When one of the leaders of standards - based school reform and one of the products of one of the nation's
most challenged school districts agree on something, I pay attention.
One of the biggest
challenges schools face is not just finding time for professional development days, but also finding common ground for making effective use of them.
His or her responses offer insight into what a school administrator's day is like and the special
challenges school leaders face.
How do you see the options for a holistic approach to raising learning outcomes in
more challenging school contexts?
In 2011, they identified a statewide need for a program that could develop and prepare a pipeline of outstanding school leaders to address the needs of the most
challenging schools across the state.
If teachers are to thrive in
challenging school environments, then leaders need to be able to influence the ways in which teachers work and learn together.
More than a third of teachers said increased pay or bonuses or free periods could encourage more teachers
into challenging schools.
With salaries viewed as insufficient for the requirements of the job, principals tend to not remain in
challenging schools when transfers to schools with better working conditions can also lead to improved pay.
Topics include combating summer learning loss, the challenges of serving underserved communities, a discussion on how to tackle
challenging school transition stages, and other resource suggestions.
And voucher opponents have been creative in identifying a wide variety of constitutional provisions, having nothing to do with religion, under which to
challenge school choice programs.
But within the most
challenging schools there are educators whose love for what they do can be infectious because they see value of impacting the lives of children.
Two separate studies, one for elementary and the other for middle school, have been done on high achievement in
high challenge schools.
Given the
significant challenges our schools face and natural rising costs, another year at $ 11,000 per student would force us to make yet another round of painful budget choices.
This special report details the
complex challenges schools and teachers face as they work toward implementing the new math standards.
But unlike most such disputes that have cropped up around the country, it is not parents, teachers, or historians who are
challenging the school board's decision.
We'll also share lessons learned from our highest - gaining schools about how to overcome some of the
common challenges schools and districts face in implementing a data - driven instruction model.
™ process is effective in all contexts, but particularly in rural or
challenging schools who «have who they have» to lead their schools.
Teach First places high - attaining graduates within
challenging schools where they teach for two years while completing their training.
This pilot is a great opportunity to
challenge school decision makers to think differently about PE and sport as a tool for wider outcomes across their school.
No matter
what challenges your school faces, in this age of heightened accountability creating and maintaining a results - focused learning environment is more important than ever.
Setting measurable and
appropriately challenging school goals helps educators achieve purposeful results — especially when the staff reaches consensus on which goals to set.
They appeal to the high
score challenge school of gamers (like me) while testing your skills to breaking point.
Parents in both cases are
challenging school integration guidelines that prevented their children from attending their school of choice because of their race or ethnicity.
You can learn the skills and methods to move even the
most challenging schools from barely functioning to extraordinary levels of excellence.
They were also much more likely to be employed as principals and more interested in remaining in their jobs despite serving
more challenging schools.
We need to identify people who have the skills and experience, give them added training, and send them
into challenged schools.
We would expect successful applicants to be willing to work
with challenging schools, those with existing issues with science teacher retention and those serving disadvantaged learners (pupils eligible for pupil premium funding).
This is my sixth year homeschooling, and to be honest, having toddler twins around has potentially made this one of my most
challenging school years so far.
Today's figures relate to appeals against overall grades awarded for GCSE and A level subjects, which is the second stage
of challenge schools can mount following a review of marking or moderation of individual or multiple exam papers.
PA's annual competition aims to inspire the innovators of the future and
challenges school children and college students to put their programming skills to the test.
«If you step away from doing that, you come to realize that there are many other things on which you have to evaluate a principal — their ability to handle discipline, craft a solid budget, effectively handle public relations, create a culture of trust and respect, manage issues related to the needs of exceptional children, tackle
very challenging school safety topics, the list goes on,» said Collins, who added that an EVAAS score doesn't adequately capture those elements.