Sentences with phrase «in middle grades education»

Robyn Hester — Robyn has a BA in Middle Grades Education with an emphasis on Science from St. Andrews Presbyterian College.

in Curriculum and Instruction, Minority and Urban Education from University of Maryland, College Park and his Bachelor's degree in Middle Grades Education from Northern Kentucky University.

Sterrett earned his B.S. in Middle Grades Education from Asbury College (Kentucky) and his Ph.D. in Educational Administration & Supervision from the University of Virginia, and he is the author of the ASCD books Insights Into Action: Successful School Leaders Share What Works and Short on Time: How do I make time to lead and learn as a principal?

Superintendents, principals, school leaders, teachers, and anyone with an interest in middle grades education are invited to learn more about this exciting study!

Professor and Chair Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Dr. Anfara is the first recipient of the Lipka Lifetime Achievement Award due to his longtime leadership and service in middle grades education.

A subgroup of the Steering Committee decided to design and implement a research project on a specific phenomenon in middle grades education — Common Planning Time (CPT).

The award is given only when an individual has demonstrated a level of service and leadership in middle grades education that warrants this special recognition.

She earned her B.S. in Middle Grades Education from the College of Charleston.

A graduate of Western Kentucky University with a degree in Middle Grades Education, Rick has been involved in education for over eighteen years as a teacher, administrator, certified school bus driver (and trainer), school maintenance employee, and athletic coach.

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This week, Education World talks with Jackson about how educators can use Turning Points 2000 to provide an exemplary experience in middle grades education.

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By 1919, the self - taught pioneer with an eighth - grade education was producing more than half the cars in the U.S.. By lowering the cost of the automobile — eventually to $ 350 — he made cars part of the fabric of middle class America.

Looping has many advantages for middle schools and middle grades education, in general.

Even in a country whose progressive public education system dispenses with tests and grades until middle school and provides every high school student with a laptop, Nordahl Grieg stands out for its commitment to innovation.

You can learn more about student - led conferences in the Education World articles Student - Led Conferences Successful in Elementary, Middle Grades, Student - Led Conferences Hold Kids Accountable, and Student - Led Conferences: A Growing Trend.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

The first in the series of SREB reports, «Education's Weak Link: Student Performance in the Middle Grades,» describes the middle grades as the «weak link» in education, nationally as well as in southerEducation's Weak Link: Student Performance in the Middle Grades,» describes the middle grades as the «weak link» in education, nationally as well as in southern sMiddle Grades,» describes the middle grades as the «weak link» in education, nationally as well as in southern sGrades,» describes the middle grades as the «weak link» in education, nationally as well as in southern smiddle grades as the «weak link» in education, nationally as well as in southern sgrades as the «weak link» in education, nationally as well as in southereducation, nationally as well as in southern states.

Controlling for student demographics, 8th - grade test scores, English language skills, special education program participation, free or reduced - price lunch status (a measure of family income), and mobility during middle school does not alter the basic patterns of graduation and college attendance seen in the descriptive comparisons.

The study, part of the Program on Education Policy and Governance Working Papers Series at Harvard University, found that students moving from grade 5 into middle school show a «sharp drop» in math and language arts achievement in the transition year that plagues them as far out as 10th grade, even risking thwarting their ability to graduate high school and...

Prior to that, she taught fifth grade, special education in a middle school, and American literature in a community college.

The Carnegie Corporation of New York has awarded more than $ 4 million in grants to help 15 states continue their efforts to reform education in the middle grades.

For K — 12 education, he proposes programs to «recruit math and science degree graduates» to teaching and «ensure that all children have access to a strong science curriculum at all grade levels,» more funding for «intervention strategies in middle school» for «teaching teams, parent involvement, mentoring, intensive reading and math instruction, and extended learning time» — all to address the «dropout crisis.»

In the book Beyond the Classroom, sociologist Laurence Steinberg's 5 - year study of schools in middle America, he found that up to 40 percent of parents totally detached from their children's education after sixth gradIn the book Beyond the Classroom, sociologist Laurence Steinberg's 5 - year study of schools in middle America, he found that up to 40 percent of parents totally detached from their children's education after sixth gradin middle America, he found that up to 40 percent of parents totally detached from their children's education after sixth grade.

On June 26th ~ the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) ~ the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) ~ the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) ~ The Alliance for Excellent Education ~ and the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform held a briefing on Capitol Hill ~ Absenteeism in the Middle Grades: The Prevalence ~ the Impact ~ and Turning it Around.

According to surveys conducted by the Attleboro Public Schools, retention rates — holding students back — in grades 2 - 8 decreased by more than 43 percent, special education referrals dropped by more than 55 percent, and discipline and suspensions — especially in the middle schools — declined significantly, while attendance rates improved for both students and teachers.

Jennifer Johns, who teaches sixth - grade English and science at Crestview Middle School in Huntington, Indiana, provides Education World readers with several additional activities to use with A Christmas Carol.

If not, the very concept of middle grades education may be in jeopardy.

The Education Next research article «Stuck in the Middle,» featured in the Fall 2010 issue of Education Next, finds that the steep drop - off in middle - school students» academic achievement may be linked to the larger number of students in each grade level but can not be explained by differences in per - pupil spending or class size, which were similar in middle and K - 8 scMiddle,» featured in the Fall 2010 issue of Education Next, finds that the steep drop - off in middle - school students» academic achievement may be linked to the larger number of students in each grade level but can not be explained by differences in per - pupil spending or class size, which were similar in middle and K - 8 scmiddle - school students» academic achievement may be linked to the larger number of students in each grade level but can not be explained by differences in per - pupil spending or class size, which were similar in middle and K - 8 scmiddle and K - 8 schools.

For example, the articles do not address the professional preparation of the teachers in middle - grades schools compared to those in K — 8 schools, although NCATE's [National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education] recent report on teacher preparation highlights the critical connections between teacher preparation and student outcomes.

On Jan. 24, readers questioned three members of the Teacher Leaders Network — Corrina Knight, a 6th grade language arts / social studies teacher at Salem Middle School in Apex, N.C.; Linda Emm, an educational specialist with Schools of Choice in Miami, and a consultant with the National School Reform Faculty; and Carolann Wade, the coordinator for national - board certification and liaison for Peace College's teacher education program of the Wake County, N.C., school district — about their work with teacher - directed professional development.

For instance, if Congress had allocated two - thirds of all new federal spending (non-disability related) on K - 12 education since 1992 to this program, $ 10 billion would have been available for scholarships this year - enough to provide full $ 500 scholarships to all middle - and low - income children in kindergarten through the 8th grade.

In sum, students who left elementary schools for middle schools in grades six or seven «lose ground in both reading and math compared to their peers who attend K — 8 schools,» he wrote in «The Middle School Plunge,» published in the spring 2012 issue of Education NexIn sum, students who left elementary schools for middle schools in grades six or seven «lose ground in both reading and math compared to their peers who attend K — 8 schools,» he wrote in «The Middle School Plunge,» published in the spring 2012 issue of Educationmiddle schools in grades six or seven «lose ground in both reading and math compared to their peers who attend K — 8 schools,» he wrote in «The Middle School Plunge,» published in the spring 2012 issue of Education Nexin grades six or seven «lose ground in both reading and math compared to their peers who attend K — 8 schools,» he wrote in «The Middle School Plunge,» published in the spring 2012 issue of Education Nexin both reading and math compared to their peers who attend K — 8 schools,» he wrote in «The Middle School Plunge,» published in the spring 2012 issue of Education Nexin «The Middle School Plunge,» published in the spring 2012 issue of EducationMiddle School Plunge,» published in the spring 2012 issue of Education Nexin the spring 2012 issue of Education Next.

«Intuitively, I had not expected this to be an important policy lever, but there are a lot of indicators that things are not going well for students in the middle school grades in the United States,» says West, who serves as executive editor of Education Next.

But, as cited on the National Center for Education Statistics website, school districts began moving away from the junior high model in the 1960s and rapidly toward the creation of middle schools starting in grade six or even grade five.

Education Week spent six months reporting on how the District of Columbia's vision of the common - core English / language arts standards is being put into practice in one 8th grade classroom at one school, Stuart - Hobson Middle School on Capitol Hill.

«I haven't posted the grades since the middle of the second quarter for lack of time,» Tom Hutchison, a math teacher at Iola - Scandinavian High School in Iola, Wisconsin, told Education World.

06, a special education teacher and reading specialist at the Clarence R. Edwards Middle School in Charlestown, Mass., «Some states, including California, use third - grade reading scores to help predict prison populations for 10 years down the road.»

Although the study was conducted in California, the findings have important implications for middle grades education across the nation.

Andrea Guengerich Education Policy and Management Hometown: Austin, Texas Experience: High school teacher in Brownsville, Texas, one of the largest cities along the Texas - Mexico border; position at Breakthrough Austin, a community - based organization that provides a path to college, starting in middle school, for low - income students who will be first - generation college students; director of University of Texas Programs for Breakthrough; chair of the College Advising for Undocumented Students Taskforce, a collaboration between six nonprofit organizations and the public school district in Austin Future plans: Teaching 6th grade at a project - based learning school in Mexico City that seeks to educate the whole child

In a study tracking children from age 3 through middle school, David Dickinson, now a professor of education at Vanderbilt University, and Catherine Snow, an education professor at Harvard University, found that a child's score on a vocabulary test in kindergarten could predict reading comprehension scores in later gradeIn a study tracking children from age 3 through middle school, David Dickinson, now a professor of education at Vanderbilt University, and Catherine Snow, an education professor at Harvard University, found that a child's score on a vocabulary test in kindergarten could predict reading comprehension scores in later gradein kindergarten could predict reading comprehension scores in later gradein later grades.

It is written by Elizabeth Stein, a middle grades special education teacher, author, and SpEd / UDL instructional coach and new - teacher mentor in New York.

Even middle class Black students are denied a meaningful education in the state's urban schools: Just 12 percent of them are taught to read at grade level in eighth grade.

More Chinese students are coming to the U.S. for middle and high school lately, in part to flee the rigid Chinese education system and the country's rigorous college entrance exam, which students begin preparing for in 9th grade.

«Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better» is, says Trish Williams, «the largest study of middle grades education ever conducted.&Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better» is, says Trish Williams, «the largest study of middle grades education ever conducted.&Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better» is, says Trish Williams, «the largest study of middle grades education ever conducted.&middle grades education ever conducted.&grades education ever conducted.»

Perhaps the most telling research about the impact of middle - school grade configuration is a recent study of New York City middle schools by Jonah Rockoff and Benjamin Lockwood (see «Stuck in the Middle,» Education Next, Fall middle - school grade configuration is a recent study of New York City middle schools by Jonah Rockoff and Benjamin Lockwood (see «Stuck in the Middle,» Education Next, Fall middle schools by Jonah Rockoff and Benjamin Lockwood (see «Stuck in the Middle,» Education Next, Fall Middle,» Education Next, Fall 2010).

Students are more pliable in earlier grades, and such an early focus on character education could resolve many of the social ills evident in our middle and high schools.

At Whittemore Park Middle School in Horry County Schools, another district working with Education Elements, students who started 6th grade at a 3rd - grade reading level ended at a 5th - grade reading level — an astounding two years of growth.

Peter Meyer of Education Next talks with students and teachers from Hudson, New York about the problem with middle schools and about alternatives to standalone schools for students in grades 6 - 8.

Martin West, a Harvard education professor, found math and reading scores for many Florida students in traditional middle schools dropped from fifth to sixth grade and continued to plummet as middle school proceeded.

Superintendent Tommy Chang presented a plan to the Boston School Committee that would eliminate middle schools and change the grade configuration of other schools in Boston so that students only have to change schools once during their education, James Vaznis reports in the Boston Globe.