Sentences with phrase «efforts reach students»

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The larger effort will now support 200 middle school STEM programs by 2020 and aim to reach 5 million students with free technology resources, teacher training, STEM curricula, and connectivity.

Business schools are reaching for real - life examples to teach old - school business practices in an effort to engage their students.

Students of the era helped organize the Student Volunteer Movement, under the initial sponsorship of Dwight L. Moody, and spearheaded the massive American foreign missionary efforts that reached their peak around World War I. Administrations also often encouraged Protestant denominational campus groups as well as their Catholic and Jewish counterparts.

«StriveTogether's cradle to career network reaches 8 million students across the country and connects more than 10,000 organizations all in an effort to educate more students and educate them better,» Zimpher said.

The 74 - year - old senator's success, including his upset victory in the Michigan primary last week, has been fueled by his appeal to younger voters, who so far have resisted Clinton's efforts to reach out to them through targeted TV ads and an increased focus on issues such as student debt.

The blame for this is not entirely on career services departments, as many schools have ramped up efforts in recent years to reach out to students in PhD programs.

The federal government and its partners must coordinate efforts to increase student interest in math and science long before they reach college age in order to boost the number of STEM graduates entering the workforce.

Information provided by SMD - funded E / PO programs is disseminated via this section of the SMD E / PO Community Workspace (/ page / 5324) with the goal of providing information about what E / PO efforts are being carried out, the numbers of individuals reached, program effectiveness, and how program outcomes are benefiting students, educators, and the public.

Dr. Donnai's efforts in human genetics education have reached large and diverse audiences, including clinical geneticists, genetic counselors, students, and the public.

But she acknowledges reaching the president's college - graduation goals will take considerable efforts, with low - income students among those targeted for increased achievement on the higher - education level.

Yet I can remember feeling, as a teenager, that perfection was possible in school, that there were certain students who were very nearly perfect, and that I was so far from reaching that lofty standard that further effort might be futile.

If you look at the distance some of these students have to travel to reach proficiency, the requirement for them to get there in just one year is more of a deterrent to effort than an inspiration.

It measured students» ability to work with two or more people to reach a solution by pooling their knowledge, skills and efforts.

Today more than 9,000 Teach For America corps members are in the midst of two - year teaching commitments in 43 regions across the country, reaching over 600,000 students, and nearly 24,000 alumni are working inside and outside the field of education to continue the effort to ensure educational excellence and equity.

In 2013, Robert Pondiscio wrote for Education Next about Franklin and Marshall's early efforts to reach out to low - income students through partnerships with charter schools.

After three decades of trying one improvement effort after another, only one has both worked and proven scalable to reach far more students: charter schools.

Instead, teachers should reinforce the effort students invest to reach their goals.

Not only do students benefit, but her efforts also reach a network of teachers worldwide with whom she shares her experiences, ideas, and step - by - step instructions for tech tools that work.

As a balance to that strategy, however, there also needs to be an effort to expand the reach of the highest performers, particularly those that are able to scale their work to serve more students.

Many states responded to earlier efforts by watering down their standards for learning and lowering expectations for students in an attempt to artificially boost the number of students that reached proficiency.

Many parents «don't push their children very hard when it comes to academics» Perry explains, because they «don't necessarily believe in the connection between effort and academic achievement, and don't believe that academic success is within reach of any student willing to work hard for it.»

Then they must meet with their students, so that each child knows the kind of effort that is required — and, most importantly, that teachers believe they can reach the goal.

In an effort to better reach students who aren't engaged in reading, writing and storytelling, staff at Cherrybrook Technology High School in New South Wales decided to run a literary festival for Year 7 students.

In an effort to reach teachers and students directly and avoid complicated procurement processes for as long as possible, a number of entrepreneurs pursued new approaches to sales and distribution.

If you know of efforts to extend great teachers» reach — by adding students to their classes or otherwise — we'd love to hear about them.

In an effort to better reach students who aren't engaged in reading, writing and storytelling, staff at this New South Wales school decided to run a literary festival for Year 7 students, inviting a range of different authors, poets, cartoonists, illustrators and performers to run workshops on the day.

«Opera Hits a High Note: Student - Outreach Efforts Tap Technology» To ignite a love of opera in younger viewers, the New York Metropolitan Opera reaches out to students and teachers with special high - definition, satellite - broadcast screenings in local theaters (October 2008).

These insights help us understand and learn from what is working in the field and support our efforts to ensure all students reach their full potential.

These efforts accelerate as more students, families, and educators experience Linked Learning firsthand, and as the results of their successes reach leaders in education, industry, and civic life.

(N.H.) As colleges and universities across the country struggle to deal with what appear to be large numbers of sexual assaults and incidents of dating violence, efforts to stem the tide are focusing more on reaching students well before they ever set foot on a post-secondary campus.

What to know: The Mississippi Department of Education's (MDE) plan stands out for aligning its teacher recruitment and retention efforts with its ambitious goals for increasing student academic achievement by 2025 and clearly stating its role in supporting districts to address equity concerns.10 The MDE recognizes that in order to reach its stated goals — which include a proposed graduation rate of 90 percent for all students by 2025 — they must also support districts in recruiting and retaining teachers of color who are prepared to improve student outcomes.

What to watch: HIDOE intends to expand the efforts of the Teacher Induction Center to better support teachers serving special education students, English language learners, and students in the Hawaiian Language Immersion Program.19 Stakeholders and policymakers should consider how to expand and improve the induction program's services to reach all of Hawaii's teachers and then study the effect on various student populations.

Most recently, Emily helped launch the Opportunity Culture Initiative, Public Impact's effort to develop and refine school and staffing models for reaching more students with excellent teachers.

Compliment effort, especially when students work hard but don't do well — and express confidence that students can and will reach their goals if they keep working on them.

In 2014, Reach Higher hosted a national convening at Harvard University that brought experts from the field together to discuss how to better support school counselors and college advising in their efforts to help every student reach their fullest potential.

But with the ability to reward excellence in teaching and to spur creative efforts to find the best ways to reach students who aren't succeeding in existing schools, they hold great promise for kids who today are falling through the cracks.

We partner with educators and leaders in districts to develop strategies, processes, and tools that support personalized learning (PL) schools that tailor learning to address each student's strengths, needs, race, culture, and interests and give student's voice and choice in how, when, and where they learn in an effort to prepare every student to achieve academically and reach individual goals.

Her school has shown significant success in student achievement, thanks in part to a strategic effort to reach parents.

Ms. Hassel is co-leading Public Impact's Opportunity Culture initiative, an effort to reach more students with excellent teachers and principals and provide more educators with paid residencies, on - the - job support, and paid career advancement.

Educating Students who Live in Poverty A discussion with Ray Landers, principal at Boaz Middle School in Boaz, AL, and finalist for the 2009 MetLife / NASSP National Principal of the Year award, about the reform efforts he has implemented at his school to reach students from low socio - economic backStudents who Live in Poverty A discussion with Ray Landers, principal at Boaz Middle School in Boaz, AL, and finalist for the 2009 MetLife / NASSP National Principal of the Year award, about the reform efforts he has implemented at his school to reach students from low socio - economic backstudents from low socio - economic backgrounds.

«It is efforts such as yours that are vital to supporting and recognizing the challenging role teachers face today in reaching the growing population of culturally and linguistically diverse students.»

All of this work to reinforce student aspirations and support them in reaching their goals is deeply connected to other efforts to improve classroom learning and school culture.

It's really expanding our efforts to reach students with differing needs.»

One reason why I think the organizing efforts by the union were successful and a tentative agreement was reached is the platform the union created around bargaining, «The Schools LA Students Deserve.»

Schmuhl said expecting mastery, and supporting students to reach it, should close achievement gaps — a key goal of many school improvement efforts.

CETE develops and administers educational testing programs that translate industry - leading research into real - world solutions in an effort to assist teachers in identifying strategies that will help students reach their greatest potential.

This extra effort helped us reach the top - priority students as best we could.

«I am so excited to be part of the educational turnaround efforts in Indianapolis and I believe the three schools managed by CSUSA are a major step forward in helping students reach their highest potential,» said Burroughs.

To reach that goal, we will support efforts to improve federal, state, and district policies that ensure students have teachers and principals who are highly trained, properly evaluated, and well supported in their professional growth.

In an effort to settle the case, the district and its teachers» union reach agreement on an evaluation program that factors in standardized test scores as well as Academic Growth over Time, a mathematical formula used to measure student achievement.