Sentences with phrase «boost achievement for»

If schools that backfill are nevertheless able to boost achievement for kids they've had for a while, they should get credit for that.

While this program, championed by liberals such as New York City's new mayor Bill de Blasio, might boost achievement for at - risk kids — it is part of Canada's initiative as well — it is also likely to add union jobs.

Looking for engaging professional development opportunities that will boost achievement for ALL students?

This study shows that schools with very high quality general education programs can boost achievement for students with disabilities.

Philanthropy has also contributed to this narrowing as it directed most of its K — 12 dollars toward strategies and schools that promised to boost achievement for the neediest kids.

But it fell short in others, particularly in boosting achievement for student subgroups such as special education students.

While the report's authors conclude that too few districts in the state are adequately transitioning English learners to these new standards, they spotlight 11 California school districts that have been particularly successful in boosting achievement for these students and describe the specific practices tied to the Common Core that have made the most impact.

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For the Chicago Public Schools, the empty seats undermine efforts to boost achievement and cost the district millions in attendance - based funding.

EdVoice network members have sent over 100,000 letters to help protect school funding and push for important reforms to boost student achievement.

A new report says the NYC Education Department's support networks for public schools fail to boost student achievement, just days ahead of an announcement by city Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña to overhaul the massive, citywide system.

A new report says the Education Department's support networks for public schools fail to boost student achievement, just days ahead of an announcement by city Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña to overhaul the massive, citywide system.

As much as Cuomo tried to steer the conversation toward past achievements and future successes he also decried the state's failures to boost the economy for all, house a growing homeless population, and provide low - income

The scientists were formally recognized for their achievements and acknowledged as representatives of the fellowship's goals to boost representation of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at an awards ceremony at the Embassy of France in Washington, D.C., where the winners celebrated with other women in science and their supporters.

It also recommends that the government help to create 1000 new STEM - focused schools across the country and assist in a $ 15,000 - a-year salary boost for a cadre of 22,000 master math and science teachers with exemplary records of boosting student achievement and participation in science.

The physics Nobelist who recently stepped down as point person for the Obama Administration's efforts to improve U.S. science education told Congress yesterday that many federally funded programs don't draw upon current research about how people learn and, therefore, haven't managed to boost student achievement.

Studies have found that simple confidence - boosting exercises can help shrink academic achievement gaps for some of those stereotyped.

This concept of race matching — where, for instance, Black students prefer or perform better with Black teachers — has been shown to boost student achievement.

His biggest achievement, however, was his co-invention of a system for boosting the efficiency of Fermilab's Tevatron.

But some perennial topics have acquired a different focus; for example, the question about the internet has shifted from ensuring access to cybersecurity and privacy, and the question dealing with education now focuses on attracting more women and minorities into the scientific workforce rather than on boosting overall student achievement.

«There is a greater sense of pride and achievement when playing a team sport as you're all working together for a shared goal and this boosts self - esteem so you feel better about yourself,» Dr Adams says.

Of course, the 120 - plus critics, broadcasters, and writers who make up the London Film Critics» Circle likely have no overlap with Oscar voters, but it's still a nice boost for both «Amour,» which also landed best actress honors for Emanuelle Riva, and «Life of Pi,» which also recieved a special award for Technical Achievement of the Year for visual effects supervisor Bill Westenhofer.

The only thing it was really noted for upon release was for having a rather cheeky achievement — finish it on Hell Mode to boost your Gamerscore by 1 lousy point.

Integrating social media icons for learners to share their progress or achievements on social platforms can boost their performance.

For instance, although he cites one successful example of an effort to move poor kids into schools in better neighborhoods, the Moving to Opportunity program — a randomized, controlled trial of this approach — has not had much success in boosting school achievement among poor kids.

When President - elect Donald Trump tapped Betsy DeVos as his pick for U.S. Secretary of Education, he triggered a debate over whether widespread school choice — like the voucher system that DeVos supports — would really boost student achievement across the country.

They were chosen after taking part in a competitive application process, and impressing judges with their enthusiasm for using digital technology to boost pupil learning and achievement.

Although praised for its students» education achievement, South Korea needs to boost the creative dimension of learning, Byong - man Ahn writes.

Consider asking for the specific help you need, while explaining to parents how their support in targeted academic areas will boost student achievement.

This multiple - measures system boosts performance among teachers most immediately facing consequences for their ratings, and promotes higher rates of turnover among the lowest - performing teachers, with positive consequences for student achievement.

Proponents of later start times, who have received considerable media attention in recent years, argue that many students who have to wake up early for school do not get enough sleep and that beginning the school day at a later time would boost their achievement.

For further analysis, read «It Pays to Improve School Quality: States that boost student achievement could reap large economic gains,» by Eric Hanushek, Jens Ruhose, and Ludger Woessmann.

As educators search for ways to boost perennially low levels of student achievement, many are zeroing in on what they consider a root cause of poor performance: the lack of students» motivation to learn.

For example, it could be the case that more - motivated principals lobby the district to receive a later start time and also employ other strategies that boost student achievement.

But it is showing that with commitment and a willingness to experiment, blended learning has great potential not just for improving efficiency and reducing costs, but for boosting student achievement across the board.

Raising student achievement, boosting high school graduation rates and college completion rates, re-envisioning vocational education to equip our kids for twenty - first - century jobs — all of that matters immensely.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Studies of two middle - school programs for high - achieving students — known as gifted and talented (G&T) programs — show that being placed in programs with academically strong peers does not boost students» achievement over and above what is learned in a regular classroom from the start of 6th grade to mid-way through 7th grade.

These results add to evidence that boosting student achievement has few simple fixes — particularly in a school district like Houston, in which 88 percent of students are black or Hispanic, about 30 percent have limited English proficiency, and about 80 percent are eligible for free or reduced - price lunch.

Read «Early Retirement Payoff: Incentive programs for veteran teachers may boost student achievement» online at http://educationnext.org and available in the Summer issue of Education Next.

Last January, President George W. Bush lauded the program as a model for boosting student achievement in science and math.

If you run a small school in a poor city, and you're trying to boost outcomes for your students by awarding scholarships to encourage attendance and achievement, do you give the scholarships to the best students, or to the neediest?

It does so by boosting the ranking of teachers who are assigned more students whose family backgrounds and language and disability statuses are associated with lower academic achievement — much like the standard practice for scoring competitive diving, in which the raw score of the judges is multiplied by the degree of difficulty of the dive.

That's the approach that allowed Tom Dee and Brian Jacob, for example, to inform us that NCLB - style accountability likely boosted math achievement in the 2000s.

In the end, the teacher professionalism agenda has functioned like a black hole, sucking in much of the available energy, attention, and funds and leaving little for other reforms - not just other teacher - related reforms (such as those urged by the Excellence Commission), but also a very different list of changes (technology, choice programs, preschool, new curricula) that might prove more effective and economical as strategies for boosting pupil achievement.

Such pay innovations should also boost student achievement and, because they are based on performance, strengthen the argument for dramatically raising teacher salaries — at least for those with the highest levels of professional expertise.

Her litany of complaints about the academic results of Klein's «radical restructuring» is somewhat familiar — «inflating» test results and «taking shortcuts» to boost graduation — except for the charge that «the recalibration of the state scores revealed that the achievement gap among children of different races in New York City was virtually unchanged between 2002 and 2010, and the proportion of city students meeting state standards dropped dramatically, almost to the same point as in 2002.»

Two years after A Nation at Risk (1983), the country was hungry for proven ways of boosting student achievement.

For the past decade, school reform has been primarily about «closing achievement gaps» by boosting math and reading proficiency and graduation rates, among black, Latino, and poor students.

This pay structure seeks to enhance the professional expertise of teachers by rewarding them for meeting certain professional standards — with the expectation that meeting such standards will boost student achievement.

Thus, the extent to which we can boost motivation and engagement has direct implications for the extent to which we can boost learning, achievement, and enjoyment.

In an effort to boost achievement and better prepare students for the workforce, President Obama is spearheading a program that will bring high - speed Internet access to 99 percent of America's K - 12 schools.