Sentences with phrase «back in the hands of students»

A large part of this shift involves putting learning back in the hands of students — empowering them to take ownership over how they process and come to understand complex concepts and information.

Put the powerful tools of measuring progress back in the hands of students.

Not exact matches

Introduction to grasping reality with both hands: Private university students who try to take out $ 250,000 in student loans when they're barely out of puberty are patted on the back and given directions to a high - quality local state university.

In one of the many experiments cited in Paul Tough's new book, Helping Children Succeed, a group of middle school students received this message on a Post-it note, attached to a paper their teachers were handing bacIn one of the many experiments cited in Paul Tough's new book, Helping Children Succeed, a group of middle school students received this message on a Post-it note, attached to a paper their teachers were handing bacin Paul Tough's new book, Helping Children Succeed, a group of middle school students received this message on a Post-it note, attached to a paper their teachers were handing back.

In addition to meeting the students where they already are — in the hallway — it allows school nutrition staff to take back the responsibility of handing out food from teaching staff, who can then focus all of their attention on starting the school day as students eat breakfasIn addition to meeting the students where they already are — in the hallway — it allows school nutrition staff to take back the responsibility of handing out food from teaching staff, who can then focus all of their attention on starting the school day as students eat breakfasin the hallway — it allows school nutrition staff to take back the responsibility of handing out food from teaching staff, who can then focus all of their attention on starting the school day as students eat breakfast.

It's common in this pose for students to press only the index finger sides of the hands against the back.

I handed back the students» unmarked papers and gave a brief overview of the strengths and growth areas I noticed in the essays as a group.

Some of the boilerplate curricula I was handed and instructed to implement while in the classroom I should have flatly refused to use or I should have at least advocated for its modification; it was so alienating of my students — a true disservice to them (I wish I could go back in time).

Be on the lookout for signs of computer - related injury in students: warning signs include pain, tingling or heaviness in the neck, shoulders, back, arms, elbows, wrists or hands.

The federal government handed the reins of K — 12 education reform back to state and local leaders with the signing of the Every Student Succeeds Act in December 2015.

Brackets are made, seeding committees are formed, and each day I put a section of the bracket on the board and the works of literature back in students» hands so that they can vote on which is the superior work.

Caroline Wright, director, BESA said: «It is heartening that schools continue to invest in this mobile technology to put the power of learning back into students» hands.

Once again, a controversial proposal to require Georgia's public school students to obtain a parent's permission before joining an extracurricular club is back in the hands of the state legislature.

Student advice to teachers includes: Trust us; Recognise that everyone is smart and talented in different ways; Let us be in the driver's seat, put more control in our hands, step back, let go; Give us a chance to surprise you, to show you what we are capable of; Remember these are student not teacher projects; Discover what we are interesStudent advice to teachers includes: Trust us; Recognise that everyone is smart and talented in different ways; Let us be in the driver's seat, put more control in our hands, step back, let go; Give us a chance to surprise you, to show you what we are capable of; Remember these are student not teacher projects; Discover what we are interesstudent not teacher projects; Discover what we are interested in.

One of the pieces of advice from participating students to teachers was «Let us be in the driver's seat, put more control in our hands, step back, let go».

Certain techniques were flagged up «no hands rule; use of mini-white boards, Kagan, learning environments that are supporting; bolstering self - esteem; positivity; curiosity; creativity; identify students to lead plenary at end of lesson at the beginning; Get class blogging — quadblogging; tallies for whole class rewards; encouraging independent learning; wait time when questioning; talk about their thinking and reasoning; conversational learning; talk with learning partners before answering any questions; pair and share; Glazer learning model structure for lesson delivery — a good mix of interaction and independent work; offering choice to pupils; cross class working; allowing time to play; list / describe / explain / evaluate; new audiences beyond the school; project based learning and philosopy; swapping age - groups; cross-curricular working; read to them every day; invite varied guests in; learning by discovery using pupils» interests; stand back and watch with purpose.

The first new version of the nation's main K - 12 law since 2002 rolls back the direct federal role in improving student outcomes and hands much of that power to governors and legislatures.

But anything from the administration that smacks of holding states accountable for improving student achievement will not get congressional backing, especially from Harkin (who has proven in the past that he will do anything asked of him by the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers) and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (who wants to ditch No Child altogether and go back to the bad old days of handing federal money freely to states).

The flyer has a picture, taken by the Mercury News, of Rocketship students in line with their hands behind their back, with the following caption: «Students are trained to clasp their hands behind their backs as if they are handcuffed and to keep talking to a minimum as they walk to class at the Rocketship Spark Academy on Tuesday, May 27, 2014students in line with their hands behind their back, with the following caption: «Students are trained to clasp their hands behind their backs as if they are handcuffed and to keep talking to a minimum as they walk to class at the Rocketship Spark Academy on Tuesday, May 27, 2014Students are trained to clasp their hands behind their backs as if they are handcuffed and to keep talking to a minimum as they walk to class at the Rocketship Spark Academy on Tuesday, May 27, 2014.»

My school, for example, is part of a growing reform movement that seeks to place assessment back in the hands of the people who work closest with students and their communities: teachers.

Performance - based assessments place the power over those conversations back where it belongs: in the hands of the people closest to our students.

Since the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) last January, in which the federal government handed back to states the authority to decide whether to evaluate teachers with or without students» test scores, states have been dropping the value - added measure (VAM) or growth components (e.g., the Student Growth Percentiles (SGP) package) of their teacher evaluation systems, as formerly required by President Obama's Race to the Top initiative.

The teacher leaders developed sustainable methods of communicating with their teams three times over the course of a month: 1) midway through the month, the teacher leaders hand back to their site colleagues copies of the reflections they wrote at the last meeting and the plans they chose to implement during the month; 2) Co-principal Maria Carriedo sends an email to all the teachers a week before each meeting to remind them to bring their observations of their focal students; 3) teachers make notes to themselves, in a simple chart form, about the interventions and behaviors they plan to track and keep these on their classroom walls as an easy way to document their focal students» progress.

Back then, it happened in the form of students who were ill - taught and passed along through grades until they were handed a diploma despite their inability to read, write, work with numbers, or otherwise perform any of the skills and tasks necessary to make a decent life in the modern world.

Informal assessments include things like talking with students as they enter and leave the room, observing students as they work on a task or in groups, watching students on the playground or at lunch, asking students to use hand signals or colored cards to indicate their degree of confidence with a skill they have just practiced, or making note of informative comments made by parents at a back - to - school night.

Sallie Mae is wanting to jump start the revitalization of our economy and has deemed their student loan forgiveness program to be an efficient model in which they can distribute money back into the hands of the people.

When I decided to go to college to better take care of my family I was told that even though I had an income of only 1000.00 a month I did not qualify or fafsa because I made too much, so I was forced to take put student loans that I can't pay back because I still can't get a job doing what I went to school for and I feel the school I went to did not do all they could to help me, other people who went to the school got their loans wiped clean, but I don't know how they did it so now I am 15000.00 in debt to the loan company who actually changed hands a couple of years ago, I was told because of that I could get mine wiped clean because they never informed me but how I don't know.

From the back of the photograph: «left to right (incomplete listing): Charles Kessler (extreme left, hand on hip), Hope Stephens (in straight skirt and the saddle shoes), Betty Brett (leaning forward, standing in fron of male student with pencil behind his ear), Frances Kuntz (beside Brett), Dick Andrews (with pipe), Fred Stone (in front of Andrews), Mimi French (in dark sweater and light collar), Robert De Niro (hand on hip, moccasins), Bela Martin (t - shirt and sneakers), Martha McMillan (light plaid shirt and sneakers with dark socks), Harriet Englehardt (dark plaid shirt, light socks, standing on second and third steps), Rudolph Haase (sitting on banister).»

Today 42 million Americans have an average of $ 29,000 in federally backed student loans outstanding, according to Rohit Chopra, an advisor to the U.S. Department of Education who was also on hand at the meetings.