While the article focused on Ballou, the report from the state superintendent's office examined attendance and
grading practices across the city, determining that truancy is more severe at neighborhood schools such as Ballou than in charter or application schools.
Not exact matches
But the same local administrators who have been charged with getting more students
across the graduation stage also have considerable leeway — via course
grades, credit recovery programs, and shadier
practices — in determining whether students have earned the privilege.
States and school districts
across the country are reevaluating the
practice of educating young adolescents in stand - alone middle schools, which typically span
grades 6 through 8 or 5 through 8, rather than keeping them in K — 8 schools.
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These students and tens of thousands of others
across the country are the victims of social promotion, the
practice of promoting students from one
grade to the next regardless of academic achievement.
Those two words could just as easily describe the author's thoughtful affect on Paul Allison's Teachers Teaching Teachers or the degree to which his new book, Crafting Digital Writing: Composing Texts
Across Media and Genres, methodically articulates how 4th - 12th
grade instructors can introduce technology tools, mentor texts, composing
practices, and heuristics for helping students write.
SuperTeacherWorksheets A collection of math, language arts and other special worksheets that allow student
practice across grade levels.
This work is grounded in a coherent rationale and designates a series of indicators that demonstrate system - level, setting - level and individual - level
practices to promote smooth transitions to early
grades and growth
across youth development outcomes for all children.
For schools, BIE helps bring coherence to PBL
practices across grade levels and subject areas, and supports the creation of school - wide processes and structures to support PBL.
Implemented in eight secondary schools and a local college, this program was designed to build students» college preparedness by training instructors in shared teaching strategies and best
practices, strengthening academic rigor in the classroom, and promoting collaboration and consistency in teaching and study strategies
across grades and schools.
This collaboration has helped jump - start this work
across the state and shed light on the many significant challenges associated with overhauling the hoary systems in place, such as measuring student achievement in «untested»
grades and subjects, ensuring inter-rater agreement and accuracy of teacher
practice observations, and ending the long - standing culture of «The Widget Effect.»
Word recognition work and reading
practice were much more the focus of reading instruction in
grades 1 - 2
across all schools in this study than was comprehension.
The goal of these educators in our work together is to identify critical - learning standards
across all the
grades, develop clear indicators of success, and build an assessment
practice that looks at multiple ways of assessing progress.
The initiative accomplishes this by drawing upon evidence - based research to develop practical tools and engaging support opportunities for middle
grade campuses, allowing research - based
practices to be brought to life in classrooms
across the nation.
Findings from this set of studies indicate that teacher leaders provide support to classroom teachers through designing and / or facilitating professional development and that this
practice occurs
across grade levels K - 12 and subject areas.
We extend the literature on in - service teacher education by describing and evaluating a coaching model focused on classroom management skills and instructional
practices across grade levels and
These ratios stand in stark contrast to the North Carolina Connections Academy's proposal, which calls for an average ratio of 38:1
across all
grades, and the 16:1 ratio that is considered the best
practice for traditional schools.
How the content standards and
practice standards connect
across grade levels to build on prior learning, deepen conceptual understanding, promote real - world application, and prepare students for high school level mathematics.
Organized by the Middle
Grades Collaborative and hosted by the Tarrant Institute at University of Vermont, the decennial gathering at the Middle
Grades Conference on January 7 brought together approximately 150 Vermont educators and students to share and learn about exciting personalized learning
practices happening in middle schools
across Vermont.
There is strong evidence of a common program of instruction that is properly scoped, sequenced and articulated
across grade levels and has been aligned with developmentally appropriate
practices and student language proficiency levels in English and the students» first language.
These policies /
practices include the following: School leadership ensures that teachers have a shared understanding of the curriculum and standards
across the
grades.
In Creating a Culture of Reflective
Practice — a companion volume to their teacher - oriented book Teach, Reflect, Learn — authors Pete Hall and Alisa Simeral draw on lessons learned from educators across grade levels, content areas, and district demographics to present a definitive guide to developing a culture of reflective practice in your
Practice — a companion volume to their teacher - oriented book Teach, Reflect, Learn — authors Pete Hall and Alisa Simeral draw on lessons learned from educators
across grade levels, content areas, and district demographics to present a definitive guide to developing a culture of reflective
practice in your
practice in your school.
The single - school [PLC structure] mattered because all teachers developed a shared understanding of differentiated instruction based on
practice, began to see how students and instruction aligned (or did not)
across grade levels, and developed some joint problem - solving approaches.
When teachers —
across grade levels and content areas — embed purpose in their instructional
practice, students» understanding about what they are learning and why they are learning it increases.
How the content standards,
practice standards, and designated modeling standards connect
across domains, categories,
grade bands, and traditional course boundaries to help students develop both deep conceptual understanding and functional, real - world application skills.
They are intended to be rich in content and
practice and arranged coherently
across disciplines and
grades to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education.
Our testing
practices themselves have changed very little since our inception as a school, but we've begun to use the data in a more meaningful way, restructuring our
grade teams to become inquiry teams focused on the growth of students
across all subject areas.
We do this by drawing upon solid research to develop practical tools and engaging support opportunities for middle
grade campuses, allowing research - based
practices to be brought to life in classrooms
across the nation.
As we strive to implement strategies that promote systemic change, we must do so with the goal that no matter where students are assigned, they have the benefit of the thinking, expertise, and dedication of all teachers in that
grade level or subject area; that they are part of a school system that requires all teachers to participate in learning teams that are provided regular time to plan, study, and problem solve together; and that this collaboration ensures that great
practices and high expectations spread
across classrooms,
grade levels, and schools.
The story of the book Interactive Writing
Across the
Grades: A Small
Practice with Big Results, PreK - 5 begins over twenty years ago when Kate was a new teacher.
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards can drive individual teachers toward the development of good teaching
practice across subjects and
grade levels.
Its framework of seven Best
Practice Structures and cutting - edge implementation strategies are proven
across the
grades and subject areas.
Interactive Writing
Across Grades: A Small
Practice with Big Results, Pre-K — 5 is your how - to guide, unpacking this powerful method step - by - step — and
grade by
grade.
Interactive writing —
across all
grades PreK - 5 — is a high leverage
practice that allows teachers to strategically address the many important aspects of writing.
AIR's team has worked with clients
across the country to refine their
practices in order to ensure that students achieve key educational milestones such as reading at
grade level, on - time graduation, and postsecondary readiness and persistence.
They addressed questions including what criteria they used to identify key
practices from
across the vast scope of teaching
practice; how they manage the interface of general and subject - and
grade level - specific aspects of instruction; and how they account for the intersection of equity and diversity issues with the teaching of subject - matter.
Most professional development is offered
across multiple
grade levels, is removed from classroom
practice, and leaves the teacher to adapt the work back to her specific students.
The Common Core confronts the issue by incorporating Standards for Mathematical
Practice that cut
across the
grade level lists of math topics.
ATLAS provides authentic cases of National Board Certified Teachers putting the Standards into
practice across all content areas and
grade levels.
In English Language Arts, while typical learners might learn the parts of speech and
practice their application
across grades K - 8, gifted learners might instead explore the relationship of these parts of speech and their function in different sentence patterns at an earlier stage of development.