Sentences with phrase «most conventional school»

Not exact matches

Turning the conventional wisdom about child development on its head, New York Times Magazine editor Tough (Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America, 2008) argues that non-cognitive skills (persistence, self - control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit and self - confidence) are the most critical to success in school and life.

Bulky, hefty and downright expensive, conventional school textbooks may rank as the most outdated part of our nation's public education system.

Unlike most other nutrition schools, the Nutritional Therapy Association does NOT lean vegan / vegetarian or mainstream low - fat, whole - grain conventional thinking.

Most states don't keep student - level data, so researchers also can't compare similar students at a full - time virtual school and those in a full - time conventional one.

Note also that most virtual schools receive significantly less funding than conventional schools — often 20 to 30 percent less (though there are no systematic and reliable data on funding rates or comparisons nationally)-- leading to interesting questions about equity, parity, and productivity.

Most of the proposed remedies are thoughtful, as far as they go, but they amount to little more than the accumulated conventional wisdom of traditional school reformers.

Most states still expect principals to possess a traditional administrative certificate, at least for those running district schools, and most of those certificates are still awarded primarily through completion of traditional «ed leadership» programs via graduate degrees in conventional education schoMost states still expect principals to possess a traditional administrative certificate, at least for those running district schools, and most of those certificates are still awarded primarily through completion of traditional «ed leadership» programs via graduate degrees in conventional education schomost of those certificates are still awarded primarily through completion of traditional «ed leadership» programs via graduate degrees in conventional education schools.

While conventional wisdom, at least in some circles, holds that people judge schools on the basis of something other than academic quality — most odiously, the racial mix of their student body — here we have reassuring evidence that people evaluate schools on the basis of academics.

Amplify's school district customers bought the company's tablets and placed them in students» hands, but most otherwise left the conventional, one - teacher - one - classroom school model in place.

Most schools are aware of the value of replacing conventional lighting with low energy versions.

«Turning the conventional wisdom about child development on its head, New York Times Magazine editor Tough argues that non-cognitive skills (persistence, self - control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit and self - confidence) are the most critical to success in school and life.

It is true that charter schools are exempt from some of the regulations and bureaucracy that hamper conventional public schools, but charter schools are subject to civil - rights and safety regulations and most of the academic requirements mandated by the state.

The rest were alternative schools, most of them charters and all specializing in education for high - risk students who couldn't make it in conventional schools.

Conventional wisdom holds that many, if not most, education schools are doing a poor job at training teachers; after all, they have a history of taking in some of the lowest performing students, and student achievement in the United States has stagnated.

Charter schools are innovative public schools designed by educators, parents or civic leaders that are open by choice, accountable for results, and free from most rules and regulations governing conventional public schools.

Contrast this approach to the evaluation experience of most teachers at conventional public schools.

Most follow the conventional route, such as taking lots of classes on criminal law, investigative reporting and forensics in college and law school; volunteering for a clinic that handles post-conviction matters; and eventually working for, or starting a criminal law practice.

Most schools today are interested in a more conventional yet highly professional look and style.

Most school districts today are fascinated with a more conventional yet highly professional look and style.