His first book, Whatever it Takes, published in 2008, probes inner - city schools and poverty through a man's efforts to
boost education achievement in New York City's Harlem.
Not exact matches
According to Buffalo News
Education Reporter Jay Rey, supporters believe the changes will
boost student
achievement and parental involvement.
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.
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.
A program aimed at reducing behavior problems in order to
boost academic
achievement has improved performance in math and reading among low - income kindergartners and first graders, according to a study by researchers at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture,
Education, and Human Development.
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.
Clinton Challenges Nation to Improve Math and Science
Education On March 16, President Clinton President challenged the education community to take the steps necessary to boost student achievement in math and
Education On March 16, President Clinton President challenged the
education community to take the steps necessary to boost student achievement in math and
education community to take the steps necessary to
boost student
achievement in math and science.
Education took center stage in Iowa's 2006 legislative session, resulting in measures to
boost teacher salaries, start a pilot program that bases teacher pay on student
achievement, expand preschool, and establish statewide graduation requirements.
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.
One group of award - winning teachers says that the greatest
boosts to student
achievement come from linking learning to real life and getting parents involved in their children's
education.
And it put a special focus on ensuring that states and schools
boost the performance of certain groups of students, such as English - language learners, students in special
education, and poor and minority children, whose
achievement, on average, trails their peers.
New findings coauthored by Harvard Graduate School of
Education Dean Kathleen McCartney, published today in the September / October 2009 issue of Child Development, reveals the quality of early childcare may play a role in
boosting reading and math
achievement among low - income youth.
Although praised for its students»
education achievement, South Korea needs to
boost the creative dimension of learning, Byong - man Ahn writes.
Even leaving this concern aside and accepting the 0.08 of standard deviation
achievement boost, Hanushek finds that «we are hard pressed to come up with any other
education program working at (national scale) that has produced such results.»
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.
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.
The President called on the nation to move forward on his plan to improve American
education and issued new challenges to
boost student
achievement in math and science.
The recent TIMSS findings demonstrate the importance of President Clinton's bold plan to improve American
education and
boost student
achievement in math, science, and other academic subjects.
«The Accountability Plateau,» by Mark Schneider, just published by
Education Next and the Fordham Institute, makes a big point: that «consequential accountability,» à la No Child Left Behind and the high - stakes state testing systems that preceded it, corresponded with a significant one - time
boost in student
achievement, particularly in primary and middle school math.
A growing number of examples show that used well, blended learning — and hence
education technology — can help
boost student
achievement in both charter and district school settings.
«
Education governors,» many from southern states in need of an
achievement boost, joined forces with leading business organizations to promote higher expectations and a better - educated workforce.
Sometimes it seems as if we've tried everything in our efforts to reform public
education, yet nothing has worked to
boost student
achievement at scale.
This study shows that schools with very high quality general
education programs can
boost achievement for students with disabilities.
If the solution to the problems of educational
achievement were as simple as
boosting financial aid and providing more funds to preschools, a few well - intentioned foundations could easily transform large chunks of the
education system.
Education researchers and teachers are working together to explore strategies to
boost Indigenous student
achievement in STEM subjects.
The Association for
Education Finance and Policy (AEFP), in conjunction with the Walton Family Foundation, has selected Mathematica's report «Do KIPP Schools
Boost Student
Achievement?»
Our experienced consultants have helped schools and districts, including First Nation schools, create culturally relevant, engaging, standards - based curricula that motivates learning,
boosts academic
achievement, and increases student efficacy, creating a foundation for a high - quality
education for all students.
Mentors for New Teachers Found to
Boost Student
Achievement — by a Lot - Teaching Now -
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This is the fourth entry in the
Education Leader's Guide to Reading Growth, a 7 - part series examining the growth factors and growth predictors for
boosting reading
achievement.
This prestigious award is given to select schools across the nation that The U.S. Department of
Education (USED) Green Ribbon Schools recognizes as schools that save energy, reduce costs, feature environmentally sustainable learning spaces, protect health, foster wellness and offer environmental education to boost academic achievement and community en
Education (USED) Green Ribbon Schools recognizes as schools that save energy, reduce costs, feature environmentally sustainable learning spaces, protect health, foster wellness and offer environmental
education to boost academic achievement and community en
education to
boost academic
achievement and community engagement.
Prior to joining the foundation, Orville was a Senior Research Analyst at the
Education Trust - West, where he conducted research and advocated for policies to
boost educational
achievement and close opportunity gaps impacting students of color and students in poverty in California schools.
«When a First Nation makes
education a priority, we create a caring environment for
boosting Anishinaabe students» self - esteem, which in turn
boosts academic
achievement.»
This week, Gov. Mark Dayton signed an omnibus
education bill with a provision creating a powerful incentive for school districts and charter schools to work more closely to
boost student
achievement...
Listen to a panel of K - 12
education leaders share the strategies they've used to improve classroom instruction and
boost student
achievement.
Texas should
boost how much it spends on students learning English to better ensure they get an adequate
education and improve
achievement gaps, according to a report from the San Antonio - based Intercultural Research Development Association released at a symposium Monday at Our Lady of the Lake University.
From right, Bridgeport
Education Association President Gary Peluchette, CEA President Sheila Cohen, and CEA Vice President Jeff Leake listen to Curiale teacher Katie McLeod explain an exciting plan to
boost student
achievement at the school.
The legislation, Senate Bill 438, An Act Concerning
Education Reform in Connecticut, covers an array of issues designed to provide new chances to
boost student
achievement.
Worried that American students have fallen behind their overseas peers, U.S. policymakers are looking at
education systems abroad for ideas on how to
boost achievement here by making lessons more rigorous.
One of the few tenets of
education policy upon which most agree is that high quality teachers are the key to
boosting student
achievement.
Mentors for New Teachers Found to
Boost Student
Achievement — by a Lot - Teaching Now -
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The New Jersey
Education Association, which represents the vast majority of districts in the state, was quick to argue that merit pay undermines collegiality and fails to
boost achievement.
The report's authors, of the National Center on Performance Incentives (NCPI) at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of
Education, stress that their research design was just one of many possible approaches to giving teachers incentives to
boost student
achievement.
Philanthropist Eli Broad and U.S. Secretary of
Education Arne Duncan came together at the Library of Congress in Washington this morning to commend Houston's leaders and those of other large urban school district that have made strides in recent years in
boosting student
achievement and reducing
achievement gaps between low - income students and students of color and their more advantaged peers.
Education research suggests smaller class sizes, particularly in grades K - 3, can
boost student performance and some say it could even assuage longstanding
achievement gaps between children from low - income and affluent homes.
Given the magnitude of the opportunity gaps in
education, we need to do whatever we can to
boost student
achievement.
But as Trump seeks to shrink the federal government's role in
education, he's trying to claw back that funding, arguing that the programs don't actually
boost student
achievement like they're supposed to.
Mentors for New Teachers Found to
Boost Student
Achievement — by a Lot — Teaching Now —
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While some of that work involves
boosting academic
achievement, we can't overlook the crisis in funding for Illinois higher
education as a factor, too.
Most winning states made what the Broader, Bolder Approach to
Education labeled «unrealistic and impossible» promises to
boost student
achievement in exchange for prizes that were ultimately paltry in comparison with their pledges.