Schools in the program achieve a purposeful connection between data collection, analysis, lesson and unit planning, and student - centered instructional approaches.
Not exact matches
According to the report
in the New York Times,
programs of busing to
achieve racial integration
in schools have already been struck down
in cities such as Nashville, Oklahoma City, Denver, and Cleveland.
Alexandria Marsicovetere is a participant of Uplift Plus at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a
program that seeks out high -
achieving high
school students who have been historically underrepresented
in higher education.
In her article, Ragalie stressed the whole - child approach to health that is reinforced by the values of the learning connection: «With American children spending more than 2,000 hours in school each year, it's clear that in - school wellness initiatives (e.g., Fuel Up to Play 60) and alternate school breakfast programs, can be an engine for positive change to help achieve wellness goals, including being a part of the solution to overcome food insecurity.&raqu
In her article, Ragalie stressed the whole - child approach to health that is reinforced by the values of the learning connection: «With American children spending more than 2,000 hours
in school each year, it's clear that in - school wellness initiatives (e.g., Fuel Up to Play 60) and alternate school breakfast programs, can be an engine for positive change to help achieve wellness goals, including being a part of the solution to overcome food insecurity.&raqu
in school each year, it's clear that
in - school wellness initiatives (e.g., Fuel Up to Play 60) and alternate school breakfast programs, can be an engine for positive change to help achieve wellness goals, including being a part of the solution to overcome food insecurity.&raqu
in -
school wellness initiatives (e.g., Fuel Up to Play 60) and alternate
school breakfast
programs, can be an engine for positive change to help
achieve wellness goals, including being a part of the solution to overcome food insecurity.»
Investigating successful kids and
programs at low - income
schools and high -
achieving prep
schools, as well as interviewing psychologists and neuroscientists, Tough challenges some conventional wisdom on causes of failure (poverty, teacher quality) and contends that nurturing character
in children and young adults is the key to success.
The success
achieved by the Partners for Breakfast
in the Classroom project between 2011 and today has taught us that when all stakeholders work together — administrators,
school boards, parents, and
school building staff — breakfast -
in - the - classroom becomes a sustainable and successful endeavor for
school nutrition
programs.
In West Virginia,
schools are launching their statewide «Feed to
Achieve»
school breakfast
program well ahead of schedule; implementation is required by SY 2014 - 15, but many W. Va.
schools are rolling out breakfast well ahead of the mandate.
Maxwell said he will look to
achieve that goal by focusing efforts on Say Yes to Education — a local, community - wide partnership that supports Syracuse students
in school and through college — and career and technical
programs.
The Meyerhoff
Program is open to all high -
achieving high
school seniors attracted to research careers
in science and engineering and the Meyerhoff selection process is highly competitive.
«These findings are extremely encouraging and suggest that with sustained commitment to increase the number of people who use combination HIV prevention, it may be possible to
achieve epidemic control and eventual elimination of HIV,» said David Serwadda, M.B.Ch.B., M.Med., M.P.H., co-founder of the Rakai Health Science
Program and Professor at Makerere University
School of Public Health
in Kampala, Uganda.
- Challenge pre-eminent scientists and engineers (starting with the more than 2,000 members of the National Academy) to take specific actions that will help
achieve his goal, such as mentoring teachers and students
in disadvantaged
schools, starting a Science Festival
in their city, or encouraging their university to create special
programs that allow students to get a STEM degree and a teaching certificate at the same time.
Among the 95
programming schools, researchers found larger gains
in the percentage of youth that
achieved national health standards for aerobic fitness between 2012 and 2015.
«These findings suggest that
school - based mental health
programs could play an important role
in achieving better educational outcomes for whole countries as well as individual children.
Such interventions may include
programs, beginning as early as elementary
school, designed to encourage girls to engage and
achieve in GEEMP fields like engineering, computer science, and physics.
The Center for Integrated Quantum Materials (CIQM), based at the Harvard
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), will receive up to $ 20 million over five years to fund research and education
programs that explore the unique electronic behavior of quantum materials, including graphene, topological insulators, and nitrogen - vacancy center diamond, with the goal of
achieving new breakthroughs
in electronics, photonics, and computing.
WEST ORANGE, N.J. January 7, 2016 — Kessler Foundation awarded a two - year, $ 500,000 grant to Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago to launch the Realizing Education and Advancement for Disabled Youth (READY)
Program — a transition program for high school students with disabilities in Chicago, Illinois, so that they can achieve economic independence after grad
Program — a transition
program for high school students with disabilities in Chicago, Illinois, so that they can achieve economic independence after grad
program for high
school students with disabilities
in Chicago, Illinois, so that they can
achieve economic independence after graduation.
In this article I will try to present a simple template for achieving balance in your training, and how kettlebell training can be the perfect solution for balance and mobility in an old school basic strength progra
In this article I will try to present a simple template for
achieving balance
in your training, and how kettlebell training can be the perfect solution for balance and mobility in an old school basic strength progra
in your training, and how kettlebell training can be the perfect solution for balance and mobility
in an old school basic strength progra
in an old
school basic strength
program.
«We want them to think
school is cool,» explains Shakur, cofounder and executive director of a unique afterschool
program for urban
schools in Boston (including Smith Academy) that for more than a decade has racked up impressive results
in turning around low -
achieving students,
in part, by using financial incentives.
On a recent Saturday
in May, 36 students from the Boston Public
Schools (BPS) and their families came to the Ed
School to be recognized for their participation
in BPS» 10 Boys Initiative, a
program aimed at «providing boys of color with the encouragement and support they need to
achieve personal and academic success.»
Included: Descriptions of
programs that are working and ways
in which parents,
schools, communities, businesses, and the government can come together to help Hispanic students
achieve.
Structured community and character development
programs like weekly Circle gatherings and advisory meetings called pride groups are deeply ingrained
in the
schools» culture, and all students and teachers are expected to
achieve fluency
in the language of social growth and learning.
Patrick Wolf explained that «private -
school - choice
programs disproportionately attract students from disadvantaged backgrounds,» noting that the choice participants are «considerably more likely to be low - income, lower -
achieving, and African American, and much less likely to be white, as compared to the average public -
school student
in their area.»
The two groups of students are assumed to be identical
in all respects other than admission to the
program, allowing for a precise identification of the effect of attending a
school for high -
achieving students.
Our research begins to fill this gap with two studies of the G&T
programs available to high -
achieving middle -
school students
in a large urban
school district
in the southwestern United States which, to preserve anonymity we shall refer to as LUSD.
Landry's Louisiana Educational Assessment
Program (LEAP) scores have improved over the past five years:
In 1999, the school's language arts passing rate was 83 percent, while in 2003, the regular education students, after summer testing, achieved a 96.9 percent rate of succes
In 1999, the
school's language arts passing rate was 83 percent, while
in 2003, the regular education students, after summer testing, achieved a 96.9 percent rate of succes
in 2003, the regular education students, after summer testing,
achieved a 96.9 percent rate of success.
Verne - Marie Kozak, a teacher of fourth - grade students
in a talent pool enrichment
program of gifted and high -
achieving students at Anna Reynolds and Elizabeth Green
Schools, became the «director» of the multimedia presentation.
CAMBRIDGE, MA — Studies of two middle -
school programs for high -
achieving students — known as gifted and talented (G&T)
programs — show that being placed
in programs with academically strong peers does not boost students» achievement over and above what is learned
in a regular classroom from the start of 6th grade to mid-way through 7th grade.
She embodies the values of courage and commitment that are required to meet the daunting challenge that confronts urban
school districts, making good teaching happen for every child, every day,
in every classroom, to enable all children to learn and
achieve at high levels,» said Professor Robert Peterkin, director of the Urban Superintendents
Program.
Drawing on an evaluation of the Montclair model and other research, the report concludes that
school - choice plans based on magnet
schools «appear most promising
in meeting the educational goals of
achieving racial balance, providing quality education, and offering diverse educational
programs.»
Schools need low - burden strategies that are easy to implement but that still promote caring and inclusive schools and classrooms, develop key emotional and ethical capacities in students, and inspire interest in deeper and more comprehensive efforts to promote SEL and ethical capacities — practices that can easily be scaled and may achieve certain goals as effectively as comprehensive programs at far les
Schools need low - burden strategies that are easy to implement but that still promote caring and inclusive
schools and classrooms, develop key emotional and ethical capacities in students, and inspire interest in deeper and more comprehensive efforts to promote SEL and ethical capacities — practices that can easily be scaled and may achieve certain goals as effectively as comprehensive programs at far les
schools and classrooms, develop key emotional and ethical capacities
in students, and inspire interest
in deeper and more comprehensive efforts to promote SEL and ethical capacities — practices that can easily be scaled and may
achieve certain goals as effectively as comprehensive
programs at far less cost.
By turning schedule, then turning it some more, McNeely has made time at Hayden R. Lawrence Middle
School in Deville, Louisiana, to create special tutoring
programs for students who need extra help or enrichment and to
achieve many other priorities.
The Colorado Opportunity Contract Pilot
Program, enacted in 2003, established a voucher program for a limited number of low - income, low - achieving students who had attended schools in any of 11 poorly performing school dis
Program, enacted
in 2003, established a voucher
program for a limited number of low - income, low - achieving students who had attended schools in any of 11 poorly performing school dis
program for a limited number of low - income, low -
achieving students who had attended
schools in any of 11 poorly performing
school districts.
Our research showed that
achieving a whole
school approach
in high
schools is a challenge, as often teachers plan their
programs in subject «silos» and are managing a heavy curriculum load.
In 2008, HFRP issued a review of these studies to address two fundamental questions: Does participation in after school programs make a difference, and if so, what conditions appear to be necessary to achieve positive result
In 2008, HFRP issued a review of these studies to address two fundamental questions: Does participation
in after school programs make a difference, and if so, what conditions appear to be necessary to achieve positive result
in after
school programs make a difference, and if so, what conditions appear to be necessary to
achieve positive results?
The
programs there are
achieving substantial economic integration
in private
schools and
in charter
schools that have been created by the states to face the new competition.
After developing a new literacy
program at a small rural
school, I recognised that,
in order for it to
achieve success, professional development for staff was critical.
The Waste Wise
Schools Program Team, in collaboration with other sustainability educators from the AuSSI Alliance, has been investigating how to better support high schools in achieving a whole school approach to waste edu
Schools Program Team,
in collaboration with other sustainability educators from the AuSSI Alliance, has been investigating how to better support high
schools in achieving a whole school approach to waste edu
schools in achieving a whole
school approach to waste education.
«One of the assets that really helped us
achieve it was that we had a culture
in the
school of working
in project teams, the staff really embraced the process and it was natural for us to set up projects to look at various aspects of our
programs and curriculum as part of that assessment.»
Given the strong union support for the Obama presidency, there was great speculation within education circles throughout the fall as to whether the new president would turn out to be a reformer — willing to challenge existing practices and the teachers unions
in order to
achieve dramatic changes
in schools — or play it politically safe by backing
programs that brought only marginal changes.
For example, if higher - quality principals and teachers are concentrated
in higher -
achieving, lower - poverty
schools, it should not be surprising that a
program that relies on high - quality principals and teachers has larger effects
in these
schools.
Unlike the Committee of Ten model,
in which all students followed similar college preparatory
programs,
in the Cardinal Principles model equal educational opportunity was
achieved because all graduates received the same ultimate credential, a high -
school diploma, despite having followed very different education
programs and having met very different standards
in the process.
The
program had the largest impact
in low - poverty and high -
achieving schools but little or no impact
in less - advantaged
schools.
The
program is not associated with improved high
school graduation rates or increases
in the number of students taking college entrance exams, suggesting that the APIP improves the outcomes of high -
achieving students rather than those students who may not have graduated from high
school or even applied to college.
Our strictest test of the
program's impact indicates that NLP
schools show higher scores of 1.5 percentile points and a 2.5 higher percentage
achieving at least level 4
in mathematics.
In the years since, we've opened two additional
schools, launched additional
programs to support students» success beyond high
school, and
achieved a 100 % college acceptance rate for our graduates.
The Commission will examine factors
in raising student achievement from prekindergarten through high
school including: state accountability and curriculum requirements; model
programs to improve student achievement beginning
in early learning
programs and continuing throughout high
school; strategies for every student to
achieve at grade level such as intervention and support systems; and policies to improve student attendance and retention.
In accepting the assumption that each classroom should include a generic «teacher» and as few children as possible, these
schools are entirely dependent on their ability to attract talented, high - energy staff, dramatically limiting the likelihood that these admired
programs will be able to
achieve the hoped - for scale.
Here's a plan to put a hopeful message
in a bottle for the summer of 2015: America
Achieves and the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) would work with the America
Achieves to design a teacher survey asking about the Common Core implementation identified treatments and other strategies (e.g., instructional coaching using digital video captured by coached teachers, a specific textbook or curriculum, supplemental
programs for students, etc.) their
school is using, and a principal survey asking about similar topics.
The
School Improvement Grants program provides significant funds to «dramatically transform school culture and increase student outcomes in each State's persistently lowest - achieving schools, including secondary schools, through robust and comprehensive reforms.&
School Improvement Grants
program provides significant funds to «dramatically transform
school culture and increase student outcomes in each State's persistently lowest - achieving schools, including secondary schools, through robust and comprehensive reforms.&
school culture and increase student outcomes
in each State's persistently lowest -
achieving schools, including secondary
schools, through robust and comprehensive reforms.»
Policies and initiatives at the national, regional and local levels support
schools and teacher preparation
programs in the effective implementation of technology for
achieving curriculum and learning technology (ICT) standards.