Sentences with phrase «in high school curriculum»

Just as 99.999 % of all people who have read the book (pick any book ever «challenged» in any high school curriculum) don't have any problem with having adolescents read it, too.

Admissions officers at these schools have many other ways to deal with differences in high school curriculum and quality.

We were motivated to pursue this research after the adoption of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics increased the emphasis of statistics in the high school curriculum across the United States.

Nicole Howard, EdD Urban Education Leadership»15 and principal at North Lawndale College Prep High School, argues that elements of college life need to be embedded in high school curriculum for urban students, to build the idea that college is a reality for low - income urban students from day one of the high school experience:

«While music programs are often the first to be cut when the school budget is tight, these results highlight music's place in the high school curriculum,» said Nina Kraus, senior study author and director of Northwestern's Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory at the School of Communication.

The Research Institute supports projects dealing with essential contemporary educational issues such as attention - related disorders, trends in adolescent development and innovations in the high school curriculum, learning expectations and assessment, computers in education, the role of art in education, and new ways to identify and address different learning styles.

The presence of these statements (twenty - five years before computer science appeared in high school curricula) aside, we must note that we can not restrict our education to mathematics.

This adjustment also accounts for unmeasured differences in high school and college policies, such as state spending on higher education, changes in high school curricula, and the relative competitiveness of college admissions in a given year.

Not exact matches

The curriculum's high standing in international rankings (it won the No. 1 Canadian school spot in the Financial Times» most recent ranking) also received frequent mention.

While the curriculum is designed for high school and community college students — and select schools will start offering the curriculum this fall — you don't have to attend school to learn to code in Swift, Apple's programming language.

The cluster has also helped geospatial high school curriculum producer Digital Quest, a small firm headquartered in Ridgeland, Miss..

We're increasing enrollment in high - quality early education, raising standards in our public schools as a leader in implementing the Common Core curriculum and working with the business community on STEM programs that are relevant to the job market.

And through a partnership with McGraw - Hill, the company created a full - semester high school curriculum on college and career readiness, which will be taught in high schools nationwide.

There should be programs in high school, like Junior Achievement, but also a curriculum in high school and community colleges could be really impactful.

«Your success in a knowledge society depends on mastery of soft skills and practical intelligence — and yet they don't show up in college or high school curriculums.

In fact, we should have organizations develop admissions tests aligned with other high school orientations as well — multicultural curricula, Afrocentric curricula, STEM - and arts - based curricula.

Wood is not much troubled by the fact, which so disturbs Farley and Hough and Cobb, that the way in which academic disciplines are institutionalized in American higher education also dictates the structure of the curricula of theological schools.

So I'd suggest adding this terrific film to the curriculum of every Catholic (and indeed every Christian) high school in North America, to remind students what happened in their parents» lifetimes and to inspire them to moral greatness themselves.

Third, in both classical schooling and higher education, a self - conscious recovery of a biblical and philosophical understanding of created nature and the practical and spiritual relationship to it that fosters the human good must have a place in the curriculum.

They advocate the inclusion the new physics and the new biology in the high school science curriculum instead of the more typical one - sided presentation of the dominant view of scientific materialism.

In the short period of his administration he was able to carry through epoch - making reforms in high school and university curriculIn the short period of his administration he was able to carry through epoch - making reforms in high school and university curriculin high school and university curricula.

Indeed, Burke's speech «On Conciliation with the Colonies» used to be a set piece in American high school curricula.

A new charter school in Brooklyn uses a sports - oriented curriculum to engage high - risk students

For an insight into the rich curriculum on offer in the High School, take a look at this PDF compilation of articles from our school newsletter, The MessSchool, take a look at this PDF compilation of articles from our school newsletter, The Messschool newsletter, The Messenger.

Copiously illustrated, this book shows how the conscious development and training of the hands in the Waldorf curriculum, from Kindergarten through the high school, lead through the heart forces to enhanced cognition in students.

You can also read an interview with Betty in the Spring 2017 issue Confluence about the significance of the Waldorf high school curriculum and experience.

School Gardens Two schools in the district — one elementary and one high school — have their own gardens and corresponding curriculum exists for each School Gardens Two schools in the district — one elementary and one high school — have their own gardens and corresponding curriculum exists for each school — have their own gardens and corresponding curriculum exists for each grade.

Through years of daily artistic expression and an academically challenging curriculum, Waldorf education culminates in the high school grades with a conscious awakening of all the human capacities.

There are full scale required class productions in Grades 10 and 12, however, drama in the High School is often used to support other subjects across the curriculum.

She designed a neuroscience curriculum for homeschoolers in Southern California, where she also teaches middle and high school students.

But dual enrollment courses can be less structured than other college - level curricula offered in high school, such as Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) classes.

The required high school fiber arts curriculum involves a progression of processes, mediums, and methods that increase in technical complexity, and mirrors the historical evolution of production methods involving fabric and fiber arts.

In addition to exploring the Waldorf curriculum from early childhood through high school, your workshop includes a discussion of Rudolf Steiner's insights in human development and a look into the anthroposophical underpinnings of the Waldorf impulsIn addition to exploring the Waldorf curriculum from early childhood through high school, your workshop includes a discussion of Rudolf Steiner's insights in human development and a look into the anthroposophical underpinnings of the Waldorf impulsin human development and a look into the anthroposophical underpinnings of the Waldorf impulse.

This policy brief outlines the reasons educators need to learn more about adoption issues, explains the negative consequences of a lack of knowledge, and proposes steps that teachers, schools, curriculum developers and institutions of higher education can make progress toward placing all children and families on a level playing field in the classroom and beyond.

Inclusion of exclusive breastfeeding education in the curriculum for high school students may be promising [47].

Outdoor conservation groups face an uphill fight in convincing state lawmakers that hunting curriculums should be offered in high schools.

In schools that are focused on achieving high scores on the state tests, she said, the curriculum becomes geared towards test day at the expense of deeper learning.

Foley does not think the Common Core curriculum and the accompanying teacher evaluation program are necessary in high - performing schools, and says he would target low - performing schools instead of all public schools.

We've combined the best elements of their curricula with some of the most impressive practice from schools in this country — and the result is published today, a new draft National Curriculum for the 21st century which embodies high expectations in every subject.

«These schools would provide a high quality, culturally relevant curriculum; health, social and emotional services in high needs communities for both students and their families; and sahre best practices across the state and nation,» she wrote in the letter.

The Democrats also looked to Washington and Illinois, which use assessments that are baked into the state high school curriculums to help place students in college courses.

The bill «would instruct the state Board of Regents, who set education policy, to work with the state Department of Environmental Conservation and develop a curriculum guide for hunting and fishing that could be used in high school classes.»

With another grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Roseman and her colleagues are leading work on a new curriculum project that builds on the THSB project to focus on energy concepts in high school biology.

Toward High School Biology — Developed with support from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences and in partnership with BSCS, AAAS Project 2061 has developed and tested an innovative eight - week curriculum unit designed to integrate physical and life science concepts to help middle school students understand chemical reactions and their role in the growth and repair of living orgaSchool Biology — Developed with support from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences and in partnership with BSCS, AAAS Project 2061 has developed and tested an innovative eight - week curriculum unit designed to integrate physical and life science concepts to help middle school students understand chemical reactions and their role in the growth and repair of living orgaschool students understand chemical reactions and their role in the growth and repair of living organisms.

With a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, Project 2061 is developing a new six - week curriculum unit to help high school students understand and use important ideas about energy to explain fundamental processes in living organisms.

For example, the independent evaluator who assessed the Toward High School Biology materials felt the curriculum could do more to make the flow of ideas in the lessons more transparent to students.

Educators involved in the assessment of student learning in science, including middle and high school science teachers, science specialists, assessment directors and coordinators in states and school districts, assessment and curriculum developers, university science education faculty, education researchers, and informal science educators.

In the mid-1960s, David was instrumental in developing a high - school engineering literacy curriculum under the auspices of the National Science Foundation and in collaboration with colleagues from both academia and industry, according to the family statemenIn the mid-1960s, David was instrumental in developing a high - school engineering literacy curriculum under the auspices of the National Science Foundation and in collaboration with colleagues from both academia and industry, according to the family statemenin developing a high - school engineering literacy curriculum under the auspices of the National Science Foundation and in collaboration with colleagues from both academia and industry, according to the family statemenin collaboration with colleagues from both academia and industry, according to the family statement.

After an introduction to Internet - based curriculum design, training in a curriculum design framework, and discussions with scientists who work on a specific topic, our participating middle and high school teachers draft curriculum materials (both online and non-online).

In addition to being an organizer and consultant for the Jumpstart Core Curriculum Institute (JCCI), a program founded by Leslie Brown that develops strategies for improving literacy, science, math, technology, and social - science skills among disadvantaged minority students in grades K - 12, I teach chemistry to high school students at the University of South Carolina?s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Summer PrograIn addition to being an organizer and consultant for the Jumpstart Core Curriculum Institute (JCCI), a program founded by Leslie Brown that develops strategies for improving literacy, science, math, technology, and social - science skills among disadvantaged minority students in grades K - 12, I teach chemistry to high school students at the University of South Carolina?s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Summer Prograin grades K - 12, I teach chemistry to high school students at the University of South Carolina?s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Summer Program.