Sentences with phrase «chosen by a school system»

Educators insist, according to E. Dale David, that «a list of civic values consciously chosen by a school system to realize the goal of developing effective citizens is the necessary first step in the teaching of civic values.»

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However, since we have chosen to have a public school system (which from a practical standpoint has to be run by a government entity), «government» involvement in lunchtime activities is a necessity (unless we send the students off - campus during lunch hour, which is not always doable.)

«If the Education Secretary genuinely wishes England to do as well as countries such as Finland, to which he frequently refers in the White Paper, he should follow its example by replacing the inspection system with school self evaluation, refrain from the publication of results by school League Tables and the setting of narrow performance targets and allow teachers to choose their own method of teaching reading.

«Chancellor Fariña has taken an important step to deal with the credit - recovery problems caused by the Bloomberg administration and continued by his appointees — a scandal that school «reformers» chose to ignore when Bloomberg was in charge of the system,» said UFT President Michael Mulgrew.

Wanting to know the answers to how and why a system functioned led me into science at school and then, when choosing a university course, I discovered the subject of immunology simply by looking through university prospectuses.

Created by Adoption UK Cymru - «Getting it right for every child: A parent's guide to working with schools - sets out the top things parents of adopted children should look for when choosing a school, how to work with staff at the school and gives advice on how attachment issues can have an impact on a child's progress through the education system.

As much as it frustrates those enthralled by grand visions and eager to impose «system solutions,» it provides a rich array of schools and systems from which families can choose.

In our recent article for Education Next, «Choosing the Right Growth Measure,» we laid out an argument for why we believe a proportional growth measure that levels the playing field between advantaged and disadvantaged schools (represented in the article by a two - step value - added model) is the best choice for use in state and district accountability systems.

Changes to the system mean that 13 A Level subjects were decided by final exams, with no link to coursework or AS Levels and as a result has led to many schools choosing not to offer AS Levels or have not entered as many pupils for that qualification.

But if Tucker had read the chapter on Shanghai, he would have found a description of a system by which «students choose schools in other neighborhoods by paying a sponsorship fee.

Recipients are chosen by the Conant Fellowship Committee, which includes representatives from HGSE as well as the Boston and Cambridge public school systems.

One common problem, according to Donald Helms, superintendent of the Corona - Norco (Calif.) Unified School District, is to be overwhelmed by a sales presentation when choosing software — the system's most vital component.

By providing clear, understandable information that is accessed by somewhere between one - third and one - half of the nation's parents in any given year, GreatSchools has arguably done more than any other organization to bring sunlight to the education system and nudge parents towards schools of quality — and to choose those schools on the basis of trustworthy, unspun informatioBy providing clear, understandable information that is accessed by somewhere between one - third and one - half of the nation's parents in any given year, GreatSchools has arguably done more than any other organization to bring sunlight to the education system and nudge parents towards schools of quality — and to choose those schools on the basis of trustworthy, unspun informatioby somewhere between one - third and one - half of the nation's parents in any given year, GreatSchools has arguably done more than any other organization to bring sunlight to the education system and nudge parents towards schools of quality — and to choose those schools on the basis of trustworthy, unspun information.

Pilot school teachers have no job protection within schools but remain in the BPS system if they choose to leave a school or are removed by the principal.

The EEP has called for an effective teacher for every child (paying teachers as professionals, giving them the tools and training to do their work effectively, and making tough decisions about ineffective teachers); empowering parents by allowing them to choose the best schools for their children; holding grown - ups at all levels accountable for the education of our children; and, very important, having enough strength in our convictions to stand up to anyone who seeks to preserve a failed system.

Even the most flexible of those models — «transformation,» the one chosen by nearly three - quarters of participating schools — requires districts to devise teacher - evaluation systems that take student performance into account.

School choice is appropriate within the public school system as long as equal opportunity and access are ensured without discrimination on the basis of race, gender, socioeconomic status, or disability; accountability requirements are consistently applied; and autonomy is accompanied by complete transparency to allow all schools to learn lessons from the chosen school's praSchool choice is appropriate within the public school system as long as equal opportunity and access are ensured without discrimination on the basis of race, gender, socioeconomic status, or disability; accountability requirements are consistently applied; and autonomy is accompanied by complete transparency to allow all schools to learn lessons from the chosen school's praschool system as long as equal opportunity and access are ensured without discrimination on the basis of race, gender, socioeconomic status, or disability; accountability requirements are consistently applied; and autonomy is accompanied by complete transparency to allow all schools to learn lessons from the chosen school's praschool's practice.

Expanding High - Quality Educational Options for All Students: How States Can Create a System of Schools Worth Choosing by Linda Darling - Hammond, Robert Rothman, and Peter W. Cookson, Jr. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

The program is aimed at helping low - income families navigate a complex system of school choice by providing information on all types of schools, helping parents choose the right school for their children and providing support through the application process.

In particular, the ability to opt out by choosing an alternative to the public system — including private, parochial and, more recently, charter schools — can lead to the sorting and segregation of children by social groups.

By choosing kindergarten readiness as the first goal of the Blueprint, the community demonstrated the clear understanding of the challenge that a significant number of children are entering the formal school system without the skills they need to succeed, as well as the underlying community responsibility that we need to do something about it.

A group of Los Angeles teachers Wednesday unveiled their own proposal for a new performance review system that would use both state standardized test scores and assessments chosen by individual schools to measure how well instructors help their students learn.

Whether it is a private school, public school, charter school, or any other form of education a parent chooses, school choice provides parents with new choices and introduces competition into the system by driving both success and innovation.

Once the locally - developed alternative assessments are officially endorsed by their local school boards, any of the state's 115 school districts can pick and choose from those alternatives for use in their own school districts in lieu of the portfolio system.

By opening the system up to competition, parents get to choose the school that best fits their kids» needs.

America must choose either a patchwork of online schools and charters with profiteers on the prowl, or a transparent community public school system run by citizens elected by their neighbors.

Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teachers — 291 districts Stronge Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Performance System — 53 districts Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) Teacher Evaluation Standards — 45 districts Marzano's Causal Teacher Evaluation Model — 44 districts The Marshall Rubrics — 32 districts The state also released data on new principal - evaluation models chosen by New Jersey school districts.

An early 2017 piece by freelancer George Joseph blamed charter schools for fueling urban school resegregation, downplaying the enormous role of the traditional education system (and belittling the decisions of black and brown parents who choose charter schools).

Gone are the days of the carrot on a stick approach to school funding — a system which once made a habit of choosing favorites by rewarding states for adopting and maintaining particular sets of standards — such as Common Core.

While there are clear exceptions to the generalizations I will make in this analysis, I have chosen to focus on charter schools that exemplify a trend of exclusion that compromises the ideals of the school choice system as a whole, demonstrating how the model fails to measure up to the paragon of student and parent autonomy lauded by choice proponents.

As is often the case with traffic sign recognition systems in other brands, the Mazda's is not perfect, but it will always choose the lower speed if it's confused by a school - zone restriction.

At least the game does try to make things a bit more interesting by introducing «Fight Schools» that you choose at the start of the game, but the fact that most of them were locked away during my first playthrough left me with no real incentive to explore the system.

Spartan College, Fort Hood, TX 5/2012 — Present College Student Worker • Greet students and their families and guardians as they arrive at the front desk • Inquire into their purpose of visit and provide them with detailed information on the academic services offered • Assist students in choosing the right courses and provide support by eliciting enrollment information • Inform students of onboard facilities and services such as on - campus residence and financial aid • Assist the school staff with the setup and breakdown of special events such as convocations and annual plays • Provide support to the librarian in overseeing and tidying up the library area • Oversee the school supplies inventory system, communicating stock situations to the manager • Provide clerical support such as copying and scanning documents, handling records and performing data entry work