Sentences with phrase «from classrooms across the state»

Teacher morale has plummeted as they have seen instructional supplies cut to the bone, 4,000 teacher assistant positions eliminated from classrooms across the state, and yet another year in which teachers receive no pay raises.

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Teachers, administrators from across the state learn how to integrate technology into the classroom more

Teachers, administrators from across the state learn how to integrate technology into the classroom

Teaching of the contributions of Hispanic Americans, and learning about the cultures from which they come, will be the focal point of many classroom activities and discussions in the weeks ahead as students across the United States recognize Hispanic Heritage Month — September 15 to October 15.

Technology is bringing academic competition from the podium of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, where only top students participate, to classrooms across the United States.

The American Institute of CPAs has developed a curriculum package for grades 4 - 6, and volunteers from state CPA societies are available to teach it in classrooms across the country.

Our role was to tabulate the results from all the regions, from all the coordinators, and from the hundreds of classrooms to determine packaging patterns of M&M's across the United States.

«K - 12 classrooms from across the United States and Canada are broken into six geographical regions.

From classrooms with modern broadband connections to state - of - the - art science laboratories and energy efficient green building design, such legislation would help upgrade the number of outdated school buildings across our country.

They observed in classrooms and interviewed teachers and principals in four schools, and they used a survey approach to collect data from educators across the state.

She and her colleagues decided to solicit geography presentations from classrooms both in the United States and across the world, reaching out to teachers through social media, particularly Twitter.

For almost 10 years, we had recorded and watched lessons from hundreds of diverse classrooms across the United States.

As current classroom teachers from across the United States, we convened last fall to develop recommendations on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Teachers from across the state gather to learn more about mentoring other teachers with the goal of positively affecting outcomes in classrooms beyond their own.

Judy has also served on both national and state level ESSA implementation teams, she was one of just 30 active classroom teachers selected by the NEA from across the nation to help educators with the implementation of ESSA.

But the president also praised Charbonneau for his important work outside of the classroom — to reinvigorate the school's yearbook; start an outdoors club; and create the Zillah Robert Challenge, which invites hundreds of students from across the state to participate in high - skills robotics competitions.

Mississippi has learning standards reviewed and approved by teachers from across the state and state tests that were developed by Mississippi teachers to measure what they are teaching in the classroom.

Creating a unified improvement agenda from these two initiatives to improve classroom practice demands intensive collaboration across teams and offices in the state education agency (SEA), sophisticated change management, and a focus on continuous improvement.

The report draws on data from 2005 to 2012 to rate charter schools across multiple measures of financial health and academic performance, including state test scores and classroom spending, said the press release announcing the findings.

For rural school districts without a local industry presence, the Department will occasionally bring business leaders from across the state or connect them to the classroom through web - based video conferencing software.

In 2013 The United States Department of State and New York Foreign Press Corps toured representatives from 40 countries across Stephen's worksites and classrooms.

This can occur, regardless of what is actually happening in terms of actual effectiveness across America's classrooms, when the purported value that teachers add to or detract from student learning (i.e., 50 % of the state's model) is to substantively count, because VAM output is not calculated in absolute terms, but rather in relative or normative terms.

«Over the past month, we have heard a groundswell of support from districts across the state for this type of model curriculum to ensure that the Common Core State Standards move from a concept in Trenton to a tool for every classroom in the state,» said Chris Cerf, New Jersey's acting education commissioner, in a statestate for this type of model curriculum to ensure that the Common Core State Standards move from a concept in Trenton to a tool for every classroom in the state,» said Chris Cerf, New Jersey's acting education commissioner, in a stateState Standards move from a concept in Trenton to a tool for every classroom in the state,» said Chris Cerf, New Jersey's acting education commissioner, in a statestate,» said Chris Cerf, New Jersey's acting education commissioner, in a statement.

The report «drew on data from 2005 to 2012 to rate charter schools across multiple measures of financial health and academic performance, including state test scores and classroom spending.»

Over the past few years, more classrooms have been observed using one of these tools across the state; however, the infrastructure has not allowed for more in - depth analysis and improvement upon these scores from year to year.

A report out today from the National Council on Teacher Quality rates more than 1,100 elementary and secondary programs at just over 600 institutions of higher education across the country and concludes that the bar is set too low for entrance into professional training, future teachers are not being adequately prepared for the classroom or new requirements such as the Common Core State Standards, and the nation's expectations are far below those for teachers in countries

When teachers have the opportunity to step outside their classrooms, to engage with other educators and key decision - makers from across their district and state, they can identify common obstacles to success and work together to develop innovative solutions to meet their students» needs and elevate their profession.

At a time when the tests are assuming an unprecedented role in classrooms across the state — used for everything from analyzing student deficiencies to determining which educators deserve cash bonuses — the debate underscores a central question: How accurate are the exams in measuring student learning and progress, and what skills should a passing grade reflect?

A new LightSail Education survey of 475 educators — predominantly school and district leaders — from across the United States indicates that schools and districts see their use of classroom materials transitioning substantially from paper books to digital books over the next two years.

Distinguishing between needs and wants is a lesson Simmons and thousands of volunteers from various banks and credit unions have been teaching in classrooms and after - school programs across the state as part of Financial Literacy Month.