Sentences with phrase «developing educational systems»

There is extensive guidance for developing educational systems that support student proficiency.

(3) Develop an educational system that prepares young people to start their own businesses, to think creatively about their economic future, and to learn techniques of success in economic activities.

Both Steiner and Montessori developed educational systems that were developmentally appropriate for children, and both stress a learning environment that is aesthetically pleasing.

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For example, the US Department of Education's Race to the Top Fund, which offered $ 4 billion in grants to states that developed successful educational reforms, spurred innovations that hold promise for school systems across the country.

They have created Prelude, a suite of educational tools that develops soft skills — imagination, intuition, hunch, affect and creativity — the value of which is beginning to be properly recognized in the education system and greater society.

The budget announcement that first filled Cheryl with trepidation ultimately helped her develop a more thorough and detailed educational system.

And if this be so, our work as educators and as advocates of a well - functioning American educational system is to develop citizens who are at home in the canons that comprise the formal reality of their heritage, who are equally at home with the varied individual things that comprise the material reality of that heritage and of their present life, and who are able to devise constantly new frames that are adequate to both, that marry ancient canon and novel particular in a new canon which integrates as fully and complexly as possible all its participant elements.

The plan calls upon churches to, among other things, «adopt» street gangs and allow troubled youths to use church properties as safe havens; intercede for youth in the juvenile court system; provide vocational training to inner - city residents; organize capital for micro-enterprises; develop educational curricula heralding the achievements of blacks and Latinos; initiate neighborhood crime watch groups; and establish counseling programs for battered women and the men who abuse them.

As Haugen writes with dismay, «It's hard to imagine aid agencies banning investments in food systems, educational systems, health systems, or water systems in the developing world.»

The Council holds workshops for parents, couples, single people, and young people; helps to develop local community leaders; provides training in counseling for ministers and qualified laymen; and serves in an advisory capacity to the neighborhood educational system.

Lyndon Johnson was a staunch supporter of education, and several states had developed large public educational radio and TV systems.

In this century, deeper - learning proponents argue, the job market requires a very different set of skills, one that our current educational system is not configured to help students develop: the ability to work in teams, to present ideas to a group, to write effectively, to think deeply and analytically about problems, to take information and techniques learned in one context and adapt them to a new and unfamiliar problem or situation.

Since the United States educational system usually develops policies from the local level, some districts feel that the new standards rolling out nationwide are simply too cookie cutter and won't be in the best interest of local areas.

This is an opportunity to recognize K - 12 education professionals who have developed innovative solutions to challenges facing our youth through the educational system that serves them.

The specifics and mechanism remain unclear, but previous research has suggested that these early maternal immune compounds may have «educational effects» on the newborn's developing immune profile — that they may somehow be priming the system to be on the lookout for common local diseases or parasites.

Using his knowledge and findings, he developed nutritional supplements, educational resources, and dietary systems, which became quite popular.

The AIM Center provides technical assistance to state educational agencies, local education agencies, and other stakeholders to develop effective systems for the timely delivery of high - quality accessible instructional materials to all students with disabilities who need them.

State funding systems are not closely linked to desired educational outcomes: despite the fact that all states have adopted educational standards, the commission found that only a few states have developed funding systems that enable schools to teach all students the content of state standards.

As current trends in contemporary society demand new educational responses, and traditional systems of learning are substantially challenged and reshaped, consensus is building around the importance of developing learners well prepared to meet the demands that current and future global trends make on individuals and societies, particularly in the area of civic and social participation, and ethical behavior in a world increasingly marked by difference.

Taking into consideration broad, economic, technological, and demographic changes, the contributors — all leading social scientists in their fields — suggest that these global transformations will require youth to develop new skills, sensibilities, and habits of mind that are far ahead of what most educational systems can now deliver.

This report reviews the research and theory - based recommendations for education leaders to use in developing systems of teacher advancement that promote student learning and educational opportunity.

Communication, for health, is «the social, educational and political process which increases and promotes public awareness of health, promotes healthy lifestyles and community action supporting health, providing opportunities and allowing people to be able to exercise their rights and responsibilities to develop environments, systems and policies beneficial to health and well - being.»

At the same time, participating faculty will conduct research aimed at measuring the effectiveness of the program, identifying the key underlying forces that are shaping educational leadership in urban school systems, and developing a set of powerful ideas to enable district leadership teams to create high performing systems.

If only educational systems internationally would appropriately recognise the need for all students to experience a broad curriculum and, in particular, acknowledging the role that Sport can play in developing resilience and engagement.

Chris Dede's fundamental interest is developing new types of educational systems to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.

Join us as we examine what it would take to develop the systems, the institutions, and the teachers we need to achieve educational equity and prepare all students for the challenges of the future.

Developing systems that support teachers in sustained professional learning and refinement of teaching practice is perhaps the single most important way to promote student learning and educational opportunity in schools or districts.

«I kept thinking, however, of the enormous potential Chile has if we could only develop our human capital... and what I could do in creating innovative, technological mechanisms to transform the national educational system.

The shame of it is that these are the very teachers who have been working so hard to truly restructure their classrooms, and are, in fact, leading the way in developing capable, competent «products» (that is, students) from our educational system.

Composed of four online modules, the CAEL certificate is designed to help current and aspiring system - level leaders develop a robust understanding of the complexities within educational systems, while honing the leadership skills to create transformational change.

From teacher evaluation systems to value - added modeling to the recent Vergara decision in California, reformers have increasingly focused on selecting, measuring, developing, evaluating, and firing teachers as the key to educational improvement.

In 2008, the NEA unveiled the «Great Public Schools for Every Student by 2020» project, in which the union committed to «creating models for state - based educational improvement,» «developing a new framework for accountability systems that support authentic student learning,» and «fostering a constructive relationship with U.S. Department of Education leadership.»

Absent the ability to take risks and to innovate, systems are less likely to develop deep, systemic, and sustainable approaches to change that are so needed in the current educational climate.

This evaluation was developed over 20 years, covering three different school systems and from a variety of leadership roles, educational programs, and curricula.

Ms. Boast leads Public Impact's work evaluating educational quality metrics at the school, district and state levels and developing accountability systems to monitor school performance.

Learning management systems (LMS) have become powerful tools for educational institutions as well as many other organization who face a difficult task to continuously train and develop their employees.

All states need to develop accountability systems that deal thoughtfully and usefully with test results, that deploy educational resources so as to aid teaching and learning, and that involve families in educational policy and in schools.

Also, 48 states and the District have joined in an effort to develop a common core of rigorous educational standards to replace the current system in which states have wildly different benchmarks for what should be taught in school.

After more than a year of inaction, Boston educational and political leaders, led by Mayor Raymond L. Flynn, are moving toward developing a new student - assignment plan to replace the controversial system imposed by a federal - court order in the 1970's.

Eliminating the requirement to calculate adequate yearly progress (AYP) and replacing it with a requirement for each State educational agency to develop an accountability system that --

The data currently being gathered by CORE provide a unique opportunity for researchers to study this question and others related to the role of schools in developing student skills and the design of educational accountability systems.

(LTI ®) is an emerging specification specifically developed to establish a standard way of integrating learning applications with platforms like learning management systems, portals, learning object repositories, or other educational environments.

We won't get to a world in which we develop non-cognitive skills in students systematically and at scale so long as we remain stuck in our current time - bound educational system.

As an all - through Trust we support continuity of education for our students and families, covering all key stages of the curriculum and we work to develop educational policy and practice and business systems across the Trust.

As states and districts across the country aim to create a robust set of educational options including alternative settings, they must be able to effectively collect and use the most relevant and reliable data to develop accountability systems.

In this webinar, presenters explored the challenges and opportunities of accountability for alternative education, along with promising practices from states and districts who have developed accountability measures and systems that are inclusive of all students in all types of educational settings.

What educational and social forces have prevented schools from developing the kind of balanced assessment system defined in this chapter?

As individuals who are served by the educational system, I wonder how more room could be give to students to become partners in their own education experience by providing feedback and developing agency in the tools used by their educators.

Our experience in developing professional learning systems has deepened our understanding of what it will take to accomplish real educational equity, and I am so proud of how well - prepared this team is to enter our next chapter.»

One of the key conditions of the waiver, however, is that states as well as local educational agencies covered by the agreement develop and implement new evaluation systems for school leaders that take into account student achievement growth and the quality of principals» leadership practices.