Sentences with phrase «education success story»

Deep Creek Elementary School is an education success story.

Finland has been lauded for years as this planet's grand K - 12 education success story, deserving of study and emulation by other nations.

The Report, released jointly by the GMR and the United Nations Girls» Education Initiative, shows that, although the goal has not been met by all, progress towards gender parity is one of the biggest education success stories since 2000.

We at Fordham have found ourselves doing this a couple of times and we've periodically reviewed major analyses of «education success stories around the world» by the likes of McKinsey.

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In the Indianapolis warehouse, far from both his office and the schools where the suspect tests were taken, he saw clear evidence of what has become the most widespread episode of cheating ever documented in U.S. public schools, one which has diminished one of the nation's few education success stories of the past decade.

Let me offer four examples of character education success stories that illustrate these schoolwide strategies.

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These factors include historical reliance on national banking institutions for investment guidance, a public company venture capital markets in Canada being down 75 % from its peak in 2011 causing risk capital investment fatigue and a need for education, success stories and media attention on equity crowdfunding.

Today, Matthew has been responsible for five multimillion - dollar business success stories, in industries as vastly different as construction, telecommunications, and nationally accredited education.

The school was lauded as a success story by the Department of Education.

We rely on the these too - narrow numbers and types of results to imply success — rather than on our stories, overall lives, and education.

In December, the Education Writers Association's Educated Reporter blog gave its «Water Cooler Award (for one of the most talked - about stories of the year)» to my article in the New York Times Magazine about character, «What If the Secret to Success Is Failure?»

The truth is, there are no success stories of people who've truly risen from poverty to security on their own, without (rightfully) taking advantage of some kind of federal program, from public education to basic infrastructure.

«The important point here is, if you look at the trend of improvements in schools, the numbers now succeeding at GCSE and accessing A-levels has been a success story of our education system,» he said.

On April 27, 50 Rockland BOCES Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC) students (and five chaperones) returned from the 2018 New York State SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Championships in Syracuse with stories of success!

In Ekiti State where I am presently the governor, our success story in education is there for all to see.

Overall she was there to champion the widely held view in the Conservative party — that education has been one of their biggest success stories.

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story A young boy who grows up to become a brain surgeon realizes he owes his success to his single mother, who had a vision of what he could do if he acquired a good education.

In the last few years, it's been worth keeping an eye (or an ear, rather) on the Sundance buzz, as the festival has birthed a number of future critical hits, and even awards - season success stories: recent Best Picture nominees «Little Miss Sunshine,» «Precious,» «An Education» and now «The Kids Are All Right» and «Winter's Bone» all premiered there, as did «Frozen River,» «Blue Valentine» and a plethora of Oscar - nominated documentaries.

Last month, the U.S. Department of Education released a report, «Local Success Stories: Reducing Class Size.»

Education is notorious for single - school success stories that serve as fodder for 60 Minutes and feature films, but are never «replicated» elsewhere.

There are promising success stories in the remaking of federal efforts in education research.

The articles below from Education World's archive share stories and practical tips that will help you create a climate that is positive and ensures success.

As readers may recall, Tough, author of Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America, introduced his notion of «grit» as a missing component in education in a 2011 New York Times magazine cover story called, «What if the Secret to Success is Failure?»

The growth in fourth - grade math achievement represents one of the most significant success stories in contemporary American education.

An emerging success story from Pittsburgh's Remake Learning Network that has played just this role may bolster the case, as it appears to be one of the few clusters that has greatly accelerated innovation in education along a variety of metrics — and helped unearth emergent, critical gaps in the ecosystem for new organizations to fill.

There are success stories that seem replicable and depict transformational change in education, not just «reform,» or improvement.

That is the question that author and educator Bill Nave aims to answer in his new book from Harvard Education Press, Student - Centered Learning: Nine Classrooms in Action, in which nine teachers tell the stories of their own classrooms and how they altered their own methods to achieve greater student success.

In November of that year, the Times published a Winerip story called «American Can Save Its City Schools,» a profile of Robert (Success for All) Slavin and others then trying to rescue urban education.

Let's Fix Math Education By Redefining Math National Geographic, 3/24/16 The secret of countries such as high - performing Finland may be quality primary school teachers, who often have deep math training, according to Pasi Sahlberg, a former math teacher who has chronicled the Finnish success story and is now a visiting professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.»

Another plausible explanation for the Florida success story is the 2002 passage of an amendment to the state's constitution mandating universal preschool education for all those who would like to participate.

McNeely and other members of Education World's Principal Files team took time to share their communication success stories and offer some strategies that other principals might not have considered.

I moved to Edutopia because after so much time reporting on the failures of education in the United States, I want to tell the stories of success.

Class Size Reduction: Success Stories Noted in New Report Last month, the U.S. Department of Education released a report, «Local Success Stories: Reducing Class Size.»

KIPP, the nationwide network of charter schools and one of the great success stories of the charter movement, has 125 schools serving 41,000 students, making it less than one - twentieth the size of the New York City Department of Education.

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His current book is of particular interest to educators because, as its subtitle tells us, it is «The Story of Success,» and much of it deals with success in eduSuccess,» and much of it deals with success in edusuccess in education.

With our focus on closing the achievement gap between blacks and whites, framing reform as the «civil rights issue of our time,» and the attention and praise we have heaped on inner - city charter schools — one of reform's few bona fide success stories — we have tacitly made education reform a race - based endeavor.

Education's first great success story, Khan Academy, has amassed an amazing 3.4 million subscribers, and have received over 1.2 billion video views in their 13 - year history.

Classroom educators, share your story on the Teacher Wall - a place where teachers from across the country can meet to celebrate their successes, share their stories and talk about education.

If we could get back to the basics — great schools — and empowering families to make the decisions that best suit their child's education, we might see more success stories for students, which is at the heart of why educators like McKeon signed up for this work in the first place.

In each issue you'll find award winning coverage on the latest education trends, success stories and solutions from other school districts, the latest on hot topics such as student achievement, teacher quality, school technology, and much more!

Right now the ever - changing list of Democratic candidates includes Sal Albanese (who has run twice before, finishing 3d and 8th, and whose education platform focuses on pre-K expansion, one of de Blasio's few success stories); Kevin Coenen (who has a section about education on his website that contains grammatical errors); Robert Gangi, and Collin Slatter (who have no name recognition).

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This is one of the big success stories in public education today.

Oscar's success story reflects his school district's underlying commitment to inclusive education and its related practices.

WHAT WORKS: Countless state and local success stories prove that a high - quality education can be delivered to all students — even those deemed least likely to succeed.

Come experience the many success stories that have sprung from embracing character education.

(James J. Barta and Michael G. Allen); «Ideas and Programs To Assist in the Untracking of American Schools» (Howard D. Hill); «Providing Equity for All: Meeting the Needs of High - Ability Students» (Sally M. Reis); «Promoting Gifted Behavior in an Untracked Middle School Setting» (Thomas O. Erb et al.); «Untracking Your Middle School: Nine Tentative Steps toward Long - Term Success» (Paul S. George); «In the Meantime: Using a Dialectical Approach To Raise Levels of Intellectual Stimulation and Inquiry in Low - Track Classes» (Barbara G. Blackwell); «Synthesis of Research on Cooperative Learning» (Robert E. Slavin); «Incorporating Cooperation: Its Effects on Instruction» (Harbison Pool et al.); «Improving All Students» Achievement: Teaching Cognitive and Metacognitive Thinking Strategies» (Robert W. Warkentin and Dorothy A. Battle); «Integrating Diverse Learning Styles» (Dan W. Rea); «Reintegrating Schools for Success: Untracking across the United States» (Anne Wheelock); «Creatinga Nontraditional School in a Traditional Community» (Nancy B. Norton and Charlotte A. Jones); «Ungrouping Our Way: A Teacher's Story» (Daphrene Kathryn Sheppard); «Educating All Our Students: Success in Serving At - Risk Youth» (Edward B. Strauser and John J. Hobe); «Technology Education: A New Application of the Principles of Untracking at the Secondary Level» (N. Creighton Alexander); «Tracking and Research - Based Decisions: A Georgia School System's Dilemma» (Jane A. Page and Fred M. Page, Jr.); and «A Call to Action: The Time Has Come To Move beyond Tracking» (Harbison Pool and Jane A. Page).

In his research on teacher education in social studies, Molebash (2004) found support for using this model, arguing that a «consistent theme among methods course technology integration success stories is a constructivist approach» (p. 415).