Sentences with phrase «which good public education»

We have a meritocracy of money in which good public education is passed on from one generation to the next.

Not exact matches

«What public school have you worked with the most and which public school principal to do you personally have the best relationship with, and how has it impacted your viewpoint on K - 12 education?

Moreover, they argue that federal subsidies are warranted because a significant portion of state and local government spending is for education, health, public welfare, and transportation, all of which have important spillovers that benefit the population in other jurisdictions as well.

Can we reconceive theological education in such a way that (1) it clearly pertains to the totality of human life, in the public sphere as well as the private, because it bears on all of our powers; (2) it is adequate to genuine pluralism, both of the «Christian thing» and of the worlds in which the «Christian thing» is lived, by avoiding naiveté about historical and cultural conditioning without lapsing into relativism; (3) it can be the unifying overarching goal of theological education without requiring the tacit assumption that there is a universal structure or essence to education in general, or theological inquiry in particular, which inescapably denies genuine pluralism by claiming to be the universal common denominator to which everything may be reduced as variations on a theme; and (4) it can retrieve the strengths of both the «Athens» and the «Berlin» types of excellent schooling, without unintentionally subordinating one to the other?

Located on a 121 - acre wildlife sanctuary just south of Boston, the Museum of American Bird Art houses Mass Audubon's extensive art collection, which is shared with the public through exhibitions as well as through a wide variety of education programs.

Her public school internship had left her with the question of whether there was a form of education which would better meet the needs of children.

You might live in a health - conscious, progressive city and / or your children might attend a school (public or private) in which the parent community is well educated about nutrition — or at least open to nutrition education.

The first two columns are the indicators which best cover a state's ability to deliver on bread and butter economic issues; the Poverty and Economic Performance category includes variables such as unemployment, GDP growth, inflation, and government debt, while the Provision of Public Services category includes infrastructure, energy reliability, education, and policing.

Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said earlier Monday that «it's not looking good» for getting the DREAM Act, which would provide college tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants, and the tax credit, which would incentivize donations to groups that boost public and private education, in the final budget.

The politicians seem to be unable to move away from grand gestures which they think will impress the electorate rather than consider the fundamentals of what makes the kind of education system that the public wants - good local schools in every neighbourhood.

But don't look to the U.S. Secretary of Education for guidance on which candidate would be best for the city's 1.1 million public schoolchildren.

NYS Education Commissioner David Steiner's judgment and his own personal integrity are at issue here, as well as the independence and disinterestedness of the panel he has named to advise him on whether to grant the waiver to unqualified Cathleen Black, which she needs in order to assume the post of NYC Public Schools Chancellor.

Teachers unions oppose additional charters — as well as the proposed tax credit, which they say will undermine the public education system.

He is also supportive of the education investment tax credit, which is meant to encourage contributions to public schools and scholarship programs that benefit private schools, as well as infrastructure investment.

While technically the money side of social welfare is indeed not payable to illegal aliens, (1) They still get an incredibly costly (to taxpayers) set of benefits such as free public school education for their kids; law - and - order which is a public good; and medical care in ER facilities who have to treat everyone, with or without insurance.

But she feels her advocacy work, which has centered around street safety and public education, puts her in the best position to listen to her community.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez today rallied with religious school parents, kids and administrators in East Harlem for the passage of the controversial education investment tax credit — which would incentivize private donations for scholarships at parochial schools and other private schools, as well as public school scholarship funds.

In his initial budget proposal, Cuomo linked the Dream Act to the education tax credit, which would incentivize donations to private school scholarship funds as well as public schools.

Instead of hand picking which kids get the best possible public education, the de Blasio administration should pursue policies that give every student this opportunity.

Mike Reilly, president of Community Education Council 31, which represents the entire borough, believes Success hasn't made the move to Staten Island because existing public schools are doing well.

We are focusing on our core mission of education and research, while continuing to advance critical economic development projects that foster the creation of good New York State jobs through public - private partnerships, which also provide unparalleled opportunities for our research faculty and students.»

But the union later released a statement, in which president Karen Magee said: «Public education is for the publicPublic education is for the publicpublic good.

Dr Rebecca Lacey, Research Associate in the UCL Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and lead author of the study, said: «Our study suggests that it is not parental divorce or separation per se which increases the risk of later inflammation but that it is other social disadvantages, such as how well the child does in education, which are triggered by having experienced parental divorce which are important.»

This led me to pursue formal education and training in psychiatric pharmacy as well as public health, which further inspired me to be involved in researching the utility of psychedelic substances in the treatment of illness,» explained study author Benjamin J. Malcolm of Western University of Health Sciences» College of Pharmacy.

And in 2003, she established Nowgen, a center for public education, engagement, and research in biomedicine and genetics, which offers learning and teaching resources as well as public events and online materials.

His aggressive, bare - knuckle style, cuts to public spending, and well - publicized clashes with the New Jersey Education Association have made the governor a media sensation and shoved his education reform ideas — which include expanding school choice options for students and overhauling teacher tenure, compensation, and pensions — into the national sEducation Association have made the governor a media sensation and shoved his education reform ideas — which include expanding school choice options for students and overhauling teacher tenure, compensation, and pensions — into the national seducation reform ideas — which include expanding school choice options for students and overhauling teacher tenure, compensation, and pensions — into the national spotlight.

«A well - executed prize, in theory, should change the nature of the market and redefine supply and demand,» said Tom Vander Ark, who headed the Gates Foundation's education program through much of the 2000s and worked afterward with the XPRIZE organization, which conducts competitions designed to benefit the public.

Charter schools are important intermediaries between individuals (parents who select schools on behalf of their children) and the government (which funds education for the public good).

Thus writes Matthew Lambert in his new book, Privatization and the Public Good: Public Universities in the Balance, an analysis of present - day public higher education, which is currently plagued by momentous challPublic Good: Public Universities in the Balance, an analysis of present - day public higher education, which is currently plagued by momentous challPublic Universities in the Balance, an analysis of present - day public higher education, which is currently plagued by momentous challpublic higher education, which is currently plagued by momentous challenges.

The poor, so this logic goes, need government assistance if they are to get a good education, which helps explain why, in the United States, many school choice enthusiasts believe that the only way the poor can get the education they deserve is through vouchers or charter schools, proxies for those better private or independent schools, paid for with public funds.

Tom Payzant, the veteran superintendent who heads up Boston Public Schools, says large school districts get funding from a variety of philanthropic organizations, but he has had to work hard to persuade these funders to align their efforts to support a system - wide vision of how to improve education and avoid contributing to what he calls «project-itis,» which is just a series of ad hoc donations that make givers feel good but have little impact on students.

The exhibit, in which 15 teachers demonstrated their work through posters, attracted an audience of graduate students, administrators, and educators from other communities, as well as representatives from Project Zero and the Center for Collaborative Education, an organization that partners with public schools and districts «to create and sustain effective and equitable schools.»

«The studies that I'm familiar with say that the inner - city parochial schools, which spend much less per child on education, do a better job than the public schools that spend much more,» said Scalia, adding «so I just don't think it follows that... more money [will] solve the difficulty that the people of Cleveland found with their public schools.»

That's the message of a report by the National Working Commission on Choice in K - 12 Education, which spent two years trying to get beyond divisive political rhetoric and figure out how best to give parents choices among schools receiving public money.

Despite the frequency with which public programs rely on beneficiaries to hold the quality of services accountable, Sara Mead asserts in an Education Sector report that, «accountability to parents alone is insufficient to protect the public interest or ensure taxpayer money is used well.»

Proposed legislation, which initially prohibited for - profit education organizations, now would require that such entities make available to the public information on their profitability as well as their use of voucher funds.

A study by University of Pennsylvania researchers, which has been used to counter arguments that America's public education system is not working as well as it should, found that the U.S. was generally a bit above average when compared with other industrialized nations and in the middle in the important subjects of math and science.

Government policy is headed toward placing 30 percent of the age cohort in public universities; for now, as many as 40 percent of secondary graduates head into career - oriented «polytechnics» that resemble the best of American community colleges and some 20 percent attend the Institute of Technical Education, which emphasizes «hands - on» training.

Formed in 2003, PELP continues its mission with the development of tools such as the PELP Coherence Framework and the book Achieving Coherence in District Improvement, and with the annual executive education summer institute which brings public school leaders from around the country to Harvard to focus on their districts challenges as well as possible solutions.

Berner's recent book, Pluralism and American Public Education: No One Way to School (2017) detailed several «mistaken beliefs» about American education, the first of which is «that only state schools can create good citizenEducation: No One Way to School (2017) detailed several «mistaken beliefs» about American education, the first of which is «that only state schools can create good citizeneducation, the first of which is «that only state schools can create good citizens.»

Developing a more comprehensive source of information about barriers to attracting good candidates and about ways in which school districts, professional associations, and institutions of higher education can contribute to ensuring that these candidates are prepared and ready to move into leadership positions is an investment that would pay high dividends to our public schools and the children they serve.»

These education experts have forsaken the reform consensus; they now argue instead for an improved version of the «one best system» of American public schools — which harks back to the Horace Mann - era conviction that a single, uniform public - education system, run by professional educators, is the surest path to both literacy and civic unity.

The film, which included interviews with Michelle Rhee, Bill Gates, and the economist Eric Hanushek, among others, made the central points that public education was failing, that resources don't matter, and that the best ways to fix the national crisis of low test scores were to expand the number of privately managed charters, fire ineffective teachers, and weaken the unions that protected them.

The comparability requirement in ESEA is the mechanism through which the federal government can ensure that the public education offered to poor students is at least as well resourced as that offered to their more affluent peers.

As they analyze the ways in which public school leaders successfully formed and transformed American education, historian Tyack and political scientist Hansot conclude that the main challenge facing today's leaders is to create a new community of commitment to public education as a common good.

That's why we've supported public charter schools, as well as the proposed Education Investment Tax Credit, which would boost giving for faith - based education, including parochialEducation Investment Tax Credit, which would boost giving for faith - based education, including parochialeducation, including parochial schools.

Education is both a private and a public good, which is why states have assigned themselves constitutional responsibility for educating their young people.

• Risk underestimated the resistance to change from the organized interests of the K - 12 public education system, at the center of which were the two big teacher unions as well as school administrators, colleges of education, state bureaucracies, school boards, and many others.

So the story of a group of very successful Jewish lawyers in New York not only points to the period when they were born, a time of low birth rates, which meant that the New York City public schools they attended were uncrowded and gave a good education, but also to a Jewish propensity to seek out and seize opportunity.

Now a recent study in Education Next from researchers at Mathematica Policy Research examines whether KIPP's positive effects are attributable to better peers, which would consequently make it difficult to replicate the KIPP model and academic successes in public schools.