Sentences with phrase «biggest impact on a school»

North Carolina school districts counting on a January legislative fix to the class size mandate that's having a big impact on schools and families may need a Plan B.

This staffing structure creates time for more common prep during the day for teachers and equips aides to make a bigger impact on school culture.

By Lindsay Wagner North Carolina school districts counting on a January legislative fix to the class size mandate that's having a big impact on schools and families may need a plan B. House lawmakers say they are keenly interested in legislative action next month that...

Listening to students» needs, interests and concerns has had a big impact on school life and classroom practice; engaging students as partners in learning throughout the educational process and the entirety of the education system has an even larger impact.

Leading Together is built on a simple idea: the quality of adult relationships within a school community has the biggest impact on a school's ability to improve.

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A pair of notable changes will have a big impact on high school soccer in Florida in the coming years.

He either doesn't understand the history and impact of U.S. food / ag policy on our school food, or his producers have nixed any mention of that because, let's face it, there are advertising dollars from Big Ag at least partially at stake.

Some of the programs that are having a big impact on students at St. Dorothy School include OWL (Opening the World to Learning) Program from the University of Illinois and the JiJi Mind Institute Program.

But parents» busy work schedules, after - school activities, and homework can all cut into family time on school nights and can have a big impact on how much a child sleeps.

You won't want to miss our fourth annual Celebration of School Nutrition Heroes, which will be held this year on Monday, April 3 at the J.W. Marriott in Washington, D.C. Meet and honor five extraordinary men and women in the school nutrition profession who go beyond their daily duties, and making a big impact in their communSchool Nutrition Heroes, which will be held this year on Monday, April 3 at the J.W. Marriott in Washington, D.C. Meet and honor five extraordinary men and women in the school nutrition profession who go beyond their daily duties, and making a big impact in their communschool nutrition profession who go beyond their daily duties, and making a big impact in their communities.

SNA Research on the issues and trends impacting school nutrition like SNA's trends and operations reports, The Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, and the Little Big Fact Book.

The problem is not ruling out grammar schools, or saying we will stand up for big business or test policies on their impact on the poorest.

«These people never see the impact of those big migration flows on local housing or school places or of course on A&E».

Eric Rubin, a microbiologist at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, says that although the probe still requires clinical testing, «a diagnostic based on this principle could make a big impact both in drug development and in controlling disease, especially in areas with limited access to technology».

A controversial study on twins claims to provide evidence that the genes we inherit have a bigger impact on exam success than schooling and parenting.

Making small, consistent changes to the types of protein - and carbohydrate - rich foods we eat may have a big impact on long - term weight gain, according to a new study led by researchers at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy at Tufts University.

In the household energy and food and agriculture sectors, the proposal with the biggest impact on both climate change and public health was a 10 - year programme in India to replace 150 million indoor biomass - burning stoves with low - emissions cooking stoves, according to lead author Paul Wilkinson, also at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

A controversial study on twins claims to provide strong evidence that genetic inheritance has a bigger impact on exam success than schooling and parenting.

Kilkenny isn't sure that later school start times would have a big impact on how much more sleep kids would get.

Set during the racially segregated 1960s, Radio has a big impact on everyone he meets, especially after hooking up with a South Carolina high school football coach (Ed Harris).

Major studies have confirmed what we all intuitively know: the quality of teaching is by far the biggest factor within schools impacting on the learning and achievement of our children.

«We know that great teaching has the biggest impact on the learning lives of students, after that it's the school principal and their leadership teams.»

Among the biggest impacts from the state board of education's action on Sept. 19 could be a decrease in the state's use of foreign - trained bilingual teachers and greater difficulty in filling substitute - teacher slots in the 432,000 - student Chicago schools.

Test frenzy is having a big impact on what happens in elementary schools, and much of it is not good.

The new green paper will have a big impact on the future of online safety and how schools approach this vital area of safeguarding, so these sessions present a fantastic opportunity for teachers to share their views and help shape government policy.

This allowed me to focus on a new tool that could have a bigger impact for the next school year.

This is a point that Salford University's School of the Built Environment would certainly endorse, because a recent study conducted by the Salford team revealed that the built environment has a big impact on the learning progress, human performance and wellbeing.

He agreed with Meier that management has long been inept and unproductive, but argued that this has been due to incentives — and that he thinks that's entirely consistent with his assertion that teacher unions are having the biggest and most destructive impact on schools today.

As you will see in the summary report (by Fordham's Dara Zeehandelaar and Amber Winkler) and several technical papers to follow, economist and pension expert Robert Costrell and education - finance expert Larry Maloney parsed the budgets of the Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Philadelphia school districts to estimate just how big an impact their pension and retiree - health - care obligations will have on their bottom line in coming years.

As another teacher from a SPARK (Service, Persistence, Achievement, Responsibility, Kindness) School told me, «You have such a big impact on what they become eventually, and that's a very powerful thing to think of as a teacher.

«Online safety, including the impact which social media can have on emotional and mental health, must be seen as part of a bigger picture in schools for pupils of all ages.»

[11] Too often, schools make structural or organisational changes in the hope that these will lead to improved teacher and student performance, without addressing the bigger issue of teacher quality and its impact on learning.

This report parses the budgets of the Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Philadelphia school districts to estimate just how big an impact their pension and retiree health care obligations will have on their bottom line in coming years.

Candidates for the Google for Education Certified Innovator program are selected based on their professional experience, their passion for teaching and learning, their innovative use of technology in school settings, their potential to impact other educators, and their desire to tackle some of the biggest challenges in education.

Jay Willis: Is there a book or two that you would recommend for other school leaders that have made a big impact on you?

Nancie's books for Heinemann include Systems to Transform Your Classroom and School, which takes teachers inside her award - winning school to learn about the innovations that make the biggest impact on achievement and community; Lessons That Change Writers, a year's worth of instruction straight from Nancie's file cabinets; and Naming the World: A Year of Poems and Lessons, which helps teachers to jumpstart their teaching of writing and literature each day by unpacking a poem with their stuSchool, which takes teachers inside her award - winning school to learn about the innovations that make the biggest impact on achievement and community; Lessons That Change Writers, a year's worth of instruction straight from Nancie's file cabinets; and Naming the World: A Year of Poems and Lessons, which helps teachers to jumpstart their teaching of writing and literature each day by unpacking a poem with their stuschool to learn about the innovations that make the biggest impact on achievement and community; Lessons That Change Writers, a year's worth of instruction straight from Nancie's file cabinets; and Naming the World: A Year of Poems and Lessons, which helps teachers to jumpstart their teaching of writing and literature each day by unpacking a poem with their students.

This report, co-authored by The Mind Trust and Public Impact, calls on all involved in charter schools to make the sector better, broader, and bigger in order to expand its reach and meet the students» needs — which will require innovation that breaks the mold of most schools today.

EN: Ultimately, what would you say is the single biggest impact — positive or negative — that TFA has had on American schooling?

Ultimately, what would you say is the single biggest impact — positive or negative — that TFA has had on American schooling?

But its most important impact is on every public k - 12 student in Michigan, because teachers have the biggest influence on student learning of all factors inside school walls (though outside factors such as income can have an even bigger impact).

Tykel Banks will be graduating high school at the end of the summer; he said the class made a big impact on him.

Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, warned that an increase of just two looked - after children in a primary cohort of 30 youngsters «can have a big impact on overall results if they are low - achieving» given the pupils will contribute 6 per cent of results.

However, they say that the number of looked - after children moving from London is «too small» to impact on secondary schools with bigger cohorts.

The environment in which we learn impacts greatly the learning that happens, and Dr. Dillon continues to stress this work as he consults with schools around the country on how learning spaces and the culture of learning in these modern spaces can facilitate big change in a short amount of time.

This study also suggests that education could benefit from a more comprehensive focus on how behaviors — both big and small — impact students and schools.

The decision to close a school is frequently met with fierce resistance from the community, as closings have big impacts on neighborhoods where school buildings are important community resources and sources of neighborhood stability; where public schools are significant employers; and where distances to other schools can be substantial.

Given the growing body of evidence in this area, perhaps we are now at the stage where we can also begin to answer the «big question»: what impact are the changing models and structures having on school improvement and the attainment of all children and young people, especially the «unseen» highlighted by Sir Michael's report?

Assessment decisions will have a big impact on principals, who know the difference between leading a school constrained by punitively used tests that fail to measure many of the most important learning goals, and a school that uses thoughtful assessments to measure what matters and inform instruction.

They often are interested in helping their local schools and by showing them what you will get out of this conference that will make you a better school leader who can have a bigger impact on the kids, you can show them how important this conference really is.

The CTC's final recommendations on alternative certifications could have a big impact on Los Angeles schools.