Sentences with phrase «cites school diversity»
In Wake County, school activists have launched their own initiative, dubbed the Great Schools in Wake Coalition, that cites school diversity among its greatest concerns.
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Citing studies of both evangelical Christian private schools and inner - city public schools, Levine noted that classrooms are often rich with political and ideological diversity.
Citing several factors that make learning more complex — increased diversity in our public school population, the inequity of out - of - school opportunities, and the increased role of technology in our lives — the report argues that many public schools are trying to respond by «overloading an outmoded structure.»
Education scholars like Kahlenberg, one of the nation's leading advocates for economic integration, note droves of research papers that cite the positive impacts of diversity in K - 12 schooling, including enhanced critical thinking, higher academic achievement, greater civic responsibility, higher college - going rates and more lucrative jobs.
Examiners cited exceptional strengths in faculty teaching and research, high - quality students, statewide outreach and school - improvement partnerships, and diversity efforts in faculty and student recruitment.
Examiners cite exceptional strengths in faculty teaching and research, high - quality students, statewide outreach and school — improvement partnerships, and diversity efforts in faculty and student recruitment.
Attending to issues of diversity and fairness in assessment — including explanations of historical or political events, names in word problems, experts cited, and even details like the book covers students see when doing research projects — can help schools reconcile the mixed messages that surface when schools say that students need to be prepared for a diverse world while primarily exposing them to familiar names and faces (Hess & McAvoy, 2014; Popham, 2006).
But diversity elevates education for everyone — as PeopleAdmin CEO Kermit Randa wrote in a recent Huffington Post op - ed, citing how for many decades, studies have shown that diversity benefits schools and students.
When new teachers were asked in a study published by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality how to improve teaching, they cited reducing class size and increasing training to help them deal with the ethnic diversity in schools and classrooms as their top two priorities.