Program, she examines how TFA regional staff and corps cultures — specifically staff and corps member engagement and inclusion — can catalyze efforts to improve
educational outcomes for students in each local context.
In Chicago and Kentucky, local school councils were created to improve
educational outcomes for students in their respective jurisdictions.
We create schools of excellence by developing highly effective teachers and transforming
educational outcomes for students in the lowest performing schools.
Leading Charlotte foundations formed a funding collaborative to support a five - year district turnaround initiative to dramatically improve
educational outcomes for students in the West Charlotte High School corridor, one of the city's lowest - performing feeder zones.
Governor Pence has a proven record of accomplishment when it comes to advancing educational choice and innovation, which are critically important to improving
educational outcomes for all students in America.»
The Chicago Teacher Residency seeks individuals from all backgrounds, who are passionate about transforming
the educational outcomes for students in the lowest - performing schools, and are open to coaching and feedback.
«Myrna brings decades of experience in education to Great Public Schools Now, especially the ways that charter schools have helped to improve
educational outcomes for students in need,» said Bill Siart, Chairman of Great Public Schools Now.
The Capitol Riverfront staff takes pride in delivering excellent
educational outcomes for students in a nurturing environment with small classroom sizes, high performing test scores, and extended learning opportunities.
Not exact matches
These eight districts joined our original five districts — Dallas ISD (Dallas, TX), Little Rock (AR), Memphis City Schools (TN), Orange County Public Schools (FL), and Prince George's County Public Schools (MD)--
in the work of increasing access to, and participation
in, the federally - funded School Breakfast Program, with the goal of reducing childhood hunger, and improving health and
educational outcome for students.
What we mean by that is that our food system and our
educational system are set up
in ways that produce different and worse
outcomes for students of color and low - income
students.
Lucky
for us, we have a left leaning school board who do support our efforts and who understand that this is an investment they make
in our
students which pays big dividends
in terms of better focus
in the classroom and improved
educational outcomes.
At 1:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on New York City Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act
in relation to requiring certain public schools
in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts,
in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act
in relation to improving
educational outcomes for homeless
students.
Current research on mindfulness, brain science, and education suggests that mindfulness-wise application of neuroscience
in the classroom may improve social - emotional and
educational outcomes for students.
Jasmine's doctoral research as well as her clinical experience
in the
educational setting demonstrates a commitment to working collaboratively with
students, parents, teachers, and school personnel to promote a learning environment that achieves the most beneficial
outcomes for students.
In Making school meaningful for Indigenous learners Ailsa MacFie uses a body of research, plus her own experiences as a teacher in a high Aboriginal population boarding school in the Northern Territory, to provide practical tools for teachers wanting to improve educational outcomes for Indigenous student
In Making school meaningful
for Indigenous learners Ailsa MacFie uses a body of research, plus her own experiences as a teacher
in a high Aboriginal population boarding school in the Northern Territory, to provide practical tools for teachers wanting to improve educational outcomes for Indigenous student
in a high Aboriginal population boarding school
in the Northern Territory, to provide practical tools for teachers wanting to improve educational outcomes for Indigenous student
in the Northern Territory, to provide practical tools
for teachers wanting to improve
educational outcomes for Indigenous
students.
With guidance from Harvard faculty and district and community leaders, participants study best practices
in family engagement and identify strategies they can use to promote
student learning and improve
educational outcomes for all.
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.
U.S. Schoolchildren Tumble
in International Reading Exam Rankings, Worrying Educators (The Washington Post) Marty West discusses the impact the Great Recession may have had on school systems and what that means
for improving
educational outcomes for the most challenged
students.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new investment of $ 1.7 billion
for K - 12 education over the next five years, with the bulk of the funding aimed at existing traditional public schools that show progress
in improving
educational outcomes, the development of new curricula, charter schools focused on
students with special needs, and «research and development»
for scalable models that could inform best practices.
An increasingly important issue within the education sphere is the acknowledgement of the role that culture plays
in improving
educational outcomes for Indigenous
students.
It is valuable
for both
students and tutors and shows
in practice how
educational technology is progressing so that it can show not only the past performance but also forecast the future of a
student's learning
outcomes.
Dinham also tackled common misconceptions of how
students learn, including the learning styles myth, the danger of pigeon - holing
students as being «gifted» or «not bright», and the findings of a project
in New South Wales he was involved
in looking at leadership
for exceptional
educational outcomes.
In class, I considered ways public policy could be influenced to improve
educational outcomes for students.
Researchers from RAND studying the first year of Vermont's implementation of portfolio assessments
for fourth and eighth graders found that the development of portfolios (work was selected by
students with input from classroom teachers) had several positive educational outcomes: Students and teachers were more enthusiastic and had a more positive attitude about learning, teachers devoted «substantially more attention» to problem solving and communication (two areas represented by portfolios), students spent more time working in small groups or in pairs, and teachers felt the portfolios afforded them a new perspective on stude
students with input from classroom teachers) had several positive
educational outcomes:
Students and teachers were more enthusiastic and had a more positive attitude about learning, teachers devoted «substantially more attention» to problem solving and communication (two areas represented by portfolios), students spent more time working in small groups or in pairs, and teachers felt the portfolios afforded them a new perspective on stude
Students and teachers were more enthusiastic and had a more positive attitude about learning, teachers devoted «substantially more attention» to problem solving and communication (two areas represented by portfolios),
students spent more time working in small groups or in pairs, and teachers felt the portfolios afforded them a new perspective on stude
students spent more time working
in small groups or
in pairs, and teachers felt the portfolios afforded them a new perspective on
student work.
When Jill Biden convened a gathering of researchers and university faculty to mark the five - year anniversary of Operation Educate the Educators last spring, they also celebrated significant policy gains, like the enactment of the Interstate Compact on
Educational Opportunity
for Military Children, which smooths transitions by eliminating conflicting state
educational requirements, and the «military -
student identifier» provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act, which requires states — for the first time — to track outcomes for these st
student identifier» provision
in the Every
Student Succeeds Act, which requires states — for the first time — to track outcomes for these st
Student Succeeds Act, which requires states —
for the first time — to track
outcomes for these
students.
Online learning holds the potential to create a
student - centered
educational system that can personalize affordably
for students» different learning needs at different times — a key to allowing all
students to maximize their success — if policy moves away from regulating inputs and toward focusing on individual
student outcomes and other conditions are put
in place.
«Inclusive education strengthens all
students and communities by reducing
educational fragmentation and providing a school environment
in which all the resources are used to improve
outcomes for all the kids,» said Riley.
ESSA wisely eliminates cost - by - cost testing
for SNS, a practice which discouraged schools from spending Title I funds on comprehensive services and perversely encouraged spending on add - ons (like pulling
students out of academic classes to work with paraprofessionals) that met compliance standards but were not necessarily helpful
in improving
educational outcomes for low - income
students.
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.
Fryer, the Henry Lee Professor
in the Department of Economics, is a bold researcher who has focused his work on race and education, testing theories and evaluating policies aimed at expanding
educational opportunity and improving
outcomes for disadvantaged
students.
Citing several dozen sources, Mathison and Freeman said all agreed that the «positive
educational outcomes»
for students in an integrated - studies program include
The U.S. Department of Education has invited each State education agency (SEA) to request flexibility regarding specific requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)
in exchange
for rigorous and comprehensive State - developed plans designed to improve
educational outcomes for all
students, close achievement gaps, increase equity, and improve the quality of instruction.
However,
educational outcomes in reading and math, as well as graduation rates,
for students with disabilities continue to lag.
In «Eliminating Ableism in Education,» Harvard Graduate School of Education lecturer Thomas Hehir describes the effects of ableism in education and outlines ways to begin improving educational outcomes for students with disabilitie
In «Eliminating Ableism
in Education,» Harvard Graduate School of Education lecturer Thomas Hehir describes the effects of ableism in education and outlines ways to begin improving educational outcomes for students with disabilitie
in Education,» Harvard Graduate School of Education lecturer Thomas Hehir describes the effects of ableism
in education and outlines ways to begin improving educational outcomes for students with disabilitie
in education and outlines ways to begin improving
educational outcomes for students with disabilities.
The Bureau of Federal
Educational Programs provides technical assistance, program support and monitoring to local
educational agencies that will lead to improved academic achievement
outcomes for students who are disadvantaged, migrant, neglected, delinquent, at - risk, or homeless; or
in rural and low - income schools.
We then examine if there is any relationship between greater representation
in the
educational bureaucracy, and more favorable
educational outcomes for Latino
students.
While finding that «
students in the hybrid format pay no «price»
for this mode of instruction»
in terms of
educational outcomes, the researchers» cost simulations find that substantial savings would result from the hybrid course model, primarily reflecting reduced professorial compensation.
His plea
for greater integration as the road to improving
educational outcomes for poor and black
students closely echoes that recently made by Gerald Grant
in his Hope and Despair
in the American City: Why there are no bad schools
in Raleigh (see «Tale of Two Cities,» book review, Spring 2010).
Creating a Formula
for Success: Why English Language Learner
Students Are Dropping Out of School, and How to Increase Graduation Rates This report analyzes the
educational outcomes of English Language Learners (ELLs) since the implementation of new graduation standards
in New York State and assesses the implementation of promised improvements
in the education provided to ELLs.
Identify current conditions of inequity
in our
educational systems and the role of teachers
in changing systems to increase equitable
outcomes for all
students.
► Improved
educational programs, opportunities, and
outcomes for students from low - income families,
students of color,
students with disabilities, English Language Learners,
students living
in temporary housing, LGBTQ
students, and
students involved
in the child welfare or the juvenile or criminal justice systems.
Under this plan, state education agencies would be granted flexibility
in meeting certain NCLB requirements
in exchange
for «rigorous State - developed plans designed to improve
educational outcomes for all
students, close achievement gaps, increase equity, and improve the quality of instruction» (Department of Education, October 2011).
Charter schools exist to improve
educational outcomes for students and are awarded autonomy
in a variety of ways to allow this to happen.
The Topic:
Educational experts agree that quality teaching is the single most important factor
in improving
educational outcomes for all
students.
And there are many
in our ranks who believe central offices add no value whatsoever to improving
educational outcomes for students.
The draft accountability rules, to be released this summer, will encourage states to identify high - and low - performing teacher preparation programs across all kinds of
educational models, not just those based
in colleges and universities; urge a transition from current input - based reporting requirements to a focus on more meaningful
outcomes; and likely limit program eligibility
for TEACH grants — which are available to
students who are planning to become teachers
in a high - need field
in a low - income school — to only effective teacher preparation programs.
The bottom line is this: If we are serious about eliminating long - standing academic achievement gaps and improving learning
for all
students, we can not ignore the critical role of school district central offices
in improving
educational outcomes for all
students.
In 2016, Jared Bissen accepted the position of Director of Special Education
for Gem Innovation Schools and continues his passion to improve the
educational outcomes of
students with disabilities as he coordinates services throughout the network of schools.
This inclusive community effort resulted
in higher
educational outcomes for low - income
students and African - American
students.
Even the most visionary districts can make the mistake of over investing
in one metric of success, and educational researcher Michael Fullan says, «In most of the schools and education systems we have observed, the only student learning outcome measures available for accountability purposes are measures of curricular content mastery.&raqu
in one metric of success, and
educational researcher Michael Fullan says, «
In most of the schools and education systems we have observed, the only student learning outcome measures available for accountability purposes are measures of curricular content mastery.&raqu
In most of the schools and education systems we have observed, the only
student learning
outcome measures available
for accountability purposes are measures of curricular content mastery.»