Sentences with phrase «school concepts across»

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In schools all across America, when kids are introduced to the concept of investing, they're often encouraged to become little Buffetts — playing stock - market games where they pick individual stocks.

For example, in a recent analysis published in an edition of International Studies in Catholic Education dedicated to the question of whether there can be such a thing as a Catholic curriculum, Therese D'Orsa argues from the Australian experience that «attempts to give meaning to the concept of a Catholic curriculum... have ranged across a spectrum familiar to those who lead in Catholic schools» and that such initiatives have had a «limited impact».

She has served on many executive committees including the American Association of School Administrators, the New York State Council for School Superintendents, the Association of Small City School Districts, and the New Standards Project, a national initiative that launched the transformation to standards - based instruction, a concept that remains the framework for teaching and learning across the nation.

Todd Rose and Ogi Ogas at Harvard's Graduate School of Education maintain that concepts like grit and hard work are based on averages across populations or occupations, such as tennis or chess.

This is a critically important concept when we look at learner and school diversity across Australia.

Montpelier High School uses the concept of sustainability to make curriculum connections across a wide variety of disciplines at the school, from students studying nutrient cycles in biology class, to learning about sustainability through the lens of economics, or even looking at how energy is sustainable in physics School uses the concept of sustainability to make curriculum connections across a wide variety of disciplines at the school, from students studying nutrient cycles in biology class, to learning about sustainability through the lens of economics, or even looking at how energy is sustainable in physics school, from students studying nutrient cycles in biology class, to learning about sustainability through the lens of economics, or even looking at how energy is sustainable in physics class.

Initially there was some resistance as staff were unfamiliar the concepts and skills required, but with support and comprehensive lesson plans the DCP was implemented and is now taught across the school K - 12.

NEW: School Express Worksheets SchoolExpress provides a collection of creative worksheets to reinforce key concepts across subjects and grades.

Discussing how to build confidence to help turn abstract mathematical concepts into the concrete and support with numeracy across the curriculum and advantaging the teachers and students through the use of self - marking software and flipped learning, this session, «Just Add Concrete — Building Confidence in Maths» was hosted by Danielle Bartram, Mathematics Lead Practitioner and Numeracy Coordinator at Acklam Grange School.

They demand public accountability for education systems across the nation, and many, many public - school systems and educators in the United States simply reject the concept out of hand.

Wheeler implemented four assessments across the school year, relying on a fluency measure (wcpm), sight words, and letter identification in grades 1 and 2, and letter identification and concepts about print in kindergarten.

How One Elementary Achieved a 10 - Point Gain on Scores.Like many elementary schools across the United States, Ballantyne Elementary in Charlotte, North Carolina, sought innovative ways to help its students master science concepts, and perform better onstandardized tests.

During the academic year, 1,500 Year 9 students from state and independent schools across United Learning competed for the chance to design an app addressing one of their learning needs, which would then be created and sold in the App Store.The first stage of this was a 21 - day roadshow, which saw 7billionideas staff visit 38 United Learning state and independent schools around the country to launch the competition and to teach students how best to generate ideas, refine a creative concept and build confidence in their own business skills.

Middle schools were founded on the concept of creating cross-curricular teams of teachers that have the ability to collaborate on projects and activities to help foster connections and reinforce skills across disciplines.

More specifically, over the last 18 months, we have been collaborating with schools across the country to apply the concepts and strategies we developed in So Each May Learn to the three - tier model of RTI.

This spring, about 600 schools across the state will pilot parts of a new end - of - year exam developed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), a group of states working together to develop new computer - based assessments aligned to the new standards that they hope will test deeper understanding of concepts.

The concept ignores the fact that standardized tests in schools today were not designed as teacher assessment tools and aren't valid measures, but that isn't stopping a headlong rush into implementation in school districts across the country.

But the concept has perhaps especially resonated with educators across the country: Earlier this year, school districts in the San Francisco area announced plans to begin testing students on grit and other forms of emotional intelligence; other schools have instituted things like Grit Week, in which students set goals for their scores on upcoming standardized tests.

To counteract the increased focus on test preparation, numerous schools across the United States have developed the enrichment cluster concept to provide students with challenging hands - on authentic learning.

«Interestingly, these were also the most salient concepts brought up across respondent groups (principals, teachers and parents) when they described the changes which had occurred in their schools since Innovation,» the report states.

Notably, common themes across the schools included an overall philosophy of embracing student differences, individualizing instruction and designing programs around the concept of inclusion.

Why hasn't the concept of secondary reading — also known as «reading and writing across the curriculum» and «content - area reading and writing» — become better rooted in our schools?

21st Century Charter School at Gary also utilizes a concept called «Blended Learning» across all subject areas.

Teams of teachers across the first 14 participating schools, all in the Bronx, are planning and teaching the same algebraic concepts at roughly the same time, embedding formative assessment strategies in instruction nearly every day.

It was such a pleasure to present at the Model Schools Conference and to share ideas and concepts with other educators across the nation, which genuinely deepened our appreciation for the work we do.

These films look at a number of other library learning commons concepts that are presented in the CLA Leading Learning publication and show how schools across Quebec are facilitating collaborative learning and making their libraries inclusive and accessible places for students and teachers to meet, learn and develop new skills.

They markedly advance the quality of learning standards, going beyond an emphasis on discrete skills by calling for the teaching of significant and fundamental concepts, together with essential skills, that cohere across the grades and connect to life after school.

She has spent the better part of her career as an educator designing, launching, and growing new schools — including, very many years ago, a small, innovative secondary school in the South Bronx, where she served as a founding teacher, assistant principal, and, ultimately, principal; and more recently, in her role as Senior Director at Springpoint, as an advisor to partners and design teams across the country who were charged with developing and launching new secondary school concepts.

School staff worked closely with us to ensure a focus on STEM as a curricular program that integrates concepts across core content areas and electives.

The concept of Old School Racer is simple and easy, race across 20 levels of increasingly difficult and creative tracks to try to beat your high score.

And it's a concept I think should really catch on and be passed from one school to the next across the planet.

Research related to optimal youth development has begun to delineate critical dimensions of important social contexts.8 — 11 For example, some researchers propose 3 basic experiences (ie, connection, regulation, and autonomy) to define youth's main associations with their environment that can be measured across multiple settings.8, 12,13 Others have articulated similar concepts and expanded the number of dimensions to include characteristics, such as adequate nutrition, health, and shelter; physical and psychological safety; adequate and appropriate supervision and motivation; supportive relationships; support for efficacy and opportunities for skill building; and integration of family, school, and community efforts.10, 11

From new urbanist developments featuring farms and community gardens to urban farms and community gardens tucked away in vacant lots, parks, school yards and rooftops, the concept of growing food where you live is taking root all across America.