Sentences with phrase «excuse culture of learning»

If a no - excuse culture of learning can happen here, and it does, there is no excuse for mainstream schools not to build a learning culture for all student where confidence soars and gaps shrink.

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Maybe that's just one excuse I constantly use for myself so I can travel more =P I love learning the histories of the countries I visit and dive into their cultures.

The «no excuses» approach, they say, amounts to a paternalistic culture of test preparation that detracts from real learning and comes at a steep cost to social and emotional health.

In addition to longer school days and years, extensive tutoring, and a «no excuses» culture, the schools also feature frequent quizzes to determine what is being learned (and what needs to be retaught) and highly selective hiring of teachers and principals.

Students are invited into a warm and welcoming culture of learning instead of a «no - excuses» disciplinary policy; we exclusively use PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention and Support)!

That's what our kids are up against,» said Wilson, who decided to move Ascend away from the «no excuses» charter school model, in which students are punished for even minor infractions under strict discipline codes, in favor of a school culture that embraces social and emotional learning.

Fryer isolated five factors he found successful in «no excuses» charter schools to replicate in Houston: extended learning time; changes in leadership and teaching staff; extensive tutoring; a data - driven approach to teaching; and a culture of high expectations.

However, these pieces tend to speak generally about discipline and cultures of paternalism without outlining the specific psychological mechanism through which social - emotional learning is stunted in no - excuses schools.

Port tasting is great way to learn about how the wine is made, and a good way to discover an important part of the local culture and economy (not to mention have an excuse for a drink!).