Sentences with phrase «driven out of the curriculum»

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It's that little matter of love and devotion to the welfare of your own child that drives homeschooling parents to seek out the right curriculum, tutors, teaching techniques, and engaging activities for their children that makes homeschooling so successful no matter what the parents» «qualifications» may be.

While some green efforts in schools set out to change students» behaviors, students conserving electricity by turning off unused lights, for instance, is a positive consequence rather than the driving force of the Green Schools Energy Curriculum.

The demands of EBacc are driving creative and vocational subjects out of the curriculum and are harming students» motivation, engagement and appetite for learning.

During the first five days of school, she seeks out her students» curiosities and passions so that she can leverage their interests to drive curriculum throughout the year.

Have budget squeezes driven the arts out of the curriculum?

This move toward quality control could be the first step back toward renewing the drive for national curriculum standards that flared up and flamed out in the 1990s in disputes over ideology, pedagogy, course content, and control of the public schools, speculated Bruce Johnstone, former chancellor of the 64 - campus State University of New York.

Cassie discusses how to use gamified formative assessments to measure different kinds of skills and looks at the different ways teachers can use games in the classroom — from out - of - the - box board games to designing one's own curriculum - driven game.

Incessant testing with no relation to the real world, the mindless collection of trivia classified as data, forcing a «business model» like Enron or Lehman Brothers or General Motors on the public schools, driving the arts and the social sciences out of the curriculum, and watching every Chancellor, Superintendent, Commissioner, and Secretary of Education promote charter schools over their own public schools at every turn.

Reformers have been less concerned about school closures in communities of color; more willing «to destabilize the democratic institutions»; more concerned about cutting costs; more willing to subject poor children of color to unproven experiments; less concerned about ensuring the presence of experienced, well - qualified teachers and small classes; more willing to impose test - driven curricula; less concerned about kids pushed out of school; and more willing to privatize education.

WHEREAS, it is widely recognized that high - stakes standardized testing is an inadequate and often unreliable measure of both student learning and educator effectiveness, and the over-reliance on standardized testing has caused considerable collateral damage in many schools, including narrowing the curriculum, teaching to the test, reducing student's love of learning, pushing students out of school, driving teachers out of the profession, and undermining school climate; and

Over a decade of research shows that an over emphasis on high - stakes standardized tests narrows curriculum, creates social and emotional stress for students and families, drives committed teachers out of the profession, and turns schools into test - prep factories with principals forced to comply as overseers — especially in low - scoring schools.

Since the beginning, Indiana defensive driving has beat out other schools with our top - of - the - line curriculum and outstanding customer service.

At Drivers Ed Direct, we are revolutionizing the drivers education industry by replacing old cars, dimly - lit sterile classrooms and out - of - touch instructors with engaging, interactive technology, the most talented instructors in the industry and the latest driver safety curriculum available in order to educate teenagers on the techniques and responsibilities of driving a car.

Besides offering more affordable driving lesson packages than our chief competitors (such as Valley Bobs), our driving school stands out by offering custom traffic safety curriculums, the most liked crew of driving instructors, and hybrid training vehicles with added safety features.