Sentences with phrase «for dramatic student»

Recognizing the high stakes for their students, successful teachers assume personal responsibility for dramatic student learning, even when it means going far beyond traditional expectations.

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College students are notorious for initiating dramatic, disruptive protests like that.

The series comes to a dramatic end with a fictional letter, written as though from St Petersburg, in which Chesterton's alter ego, «Guy Crawford», describes himself as joining a rebellious mob in which he recognises an obviously Jewish student called Emmanuel, and as springing to his defence, sword in hand, as the Czarist troops attack: but Emmanuel sustains a fatal blow and dies in the street, «a champion of justice, like thousands who have fallen for it in the dark records of this dark land».

It is built upon the Burkian assumption that «the human situation created in literature is essentially dramatic» and devised as an analytical tool for students who would become «speakers» of an author's aesthetic text.

Not only will The Wellness Impact help you make your case for the positive impact school breakfast has on student cognition and behavior, it can help you make your «dollars and cents» case as well; BIC often has a dramatic impact on participation numbers at breakfast, which means leaving fewer federal reimbursement dollars on the table.

As funding for education programs face dramatic cuts under some plans, we must work to ensure keeping students well - fed and ready to learn remains a top priority.

As a student of child and educational psychology, I understand the importance of dramatic play for the social and emotional well - being of a child, in addition to the educational value it can bring.

A dramatic spike in the use of a particular type of electronic cigarette among middle and high school students has local parents, educators and activists, clamoring for action.

«The program takes college affordability to a dramatic new level in New York State while also incentivizing college completion, a proven game changer in reducing student debt and positioning students for success not only in college but also career.»

Test scores for third through eighth graders were released Wednesday and they show a dramatic drop in the number of New York state students who are considered proficient in math and English.

Shafran said the aide had misunderstood the reason for the delay, and offered the following, less dramatic explanation: «The meeting with the female student leaders went longer than expected and no one wanted to cut short such an engaging and important discussion.»

«This study provides the first good evidence, with a large and diverse population of students, that such exposure through undergraduate research has dramatic benefits for all students, substantially improving both graduation rates in STEM and overall graduation rates.

The paper also shows that the impact of education on these skills is even more dramatic for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

Adoption of the messaging from Changing the Conversation has had a dramatic impact on our engineering college's ability to attract more diverse students These Conversation Starters Are Perfect For Your Next First Date

The Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic was presented to: Sara Colangelo, for her film The Kindergarten Teacher (Director & Screenwriter: Sara Colangelo, Producers: Talia Kleinhendler, Osnat Handelsman - Keren, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler)-- When a Staten Island kindergarten teacher discovers what may be a gifted five year - old student in her class, she becomes fascinated and obsessed with the child — spiraling downward on a dangerous and desperate path in order to nurture his talent.

Snagging a nomination for best dramatic motion picture as well as nods for actors Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer, this coming - of - age movie centering around a teenager and an adult graduate student was based on 2007's «Call Me by Your Name,» the debut novel of Andre Aciman.

«China Heavyweight»: (Canada, China) In central China, where a coach recruits poor rural teenagers and turns them into Western - style boxing champions, the top students face dramatic choices as they graduate — should they fight for the collective good or for themselves?

This looks like a dramatic but intensely fascinating study of what life is like «in school», for everyone, teachers and students.

If the momentum holds, a century - old pillar of the school system could crumble entirely, leading to dramatic transitions and potential pitfalls for students and schools alike.

Wonderfully sad, and a great resource for showing our students dramatic monologues and other things they should know about how theater works.»

And the announced enhancements, which included kindergarten literacy assessments, full - day kindergarten, smaller class sizes, keeping teachers and students together during the early grades, and individualized learning plans for students at risk of being held back, gave no indication of how dramatic the changes were.

One pushes for improvements to the current framework that guides what is on the test, while the other recommends a dramatic shift in how students» proficiency in the subject is gauged.

Wilson notes the dramatic withdrawal from arithmetic in the elementary grades that has occurred over the past two to three decades, reflecting the mistaken but increasingly popular view that learning whole number operations (such as the multiplication tables) to the point of instant recall is bad for a student, not necessary to higher math, and impedes students» ability to understand mathematical principles.

This resource comprises a slide show of images of dramatic landscapes, offering inspiration for Art students of all ages.

The dramatic oversupply of public schools has turned what should be a healthy competitive market into a frenetic bidding enrollment war for students.

STANFORD — Legislation to limit course offerings and funding for the state - run Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is making its way through the state Senate despite the fact that the online education program continues to see dramatic increases in enrollment, especially among minority students, according to a new article published in the summer issue of Education Next and available online.

That's why we need an education agenda that strategically recruits, retains, and rewards the most effective teachers and principals; that builds incredibly high standards; that develops rigorous and useful assessments to measure progress against those standards; that builds data systems that allow teachers, principals, students, and parents to quickly and conveniently access those data for everyday use; and that focuses on dramatic intervention within our country's lowest - performing schools.

For dramatic play, have lots of props, think about the words or curriculum objectives you want to reinforce, and encourage students and elders to get into their roles.

Dramatic scenarios of moral and ethical lapses are everywhere on the Internet: the college student who used his webcam to secretly film his roommate, who later committed suicide; the high school students who tweeted about the rape of a fellow student; the hackers who stole compromising photographs from celebrities and posted them to a public site, where commenters blamed the celebrities for their predicament.

For example, both the Common Core State Standards effort and the move toward rigorous teacher evaluations could lead to dramatic increases in student achievement, if implemented faithfully by states and school districts.

In its long - awaited, 600 - page report, the Fiscal Crisis Management and Assistance Team — the state's troubleshooters for failing districts — found the 53,000 - student system «in need of immediate and dramatic management assistance.»

With the testing industry struggling to keep up with the demand fueled by mandates for more student tests, the Bush administration needs to take dramatic steps to ensure that states have the ability to develop high - quality K - 12 assessments, the first report from a recently launched Washington policy group says.

[4] Among low - income students, the effect was even more dramatic: for every 1,000 low - income students who had taken the test before 2007 and scored well, another 480 college - ready, low - income students were uncovered by the universal test.

Writing about Illinois» newly approved NCLB waiver, it breathlessly reported that, «Under a dramatic new approach to rating public schools, Illinois students of different backgrounds no longer will be held to the same standards — with Latinos and blacks, low - income children and other groups having lower targets than whites for passing state exams, the Tribune has found.»

Student enrollment has seen a dramatic increase from 2011, when only 75 children applied for accounts to start the 2011 - 12 academic year.

More than making up for its fiscal limitations, the state, led by former governor Jeb Bush, implemented a series of school reforms that together appear to have had dramatic consequences for student performance.

«Schools have told me consistently that they see a dramatic decrease in peer - to - peer aggressive behavior within three to five weeks of implementing a school - wide behavior rubric, as young people get the message that discipline interventions for aggression will be inevitable, fair, and escalating for all students and in all areas of the school,» says Stan Davis, author of Schools Where Everyone Belongs: Practical Strategies for Reducing Bullying.

Technology - based forces of «disruptive innovation» are gathering around public education and will overhaul the way K - 12 students learn — with potentially dramatic consequences for established public schools, according to an upcoming book that draws parallels to disruptions in other industries.

Trauma informed practice (TIP) might sound dramatic, and yet it is an approach that has a simple premise, and is beneficial for all students.

The availability of relatively cheap technologies offering direct access to knowledge of all types creates opportunities for students to experience a dramatic increase in the choice of what they learn, with whom they choose to learn, and how they choose to learn.

Analysts have cited a legion of reasons for the state's slide in achievement: the steady leaching of resources from the schools that was the inevitable result of the infamous 1970s property - tax revolt led by Howard Jarvis; a long period of economic woes caused by layoffs in the defense industry; curriculum experiments with «whole language» reading instruction and «new math» that were at best a distraction and at worst quite damaging; a school finance lawsuit that led to a dramatic increase in the state's authority over school budgets and operations; and a massive influx of new students and non-English-speaking immigrants that almost surely depressed test scores.

The dramatic variation in student performance across states raises the concern that many children will suffer in coming years as states and districts assume greater responsibility for monitoring and intervening in failing schools.

Prior research by William Howell and Paul Peterson suggested that the reason low - income inner - city African Americans benefit most from private - school choice is that moving to the new school represents a more dramatic improvement in the school environment for them than for less - disadvantaged white and Hispanic students.

Play spaces will typically involve combinations of: • Large areas of hard surfaces (for a range of ball games, rebound walls, etc.); • Smaller hard surfaced areas for hop - scotch, elastics and other small group games; • Large grassed area for running, ball games, athletics and other activities; • Play equipment for different aged students, catering for potentially large groups of students at any one time and providing a range of types of activities; • Small spaces with seating for individuals and small groups; • Smaller grassed areas for a variety of activities requiring intimate spaces; • Sand play areas, dirt, water and planting for creative activities; • Areas suitable for marbles, small cars and toys, digging, and play with loose materials and surfaces; • Areas for dramatic / role play which might include decks, cubbies and planting; • Shade and shelter, drinking water and other utilities; • Shrubs and trees for hiding, shelter, imaginative games; • Tables and seats for a range of group activities; • Gathering spaces for assemblies, performances and community activities; and, • Quiet spaces as well as busy spaces.

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«For far too long, these schools have continued to deny students an equal - education opportunity and have been struggling, and we need to take more dramatic steps to turn them around,» said Jason Snyder, deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Education.

And we help educators and policymakers put ideas into action to make dramatic improvements for all students.

Hear the story of how 200 + schools and districts have overcome the inertia of traditional instruction and created an imperative for a dramatic shift in educational practices to better prepare students for a more complex, constantly changing future.

For example, the post-Sputnik National Defense Education Act of 1958 made a dramatic investment in high - achieving students in math, science, and language, but overlooked lower - performing students.

Following two decades in which courts spurred significant reforms in our nation's neediest schools by interpreting the education clauses of their state constitutions to guarantee an «adequate» education for all students, the years 2005 to 2008 have seen a dramatic change in the judicial response to adequacy litigation.