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In the following report, we underscore the fact that simply sitting next to a white student does not guarantee better educational outcomes for students of color.

Increasing racial, ethnic, linguistic, socio - economic, and gender diversity in the teacher workforce can have a positive effect for all students, but the impact is even more pronounced when students have a teacher who shares characteristics of their identity.20 For example, teachers of color are often better able to engage students of color, 21 and students of color score higher on standardized tests when taught by teachers of color.22 By holding students of color to a set of high expectations, 23 providing culturally relevant teaching, confronting racism through teaching, and developing trusting relationships with their students, teachers of color can increase other educational outcomes for students of color, such as high school completion and college attendance.24

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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.

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 students.

For example, the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act allocates additional funding to school districts with a high percentage of low - income students, who are more likely to have poor educational outcomes for reasons unrelated to school qualiFor example, the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act allocates additional funding to school districts with a high percentage of low - income students, who are more likely to have poor educational outcomes for reasons unrelated to school qualifor reasons unrelated to school quality.

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.

For a program that was supposed to improve the educational outcomes of low - income high - school students, this was not good news.

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.

And policymakers could stand to read these briefs as well to simplify archaic, input - based regulations that don't further educational outcomes for students given today's world — but create a lot of headaches for the educators serving them.

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.

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 studestudents 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 studeStudents 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 studestudents 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 ststudent identifier» provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act, which requires states — for the first time — to track outcomes for these stStudent Succeeds Act, which requires states — for the first time — to track outcomes for these students.

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.

A straight projection of the recent past into the future looks bleak for these students and their educational outcomes.

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.

By comparing the educational outcomes of students who scored just above the admissions threshold (and thus were very likely to attend) and just below the admissions threshold (who mostly did not attend), Dougherty is able to account for the selection bias that has plagued prior CTE research.

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.

Outcomes Based Education (OBE), as promoted by Spady (1994), is focused on specifying what students should be able to do at the end of a given period of instruction — for example, an educational course or a traditional year - level curriculum.

«There's been a lot of research done [around the world]... on school turnaround, using sample schools and whole districts, to look at what are the key elements that will turn around educational outcomes for students.

We can more effectively reach our goal of increasing educational outcomes for all students if we increase the capacity and the number of organizations that serve and support students and their communities, including our FBOs.

«At the heart of the report is a vision for using these technologies to promote equity of educational outcomes and career opportunities for students facing disadvantage.»

graduates to change the landscape of educational leadership, which fits with their mission to promote rigorous learning environments, producing better educational and life outcomes for students.

The Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017 - 18 (MGLS: 2017) is the first nationally representative study to examine the educational experiences and outcomes of students as they progress through the middle grades (for...

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.

We create schools of excellence by developing highly effective teachers and transforming educational outcomes for students in the lowest performing schools.

The panelists will discuss high - priority problems of practice — the need to develop and sustain a high - quality teaching force and improve the educational outcomes for low - performing and diverse students.

Reporting performance on indicators separately underscores the broader understanding of what contributes to a positive educational experience for students by focusing on a variety of outcomes and ensuring that disparities among student groups within individual measures are not overlooked.

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 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.

To what extent does the Career Academy approach change educational, employment, and youth development outcomes for students at greater or lesser risk of school failure?

«This research provides further evidence for the positive effect of school - based supports — comprehensive anti-bullying policies, Gay - Straight Alliances (GSAs), supportive educators and LGBT - inclusive curriculum — on LGBTQ students» experiences with harassment and discrimination and, ultimately, their educational outcomes,» said Dr. Joseph Kosciw, GLSEN's Chief Research & Strategy Officer.

By identifying what works, what doesn't, and why, we aim to improve educational outcomes for all students, particularly those at risk of failure.

Through the Fellowship Program, graduate students who are committed to improving educational outcomes for students have the opportunity to directly impact the quality of the charter school sector.

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.

Advocacy and education of the general public, including policymakers, on the efficacy of school design and student outcomes; resource for planning effective educational facilities.

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).

These studies showing the direct positive effects of raising household income — even by small amounts — on student achievement make it plain that reducing poverty through stable, living wage jobs for all working families would also help improve educational outcomes.

Charter schools exist to improve educational outcomes for students and are awarded autonomy in a variety of ways to allow this to happen.

For example, one researcher analyzed the educational outcomes and math scores of several thousand students.

Researchers used composite achievement results from the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA, as the performance metric, and weighed those scores against 63 «inputs,» or factors that could influence educational outcomes, such as teaching materials and technology, the quality of school buildings, and teacher training.