As Norwalk contemplates who would best serve as their school superintendent, they should be especially cognizant of the policy issues surrounding how to improve
educational outcomes for those students who enter the school system without the English language skills necessary to succeed.
Not exact matches
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.
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 quali
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 quali
for reasons unrelated to school quality.
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.
No Child Left Behind was supposed to improve
educational outcomes for students long overlooked — including those
who were black, Hispanic and low - income.
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.
«What we hope will be the
outcome is that they will sustain these practices and the
educational trajectory will improve
for these
students,» says Rhonda Marks,
who worked with Marshall
for ISBE.
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.
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 coalition came together to push
for school finance reform and improved
educational opportunities and
outcomes for Nevada public school children, especially those
students who are at - risk, English language learners, gifted and talented, and
students with disabilities or other special needs.
School choice has grown by leaps and bounds over the past two decades, with literally millions of
students benefiting from the choice movement, precisely because most studies have shown that school choice programs help improve
educational outcomes —
for students who receive private school scholarships, those
who attend public charter schools, and those
who remain in traditional public schools.
Andrew J. Rotherham,
who writes the blog Eduwonk, is a co-founder and partner at Bellwether Education, a nonprofit working to improve
educational outcomes for low - income
students.
In a world in which poverty, language barriers and the need
for special education services are the three greatest factors limiting
educational outcomes, charter schools have a lower percentage of poor
students, fail to accept and keep their fair share of
students who aren't fluent in English and take far fewer
students who need special education services.
Somewhat overshadowed by the growing controversy over Mayor - elect Rahm's schools pick, this Tribune story shows the intention of the privatizers not to listen to the research about charters or to the reasonable concerns of interim CPS CEO Terry Mazany,
who said about his decision to postpone consideration of new charter contracts at his first board meeting last January: «We simply do not have any budget flexibility to allocate dollars that will not lead directly to improved
educational outcomes for all of our
students.»
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.
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
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
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
for students of color, such as high school completion and college attendance.24
It is important
for elected officials and
educational leaders to understand that to improve
student outcomes, we must allow
for the continuous improvement of the adults
who teach them.
Mead and Green recommend that state legislatures explicitly state in their laws that charter schools aim to «enhance equitable
educational outcomes for all
students, particularly those
who have historically struggled,» and that «charter schools must comply with all federal laws.»
Principals must be instructional leaders,
who understand instruction and can develop the capacities of teachers and schools to improve
educational outcomes for all
students.
The critical part principals play in developing successful schools has been well established by researchers over the last two decades: committed leaders
who understand instruction and can develop the capacities of teachers and of schools are key to improving
educational outcomes for all
students.