Sentences with phrase «effective education of every child»

We have come to believe that a system allowing parents a choice among schools, if properly organized by an aggressive central administration, can release energies that only diversity makes available, without sacrificing accountability for the effective education of every child.

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«A recent study at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine suggests that abstinence - only» education can be effective in delaying sexual activity among sixth - and seventh - grade children.

The State shall «make effective provision for securing the right to work, to education» (Part IV, 41), provide «free and compulsory education for all children» (45), and «promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people» (46).

Challenge Success recognizes that our current fast - paced, high - pressure culture works against much of what we know about healthy child development and effective education.

At the North Carolina Parenting Education Network (NCPE)'s spring 2015 conference, Meg Akabas, certified parenting educator and author of 52 Weeks of Parenting Wisdom: Effective Strategies for Raising Happy, Responsible Kids, noted that attentive listening and thoughtful communication go hand in hand with the behavior of a respectful child.

Her uniquely effective parenting and teaching strategies were developed through her years of training in sociology, special education, and philosophy, as well as field - tested through her experiences as a classroom teacher, laboratory school instructor, university instructor, seminar leader, volunteer in Rwanda, and mother of three grown children.

Dianne C. Kuchlak, LCSW Attachment Therapy and Family Counseling 47 Marchwood Road, Suite 2H Exton, PA 19341 [phone] e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.attachmentdisorderhelp.com Eclectic approach, using Martha Welch - type holding (coaching the parents - no therapist holding); Theraplay - type structured play activities; Family Narrative Therapy; therapist - directed nurturing of the child by the parents; parent education to facilitate understanding of and empathy toward the child's behavior and provide effective parenting tools; and correction of cognitive distortions.

Doctors and education leaders are still completing ongoing research about just how effective e-books are for children of all ages, and especially toddlers.

SHARE aims to involve parents actively in their children's learning; increase parents» understanding of the important role they play and of the learning process; improve the educational attainments of children; enable parents to further their own education; and develop effective management and organisation of parental involvement in schools.

Today, with all of the education and help available, childbirth is probably as safe as it is going to be for both mother and child, and when difficulties arise, then the support systems in place to help both through to a successful end are myriad and effective.

Each Active Parenting parent education workshop is customized for children of different ages, but every Active Parenting class will cover some core effective parenting skills, including but not limited to:

Home visiting has been demonstrated to be an effective method of supporting families, particularly as part of a comprehensive and coordinated system of high - quality, affordable early care and education, health and mental health, and family support services for families of children from the prenatal through the pre-kindergarten stages.

First of all, I don't believe the point is wether CIO works or not, many things in education are effective but not good... Second, I really don't think that by breaking the trust Hogg meant they will grow into children who don't trust us.

What this suggests is that effective parenting for school success is about developing a quality parent - child relationship that communicates the value of education and provides the child with resources to succeed.

Treatment for ADHD includes education of the individual and his or her family about the nature of ADHD and its management; positive and proactive behavioral interventions that provide structure, consistency, predictability, and teach appropriate skills; parent training to teach and support effective parenting approaches for a child with ADHD; and modifications, support, and accommodations to increase success at school or work.

Buffalo's taxpayers give the Board of Education $ 70 million per year, and that contribution demands that the children in Buffalo are provided with the best, the most innovative, and most effective educational opportunities.

New Yorkers overwhelmingly agreed that universal pre-K would improve education across the state, with 78 percent of voters saying pre-K would be either «very effective» or «somewhat effective» for children.

Currently, and for the last nine years, all new academies and free schools have only been able to religiously select half of their places, a requirement that has been hugely effective in boosting integration in the education system and ensuring that local places are open to local children, irrespective of their religion or belief.

«This has to do with the most profound, most fundamental, most effective way of organizing and delivering education services to the children of this city.»

The education watchdog's report says good quality provision coupled with effective identification of children with special educational needs is «not common».

Dr. Romy Quijano, a medical doctor who heads the Philippine Action Network, also believes that the sensible approach to preventing vitamin A deficiency is to see that the vulnerable sectors of the population are empowered enough to access natural sources of vitamin A. «Effective nutrition education is much better than adding yet another source of vitamin A which most likely will not be equitably distributed anyway; improving livelihood; providing better health care system; addressing malnutrition, communicable diseases and other illnesses that make children more vulnerable to vitamin A deficiency.

«Arts education enables those children from a financially challenged background to have a more level playing field with children who have had those enrichment experiences,» says Eric Cooper, president and founder of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Eeducation enables those children from a financially challenged background to have a more level playing field with children who have had those enrichment experiences,» says Eric Cooper, president and founder of the National Urban Alliance for Effective EducationEducation.

The upshot is that, when school boards make decisions about policy or money or about the myriad rules governing school operations, they tend to give heavy weight to the interests of unions - and may often depart, as a result, from what is best for children and effective education.

Delegates attending the BNF conference heard from a panel of eminent scientific experts including Professor Ashley Adamson from University of Newcastle, Dr Graham Moore from University of Cardiff, Professor John Reilly of University of Strathclyde, and Professor Jeanne Goldberg from Tufts University in Massachusetts, USA, about the role and impact of a whole school approach to nutrition; the association between breakfast consumption and education outcomes in primary schools, with particular reference to deprivation; the impact of obesity, and of physical activity, on academic attainment; and research which points to the most effective methods of communicating about nutrition with school children.

Reform is about creating a more efficient, more effective education system that meets the needs of children.

Consequences are most effective «when they are motivated by an understanding of children's behavior and supportive of children's learning and growth,» says Jones, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Since little data exists on how effective aligning teaching with scientists» understanding of child cognition would be, Willingham suggests creating a pilot program of the reforms within college of education.

«The whole controversy about the Common Core and the assessments risks becoming an enormous distraction from the much more difficult work, the central education reform work of devising effective strategies for educating children to higher levels,» says Reville.

New findings by Harvard Graduate School of Education Visiting Professor Nancy Hill, reported in the May issue of Developmental Psychology, suggest linking schoolwork to future goals may be more effective for middle school children than increased parental involvement.

If they believe passionately that their students can achieve proficiency, if they have a clear vision of what makes a school effective, if they learn the lessons of school change, and if they take advantage of external assessments, principals should be able to lead a school staff to bring a first - rate education to every child.

Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children — edited by Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Catherine E. Snow, M. Susan Burns, and Peg Griffin — offers groundbreaking consensus on effective literacy practice for young cChildren — edited by Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Catherine E. Snow, M. Susan Burns, and Peg Griffin — offers groundbreaking consensus on effective literacy practice for young childrenchildren.

If present evidence is to be used, two potent contributions to raising student achievement will be widespread: effective preschool programs for all children and intensive interventions that build capacities of families to support the education of their children.

Threatened with buildings that are no longer fit for purpose, overcrowded classrooms and a school place crisis, the education sector needs sustainable and cost effective solutions to meet the needs of Britain's school children.

Accountability systems have worked well with other reforms — such as effective choice policies, the expansion of early - childhood - education and other school - readiness programs, and efforts to improve the teaching force through evaluation and tenure reform — to improve education for children around the country.

It this focus on wellbeing that underpins the effective education of the whole child, and every child — «Everybody is a teacher of wellbeing» (MindMatters).

Murnane, an economist, focuses his research on the relationships between education and the economy, teacher labor markets, the determinants of children's achievement, and strategies for making schools more effective.

Although wider press coverage of the OECD's report focused on the findings that heavy investment in ICT failed to improve results, Andreas Schleicher, OECD director for education and skills stated that the key to success was to «find more effective ways to integrate technology into teaching and learning to provide educators with learning environments that support 21st century pedagogies and provide children with the 21st century skills they need to succeed in tomorrow's world».

Murnane is an economist whose research focuses on the relationships between education and the economy, teacher labor markets, the determinants of children's achievement, and strategies for making schools more effective.

The U.S. needs more, and more effective, investments in the early education and care of young children.

The federal «No Child Left Behind» Act of 2001 requires that schools have effective tactics for involving parents in their children's education.

Donna Wilson and Marcus Conyers are the authors of more than 40 books and professional articles for educators, including, most recently, Teaching Students to Drive Their Brains: Metacognitive Strategies, Activities, and Lesson Ideas (ASCD, 2016), Smarter Teacher Leadership: Neuroscience and the Power of Purposeful Collaboration (Teachers College Press, 2016), Positively Smarter: Science and Strategies for Increasing Happiness, Achievement, and Well - Being (Wiley Blackwell, 2015), Five Big Ideas for Effective Teaching: Connecting Mind, Brain, and Education Research to Classroom Practice (Teachers College Press, 2013) and Flourishing in the First Five Years: Connecting Implications from Mind, Brain, and Education Research to the Development of Young Children (Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2013).

«In order to find a lasting solution to the problem of the UK's stubbornly low levels financial capability, we need to help parents be better role models, build their confidence in speaking to their children about these matters and support schools to deliver effective financial education.»

It builds on our wider package of support to help schools to be more cost effective, with the aim of ensuring every child can access a world - class education.»

Thoughtful and effective policies for developing a professional workforce will have to include a mix of incentives for pre-K teachers that may be different from those designed for teachers in K — 12; provide training that is focused on classroom practices and the specific challenges of teaching young children; and improve the alignment of early childhood education with K — 12.

There are different arguments for vouchers, such as that they would give parents more choice, reduce the role of government in education, enable parents to transmit values and religion to their children, and deliver cost - effective education.

While there are minimum legal standards and commensurate penalties for schools that get it completely wrong, the purpose of schools is education, so teaching children about risk, safety, health and welfare is a critical factor in delivering effective life education.

REVIEW: The Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA) represents a consortium of educators from five universities and receives support from the Department of Education for research on the learning and teaching of effective reading skills to children at an early age.

The Education Redesign Lab launched the By All Means initiative in May 2016 and convened a national audience in support of a more effective systems for educating all children so that they are prepared to be successful in a complex, 21st century society.

Macrogenetic research on digital learning can contribute to the further development of effective math education software, shed light on children's math learning, and also largely eliminate the need for high - stakes testing and traditional achievement tests.

This report makes the case that the education system can serve as an effective through - line for children and youth experiencing traumatic life experiences by using two key levers for change: continuity of people and continuity of information.