Sentences with phrase «aimed at improving student outcomes»

Yet this education underdog initiated a «renewal schools» program aimed at improving student outcomes in the city's 94 worst schools and he has added several tweaks around the edges.

Emerging leaders have typically been in the profession between 5 and 15 years, have a marked interest in making a positive contribution to education policy and practice, and have invested in professional growth opportunities aimed at improving student outcomes.

The programs reflect a more effective and efficiently delivered model, aimed at improving student outcomes by consolidating sites around a specific instructional focus.

Emerging Leaders have generally been in the profession between 5 and 15 years, have a marked interest in making a positive contribution to education policy and practice, and have invested in professional growth opportunities aimed at improving student outcomes.

Districts with high rates of chronic absence, out - of - school suspensions, and school drop outs will be given priority for these grants aimed at improving student outcomes by reducing truancy and supporting students who are at risk of dropping out of school or are victims of crime.

Not exact matches

Kamentz and Laura Keane of Mastery Charter Schools have been at the center of an effort, along with Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania, to design and test interventions aimed at enhancing student perseverance and improving college enrollment and graduation outcomes.

STIR is working with state and national governments to build local teacher networks aimed at increasing teacher motivation and professionalism, leading to mastery of classroom practice and improved student outcomes.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new investment of $ 1.7 billion for K - 12 education over the next five years, with the bulk of the funding aimed at existing traditional public schools that show progress in improving educational outcomes, the development of new curricula, charter schools focused on students with special needs, and «research and development» for scalable models that could inform best practices.

Fryer, the Henry Lee Professor in the Department of Economics, is a bold researcher who has focused his work on race and education, testing theories and evaluating policies aimed at expanding educational opportunity and improving outcomes for disadvantaged students.

By identifying what works, what doesn't, and why, we aim to improve educational outcomes for all students, particularly those at risk of failure.

Since 2005, some 35 states have enacted new legislation on principal assessments aimed at putting less emphasis on «inputs,» such as how well particular leadership tasks are met, and more on student «outcomes» and the leadership behaviors likeliest to improve instruction, according to research by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality.

ACER has undertaken an evaluation of ICT in education in Papua province to inform national, provincial and local policies and curricular strategies aimed at improving the learning outcomes achieved by basic and secondary education students and adult learners in Papua; and to improve the quality of the teaching and learning using ICT across the curriculum.

The California Learning Communities for School Success Program (LCSSP) provides funds to local education agencies, including charter schools, to support programs aimed improving student outcomes by reducing truancy and supporting students who are at risk of dropping out of school or are victims of crime.

The team then researches, designs and implements an intervention strategy aimed at improving learning outcomes for the struggling students.

The Harvard Graduate School of Education announced Tuesday that it has selected the Oakland Unified School District to be one of six districts in the country to participate in a new program aimed at improving educational outcomes for all students.

In New York City, where Chancellor Fariña has introduced numerous changes aimed at pursuing the kinds of practices identified by this research, a long road lies ahead to transform the culture of schools in ways that will improve student outcomes.

«He sees within teachers their true power to work together to improve resources and outcomes for teachers and students alike,» said David Coleman, one of the authors of the common - core standards and a founder of Student Achievement Partners, a nonprofit aimed at creating and disseminating materials, based on the common core, to improve teacher and student achieStudent Achievement Partners, a nonprofit aimed at creating and disseminating materials, based on the common core, to improve teacher and student achiestudent achievement.

The Martin Family Initiative's First Nations Schools Principals» Course serves as a much - needed resource, providing principals, vice-principals and aspirants with professional development aimed at building leadership skills and improving educational outcomes for students.

«A lot of people think performance is all about tested skills and so there's been a lot of money put into programs aimed at improving student test scores — but what we find is that improvements in attendance in the middle grades are associated with better high school outcomes than improving test scores,» said Allensworth.

This report says NY's school - based approach didn't work (especially for larger schools) while this meta - analysis report shows that, broadly speaking, incentive - based programs aimed at groups of teachers do improve students outcomes.

Growth Mindset is part of a wider deep cultural process aimed at improving the quality of teaching and outcomes for students.

An overall lesson of this review is that while many of the reforms and interventions aimed at improving students» math readiness appear promising, they may need to be more connected and comprehensive to have an enduring impact on students» educational outcomes.