Sentences with phrase «academic achievement while»

Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is committed to social and emotional learning (SEL)-- it is central to both its mission and vision as a Community Schools District: «Build a full - service Community District focused on high academic achievement while serving the whole child, eliminating inequity, and providing each child with excellent teachers, every day.

Members actively advocate and create school cultures that value academic achievement while supporting development of the whole person.

My students have shown substantial academic achievement while utilizing ScootPad.

Its mission is to build a Full Service Community District focused on high academic achievement while serving the whole child, eliminating inequity, and providing each child with excellent teachers, every day.

There is only lip service to states» rights and parental control, but centralized control, that has increasingly killed academic achievement while indoctrinating instead of educating, continues virtually unabated.

The study looks at academic, financial and demographic data and identifies districts and campuses that produce high academic achievement while maintaining cost - effective operations.

The ideal candidate will not only be innovative, but also have an unwavering commitment to accelerate students academic achievements while assessing and coaching Teachers and Associate teachers.

Not exact matches

While the relationship between spending and educational achievement is wrapped in a fog of uncertainty, there is no reason to assume that educational cuts will adversely affect academic achievement.

While those topics might focus on a student's academic achievement, homework might have other benefits, too.

Data gathered from studies show that while there is a clear link between IQ and academic success, the correlation between high achievement and the character traits of conscientiousness and self - discipline is even more pronounced.

While Duncan and Magnuson indicate that family income has a preponderant causal effect on both children's cognitive and economic development and on their academic achievements, they also suggest that economic improvement will not, in itself, necessarily resolve psychosocial development and behavioural problems.

Academic achievement and attainment were purely data - driven, while the latter four came from different assessments developed by academics over the years (the academic pressure rating is Kim's own), which, while considered reliable, are inherently somewhat subAcademic achievement and attainment were purely data - driven, while the latter four came from different assessments developed by academics over the years (the academic pressure rating is Kim's own), which, while considered reliable, are inherently somewhat subacademic pressure rating is Kim's own), which, while considered reliable, are inherently somewhat subjective.

Academic achievement was similar in reception, while those speaking English as an additional language displayed fewer emotional, social and behavioural difficulties, and were more likely to meet academic targets byAcademic achievement was similar in reception, while those speaking English as an additional language displayed fewer emotional, social and behavioural difficulties, and were more likely to meet academic targets byacademic targets by Year 2.

Scholarly articles published by over 20 researchers in Monographs, titled «The Relation of Childhood Physical Activity to Brain Health, Cognition and Scholastic Achievement» indicate that while physical activity in schools has diminished in part because of a growing emphasis on student performance and academic testing, decreased physical activity is actually related to decreased academic performance.

While the word «accountability» never appears in Risk, its call for higher academic standards and its focus on student achievement as the main barometer of quality laid the intellectual groundwork for the rigorous curricula and tests envisioned by the promoters of standards - based -LSB-...]

Burris combines reviews of academic studies, as well as personal anecdotes from her own experience as an educator, to argue that ability tracking has a negative effect on the educational achievement of «low track» students while also undermining social cohesion.

While it is now widely recognised that social - emotional wellbeing is a protective factor for wellbeing and mental health, as well as a key to educational success, the current emphasis on academic achievement and data - driven accountability in schools tends to relegate social and emotional learning to one side.

While the positive impact of the arts on academic achievement is worthwhile in itself, it's also the tip of the iceberg when looking at the whole child.

Consider asking for the specific help you need, while explaining to parents how their support in targeted academic areas will boost student achievement.

For instance, some magnet schools» admission criteria solely focus on academic ability and achievement, while others include behavior, request for recommendations from teachers / counselors, and written essays.

While measures of teachers» general academic skills, such as SAT scores and college selectivity, are often statistically significant predictors of teachers» effectiveness in raising student achievement, their effects are modest in size.

The effects on academic achievement are greatest for students from higher income families, while the effects on behavior are more pronounced on students who are less well - off.

District officials and some civil rights advocates hailed the ruling, saying that while the plan has largely integrated the schools, more time is needed to help boost academic achievement among African - American and...

We might all want schools to walk and chew gum at the same time — to boost «academic achievement» while also developing «moral, cultured, socially - responsible people.»

In most industrialized countries — nearly all of which outperform us on measures of academic achievement, such as PISA and TIMSS — students begin preparing for a career while still in high school.

While necessary and appealing, this drive toward higher standards raises justifiable concern: Are schools promoting academic excellence for those who already have a competitive advantage, while turning away from the far more difficult task of fostering achievement among those who doWhile necessary and appealing, this drive toward higher standards raises justifiable concern: Are schools promoting academic excellence for those who already have a competitive advantage, while turning away from the far more difficult task of fostering achievement among those who dowhile turning away from the far more difficult task of fostering achievement among those who do not?

The program promotes individual achievement while supporting the academic agenda in the Savannah - Chatham County Public Schools with 22 - week project - learning programs in four subject areas: the performing arts, film, music production, and information technology.

While some earlier studies questioned the role of grade configuration in school success and student achievement, including the 2008 National Forum «Policy Statement on Grade Configuration» and a 2010 study by EdSource, «Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better» in California, «the evidence on academic benefits has become much stronger in the past two years,» West says.

While full service and community school programs reinforce and extend the central importance of academic learning and achievement in children's lives, they also advocate for children in the larger contexts of family and community.

While the push for higher levels of academic achievement and accountability continues to increase, more people have realized that a single test can not provide a comprehensive evaluation of student performance.

The report argues, «Children's viewing of educational television has been shown to support significant and lasting learning gains, while too much viewing of other types of programming may be associated with a lack of academic achievement.»

Findings: New York, NY — While the authors found no visible effect on participants as a whole, they also divided students into quintiles based on student achievement and found no visible effects on academic outcomes in any quintile.

While student - teacher ratios are strikingly reduced from past years, the hoped - for improvement in academic achievement associated with more intimate circumstances has not occurred.

Fourteen percent of Michigan's charters are both low - performing and do little to improve student achievement, according to Stanford University's Center for Research on Educational Outcomes; while just one of the 11 charters shut down in 2015 - 2016 were closed because of academic failure, according to data from the Wolverine State's Department of Education.]

Some tests, such as the Stanford Achievement Test, are developed for general use by any school district in the country, while other tests are developed for a specific state, such as the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), and the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS).

While Mayor Bill de Blasio has made community schools a central part of his education agenda, critics have said there is mixed research on whether the community school model actually improves academic achievement in low - income neighborhoods.

In her role as chief academic officer for Boston Public Schools, she is committed to eliminating racial achievement disparities while improving student learning results so that students of all races and cultures receive an equitable and excellent education that enables them to thrive and experience success in college, career and life.

SEL creates a positive school climate that supports learning and academic success while narrowing the achievement gap.

«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.»

When mentoring is integrated into research - based reforms and interventions it can strengthen efforts to reduce poverty, truancy, drug abuse and violence, while promoting healthy decision - making, positive behaviors and activities and academic achievement.

While reading and math proficiency scores are low at Garfield, Garfield was recognized last year for its improvements in academic achievement.

Similarly, of two schools with similar academic achievement, a state could choose to focus limited resources for CSI on a school with poor SQSS outcomes rather than a school with positive SQSS outcomes, since the latter school may be on a road to improvement while the former is not.

To meet this need and foster scholar achievement, charter schools are given the flexibility to be more innovative while being held accountable for improved academic results.

Over four decades, the achievement gap decreased: black and Hispanic students made academic progress while the scores of white students also increased.

While helping to provide an optimal environment for educators, research shows that there is a positive correlation between those students who exhibit good classroom behavior and academic achievement.

Several of the schools are doing well while a few are far from where they need to be in terms of academic achievement.

While the linguistic mismatch might generate obstacles in the educational process of Latino / a students, research related to the achievement of immigrant students has also established that immigrant parents promote academic achievement of their children.

However, while 71 percent of OECD students attended schools where the principals agreed that their teachers foster social - emotional development as much as academic achievement, the United States fell behind at 64 percent.

The goal is for students to become proficient in the second language while reaching a high level of academic achievement.

While the department's regulations don't propose a specific numerical weight for academic achievement, schools identified for comprehensive support can't be removed from that status by improving...