The AFT report concludes: Children can achieve when they are taught the basics early; when they are
challenged by high standards and a rich curriculum; and when caring, firm adults pay strict attention to the quality of students» work and behavior.
Not exact matches
Celebrating 170 years of
high quality paper production in 2015, the business has been carefully stewarded and nurtured
by six generations of the Cropper family and is renowned globally for individual expertise in colour, dedicated responses to the most
challenging custom projects and award - winning commitment to the
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Results indicated that increasing the available carbohydrate content of the
standard food
challenge by 25 %, 50 % and 100 % with the addition of a
high carbohydrate breakfast cereal resulted in glucose AUCi values that were 32 %, 44 %, and 65 %, respectively,
higher than
standard -
challenge values.
With the title still a possibility, now has to be the time for the form players, like France captain Nasri and the plucky and confident Wilshere, to lead
by deed and word and drag their team - mates up to their own
high standard, where difficulty is a
challenge to be met head on, and victory the only goal.
The appeal is
challenging the orders made
by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal
High Court in Abuja on June 29 and October 14, 2016, which the Independent National Electoral Commission acted on
by dropping Jegede and replacing him with Ibrahim as the party's
standard bearer in the forthcoming election in the state.
BERLIN (Reuters)- Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has found traces of chemicals that can pollute waterways in children's clothing and shoes made
by luxury brands,
challenging the sector's reputation for
higher standards than those of mass fashion.
The Student Editions include: • Links to instructional videos, audio, or texts • Links to practice quizzes or activities • 12 assessments that include a total of 39 multiple choice, 2 true / false, and 2 sorting questions • Definitions of key terms related to each of the
standards • Examples of how students can apply the
standards to their reading and deepen their understanding of what they are reading • Excerpts from several
high - quality texts, including: - «Harriet: The Moses of Her People»
by Sarah H. Bradford - «The Narrative of Sojourner Truth»
by Olive Gilbert and Sojourner Truth - «On Women's Right to Vote»
by Susan B. Anthony - «Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death»
by Patrick Henry • Accompanying Teaching Notes files The Teaching Notes files include: • Additional activities and writing prompts to help your students explore the
standard • Links to additional resources • Ideas to differentiate the activities for students who need extra support or to be
challenged further • Answer guides with correct answers, answer choice rationales, word counts, and DOK (Depth of Knowledge) levels
«Tonight, I issue a
challenge to the nation: Every state should adopt
high national
standards and,
by 1999, every state should test every fourth grader in reading and every eighth grader in math to make sure these
standards are met.»
Companies that back the competition in this way help to
challenge apprentices to work efficiently under pressure; support common inspection framework
standards by using competition activity to deliver a
high quality skills set; and assess apprentices» functional skills against real life work scenarios.»
Helping states meet Title I's requirement that they have
challenging content and performance
standards in at least math and English / language arts
by the fall of 1997 and
high - quality aligned assessments
by 2000 - 2001.
«All of us think our children should be
challenged by difficult tasks in school and that the performance of teachers in the classroom should be judged
by the
highest standards, but there is no scientific validity whatsoever to the use of
high stakes tests as the primary instrument for evaluating children and teachers.
Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed
by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for
high academic
standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting),
challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41
By expanding school choice to all students in Mississippi, schools would now have stronger incentives to meet the
challenge of reaching the student's individual needs and educating them to a
higher standard.
By empowering parents with
high - quality public school options,
challenging students to meet
high standards, and grounding the system with strong accountability at every level, New Orleans has become a model of reform for the nation.
Yet a separate survey
by the Center on Education Policy at George Washington University found that education commissioners in 35 of the states that have signed onto the Common Core report major or minor
challenges in working with
higher - education institutions on the transition to the new
standards.
He works closely with K — 12 schools across the nation developing active and authentic teaching and learning experiences that address the cognitive rigor of college and career ready
standards by challenging and engaging students to demonstrate
higher - order thinking and communicate depth of knowledge.
By establishing and maintaining
high standards, we hope to develop responsible, productive citizens who will be prepared to meet the
challenges of the future.
By providing key tools, training and support, our programs are designed to foster growth in teachers as instructional leaders, in parents as support partners, and in students as learners who can meet the
challenge of
high academic
standards.
Four fifths now leave before retirement age and many blame this on working hours —
high by international
standards — and working conditions that have been made
challenging by sweeping reforms to school curricula and an increasingly
challenging environment of accountability.
And his unique perspective of the intricate
challenges that school districts face in their determination to set
high academic
standards, build a framework for success, and then sustain achievement, positions him to lead
by example and demonstrate student success as both an individual and corporate priority.
Math Community — There are various Math Communities that help districts and schools with
high numbers of disadvantaged children in meeting
challenging learning
standards by providing additional academic support and opportunities.
The mission of the ECG is to make a positive different in the lives of students
by providing exceptionally
challenging educational opportunities that support academic development at the
highest standards.
ESSA requires each state to establish
challenging state academic
standards in mathematics, reading / language arts, science and any other subject determined
by the state, that are aligned with entrance requirements for credit - bearing coursework in the system of public
higher education in the state and relevant career and technical education
standards.
With the most powerful engine ever to be found in a MINI, the all - wheel drive system ALL4 as
standard and suspension technology geared towards the very
highest performance properties, it is both able to meet the diverse demands of day - to - day traffic and rise to the
challenges posed
by the race track.
Even
by Dark Souls
standards, it's brutally difficult —
high - level Souls veterans can expect a proper
challenge.
In this case, Microsoft
challenged the strength of that presumption — arguing that a low «preponderance»
standard for proving invalidity should be sufficient rather than the
higher «clear and convincing»
standard required
by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
While this is understandable as we come to grips with the
challenges of delivering buildings to such a
high standard, there is less attention paid to the benefits delivered
by the
standard and wider aspects of the passivhaus design process.
The Solvency II proposal aims to meet these new
challenges, not
by increasing the overall levels of capital requirements — ie how much an insurance firm must put aside to meet any claims that may arise — but rather
by ensuring a
high standard of risk assessment and efficient capital allocation.
Jourova said that an extant
challenge against so - called
standard contractual clauses (SCCs)-- which are used
by the likes of Facebook (and many other companies) to transfer personal data between their EU and US businesses, and which earlier this month the Irish
High said it would refer to Europe's top court for a preliminary ruling — is relevant to Privacy Shield because it could also have implications for the latter's future viability (i.e. if the ECJ decides SCCs do not in fact offer adequate protection for citizens» data).
The first article
by the UN
High Representative for Disarmament Affairs on what she says «many now call killer robots,» a
challenge requiring «some global
standards.»
Uber
challenged Transport for London's plans in court in August, arguing that the
standard of reading and writing being required
by the regulator was too
high.
Mary is quick on her feet and be able to make smart decisions instantly, she is constantly
challenging herself
by analyzing how she can improve her performance, all of these positive attributes allow her to deliver a
higher standard of performance to her employers.
To grow in the career
by adding value to the assignments undertaken there
by gaining the customer satisfaction To use my technical and lead skills in a
challenging and dynamic environment to produce
high standard deliverables Passion to work with the team of vibrant people and to acquire new skills and work with different technologies Interested in Big Data (Hadoop), Cloud computing and SOA