To date, the Gates Millennium Scholars Program has helped 13, 000 high-potential, low-income students improve their lives through higher education.
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And they have demonstrated the courage, capacity, and commitment to turn their ideas into practices that can improve outcomes for students.
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Over the decades, its system has helped countless students improve their test scores, and Kaplan wants to take its reputation for success to broader fields.
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It would require principals to rate teachers on a four-tiered scale, with up to 40% of the total based on whether students improve on state tests.
Republican Joe Lhota, a former aide to Mayor Rudy Giuliani, has said he favors a more pure form of merit pay, which would involve giving teachers more money if their students improve their scores.
"The reason for the change is all about extending the bee's commitment to its purpose, which long has been not only to help students improve their spelling, but also to increase the vocabulary, learn concepts and develop correct English usage, " she said.
We recognize the impact a great teacher can make, and Partners in Learning is focused on empowering more than 8 million educators in over 114 countries to creatively and effectively use technology in their curriculum to help improve the way students learn.
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This kind of collaboration between Tribes and States marks a new era in working together to meet the unique educational and cultural needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students, to improve their academic achievement, and ultimately to better the future of these Tribal students and their communities.
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Bush signed an executive order during the event designed to improve education for Hispanic students.
But NAEP officials believe these kinds of assessments can give schools and policy-makers a better understanding of what's needed for students to improve.
He envisions it as a way to close the achievement gap for poor and minority students, improve high school graduation rates and ultimately strengthen the workforce.
Unfortunately, the measures proposed so far -- freezing interest rates, income-based repayment and public service loan forgiveness -- haven't gone far enough to improve the lot of students and recent grads.
Law reviews, which are edited by students, play a double role at law schools, providing a chance for students to improve their legal research and writing, and at the same time offering judges and scholars a forum for new legal arguments.
To reach the ambitious education goals we have set for our Nation, as well as to ensure equality of access and opportunity for all, we must provide the support that will enable African American students to improve their level of educational achievement through rigorous and well-rounded academic and support services that will prepare them for college, a career, and a lifetime of learning.
The Justice Department, which announced its investigation in August, has instructed the school system to improve the treatment of Asian students.
Students will help improve Watson's language and domain analysis capabilities by judging the evidence it provides and analyzing its answers within the domain of medicine.
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He was also the main benefactor of the Freedom Writers program, which was started in Long Beach in 1997 as an initiative to improve the academic outlook of students in poor communities.
Additionally, the Braille code opens doors of literacy and learning to countless individuals with visual impairments across our country and around the world, and we must work with advocates and leaders throughout our society to promote and improve Braille literacy among our students.
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Ever since, this yearly meeting has brought ASPnet students and teachers together to promote science education and improve investigative learning, to develop communication among scientists and students and to raise awareness of UNESCO values and the limits ethics impose upon investigation.
During the Champions of Change event, we recognized 10 individuals who have devoted their time and efforts to improve educational outcomes for African American students.
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Once companies gain a foothold in the market, they can improve their ability to educate more students per class and march upmarket into higher enrollment classes.
As president of Harvard, she has expanded financial aid to improve access to Harvard College for students of all economic backgrounds and advocated for increased federal funding for scientific research.
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She says the school could quadruple its existing number of 35 sixth form students, which would massively improve its financial situation through funding.
The students who score the lowest and improve the least are the business majors.
But competition means choice for students and pressure on colleges to improve and innovate.
This was also raised in Mr Murphy's report which said the Welsh government was trying to improve standards but that "provision for talented students is lacking".
The question then back in 1990 is the same question we face now: How do we best improve educational opportunities and outcomes for our Hispanic students?
But universities will have to spend on technology and seek economies of scale if they are to improve quality, cut costs, keep the students they have and woo more.
He has been widely praised outside of New York for pushing to improve the education outcome of poor and minority students, but often sparred with unions and parent groups, particularly over his emphasis on testing.
On the panel, Koedinger, a co-founder of Carnegie Learning, confirmed the point when he talked about how once he and his team had brought their research-informed product to market, the majority of the market incentives encouraged them not to improve the product along its ability to help students learn.
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