Sentences with phrase «barriers to the achievement of»

Monetary unity imposed under unfavorable conditions will prove a barrier to the achievement of political unity.

The components of the Livermore MEP seek to remove barriers to the achievement of our migrant students as follows: School Readiness seeks to increase the percent of migrant preschool children receiving a high - quality early childhood education so that they enter kindergarten as prepared as their nonmigrant peers.

It traces in considerable detail the pathways through which shifts in temperature and precipitation patterns create serious additional barriers to the achievement of the child survival, development and protection goals embraced by the international community.

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Young fathers frequently face family rejection, barriers to contact with child and mother, a lack of ways to contribute financially, and an inability to envision future achievements (for review see Guterman & Lee, 2005).

Family Support Specialists, who identify individual barriers to student achievement and then connect students with services to overcome those barriers, will be in 29 Buffalo public schools at the beginning of the 2015 - 16 school year, expanding to 43 on January 1, 2016.

Also at 11 a.m., a new report from the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder, will be released showing that community schools need at least five years or more to create lasting school improvement and reduce barriers to achievement in a measurable way, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, 233 Broadway, Suite 720, Manhattan.

Under the new program led by AAAS, educational institutions commit to removing barriers to STEM achievement for women, minorities and people with disabilities through participating in a program of voluntary self - assessment.

Some of the barriers were perceived (for example, that women's achievements for promotion need to be higher than those of men) and some were real, such as family commitments.

«This is a very impressive scientific achievement and it represents a major step forward in dealing with one of the major barriers in transplantation of organs from animals to humans.

Though it's refreshing to see a movie set against the backdrop of segregated America that focuses more on the barrier - breaking achievements of its subjects than the atrocities of the period, it's not afraid to tackle serious themes like racism and sexism either.

These leaders should focus their efforts on moving to a competency - based education that requires students to demonstrate mastery of the material, ending the archaic practice of seat - time, funding education based on achievement instead of attendance, eliminating the all too common practice of restricting students to district boundaries, and removing barriers to effective, high quality instruction.

The evaluation report released on 12 April by Mission Australia and the University of Adelaide highlights that quality intensive casework support is critical to the program's success in addressing the multiple and complex barriers that can affect a young person's ability to stay in school, their social participation and achievement of positive learning and self - development outcomes.

In her first year on the job, Jewell - Sherman launched Excellence for All, a comprehensive plan aimed at improving teaching and learning to enable students to reach high academic standards, and promoting involvement with the community as a way of addressing nonacademic barriers to student achievement.

A review of the research indicates that information and communication technology used in the classroom decreases student barriers to learning and improves student achievement.

Street data tells the untold stories of student achievement, pulling back the curtain on barriers to opportunity and access.

According to Elyse Aidman - Adahal, Director of National Programs and Site Development at the National Writing Project, makerspaces feature low barriers to content access and high ceilings of opportunity and achievement.

Examining benefits from both the teacher and student viewpoints, this report highlights the critical components of an effectively co-taught classroom and the barriers that must be overcome in order to ensure student achievement.

Technology Counts 2013: Building the Digital District takes a major step in outlining the barriers educators and policymakers are facing, and how they are moving beyond them, in building schools that maximize the use of digital tools to improve student achievement.

a summary of the main barriers to educational achievement faced by eligible pupils at the school

These leaders should focus their efforts on moving to a competency - based education that requires students to demonstrate mastery of the material, ending the archaic practice of seat - time, funding education based on achievement instead of attendance, eliminating the all - too - common practice of restricting students to district boundaries, and removing barriers to effective, high - quality instruction.

This article summarizes a study of 33 principals and assistant principals who led schools to high achievement despite barriers of poverty and racial isolation.

Fundamentally a network of local level volunteers dedicated to making assessment fair, open and educationally sound, our goal is to open the doors to disadvantaged children by removing barriers to achievement, while improving the quality of education for everyone.

This advice applies in particular to networks of schools serving students who have the most barriers to achievement at scale.

As the follow chart reveals, Achievement First has completely failed to take its fair share of students who face language barriers such as needing extra help with English.

This year's Grand Prize - winning districts are providing opportunities for their most vulnerable students, cultivating a culture of kindness, respect, and achievement districtwide, and removing barriers to achievement for students with disadvantages, with the support of their school leaders.

The Achievement First schools have all recruited students that are less poor, students that don't face language barriers and because parental involvement is needed to get into the school and stay in the school they probably have many of the most involved parents.

Catapult Learning, Inc. has dedicated over four decades to providing outstanding education solutions that generate demonstrable academic achievement and better life outcomes for students, regardless of their learning barriers or other challenges they may face.

One of the most persistent barriers to student achievement resides in the collective mindset of the students we teach.

What steps must I take to overcome the cultural and structural barriers to achievement that exist within my school community in addressing the learning needs of all students?

Achievement First is widely recognized for its failure to take its fair share of Latino students, its fair share of students who face language barriers and its fair share of students who need special education services.

We also recognize that any reform that increases rigor and does not address how English Learners will be supported to master that rigor can exacerbate the barriers and achievement gaps that have characterized the education of English Learners for too long.

Achievement is having the drive and taking actions to set challenging goals and reach a high standard of performance despite barriers.

For example, education researchers of all stripes agree on a simple fact: child poverty is the single greatest barrier to academic achievement.

We shouldn't judge disadvantaged pupils purely by the academic achievements of students in the best schools, but if used well, the premium is the way to lift barriers...

Those needs are the subject of today's installment of our series, Project Milwaukee: Barriers to Achievement in MPS.

Achievement First fails to take its fair share of children in poverty, children who face language barriers, children who need special education services and children who have behavioral or discipline issues.

In virtually every situation, Achievement First educates students that are less poor and they fail to take on their fair share of students who face English language barriers or need special education services.

The State claimed Achievement First Bridgeport Academy demonstrated a better record of achievement then did Bridgeport's public schools, but failed to note that Achievement First's students are less poor, and face fewer language barriers and diAchievement First Bridgeport Academy demonstrated a better record of achievement then did Bridgeport's public schools, but failed to note that Achievement First's students are less poor, and face fewer language barriers and diachievement then did Bridgeport's public schools, but failed to note that Achievement First's students are less poor, and face fewer language barriers and diAchievement First's students are less poor, and face fewer language barriers and disabilities.

Although the difference was not statistically significant, a tenet of Teach for America's philosophy is that poverty is not a barrier to academic achievement.

This issue takes a look at schools and school districts that break the mold — and, in so doing, have torn down walls of bureaucracy and broken through barriers to student achievement.

There are two preconditions: A state must have an approved application for stabilization funds, and at the time of applying, there must be not any legal, statutory, or regulatory barriers at the state level to linking data on student achievement or student growth to teachers and principals for purposes of evaluation.

April 10 Low Income Students Overcome Barriers On Path To Degree (PDF) Report: Academic Aspirations of Many Florida Students caught in an «Achievement Trap»

In that flat world, what will differentiate outcomes is how motivated students are to undertake the work of learning; how well they tackle the inevitable barriers to achievement, including social and emotional challenges; and whether they move beyond the basics and engage in the higher - order learning that's increasingly important for college, careers, and life.

... Suffice it to say that until unbiased instruction is provided to children — resulting in equal exposure to challenging material, equal opportunity to respond and demonstrate knowledge, equally nurturing relationships, and the absence of discriminatory labels and barriers to accomplishment — one can not fully rule out environmental explanations for the achievement gaps that are documented.»

While the Turnaround Practices research has been a source of great insight into the key elements of successful school turnaround, there are instances in which successful implementation and subsequent student achievement remain elusive, even when significant resources are provided and perceived barriers to turnaround are removed.

«Today's vote to move Senate Bill 455 forward is a move in the right direction for Connecticut schools, and can eliminate barriers to teaching that have little or no correlation with a teacher's job performance or positive impact on kids,» said Jen Alexander, chief executive officer of ConnCAN (Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now).

In 2005, an Acting Head Teacher led the school to a Satisfactory Ofsted judgement where it was noted that mobility of children continued to be a barrier to achievement.

Residents provide evidence of the impact of their actions on their professional growth, and on the identified barriers to improving their districts / schools and student achievement.

One of the most significant and persistent barriers to student achievement resides in the collective mind - set of the very students we teach.

School psychologists provide a variety of professional services to support the academic achievement, positive behavior, and social - emotional wellness of all students, especially those who struggle with barriers to learning.