Sentences with phrase «generation schools learned»

As expected, the students in Word Generation schools learned more of the target words than students in comparison schools, even though the latter group performed at a higher level at the start.

Students in Word Generation schools learned more of the target words than students in comparison schools, even though the latter group performed at a higher level at the start.

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«We really struggled with what the product would look like — we were initially putting it together as a supplemental product that we sell to schools, but then it became clear that it made more sense for us to partner directly with publishers to take advantage of their existing sales and distribution networks and help them transform their existing products into the next generation products that people would be expecting on iPads,» says Derek Lomas, CEO of Mathify, a company that partners with textbook publishers to create interactive learning material.

2017.02.03 RBC announces 30 Black History Month Student Essay Competition scholarship winners As Canada prepares to celebrate its 150th birthday, RBC asked high school students to reflect on the contribution of black Canadians over the past 150 years and what future generations can learn from them...

So we learned about generations of indigenous children who had been removed from their homes, their parents, their communities, and their families to be placed in government - sponsored religious schools beginning officially in 1880 so the «Indian» could be educated out of them.

I know, let's just close the schools down — all together — and move quicker to third world status; because, 1) It's a burden on the economy as we, clearly, don't have the money to continue educating future generations; and 2) It doesn't appear they're learning anything anyway, except how to harass little children and make their lives as miserable as possible for writing on their desks.

Christian faith is not inherited; each generation, each individual, must learn faith anew.11 Recent Protestant innovations in membership procedures and sacramental practices are only the logical extension of long - dysfunctional assumptions about the faith formation of persons in the home, in Sunday School, and in the church.

When CNN and other media sources get behind a movement, and when people grow up in a «Christian» home learning two Worldviews (moral relativism and love means affirmation from TV and schools vs. biblical Christianity from the Church) you get the confused Rob Bell and the generation he has influenced through his books and videos.

I have also learned not to take for granted students» knowledge in some general academic areas that may have been expectations at the high school, or dare I say, even junior high level, in my generation.

It means better church schools and Christian schools of higher learning so that the heritage of our faith may be passed on more fully and vitally to oncoming generations and so that adults may understand more accurately the foundations of their faith.

For this reason, the family also constitutes the best school of faith, where future generations learn to place their trust in the word of those who have generated their being.

As a direct result of the festival's donations, Chaplin School built three new cutting - edge culinary and beverage management laboratories this fall to lead industry research and provide a revolutionary learning space for the next generation of students.

The Department of Education considers social and emotional learning an important part of the next generation of high schools.

The new mission statement is: «We, the School Board of the Cherokee County School District, are committed to educating the emerging generation through learning environments designed to increase the performance of all students.»

As we begin a new school year, Vermont schools are leading the way in providing fresh, local food to children in creative ways, thus changing how a generation of children experience their school cafeteria, their learning, and their health.»

A Board of Regents committee on Monday approved the reworked Next Generation Learning Standards for English and math, with plans to fully implement them with the start of the 2020 - 21 school year.

A member of the generation whose education was truncated by the Cultural Revolution, he spent his teens doing forced labor in the countryside instead of attending school; he learned by himself from whatever books came his way.

For example, what Kepler scientists are learning about potentially habitable planets, she says, can be easily turned it into a lesson that's aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards, a state - led, voluntary effort to improve science instruction in elementary and secondary schools across the country.

Unlike the previous generation of American filmmakers, Tarantino learned his craft from his days as a video clerk, rather than as a film school student.

It's a film that should touch moviegoers of all generations no matter if you lived through these events or are young and in school learning about them for the first time.

I've written a few times (here and here, for example) about the great work that the Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) is doing to help schools push the design envelope on what's possible for students.

The new generation of low cost portable devices can be purchased by schools, part funded by parents and used by all children for when and where they want to learn i.e. at home, in the classroom, in the after school club and at the child - minders».

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation put two stakes in the ground last week in support of next - generation digital learning: one in the postsecondary school space and another in secondary schools.

«Whilst it is too soon to evaluate the impact of the launch of the BBC micro: bit in changing the current generation of students from passive end users into creators of technology, showing capability in coding and digital creativity, feedback at this early stage is suggesting that the device has created excitement in learning amongst students and its widespread availability now means that schools can build upon this to create a diverse, cross-curricular platform for the teaching and learning of digital skills,» comments Geoff Hampson.

Cramlington Learning Village Cramlington Learning Village, a secondary school in the north - east, worked with the Northumberland FA to secure a # 184,584 grant from the Football Foundation towards a new third - generation artificial grass pitch for Cramlington Sporting Club, a dual - use sports facility for both the school and community.

The sun not always shining Last Autumn, thanks to the programme, # 15.3 million was spent completely renovating the Ian Ramsey CoE Academy school site in Stockton - on - Tees, ensuring generations of pupils will have access to the best possible facilities for learning.

«Improvements must be made to the proposals to make sure that the schools we build now will suit the future generations of children that will learn in them, and deliver what the community needs in the longer term.»

As schools across the country adopt blended - learning models, a few clear trends are settling in, and, at the same time, some groups — like the Next Generation Learning Challenges — continue to help schools push the design envelope on what's possible for slearning models, a few clear trends are settling in, and, at the same time, some groups — like the Next Generation Learning Challenges — continue to help schools push the design envelope on what's possible for sLearning Challenges — continue to help schools push the design envelope on what's possible for students.

Hernandez, who leads next generation learning investments at the Charter School Growth Fund, predicts that the best new apps will push the boundaries of early childhood development and learning science in at least four areas: executive function, creativity, number sense, and phonemic awareness.

On that trip, I stopped in Columbus to speak to a group of three Ohio districts who are part of a Next Generation Learning project, supported by the Stupski Foundation here in the Bay Area, the Council of Chief State School Officers, and the Ohio Department of Education.

With school systems stagnant, high - school students graduate without learning any more today than they did two generations ago.

Author Bio: Alex Hernandez is a partner and leads the «next - generation» learning investments at the Charter School Growth Fund.

As schools engage in conversations and planning around Next Generation Learning, it is essential to begin designing opportunities for students to develop transdisciplinarity — but not at the expense of deep content knowledge.

In fact, in every generation throughout the history of public education on this continent, progressive voices have called for a school system that encourages, and seeks to nurture, deep, connected learning.

His voice is worth listening to, and his vantage point is one to consider as we all grapple with how to meet Generation Z where they are, and with how to adapt and inspire in our construction of school, learning, education, and time.

The I - Want (and Expect)- It - NOW Generation «Schools may be the last place where children learn that they can't have everything that they want the moment they want it.

«The Harvard Graduate School of Education is a beacon of higher learning and educational leadership for our next generation,» said Rodriguez.

All of these schools received financial support through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Next Generation Learning Challenges, the earliest and most significant philanthropic investment in personalized learning Learning Challenges, the earliest and most significant philanthropic investment in personalized learning learning to date.

Generations Can Connect, a different kind of technology - based service - learning project, was piloted at the Banded Peak School in Bragg Creek, Alberta, Canada.

She'd need a learning lab monitor for Khan time at school and time - saving digital tools to monitor kids» progress (a la Wireless Generation or others; Khan's experimenting with this, too).

Alex Hernandez is a partner and leads the «next - generation» learning investments at the Charter School Growth Fund.

Not all good news Thanks to the programme, # 15.3 million has been spent completely renovating the Ian Ramsey CoE Academy school site in Stockton - on - Tees, ensuring generations of pupils will have access to the best possible facilities for learning.

• In - depth view on what the industries really want from graduates • The support of each education tiers — Early, primary, seconday and higher learning in shaping holistic graduates • Asessing the quality and cost of Malaysia's education in comparison to other ASEAN countries • Gaining insights on new teaching methods — Outdoor learning and trust schools • Transforming education system to cater new generation

FLVS has helped districts create a variety of blended - learning models; it was recently awarded one of the Next Generation Learning Challenges planning grants for breakthrough schoollearning models; it was recently awarded one of the Next Generation Learning Challenges planning grants for breakthrough schoolLearning Challenges planning grants for breakthrough school models.

According to a recent article by the Vera Institute of Justice entitled «A Generation Later: What We've Learned About Zero Tolerance in Schools», there has been no research supporting a decrease in disruptive behavior or violence in schools with the implementation of zero tolerance poSchools», there has been no research supporting a decrease in disruptive behavior or violence in schools with the implementation of zero tolerance poschools with the implementation of zero tolerance policies.

To improve learning as well as the planet, K - 12 schools have become front - runners in greening a new generation of school buildings.

In some schools, it can prove difficult to get teachers from generation X and beyond to use the latest technology because they are so accustomed to teaching in «the old way,» and technology has become so sophisticated that in some cases they are playing catch - up on learning how to use it.

For example, High Storrs School in Sheffield refurbished certain areas of the Grade II listed building with their original fixtures and fittings in order for students to be able to better understand how previous generations of students and staff taught and learned at the sSchool in Sheffield refurbished certain areas of the Grade II listed building with their original fixtures and fittings in order for students to be able to better understand how previous generations of students and staff taught and learned at the schoolschool.

There has never been a generation of young people more immersed in digital media than this one, many of whom learned to use a mobile device before they even started school.

«Young Millennials and their Generation Z siblings» think they don't need school to learn new things.