Sentences with phrase «consider approaching school»

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Columbia Business School professor Benjamin Graham, who is considered the father of value investing, was a big proponent of the approach.

«But once our kids were approaching school age, we needed to seriously consider a home for our children,» she says.

The event will consider a whole school approach to engaging fathers, the impact on children's attainment and present the resources for undertaking it.

Maybe consider approaching your head of school or principal and asking about forming a committee to draft one?

Dr. Markham lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with her family — and considers her kids - a daughter graduating from high school and a son graduating from an Ivy League university — to be proof that her parenting approach produces responsible, self - disciplined, considerate and happy kids who achieve in the world and stay deeply connected to their parents.

Dr. Markham lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with her family — and considers her kids — a daughter graduating from high school and a son graduating from an Ivy League university — to be proof that her parenting approach produces responsible, self - disciplined, considerate and happy kids who achieve in the world and stay deeply connected to their parents.

If your child is approaching 14 and wants to take several GCSEs, you may want to consider a couple of years in a local school if you can find one which you like.

Use a positive attitude when approaching the school and consider yourself a part of the team that will work together to make sure your child is safe at school.

«The top three qualities public school kindergarten teachers consider essential for school readiness are that a child be physically healthy, rested and well - nourished; be able to communicate needs, wants, and thoughts verbally; and be enthusiastic and curious in approaching new activities.»

Valentine's Day is approaching, so you will need to start considering what treats to bring to school parties or have prepared at home.

Some parents even go to the extreme of sending their child to military school, but that approach is no longer considered the right way to go and could even be dangerous.

In an effort to halt the rising rates of childhood obesity, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement, Snacks, Sweetened Beverages, Added Sugars, and Schools, recommends families take a broader approach to nutrition, considering children's whole diet pattern — rather than simply the amount of sugar, fat, or specific nutrients in individual foods.

However, officials note that «the current inspection framework is antithetical to the Steiner ethos / pedagogical approach» in terms of «Literacy in Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Key Stage 1 (KS1)», where Ofsted required «more formal learning»; «KS2 tests», as «Last year, the Academy pupils did not sit the tests (the Academy provided the exam papers and rooms for pupils to sit the exams but parents chose not to allow their pupils to sit the tests)»; and «Teaching and learning», where it is noted that the schools consider that «any process which judges learning as the immediate outcome from teaching in a lesson is inappropriate.

This could be by new innovative interventions in schools including online resources and learning or considering approaches involving primary health - care professionals.

The Oshawa - based school is betting that it can attract some of the best students and researchers with what it considers a fresh approach to teaching and doing science.

-- Strange Fruit lyrics by Lewis Allen On August 31st of last year, a small group of black freshman at Jena High School approached the assistant principal to ask whether it was okay for them to enjoy the shade under a big tree located in what had come to be considered the «white only» section of the schoolyard.

The definition of success is particularly relevant to understanding the synthesis of the different approaches, since, as noted, the full S&P analysis considered a variety of possible definitions of «successful schools.»

«In the absence of one simple, perfect solution, and given the complexity and seeming intractability of the many problems facing our schools, we should at least seriously consider Occam's razor solution — a modest, simple approach that goes a long way to producing the optimal result we want.»

To support their in - school approaches, last year these principals participated in a program of semi-structured conversations to reflect on how they considered their approaches were or were not working, and why.

Dedicated pages for each approach give further detail, including key things to think about if a school is considering implementing an approach.

I do not consider others engaged in private school parent mobilization and empowerment or those using other approaches to educate or mobilize parents, e.g., GreatSchools.org, which provides information to parents on school quality and rankings.

Unfortunately, there is not always good evidence about particular programs or approaches schools might be considering.

A research - informed experience every teacher who is designing a final exam or project should consider is one school's approach after having students take final exams in June.

This might look like charter - school agreements in the early days — customized contracts that consider «multiple measures» and qualitative judgments that are better aligned with the mission and approach of the schools being evaluated (like the ones you love, Governor «Moonbeam» Brown).

Carefully consider integrating these technologies into professional learning approaches in use in your school.

One sees a similar approach in Parents Involved, which presented the question of whether K — 12 schools could take voluntary steps toward integration, that is, whether and when schools could consider race in student assignments.

School choice interventions have not yet fully considered factors other than a school's academic quality that may lead to success in a P - 12 context (such as particular pedagogical approaches, special programming, or extracurricular offerings) and how best to present those school characteristics to famSchool choice interventions have not yet fully considered factors other than a school's academic quality that may lead to success in a P - 12 context (such as particular pedagogical approaches, special programming, or extracurricular offerings) and how best to present those school characteristics to famschool's academic quality that may lead to success in a P - 12 context (such as particular pedagogical approaches, special programming, or extracurricular offerings) and how best to present those school characteristics to famschool characteristics to families.

Some of the more interesting approaches considered the impact of the building in use; two quite different schools in Hertfordshire offer a good illustration of this.

Moreover, the procedural approach makes no allowance for the possibility that public agencies may make decisions that are discriminatory, repressive, or otherwise fail to serve the public interest... It's not clear why we ought to be comforted by the fact that public officials are responsible, or why we ought not consider whether «nonpublic» schools may help redress such injuries.

Panelists will discuss a forthcoming report that examines the influence and approach of advocacy organizations in three states that recently enacted or considered school reform legislation: Louisiana, Tennessee, and North Carolina, as well as the implications of a new methodology designed to accurately measure the influence of individual advocacy groups.

Also in this issue: six recommendations to fix Detroit's broken school system, three expert opinions on whether high schools should offer two - tiered diplomas, and a piece on the Vergara v. California case that considers whether litigation is the best approach to reforming teacher tenure policies.

The third approach we consider is also based on value - added but is carried out in two steps instead of one in order to force comparisons between schools and teachers serving students with similar characteristics.

«It is strongly advised that teachers wishing to implement a flipped learning approach review the current culture of homework in their schools, and consider the steps they may need to take to ensure a high level of completion.»

Our new book, Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools, lays out a different path for schools to embark upon a design process where the technology comes toward the end in service of the learning goals, but high profile busts of 1 - to - 1 initiatives will hopefully slow enthusiasm around tech - first implementations toward more considered approaches iSchools, lays out a different path for schools to embark upon a design process where the technology comes toward the end in service of the learning goals, but high profile busts of 1 - to - 1 initiatives will hopefully slow enthusiasm around tech - first implementations toward more considered approaches ischools to embark upon a design process where the technology comes toward the end in service of the learning goals, but high profile busts of 1 - to - 1 initiatives will hopefully slow enthusiasm around tech - first implementations toward more considered approaches in 2015.

Having reviewed the literature, Kokotsaki, Menzies and Wiggins say it's possible to make six key recommendations «which are considered to be essential for the successful adoption of a PBL approach in the mainstream school setting»:

Teacher chats to Dr Paul Browning about the Futures Planning Project — a different approach to school strategic planning that considers what the world could be like in 2028.

More traditional technologies such as laptops were considered to be very useful to 49 per cent of primary schools and 34 per cent of secondary schools while budgetary constraints appear to have led many schools to feel they are unable to afford innovative new products and approaches.

Today, Instructure is releasing the advisory report, Driving Digital Strategy in Schools, which considers the future of digital education strategy in the UK and provides guidance on key components for a comprehensive approach.

Physical activity has always been considered a vital part of education, but with activity and fitness levels falling, David Stalker, ukactive's chief executive officer, urges schools to take a whole - day approach to getting pupils fit and active

Based on the approaches and practices presented, the paper identifies program, support, resource and policy issues for charter school leaders, developers, and policymakers to consider when planning strategies to enhance EL family engagement.

Because students approved for free meals without an application are a subset of students who would qualify for free or reduced - price school meals if their families completed an application, this approach is likely to lower the percentage of students considered low - income at all schools.

A dashboard approach should be considered as one way to satisfy the report card component, but it should not meet the requirement that states create a system for identifying low - performing schools.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) takes a more comprehensive approach to assessing school quality than the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), moving beyond NCLB's focus on annual test performance to also consider factors like student academic growth, graduation rates, and rates of proficiency for English language learners.

«When we consider what makes a great school great, we look for schools that have a comprehensive approach to learning and teaching,» said Molly McCloskey, managing director of Whole Child Programs for ASCD.

When schools are considered in the aggregate, typical approaches to data use by districts and principals have no measurable influence on student achievement.

Officials GAO interviewed in all five school districts in the five states GAO visited reported various challenges with addressing student behavior, and said they were considering new approaches to school discipline.

One example of a promising approach for the Senate to consider is legislation that would support the creation of diverse school district charter schools that integrate students along racial and economic lines in a college - going environment.

There are a number of strategies that we as school leaders can consider, this table, extracted from the EEF guidance report outlines some of the more proven and effective approaches for what is termed as «preparedness»:

If the answer is simply because schools want to put a number or grade on teaching whilst doing more of the same, then perhaps it's time to consider your approach to unlocking the potential of your teachers.

Considering this long overdue and welcomed change, combined with the fact that as a school, we have moved from «special measures» to «Good» in two years, it's the perfect time to redefine the whole school approach to teaching and learning and this has been a very careful and considered move.