Sentences with phrase «foster high achievement»

These teachers use a variety of strategies to foster high achievement based on rigorous standards.

Education research could use this information to shed more light on what policies and practices best foster high achievement levels for every child.

«Education research could... shed more light on what policies and practices best foster high achievement levels for every child.»

We worked intently on the new law; may the ESSA be more successful in fostering high achievement and equity.

Our charter school mission is «to work together with families in a partnership of teachers, staff and community members to provide an individualized learning environment that fosters high achievement in core and elective areas, preparing students for life - long success.»

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But Emily Jackson, Growing Minds director for the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project, says fostering relationships between students and their food helps ensure a lifetime of healthy eating, a habit that's generally linked with high achievement.

In the infant - toddler years, these take the form of sensitive - responsiveness, which is known to foster attachment security, 1 and mutually - positive parent - child relations, which themselves promote child cooperation, compliance and conscience development.2 In the preschool through adolescent years, authoritative (vs. neglectful) parenting that mixes high levels of warmth and acceptance with firm control and clear and consistent limit - setting fosters prosocial orientation, achievement striving, and positive peer relations.3, 4,5 Across childhood and adolescence, then, parenting that treats the child as an individual, respecting developmentally - appropriate needs for autonomy, and which is not psychologically intrusive / manipulative or harshly coercive contributes to the development of the kinds of psychological and behavioural «outcomes» valued in the western world.

With his outstanding scientific achievements and longstanding expertise in the publication sector he will foster and expand the high quality of the journal and adapt to future challenges of outreach activities.

This includes building relationships, proactively fostering the achievement of sales goals and ensuring that the highest level of client experience is delivered.

Amrein and Berliner concluded, as announced in their press release, «High - stakes tests may inhibit the academic achievement of students, not foster their academic growth.»

While necessary and appealing, this drive toward higher standards raises justifiable concern: Are schools promoting academic excellence for those who already have a competitive advantage, while turning away from the far more difficult task of fostering achievement among those who do not?

Some of the strongest research in education shows that high - quality charter schools and preschool, separately, foster student achievement.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

These middle schools were built on the idea that academic risk taking, fostered by social and emotional learning, can be a key to high achievement.

Higher Achievement fostered improvements in both math and reading comprehension, as measured by standardized tests.

Focusing the schools» and teachers» attention on goals and expectations for instruction and student achievement is part of Building a shared vision, Fostering acceptance of group goals, and Creating high performance expectations.

This student involvement and greater awareness of themselves as learners and of the learning process can «increase student confidence, engage students in managing their own learning, and foster higher levels of achievement» (Stiggins, 2014, p. 7).

This is done through passionate teachers who foster academic achievement and 21st century workplace - readiness skills in a high - tech, high - touch, small - learning environment.

Agile Mind dramatically improves achievement in middle and high schools by fostering classrooms that embrace engagement, collaboration, and perseverance.

Fostering High Math Achievement for All Elementary Students: Practical Help Differentiating Instruction

He enjoys developing relationships with and between his students and feels that strong connections foster higher student achievement.

Describe how you will fulfill this obligation to attain high levels of achievement and specifically, how you will plan for and foster the academic engagement and a sense of belonging of every student, all students, every day.

Practices, structures, and attitudes that are helping a number of challenging urban schools foster higher student achievement.

As I have noted, stronger standards alone aren't the only reason why student achievement has improved within this period; at the same time, the higher expectations for student success fostered by the standards (along with the accountability measures put in place by the No Child Left Behind Act, the expansion of school choice, reform efforts by districts such as New York City, and efforts by organizations such as the College Board and the National Science and Math Initiative to get more poor and minority students to take Advanced Placement and other college prep courses), has helped more students achieve success.

When the merger of two schools was creating discord among students, faculty, and parents, a principal came forward and suggested starting a new school that would foster harmony, diversity, democracy, high academic achievement, and active citizenry.

Cumberland Principal Praised for Fostering Culture of Achievement Alan Tenreiro of Cumberland High School in Cumberland, RI, has been named the 2016 National Principal of the Year by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP).

Many schools inadvertently foster low achievement by sorting some students into high - quality instruction while relegating others to lower - quality education.

Partnering with an array of industry partners, the Information Technology Academy fostered a college - going culture, an atmosphere of achievement and high expectation, and a supportive environment where students were encouraged to become systems thinkers.

From where they sit, simply requiring kids of different backgrounds to attend the same schools, either by using and zoned schooling rules, or through supposedly more choice - oriented magnet schools (which restrict choice by setting quotas on what kind of kids can attend, often to the advantage of middle class families) Wil lead to higher levels of student achievement and foster greater understanding among each other.

A safe learning environment is focused on academic achievement, maintaining high standards, fostering positive relationships between staff and students, and encouraging parental and community involvement.

These middle schools were built on the idea that academic risk taking, fostered by social and emotional learning, can be a key to high achievement.

Fortunately, with widespread recognition of the importance of early childhood development for later school achievement (fostered by advances in brain development research and studies of the long - term benefits of high quality early child care), public discourse concerning child care quality is increasingly regarding child care as an important developmental influence warranting public investment.