Sentences with phrase «close learning gaps as»

With the help of talent management technology, the district continues to close learning gaps as it provides its staff with the support needed to make good things happen.

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They inspire tests that reinforce our fragmented curricula and provide no support for teachers and students in underprivileged communities as they strive to close the learning gap.

We've written here and here about the importance figuring out as a nation how to «extend the reach» of great teachers to more students, since great teachers accountable for student learning are the one «intervention» we know can close achievement gaps and raise the bar for all students.

As Heritage (2008) explains, «The purpose of formative assessment is to provide feedback to teachers and students during the course of learning about the gap between students» current and desired performance so that action can be taken to close the gap.»

As someone responsible for students with learning disabilities and for closing the achievement gap, and as a school instructional leader, working toward eliminating standardized tests such as AP's and assessing department based learning outcomes, I am eager to learn more about three aspects of Finnish educatioAs someone responsible for students with learning disabilities and for closing the achievement gap, and as a school instructional leader, working toward eliminating standardized tests such as AP's and assessing department based learning outcomes, I am eager to learn more about three aspects of Finnish educatioas a school instructional leader, working toward eliminating standardized tests such as AP's and assessing department based learning outcomes, I am eager to learn more about three aspects of Finnish educatioas AP's and assessing department based learning outcomes, I am eager to learn more about three aspects of Finnish education:

The 125 - school district wants to move toward more student - centered learning as it works to close opportunity and achievement gaps.

Bernard Koontz acts as the language learning director at Highline Public Schools, a district with 39 schools in the Puget Sound area, and talks about bilingual education and closing the achievement gap.

Including student learning growth as a significant factor among the multiple measures used to determine performance levels is important as an objective measure to differentiate among teachers and principals who have made significantly different contributions to student learning growth and closing achievement gaps.

From January to April, when delivering professional development to help close achievement gaps, in recent years we have focused on strategies such as studying and test taking skills, fluency, vocabulary development, writing and rewriting, and even for some students meta - cognitive strategies to help them understand their own learning process.

With your support of publicly funded programs such as quality early childhood education, college and career prep, STEM initiatives, arts education, and extended - day learning, we will help existing schools work towards closing the achievement gap and help prepare our students for success in academics and in life.

Discover the components of a PLC that teacher leaders utilize to help close the achievement gap for students who are learning English as a second language.

Unique Blended Learning Programs Incorporate Social - Emotional and Noncognitive Skills Development Into Core Math and Science Instruction to Increase Achievement, Close Achievement Gaps WASHINGTON, DC --(Marketwired — Jan 21, 2016)-- The Jefferson Education Accelerator (JEA) announced today the selection of Agile Mind as its latest company partner.

Research and Practice The 2014 study, «Using Technology to Support At - Risk Students» Learning,» published by the Alliance for Excellent Education and the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy, reinforces what McGlone and other astute school leaders already know: Technology can be a powerful force for closing the achievement gap, but it's only as effective as the educator who uses it — and professional development is key.

I believe that as we change our discipline practices and policies, we will learn about other practices we need to change in order to close the achievement gaps in every one of our schools.

Just as in student - centric classrooms, effective learning technology can create an adaptive environment that improves student learning and closes achievement gaps.

As the WestEd team points out in their research brief, How Students Learn... To Learn, deeper learning truly takes hold when the student herself perceives a gap between where she is and where she wants to be, and takes action to close that gap.

If the events in Newtown are of any indication (especially against backdrop of the challenges of our urban districts and our failure to close the racial achievement gap), «more effective communication» is at the heart of what we need as a nation to bring about and sustain more transformative learning communities.

As a teacher leader, closing the reading gap comes in naturally by applying what they learn.

First, I will say that as a former person in charge of teacher preparation in the state of New York that the portions of this report that talk about the importance of alignment, of the higher education system and the P12 system, and really understanding the ways in which we're providing opportunities for teacher candidates to have longer residencies and we're thinking about ways in which teacher candidates are participating in coursework and practice, experiences that allow them to really apply what they're learning in ways that they're getting more at bats and they're becoming more confident and they're entering the system with a set of skills that are gonna help close those gaps and help those secondary students be successful is important.

Just as we would be reluctant to celebrate a school solely on the basis of its test scores, we would not acclaim schools strictly because they offer equitable learning opportunities, a positive learning environment, or excel at one of the eight other criteria we've identified as key to closing opportunity gaps.

When the state standards and accountability movement began in the 1990's, it was conceived as a way to make learning more rigorous in K - 12 curricula in an effort to close the college and job readiness gap.

Weber described the program as a way of more methodically «matching our best teachers with those students who have the greatest need,» and giving students extra time and resources to quickly close learning gaps.

As these are being formulated and piloted, we need additional steps and new solutions to help move our at - risk students into proficiency, raise student incentives to learn, and help close the achievement gap in our schools.

They include the importance of early years education in closing the gap before it becomes entrenched; targeted small - group interventions for those at risk of falling behind; robust and rigorous evaluation of teaching and learning strategies; and sharing effective practice between schools (and building capacity for doing so) as key to closing the gap.

It is clear that standardized testing can never close the achievement gap, that the Common Core Standards are not good learning and do not give students the skills they need for their future, and that the education «reform» effort is not reform at all but a way to remove public education as a right for all while it provides substantial financial profit for the investors.

Founded in 1998 as The After - School Corporation (TASC), the mission of ExpandED Schools is to close the learning gap by increasing access to enriched education experiences.

Now more than ever, as parents, educators, and policy makers, we must close the gap between social emotional learning and social emotional living.

In 2005, Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to undertake a systemic initiative to significantly expand learning time as a strategy for improving student performance and closing the achievement gap.

«Just as the Standards of Learning (SOL) provided the foundation for the excellence we recognize today, maintaining the SOL program is essential to raising achievement in low - performing schools and closing the achievement gap.»

Obviously, if all these countries, led by Argentina, would send their pledges to the UNFCCC, that would make an important contribution to closing the gigatonne gap, as ECO learned from a presentation by AOSIS, showing that also developing countries have a contribution to make in the fight against the gap.

Our exploration of the Social Lab as a way to close the implementation gap for family justice reform, has revealed how valuable the mediation skillset is to encourage effective collaboration, to interpret the world from a variety of different perspectives, to engage with those both within and outside of the «system», to value curiosity and learning, and to do joint problem - solving.

As building on past failures is an element of continual learning, it's positive to see that this may have been taken on board in the current Closing the Gap Refresh.

As Heritage (2008) explains, «The purpose of formative assessment is to provide feedback to teachers and students during the course of learning about the gap between students» current and desired performance so that action can be taken to close the gap.»

«High - quality early learning is a proven means of closing the opportunity gap just as low - quality programs actually hurt development.

Mayernick shed light on the importance of this work to build strong early childhood leaders by describing early learning as «the foundation for closing the achievement gap» in her school district.

«Teaching Strategies GOLD will help both states gain a comprehensive understanding of children's development and learning as they enter kindergarten and inform efforts to close the school readiness gap.