Sentences with phrase «foster higher student achievement»

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

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

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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.

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.»

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.

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).

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

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.

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.

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.

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.»