Sentences with phrase «in kindergarten through third grade»

These terms reference educational research demonstrating that appropriate early intervention, provided in kindergarten through third grade three, is very effective in closing the gap for struggling readers.

Last year, the General Assembly passed a law requiring districts to cap class sizes in kindergarten through third grades at lower numbers than they generally are now.

Experience Corps, a national non-profit that enrolls adults age 55 and older to serve as reading tutors for children in kindergarten through third grade, offers one example of how this approach can work.

Students in kindergarten through third grade at nine low - income New York City schools will receive more than 24,000 books they can take home, as part of a pilot literacy project launched Tuesday by the United Federation of Teachers, the New York City Department of Education, First Book, The American Federation of Teachers and The New York Community Trust.

State Republican legislative leaders said they will phase in the smaller class sizes in kindergarten through third grade over the next four years instead of lowering them at once this fall.

Mayor Bloomberg entered office promising to cut class sizes, mostly in kindergarten through third grade, advocates said.

The bill would phase in class - size changes in kindergarten through third grade over the next four years instead of putting them into effect this fall.

The Bullying Prevention Unit also includes five developmentally appropriate student lessons per grade level in kindergarten through third grade.

Research demonstrates that additional direct instruction provided appropriately, beginning in kindergarten through third grade, can help all but the most severely impaired students catch up to grade - level literacy skills and close the gap for most poor readers.

Results indicated that the level of externalizing and prosocial behaviors demonstrated by students in kindergarten through third grade significantly influenced the student teacher relationship quality as measured by the Student - Teacher Relationship Survey - short form.Teacher perceptions of students» externalizing and prosocial behaviors were influenced, in part, by teacher race.

That's exactly what the woefully unqualified people who wrote the Common Core State Standards expect of young children in Kindergarten through the third grade.

The Success Academy Harlem 5 serves students in kindergarten through third grade, while students in kindergarten through fourth grade attend Success Academy Harlem 3.

Baked into the $ 48 million minimum request is an additional $ 5 million pass - through cost for charter schools, the opening of four new schools next year, and the increased local cost for hiring more teachers to reduce class sizes in kindergarten through third grade as mandated by a recent change to state law.

Given the well - documented consternation this year over a public school funding crisis spurred by lawmakers» demands that schools reduce class sizes in kindergarten through third grade, it's an important, albeit tentative, promise.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew urged New York City to embark next September on a long - term initiative that will lower class size in the public schools to no more than 15 students in kindergarten through third grade.

Grant funds are awarded to help states and local school districts establish high - quality, comprehensive reading instruction for all children in kindergarten through third grade.

In kindergarten through third grade, the primary goal is to teach all students to read fluently and to comprehend a variety of fiction and nonfiction selections that relate to all areas of the curriculum.

The bill eliminates Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for Colleges and Careers (PARCC) testing in the 10th through 12th grades, takes steps to alleviate testing for English language learners, and streamlines School Readiness and READ Act testing to give more instruction time to students in kindergarten through third grade.

Later, as the chief academic officer for the Charlotte - Mecklenburg public schools in North Carolina, she implemented initiatives such as intensive reading programs for students in Kindergarten through the third grade; extensive training for teachers instructing English learners and professional development strategies to teach children of poverty.

During the 1980s, 11,600 students in kindergarten through third grade and 1,300 teachers in 76 schools in 42 districts participated in the experiment.

In this position, Emily designed, implemented, and managed a rigorous academic program for students in kindergarten through third grade.

Starting in July, elementary schools were faced with a new requirement that would drop average class sizes in kindergarten through third grade to roughly 17 students per class.

We begin with a review of academic achievement patterns of U.S. children in kindergarten through third grade.

In 1996, with the state's budget in surplus, the CTA spent $ 1 million on an ad campaign touting the virtues of reduced class sizes in kindergarten through third grade.