with Matt Lauer about teachers unions, charter schools, Race to the Top, and other topics as part of this week's Education Nation coverage on NBC.

Some of President Bush's top education priorities — especially his plans for improving the nation's high schools — are rebuffed in a spending bill making its way through the Republican - controlled House of Representatives.

Despite FLVS's success and national recognition — in December 2008 Florida governor Charlie Crist accepted a plaque from the Center for Digital Education recognizing Florida as the top provider of virtual education in the nation — the school still faces a number of operational and political chEducation recognizing Florida as the top provider of virtual education in the nation — the school still faces a number of operational and political cheducation in the nation — the school still faces a number of operational and political challenges.

As a result of this legislation, over 350,000 education - related jobs were saved, state governments devised ambitious plans to compete for $ 4 billion in «Race to the Top» grants, and the federal government put forth solutions to the problems faced by the nation's weakest schools But the long - term impact of the stimulus money is much more unclear, according to a nationwide review led by the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media and the Education Writers Asseducation - related jobs were saved, state governments devised ambitious plans to compete for $ 4 billion in «Race to the Top» grants, and the federal government put forth solutions to the problems faced by the nation's weakest schools But the long - term impact of the stimulus money is much more unclear, according to a nationwide review led by the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media and the Education Writers AssEducation and the Media and the Education Writers AssEducation Writers Association.

He has won awards as the nation's top education beat reporter and for his feature reporting on the city's mass school closings.

Furthermore, back in January 2016, the Harvard Graduate School of Education released a report with recommendations endorsed by a who's who of deans, admissions officers and education experts representing all eight Ivies, as well as a host of other prestigious universities, including the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and even a few of the nation's top highEducation released a report with recommendations endorsed by a who's who of deans, admissions officers and education experts representing all eight Ivies, as well as a host of other prestigious universities, including the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and even a few of the nation's top higheducation experts representing all eight Ivies, as well as a host of other prestigious universities, including the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and even a few of the nation's top high schools.

Many of the nation's top education researchers have launched new studies into topics such as how best to teach reading in the academic content areas, how best to teach writing at the high - school level, and how best to support the literacy development of adolescent English language learners.

Yet the history of education reform in the United States makes clear that efforts to foist top - down changes on the nation's schools never get anywhere quickly and never produce real uniformity.

The education of our children must become a top priority of our nation's policymakers, and we are committed to ensuring federal policies protect state and local control and accountability.

Radio Network is now the largest all - education talk radio network in the world, offering programming from the nation's top education organizations and thought leaders and reaching a wide audience of people passionately committed to quality education.

But with a former college football coach now the nation's top education leader, that's all changed.

iObservation has developed solutions for meeting Race to the Top requirements with the nations top education experts including Charlotte Danielson, Dr. Robert Marzano, and Dr. Douglas ReevTop requirements with the nations top education experts including Charlotte Danielson, Dr. Robert Marzano, and Dr. Douglas Reevtop education experts including Charlotte Danielson, Dr. Robert Marzano, and Dr. Douglas Reeves.

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The college, which currently serves more than 21,720, prepares students for licensure in all 50 states and is ranked among the nation's top one percent of secondary math education programs by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ).

The U.S. is currently near the top of industrialized countries in education spending, but imagine what our schools could accomplish if we spent six times as much as the second highest - spending nation.

By early 2008, many of the nation's top politicians and education leaders had lined up in support.

The RtI Action Network is a program of the National Center for Learning Disabilities, funded by the Cisco Foundation and in partnership with the nation's leading education associations and top RtI experts.

Denver — Education groups released a report, Missing the Bus: Colorado's Elite College Access Gap, today showing that low - income Colorado students are largely left behind when it comes to enrolling in the nation's top colleges.

If testing remains, as it has been under No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, the primary measure of a quality education, then once again it is the students, their families, communities and ultimately the nation that will be saddled with the fallout of a narrow and alienating curriculum.

Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) Brooke Charter Schools is named one of the nation's top schools.

iObservation is a pre-approved vendor for Ohio and has developed solutions to meet Race to the Top requirements with the nations top education experts including Charlotte Danielson, Dr. Robert Marzano, and Dr. Douglas ReevTop requirements with the nations top education experts including Charlotte Danielson, Dr. Robert Marzano, and Dr. Douglas Reevtop education experts including Charlotte Danielson, Dr. Robert Marzano, and Dr. Douglas Reeves.

After all, a school that is top - performing in general may not be the right fit for particular groups of children, especially young black men who, along with American Indian peers, suffer the most from the nation's education crisis.

The silence is especially deafening from Robinson and Evers, both of whom lead Trump's education policy transition panel and are rumored to be under consideration to take the nation's top education policy job.