Sentences with phrase «years education represents»

More Than Just Stimulating Minds Prevention Action, 5/3/13 «Early years education represents an important step forward in thinking.

Not exact matches

Partnering with organizations like WorldReach (who allows you to sponsor children) and Charity: Water (who lets you tell your friends to donate instead of getting you a birthday present every year) or finding a cause like ending human trafficking, supporting education or assisting the homeless can represent more than just one - time gifts or temporary passions.

With over 48 years experience in Track & Field, conditioning, athletic performance, youth physical fitness and Higher Education teaching and coaching, Marra has traveled extensively around the world representing the USA with many of his athletes.

We are supposed to believe that obstetricians (with 8 years of higher education, extensive study of science and statistics, and four additional years of hands on experience caring for pregnant women), the people who actually DO the research that represents the corpus of scientific evidence, are ignoring their own findings while NCB advocates (generally high school graduates with no background in college science or statistics, let alone advanced study of these subjects, and limited experience of caring for pregnant women), the people who NEVER do scientific research, are assiduously scouring the scientific literature, reading the main obstetric journals each month, and changing their practice based on the latest scientific evidence.

«As members of the New York State Senate, we are deeply offended by Mayor Bill de Blasio's recent assertion that the children in New York City are more deserving and more in need of early childhood education than the 4 and 5 - year - olds in the communities we represent,» three Republican state senators — John Flanagan, Joe Robach and John DeFrancisco — said in a statement.

Flanagan Sr., who represented the Huntington area for 14 years and was the ranking minority leader on the Assembly's education committee, died of a heart attack while jogging with his wife and son.

«This represents the largest cut in education spending over any four - year period since at least the 1950s.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's recently proposed budget plan for education is a mixed bag, but represents a major shift from his attacks on public education in years past.

«I have had the privilege of representing the 21st District in Queens for 8 years, where I've fought for the education of our children, the rights of women and families, and the protection of our immigrants.»

Throughout this time, she has been an honest public servant, representing the people of Yonkers by working through the Assembly to deliver additional education aid for the Yonkers Public Schools every year.

Bongiorno has 13 years of lobbying experience, representing clients before the Legislature, executive chamber, state agencies and local government, primarily in the areas of health care, insurance, human services, professional licensure, higher education and public safety.

He said he joined other teachers of the year in drafting the letter because as individuals vetted by the state Education Department, they represent some of the best teachers in the state, and he hoped that status would give them some moral authority.

In February, two Assembly members and a state senator who represent the district introduced a bill that would empower the state education commissioner to appoint a monitor for five years, with the option of extending the term to 10 years.

But in its final post-trial submission filed this year, New York argued the formula does not represent the funding needed to give all students, including those in the small - city districts, the opportunity for a «sound basic education» under the New York Constitution, according to the alliance.

«For us in Ghana, the Capitation Grant, introduced some 13 years ago, under the administration of that far - sighted Ghanaian statesman, His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, the 2nd President of Ghana's 4th Republic, is, presently, enabling six million, three hundred and seventy one thousand, nine hundred and seventy five (6,371,975) school - going children, representing some 90 % of school - going children in Ghana, to enjoy fee - free education in our basic schools,» he said.

This year's CROS drew more than 8000 responses from postdocs in 68 U.K. higher education institutions, representing a response rate of around a quarter.

NG: Every scientist ought to be a citizen two or three days a year and see their two senators and see their House member, as citizens, and legitimately represent their beliefs about science and their beliefs about research investment and their beliefs about education reform.

It has an 80 - year heritage serving the UK education sector, and represents over 400 educational suppliers in the UK, including manufacturers and distributors of equipment, materials, books, consumables, furniture, technology, ICT hardware and EdTech to the education market.

While No Child Left Behind represents the most comprehensive and substantive change to education policy in more than 30 years, there has been some concern that the act overreaches, both in scope and in structure.

LGA represents 370 councils and boroughs across the country and wants the Department for Education (DfE) to alter the regulations introduced two years ago.

Kamras, the 55th National Teacher of the Year and the first to represent the District of Columbia, began a year as a full - time national and international spokesperson for education on JunYear and the first to represent the District of Columbia, began a year as a full - time national and international spokesperson for education on Junyear as a full - time national and international spokesperson for education on June 1.

Facing heckling from the crowd, Morgan warned teachers that they should work with the Conservative government, saying: «Teaching unions have a choice — spend the next four years doing battle with us and doing down the profession they represent in the process, or stepping up, seizing the opportunities and promise offered by the white paper and helping us to shape the future of the education system.»

Seven hundred million, spread out over four years, represented less than one - half of 1 percent of the state's education spending, and $ 350 million for Gotham, over four years, is the same droplet.

After several years of intense and successful lobbying to block the Reagan Administration's attempts to alter educational programs for handicapped children, the organization that represents the nation's state directors of special education is now turning its attention to helping the states improve special - education services.

We represent those working in education, early years and childcare, ensuring that our members have the support and guidance of a strong and approachable union throughout their career.

It represents two years of debate, discussion and thinking across the education sector about how assessment — particularly, formal assessments taken by 15 - 19 year olds in England — can and should evolve over the next decade.

Over the last three years, faculty from the Harvard Graduate School of Education have brought together 30 national educational leaders from different corners of the field, representing diverse backgrounds and perspectives, with the goal of thinking broadly about what ideas and approaches are likely to lead to a more promising future.

Education Minister Kate Jones said she had acted on advice from the QCAA and other «major education stakeholders» in making the decision to delay the changes, which could represent the most significant changes to senior schooling in Queensland in the past Education Minister Kate Jones said she had acted on advice from the QCAA and other «major education stakeholders» in making the decision to delay the changes, which could represent the most significant changes to senior schooling in Queensland in the past education stakeholders» in making the decision to delay the changes, which could represent the most significant changes to senior schooling in Queensland in the past 40 years.

Donald Trump's choice to head the Department of Education is the antithesis of public education and what it represents; it is the antithesis of the bipartisan educational consensus forged by last year's federal educatioEducation is the antithesis of public education and what it represents; it is the antithesis of the bipartisan educational consensus forged by last year's federal educatioeducation and what it represents; it is the antithesis of the bipartisan educational consensus forged by last year's federal educationeducation reform.

The number of students declining to take the exams quadrupled from the year before, and represented 20 percent of all those eligible to be tested, according to data from the State Education Department.

For 10 years, while president of the UFT, Weingarten chaired New York City's Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella organization for the city's 100 - plus public sector unions, including those representing higher education and other public service employees.

Susan Cole, a lawyer who represents the plaintiffs in a 13 - year - old lawsuit charging that the district has failed to provide adequate special - education...

The NTOY is chosen from among the State Teachers of the Year by a National Selection Committee representing the major national education organizations.

So teaching unions have a choice — spend the next 4 years doing battle with us and doing down the profession they represent in the process, or stepping up, seizing the opportunities and promise offered by the white paper and helping us to shape the future of the education system.

«An Act Establishing the Connecticut Special Education Cost Cooperative represents a serious threat to over forty years of special education programming decisions which are — by law — supposed to be determined through a planning & Placement Team process that includes both parents and teachers who know the student's educational needs besEducation Cost Cooperative represents a serious threat to over forty years of special education programming decisions which are — by law — supposed to be determined through a planning & Placement Team process that includes both parents and teachers who know the student's educational needs beseducation programming decisions which are — by law — supposed to be determined through a planning & Placement Team process that includes both parents and teachers who know the student's educational needs best.»

This version allowed me to use their current USD tab to obtain military expenditure data for all countries with education expenditures and enrollments from 2013 — which was the most current year represented in the database.

From that group, a national selection committee representing 14 renowned education and community organizations, which collectively represent millions of educators, selects four finalists for National Teacher of the Year.

Kris Perry, executive director of the First Five Years Fund says that ESSA represents a historic gain for early childhood education, «a moment in troubled times when a Congress came together and acted on overwhelming research from experts, demand from voters, and actions taken by state and local leaders across the country to support the development of children from birth to age 5.»

«It is important for the U.S. Supreme Court to take this case, as the Ninth Circuit opinion ignores 20 years of precedents on special education law and represents yet another example of a federal agency exceeding its authority over educational decision making,» NSBA Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel said.

If you want to get a better sense of the shoddiness of the arguments of opponents of school discipline reform, especially when it comes to the Department of Education's guidance on reducing the overuse of harsh school discipline, simply look at the traditional districts represented in Congress by Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland, who this morning, complained that the four - year - old Dear Colleague letter made school leaders «afraid» to discipline children in their care.

From that group, the National Teacher of the Year is chosen by a selection committee composed of 14 renowned education organizations, which collectively represent more than 7 million educators.

Our students and students» families desire greater opportunity for more rigorous academic experiences and are also under - represented in higher education: 97 % identify as students of color; more than 50 % speak a language other than English at home; and 71 % will be the first in their families to attend a four - year college.

When Texas put into place the most rigorous education accountability system in the country in 2009, we thought we were at the culmination of a journey of over 20 years toward a Texas high school diploma that truly represents post-secondary readiness, but somehow we lost our courage and the pushback to that enhanced rigor has been relentless, resulting in a lowering of expectations and a gutting of the standards.

The National Teacher of the Year is chosen from among the State Teachers of the Year by a national selection committee representing the major national education organizations.

* Accountability — House Bill 3, passed in 2009, put in place an accountability system that, when fully implemented, would represent the culmination of 20 years of evolution in public education standards and accountability based reform in Texas.

Ms Morgan went on: «The teaching unions have a choice - spend the next four years doing battle with us and doing down the profession they represent in the process, or stepping up, seizing the opportunities and promise offered by the White Paper and helping us to shape the future of the education system.»

Dean Benbow: This program represents a kind of partnership I think education schools can be doing successfully with their local peers, and we are pleased with how the first year went.

Regardless of the qualifications one might add to this number, this represents the continuation of an increasing trend in graduation rates over the past 20 years of standards and accountability based reform in Texas public education, and we should applaud educators across the state for this achievement.

The 800 Chicago Teachers Union delegates representing rank - and - file membership opted last year not to endorse President Obama's re-election since he and his education secretary, former Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan, are seen as promoting the business reform agenda.

Projected cuts equal $ 9.3 billion over five years, representing a $ 1.5 billion reduction of funds for education.