Sentences with phrase «achievement goals for every child»

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David Thorstad, a spokesman for the h0m0s rights movement and NAMBLA, clearly states the objectives: «The ultimate goal of the gay liberation movement is the achievement of s freedom for all — not just equal rights for «lesbians and gay men, but also freedom of s expression for young people and children.»

Our goal is to build strong children by enhancing their self - esteem, sparking ambition for achievement, encouraging excellence, promoting life - long learning and by broadening their knowledge of the world around them.

Throughout the weaning process, you and your child will reach different goals and achievements that mark special milestones for your baby's development.

If you only praise your child for getting 100 on a test, or for scoring the most goals in the game, your child may think your love is conditional on high achievement.

In other words, even when home visitation programs succeed in their goal of changing parent behaviour, these changes do not appear to produce significantly better child outcomes.21, 22 One recent exception, however, was a study of the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) model with low - income Latino families showing changes in home parenting and better third - grade math achievement.23 Earlier evaluations of HIPPY found mixed results regarding program effectiveness.

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.

The Obama administration will waive cornerstone requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, including the 2014 deadline for all students to be proficient in math and reading / language arts, and will give states the freedom to set their own student - achievement goals and design their own interventions for failing schools.

The development of a media campaign that challenges the contemporary focus on happiness and achievement as the primary goals of child - raising, and elevates caring and respect for others as chief child - raising goals;

The overall goal of this extension of our existing work in partnership with TFF and Achievement First Bridgeport Academy (AFBA) is to continue and expand our work in Bridgeport focusing in several keys areas: (1) building knowledge about (a) children's emerging skills and areas of challenge in the social - emotional domain and why these skills are critical to school success, and (b) the ways in which adult stress and skills in the social - emotional domain can impede or foster children's social - emotional skill development; (2) identifying, deploying, and evaluating strategies to build adult and child skills in social - emotional learning with an emphasis on the Tauck Family Foundation's (TFF) five essential SEL skills; and (3) developing and testing a performance management system for SEL that (a) guides the identification of strategies, (b) provides a mechanism for ongoing progress monitoring, feedback, and changes to practice, and (c) serves as an anchor point for ongoing coaching and support in using SEL strategies.

«We have elevated achievement as the primary goal of child raising and demoted or sidelined concern for others and the common good,» Richard Weissbourd, a senior lecturer at Harvard's School of Education and the co-creator and director of «Making Caring Common,» told ABC News.

Fundamentally a network of local level volunteers dedicated to making assessment fair, open and educationally sound, our goal is to open the doors to disadvantaged children by removing barriers to achievement, while improving the quality of education for everyone.

A central goal of the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K) is to support the needs of the whole child, which includes social and emotional competencies such as 21st century skills, critical - thinking, problem - solving, communication, collaboration, social and cultural awareness, initiative, self - direction, and character.

Declaring that the law's aspirational goal of schools bringing all of its children to proficiency in reading and math by 2014 led to what U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan declares to be a «broken system» which penalizes far too many schools arbitrarily for failing to improve student achievement.

In the process, Obama and Duncan are retreating from the very commitment of federal education policy, articulated through No Child, to set clear goals for improving student achievement in reading and mathematics, to declare to urban, suburban, and rural districts that they could no longer continue to commit educational malpractice against poor and minority children, and to end policies that damn children to low expectations.

No Child Left Behind, first passed in 2002, was an ambitious, bipartisan attempt to close achievement gaps between poor and minority students and their peers by setting a goal for all students to eventually become proficient in reading and math.

As networks that directly fuel student achievement through nurturing leadership and growth, they are energy lifelines for our nation's schools and children — and expanding their reach and power is a worthy goal by anyone's standards.

Increasing funding in 2002, No Child Left Behind required the adoption of a common set of english and math standards correlated with achievement goals along, measured by standardized testing for federal accountability.

For example, Alfie Kohn the noted education authority from Harvard University said, «Surprising as it may seem, the evidence suggests that our long - term goals for children and schools are less likely to be realized when teachers, parents, and the students themselves become preoccupied with standards and achievement.&raqFor example, Alfie Kohn the noted education authority from Harvard University said, «Surprising as it may seem, the evidence suggests that our long - term goals for children and schools are less likely to be realized when teachers, parents, and the students themselves become preoccupied with standards and achievement.&raqfor children and schools are less likely to be realized when teachers, parents, and the students themselves become preoccupied with standards and achievement.»

Our shared goals are clear: higher quality schools; improved student achievement; more students going to college; closing the achievement gap; and more opportunities for children to learn and succeed.

One of the primary policy goals of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), and the inspiration for its name, has been closing achievement gaps among groups of students defined by race, ethnicity, income, and other characteristics.

Children earn achievement badges for hitting reading milestones — for example, reaching and exceeding their daily reading goal, and passing big milestones like «Read 1000 pages».

Rewards don't have to be shallow or meaningless, that's the part you're supposed to teach a child; to recognize the difference between reward for reward's sake, and reward as part of goals, dreams, and achievement.

The stated goals of MIECHV are to improve maternal and newborn health; prevent child injuries, abuse, neglect, or maltreatment; reduce emergency department visits; improve school readiness and achievement; reduce crime or domestic violence; improve family economic self - sufficiency; and improve coordination and referrals for other community resources and supports.64

Engaging State Legislators in the Federal Child and Family Services Reviews: An Information - Sharing Tool for Child Welfare Agency Administrators (PDF - 244 KB) Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2006) Provides a tool for States to keep legislators informed about a State's performance on its latest CFSR, PIP goals and achievements, PIP partners, and areas requiring legislative support.

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However, there is a lack of consensus and clarity on what outcomes demonstrate achievement of the goal of promoting child well - being, to what extent the child welfare system should be responsible for this goal, and what strategies should be utilized to measure child well - being.79 Given the multiple needs of foster children, it is imperative that the child welfare system move beyond a singular focus on safety and permanency and that it promote the wellbeing of children in custodial care.

Nancy has been leading MSPCC's public affairs team since 2006 and is responsible for the development and achievement of strategies to shape state policy with the goal of improving the lives of children and supporting families.

Her primary goal is to integrate research and practice in ways that contribute to programs and interventions that foster academic achievement for children from low - income families.

They also recommend working with families in ongoing, collaborative goal setting for children.Anne T. Henderson and Karen L. Mapp, A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement (Austin, TX: National Center for Family & Community Connections with Schools Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, 2002); Linda Halgunseth et.al., «Family Engagement, Diverse Families, and Early Childhood Education Programs: An Integrated Review of the Literature,» National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2009.