Sentences with phrase «by focusing on literacy»

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A Ted Talk by British researcher Richard Wilkinson, for example, focuses on the harm to society that results from economic inequality — notably the gaps within (not between) societies, which includes life expectancy, literacy, infant mortality, crime, teenage births, obesity and mental illness.

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In addition to their focus on language and literacy — by creating a space in the home, however small, where children can access books and educational materials — Gads Hill also provides resources that help support family stability, Garcia noted.

In rushing to meet a tight deadline set by NIH, Snow said her panel also avoided examining how literacy is acquired, both at school and in informal settings, and focused just on adult literacy.

For another take, please see «Focus on Higher Order Literacy Skills,» by Nonie Leseaux.

We've gone about much literacy reform guided by the assumption that if we focus on the act of reading — putting the letters and sounds together to read words — then students will engage in deep comprehension.

Other benefits highlighted by these stakeholders included: Literacy and numeracy assessments can be used to celebrate learning, identify strengths, needs, barriers to learning and allow teachers to make informed and objective judgements about learning; Focusing teachers» and schools» attention on the need for phonics to be taught explicitly and systematically to achieve the necessary level of word reading skills that are required to develop skilled reading; Early identification of children with learning difficulties or [those who] need additional instruction.

According to Gittler, it can be seen as the result of efforts made by ConTextos, an international nonprofit she founded in 2010, which focuses on literacy development in Central America.

«They feel they are not doing a good job by their pupils because they are having to focus on literacy and maths, which are important, but are not everything.

The algorithm employed by the software considers each child's entering skill level and progress made during the school year to recommend several dimensions of instruction, including assignment to small, homogenous ability groups, the amount of time spent on code - versus meaning - focused literacy, and teacher / child versus child - managed delivery.

It's partly trying to say, «Let's do one thing well., If kids can't read by the third grade, we know the chance of their school success is very grim, so let's focus on this one thing,» third grade reading,» make sure we do it well and get schools, communities, parents,» everybody,» focused on this one literacy goal, and get the mayor trumpeting the importance of literacy all the time.

Among opponents of the Common Core, one of the more popular targets of vitriol is the standards» focus on improving literacy by introducing higher levels of textual complexity into the instructional mix.

Now living in Washington, D.C., Hecker is the founder and president of Reach Incorporated, a nonprofit organization focused on improving literacy skills by offering struggling adolescent readers an opportunity to tutor in high - need D.C. elementary schools.

Released June 21 by the Washington - based Partnership for 21st Century Skills, the report surveys measures that focus on such topics as global awareness; financial, economic, business, and civic literacy; higher - order thinking and problem - solving; interpersonal and self - directional skills; and information - and communications - technology literacy.

09, is the founder and president of Reach Incorporated, a nonprofit organization focused on improving literacy skills by offering struggling adolescent readers an opportunity to tutor in high - need D.C. elementary schools.

Her research focuses on young children's literacy and vocabulary development, particularly as it is influenced by communication between children and their caregivers.

Here is a lesson that begins by focusing on finding the mean and the literacy of this topic.

«By and large — both in public and independent school education — there is still a tendency to focus on the disciplines separately, and, frankly, there's a lot of value in that,» says Heidi Hayes Jacobs, a highly regarded education consultant, president of Curriculum 21, and author of several influential books on improving K - 12 education, including Interdisciplinary Curriculum: Design and Implementation and Active Literacy Across the Curriculum.

While reducing class sizes and increasing teacher quality have also been estimated to increase student achievement by roughly 0.1 standard deviation, the costs of such programs far exceed those of the literacy hour program, which focuses only on changing teachers» practices.

The fund, announced by the Education Secretary, will include a new focus on boosting literacy and numeracy skills in Reception year

This worksheet was created by www.primaryleap.co.uk Learning phonics - a year 3 literacy worksheet that focuses on «able» and «ible».

If kids can't read by the third grade, we know the chance of their school success is very grim, so let's focus on this one thing — third grade reading — make sure we do it well and get schools, communities, parents — everybody — focused on this one literacy goal, and get the mayor trumpeting the importance of literacy all the time.

Future success is better predicted by students who have exercised an element of choice and autonomy in their learning and a broad curriculum focused on literacy, numeracy, social studies, science, and the arts.

«The Council is focusing its resources on supporting teachers and teams as they make their own professional decisions — informed by reflection and research — about how best to foster literacy learning.»

by creating posters focusing on embedded literacy, science and social studies topics, high quality products and fieldwork, experts, and service - learning.

The plan then focuses on training students to achieve computer literacy by the end of eighth grade.

First, we are working to more strongly connect our turnaround practices to our statewide strategy for improving curriculum and instruction, in particular by focusing on early grades literacy and middle grades mathematics.

Lessons vary by grade level and will focus on library skills, literature appreciation and digital literacy skills.

However, Visible Learning for Literacy by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey and John Hattie also focuses on student outcomes and their strategies are far easier to implement as I strive to accelerate learning for students in special education.

Most articles illustrate the trials and tribulations of practitioners» and scholars» attempts, highlighting a host of reasons for their exclusion: established school cultures that misunderstand the purpose and process of youth - adult leadership practices, relentless focus on achieving student outcomes measured almost singularly by high - stakes literacy and numeracy exams, and budgets and school schedules that defund and devalue youth leadership activity.

By removing science from accountability measures and promoting a «STEM» initiative that focuses on technology, Pennsylvania's students are likely to see decreased resources devoted to the development of scientific literacy and the practices of science and engineering.

• The «blended learning» model of education exemplified by the Rocketship chain of charter schools — often promoted by charter boosters — is predicated on paying minimal attention to anything but math and literacy, and even those subjects are taught by inexperienced teachers carrying out data - driven lesson plans relentlessly focused on test preparation.

This program makes an impact on the lives of children, teachers and families, and makes a difference in communities by focusing on these specific second grade literacy skills.

«This is why we need to close the word gap in the early years, by focusing on key early language and literacy skills, so that all children can begin school ready to thrive.»

and makes a difference in communities by focusing on these specific second grade literacy skills.

Among the recommendations made in the report are the development of a common vocabulary for the different types of assessment and use of that common vocabulary by teacher preparation programs to focus on developing assessment literacy.

When asked for more information, parents and teachers loved the fact that when their children were on the devices, the eWriters focused students on their literacy activities and prevented them from being distracted by other apps and games.

She was appointed Executive Director of the reconstituted Mayor's Commission on Literacy by then - Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter in January 2011, who charged her with focusing the work of the Commission on adult work - readiness for the City's large, under - educated population.

In the second year, when you are employed as a fully - licensed lead teacher, you'll broaden your knowledge by focusing on unit planning and incorporating literacy across content areas.

Change children's outcomes with a focus on early literacy by implementing Reading Recovery in your school.

And both can help school leaders ensure successful implementation of the new standards by promoting a focus on rigor, literacy - saturated learning experiences, and curricular coherence.

Our approach to teacher development with a focus on students» academic language / literacy skills in content specific context is influenced by SFL that views learning as a linguistic process.

«By linking intelligent, validated recommendations with the assessments teachers already rely on, we can reduce the amount of time spent gathering data and increase the amount of time delivering focused, intentional literacy instruction.»

By Sharon Darling: An often overlooked strategy to achieve college and career readiness is family engagement that is focused on literacy development across generations.

More than half.That should mean that we could improve the problem by at least half by providing equal access to summer learning opportunities for disadvantaged students — and yet the creation of effective summer learning programs for lower - income students has not been a significant focus of literacy efforts in the U.S. Let's look at some of the latest facts on summer learning loss:

Funded by the Annenberg Foundation, this initiative focuses on literacy and math coaches providing support to teachers from across the major subject areas to create literacy - rich classrooms in which students actively engage in learning tasks that deepen their content knowledge and strengthen their abilities to think critically and communicate well.

The intervention attended to both the language and literacy needs of English language learners; for example, the student booklets included activities and strategies to strengthen students» reading and writing by using «specific comprehension questions about inquiry activities, strategies to enhance comprehension of science information in expository text at the end of each lesson, and [focus on] various language functions (e.g., describing, explaining, reporting, drawing conclusions «in the context of science inquiry»)» (Lee et al., 2008b, p. 38).

Focusing particularly on the schools with the highest numbers of disadvantaged pupils and greatest literacy challenges, we will spend # 8m directly funding both programmes that have already been evaluated by the EEF with good results and support disciplined innovations that show promise.

The authors suggest that the literacy coach begin by connecting a new initiative to current practice to validate teachers» prior efforts, choose generative practices that raise important questions about teaching, establish teaching credentials by spending significant amounts of time teaching in the classroom, focus teacher training on student learning, use a repertoire of coaching strategies, and get into the habit of regularly videotaping and reviewing lessons and demonstrations.

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