Sentences with phrase «existing school diversity»

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«Bridging the deep diversity gap that exists in our schools starts with strengthening our students» foundations,» said IDC Sen. Tony Avella of Queens.

«Bridging the deep diversity gap that exists in our schools starts with strengthening our students» foundations.

«We also plan to expand existing strategies and implement new tools to work towards the critical goal of greater diversity at these schools.»

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Great schools can not exist without great groups of kids, and the diversity of those kids is what many principals say makes their schools so great.

Given the natural diversity that exists in our schools, trying to develop programs just for kids with disabilities is too narrow an approach.

But Moe is careful to note that a more «benign» interpretation exists: that inner - city whites who choose private schools simply don't value diversity as much as do whites who see diversity as a strong reason to stay in the public schools.

In districts that still have enough whites to make integration feasible, magnet schools are viewed as an effective way to achieve that diversity, even in districts where court orders have been lifted or never existed.

Teacher education has yet to place an emphasis on effective teaching for diversity that is commensurate with the urgent situation that currently exists in schools.

When school choice programs are created, regulations are too often imposed that mimic the existing public education system, limiting diversity of school and provider supply (consider state testing mandates, teacher certification requirements, and so on).

«Given the strong influence of poverty on student academic achievement, these changes have increased the challenge of improving student outcomes in IPS,» the report read, promising a plan to cultivate schools capable of erasing the achievement gap associated with inner city schools where high levels of poverty and greater racial diversity exist.

The bill would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) and create a $ 120 million competitive grant program to support new and existing voluntary efforts that promote racial and socioeconomic diversity in schools.

Evaluate the existing diversity in the leadership in your schools.

Findings in the existing literature of effects of school size show small schools advantage on curricular diversity, academic achievement, daily attendance rates, teacher and student morale, student and parent participation, etc..

While there's much emphasis on the necessity of school choice («choice can strongly foster diversity and increase the options for students living in areas where the existing schools are weak») there's an oxymoronic antipathy towards public charter schools which, in our most segregated districts, are often the only choices available to families who can't afford private schools or out - of - district tuition.

The report also recommends heightened enforcement of existing state - level legislation with specific provisions regarding diversity in charter schools, and monitoring patterns of charter school enrollment and attrition, focusing particularly on reporting the demographic information of charter school students on low - income and ELL characteristics.

States should also work to ensure that diversity considerations are part of the charter approval process, and exercise stronger oversight of existing charter schools.

Students will also be able to learn about and celebrate the diversity that exists within the school, as students at Sela PCS will inevitably come from varying backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

Intentionally recruits and seeks to learn from a diversity of designers in varying contexts — including re-designs of existing schools, replication of high quality schools, and innovative new schools from both the district and charter sectors

This recent correspondence outlines a new policy of the patronage divesting process as «enabling diversity of provision in an area where there is no demographic imperative to establish a school, however, the intention is that the establishment of a divested school does not adversely affect existing primary schools in the area.»

Functions The teacher leader: a) Facilitates the collection, analysis, and use of classroom - and school - based data to identify opportunities to improve curriculum, instruction, assessment, school organization, and school culture; b) Engages in reflective dialog with colleagues based on observation of instruction, student work, and assessment data and helps make connections to research - based effective practices; c) Supports colleagues» individual and collective reflection and professional growth by serving in roles such as mentor, coach, and content facilitator; d) Serves as a team leader to harness the skills, expertise, and knowledge of colleagues to address curricular expectations and student learning needs; e) Uses knowledge of existing and emerging technologies to guide colleagues in helping students skillfully and appropriately navigate the universe of knowledge available on the Internet, use social media to promote collaborative learning, and connect with people and resources around the globe; and f) Promotes instructional strategies that address issues of diversity and equity in the classroom and ensures that individual student learning needs remain the central focus of instruction.

In saying this I do not intend to trivialize the concerns some have with the lack of political diversity in the academy, and in particular with the lack of tolerance for a range of political views that I have told exists in some law schools.

It will complement existing diversity initiatives at the School of Law.»

Asked if Canadian law schools needed to have more diversity initiatives like this one at City University of New York, which is aimed at Black and Latino youths, he said, «I love initiatives like these but only if they don't exist in a vacuum.