Any backlash we feared was apparently quelled by the designs these teams chose: They focused as much on developing excellence among peers
as reaching more students with excellence directly.
As they reach more students, they should earn more out of the per - pupil funds generated by the expanded number of students.
Not exact matches
As a teacher, should I write a textbook that might affect many
more students or other teachers than I can
reach individually?
He founded the company after tutoring multiple
students in math every week,
as a way to
reach more students that required his help.
Statewide,
more than 75 parochial schools have closed in just the last five years, and average tuition can
reach as high
as $ 8,500 per
student annually.
As he prepares to make his pre-K pitch in Albany, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio released a report that says his plan to expand the program by taxing the rich would
reach 53,000
students by September —
more than 70 percent of the children who need it.
Unlike schools, which grow increasingly segregated and involve
more individual instruction
as children grow older, afterschool programs are spaces where instructors, often similar to the
students in age and background, can facilitate diverse, productive interactions that help youth
reach social and academic goals.
Yet games alone will not make schools
more efficient, replace teachers or serve
as an educational resource that can
reach an infinite number of
students, he adds.
After hearing many teachers say that they did not encourage their
students to apply to institutions like ICL because they saw it
as beyond
reach, Richards decided to encourage state schools to «do
more to push their
students to aim for the top.»
By the time
students reach KS4 they are much
more focused on exam syllabi, and many access - specific activities (such
as climbing, kayaking and hill walking)
as part of their GCSE PE course.
Dozens of other NCLB critics have
reached similar conclusions, and scads of proposals for that law's rewrite offer remedies, such
as including
more subjects in the accountability system and giving schools credit for
student growth across the achievement spectrum.
New paraprofessional roles, such
as tutors, learning coaches, and lab monitors, make it possible for teachers to save time and
reach more students.
We've written here and here about the importance figuring out
as a nation how to «extend the
reach» of great teachers to
more students, since great teachers accountable for
student learning are the one «intervention» we know can close achievement gaps and raise the bar for all
students.
As I explain in Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning, we need fewer teachers, not
more, and those few teachers must
reach thousands of
students at a time.
Reflecting Padworth's open and perceptive attitude towards learning, James says: «There is
more than one way to
reach to the result and that is why we encourage a variety of approaches and for
students to work on their own initiative
as well and be creative.»
The hope is that, over time,
more students will
reach the standards
as schools raise expectations and improve teaching and learning.
As the report states, by the time they
reach 6th grade, «middle - class
students have spent 6,000
more hours in learning activities outside school than
students born into poverty.»
As a balance to that strategy, however, there also needs to be an effort to expand the
reach of the highest performers, particularly those that are able to scale their work to serve
more students.
Microsoft Excel required Climb up the stairs and down again without tripping and making a mistake 10 subtraction questions going up and 10 addition questions going down The questions become longer and
more difficult
as you
reach the top A new set of numbers every time the file is opened Use this resource
as a mental exercise, or allow the
students to use a calculator.
As for digital education companies: If digital tools enable teachers to earn
more for
reaching more students and their peers, teachers will gain a stake in acquiring those tools and using them to achieve strong outcomes.
When your
students reach a certain age, they'll start taking the details of their writing much
more seriously — there'll be no room for spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, or repetition — and Hemingway Editor will make them feel like professional authors and journalists
as they polish their skills.
A
more unified theory of assessment might begin by observing that the fundamental purpose of assessment in education is to establish and understand the points that
students (either
as individuals or groups) have
reached in their learning at the time of assessment, and that there are then different ways to use this information.
What started in 1976
as one course on the Holocaust for K — 8
students in one town has grown to
reach 3 million
students a year in
more than 200 countries, with hundreds of staff members.
These efforts accelerate
as more students, families, and educators experience Linked Learning firsthand, and
as the results of their successes
reach leaders in education, industry, and civic life.
The report shows how to turn the great majority of federal funding distributed to states and districts — Title I and Title II grants — into investments likely to pay off in educational and economic benefits, by reinventing such formula grants
as targeted tools that extend excellent teachers»
reach in financially sustainable ways, and
more effectively direct funds to the
students who need them most.
(N.H.)
As colleges and universities across the country struggle to deal with what appear to be large numbers of sexual assaults and incidents of dating violence, efforts to stem the tide are focusing
more on
reaching students well before they ever set foot on a post-secondary campus.
KIPP helps its communities, the report says, «by transforming the lives of the kids we serve in our current network of schools; and [b] y inspiring others —
as we continue to
reach more students in
more communities — to reconsider what is possible in public education.»
Public Impact defines «opportunity culture»
as «extending the
reach of excellent teachers and their teams to
more students, for
more pay, within budget.
Initiatives such
as identifying
students at risk for dropping out early and providing the necessary academic and social / emotional supports; the expansion of alternative and flexible pathways to graduation, such
as on - line credit recovery courses, have proven to be effective in
reaching more students and keeping them in school, Warwick said.
As in all Opportunity Culture schools, a Wells team of teachers and administrators chose among models that use job redesign and age - appropriate technology to
reach more students with personalized, high - standards instruction — one hallmark of great teachers.
As more schools use technology and new staffing models to
reach more students with personalized learning and excellent teachers, how will evaluation systems keep up?
«We're excited to see the impact that this will have on
student outcomes
as their parents have
more information to support their children in
reaching their potential.»
Expanding learning time deserves
more attention in high school reform debates
as we raise standards and expectations, particularly in low - performing schools whose
students are unlikely to
reach higher standards without
more time and support.
As it and Touchstone scale up, they plan to extend the
reach of their excellent teachers to many
more students than they
reach now.
But that might not last forever, especially
as Madison becomes
more economically and racially diverse — in short,
more like Milwaukee — and
as long
as the Madison School District continues to struggle to
reach its low - income, minority
students.
Teacher effectiveness, also known
as the most important factor in improving
student achievement, depends on whether teachers — from the beginners to the masters — continually learn
more about how to
reach their
students.
As the school to prison pipeline is growing in rural and urban communities across America, it's going to take adults to work
more effectively together to ensure that we help
students reach success.
By the time
students reach the end of the second grade, though, they should be able to add
as large of numbers
as they want together and even add
more than two three - digit numbers to one another by following the same rules.
Invest in strategies that fully use existing talent by offering education entrepreneurs opportunities, such
as paid fellowships, to develop new, groundbreaking school models that allow the best teachers to
reach more students.
Specifically, our analysis focused on the extent to which each state plan outlined its intent to either use
more time
as part of its strategy to turn around its lowest - performing schools or redesign the school day to
reach student - achievement goals.
Pay for performance (in the sense that excellent teachers should be paid
more for
reaching more students) is seen
as necessary.
We have
reached more than a million
students across America with an education that prepares them to succeed
as scholars and active citizens, contributing to a better world.
With your organization or company's involvement
as an Attend & Achieve sponsor or partner, the campaign can
reach and impact considerably
more students this year and accelerate our progress in the battle for higher
student achievement.
Through A2A, we've
reached more than 2 million
students in school districts
as varied and diverse
as California, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon and Texas.
«The sharp falloff in mathematics achievement in the U.s. begins
as students reach late middle school, where, for
more and
more stu - District implementation changing instructional practice requires extensive supports for teachers.
«My plans are to
reach out to other
students, teachers, and school administrators to find out
more about our needs
as students.
As Linked Learning continues to grow and
reach even
more students, how can we ensure the same success in small,
more isolated districts?
«To date, our challenge
as educators has been to replicate efficacy for vastly
more students, and expand the impact of promising programs that weren't
reaching enough
students to make a significant difference,» said Dowling.
We applaud the Department and Secretary Duncan for supporting charter schools that want to use enrollment preferences
as part of a broader strategy to
reach more of these high - need
students.
I would hope to see states get
more ambitious
as they go from plans to action, building high - quality pathways from high school into postsecondary education, standards and assessments aligned with the expectations of entry into college and the workforce, supports for struggling schools that go beyond general assistance, and strategies to help traditionally underperforming
student populations close gaps to
reach the promise of college and career readiness for all.