Sentences with phrase «diversity of students»

Student need should not be restricted to one proxy formula element but should represent the broad diversity of student needs in our state.

In particular, we need to ask: Is the content and style of instruction sensitive to the ethnic diversity of the students?

There is significant variation across states in the relative socioeconomic diversity of students at public and private colleges (Table 1).

Even as the numbers and diversity of students taking college admissions tests are rising, average scores on the tests are increasing.

On the other hand, there is early evidence that rich curriculum - embedded performance assessments enable a greater diversity of students to demonstration proficiency.

Encourage the participation of teachers in local and county selection processes who reflect the rich diversity of their students.

The data thus show that though most charter schools are small — and their numbers are relatively few — they serve the great racial and economic diversity of students that make up public education.

The presence of distinguished academics, combined with the atmospheric setting and diversity of the students all create a realistic and highly - charged event with a truly international flavour.

We need to ask also whether the content and style of instruction are sensitive to the ethnic diversity of the students.

That's why we're committed to building a teaching force that is not only the most talented in the nation, but also celebrates and reflects the rich diversity of our students.

[Schools of education] must prepare new teachers to teach the great diversity of students who are in America's classrooms today.»

A third topic has received less direct attention in public discourse, but arises indirectly in discussions about the increasing diversity of our student population, and continued lack of diversity within the teaching force.

These include the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Act, which would increase the number and diversity of students studying abroad, and broaden the destinations where they study.

Participating teachers reported that IDEA training improved their instructional practice, including their ability to design lesson plans, their assessment methods, and their effectiveness at meeting a wide diversity of student needs.

The task that teachers face in supporting students» linguistic dexterity is made increasingly complicated by the expanding cultural and linguistic diversity of students enrolled in K - 12 schools throughout the United States.

By denying the data, communities are standing up for educators to be able to teach to the whole child, to respect and attend to the rich diversity of student interests and ways of learning and to teach in culturally relevant and developmentally appropriate ways.

Ultimately, our proposals seek to respond to the deficit model by better integrating teachers into the communities in which they teach, ensuring that teachers view the cultural diversity of their students as a strength rather than as something to be overcome.

In fact, in its formal state, it's probably one of the most complex, challenging things we do in our society, especially now, given the growing diversity of our student body and the greater amounts of information students are expected to know.

While there is more work to be done, each year the socioeconomic diversity of our student body better reflects the strengths found in the rich diversity of our community and delivers on the mandate for NC charter schools to provide increased learning opportunities for those most in need.

Compounding the issue is the increasing diversity of student demographics in public schools, meaning more and more teachers are called upon to teach diverse student groups in their classrooms (Capps, et al., 2005).

During his speech, Secretary King called on state and local school administrators to utilize ESSA to maximize diversity of both students and their educators.

Hailing from all walks of life, the Lycée community embraces and celebrates the extraordinary diversity of our student body and families.

«We still don't think we're doing a good enough job in that we would like the diversity of our workforce to reflect the wonderful diversity of our student body.»

«This is an important step for us in continuing our mission of increasing the number and diversity of students who succeed in math and science, and it extends the work our colleagues at the Charles A. Dana Center do in the world of high - quality rigorous formative assessments.

«Add to this reduced - ratio programs and the growing diversity of the student population in terms of minority and other - language [non-English-speaking] students, and you have major facilities implications as a result of the programs required to serve students.

The goals of the program include increasing interest in biological sciences and medicine among high school students, helping students to understand how scientific research is performed and increasing diversity of students and researchers in the sciences.

Desire to study with a wide diversity of students from all parts of the world, and with whom they can mix.

Waldorf schools are actively seeking ways to increase the economic and ethnic diversity of their student populations.

Having a consortium of districts facilitates interdistrict cooperation, allows for smaller class sizes, and a greater diversity of students and talents.

This being said, issues surrounding the CMO's disciplinary culture, narrow curriculum, funding, and low racial and socioeconomic diversity of students and teachers complicate its successes.

A dedicated staff that reflects the cultural and linguistic diversity of the students and communicates effectively with families and community partners

«We are pleased that Vanderbilt continues to offer our students a wide variety of registered student organizations that represent the diversity of our students and their interests.

We support CSU in its commitment to serve the diversity of students on its campuses.

These kinds of biases are unconscious and subtle but invidious enough to suppress the diversity of students and faculty in many university science, engineering and math departments and in the scientific workforce at large.

Our classes, as a consequence, house a diversity of students who learn as much from each other as from the instructors.

Honors a scientist or engineer, over a period of 25 years or more, has successfully mentored significant numbers of students from underrepresented groups in science and engineering fields, or has worked to increase the diversity of students pursuing and completing doctoral studies in the sciences

Honors a scientist or engineer who has mentored significant numbers of students from underrepresented groups in science and engineering fields, or has worked to increase the diversity of students pursuing and completing doctoral studies in the sciences.

Koller said the online learning community has expanded its global reach in just a few years, surprising its founders with the diversity of its students.

The AAAS Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement honors AAAS members who have mentored significant numbers of underrepresented students working toward completion of a Ph.D. in STEM and / or are significantly affecting the climate of a department, college or institution, or field in such a manner as to significantly increase the diversity of students pursuing and completing Ph.D. s in STEM fields.

The responsibilities will include leading efforts to improve the diversity of students entering scientific fields, creating professional development workshops for K - 12 teachers, expanding collaborations with other science educators, and mentoring student research projects (plasma physics or education) in our Science Education Laboratory.

We believe Istituto Marangoni students understand how important it is to form or improve their studies through the diversity of the student body and learning environments we provide.

In an article in The Conversation, Dr Rice highlighted research by Rumberger and Palardy, (2005) that found individual student background and diversity of students had an impact on achievement.