Sentences with phrase «based schools demand»

Project - based schools demand a different kind of accountability.

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Business analysts (who were young and fresh out of school, remember) were judged based on the percentage of their products that were in stock at any given time, and a low percentage would result in a phone call from a vice-president demanding an explanation.

BevNET Beverage School is an on - demand, video - based learning tool and online community designed for entrepreneurs and newcomers to the food and beverage industry.

Demand for our program is growing, and Challenge Success is working hard to ensure that we continue to provide research - based assessment and interventions that reduce student stress and increase academic engagement for more schools and families across the country.

This relatively new movement, which is also sometimes called student - centered learning, has its roots in the progressive strain of American educational thought, but its current incarnation is also based on the modern belief, common among corporate executives and other business leaders, that there is a major and potentially calamitous disconnect brewing between the historical structures and traditions of the American public school system and the labor - force demands of the 21st - century American economy.

After 28 years working to get kids into college, Thacker left his job as a high school counselor in 2004 to write «College Unranked: Ending the College Admissions Frenzy» and found the Education Conservancy, through which he is building a broad - based reform coalition of educators at both the supply (high school) and demand (college) sides of the equation.

I will turn a blind eye to what others choose to feed their kids on an individual basis, but if there is some policy at the school that demands that what another parent sends must be served to my child, then there needs to be some kind of standard to which those offerings are held.

It is these opportunities for us to truly meet each other that led Rudolf Steiner to demand non-hierarchical republican structures and consensus based decision making for our Waldorf schools.

Whipping up pots of spaghetti sauce from scratch and batches of home - baked cookies and brownies, the cooks who ply their trade in the kitchen of Palatine - based Community Consolidated School District 15 are aiming to please 10,000 demanding young customers.

At 8:45 a.m., the TWU Local 100 union officials at Mile Square School Bus will hold a demonstration to demand wage parity with other Yonkers - based companies.

On the other side are teachers unions demanding more money for traditional school budgets and a move away from test - based evaluations, not heavier reliance on them.

The WCDOH demanded a retraction by the District based on reporting by Talk of the Sound and inquiries by Westchester County Legislator Sheila Marcotte whose district includes the Davis School.

PLANTLAB ® Culinary School was created to meet the increasing demand for health - conscious cuisine by offering world - class, plant - based culinary training.

Brandon Raynor's Massage and Natural Therapies School is excited to announce that we will be holding massage courses our 5 day Raynor Massage Certificate Course and 10 day Raynor Massage Diploma courses in Coffs Harbour on an on - demand basis.

Abstract: In response to growing demands to provide more real - life experiences for children during the school day that are based on improving critical thinking and increasing awareness and use of lifeskills, Life Vest Inside ™ (hereafter referred to as LVI) has designed a Kindness Curriculum.

If parents think that certain teachers, schools, and programs are good because there is a waiting list demanding them, we should be very cautious about declaring that they are mistaken based on an examination of test scores.

Historically, schools have often offered parking for big local events on a cash - per - car basis, but there are now a number of websites which allow you to rent out your spare spaces online - letting you access the much larger demand for parking outside of school hours, on weekends and during the holidays (as well as events), all year round.

The findings, which are based on a survey of 1,188 school leaders, outline how 86 % of schools who faced an extra demand for places believe that meeting such needs with their current budget, buildings and facilities would be difficult - 58 % stated it would be «very difficult».

This extraordinary response reflects the demand for a practice - based doctorate in education and the attractiveness of a model that integrates curriculum content in education, management, and policy, delivered by faculty from HGSE, Harvard Business School (HBS) and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS).

As schools adapt to new connected training initiatives and expand their uptake of cloud based storage and learning, the demand on network services will only increase.

Successful school expansions Having identified a need for more primary places in east and central Hertford based on forecast demand and projections from the Office of National Statistics 2011 census, Hertfordshire County Council looked at numerous sites and existing primary schools to see where new places could be best delivered.

Districts are responding: As of spring 2014, four districts nationally are piloting Opportunity Culture models, and one, Charlotte - Mecklenburg, is taking its pilot efforts to scale based on recruiting results and demand from schools.

Demand for charters has remained strong, based on data from schools» self - reported waiting lists.

We should demand that schools receive what they need so that our children's education will not be based on the art of selling but in the arts.

It is not that the market and parents» rights models preclude this understanding of what a school is and does; it is just that they provide little conceptual basis on which schools can assert normative authority or make legitimate demands on students, parents, or other constituents.

To Hramiec's point, this fuels a vicious cycle when it comes to competency models spreading: if a small minority of fully competency - based schools can not spur a supply of integrated competency - based technology solutions, it is unlikely that larger systems, whose demand ultimately drives the edtech market, will move away from time - based practices.

These models align supply of community - based adults with school - based human capital demand, which unlocks not just a larger pool of adults to fill substitute - teaching slots, but also allows students to connect with adults they otherwise might never meet.

They have developed a standards - based report card for the elementary schools to support the paradigm shift, and, as young learners move into the higher grades, administrators hope the students and parents will demand project - based, technology - integrated education from their teachers.

«The demand for charters is growing,» Nelson Smith, the president of the Washington - based National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, said in a Jan. 18 statement issued with the report.

I agree with Bradford that single - site schools and small, locally grown and community - based networks are crucial assets for the charter movement and important contributors to expanding access to quality schools in communities that demand them.

Gold notes, for example, how the demand that urban schools intervene directly to overcome the effects of poverty on achievement results in a proliferation of site - based social - service programs — clinics, counseling, rehab centers, family interventions — whose maintenance can overwhelm the instructional mission of the school.

We would expect any effects of such waivers on the demand for school - quality information to be proportional to the percentage of the population that previously had access to NCLB - based choice.

This most radical of choice based schools — where students and teachers never meet in physical classrooms and state funding flows on a performance - based, demand - driven model — has largely avoided the political and legal tangles that have stymied other reform efforts.

If the technology wave that is sweeping through most industries continues at its current pace, our reliance on technology in the next 10, 20 or 50 years will demand a school based understanding of industries like 3D printing.

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

Our schools and communities know that this transition is necessary to help students meet the new demands of today's knowledge - based economy, and we developed the FRS - NJ certification program to provide them with a roadmap to guide their work.

Private management allows for a large system to contract for change on a limited basis — for, say, several needy schools — without having to change the entire school system, as ambitious internal reforms would demand.

First, public school teachers cling to unprofessional salary schedules and terms of employment that make it impossible to pay them based on their performance and market demand.

«This new funding will allow more school districts to develop specialized theme - based magnet programs that improve student outcomes and meet the demands of families.»

It works based on the research, and it works according to the 3.5 million children currently benefitting and the undeniable demand of millions of additional parents who want to choose the best school for their children.

It's time to get cops out of our schools and to demand discipline policies that are based on principles of nonviolence and restorative justice.

Learn how school districts, including large urban and small rural schools, have paired on - demand video - based training with on - site coaching to increase the knowledge, skills, and effectiveness of paraprofessionals supporting children with ASD and other developmental disabilities.

When parent demand exceeds enrollment capacity at a KIPP school, students are admitted based upon on a lottery.

Deeply seasoned in animosity toward the education reform movement, Los Angeles Unified held its traditional ground as charter schools were built around its schools, demands for merit pay for teachers were answered by corporate philanthropists and metrics - based teacher evaluation processes were published in the Los Angeles Times.

Some charter schools are in such high demand that they may host a random lottery to determine which scholars will be able to attend the school based on the number of spaces available.

Future plans based on current discussions with governing boards and not - for - profit foundations indicate the possibility of opening two to three schools over the next three to five years depending on community demand.

We are hearing from our nonprofit partners on a daily basis about the overwhelming demand for services for the area's «at - risk» populations, including those benefiting from programs that support school success, financial empowerment and access to health support services.

Professional development is offered in a several formats including live presentations and workshops available to individual or groups of schools, web - based learning (live and on - demand) through the Association's training website, and multi-media case studies through a partnership with CaseNex.

This research - based model allowed us to develop our skills through the first three years, and needs to be a part of any effort to keep quality teachers at demanding schools.

Engaged Classrooms 2015 Open Enrollment Summer Institute Through this highly interactive Engaged Classrooms Institute, middle and high school educators will take a deep dive to explore engagement conditions and research based strategies resulting in classrooms that support healthy relationships, inspire students to invest in their learning, and support students to tackle the heightened demands of complex academic content...