Sentences with phrase «academic year approaches»

Jindal's decision to cut ties with certain testing vendors who create Common Core materials has left some Louisiana schools lacking critical resources as the beginning of the academic year approaches.

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Apple began approaching Podolny and other academics about five years ago, according to people who were contacted.

«In Biblical Studies I can think of many key academics in university departments who are evangelical in their approach to scripture in ways that would have been difficult to think of 40 years ago,» he says.

The start of this academic year has been a productive one for the Oxford University Gliding Club (OUGC), with a successful recruiting season bringing a wealth of new flying talent as the soaring season approaches.

The school year is quickly approaching its end, and it's time to make sure your child doesn't lose their academic momentum!

With more than two months left in the 2015 - 16 academic year at that point, the number of intoxicated students transported to the hospital t approached the total number of transports reported during the 2014 - 15 academic year, according to the report.

Mr. Iddrisu said the budget also vindicated the Mahama administration's position that the «most viable approach to Free SHS was «the gradual approach under the progressively free senior high school programme, which was introduced in the 2015/2016 academic year.»

As the first university to be established in Ontario in 40 years, UOIT has much to prove — especially with the multidisciplinary approach of its science programs, which has probably raised eyebrows and ruffled some feathers in the academic community, Smith says.

As recently as two years ago, there was little evidence of any academic or biotech industry interest in pursuing clearance of AS as a therapeutic approach to PD, LBD, or other synucleinopathies of aging: after a promising 2005 report, [31] there had been virtual silence.

The MSc programme in Mobilities & Urban Studies is a two years full - time study based on a combination of academic, mobile labs, problem - based learning (PBL) and interdisciplinary approaches based on a multitude of work and evaluation methods.

The «graduates» of the fellowship program during the past 40 years best illustrate the success of our approach to training: 95 % are in academic medicine and 61 % are doing primarily laboratory or clinical research (or are administering research).

One option is to use an online platform that can track a student's progress towards earning a reward, as this approach will encourage pupils to participate in activities over the entire academic year.

The 20 - plus - year - old Responsive Classroom approach focuses on practical ways of meshing social and academic learning.

It's an approach that seems to be working: Valor Flagship Academy, the first Valor school, produced outstanding academic results, including the highest standardized test scores in the city and the state, in its first year of operation (2014 — 15).

Our preferred approach is to view NCLB as first in effect during the next academic year (2002 — 03).

In New York state, we have moved from an essentially academic approach to a system that we'll put in place in a few years based on performance assessment [including] value - added requirements, as well as the use of video and attached rubrics, that focus on the practice of teaching.

But we are now approaching the end of the academic year, and September is looming.

When Teacher published a piece by New South Wales academic David Roy earlier this year on the implementation and benefits of cross-curricular approach Queensland educator Leanne Chesterfield got in touch to share the fact that her school has spent the last few years developing a cross-curricular framework.

Jacqui Glenn, director at Argos for Business, says: «As the summer holidays are well underway and the new academic year is fast approaching, schools would benefit from ensuring their facilities are not only are ready for the new intake of pupils but also ensure their classrooms and common areas support the needs of young people with greater needs.

The contribution of the Responsive Classroom approach on children's academic achievement: Results from a three - year longitudinal study (PDF).

Those sentiments are echoed by leaders in Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS), who've spent the past six years rolling out an SEL initiative in an effort to reshape school discipline, reduce student stress, and take a more holistic approach to academics.

The test - prep and academic support for struggling students at Carlin Springs could serve as a model for other struggling schools, though teachers and administrators have been cautious because the approach was implemented only two years ago.

Now in its sixth year, that turnaround approach is seen by some as a first of its kind — both for its academic results and, education experts say, for the inclusive and pragmatic way it got traditional public schools, charters, nonprofits, and families to work together.

«For now,» she added, «with the academic year nearing a close, and with Kathy McCartney approaching the end of her outstanding deanship, I wanted to let you know about Dick Murnane's interim appointment.

While states with disparate academic approaches have made some strides over the past few years — notably Florida and California — national averages have varied only slightly, despite billions of dollars invested to improve performance at the national, state, and local levels.

The five - year initiative will help public school corporations and charter schools create new approaches to school counseling that address the academic, college and career as well as social and emotional counseling needs of their students.

Throughout the year, the scholars spend more time in all core academic subjects, providing them with sufficient time to «fill in any holes» that may exist in their academic skills or knowledge through an «accelerated spiraling» instructional approach.

Facilitated sessions and individual coaching calls throughout the year bring together teams to deepen their learning around Academic and Personal Behaviors, share strategies and approaches to help students persist in the face of rigorous learning challenges, and build capacity both within and across schools to implement changes and share learning.

Participating schools received training and followed the approach over two terms in the academic year 2013 — 14.

Our International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme integrates traditional academic subjects in a project and problem based approach giving students hands - on opportunities to apply new skills in real ways.

«Best bets» for improving children's attainment were presented in the language teachers would immediately understand: the extra months of learning approaches might lead to during an academic year.

A pilot will run this academic year that uses these seven areas, «before taking any final decisions on whether to implement this approach on a statutory basis», the DfE's response says.

For 17 years, PowerMyLearning has used its approach to help teachers and families team up to support students as they meet the challenges of high academic standards and develop ownership of their learning.

Miller describes the CORE Districts» approach to gauging student progress as the «Power of Two» — tracking proficiency with the percentage of students meeting standards and measuring academic growth by looking at student - level progress from year to year.

The Golden Apple STEM Institute introduces elementary school teachers to an inquiry - based instructional approach through unique hands - on, fun - filled and engaging intensive summer courses, followed by in - school coaching throughout the academic year and a three - part series of follow - up sessions designed to build on what is learned during the summer program.

«If we stand still, we are already going backwards» A new academic year brings with it a new approach to professional learning.

Evaluating teacher quality based on the level of their students» end - of - year test scores has been one method of assessing teacher quality, but this approach favors those teachers of students who begin the year already at a high academic level.

An analysis by The New York Times found that some of the community schools in Cincinnati, which is viewed as a leader in the approach, still showed dismal academic performances even after years of work and millions of dollars of investments.

While the anticipated results on student and teacher learning outcomes will be enhanced after a full academic year, many teachers have already begun using an inquiry approach to curriculum design and lesson implementation on a more frequent basis.

The approach has its limits, but the basic idea is to compare the students in each school against students who started the year at the same academic level and see how they gained or not on the state tests in language arts and math.

The paper, by Raj Chetty and John N. Friedman of Harvard and Jonah E. Rockoff of Columbia, tracked 2.5 million students over 20 years, and using a value added approach, found that teachers who help students raise their standardized test scores have a lasting positive effect on those students» lives beyond academics, including lower teenage - pregnancy rates, greater college matriculation and higher adult earnings.

Hartford Public Schools proposes to partner with Jumoke Academy, beginning with the upcoming 2012 - 13 academic year, to replicate systematically at Milner Elementary the comprehensive education strategy developed and implemented successfully at Jumoke Academy... Jumoke» s comprehensive approach has proven remarkably successful in educating PK - Grade 8 students whose circumstances closely mirror those of the children who currently attend Milner.

Another approach to alignment is to develop suboutcomes that will lead to satisfactory performance at the end of the academic year.

He suspects that the recent successes reported in the academic literature will take a few years to reach industrial production, but there is now a clear roadmap to mobilities approaching 10 cm2 / Vs, which will enable the production of high pixel density, large area displays.

During the academic years, Sociology scholars are taught about the two main approaches in this subject namely Qualitative and Qualitative where the former uses the statistics to make the general claim, and the latter relies more on the observation and subjective accuracy.

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All academic research shows that we have pathetically little skill at forecasting the overall market on a consistent, year in, year out basis with anything approaching reliable accuracy.

With a new academic year on the horizon, the Teaching Artists Summer Summit provides an opportunity for teaching artists to cultivate student - centered approaches to curriculum development and classroom management.

With the end of Big Red & Shiny's first academic year quickly approaching, we've been taking stock of the past 8 months to identify our successes and re-evaluate where...