Sentences with phrase «academic achievement gaps for»

The federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) strives to reduce academic achievement gaps for children.

Studies have found that simple confidence - boosting exercises can help shrink academic achievement gaps for some of those stereotyped.

The academic achievement gap for poorer youth is particularly pronounced for low - income African American and Hispanic children compared with their more affluent White peers.

WSI schools that effectively implement arts integration were found to have reduced or actually eliminated the academic achievement gap for economically disadvantaged students.

In a letter dated May 3, dozens of advocacy groups asked Brown to recommit to closing the academic achievement gap for high - need students as he considers an opening on the State Board of Education and a new plan for measuring school performance later this year.

The vision for KCNA was born out of a community desire to eliminate the academic achievement gap for children in the urban core in Kansas City.

Student Success Skills: A promising approach to closing the academic achievement gap for African American and Latino students.

A trio of private, religious schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been closing the academic achievement gap for inner - city kids who attend the school largely using vouchers.

Research and evaluation are inextricably linked to all of the Educare's work to narrow the academic achievement gap for children in poverty.

Research and evaluation are inextricably linked to all of the Ounce of Prevention Fund's work to narrow the academic achievement gap for children in poverty.

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Gaps in academic achievement then limit educational attainment, which perpetuates the cycle of poverty, unemployment, and poor health for a lifetime.

Bloomberg has long patted himself on the back for narrowing the gap in academic achievement between the city's white and Asian students on one hand and blacks and Latinos on the other.

They hope the changes will mark a turning point for the 28,000 - student district, which faces declining enrollment, a persistent achievement gap between black and white students, and a failure to meet federal academic standards...

New York and Texas see a connection between their early decisions to raise expectations for public schools and the progress their students have made toward closing gaps in academic achievement.

Despite the fact that it is sometimes treated this way, Social Emotional Learning isn't an antidote for the side effects of youth, academic achievement, or behavioral gaps.

We'll never close the achievement gap unless schools find ways to work with more families more deeply and respectfully around key academic goals, and unless we support parents as advocates for their children's education.

Five indicators of performance are essential for a school report card: achievement, academic growth, achievement gap closure, graduation rates, and postsecondary and career readiness.

If high - income parents are more likely to make a request, and such requests are for better teachers on average, then the availability of requests could exacerbate the achievement gap between students from low - and high - income families, even if all families equally value academic achievement.

Her litany of complaints about the academic results of Klein's «radical restructuring» is somewhat familiar — «inflating» test results and «taking shortcuts» to boost graduation — except for the charge that «the recalibration of the state scores revealed that the achievement gap among children of different races in New York City was virtually unchanged between 2002 and 2010, and the proportion of city students meeting state standards dropped dramatically, almost to the same point as in 2002.»

Though the Republican is seeking more aid for schools in this year's legislative session, he said in his speech that money alone will not close academic - achievement gaps in urban areas.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

The district is focused on closing the opportunity and achievement gaps for all their students and preparing them for academic and future career success.

YES Prep Public Schools, winner of the 2012 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools, has an enviable academic track record: They've eliminated achievement gaps, achieved a 100 percent graduation rate with all students accepted into 4 - year colleges — plus they partner with local traditional public schools.

A 10 - member review board of national education experts, including former U. S. Secretary of Education John King, reviewed publicly available student performance and college - readiness data for 39 of the countrys largest public CMOs and found that DSST, Harmony and Success had the best overall academic performance, college readiness and progress closing achievement gaps.

They understand and actively work to eliminate gaps in school success between different groups of students, as measured by academic achievement, high school graduation rates, and preparation for college and other postsecondary pursuits.

Now a new study suggests that race plays a big role in influencing how teachers see their students» potential for academic success, raising questions about whether teachers» biases could be holding back black students and contributing to the nation's yawning achievement gap.

This School of Education, along with many of our peers, remains committed to the understanding that high levels of academic accomplishment for all demographic groups is an essential, if not fundamental, factor in closing the achievement and opportunity gaps that plague our nation.

The experts were looking for student achievement and academic growth, gaps between groups, grad rates, and measures of college and career readiness.

«Across the country, states, districts, and educators are leading the way in developing innovative assessments that measure students» academic progress; promote equity by highlighting achievement gaps, especially for our traditionally underserved students; and spur improvements in teaching and learning for all our children,» stated U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. «Our proposed regulations build on President Obama's plan to strike a balance around testing, providing additional support for states and districts to develop and use better, less burdensome assessments that give a more well - rounded picture of how students and schools are doing, while providing parents, teachers, and communities with critical information about students» learning.»

I plan to change the current conversations regarding strategies on narrowing the achievement gap and create more opportunities for the academic and social advancement of black male students.

By examining research - based techniques, exploring the role of race, class, and culture in the classroom, and growing effective practices that enable academic growth and close the achievement gap, attendees will leave with a singular blueprint for ways to improve their school.

As a result, the black - white gap in academic achievement now seems to account for a sizable share of the black - white gap in wages.

«The ultimate goal of the study is to further develop the existing literature on school outcomes for LGBT students of color, and to explore possible interventions that might address the existing gaps in academic achievement and mental health,» she says.

Despite good intentions, both ESEA and NCLB have been unable to effectively close the achievement gap, but have made it a national priority to ensure that education leaders remain accountable for the academic success of all children.

The most recent state assessment results show that the achievement gap between African American and white students is 30 percentage points for 3rd grade English Language Arts and 33 percentage points for Algebra 1 — two academic benchmarks often used to project college and career readiness.

The School Improvement Plans for Academic Achievement (SIPAA) at these two schools have lacked the budgetary resources to bridge the achievement gap of our student pAchievement (SIPAA) at these two schools have lacked the budgetary resources to bridge the achievement gap of our student pachievement gap of our student populations.

Achievement gaps between Native Hawaiians and their White peers were estimated at grades 8 and 10 respectively, with academic readiness statistically controlled for.

The bottom line is this: If we are serious about eliminating long - standing academic achievement gaps and improving learning for all students, we can not ignore the critical role of school district central offices in improving educational outcomes for all students.

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 anAchievement 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 anachievement 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.

Gaps must be closed on the significant academic, personal and social outcomes that society wants for its children — not only on standardized tests — and on the social and school «inputs» that powerfully shape school achievement.

Inspired by former educators and determined to help close the academic achievement gap, Cristina joined Teach For America in Houston, Texas.

In MPS, the teachers and leaders are committed to the vision of high expectations for achievement, equal access to high levels of instruction, the achievement of academic proficiency for all students, and the closing of the achievement gap among subgroups within the schools.

Some states, including Indiana, award «bonus points» for academic growth of students in the super subgroup, as well as for growth among a school's top - performing students, testified Kati Haycock, president of the Education Trust, an organization dedicated to closing the achievement gap.

Dolores Gonzalez, the chief program officer for IDEA Public Schools, has shaped an academic program that focuses on erasing achievement gaps in the earliest grades and putting first - generation college - goers on a firm path to higher education.

With your support of publicly funded programs such as quality early childhood education, college and career prep, STEM initiatives, arts education, and extended - day learning, we will help existing schools work towards closing the achievement gap and help prepare our students for success in academics and in life.

The Priority Schools Campaign is NEA members and the community working together in struggling schools to address those challenges, increase graduation rates, and close gaps in academic achievement for all students.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky has made significant progress in education, but the state is not doing enough to close the academic achievement gaps that persist among different groups of students, according to a new report from the Prichard Committee for Academic Excacademic achievement gaps that persist among different groups of students, according to a new report from the Prichard Committee for Academic ExcAcademic Excellence.

Drew's innovative academic model of Project - Based Learning (PBL), incorporating a Science Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) theme, has effectively closed both the achievement gaps and the opportunity gaps for children from diverse backgrounds.

The academic performance of these students trails that of other students — creating achievement gaps that have been with us for far too long.