Sentences with phrase «improved academic achievement for all students»

Senior Manager of Instruction, Mathematics Coach OUR STORY Blue Engine is a New York City - based education nonprofit founded in 2010 to dramatically improve academic achievement for students in...

The Utah State Board of Education will continue to focus on improving academic achievement for each student.»

The P - 16 is also focusing on ways to improve academic achievement for students performing two or more grades behind and increase public awareness of the link between education and a healthy economy.

The school is making progress in improving academic achievement for students, especially black students and students with special needs, the report found.

We expect results in the form of improved academic achievement for all students, greater public access to great art and architecture and groundbreaking advances in scientific and medical research.

the internal and external forces that impact the teaching and learning process in their districts / schools, the specific barriers to effective teaching and learning, and the school leadership practices that have the potential to overcome these barriers and improve academic achievement for all students

Addressing chronic absenteeism can improve academic achievement for all students and is especially important for young students to ensure they are on the path to school success.

About Catapult Learning: For nearly 40 years, Catapult Learning has been dedicated to improving academic achievement for students from Pre-K to grade 12, with a special focus on intervention for struggling learners, building teacher and instructional leader capacity, and supporting students who previously dropped out of school.

Thank you for your commitment to increasing the quality of instruction and improving academic achievement for all students.

Over the past few years, States and districts have initiated groundbreaking reforms and innovations to increase the quality of instruction and improve academic achievement for all students.

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Indeed, a rich body of research suggests homework might benefit older students, and, even then, that there is no strong evidence that homework improves academic achievement (as discussed in this article from the Center for Public Education).

This important program has helped improve academic achievement and continues to provide our schools and teachers with the resources to prepare our students for the global economy.

The bulk of evidence over the last century «suggests that academic acceleration and most forms of ability grouping like cross-grade subject grouping and special grouping for gifted students can greatly improve K - 12 students» academic achievement.»

When the nation's governors and top business leaders convene in Palisades, N.Y., later this month for an education summit, they plan to champion academic standards as the key to improving student achievement.

In her first year on the job, Jewell - Sherman launched Excellence for All, a comprehensive plan aimed at improving teaching and learning to enable students to reach high academic standards, and promoting involvement with the community as a way of addressing nonacademic barriers to student achievement.

Conservatives, for instance, are less likely than liberals to say that funding is a barrier to academic achievement, and liberals are more likely to put less focus on improving student learning.

Specific strategies for middle school administrators to use to improve academic achievement and better prepare students for high school are outlined in a report released last week by the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

The researchers analysed results from the international measurement of student achievements, the OECD's Program for International Student Assessment, concluding that classroom discipline could hold the key to improving academic perfostudent achievements, the OECD's Program for International Student Assessment, concluding that classroom discipline could hold the key to improving academic perfoStudent Assessment, concluding that classroom discipline could hold the key to improving academic performance.

Yet the Department's waiver policy says that, in order to receive waivers, states «must submit a request that addresses each of the following four principles, consistent with the definitions and timelines described later in this document, to increase the quality of instruction for students and improve student academic achievement in the State and its [districts].»

LC: It is a mistake to assume that if schools just adopt classroom technologies, academic achievement will improve, teaching will change dramatically, and students will be better prepared for the 21st - century workplace.

Particular emphasis was placed on how inequitable funding for public schools can hamper efforts to boost academic outcomes and improve achievement among vulnerable student populations, as well as on exploring what could be done to change it.

The Common Core State Standards arose from a simple idea: that creating one set of challenging academic expectations for all students would improve achievement and college readiness.

Classroom teachers can provide opportunities for activity during the day, especially if the school does not have required physical education classes, in order to help to improve students academic achievement.

Single - gender education has long been a pillar in the world of private schools, but in the past decade, several big - city school districts have opened all - boys schools designed to improve academic achievement and social - emotional skills for non-white students.

More hours in the school day for teachers as well as students can lead to improved academic achievement, according to a new report that studies 17 schools across the nation that give teachers more time for collaboration and professional development.

Fourteen percent of Michigan's charters are both low - performing and do little to improve student achievement, according to Stanford University's Center for Research on Educational Outcomes; while just one of the 11 charters shut down in 2015 - 2016 were closed because of academic failure, according to data from the Wolverine State's Department of Education.]

The bill also eliminates goals and performance targets for academic achievement, removes parameters regarding the use of federal funds to help improve struggling schools, does not address key disparities in opportunity such as access to high - quality college preparatory curricula, restricts the federal government from protecting disadvantaged students, does not address poor quality tests, and fails to advance the current movement toward college - and career - ready standards.

In her role as chief academic officer for Boston Public Schools, she is committed to eliminating racial achievement disparities while improving student learning results so that students of all races and cultures receive an equitable and excellent education that enables them to thrive and experience success in college, career and life.

The Bureau of Federal Educational Programs provides technical assistance, program support and monitoring to local educational agencies that will lead to improved academic achievement outcomes for students who are disadvantaged, migrant, neglected, delinquent, at - risk, or homeless; or in rural and low - income schools.

The use of mean scores places the focus on improving the academic achievement of all students within a school and not just those whose performance is around the state proficiency cut score (Center for Education Policy, 2011).

The new Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants (Title IV, Part A) program provides funds for programs and activities to improve students» academic achievement by increasing the capacity of local school divisions to provide all students with a well - rounded education; improve school conditions for learning; and improve the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all sAcademic Enrichment Grants (Title IV, Part A) program provides funds for programs and activities to improve students» academic achievement by increasing the capacity of local school divisions to provide all students with a well - rounded education; improve school conditions for learning; and improve the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all sacademic achievement by increasing the capacity of local school divisions to provide all students with a well - rounded education; improve school conditions for learning; and improve the use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all sacademic achievement and digital literacy of all students.

SFTR aims to improve academic achievement and social - emotional development for historically underserved students in San Francisco's public schools by recruiting, preparing, and supporting highly effective and equity - centered teachers.

When district leaders empower and support principals and school administrators to focus on student academic growth, and all central office departments share that vision, the quality of achievement for students, teachers, schools, and communities improves.

The San Francisco Teacher Residency is a consortium of organizations that collaboratively prepare and support new teachers in order to improve academic achievement and social emotional development for students in San Francisco public schools.

What to know: The Mississippi Department of Education's (MDE) plan stands out for aligning its teacher recruitment and retention efforts with its ambitious goals for increasing student academic achievement by 2025 and clearly stating its role in supporting districts to address equity concerns.10 The MDE recognizes that in order to reach its stated goals — which include a proposed graduation rate of 90 percent for all students by 2025 — they must also support districts in recruiting and retaining teachers of color who are prepared to improve student outcomes.

«CAP chose to ignore the most recent research on the academic performance of voucher programs, including the recently released study showing improved academic achievement for Louisiana Scholarship Program students.

«As the Senate reaches the home stretch for consideration of ESEA, NSBA will continue to advocate on behalf of America's 90,000 school board members for an education law that restores local governance, allocates targeted investments in Title I, and authorizes the resources needed to improve academic achievement for all public school students.»

The bottom line is this: If we are serious about eliminating long - standing academic achievement gaps and improving learning for all students, we can not ignore the critical role of school district central offices in improving educational outcomes for all students.

The NYS Charter Schools Act of 1998 was created for the following purposes: • Improve student learning and achievement; • Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at - risk of academic failure; • Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods; • Create new professional opportunities for teachers, school administrators and other school personnel; • Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and • Provide schools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement results.

Charter schools were established to give parents academic choices for their children and provide a learning environment to improve student achievement.

«Improving academic achievement is the true promise of a new funding system, which has enormous potential for our students, for their readiness for college and career, and for the future of the state's workforce.»

Sanfelippo said the move would make the Department of Public Instruction, which Evers oversees, more accountable for improving student academic achievement.

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Classroom strategies that improve resilience and academic achievement for middle and high school students.

President Barack Obama released his fiscal year 2017 budget request to Congress today — the eighth and final of his presidency — which includes investments to improve academic achievement, empower students with the computer science skills needed for a 21st century economy, and expand access to high - quality preschool.

The article offers five practices that can help schools improve educational achievement for these students: acceptance of shared responsibility by school staff; a dual curriculum that promotes language development as well as academic needs; careful consideration of how to integrate immigrants with the general school population; extended learning time; and individual progress records.

The foundation says that Houston outperformed peer districts in academic achievement; increased its graduation rate faster than other urban districts; narrowed the achievement gaps for low - income and Hispanic students; and improved college - readiness levels.

In order to improve students» safety, health, well - being and academic achievement, the Committee acknowledges the scientific research that shows that getting the best outcomes for students requires building nonacademic skills such as self - awareness, self - management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision - making.

Houston was recognized for its students» academic achievement gains, its ability to increase the district graduation rate faster than any other urban district in the running for the prize, and its progress in narrowing the achievement gaps for low - income and Hispanic students and improving students» college - readiness, among other achievements.

for (Grades K - 5) Leading for Learning in the Common Core: Keys to Improving Student Achievement via a School Wide Focus on Academic Literacy