Sentences with phrase «authentic education for»

Encourage other digital entrepreneurs to seize the opportunity offered by the free schools programme in helping to give children an authentic education for the jobs and opportunities of the digital world.

Many of the ideas that initially attracted me to charter schools — community empowerment, authentic education for youth left behind, piloting promising practices to share with traditional schools — have often been drowned out by larger political forces.

Encourage other digital entrepreneurs to seize the opportunity offered by the free schools programme in helping to give children an authentic education for the jobs and opportunities of the digital world.

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We need to be reminded that it was once taken for granted that authentic education was built upon the teaching and practice of the human and theological virtues, that education, as St Thomas Aquinas put it, is «the progression of the child to the condition of properly human excellence, ie to the state of virtue».

It furnishes us with a clear and authentic statement of Catholic teaching on education and provides excellent guidance and suggestions for its implementation in Catholic schools.

This logic of gratuitousness, learnt in infancy and adolescence, is then lived out in every area of life... once it has been assimilated it can be applied to the most complex areas of political and economic life... It is here that the lay faithful are called to give generously of the formation they have received, guided by the principles of the Church's Social Doctrine, for the sake of authentic secularism, social justice, the defence of life and of the family, freedom of religion and education.

If you are searching for an exceptional and authentic Montessori education for your child, look no further, YMS is the answer.

Madeline Levine, Ph.D., a psychologist, consultant, educator and co-founder of Challenge Success at the Stanford School of Education, and author of Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic Success.

No other form of education provides for an academic experience this enriching, authentic and joyful.

Owing to its unique, fresh, down - to - earth ambiance ideal for a fulfilling yoga education, we offer authentic yoga training in Mozambique.

John Larmer of the Buck Institute for Education looks at the criteria determining whether or not project based learning is authentic, and how important this distinction might be.

ECU School of Education researcher Dr Michael Fitzgerald received a $ 384,996 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) to investigate whether providing high school science teachers with authentic science research experience improve outcomes for both teachers and students.

«A better approach for many young people would be to develop coherent pathways, from high school onward, into authentic technical education options at the post-secondary level,» Petrilli writes.

Spanish speakers were virtually the only English Learners receiving authentic bilingual education because they were typically the only ones who fulfilled all the conditions for providing it efficiently.

Teachers and school leaders could facilitate this opportunity by: a) setting aside specific time for students to engage in this form of design - based education, for instance, by establishing design and innovation labs; b) infusing in the curriculum opportunities for students to establish links to this activity; c) structuring opportunities to inspire students to study and solve a problem, for instance showcasing current and past students» exemplary projects; d) providing opportunities for students to present their projects to an authentic audience of peers and members of the community; and e) not telling students what projects to work on by staying hands - off.

At the MET / Big Picture Company network of small high schools, for example (see «High School's New Face,» the main component of every student's education is the Learn Through Internships program, in which students complete authentic projects with the guidance of expert mentors a minimum of two days a week.

Virtual reality is seen as having the potential to make these learning experiences even more authentic, opening up exciting possibilities in the area of careers education, including helping to prepare students for work and university.

In 2008, the NEA unveiled the «Great Public Schools for Every Student by 2020» project, in which the union committed to «creating models for state - based educational improvement,» «developing a new framework for accountability systems that support authentic student learning,» and «fostering a constructive relationship with U.S. Department of Education leadership.»

Educational movements like Understanding by Design and organizations like Teaching Tolerance are slowly finding a voice in the education world, bargaining for more authentic and active educational opportunities for our students and their mentors.

Join this webinar to learn about: • Improving quality of life for students and educators through blended learning • Stretching existing or limited resources and staff • Adding project - based learning and authentic assessments into classrooms • Selecting the right learning management system and online curriculum • Keeping pace with global evolutions in technology and education • Maintaining the human element in face - to - face and online course work

In addition, Paula facilitates workshops for educators and presents at conferences and seminars, including SXSWEdu, the Maker Educator Convening, and Harvard Graduate School of Education's Project Zero Perspectives, on the topics of culturally responsive making and authentic inclusion in maker - centered learning, and creating sustainable makerspaces.

«It's imperative that classroom design is driven by the desire to create personal and authentic learning experiences for students,» says Tom Murray, director of innovation for Future Ready Schools, a project of the Alliance for Excellent Education.

Statewide Authentic Accountability System developed by the Massachusetts Coalition for Authentic Reform in Education (CARE)(and supported by the Massachusetts Teachers Association).

The International Scholars Program is an opportunity for high - achieving students who wish to experience an authentic American way of life in a safe and welcoming community, as well as receive a high - quality education.

«Tennessee's Wilson County Schools and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K - 12 classrooms, today announced a new, six - year partnership supporting the creation of authentic digital learning environments in classrooms district - wide.»

Joey is the lead author of Writing for Understanding: Using Backward Design to Help All Students Write Effectively, published in 2008 by Authentic Education.

She is a co-author of Writing for Understanding: Using Backwards Design to Help All Students Write Effectively, published in 2008 by Authentic Education.

Convened by CCE, the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment (MCIEA) is committed to more authentic ways of assessing student learning and school quality, addressing the shortcomings of current measurement systems by collecting data that is both broader in scope and deeper in substance.

FairTest supports the authentic accountability plan proposed by the Coalition for Authentic Reform in Education (CARE) proposed a comprehensive accountability system that uses a balance of local and state assessments to describe school improvement and student authentic accountability plan proposed by the Coalition for Authentic Reform in Education (CARE) proposed a comprehensive accountability system that uses a balance of local and state assessments to describe school improvement and student Authentic Reform in Education (CARE) proposed a comprehensive accountability system that uses a balance of local and state assessments to describe school improvement and student progress.

Scheduling authentic field experiences for teacher candidates in the College of Education can be problematic at a university, because access to student learners from surrounding schools is difficult to arrange in the summer months.

He currently serves on the National Faculty for the Buck Institute for Education and is an expert facilitator of personalized, authentic professional learning.

If the Department of Education's principals from hell were put in charge of an authentic assessment program, it would be a total disaster for teachers and students.

Visit the ASCD Web site (http://www.ascd.org) and search for «networks» for information about professional educators who have formed groups around topics, including «Arts in Education,» «Authentic Assessment,» and «Brain - Based Compatible Learning.»

They include, but are not limited to: Mentoring Programs (Peer, Multi-generational), Business and Civic Partnership Programs, Fieldtrips and Fieldwork, Project Based Learning, Positive Behavior Intervention Systems, Authentic Assessments, Integrated Arts Education, World Language studies beginning in the early grades, Theme based learning projects, Environmental Education, Cooperative Learning Strategies, Apprenticeship and Career Awareness Programs, Service Learning, Values Education Programs, Student Leadership Programs, Self - assessment and Reflection for Teachers and Students, Fine Arts Programs (Drama, Music, Orchestra, Visual) and Team Sports Programs.

When education students take their courses in an elementary school, the possibilities for authentic learning grow.

and Expeditionary Learning, for example), all at the expense of offering students an authentic and inspiring education that truly meets their social, emotional and academic needs.

The New York Department of Education will explore devoting a portion of its Title IIA funding to expand preparation programs that provide greater opportunities for candidates (both teachers and school leaders) to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in authentic settings.

One issue is that authentic classroom video footage can be difficult to acquire for teacher education purposes, leading researchers to investigate the use of computer animation in place of actual video (Smith, McLaughlin, & Brown, 2012).

Authentic Learning in Higher Education: Creating Recess Kits for Kindergartens.

Like you, I believe in public education, but only if it offers the same opportunities for authentic learning and development that are found in many private / independent schools.

This is a critical moment for education policymakers and administrators to transition from the compliance - based efforts of the past to authentic, outcome - based parent engagement programs, and to adopt a measurement system to track their progress.

Place - Based Education (PBE) is an approach to education that takes advantage of geography to make learning authentic, meaningful and engaging for Education (PBE) is an approach to education that takes advantage of geography to make learning authentic, meaningful and engaging for education that takes advantage of geography to make learning authentic, meaningful and engaging for learners.

On May 7, parents will be «drawing a line in the sand» and asking the California State Board of Education to hold all schools accountable for authentic parent engagement practices.

Montessori For All aims to help all children gain access to an excellent education by opening and leading high - performing, authentic, public Montessori charter schools in diverse communities across the country.

Writing for Understanding: Using Backward Design to Help All Students Write Effectively, by the Vermont Writing Collaborative, Authentic Education, 2008

«Our stance as a school has been that the best preparation we can give our kids for whatever standardized test they encounter throughout their lives is a good, authentic, rigorous education,» said DeLapp.

Hosted by the Alliance for Excellent Education, this was a powerful day — one that I hope inspired the policymakers to think harder about how we can craft federal policy to encourage strong integration of rigorous academics with career and technical education, engage students in challenging authentic projects, and expand opportunities for young people to interact with workinEducation, this was a powerful day — one that I hope inspired the policymakers to think harder about how we can craft federal policy to encourage strong integration of rigorous academics with career and technical education, engage students in challenging authentic projects, and expand opportunities for young people to interact with workineducation, engage students in challenging authentic projects, and expand opportunities for young people to interact with working adults.

English teacher education programs often look for ways to help preservice teachers engage in critical reflection, participate in communities of practice, and write for authentic audiences in order to be able to teach in the 21st century.

«Meridian World School exists because of the efforts of a handful of families that ignited a grassroots parent group looking for a deeper, more authentic kind of public school education that the IB programs can provide,» said Karalei Nunn, Meridian's founder and COO.

Authentic alliance between MMC, Midlands Technical College, and the Midlands Education and Business Alliance (MEBA) Location on a college campus Dual credit opportunities at no cost to students Diverse student population representing several counties in the state Small classes Small environment (maximum of 135 students unless additional space becomes available) Daily tutoring time by students» individual teachers Implementation of a variety of instructional methods Class schedule (11:00 AM — 5:00 PM) Availability of all Midlands Tech facilities, including the media center, science labs, computer labs, auditorium, conference rooms Frequent, consistent, and immediate interventions Daily common planning time for teachers.