Sentences with phrase «combining small learning communities»

They are high - touch, combining small learning communities and wrap - around supports for guidance and social services.

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Typically serving between 150 and 200 students from grades 9 or 10 through grade 12, Career Academies are organized as small learning communities, combine academic and technical curricula around a career theme, and establish partnerships with local employers to provide work - based learning opportunities.

Career academies are organized as small learning communities and offer curricula that combine academic and occupation - related course requirements designed to promote applied learning and to satisfy college entrance requirements.

Designed by the Institute for Research and Reform in Education (IRRE), a New Jersey - based nonprofit, the model, called «First Things First,» combined a number of ideas that were gaining currency at the time: small learning communities, «looping» (in which teachers stay with the same students for multiple years) and changes in teaching practices to emphasize engagement and rigor.