Sentences with phrase «equitable system students»

«One State, One Future is really just a first step, as E4E - Connecticut teachers are looking to continue this conversation on school funding with legislators, parents and community members to create the momentum for the more equitable system students in our state so desperately need and deserve.»

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«Parents have a right to know whether their children have equitable access to quality teachers, which is only possible with an evaluation system that properly incorporates student test results.»

The Finnish Education System therefore can be characterised by trust, freedom, flexibility and a concern to put the wellbeing of children at the forefront, with teachers contributing to a supportive and close relationship with their students balanced with delivering appropriate content and providing a high standard of academic direction in an equitable manner.

Osborne attributes increases in student achievement to expanding school choice and charters, as well as an equitable school choice system.

The release of the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in reading and mathematics shows widening gaps between the highest and lowest achieving students in America, underscoring a continuing need for investment in efforts to make education systems more equitable.

students learn how to use their unique talents and leadership skills to build a more equitable and innovative educational system.

«I have been privileged to work with some of the brightest college students, yet it pains my heart to see so many students foreclose on college for a slew of reasons,» he says, expressing his commitment to improving college readiness, retention rates, and academic success, as well as striving to create more equitable systems for all students.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

The state's charter law must support new and high - performing operators; the state's school finance system must provide equitable, student - based funding; facilities must be made available to new and growing schools; educator certification rules must fit the needs of successful schools; and so on.

In an «equitable» school system, students» special needs and unequal socioeconomic backgrounds are recognised and resources (for example, teaching expertise) are distributed unequally in an attempt to redress disadvantage due to personal and social circumstances.

In school education, an «equitable» system could be defined as one in which all students are treated equally — for example, a system in which all students are given the same opportunities, exposed to the same school curriculum, taught by teachers with equivalent expertise, held to the same learning expectations and provided with equivalent levels of resourcing and support.

You wrote: «In an «equitable» school system, students» special needs and unequal socioeconomic backgrounds are recognised and resources (for example, teaching expertise) are distributed unequally in an attempt to redress disadvantage due to personal and social circumstances.

By focusing on the lowest - performing students, we want to create a system that truly focuses on students who need the most help and is equitable across all schools.

An alternative, more equitable, system would be one in which every student's current level of attainment was identified and used to provide learning opportunities at an appropriate level of challenge.

«An equitable system does not treat all students in a standardized way, but differentiates instruction, services and resources to respond effectively to the diverse needs of students.»

Perhaps more important than their PISA results, however, was the take home that the Finnish school system is one of the most equitable in the world, i.e. performance variation among students in schools remains small.

«It's a more equitable system for assessing student understanding, and it also puts the ownership of the learning in kids» hands.»

Learning opportunities: Educators plan for learning that accommodates differing access levels and individual student needs, for example, providing homework alternatives for students who do not have internet access at home, providing competency - based or other opportunities to demonstrate learning, scaffolding student learning to challenge and support individual students where they are and advocating for an equitable system for all students.

The California Department of Education's (CDE) definition of Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) provides a basis for understanding how California educators can work together to ensure equitable access and opportunity for all students to achieve the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

Private schools can either accommodate the student themselves, using whatever resources they have, or negotiate with public school officials regarding the provision of special services to the student by the public school system with additional public funds (a process called «equitable services»).

Hill and Jochim indicate that students must be protected from discrimination and that the system must work toward equitable outcomes for all students, but provide the faulty argument that school choice leads to greater equity.

Identify current conditions of inequity in our educational systems and the role of teachers in changing systems to increase equitable outcomes for all students.

IF the IDOE collaborates with key stakeholders, including LEAs, institutions of higher education, and educator associations, to refine existing human capital management systems that leverage evaluation and support systems to recruit, prepare, develop, support, advance, reward, and retain great teachers and leaders, THEN increased educator capacity and effectiveness will ensure equitable access to excellent educators and lead to improved student outcomes.50

How do we make equity more systemic, providing all students with access to equitable learning environments and systems of support?

The Kentucky Education Reform Act mandated changes in the state's school systems in order to provide equitable educational opportunities for all students within the school district and between school districts across the state.

The Assessing Special Education Students (ASES) Collaborative supports states as they enhance their 21st century assessment, accountability, and instruction systems to provide equitable education for students with disabStudents (ASES) Collaborative supports states as they enhance their 21st century assessment, accountability, and instruction systems to provide equitable education for students with disabstudents with disabilities.

Since it may take a couple of years for states and districts to follow the department's urging and set up systems that will allow them to measure teacher effectiveness based on growth in student achievement, she said, states should be required to show that they are making good on the language about equitable distribution of teachers that's already in the No Child Left Behind Act.

The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) released a set of principles to inform how states design effective systems to improve low - performing schools and provide an equitable education for all students.

Educators for Excellence envisions an equitable and excellent education system that provides all students the opportunity to succeed and elevates the teaching profession.

Few teachers receive support for creating equitable and ethical grading systems, for example, which can lead to systems that punish and discourage students for learning at a different pace or for making mistakes while learning.

Many school systems have gotten the message that they need to be more data driven, and they are now awash in data - not just yearly student test scores, but figures on how different groups of students are doing in particular subjects or grade levels, how successful a school is at attracting and retaining teachers or closing the achievement gap among disadvantaged students, or how equitable funding is from school to school.

In order to ensure equitable outcomes, emerging instruction and assessment systems must accommodate substantive student diversity and sensitivity to racial, ethnic and cultural differences, learning styles, language proficiency, and more.

Such research needs to clearly establish the relationship between state funding systems, the equitable distribution of school resources, and student outcomes.

iNACOL: Designing for Equity: Leveraging Competency - Based Education to Ensure All Students Succeed This report offers equity strategies for personalized, competency - based education to ensure a more equitable K - 12 education system.

We continue to have a school funding system that does not provide an equal educational opportunity for our children; does not meet the additional needs of the three student populations identified in our standard; and does not provide a fair and equitable school tax burden for property owners.

States created and led the way on these and many other innovations before the Every Student Succeeds Act was passed, and they will continue to lead to create a more equitable education system for all students in the future.

«Connecticut needs and deserves an equitable school - finance system that is based on the learning needs of students, and the schools that serve them.»

Participants will gain knowledge about the different types of portfolios, approaches, and tools and discover how technology can create a more equitable, relevant, and timely assessment system for students.

If we all keep our eye on the ball of student growth and achievement, I know we'll build the system our kids deserve, a network of schools that gives all of our students access to an empowering, equitable, excellent education.»

The new protocol, which will go into effect in fall 2018, «facilitates equitable opportunity for first - year students to succeed through existing and redesigned education models,» White wrote in a memorandum to the system's 23 campus presidents, who will be responsible for working with faculty to implement the changes.

The report recommends several solutions including that legislators and policymakers address these barriers by providing equitable and adequate special education funding to charter schools and authorizers through a system that prioritizes accountability, local control, and responsiveness to evolving needs of students.

In a few weeks, Governor Doug Ducey's Classrooms First Initiative Council will take the first, small step towards creating an equitable, efficient state school finance system that benefits all of our students.

'» As research indicates, it is this critical element of developing instructional leadership that provides leverage for a school system to create conditions for equitable and powerful student learning experiences.

In order to achieve an equitable and inclusive education system we must identify, address, and eliminate the biases and barriers that cripple our students» cognitive and social development.

The new system will also be more equitable to educators, regardless of their career entry method, and to students who need effective teachers in the classroom.

Bela is an educational leader with a passion for creating equitable and inclusive educational systems where all students have access and opportunities to succeed.

School boards establish a tiered system that ensure equitable engagement for all students and adults in all schools throughout the district.

«The existence of a weighted student funding model does not prevent a state's finance system from becoming inadequate, inequitable, or overly complicated, just as North Carolina's resource allocation model does not preclude this state from having a system that is adequate, equitable and transparent,» the report said.

We advocate for equitable funding systems that ensure sufficient resources are distributed based on student need.

We envision an educational system that equips all students with the intellectual, emotional, and social habits and skills to become powerful and informed citizens who contribute actively toward a democratic and equitable society.