tailieunhanh - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Traditionally the health sector saw schools as a setting where a very important population group (young people from approximately 5 to 17 years) could be accessed to provide them with information about health and appropriate behaviours that would improve and sustain their health status. Consequently the resources available were/are focused primarily on knowledge. There was/is an assumption that young people could access this knowledge and make relevant changes to their behaviours which impacted on their health. . | DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Funding Highlights Provides billion in discretionary spending which is percent or billion above the 2012 enacted level. This request builds on the significant gains already made through Race to the Top and other Administration initiatives. It safeguards increases in major K-12 reform programs and funds new efforts to improve college access affordability and quality to help reach the President s college completion goal. To accommodate increases in these priority areas the Budget makes targeted reductions and consolidations that help preserve resources for the highest priority investments. Spurs comprehensive reform at the State and local level by providing 850 million for Race to the Top and 100 million for Promise Neighborhoods two signature reform initiatives. Overhauls the Department s Elementary and Secondary Act ESEA programs by consolidating 38 program authorities into 11 competitive grant programs designed to allow States and districts more flexibility to use resources where they will have the greatest impact. Sustains investments in programs that support States efforts to implement rigorous and comprehensive reforms like the ones being developed in their ESEA flexibility plans. Invests billion in a reauthorized Career and Technical Education program that will prepare students for the future by aligning what they learn in school with the demands of 21st Century jobs. The Budget also provides support for establishing new highly-effective career academies. Prepares America s students for the 21st Century workplace by providing 260 million in funding for science technology engineering and mathematics STEM programs including a new 30 million evidence-based math education initiative to be jointly administered with a comparable program at the National Science Foundation and 80 million to help reach the President s goal of recruiting and preparing 100 000 high-quality STEM teachers over the next 10 years. Continues the .