Sentences with phrase «academic core curriculum»

In response to the legislature's call for an improved academic core curriculum, the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) created the Michigan English Language Arts Framework (MELAF) project.

5.1 Access to the academic core curriculum is ensured at the nontraditional or alternative schools.

Not exact matches

Harvey Mudd describes its core curriculum as «an academic boot camp in the STEM disciplines — math, physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, and engineering — as well as classes in writing and critical inquiry» that it says «gives students a broad scientific foundation and the skills to think and to solve problems across disciplines.»

We have placed an ambitious and expensive program at the heart of theological education at the same time that a concern for proving a solid academic preparation has led the faculty to stress a core curriculum.

Just as important, this standard curriculum eliminates theology from the core of both practical and academic studies.

The Kentucky Core Academic Standards (2010) require that mental wellness and individual well - being be taught in grades K - 12 as part of the general health curriculum.

Our method educates the whole child through a rich and meaningful, age - related curriculum devoting lots of time to play, being out in nature, incorporating a vibrant arts curriculum, and supporting core academics with integrated subject classes.

Cuomo also will have input from a panel of his creation: The 15 - member Common Core Task Force, asked to conduct a sweeping review of the academic standards, curriculum and exams, is due to report its recommendations this month.

He repeated his earlier position that the state's rollout of curricula and tests aligned with the Common Core academic standards was rushed, that teachers were not prepared and there is too much testing in general.

Anti-testing activists said the opt - outs sent a clear message to Cuomo, the Regents and the state Education Department: The tests and curricula aligned with the Common Core academic standards must be completely retooled.

Amid growing boycotts of standardized tests, Cuomo said the Common Core task force — the second he has created in less than two years — would conduct a «top to bottom review» of the state's academic standards, curriculum and exams.

A state task force will hold simultaneous public hearings on controversial Common Core academic standards, testing and curriculum Friday in Stony Brook and at four other sites across the state, amid complaints by many parents, teachers and others that the late - afternoon format will hinder attendance.

Cuomo appointed the 15 - member task force in September and directed it to conduct a sweeping review of Common Core academic standards, curriculum and exams — the second such effort in less than two years.

Several longitudinal studies in the 1980s and 1990s did find that high school students who took both an occupational course sequence and a core academic curriculum fared better after high school, both in the labor market and in postsecondary education.

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).

Though the subject, a mix of physics and advanced mathematics, is not part of the core curriculum, it does put students at a distinct advantage if it is their chosen academic path in college.

School Reform Minister Nick Gibb said: «All pupils should have the opportunity to study foreign languages as part of a core academic curriculum that prepares them for life in modern Britain.

The book represents a culminating work of the ArtsLiteracy Project, a project that develops curricula and professional development practices based on the premise that linking literacy and the arts creates powerful learning opportunities for students both in core academic subjects and in the arts.

If anyone has earned the right to vent her spleen over Common Core it's Sandra Stotsky, who played a leading role in Massachusetts's adoption of some of the nation's strongest pre-CCSS academic standards, along with associated curriculum frameworks and teacher - licensing regulations.

This includes recommendations suggesting that: primary schools should bring in outside experts to teach coding; all primaries should have 3D printers and design software; secondary schools should be able to teach Computer Science, Design and Technology or another technical / practical subject in place of a foreign language GCSE; the Computer Science GCSE should be taken by at least half of all 16 year olds; young apprenticeships should be reintroduced at 14, blending a core academic curriculum with hands - on learning; all students should learn how businesses work, with schools linked to local employers; schools should be encouraged to develop a technical stream from 14 - 18 for some students, covering enterprise, health, design and hands - on skills; and that universities should provide part - time courses for apprentices to get Foundation and Honours degrees.

The qualifications also sit alongside the academic curriculum, aiding, rather than replacing, core studies.

This insight is no surprise to those of us who have long championed curriculum and rich academic content as ed reform's great un-pulled lever — or who support Common Core simply because it puts curriculum onto the reform agenda.

Though Common Core and academic curriculum hold a strong place at the educational table, and rightfully so, doesn't it make sense to also focus upon the character development and qualities that could help to produce adults, not only talented and motivated, but inherently driven to help make the world a better place?

«Under her guidance, the Ed School has progressed toward a core curriculum, reorganized its master's degree programs and its academic areas, redoubled its efforts to contribute to the improvement of K - 12 education, and worked to strengthen its relationships both with other Harvard schools and with the broader community of professional educators.

Her announcement marks the completion of a tenure notable for major changes to the School's academic programs and administrative structure, significant progress toward a case - based core curriculum, many faculty appointments, an important initiative to create «usable knowledge,» and preparation for a potential campus move to Allston.

(Such services take various forms but most commonly involve separate classrooms with more challenging curricula and specially prepared teachers, at least for core academic subjects.)

While the core academic subjects are still very important, themes of global awareness, economic and civic literacy, and life skills need to be incorporated into curricula.

Building on earlier work done by the Academic Cabinet, a faculty committee, Lagemann made the development of a case - based core curriculum one of her first priorities as dean.

Lagemann's deanship has further been marked by major initiatives to develop innovative core courses for the HGSE curriculum, to reorient the school's master's degree programs, and to reorganize its academic organizational structure.

The report said: «It would be better for the national curriculum to stop at age 14, rather than 16, and for a new 14 — 19 transition stage to be developed, incorporating a core element with either academic or vocational elements.

An academic core is important but surely schools should be free to develop a curriculum that meets the wide ranging needs of their students and enables them to achieve their best.

The schools employ a year - round academic calendar, have a 9:1 student - to - teacher ratio, and a core academic curriculum.

Although acknowledging the need for strong, core academic curriculum, Wilshaw will argue that England is neglecting its less academic pupils at its own peril and will call for a more «inclusive» system that does not leave behind students who fail to attain targets.

The core curriculum addresses topics like the development of adolescents living in urban contexts; classroom dynamics of race and class; and strategies for teaching students with diverse academic and social - emotional needs.

The school is known for teaching alternatives to aggression through training in social skills, anger control, and moral reasoning, but the curriculum also includes core academic subjects, including arts.

(Read the Edutopia.org article «Cross Training: Arts and Academics Are Inseparable» to learn how a Boston school successfully melds art with core curriculum.)

It covers the influence the common - core academic standards are likely to have on building the online curricula of the future, the growing emphasis on teaching social skills to virtual school students, how schools are building courses that blend face - to - face and online learning, and the evolving role of e-assessments.

«Nobody is disputing that the curriculum should have a rigorous academic core,» he said.

Read about how the Edwards Middle School uses more time to develop a rigorous core curriculum and supplements it with a tiered academic support program called Academic academic support program called Academic Academic Leagues.

(c) school counseling / guidance core curriculum instruction for the purpose of addressing student competencies related to career / college readiness, academic skills and social / emotional development by a certified school counselor (s);

In a 355 - page study written by Ernest L. Boyer, Carnegie's president, the foundation recommends that prospective teachers ma - jor in an academic subject rather than in education, that a new «core curriculum» replace the practice of «tracking» students according to academic...

Notable, too, is the positive attention paid to — and adoption elsewhere of — New York State's pioneering efforts to supply its teachers with curricula aligned to the Empire State's (Common Core) academic standards.

Her announcement marks the completion of a tenure notable for major changes to the School's academic programs and administrative structure, significant progress toward a case - based core curriculum, many faculty appointments, an important initiative to create «usable knowledge,» and preparation for a...

He was a member of the California State Academic Standards Commission in late 1990s and again in 2010, when the Common Core national curriculum - content standards were under consideration.

Common Core doesn't dictate curriculum or pedagogy Checker assured us, it only requires that «everybody's schools use the same academic targets and metrics to track their academic performance» and «then those schools can and should be freed up to «run themselves» in the ways that matter most: budget, staffing, curriculum, schedule, and more.»

To overcome their irrelevance, many advocates insist that civic education be incorporated into the core academic curriculum, so that English, history, and social studies courses impart lessons in civic virtue.

Our mission at Meadowview Middle School continues to be one that delivers a challenging core academic curriculum aligned to ACT College and Career Readiness Skills for the diverse needs of each student, while providing opportunities for the adolescent learner to participate and explore in a wide range of exploratory courses and to participate in extra-curricular activities.

Bush and other GOP governors have offered support for Common Core academic standards, but Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney says he doesn't want federal dollars going to implement the new curriculum.

Considering the catastrophic failures associated with the Common Core standards, Common Core curriculum and Common Core testing, one of the «not to be missed» sessions will certainly be the one called, «Aligning Curricula to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)» with presenter Dianna Roberge - Wentzell, the State Department of Education's Chief Academic Officer.

Students study visual and / or performing arts as part of the school's mission and core academic curriculum, beyond dedicated arts periods.