Sentences with phrase «at every level of a school system»

On Thursday, October 8, 2015, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted a meeting of his office's Education Consortia, representing hundreds of educational institutions at all levels of the school system in every corner of the borough.

Yes we should be examining these issues at all levels of the school system.

In this module, you will examine how learning happens at every level of a school system, from classroom tasks to meetings in central office.

At each level of our school systems, it's up to leaders to safeguard the working environment of the people who depend on them.

Dennis works with educators at all levels of school systems to clarify their most pressing issues, generate a range of potential solutions, and to measure progress accurately and with multiple indicators.

Research on student engagement at the level of school systems can be the lens with which to focus on quality schools that provide an equitable education that leads to academic success.

From classroom teacher to Superintendent of Schools and Director of Education, this award - winning educator has experience at all levels of the school system.

Not exact matches

Completely scrap the the funding for private schools, but in the event it's not politically expedient for the government heading into an election, at least consider a reduction in funding levels to financially aid the public system and alleviate some of the pressures they currently are experiencing with class size, lack of teachers and the challenges inherent in providing school lunch programs.

Encourage the development of a course in media literacy in your public school system: at elementary, junior high, and high school levels.

Local - level: State Board of Education Rule 160 -5-1-.22 (2000) requires each school system to employ at least one full - time school nutrition program director.

What we'd like to see with the passage of the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act is a concerted effort by schools — whether at the state or local level — to find the best practices that work for their system, their resources, and the type of programs they already have in place.

We can't set standards at the school level that's A.) based strictly on calories and B.) based on kids being overweight because that only addresses less than half of the kids in the school system.

Specifically, the SNA is asking to: keep the level of whole grains in the total number of grain foods served at 25 %; avoid further reductions in sodium; eliminate the requirement that kids take fruit or a vegetable with their meal (returning to the old system in which kids could — and often did — pass up those healthful foods); and allow schools to sell on a daily basis a la carte items like pizza and fries, as opposed to the current plan which would allow these items to be sold only on the same day they appeared on the main lunch line.

An analysis conducted by the pro-charter school lobbying group Families for Excellent Schools shows NYC's Special Commissioner of Investigation charged with policing the school system opened the fewest cases in at least five years in 2016, even as complaints of school worker's misdeeds reached record levels.

We need our young people to leave school with an understanding of how our political system works, and how they can be active citizens and influence decision - making at different levels.

The number of state school students entering the university system is at record levels, and the vast majority of universities are very grateful for this.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

A recent study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital done in conjunction with researchers from Colorado School of Public Health at the University at Colorado and Temple University used data from a large, national sports injury surveillance system to determine the effect of state - level TBI laws on trends of new and recurrent concussions among US high school athSchool of Public Health at the University at Colorado and Temple University used data from a large, national sports injury surveillance system to determine the effect of state - level TBI laws on trends of new and recurrent concussions among US high school athschool athletes.

Last year, the International Synthetic and Systems Biology Summer School in Italy began offering researchers, at all levels, and industrial professionals 5 days of courses in topics including genome design, metabolic engineering, synthetic circuits and cells, biological design automation, and high - throughput techniques.

You would think that what all this prefrontal cortex real estate would do for us is allow us to do all these wonderful things like paint and make music and speak and build churches and cities and schools and have systems of justice, but at an anatomical level one of its most distinguishing characteristics is that it's full of inhibitory circuits.

In a year the school plans to have it operating at levels approaching the limits of our perception of actual reality: a visual resolution of 24 million pixels [on the entire surface] and a full 512 - channel sound system that will make it seem «like a bird is flying around your head,» Kuchera - Morin says.

In addition to featured lectures at Bioneers and Green Festivals, she offers workshops for cancer survivors, returning soldiers, and at a wide range of levels in the school system.

This leads me to wonder whether students of classical music, who show particular promise, are encouraged to apply for scholarships at specialist schools, as the state system is simply not tuned up to provide the high - level teaching required for the most talented?

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadschools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

The same folks who gave us a system that ranked 99 % of teachers as effective and which left teachers with no objective defense against politics at the school - leader level.

The New York City school district's experience in implementing a new data - management system aimed at making a wealth of student - level data available to teachers is the subject of a new report by Education Sector, a Washington - based think tank.

Powerful alternatives to traditional schooling should be provided at all levels of the system and be available to all students.

Michèle Artigue: The first is the fact that our school does not reduce enough the social inequalities - we need to have a [school system that's] more fair, more inclusive and, at the same time, keeping a high level of demand on the students.

Stand for Children exists to challenge the conventional power arrangements of the K - 12 public education system, organizing parents at the grassroots level to advance a school reform agenda.

The Bright Vale story shows feedback being used to improve teaching within a school, but the same logic holds true at higher levels of the education system, as illustrated above right.

«At the system level, the National Assessment Program provides school leaders with information about the success of their programs.

School leaders can enter the move towards a Deeper Learning Student Assessment System at any of these entry points but in order to successfully move students to deeper learning outcomes all levels of the system will need to be modSystem at any of these entry points but in order to successfully move students to deeper learning outcomes all levels of the system will need to be modsystem will need to be modified.

But decision makers at all levels — from students and parents to school leaders to system managers and governments — require dependable information about current levels of achievement to guide future action.

3) Superintendents like Paul Vallas, Joel Klein, and Tom Boasberg and a fast - growing number of urban districts understand that the traditional district system is broken, have closed ineffective schools and opened effective ones, and have committed to legal autonomy at the school level and a bare - bones central office.

In this system, a third grader reading at a sixth - grade level can read that level of books with other kids at the same reading level, regardless of their grade in school.

Though he had logged 35 years in the system, this teacher had never taught at a level higher than first - year Regents math — which 90 percent of Stuyvesant's freshmen have taken in junior high school.

America's deeply conservative public education system is striking back at this disruptive innovation, which shifts power from producers to consumers; demonstrates that more can be done with less at the school level; and moves control of resources from central bureaucracies to autonomous schools.

Moreover, summative assessment sat at the core of many of the policy reforms that the leaders described: additional accountability levers such as teacher evaluation systems and statewide school report cards draw on data coming out of these summative tests to make determinations and comparisons regarding teacher and school - level performance.

The NCLB accountability system divides schools into those in which a sufficient number of students score at the proficient level or above on state tests to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) benchmarks («make AYP») and those that fail to make AYP.

Discovering thousands of high schools with graduation rates under 60 percent threw his beliefs about American education into sharp relief — our current system is failing to support all students to learn at the levels they need and deserve.

We found many examples of promising policies and practices at a system - level and at school and community levels.

A new study conducted by home education provider Oxford Home Schooling considers how many trips children at different levels in the education system attend, alongside parent's thoughts on the value of these trips, and the benefits of educational versus fun school outings.

I'm a product of the public school system, and I've spent most of my professional career working on education issues at the local, state, and national levels.

«We are committed to establishing a worldwide educational system by simultaneously raising the standards of learning, affording greater autonomy at the local school level, and creating increased accountability for student success,» said Lillian Gonzalez, the director of the Department of Defense Education Activity,...

It is hoped that leaders at all levels, and aspirant leaders, will be able to use the headteacher standards to help them understand the requirements of leadership in our fast - developing school system, and to identify areas for their own further development as emerging leaders.

The national Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools aims to improve the mental health of the next generation by supporting schools in making positive changes at all levels of the UK's education Schools aims to improve the mental health of the next generation by supporting schools in making positive changes at all levels of the UK's education schools in making positive changes at all levels of the UK's education system.

Delegates at the sessions voiced appreciation for the graduated response under the current system but expressed concerns over the lack of resources that are allocated for interventions at school action and school action plus level.

And on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)- the state's standardized test, first administered in the spring of 1998 - Worcester public school students in different grade levels were 8 to 20 percentage points less likely to score at or above proficiency than were students statewide.

Several national studies, including analyses of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), show that just 38 — 40 percent of high school graduates leave our education system at the «college - prepared» level in reading and math.

It's one thing to have a goal, it's another thing to really spend some time and energy and invest in the resources to build the capacity of teachers and school systems to deliver on the idea that all students ought to achieve at high levels.