Sentences with phrase «positive education department»

The Positive Education department was established in 2009 as a recognition that wellbeing and positive education are to be embraced across all facets of life at the school.

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Education Otherwise recommends that the Department consider a number of innovative pilot projects aimed at promoting positive working partnerships across a range of urban, suburban, rural and metropolitan borough areas.

Roughly one out of every 20 water taps in NYC elementary schools has tested positive for elevated lead levels, a NY Post analysis of Department of Education data has found.

They also pushed for the full restoration of Teacher Center funding and more state aid to allow for the expansion of the UFT's Community Learning School Initiative and the Positive Learning Collaborative, a joint UFT - Department of Education program to create safe and supportive learning environments by providing educators with strategies to respond to challenging student behavior.

It's little wonder that a new Department for Education (DfE) report finds that a staggering 95 per cent of schools said that the Premium has had a positive impact on the physical fitness of students, as well as improving the skills and behaviour of pupils.

For example, the authors of a report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) note that achievement trends on both state assessments and NAEP were «positive overall and for key subgroups» through 2005.

The Department for Education can not show that its efforts to improve teacher retention and quality are having a positive impact, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).

The Department for Education said it had received positive feedback about the changes from many families, as many have found the new system more straightforward.

«I have visited schools all over California,» Eastin said in a 1997 California Department of Education press release, «and I am already hearing about positive results as a result of smaller classes.

Rather than wait for the regulators to have their say — and, as former deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Education Jim Shelton has observed, when regulators weigh in, they almost always do so in a way that overreacts and far overshoots their mandate — those bootcamps that were concerned about maintaining high quality and not conning students, got together to ensure that bootcamps would keep a good name and a positive image by, in essence, self - regulating.

And although the school has a positive relationship with the Department of Education, these requirements at times overstep the lines of charter autonomy.

Some initiatives are getting positive results but there is an urgent need for the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy to coordinate plans and set out what they are trying to achieve.

This pattern of test - score effects — showing positive results in urban areas with many low - income students, but neutral or even negative effects elsewhere — also appears in a national study of oversubscribed charter middle schools funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

Research by the Department for Education (2013) has shown that effective use of 3D printing has a positive impact on engaging and motivating pupils.

«The expanded remit of the Department for Education is a positive and welcome step, enabling support from cradle to career.

Guidance released in 2010 by the Department for Education and Skills recommends taking a positive approach, so that rather than focusing on what not to do, the teacher encourages pupils to recognise what they already do in life to keep themselves safe, and to extend this to less familiar places and situations.

«I think there has been positive improvement in all of them, but whether it's enough...,» said Wendy Dunaway, a school improvement manager at the state education department.

Last July, the Department of Education proposed a controversial new policy to further slash suspensions of students in kindergarten to second grade at all schools.The rules have not yet taken effect, officials said, but instead of being suspended unruly kids would face «positive» and «age - appropriate» discipline methods.

Teachers in private secondary schools have more positive opinions about their principal, school administration, fellow teachers, and students than teachers in public schools do, a study by the U.S. Education Department has found.

After reviewing the research on 41 programs aimed at instilling character in students, the U.S. Department of Education gave «positive» ratings to just two of them and rated seven more as «potentially positive.»

Despite having little to no experience, the Commissioner and Governor committed $ 1 million in taxpayer funds to this out - of - state company ignoring the fact that the State Department of Education already had experienced staff who knew the school districts in Connecticut, understood the issues and were already making a positive impact.

«Overall, I'm optimistic and positive about the grants,» said Mark Coscarella, assistant director in the Office of Education Improvement and Innovation at the Michigan Department of Education.

He is currently in his seventh year as principal of Ronald W. Reagan Elementary in Sanger Unified School District, where under his leadership has earned California State Distinguished School, California Title I Academic Achievement Award for closing the achievement gap by the California Department of Education; a 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 California Honor Roll school by California Business for Educational Excellence; a 10 out of 10 similar school statewide ranking; 2008, 2010, 2012 winner of the Bonner Award for Character Education; 2013 Silver Level Model School recognition, and 2014 and 2015 Gold Level Model School recognition from Fresno County Office of Education for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports.

The state Department of Education last week released a mostly positive report on the initial year of the system as dictated under the TEACHNJ tenure reform law, citing some challenges but praising the progress in meeting requirements for additional observations and goal setting for teachers.

In 2015, just a few days after AB240 took effect, the California Department of Education issued a press release documenting sharp declines in suspensions during the previous two school years.4 The Department had been providing workshops and other resources on alternatives to out - of - school suspensions, with restorative justice and positive behavioral support programs leading the list.

As participants in the Institute, a partnership between Eskolta and the NYC Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Readiness, the teams are learning research - based practices for building student persistence and positive learning mindsets.

The positive findings in the Education Department's recent evaluation of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program provide more evidence that high - quality private and parochial schools can have invaluable benefits for low - income, minority students.

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The shoddiness of curricula standards is matched by the slipshod quality of current curricula in schools; only one out of 63 elementary math programs surveyed by the Department of Education has been rated as having «potentially positive» effects on student achievement; even that rating is based on just one study that met the agency's stringent research standards.

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A department for education spokesperson said: «We know selective education can have a positive impact on pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Science released this week an evaluation of a recent study on the effects of the Head Start program and, in typically terse language, reported «potentially positive effects» on reading but «no discernible effects on mathematics achievement and social - emotional development for 3 - and 4 - year old children.»

At a time when other types of bilingual education are on the decline and the B - word — bilingual — has been scrubbed from the U.S. Department of Education lexicon, dual language programs are showing promise in their mission to promote biliteracy and positive cross-cultural attitudes in our increasingly multilingueducation are on the decline and the B - word — bilingual — has been scrubbed from the U.S. Department of Education lexicon, dual language programs are showing promise in their mission to promote biliteracy and positive cross-cultural attitudes in our increasingly multilinguEducation lexicon, dual language programs are showing promise in their mission to promote biliteracy and positive cross-cultural attitudes in our increasingly multilingual world.

His Dedicated Older Volunteers Program connected community members and youth in positive ways, contributing to student achievement and recognition by the AZ Department of Education in 1997 as one of five most improving schools statewide.

The Department of Education in its Statement of Mandate proposes to work with local boards to improve student engagement, positive school culture in addition to working with the Nova Scotia Educational Leadership Consortium to develop principals in supporting effective instruction.

Similarly, New Teacher Center works with state departments of education, school districts, and other local educational agencies to design, develop, and implement successful and sustainable teacher induction programs.43 The center's programs support qualified, trained mentors; strong school leaders; positive school environments; and opportunities for professional learning for mentors and new teachers.

As currently written, Webber's bill would require that additional degrees and credits earned must be in the subject area that the educator is currently teaching and be deemed to have a positive impact on student achievement by New Jersey Department of Education Commissioner Chris Cerf.

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On May 3, 2010, Massachusetts enacted An Act Relative to Bullying in Schools, which required the department of elementary and secondary education to publish and biennially update guidelines for the implementation of social and emotional learning curricula in kindergarten to grade 12 (see Section 16) and defined social and emotional learning as «the processes by which children acquire the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary to recognize and manage their emotions, demonstrate caring and concern for others, establish positive relationships, make responsible decisions and constructively handle challenging social situations.».

Additionally we have the long - term goal of developing campaigns that will put pressure on governmental organizations such as the NYC Department of Education to make systematic changes that would have a positive impact on schools citywide.

Using Child Assessment Data to Achieve Positive Outcomes is a video by the Colorado Department of Education that shows administrators and teachers illustrating how they use authentic child assessment data to: 1) inform funders, 2) inform classroom level instruction, 3) support teachers, and 4) meet the needs of individual children and their families.

A website established by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), U.S. Department of Education that offers extensive resources on established school - wide systems of positive behavior supports.

A Department for Education spokesperson said: «The Sutton Trust itself has highlighted the positive impact grammar schools can have on pupils from less well - off backgrounds and that's exactly why we want more young people to benefit.

CEJ has called on the NYC Department of Education to ensure that school and district staff represent the diversity of the district's population, provide classes, curricula and resources designated to celebrate that diversity, cultivate a positive, culturally responsive culture in schools and champion increased parent engagement efforts that are culturally responsive and promote collaborative efforts to help students grow.

A gold - standard study funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the federal Centers for Disease Control, and the W.T. Grant Foundation has demonstrated that The 4Rs Program has a significant positive effect on children's social, emotional, and academic competency, and on classroom climate.

On Tuesday, March 3, Engaging Schools Executive Director Larry Dieringer played a key role in «From the Police Precinct to the Principal's Office: The Challenges Facing School Districts One Year After the Release of Federal School Discipline Guidance,» a Congressional briefing that explored changes underway and challenges remaining more than a year after the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice released guidance to help school districts develop discipline policies that keep students in school, eliminate racial disparities, and increase positive behavioral supports.

The U. S. Department of Education, under NCLB, distinguished the Positive Action program as one of four programs in the nation «Approved» for the Whole School Reform model.

While the election of Donald Trump raises many questions about the future of public education, state Department of Education officials remained cautiously optimistic yesterday that the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) signed into law last year will allow Connecticut schools to move in a positive deducation, state Department of Education officials remained cautiously optimistic yesterday that the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) signed into law last year will allow Connecticut schools to move in a positive dEducation officials remained cautiously optimistic yesterday that the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) signed into law last year will allow Connecticut schools to move in a positive direction.

A recent report on California's after - school programs found many positive impacts that resulted from the programs (Department of Education, 2002).

At the federal level, the U.S. Department of Education issued regulations in 2008 that had a tremendously positive impact on the national high school graduation rate.