Sentences with phrase «children of all backgrounds learn»

«In classrooms and after - school programs nationwide, Sanford Harmony is helping children of all backgrounds learn to respect each other and collaborate, creating a foundation that will last a lifetime.»

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He added: «Religious and non-religious people alike recognise that both children and society are best served when people from a range of different backgrounds are brought together to learn with and from one another, and that is exactly what the 50 per cent cap sought to achieve.»

Sixty miles north of San Francisco near the historic town of Occidental, CYO Camp is a Catholic community where, for more than 65 years, children of all religious backgrounds learn the values of caring, honesty, fairness, respect, and responsibility, in a challenging and nurturing natural environment.

Other issues in children adopted from institutions and / or from traumatic backgrounds: The adoption community and related specialists have done extensive research and developed reams of information on language acquisition, developmental delays, learning differences, behavioral issues, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and other challenges that some of these children can face.

While away at a resident camp, your tween will learn to work with other campers, and get along with children from a variety of backgrounds.

Leticia Barr created this blog out of a desire to funnel her background in teaching and her passion for STEM - learning into a resource parents could turn to in helping to educate and equip their own children.

The report authors want to see «a system in which teaching and learning responds to the needs of children, young people and their parents or carers, and in which a child's chance of success is not related to their socio - economic background, gender or ethnicity».

«We need to be much more aware of the impact that this noise might have on children,» Newman said, «and make a point of trying to turn off background television, background radio, background noise sources for at least some of the time when we're interacting with our children, to give them the best opportunity to learn from that input.»

In addition, Brito also recommends that policies and programs accommodate children from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds, as children learning two languages do so in a variety of different contexts and with different caregivers.

The research by leading early learning scientists looked at children from a wide variety of backgrounds, including those from advantaged and disadvantaged families, and those who had suffered brain injury.

Although parents from advantaged backgrounds spoke more with their children, there was no difference between advantaged and disadvantaged families in the quality of the word - learning experiences parents gave their children.

«As multilingual children have different language backgrounds and experience, this allows assessment of their capacity to learn language, rather than comparing with what is «normal» where there are varied levels of existing knowledge.»

Of course we need to organize our schools to promote «acquiring background knowledge, accruing expertise, and developing independent learning,» as Alex urges, and who could argue against children growing and developing confidence as learners?

Lesaux's research focuses on the reading development and the health and well - being of children who are at risk for learning difficulties, including children from language - minority and low socioeconomic backgrounds, and children with language impairments.

Teaching children to read is central to a teacher's calling, but a large body of evidence shows that teachers get weak training in individual learning differences and in teaching reading to students with diverse backgrounds and abilities.

Second round funding When announcing the 277 schools that will receive money through the second round of funding, Education Secretary Morgan said: «This announcement is a major step towards ensuring all children no matter what their background and no matter where they live have access to the best possible schools and learn in an environment that gives them the knowledge and skills to succeed in the global race.»

More support is needed to ensure these pupils are given vital additional support with their learning in order to keep up with children of similar ability from more affluent backgrounds.»

The report, «Tomorrow's Schools: Principles for the Design of Professional Development Schools,» outlines a comprehensive set of principles intended to guide the creation of such schools, in which prospective teachers can learn their craft, university faculty can conduct research, and practicing teachers and university instructors can collaborate in the development of strategies for teaching children from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.

In Other People's Children, Lisa Delpit explores the dissimilar styles of communication exhibited by people from different racial and class backgrounds, and how these differences might have a negative impact on learning.

«Religious and non-religious people alike recognise that both children and society are best served when people from a range of different backgrounds are brought together to learn with and from one another,» he said.

Socially, the benefits enable children of all abilities and backgrounds to play together and provide opportunities for learning.

According to the new OECD report, «Starting Strong 2017: Key OECD indicators on early childhood education and care,» some countries are managing this process well and as a result see a «very modest impact of the social and immigrant background of children on their learning and social outcomes.»

Turinglab is one of the first recipients of the funding, supporting children from low income backgrounds in learning to code purposefully.

Whether studying behavioral, cognitive, or social - emotional development in children or the design of learning technologies to maximize understanding, you will gain a strong background in human development, the science of learning, and sociocultural factors that explain variation in learning and developmental pathways.

A new way forward This will require new thinking by Music Services and new skills will have to be learned on fund raising, approaching businesses and individuals as well as working closely with new partners to deliver the government's vision of «enabling all children in England from all backgrounds to have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument and sing and progress to their level of excellence.»

«We are working closely with Explore Learning to ensure that children from low income backgrounds make the same level of progress as their peers.

It also empowers children of all abilities and backgrounds to play together and provide opportunities for learning.

To accelerate learning for all children and adults of all ability levels and ethnic and social backgrounds, worldwide.

Might the courts be newly open to lawsuits that seek to encourage efforts to ensure that children of different backgrounds have the opportunity to learn together and from one another?

We also propose revisions throughout this subpart to better support the ability of programs to serve children from diverse economic backgrounds, given research that suggests children's early learning is positively influenced by interactions with diverse peers [1112] We also require programs to prioritize serving younger children in communities where there is publicly funded high quality pre-kindergarten for four year olds.

«Every child, regardless of income, race, background, or disability can succeed if provided the opportunity to learn,» U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said.

Now consider building knowledge: Individual teacher accountability on a fourth - grade reading comprehension test, for instance, is unfair because children's comprehension depends on what they've learned every year, in school and out (a reading test is a de facto test of background knowledge); it's also unproductive because it lets the early - grade teachers off the hook if they don't contribute by teaching the knowledge - building subjects.

A study suggests that playing white noise in the background of a classroom may help children with attention problems focus on what their teachers are saying but may impede learning for others.

Brett Wigdortz OBE, founder and CEO of Teach First said: «This year's Impact Conference is a fantastic opportunity for teachers to learn from world leading experts, to collaborate with one another and to increase their impact to ensure no child's success is limited by their background.

Classrooms today are more diverse than ever and include children of all backgrounds and learning styles.

In this webinar, sponsored by the Center on Enhancing Early Learning Opportunities (CEELO), Dr. Steven Barnett, Principal Investigator of CEELO and Director of the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) and Dr. Milagros Nores, Associate Director of Research at NIEER, will present data that looks at how children from various language and immigrant backgrounds participate in pre-K programs and at how these children perform relative to their White peers at Kindergarten entry.

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Their mission statement, according to the Renaissance Learning website, is, «Our primary purpose is to accelerate learning for all children and adults of all ability levels and ethnic and social backgrounds, worldwideLearning website, is, «Our primary purpose is to accelerate learning for all children and adults of all ability levels and ethnic and social backgrounds, worldwidelearning for all children and adults of all ability levels and ethnic and social backgrounds, worldwide.»

Dr. Raymund Paredes, Commissioner of Higher Education, remarked about the raising the level of expectations of children and helping all children learn despite their background.

Drew's innovative academic model of Project - Based Learning (PBL), incorporating a Science Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) theme, has effectively closed both the achievement gaps and the opportunity gaps for children from diverse backgrounds.

«One of the most important responsibilities we have as a nation is to ensure that every child, regardless of their economic background, learns in a classroom with only the very best teachers.

«Every child, regardless of income, race, background, or disability, can succeed if provided the opportunity to learn,» Duncan told reporters.

Connecticut's Supreme Court deemed that having children of different backgrounds learn together is vital «to gain the understanding and mutual respect necessary for the cohesion of our society.»

The mission of The Children's Guild is to expose every child, no matter their background, test scores, or aptitudes, to learning opportunities that will open their eyes to all the possibilities of the world.

To enhance the learning experiences of children from more disadvantaged backgrounds by providing access to specialist sporting facilities.

Meanwhile reformers have learned the importance of holding politicians responsible for not living up to their obligations to expand opportunities for children, especially those from poor and minority backgrounds.

As Secretary of State for Education, my simple ambition is for all children, whatever their background, to go to a good school where they are inspired to learn and can fulfil their potential

Parents who provide learning support at home can improve their child's literacy and emotional development, regardless of their class or educational background.

And liberated from traditional school boundaries, Shanker and other early charter advocates suggested, charters could do a better job than the regular public schools of helping children of different racial, ethnic, economic, and religious backgrounds come together to learn from one another.

Even the most promising new teachers need help to accelerate their development and learn how to really make a difference for children of diverse skill levels and backgrounds.