Sentences with phrase «focus of the school»

This is no minor issue, given the increasing focus of the school reform movement on charters.

These questions recognize both the systemic nature and the student - centered focus of school improvement.

If, however, you are known for your arts programs, then you will want to spend more time crafting content around topics that are the main focus of your school.

These opportunities are based on proven practice and are universally applicable to all teachers and schools, regardless of the model or instructional focus of the school.

But as charters have become a central focus of school choice proponents, federal funds for magnet schools have been frozen.

In this sense, it is worth noting the importance of a greater focus of the school context in social relations in the classroom.

Children are the focus of our families, and therefore are the primary focus of our schools.

When student learning measures are the only focus of a school's data analysis efforts, school personnel end up using their time figuring out how to look better on the student learning measures.

These opportunities are based on best practice and are universally applicable to all teachers and schools, regardless of the model or instructional focus of the school.

Although testing has become a central focus of school accountability, education data often seem remote from the rush and clatter of day - to - day life.

Because research clearly shows that teacher expertise is the most significant school - based influence on student learning, one would think that investments in enhancing teacher expertise would be a major focus of school improvement efforts.

However, as we have all come to realize, that can not be the primary focus of school leadership if we are to get every student to a college - and career - ready standard before they graduate from high school.

This pioneering work, prior to the RTI movement when school psychologists became more involved with intervention planning, represented a dramatic departure from the typical focus of school psychology on assessment.

Whereas the intellectual focus of schools in the rural society of the 19th century compensated for a childhood steeped in nature and concrete activity, balance today requires a reversal of roles, with schools compensating for the overly abstract, symbolic, and artificial environment that children experience outside of school.

As Daniel Peabody, Maryland's 2015 Middle School Counselor of the Year pointed out in a recent interview, the standards have brought the traditional focus of the school counselor — promoting college and career readiness — into the realm of day - to - day curriculum and instruction.

While the academic focus of the school is STEM, parent and Art in Action school coordinator Sunita Sunir worked with the principal and a science curriculum writer to integrate Art in Action with grade - level science curriculum.

The high - achievement focus of schools contributes strongly to the perpetuation of the stereotypical gifted child — the mythological straight - A student.

Mental health is now a major focus of schools everywhere.

«The big focus of this school is to educate students of military families in a way that really takes into consideration the issues that military kids face,» Crain said.

The TAKS test is the sole focus of this school.

(3/23/10) The New Normal for Federal Education Spending (3/4/10) Choice and Residential Segregation (2/23/10) Studies Find No Effects (1/7/10) Focus of School Reform Shifting to Teachers (12/17/09) Are Middle Schools or Middle Schoolers the Problem?

Creating change - makers is possible all over the world and the main focuses of the school — such as real - world learning, project - based learning and getting students to think globally — are relevant and adaptable for all learning environments.

The instructional focus of the school is fairly traditional with a more rigid culture regarding student choices at school.

By making the library once again welcoming and well - stocked, Daniel made clear that reading was a central focus of the school.

We desperately need to shift the focus of our schools to collaboration, play and interpersonal skills.

With a goal of transitioning the focus of school nutrition to locally - sourced, fresh, whole food, Cipriano has manned the helm of numerous food services departments in Connecticut including New Haven Public School District (NHPS), Guildford Schools, and Farmington Area Public Schools under Chartwells.

Hogan also supports Say Yes to Education, which has been the focus of school reform in Syracuse in recent years.

Though she hopes to one day expand to include more grade levels, presently the focus of both schools is early childhood.

Studies Find No Effects (1/7/10) Focus of School Reform Shifting to Teachers (12/17/09) Are Middle Schools or Middle Schoolers the Problem?

• The broader and more abstract the soft skill that is the focus of a school reform effort, the more likely is the skill to have a dominant genetic basis.

Focus of School Reform Shifting to Teachers (12/17/09) Are Middle Schools or Middle Schoolers the Problem?

The New Normal for Federal Education Spending (3/4/10) Choice and Residential Segregation (2/23/10) Studies Find No Effects (1/7/10) Focus of School Reform Shifting to Teachers (12/17/09) Are Middle Schools or Middle Schoolers the Problem?

The list of successful projects shows how the focus of school kitchen gardens varies enormously.

Significantly, the secretary did not shy away from discussing the role that testing has played in narrowing the focus of schools to reading, math, and not much else.

In contrast, voters were nearly unanimous that spending education dollars efficiently (96 percent support, 81 percent strongly) and giving students the skills they need to get a job (96 percent support, 78 percent strongly) should be a focus of school accountability.

Certainly, putting the instructional core as the focus of the school is the most important thing.

Student safety is also the focus of the School Security Award, sponsored by security systems company SECOM.

Verbal and math skills have traditionally been the focus of intelligence tests because these skills were the focus of schools; hence inquiry into understanding children's intelligence was limited to those skills viewed as essential to learning.

«It's narrowing the focus of schools and forcing a number of subjects to the sideline,» said Bob Morrison, the chairman of the Music for All Foundation, a nationwide advocacy organization.

It made the focus of her schooling point accumulation, instead of learning.

That said, the instructional practices that are focused on may also be aligned with the focus of the school.

«Our school grading law will give triple the weight to improved student achievement among our lowest - performing students, meaning the focus of our schools will, and should be, to help all struggling students and quickly narrow the achievement gap,» said Larry Behrens, a spokesman for the New Mexico education department.

Meadowview Elementary School Eau Claire, Wisconsin Delesa Boley, Principal Using Common Core English Language standards and Bloom's Taxonomy, this school created arts - rich literacy lessons that reflected the community's cultural diversity and was the focus of the school's professional development.

The results have been encouraging; in 2017, most students exceeded one year's growth in their district mathematics assessment both overall and for numbers and operations — the focus of the school improvement work.

Improving students» number sense, problem - solving abilities, and mathematical communication skills are the focus of our school math program.

If you want to sharpen the focus of your school on instructional excellence, then you need to bring a common language, common resources, and common teaching strategies to your staff.

The latter became largely worthless for either employment or progression to higher levels and the focus of schools was on grade C or above.