Sentences with phrase «for k»

To be sure, those boards are a fundamental part, maybe the largest part, of our customary governance arrangements, but my discontent with them is just part of my larger dissatisfaction with all traditional governance and structural arrangements for K - 12 education on these shores.

28 - 30 — Technology: Annual Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference, sponsored by the New Hampshire School Administrator Association, for K - 12 educators, administrative personnel, school board members, education lawyers, and interested citizens and parents, at the Sheraton Nashua in Nashua, N.H. Contact: NHSAA, 12 Cross St., Penacook, NH 03303; phone: [phone]; fax: [phone]; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.nhsaa.org.

Prior to joining EdTechTeacher, Avra was first a classroom teacher and later the Instructional Technology Coordinator and coach for a K - 8 school district in Northern Illinois.

The president and CEO of the International Association for K - 12 Online Learning (iNACOL) explains why the time for virtual education is now.

About the Author Bruno V. Manno is senior advisor for K - 12 education reform at the Walton Family Foundation and former U.S. assistant secretary of education for policy.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new investment of $ 1.7 billion for K - 12 education over the next five years, with the bulk of the funding aimed at existing traditional public schools that show progress in improving educational outcomes, the development of new curricula, charter schools focused on students with special needs, and «research and development» for scalable models that could inform best practices.

Legislators adjourned in Tallahassee on April 29 after passing a $ 543 million increase for K - 12 schools for the new fiscal year.

«We've created an approach that uses the resources of the Kennedy Center, the local schools, and local arts organizations to create a tailored program for K - 8,» says Kaiser, author of The Art of the Turnaround: Creating and Maintaining Healthy Arts Organizations.

Next she attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, where she completed her certification in special education for K — 12 students.

Helping English - language learners develop proficiency in academic language has always been a priority for K - 12 educators, and its importance has only been heightened with the advent of the Common Core.

The site funds projects for K — 12 public schools, including magnet, charter, and Head Start schools.

Educational Testing Service (ETS) is now working with Smarter Balanced and PARCC on the new systems of assessment through its Center for K - 12 Assessment and Performance Management.

Having such an approach would shorten the development cycle for K - 12 assessments, which often lag updates in curricular content.

Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears Supported by an NSF grant, this online magazine for K - 5 teachers was launched in March 2008.

Principal Addie Gaines latches on to any strategy that will make reading more meaningful for the K - 4 students at Kirbyville (Missouri) Elementary School.

Between 2008 and 2012, he was deputy director for K - 12 research at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

About the CRPE: The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) is a nonpartisan research and policy analysis center at the University of Washington Bothell developing system wide solutions for K - 12 public education.

There is still very little empirically validated evidence available for K - 12 online - learning environments outside of individual case studies.

Options for K - 12 online education include full - time virtual schools (often state - sponsored charter schools), part - time online courses (offered through a state or district - led initiative), and blended environments, according to «Keeping Pace.»

Understanding classroom challenges, Jan collaborated with teachers, OTs, and administrators to build the three programs that comprise the Learning Without Tears curricula: Get Set for School ® for kindergarten readiness, Handwriting Without Tears ® for K — 5, and Keyboarding Without Tears ® for K — 5.

De Novais admits that her dissertation has left her with more compelling questions, including questions about the implications of her work for K — 12 classrooms and for professional settings.

The ECEC also provides these data for all K - 12 public school employees (not just teachers), and this is the relevant figure to examine here, to derive total pension costs per pupi.

The problem is that state funds for K - 12 education should be seen as belonging to the students, not schools.

The fact that this would be done for the K — 12 education sector at a time when that system was being severely challenged, and when new opportunities for leadership were opening up, was also exciting.

These different models all have merits, although iNACOL (the International Association for K - 12 Online Learning) and Digital Learning Now both recommend a state - level review process.

The same could be done for K - 12 education.

A case study by Meredith Liu titled «Cisco Networking Academy: Next - generation assessments and their implications for K — 12 education» released yesterday by the Clayton Christensen Institute profiles how the Academy, a comprehensive online training curriculum offered to third - party education institutions to help high school and college students acquire the fundamental skills needed to design, build, and troubleshoot computer networks, uses technology today to deliver assessments in ways starkly different from our current education system.

Bruno V. Manno is senior advisor for K — 12 education reform at the Walton Family Foundation and former U.S. assistant secretary of education for policy.

The mass slaying at the hands of a student gunman at Virginia Polytechnic Institute have revived vexing questions and raised familiar fears for K - 12 educators across the country who grapple daily with ensuring the physical safety of their students and staff.

Understanding this second challenge — the challenge of creating and sustaining high quality formal arts learning experiences for K - 12 youth, inside and outside of school — is the focus of a new report from Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Designed for newcomers to early intermediate learners or for K - 2 ELL / ESL / EFL students, this unit includes many activities for all four domains of English (reading, writing, speaking, and listening).

For K - 12 staff developers, however, summer «vacation» often means workshops to be led, training materials to be written, and meetings to be attended.

Leaders To Learn From is a project of Education Week, the nation's foremost source for K - 12 news and analysis.

Kelli has presented at numerous conferences as well as provided professional development for k - 12 teachers.

The fall issue of the Big Deal Book of Technology for K - 12 Educators featured Education World, and we couldn't be more honored.

The Academy also holds weekend workshops for K - 8 teachers to learn how the new exhibits illustrate science concepts that state standards require teachers to cover.

Although 20 states had reported decreased or stable budgets for K — 12 education and 28 reported cuts or level funding for state education agencies, only 12 states reported cutting back on common core implementation because of budget constraints.

Kaplan now also offers after - school education centers, as well as programs for K - 12 schools, post-secondary education, and professional training.

Economic Education Web The Economic Education Web at the University of Nebraska at Omaha provides lots of excellent economics education resources for K - 12 teachers.

National Research Council - Committee on Highly Successful Science Programs for K - 12 Science Education, Board on Science Education and Board on Testing and Assessment, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

Curriki, an oldie but goodie, boasts over 200,000 free and open resources (from Advanced Placement classes to digital learning objects) created by and for K - 12 instructors.

Zanetis: At the Vanderbilt Virtual School, we produce dozens of videoconference programs for K - 12 students each semester.

I spent last year on leave writing a book for K - 12 teachers about how to begin blending online work into their traditional classrooms.

She writes about education technology for K - 12 and higher ed on the NEO Blog, as well as workplace learning and L&D strategies for businesses on the MATRIX Blog.

Designed for newcomers to early intermediate learners or for K - 2 ELL / ESL / EFL students, this unit includes many activities for all four domains of E...

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The Snorkel The Snorkel is a «support forum for K - 12 technology leaders.»

«Blue Web «n, from Pacific Bell's Knowledge Explorer Network, is an outstanding resource for K - 12 projects,» Abilock adds.

Until now, insufficient curriculum materials have limited the implementation of such programs for K - 12 students.

There is also a separate section for K - 5 educators that includes presentations, slide sets, teacher resources and professional development appropriate for elementary teachers.