Turnaround Arts, a program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, empowers struggling schools with innovative arts, dance, theater, and music programs, arts integration across subject areas, arts resources, musical instruments, and high - profile artist mentors as a proven strategy to help address
broader school challenges and close the opportunity gap.
Turnaround Arts empowers high - need schools with innovative arts, dance, theater and music programs, arts integration across subject areas, arts resources, musical instruments, and high - profile artist mentors as a proven strategy to help address
broader school challenges and close the achievement gap.
Not exact matches
Self -
schooled in the history of European nationalism — especially as championed by Giuseppe Mazzini in Italy — Savarkar sought to give expression to a
broad cultural ideology that could
challenge the British Raj, counter Western influence more generally, and provide intellectual defenses against Muslim beliefs and the allegedly culture - destroying work of Christian missionaries.
Challenge Success partners with
schools, families, and communities to promote a
broad definition of success and to implement research - based strategies so that all kids are healthy and engaged with learning.
Pope has experience translating research for a
broad audience as a co-founder of
Challenge Success, which provides families and
schools with the practical, research - based tools they need to create a more balanced and academically fulfilling life for kids.
Understand the
broad challenges in
school food labor and the unique human resource
challenges in scratch - cook
school food programs.
The Conrad Foundation's Spirit of Innovation
Challenge (SOIC) presents high school students with a very broad challenge: create an innovative product that provides solution to a real - world problem such that someone can pay for it, by applying principles in science, technology, engineering and mathematic
Challenge (SOIC) presents high
school students with a very
broad challenge: create an innovative product that provides solution to a real - world problem such that someone can pay for it, by applying principles in science, technology, engineering and mathematic
challenge: create an innovative product that provides solution to a real - world problem such that someone can pay for it, by applying principles in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
The surveys found some
challenges to implementation, calling for policies and infrastructure that would make energy usage data easily accessible for students» learning as well as for
broader sharing with other
schools.
As part of the
broader Generating Genius program, Richards facilitated and hosted a
school challenge at ICL that paired pupils from inner city
schools and Eton College, the prestigious public
school, to help them understand different approaches to learning by solving science and engineering - based
challenges together.
Going from genetic results to biological understanding of disease is the next important
challenge,» said
Broad Institute member Steve McCarroll, also director of genetics in the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the
Broad and an assistant professor of genetics at Harvard Medical
School.
Crowdsourcing Education Innovation, For Cash Fast Company, May 18, 2011 «Another of the competition's judges, [Senior Lecturer] Joe Blatt of the Harvard Graduate
School of Education, notes that «The Global Education
Challenge gives anyone with a big idea that could change the lives of children on a
broad scale access to the resources that could make that idea a reality.»»
Chronic absenteeism; success in 9th grade courses; successful completion of a
broad and
challenging high
school curriculum (including things like AP and IB course - taking); sustained engagement; science performance; dropout rate
Even before the
Broad plan was leaked, the charter battle had been further politicized during the spring 2015
school board elections, in which charter founder Ref Rodriguez
challenged the union - friendly incumbent Bennett Kayser for a seat.
GoLandscape is an initiative that seeks to encourage
school leavers to consider a career in landscaping,
challenge false perceptions and demonstrate the
broad range of skills that are used within the industry.
From the Gates Foundation high
school initiative to the Annenberg
Challenge, from the Children's Scholarship Fund to the
Broad Prize for Urban Education, philanthropic efforts are playing a catalytic role in contemporary
school reform.
Given the social, political, and economic complexities of the modern world, high -
school students need a
broad, deep, liberal arts education that will enable them to meet the
challenges of the future as informed, thoughtful adults.
In an «open - system» approach, leaders are inclined to acknowledge more explicitly that
schools operate within a context of
broader challenges and needs.
The
challenge for our diverse, pluralistic and democratic society — a
challenge that, as ever, falls most heavily on
schools, the civic institutions with the
broadest reach in American life — is to blunt the sense that we are, in fact, coming apart.
However, before diving into the
challenges of distributing content to students and collecting work back, let's consider some of the
broader questions associated with getting students, and yourself, organized at the start of the
school year.
Independent Thinking founder Ian Gilbert's increasing frustration with educational policies that favour «no excuses» and «compliance», and that ignore the
broader issues of poverty and inequality, is shared by many others across the sphere of education — and this widespread disaffection has led to the assembly of a diverse cast of teachers,
school leaders, academics and poets who unite in this book to
challenge the status quo.
The fact that nearly half of the former high
school dropouts who join
ChalleNGe are white shows that a
broad swath of America's teenagers would profit from a healthy dose of academic and social development.
The launch of the publishing program enables Corwin to extend its support for Australian educators with a
broader range of resources to address the
challenges they face in their
schools and classrooms.
First, the programs can be
broad, aiming to incentivize policy changes in multiple areas in one fell swoop, or narrowly focused on a specific
challenge facing most
school systems.
Along the way, we are
challenging ourselves to re-imagine how
school can better serve students through collaboration, authentic problem solving, and opening windows between the disciplines of
school and the
broader community.
We identified
schools as essential environments for tackling these wider societal
challenges; they act as a microcosm of
broader society and represent a key stage in life for shaping and developing how one looks at the world.
This «academic care» is influenced by: personal qualities of teachers and their relationships with students; the curriculum and its ability to promote meaningful participation and positive learning experiences; the
school's organisational structure and its ability to offer safety, support, trust, guidance and
challenge; and links with the
broader community.
On the
broad resourcing
challenges that lie ahead, the changes to pay and conditions could result in
schools potentially allocating more money to certain high demand roles (maths, science, languages etc.) and less to roles that are easier to fill.
Funded by: Smith Richardson Foundation via subcontract w / Brown University Amount: $ 10,843 Dates: 1/1/17 — 7/1/20 Summary: In collaboration with researchers from Brown University Dr. Jones will examine the effects of Boston Public
School's autonomous hiring policy reform on student, teacher, and school outcomes, with the broader goal of examining the nature and challenges of the teacher hiring and match process in large urban school dist
School's autonomous hiring policy reform on student, teacher, and
school outcomes, with the broader goal of examining the nature and challenges of the teacher hiring and match process in large urban school dist
school outcomes, with the
broader goal of examining the nature and
challenges of the teacher hiring and match process in large urban
school dist
school districts.
In 2016, IDEA won the coveted
Broad Prize for Public Charter
Schools, and in 2017 The Washington Post's latest rankings of America's Most Challenging High Schools ranked all seven of IDEA's eligible College Preparatory high schools in the top 100 high schools nationwide and in the top 50 in
Schools, and in 2017 The Washington Post's latest rankings of America's Most
Challenging High
Schools ranked all seven of IDEA's eligible College Preparatory high schools in the top 100 high schools nationwide and in the top 50 in
Schools ranked all seven of IDEA's eligible College Preparatory high
schools in the top 100 high schools nationwide and in the top 50 in
schools in the top 100 high
schools nationwide and in the top 50 in
schools nationwide and in the top 50 in Texas.
Another of the competition's judges, Joe Blatt of the Harvard Graduate
School of Education, notes that «The Global Education
Challenge gives anyone with a big idea that could change the lives of children on a
broad scale access to the resources that could make that idea a reality.»
In this forum, president of Democrats for Education Reform Joe Williams speaks for the Education Equality Project and Pedro Noguera offers the
Broader, Bolder perspective on improving K — 12
schooling, the early record of the Obama administration, and the
challenges that lie ahead.
It also changed because STRIVE embraced the new
challenge, part of a
broader «equity agenda» that includes other changes in enrollment and
school practices.
A
broad range of students from different grade levels will offer a unique insight into the
challenges and disconnects between middle
school, high
school, and college.
The VSBA Green
Schools Challenge is an annual friendly competition designed to encourage implementation of specific environmental policies and practical actions that reduce the carbon emissions generated by both the local
school division and the
broader community.
The VSBA Green
Schools Challenge is a friendly competition designed to encourage implementation of specific environmental policies and practical actions that reduce the carbon emissions generated by both the local
school division and the
broader community.
Creating a
school community that is welcoming and caring, as well as academically
challenging and supportive, requires a
broad package of policies and practices.
Open Circle improves
school climate and helps address a
broad range of
challenging behaviors in
school, from disruption of classroom instruction to teasing, bullying, and fighting.
Indiana's Choice Scholarship bill, establishing the
broadest school voucher program in the country, is now facing a
challenge in state court.
So, while we discovered an abundance of research emphasizing the impact of a positive
school climate, the
challenge for our group was to listen to each other - and to the
broader community of educators and stakeholders - and identify recommendations that would create meaningful change in our district.
According to the National Association of Independent
Schools, independent schools in the 21st century face significant challenges to ensure their sustainability in five broad areas: finance, student demographics, curriculum, global perspective and environmental sustaina
Schools, independent
schools in the 21st century face significant challenges to ensure their sustainability in five broad areas: finance, student demographics, curriculum, global perspective and environmental sustaina
schools in the 21st century face significant
challenges to ensure their sustainability in five
broad areas: finance, student demographics, curriculum, global perspective and environmental sustainability.
The laws have become part of a
broader debate over the proliferation of charter
schools, private
school vouchers and everything else now dubbed «education reform,» a vague term used by self - professed reformers to describe nearly any attempts that call for
challenging the traditional public
school system.
Modeled on the successful Next Generation Learning
Challenges (NGLC) national grants, Breakthrough
Schools: D.C. is supported by NGLC funders (the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the
Broad Foundation, and the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation in Texas) and by a growing group of other local and national investors.
Devoting resources to those areas will help ensure that each child enters
school healthy and ready to learn, feels physically and emotionally safe, is actively engaged in learning and connected to the
broader school community, and is
challenged academically and prepared for postsecondary success.
Dirk Foch, managing director of Renaissance, called for a
broader debate on the role of reading in secondary
school: «We must work to ensure student literacy development continues to be followed and
challenged in secondary
school.
Many education advocates believe that teachers,
schools and the
broader community must partner to ensure that the supports exist to develop a child who is healthy, safe, engaged and
challenged.
Measures the percentage of juniors and seniors in high
school who complete
broad and
challenging coursework — including Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and honors courses — in order to incentivize participation in rigorous coursework and to reduce equity gaps among student subgroups enrolled in advanced courses.
Denise is a Senior Lecturer in the Stanford
School of Education and co-founder of
Challenge Success, a research and intervention project that aims to reduce unhealthy pressure on youth and champions a
broader vision of youth success.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6, 2014 — Educators in at least four major cities across the United States will compete to win funds to redesign or build new
schools that personalize instruction for their students through a $ 2.4 million grant to the Next Generation Learning
Challenges (NGLC), The Eli and Edythe
Broad Foundation announced today.
According to the Coalition, all students can achieve high levels of learning if 1) the
school has a core instructional program with qualified teachers, a
challenging curriculum, and high expectations for all students; 2) students are motivated and engaged in learning — both in
school and in community settings; 3) the basic physical, mental, and emotional health needs of young people and their families are recognized and addressed; 4) mutual respect and effective collaboration take place among parents, families, and
school staff; and 5) community engagement, together with
school efforts, promote a
school climate that is safe, supportive, and respectful and that connects students to a
broader learning community.
Rural
schools in Arizona have a
broad spectrum of needs and the proposal to increase teacher funding by 20 % over three years and restore soft capital funding over five years enables local
school leaders to more effectively address the
challenges facing our
schools.