Sentences with phrase «changes than any other school»

«They have far more changes than any other school did,» D.C. State Superintendent of Education Hanseul Kang said.

Not exact matches

If one child decides not to go to school, goes to a cheaper school than expected, gets a full scholarship (more on that in a minute), or for some other reason doesn't use all of the money, you can simply change the beneficiary on the account and give those funds to another child... or even to yourself, if you'd like to go back to school.

Also, maybe we can look at other part of the school lunch menu that need changing more than milk?

Bottom line is that teachers often bear the behavioural brunt of the inadequacies of children's lunch (school provided or home made) and for some schools radical approaches may seem more worth the fallout than others who may favour a softly creeping change.

Other announcements expected include reform of the system for diagnosing and helping children with special educational needs to give parents more choice in how they are schooled; reforms to the family justice system to speed up care proceedings so no cases take more than six months; and promised changes to the adoption system to make sure parents and children are matched more quickly.

The researchers used data from a five - year study that examined the negative consequences of students changing schools for reasons other than grade promotion and the impact of an outreach program designed to enhance relationships between families and school personnel.

The police and local councils use these maps to target prevention activities more precisely than is possible using police intelligence alone, including redirecting resources, changing police patrol routes, changing the licensing conditions of particular establishments, intervening in other locations, such as street violence hotspots, schools and parks, and the positioning of surveillance cameras.

«We hope that other scientists will use these data to answer questions such as why, unlike humans, some plants do not deteriorate as they age, why some environments are better for agriculture than others, and how fast plant populations will move in response to climate change,» said Yvonne Buckley, professor of Zoology in Trinity College Dublin's School of Natural Sciences.

More than any other school show, it attempted to reflect the realities of an urban classroom during years of radical change.

According to research presented at the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement in January 2011 (PDF, 168KB), «No other factor contributed to the change in student's achievement further than the intervention of DI.»

While the vast majority of the 965 candidates seeking certification through the so - called «alternative route» are nonteachers «looking for a career change,» an estimated 25 percent are people «currently teaching in a setting other than the public schools,» said Leo F. Klagholz, director of teacher preparation and certification for the state department of education.

As schools face continual change, greater scrutiny and restrictions on resources, it's more important than ever for school senior leadership teams (SLTs) and governors to engage effectively with parents and other stakeholders.

In other words, schools with more veteran teachers before the creation of the ERI program experienced much larger changes in teacher turnover and declines in teacher experience when the program was implemented than schools with fewer such teachers.

A study of 300 schools which increased their EBacc entry rates between 2010 and 2013 found that pupils» average attainment in GCSE English and maths increased following the curriculum changes and that pupils at these schools were also less likely to have left education after the age of 16, than peers at other schools.

Indeed, other changes have involved shifts in power at the local level or even decentralization below the school district level, rather than greater control by the state (or the federal government).

Rather than discussing the hypothetical, we'll show how other schools have already changed the decisions they've made and demonstrate that the green option is often the best option for schools, from an economic and educational standpoint as well as an environmental.

No other ethnic or racial group will do more to change the makeup of American schools over the next quarter - century than Hispanics.

Furthermore, there is no way of knowing to what extent changes in the school are due to the implementation of ideas of multiple intelligences rather than, for example, the energizing thrill of adopting a new schoolwide program, new statewide standards, or some other unknown factor.

I've bolded the changes so you can see how her argument could be used against any effort in school other than focusing on math and reading instruction:

While technology proliferates in schools today, some is more useful than others and needs to be straightforward to use and offer clear benefits that solve a real problem, as well as being adaptable to an individual school or college and to the changing needs of the education sector.

The sometimes - D schools experienced year - to - year changes in FCAT math scores that were only 2.4 points higher than all other Florida public schools, significantly less than the gains in both voucher - eligible and voucher - threatened schools.

Then there's the choice effect — which is to say that teachers may choose to leave for reasons other than the effect of the school, they might be attracted to a different career and they might want to change their career.

In addition to the Buffett interview, other summit sessions that NBC recently confirmed include: The Changing Face of Education — More than one in five students in the nation's public schools are Latino — constituting the largest, and fastest growing, minority group in our education system.

In addition to whatever other changes are playing out in schools (not to mention this year's test - takers are a slightly different group than last year's), states are using both new sets of assessments and new cut scores to determine proficiency rates.

Part of the point I was trying to make the other day, with my «More money to the parents» post, was that plenty of these parents, including poor parents, are a lot smarter than we — the system — gives them credit for and that if they had more choice (or the money to exercise those preferences) and fewer structural and institutional impediments to overcome, you'd see big changes in some of our slackard schools.

Perhaps more than any other modern - day institution, schooling is nearly impervious to change.

Among other things, he wrote, «It's probably time for education reformers and policymakers to admit that just pushing harder on test - driven accountability as the primary tool for changing our creaky old public - school system is apt to yield more backlash than accomplishment.»

Indiana education officials disagree with Opt Out organizers» assessment, saying they've changed the guidelines of the state's school letter grading system to consider figures other than test scores alone.

What may result are decisions as obvious as expanding the presence of teachers and other adults to monitor hallways, restrooms, and stairwells during class changes, a simple step that can have a greater day - to - day impact on safety than anything else school leaders do.

Scott notes that her study did not examine teacher perception surveys» uses other than the EES survey's relationship to student achievement nor did the research make any claims about whether changes in school goals, processes, and supports result in changes in student outcomes.

We appreciate greatly how the CSFA has disbursed program funding to charter schools far earlier than has happened previously and we look forward to working with the CSFA and others to make the additional changes that we need to expand eligibility for the program and make adjustments allowing SB740 funds to be used for debt service.

School improvement strategies and curriculum changes should not be made on the basis of score changes that may be caused by factors other than educational improvements.

While some schools and teachers, like the ones at Liberty, have fully bought into the changes and have access to resources to help them make those changes happen, in other places Common Core is seen as more of a top - down content shift rather than something that will produce significant changes in teaching.

Fortunately, no other personnel within a school district are in a greater position to lobby for these changes than school board members.

But the team did more than hatch an idea — they organized support for it, and for other changes in the school.

Bennett says the changes to the accountability system had no motive other than fairness for «combined» schools that both elementary and secondary grades.

In No Small Change: Targeting Money Toward Student Performance, researchers analyze more than 100 variables before they grade states from A to F on four major categories: the rigor and clarity of the state's standards in core subjects; its efforts to improve teacher quality; its school climate as measured by absenteeism, school safety, parental involvement, character education, and other variables; and the extent to which it provides resources equitably.

High rates of inexperienced and unlicensed teachers moved to charter schools, but among regularly licensed teachers changing schools, charter movers had higher licensure test scores than other moving teachers, and they were more likely to be highly experienced.

Well, the change that we made to improve our graduation rate is a change that hurts us on the test scores... We're showing these big improvements, our kids are performing closer to where they want to be — and they're not there yet — but in some cases, 30 — 40 percent higher on their test scores than [at other schools], but we're on the list.

Well, the change that we made to improve our graduation rate is a change that hurts us on the test scores... We're showing these big improvements, our kids are performing closer to where they want to be — and they're not there yet — but in some cases, 30 - 40 percent higher on their test scores than [at other schools], but we're on the list, and [other schools] are not, and I think the question is, why would that be?

Pryor and other charter school advocates claim that the Amistad Academy and other charter schools provide a measurably better education than do public schools and are engaged in an all out lobbying and public relations campaign to change the way Connecticut funds its schools, shifting scarce resources from our public schools to the charter schools.

Reconciling the pressures of austerity, a new school funding formula, a step change in national expectations of learners and ever vigilant Ofsted inspection can not be other than a huge challenge for school leaders and governors.

4) Change the culture to focus on performance: The thinking behind this strategy is to hire new people (even from fields other than education), provide training, and create new accountability systems that focus solely on the performance of teachers and schools.

«There's opposition because the charter school movement changes the fundamental power structure of public education, saying that entities other than school districts can successfully run public schools.»

Carol is author of more than 250 books, book chapters, articles, and other educational materials including (for ASCD): How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed - Ability Classrooms; The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners (2nd edition); Fulfilling the Promise of the Differentiated Classroom: Strategies and Tools for Responsive Teaching; Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design: Connecting Content and Kids (with Jay McTighe); The Differentiated School: Making Revolutionary Changes in Teaching and Learning (with Kay Brimijoin and Lane Narvaez); and Leading and Managing a Differentiated Classroom (with Marcia Imbeau).

A network of more than 250 schools, universities, libraries, startups, nonprofits, museums, and others, Remake Learning works to ignite engaging and relevant learning opportunities for every student — opportunities that leverage technology, art, and the learning sciences to help young people thrive amid unprecedented social and technological change.

Other than mixing stages and skaters from the first and second game, a few new modes and online multiplayer are the main changes that old school fans will enjoy.

Andy, you have given many openings for topics other than climate change and today's post on biofuels and yesterday's on earthquakes and schools certainly gets off the main thread.

Mackinac's director of labor policy is Vincent Vernuccio, who chairs a committee of the labor task force of the Bradley - supported American Legislative Exchange Council and previously has worked at the Bradley - supported Capital Research Center and Bradley - supported Competitive Enterprise Institute... MCLF spent much of last year helping to defend the new right - to - work law, in policy and legal arguments, as well as in the larger public discourse in the state and nationally... MCLF is working with the Bradley - supported National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation on this and several other legal matters surrounding implementation of right to work in Michigan... On education, among other things, Mackinac is analyzing mroe [sic] than 200 collective - bargaining agreements (CBAs) in the state, covering some 75 % of the state's public - school students, to see if and if so, how, they are adhering to the teacher - tenure and - evaluation policy changes.

Dear Judith Curry, I'm a retired public school teacher in Toronto who has been following your advice for a few years by somewhat reluctantly engaging various climate change sceptics and outright deniers in online media blogs and comment threads but when I encountered your Oct 1 piece entitled «Kill the IPCC:...» in Canada's Financial Post, I realized I had been following the advice of someone who has become something other than an impartial observer of the «climate change wars».