Sentences with phrase «achieved by other schools»

The school will offer access to the highest quality education and aim to raise levels of attainment beyond that achieved by other schools in the city.

The fact that gains among schools facing the prospect of vouchers were nearly twice as large as the gains achieved by other schools might be at least partially attributable to other factors.

Not exact matches

What a securely attached child - OR ADULT - looks like: competent, self - confident, resilient, cheerful much of the time, anticipating people's needs (not from a co-dependent place), empathic, humorous, playful, tries harder in the face of adversity; not vulnerable to approach by strangers because won't go to strangers (as adult, out - going without being foolhardy), good self - esteem, achieving, able to use all mental, physical, emotional resources fully, responsive, affectionate, able to make deep commitments as appropriate, able to be self - disclosing as appropriate, able to be available emotionally as appropriate, able to interact well with others at school and in jobs / careers, likely to be more physically healthy throughout life, self - responsible, giving from a «good heart» place of compassion, has true autonomy, no co-dependent self, because of well developed internal modulation system, less likely to turn to external «devices» (addictions) to modulate affect

«The women in the Network, like this consortium, understand that if we do not address the unmet need for family planning, the other global health goals of improving maternal, infant, and child deaths and combating infectious disease, will be difficult to achieve by 2015,» concluded Duff Gillespie, PhD, professor with the Bloomberg School's Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health.

Other benefits highlighted by these stakeholders included: Literacy and numeracy assessments can be used to celebrate learning, identify strengths, needs, barriers to learning and allow teachers to make informed and objective judgements about learning; Focusing teachers» and schools» attention on the need for phonics to be taught explicitly and systematically to achieve the necessary level of word reading skills that are required to develop skilled reading; Early identification of children with learning difficulties or [those who] need additional instruction.

On the other hand, when schools can achieve substantial «improvements» by focusing on a relatively small group of students, they face a strong incentive to game the system.

If heaven is defined by a system that is easy to maintain, and that other people take responsibility for maintaining, then school districts might indeed achieve Web - site nirvana.

However, there could have been different effects in different schools that were driven, at least in part, by the fact that wealthier or higher - achieving schools may find it easier to replace retiring teachers with experienced teachers from other schools.

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 latest data shows that 59 per cent of pupils who are eligible for free school meals achieved the expected standard in maths by the end of primary school, compared to over three - quarters (78 per cent) of all other pupils.

[v] In California, Steele et al. found that a $ 20,000 bonus to high achieving teaching candidates to work in high poverty schools increased the probability of their placement in a high - poverty school by 28 percent and their probability of remaining in the high - poverty school at the end of four years was similar to other teachers in those schools.

The charter school movement has benefited from the spectacular results achieved by the Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academies, Success Academy, BASIS Schools, KIPP Schools, Uncommon Schools, and others in New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Washington, D.C., and other prominent cities.

This evaluation problem is further complicated by the fact that schools have goals other than cognitive achievement (for instance, promoting citizenship, fostering individual development, and reducing drug use and violence) that are difficult to measure and are often achieved only with teachers» cooperation.

This was achieved by craning the modules into position, from their delivery lorries drawn up in the school's coach park on the other side of the school from the main gates.

Students become motivated by the grades they achieve, their rankings compared to other students, and extrinsic rewards such as honor rolls or school awards.

As the evidence on school choice continues to grow, it is tempting to compare the results achieved by school voucher programs to those of charter schools — to ask whether one option or the other represents a more promising avenue for expanding educational opportunity.

Fair funding won't be achieved by taking money away from some schools to give to other schools.

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.

Active 30:30 also helps schools address how to influence the other 30 active minutes to be achieved outside of school by engaging families, clubs and community groups.

• A new intergenerational study shows that for 76 % of 15 - 17 year olds, studying hard for good exam results is their biggest priority for the coming year; and they are preparing to sacrifice friendships, family time, hobbies and even sleep to achieve this, • In fact 57 % of 15 - 17 year olds feel school work must come before anything else if they want to do well in the future • And only 39 % of this age group think being happy is more important than good grades • Yet half (51 %) of UK business leaders calls on teens to develop broader life / work skills before leaving education A new report launched today by National Citizen Service (NCS) reveals that the UK ¹ s 15 - 17 year olds feel under significant pressure to excel in exams at the expense of other life skills, experiences, healthy relationships and even their own happiness, suggesting that they are struggling to juggle the demands of young adulthood.

In 2003, Thorstenson began laying the groundwork to implement a PLC at Work model by having her whole staff read Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap: Whatever It Takes by the DuFours and two other co-authors, and by meeting with the school board, teachers, parents, administrators and union leaders to achieve consensus on going forward with the model.

Similarly, if schools like the Expeditionary Learning Schools, which achieve similar results to KIPP using much more progressive pedagogy, continue to replicate their success and become more widely known, they could move the debate forward another step by showing that there are other ways to achieve the same ouschools like the Expeditionary Learning Schools, which achieve similar results to KIPP using much more progressive pedagogy, continue to replicate their success and become more widely known, they could move the debate forward another step by showing that there are other ways to achieve the same ouSchools, which achieve similar results to KIPP using much more progressive pedagogy, continue to replicate their success and become more widely known, they could move the debate forward another step by showing that there are other ways to achieve the same outcomes.

States, districts, and individual schools, pressed by federal policies and metrics, have concentrated attention and resources on low - achieving and other «at - risk» youngsters, while paying scant heed to the fate of smart, eager pupils.

Even if most individual turnaround attempts fail, you can achieve a cumulative success rate of 70 or 80 % by retrying rapidly: bringing a new, more capable leader; closing the school and starting fresh with a new operator; or closing the school altogether and dispersing the students to other, better schools.

There is, in other words, a strong argument against attempts by government to use schooling to achieve political or cultural change - or stability, for that matter.

In Pennsylvania, which would see $ 42 million in cuts, the 21st CCLC Schuylkill Achieve after - school program, which helps raise money for families affected by cancer while inspiring students to serve others, could disappear.

This RAND analysis offers guidance to states and districts on how they can choose to use the Every Student Succeeds Act to help achieve their school improvement goals by supporting principals and other school leaders.

The claim that charter schools achieve superior test results as a result of effort, choice, accountability, educational program, governance structure, or some other reason, is frequently cited by charter school lobbyists at the legislature and the CT State Department of Education.

The other interim charges considered by the committee at the hearing included examining current school board governance policies and practices and making recommendations that could improve the focus, attitudes and outcomes of Texas school boards, districts and students; studying existing board training requirements and making suggestions to educate school board trustees on policies that could achieve better student outcomes, particularly within the framework set for low - performing schools in House Bill 1842; and monitoring initiatives to build a high - quality pre-kindergarten grant program (HB 4).

While some of the schools are high - achieving, others have been plagued by financial and other problems.

Achieving this purpose will require mutual efforts by the Commonwealth, school districts and other agencies.

It has also suspended its Academic Performance Index, which allowed parents to see how the test scores achieved by their local school compare with scores at other schools.

As I have noted, stronger standards alone aren't the only reason why student achievement has improved within this period; at the same time, the higher expectations for student success fostered by the standards (along with the accountability measures put in place by the No Child Left Behind Act, the expansion of school choice, reform efforts by districts such as New York City, and efforts by organizations such as the College Board and the National Science and Math Initiative to get more poor and minority students to take Advanced Placement and other college prep courses), has helped more students achieve success.

By contrast, many state school finance systems barely achieve «flat» funding between high and low need settings and still others remain regressive.»

Some schools use restorative assessment surveys and student reflective discussions to identify how to successfully approach a problem to achieve academic success (i.e. see Restorative Assessment by Laura Greenstein) while others use a schoolwide Positive Behavior Support System (PBIS).

When consulting with districts, schools, and other educational or psychological / mental health groups, he typically is guided by one or more components of his evidence - based and award - winning program, Project ACHIEVE.

It said Caputo - Pearl and his new team of officers are «hitting the ground running» on policy initiatives, which include «organizing members school - by - school, neighborhood - by - neighborhood, and area - by - area to a place where we can strike if we feel it is necessary» to achieve other gains, such as smaller classes, pay increases, additional school staffing and elimination of «gotcha» evaluations and «teacher jail.»

Mathematica Policy Research findings indicate that in the 2011 — 12 through 2014 — 15 school years, the Kauffman School had positive, statistically significant, and educationally meaningful impacts on student achievement growth in mathematics, ELA, and science beyond the growth achieved by students in other Kansas City public scschool years, the Kauffman School had positive, statistically significant, and educationally meaningful impacts on student achievement growth in mathematics, ELA, and science beyond the growth achieved by students in other Kansas City public scSchool had positive, statistically significant, and educationally meaningful impacts on student achievement growth in mathematics, ELA, and science beyond the growth achieved by students in other Kansas City public schools.

Apparently, Hess ignores the decade of research on other issues — from the expansion of school choice, to teacher quality reform efforts, to even the work on the academic prospects of high - achieving students being conducted by Fordham and other outfits — as well as the focus of state and federal policymaking on such matters as bullying and using schools to combat childhood obesity.

Though my classes and school were high achieving, my ability to make a difference was obstructed by the walls of my classroom and the attitudes of others toward me — that I was «just a teacher.»

Developed by The University of Chicago School Mathematics Project, Everyday Mathematics is aligned with the Missouri Learning Standards for Mathematics and helps students achieve true mastery by continually reinforcing math concepts through concrete real - world applications and well planned lessons that build upon each other, from simple to complex.

But these stories, and countless others like them, show us that when we believe in our students — by holding them to the same high standards as their peers, by giving them high - quality school options, by holding ourselves accountable for the quality of their learning — they can and do achieve great things.

«All the cap achieves is that it prevents Catholic parents from having the same choice of schools enjoyed by other parents.»

In low - achieving schools, even students with teachers who had stayed at the school were harmed by turnover among other teachers.

Parents who've picked College Achieve charter school for their children may soon face the irony that their school choice may have been blocked by other charter schools.

CAC has also recently added a supplemental program to their in - school college counseling model called College Point eAdvising, which mimics other virtual advising models by providing remote support to high - achieving, low - income students.

While this may be something to do with my old - school attitude towards what constitutes a book, I think there's also an issue with devices that are partially touch - sensitive: Their user interfaces are sort of «neither fish nor fowl» – they require a conscious toggling between the things you can achieve by poking a finger directly at the thing you want to do something and poking a finger at something other than the thing you want to do something.

And by giving students access to information, resources, and counseling, other schools could help their students achieve similar results.

NYPA will also install more than 125 megawatts of solar capacity on schools and other public buildings by 2020, achieving a 300 percent increase in distributed solar projects at public facilities statewide.

As set out above this high point of the prosecution's case was somewhat diminished by the evidence elucidated in cross-examination — that the safety record of the other schools was far lower than that achieved by Hillgrove.