Sentences with phrase «adding academic time»

She points out that adding academic time was one of five major recommendations in the landmark 1983 report «A Nation at Risk» — the only recommendation never acted on.

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Furthermore, if situations arise in which academic interests compete with concerns for students» «piety» for added time or financial resources, the response characteristically shaped by this ethos would be to assign to the «churches» responsibility for «piety» and to assign priority within the school to the academic interests.

TN: I think one of the interesting things about the argument for the need to strip things back to basics is that it comes at a time when a lot of the academic literature has gone the other way and is obsessed with adding things on.

At the same time, Rogers says, academic researchers should be ready to recognize their own limitations and partner with colleagues who can bring other crucial expertise to the enterprise, adding, «People should do what they know and find other people to do the things they don't know.»

«Preschool programs are so full of academic expectations that adding a Spanish lesson time may not be helpful or developmentally appropriate,» Lippard said.

There is a need to interact with biotech and pharma, a need to understand intellectual property and patenting — all of this is really now part of the academic career,» says Alving, who adds «many individuals will have careers in academia, but they may have also spent some time in industry.

Studies have shown that schools offering intense physical activity programs have seen positive effects on academic performance such as improvements in math, reading, and classroom behavior — even when the added time takes away from academic instruction time.

«Teachers are already pushed for time in the day so we developed a program that is practical to implement, requires no extra helpers, and costs nothing,» the academic adds.

«After a span of more than a decade in a series of senior administrative roles at NYU, the Spencer Foundation, and most recently HGSE, Ellen has indicated her desire to devote her full - time efforts once again to her academic work as a leading historian of American education,» Summers added.

Those who are further behind will have the added motivation of larger paychecks for getting caught up, allowing them more time on work sites rather than the academic space.

Add to this nebulous college entrance environment the challenge presented by the proliferation of four - year high schools, whose numbers skyrocketed from 2,526 in 1890 to 10,213 in 1910, and it is easy to see why the trustees of the Carnegie Foundation felt the need to define college: «An institution to be ranked a college must have at least six (6) professors giving their entire time to college and university work, a course of four full years in liberal arts and sciences, and should require for admission not less than the usual four years of academic or high school preparation, or its equivalent, in addition to the preacademic or grammar school studies.»

CCSA partners with EA to implement Academic Growth over Time value - added estimates for charter schools across California.

Follow the lead of hundreds of schools nationwide who have added the Genius Hour to their curriculum where students follow school academic guidelines 80 % of the time and get to -LSB-...]

«Over time, sleep deprivation leads to serious consequences for academic achievement, social behavior, and the health and safety of our nation's youth,» the Congresswoman added.

If you add up the time already spent on behavioral modification curricula and their spin - offs — anti-bullying, anti-drugs, anti-gangs, anti-teen-pregnancy, character, self - esteem, individualized education plans — is it any wonder that our kids are getting the socks beat off them in international academic competitions?

Gov. Gray Davis of California called last week for adding six weeks to the school year for middle school students, saying the extra time for academics would help students more successfully bridge the years between elementary and high school.

Indeed, as per a statement made by Ron Adler, president of the Ohio Coalition for Quality Education, not only is it «disappointing that ODE spends so much time denying that poverty and mobility of students impedes their ability to generate academic performance... they [continue to] remain absolutely silent about the state's broken report card and continually defend their value - added model that offers no transparency and creates wild swings for schools across Ohio» (i.e., the EVAAS system, although in all fairness all VAMs and the SGP yield the «wild swings» noted).

To Bruce's point, the panel has the added challenge of writing rules at a time when the state's academic standards and next assessment are also under review.

Changing academic standards, new state mandates and other challenges have added to the high demands on educators» time, attention and morale.

* Study Skills and PE are typically added to a teacher's schedule on top of a core academic subject, and only meet 2 - 3 times each week.

During the fifth year of the cycle, district level feedback is gathered and at that point in time, recommendations are made to the State Board of Education to adjust, delete or add to academic standards.

States encourage schools that choose to expand learning time to add 300 additional hours to the standard school - year schedule, allowing more time for the three key areas: academics, enrichment programming, and teacher collaboration

In addition, for the first time, the 2018 school profiles include a «High Academic Growth» indicator for 54 public district and charter schools that have significantly exceeded the norm for academic growth over the most recent three - year period in both math and English language arts (ELA) on the Pennsylvania Value Added Assessment System Academic Growth» indicator for 54 public district and charter schools that have significantly exceeded the norm for academic growth over the most recent three - year period in both math and English language arts (ELA) on the Pennsylvania Value Added Assessment System academic growth over the most recent three - year period in both math and English language arts (ELA) on the Pennsylvania Value Added Assessment System (PVAAS).

It showed that adding extra recess can improve student discipline, focus and academic success without increasing the length of the school day or taking time away from classroom activities.

For example, one school saw a dramatic improvement in five high - priority metrics included in the culture plan, including a 59 % reduction in the amount of out - of - school suspensions between the 2012 - 13 and 2013 - 14 school years, a 56 % reduction in classroom off - task / disruptive behaviors across nine grade levels, and an increase from 57.2 % to 59 % in Academic Performance Index in just one school year, with a Value Added grade of C for the first time in more than five years.

The program eventually added a month to the school year for schools taking part in the elementary initiative, and used the added time to pair academics with enrichment programs, such as art and music classes and field trips offered by community organizations in partnership with the district.

If we were to add all the enumerated factors — multitude of academic tasks, high expectations, lack of time and help — it's crystal clear that college life isn't at all cheerful and sunny.

Titles for academic libraries have also been added from the Royal Society of Chemistry, CN Times Books, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers and others.

For years, environmentalists have been attacking Soon for taking money from energy companies with fossil fuel interests, the only update the Times story added was that Soon allegedly did not disclose this to academic journals he was being published in.

More recently, Paton created a second advisory body — this time on experiential learning — to look at «how can we bolt on or enhance the experiential learning we provide and add it to our academic foundation carefully, thoughtfully and well.»

Written by practicing lawyers, full - time academics and even non-lawyers, they discuss events virtually as they happen, often adding their unique perspective and analysis.

«I love working with him,» a client enthuses, adding: «He's very academic but at the same time he keeps the real - world business in mind,» and: «He picks up on all the little details that might impact a transaction and he always bears in mind the risks in the future for the client.»

The — privileged, because uninvolved — academic observer could add: There are some courts which themselves seem determined to make their own times interesting.

These security issues aren't just academic concerns cooked up by bureaucrats to waste time and add red tape to operations.

However, he added: «Today's report includes the stark warning to the class of 2012 that, in a highly competitive graduate job market, new graduates who have not had any work experience at all during their time at university have little hope of landing a well - paid job with a leading employer, irrespective of the academic results they achieve or the university they've attended.»

And as the student progresses in the degree track, the rigor of academics become more concentrated towards the major, requiring more time to focus and add internships over that!

Default Management Career Highlights * Led the Herzing University - Brookfield campus as the President and leader of all facets including management of academics, admissions, financial aid, employment services and student services for two years, with full budget and P&L responsibility, and adding almost $ 1 million to the bottom line within that time by increasing enrollment and revenue and decreasing expenses.