Sentences with phrase «higher numbers of educators»

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If you are interested in seeing which regions have the highest numbers of known home educators, there's a map that demonstrates this at the FutureSchool site.

With only miniscule numbers of high school athletes making it to the big leagues, emphasizing the student part of student - athlete may be the best thing educators, parents and responsible adults can do to ensure a winning future for aspiring competitors.

In part, perhaps, because the very term «character education» evokes such an all - American image of wholesomeness and high moral purpose, this is one bandwagon that educators are almost sure to be climbing aboard in growing numbers.

The programme is so much in demand from schools that we have a higher number of requests for booking educational visits than we can currently accommodate and so advise educators to book their visit several months in advance to secure a place.

But like a growing number of Chinese educators, he believes the successes have exacted a high toll.

Academia has a set of standards that you move up based on the number of articles that you get published in the highest ranked publications, which cater to an exclusive audience of other academics that doesn't include the general public, community educators, and the people on the ground at local schools.»

April Hendrix, a high school special education teacher for Savannah - Chatham County Public Schools, is one of a growing number of educators and guidance counselors who refer students to AWOL.

While the fact the IRS responded to a band of educators on the south side of Chicago still shocks me — the real victory was this — in Chicago alone, the number of high school seniors successfully applying for federal aide has risen 65 % to 87 %.

The PZ Reach Scholarship aims to support educators working in underserved settings — for example, Title I public schools, areas with high rates of identity - based violence, or communities with large numbers of families impacted by immigration and / or displacement — to attend Project Zero Classroom.

A number of students drop out before they reach high school graduation, he said, but educators work to keep them enrolled; the school's 2015 graduation rate was nearly 83 percent.

She felt daunted, however, by the challenge of providing high - quality professional development to large numbers of educators spread across the farthest reaches of the 1,946 square - mile county.

A number of organizations and gifted education experts, including the National Association for Gifted Children, have published units, lessons, tips, and guidelines to help educators build on and extend the Core for high - ability children.

Researchers and educators collaborated to create a substantial set of research - based instructional practices, performance management strategies, and student supports that middle schools should implement to increase the number of students prepared for success in high school and beyond.

Middle School Matters provides educators with proven, research - based strategies to increase the number of middle grade students who are prepared for high school and postsecondary success.

Educators at Holmen High School will learn how to instruct farm - to - school techniques in a number of settings.

For years, several educators have been assigned to pushing these numbers even higher, says Fred Schrumpf, the district's director of community engagement for graduation improvement.

Parents and educators alike have increasingly lashed out against the high number of standardized tests students must take, the high stakes attached to those test results, and the narrowed curriculum that occurs when schools are held accountable for students» test results in only two or three subjects.

Summary: The high numbers of suspensions in US schools have sparked an important debate among educators, physicians, and lawmakers on the effectiveness of Out of School Suspension (OSS), with particular emphasis on whether it does more harm than good.

However, most of these tests are multiple choice, standardized measures of achievement, which have had a number of unintended consequences, including: narrowing of the academic curriculum and experiences of students (especially in schools serving our most school - dependent children); a focus on recognizing right answers to lower - level questions rather than on developing higher - order thinking, reasoning, and performance skills; and growing dissatisfaction among parents and educators with the school experience.

There are a number of good ideas being floated, recently and prominently in a January 2013 address to The Pope Center in North Carolina by Dr. Sandra Stotsky, who believes that the weighting of education reform focus should be shifted from student standards to a priority on educator standards, beginning with much higher standards for admission to preparation programs and limiting schools of education to the graduate level.

Lack of progress and growing opposition to high - stakes testing have led a growing number of educators and policy advocates to conclude that education policies and the strategies used to help underperforming schools and to promote student achievement must change.

Given the recent research showing that being suspended even once in ninth grade is associated with a twofold increase in the likelihood of dropping out, from 16 % for those not suspended to 32 % for those suspended just once (Balfanz, 2013), the high number of students suspended, as presented in this report, should be of grave concern to all parents, educators, taxpayers, and policymakers.

Click here» In about 2 weeks, Wisconsin educator Angelina Cruz, a 6th grade social studies and reading and language arts teacher, will attend a meeting she hopes will result in her district taking a hard look at the number of high - stakes, standardized tests students are required to take.

Organizers can only speculate, but the feeling is that it's easier to pull off these events in larger cities with a higher number of local independent school educators from which to draw.

Now West Chester may be joining a growing number of districts around the country in eliminating class rank in its high schools — a high - stakes strategy that educators hold could help some of their students get into the nation's elite colleges, since those schools often overlook candidates who aren't in the rarefied percentiles.

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Many educators are overwhelmed by high number of requests by students looking for sample Letter of Recommendation for Student.

Once again, it is hard to determine the number one cover letter writing tip — but this one ranks high on my list of cover letter writing tips for teachers, school administrators or any other educators.

Our educators are trained to present age - appropriate programs for a number of audiences in a wide variety of settings including elementary, middle, and high schools; colleges and universities; after - school programs; juvenile justice, adult incarceration, and substance abuse facilities; family programs; agencies serving people with disabilities; health centers; faith - based communities; community organizations and events, including health fairs; and more.

Summary: The high numbers of suspensions in US schools have sparked an important debate among educators, physicians, and lawmakers on the effectiveness of Out of School Suspension (OSS), with particular emphasis on whether it does more harm than good.