Sentences with phrase «disadvantaged areas need»
The collaboration comes as a new report, published today by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), a think tank, claims teachers working in disadvantaged areas need advanced training to ensure the most in - need pupils get the best education.
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«By supporting good and outstanding schools to help others improve, and focusing on disadvantaged areas where our young people need extra help, we can continue to make a difference to people's everyday lives and build a Britain that's fit for the future.»
Founded nearly 40 years ago, the charity focuses on children in primary schools in some of the most disadvantaged areas in England and Wales, as well as children with Special Educational Needs and Disability.
For example, Clotfelter et al. (2008) found that a targeted bonus to certified math, science and special education teachers working in disadvantaged North Carolina schools reduced the attrition of targeted teachers by 17 percent, while Feng and Sass (2015) found that loan forgiveness programs for teachers with high - needs endorsements reduced the attrition of teachers in shortage areas in Florida.
«We are making funding fairer by consulting on proposals for a new national funding formula so that areas with the highest need attract the most funding and we are continuing the pupil premium — worth # 2.5 billion this year — giving schools significant extra funding to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.»
Teach First's programme is designed to offer staff at schools in areas of disadvantage the skills and support they need to succeed and deliver improvements for pupils» education — at no cost to the school.
This state - administered, federally funded program provides five - year grant funding to establish or expand before - and after - school programs that provide disadvantaged kindergarten through twelfth - grade students (particularly students who attend schools in need of improvement) with academic enrichment opportunities and supportive services to help the students meet state and local standards in core content areas.
The interventions should aim to improve science teacher retention in the teaching profession, and also in schools of highest need, for example in schools in more disadvantaged areas.
«Our Social Mobility Action Plan set out measures to drive improvements in key skills including numeracy, targets areas that need the most support through our # 72 million Opportunity Areas programme and builds on the almost # 2.5 billion we provide each year to schools to help raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.&rareas that need the most support through our # 72 million Opportunity Areas programme and builds on the almost # 2.5 billion we provide each year to schools to help raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.&rAreas programme and builds on the almost # 2.5 billion we provide each year to schools to help raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.»
Free schools are helping to meet the need for new places and are more likely to be located in disadvantaged areas of the country.
«So we need to incentivise schools to take more disadvantaged two - year - olds and to work with other early years providers in their local area.
«Regardless of what the teaching unions might claim, with over 70 % of the new schools being set up by those working within the education sector itself, the reality is that their members are becoming the driving force of new free schools - particularly in disadvantaged areas where the need for good schools is even more pressing.»
We know deprivation limits educational outcomes, so the new funding formula must ensure schools in disadvantaged areas get the funding they need so they can give all their pupils a fair chance in education and life.»
But the accompanying report says that recruiting can be difficult in the disadvantaged areas where effective governors are most needed.
In devising RHSC's Pupil Premium (PP) spending strategy, as well as the need to constantly support the improvement of general teaching standards throughout the school, we identified the areas in which our disadvantaged pupils need support.
It is a fact that, on average, students in high - needs schools that disproportionally serve the needs of disadvantaged students have less access to teachers who have certain teacher - quality indicators (e.g., National Board Certification and advanced degrees / expertise in content - areas, although these things are argued not to matter in this brief).
Teaching in disadvantaged areas can be as challenging as it is rewarding and we need to ensure that these teachers are supported to thrive and give their pupils the best chance in life.»
Indiana State Teacher's Association Vice President Teresa Meredith says while the ISTA agrees teachers should be held accountable for student learning, teachers in areas of high poverty or high need are at a disadvantage.
We then consider areas of future inquiry and practice that are particularly relevant to the Australian context, including (1) the need for research and applications to expand to diverse populations, such as Indigenous Australians, migrants, refugees, at - risk students, and disadvantaged groups, (2) systems approaches to implementation and research, and (3) strategies to produce and evaluate lasting change.
Supporting schools to meet the needs of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds is one of the key aims of the National Education Trust and we have a long established record of impact in this area.
«There are also serious concerns that removing local authorities from the planning of education across an area could further disadvantage children who are already vulnerable because they have special educational needs, mental health problems or are at risk of missing education,» it said.
We know what works — we know it worked in London — and we need to see the London Challenge rolled out to the 10 worst areas where we know that most disadvantaged children are not getting the schooling they need.
He said grammar schools should look again at their admissions policies and ensure they were making provision for children from disadvantaged areas or with special needs, even if that means altering the entrance requirements, and do more outreach work in deprived areas.
«By supporting good and outstanding schools to help others improve, and focusing on disadvantaged areas where our young people need extra help, we can continue to make a difference to people's everyday lives and build a Britain that's fit for the future,» said Hinds.
One Tail at a Time («OTAT») is a no - kill, 501 (c) 3 all - breed dog rescue committed to lowering euthanasia rates in the greater Chicagoland area through the rescue and adoption of dogs in need; comprehensive support of adopters; and community outreach through humane education programs and assistance for disadvantaged and low - income families.
One Tail at a Time One Tail at a Time is an all - breed dog rescue group that is committed to lowering euthanasia rates in the greater Chicagoland area through the rescue and adoption of dogs in need; community outreach through humane education programs; and assistance for disadvantaged and low - income families.
One of the major disadvantages is that to access hidden areas and side - quests, you need particular LEGO characters.
These meals must be targeted at areas of disadvantage or at children with special needs.
Worse than that, outcomes in the strategic areas identified as critical to overcoming disadvantage in the long term remain well short of what is needed.
Some respondents cautioned that when redirecting native title to the economic and social development of the traditional owner group care needs to be taken that people holding existing rights in those areas are not disadvantaged.
... in the areas identified as crucial to reducing disadvantage, outcomes fall well short of what is needed.
Congress now offers some key social and preventive programs in the area of early childhood, which is arguably the most critical area that needs to be focused on to address intergenerational disadvantage.
and while they were made in relation to Indigenous health equality they form a template for the type of approach that is needed across all areas of poverty and disadvantage experienced by Indigenous peoples.
At the end of the formal phase of the reconciliation process the need to overcome Indigenous disadvantage was perhaps the only area of significant agreement between Government and Indigenous representatives.