Sentences with phrase «educational expectations of»

The evidence regarding educational expectations of Latino and African American families is somewhat mixed and merits further investigation.

The definitions of such groups are inevitably arbitrary; the students in them inevitably have different learning needs; and the educational expectations of included and excluded students are inevitably different.

Not exact matches

A few decades ago, having a high school diploma meant you at least had the education, background and ambition to complete the «bare minimum» of educational expectations.

Thanks to her online educational experience, Heather said, «I had a pretty good understanding of the expectations of remote work going in.»

We accept extensive educational expectations and adopt rigorous regimes of exercise and dieting.

The Research Institute supports projects dealing with essential contemporary educational issues such as attention - related disorders, trends in adolescent development and innovations in the high school curriculum, learning expectations and assessment, computers in education, the role of art in education, and new ways to identify and address different learning styles.

Young black men may have such low expectations because of previous experiences with educational or employment systems, that they may not expect to be involved, and may not know what they need to know 4.

Specifically, for fathers, higher expectations about their children's educational level, and greater level / frequency of interest and direct involvement in children's learning, education and schools, are associated strongly with better educational outcomes for their children, including: • better exam / test / class results • higher level of educational qualification • greater progress at school • better attitudes towards school (e.g. enjoyment) • higher educational expectations • better behaviour at school (e.g. reduced risk of suspension or expulsion)(for discussion / review of all this research, see Goldman, 2005).

Every group that applies to use the community's facilities should be required to go through a brief educational program that addresses the importance of youth sports in a child's development, and what the behavior expectations are for the adults, regardless if they're a coach, official, or simply a spectator.

Children, schools and families bill The bill will raise educational standards by providing guarantees - a series of specific entitlements for parents and pupils on what they can expect from a 21st century schools system and a means of redress if expectations are not met.

«Higher expectations of all children, and better teaching and learning, would lead to fewer children being identified as having special educational needs.

The summit, which was organized by the Government - University - Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR) of the National Academies of Science and held in Washington, D.C., 11 to 12 November 2002, included representatives from government agencies, disciplinary societies, and several education and science organizations who presented a litany of policy prescriptions and recommendations on the educational and societal forces that affect the experiences and expectations of the nation's future scientists and engineers.

He's particularly excited by the work of educational researcher Christine Rubie - Davies and her Teacher Expectation Project in Auckland, New Zealand.

As the title more than implies, What is thought of as a very fetching delectable and selective Caucasian woman who is seeking an equally captivating white male kindred spirit who likes to give oral without expectations of return, — by the way, only a white male, with emotional maturity and stability to match his years — whose educational level is commensurate with, or superior to, who has already been through marriage.

For the thirty - four students who chose to enroll in this inaugural year of the program, arts@newman provides an opportunity to use the arts as an approach to traditional curriculum and educational expectations.

More recent research has examined non-test score outcomes, uncovering differences by race / ethnicity in teacher expectations for students» educational attainment and subjective evaluations of students» academic ability.

'» The idea that education should «relate to contemporary, not archaic educational needs» means that as «the level of skills necessary to participate as a citizen and as a wage - earner in society rise, expectations for an adequate education will also necessarily rise.»

If every student's educational needs were identified and addressed with high quality teaching, high expectations and excellent school facilities and infrastructure — regardless of socioeconomic or Indigenous status — gaps might take care of themselves.

It suggests that every funding agreement should include an expectation of the chain's educational performance, in addition to financial performance.

In order to promote health with expectations of success, and acting on the lifestyles of the population and the social determinants that affect them, the life skills educational model stands out as an ideal response.

Distinct from his school department (which, like more than 90 percent of Rhode Island's school districts, is governed by an elected school committee), OCYL's mission was to extend learning time for as many Cumberland children and youth as possible while raising the community's expectations regarding educational outcomes.

And the people of the United States would be better off if all our kids were held to the same high educational expectations.

Second, it elicited subjective expectations of each student's ultimate educational attainment from students» 10th - grade math and reading teachers.

The second teacher's expectation is a valuable control in this setting, as it explicitly accounts for many of the unobserved factors that affect both the first teacher's expectation and the student's educational attainment.

Comparing two teachers» expectations — one black and one white — for the same student at the same point in time eliminates the effect of other aspects of the educational environment on teacher expectations and student outcomes.

To begin to understand the extent to which teacher expectations matter, we first compare the college completion rates of students whose teachers have lower and higher expectations for their educational attainment.

By that we mean:»... «really high» expectations of schools, students and parents and carers, and «highly real» expectations about the social and economic policies and environments that stymie educational success.»

Fan, W & Wolters, C. «School motivation and high school dropout: The mediating role of educational expectation.»

The wide - ranging concept of leadership is one of the most studied topics in all of academia; however ~ the more specific issue of educational leadership has gained attention in recent years due to the increased expectations of public schools to improve student achievement.

We will offer a breadth of educational opportunity with high expectations for all children and excellent professional learning and development for all staff.

Parent - child differences in educational expectations and the academic achievement of immigrant and native students

Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) leads a statewide coalition of educational and advocacy organizations and families who have come together to urge the creation of multiple pathways to a diploma in New York State, each of which holds all students to high expectations, provides them with quality instruction, and opens doors to career and post-secondary education opportunities.

They exist because states believed it was important to lay out clear expectations for what all kids needed to know at each grade level in order to succeed in future educational settings, the workforce, or as a contributing member of civic life.

The options are diverse, we have a great variety of devices within our reach; services that, while not created with educational purposes, have a strong potential in this field when they are applied with creativity; platforms that use mobility, immediacy, and simplicity for their methodologies in order to satisfy people's expectations.

Shouldn't educational institutions incorporate a similar competitive landscape to breed innovative thinking and cultivate ideas that meet the ever - changing expectations of students?

Character and Leadership Development — Character development is considered a fundamental purpose of education and will be fostered through a child - centered educational model built on high behavioral and academic expectations.

The trust is seeking to establish a primary school built upon the same high expectations and educational excellence of Yavneh College which achieves GCSE results significantly above both local and national averages and is the highest performing non-selective secondary state school in the UK for A levels.

Research also shows that teachers hold differing and lower expectations for students of color and low - income students, as compared with more affluent students, which is a key link to our educational achievement gap.

On the other hand, failure to acquire basic literacy skills in the early years of schooling too often leads to disappointment, disengagement from the educational process, and drastically lower expectations for success beyond school.

This may not be the triumph of social justice for which the Department for Education hopes, but it is designed to put our educational expectations on a par with the Finns, the Canadians and the Swiss.

However, just in case you need a little clarification, the Common Core State Standards are a rigorous set of state - driven educational standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics that were designed to bring consistency to student expectations in kindergarten through 12th grade.

There will need to be a shared understanding of where the school is going and agreement on the high expectations we have in terms of student attainment and of wider, exciting educational experiences.

NSCS has maintained many of its philosophical education roots, with its focus on keeping the curricula challenging and the expectations for learning high, while utilizing the help and support of qualified educational assistance and classroom volunteers.

In the process, Obama and Duncan are retreating from the very commitment of federal education policy, articulated through No Child, to set clear goals for improving student achievement in reading and mathematics, to declare to urban, suburban, and rural districts that they could no longer continue to commit educational malpractice against poor and minority children, and to end policies that damn children to low expectations.

Aaron Jenkins is the vice president of policy and advocacy for The Expectations Project (TEP), a national non-profit organization that educates and trains faith - motivated advocates to help eliminate educational inequality in low - income public schools.

Program Focus LaFollette offers families an educational environment with one basic goal: the education of our children through high expectations and academic achievement.

True adoption of these standards represents qualitatively different expectations and their success will require significant shifts in educational practice.

It also made it clear to suburban districts that they could no longer continue to commit educational malpractice against poor and minority children, as well as focused American public education on achieving measurable results instead of damning kids to low expectations.

Overview This study mission for state policymakers focused on how policies can strengthen the alignment of expectations and resources across the educational pipeline so that young people complete high school prepared to succeed in a range of postsecondary education opportunities.

Introduced as an ambitious educational reform at the end of the last decade to make sure that, across the U.S., students graduating from the K - 12 system are college and career ready, Common Core has ramped up academic expectations that schools everywhere, including those in Kentucky, are still far from meeting.