Sentences with phrase «increase teacher access»

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«We have dramatically increased access to school options for Newark families, provided grants directly to teachers at 37 schools, given 300,000 books to Newark students through the My Very Own Library program, and just recently, we committed to a $ 1 million initiative to improve early childhood education in Newark,» the foundation said in a statement to CNBC.

A universal (free) breakfast program can help you increase access to the morning meal, improving participation and creating a calmer, more structured start to the day for everyone — teachers, administrators, and custodians, as well as your students.

Implementing a universal breakfast - in - the - classroom program can help you increase access, improve participation, and create a calm, structured morning atmosphere for everyone — students, teachers, administrators, and custodians.

Governor Cuomo released a state budget plan that closes a $ 2 billion dollar gap, recommends a phased in state takeover of county health care costs, and offers an ultimatum to schools to accept a teacher evaluation program or lose access to increased school funding.

Michael Rebell, an attorney who won a landmark case requiring the state to fund school districts more equitably, and Randi Weingarten, president of a national teachers» union, wrote in appendices to the report that they agree with much of the group's findings, including recommendations for increased access to pre-kindergarten, technology and learning models that connect high school and college, and merit pay for teachers.

Pupils and teachers attending Pyrford Primary School will benefit from a completely new school, with high levels of natural light and increased access and space for outdoor play and learning.

Over the last year, I've written on a variety of educational topics, exploring ideas to increase civic learning, support teen mothers, rethink teacher licensure, foster professional collaboration, and ensure undocumented students» access to college.

For example, a study released by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that giving middle school math teachers access to lesson plans from the company Mathalicious resulted in a statistically significant increase in student achievement.

What are the adjustments that teachers can make on an everyday basis to increase equity, access, rigor, and engagement for all students?

By using a four - step teacher decision - making framework and implementing structured classroom routines rooted in research on cognition and motivation, you will increase equity, access, rigor, and engagement for all students.

But in an increasing number of states, the public has gained access to information about juvenile offenders, reporters may broadcast their names and faces on the evening news, and teachers may be told about charges of wrongdoing — not just findings of delinquency — made against the teenagers sitting in their classes.

Written by Henry Dimbleby and John Vincent, founders of the Leon restaurant chain, the Plan is made up of actions and recommendations that aim to help head teachers increase revenue and school meal take up whilst improving school food culture and access to good food.

I'm not a gambling person, but if I had to place a bet on one sure - fire method for engaging students, increasing test scores, reaching students who fall below standards, challenging students who exceed grade - level standards, accessing students» creativity and originality, maximizing brain connections formed, applying concepts to new situations, and making the learning process more fun for the students and teacher, I would place that bet on... teaching the core curriculum through the arts.

An estimated 200,000 citizen children whose parents have been protected under DACA will live with increased fear for their parents» safety and may lose access to services if their parents avoid interactions with governmental agencies, including meetings with teachers and school administrators, for fear of deportation.

Pupils and teachers attending Pyrford Primary School will benefit from a completely new school, withhigh levels of natural light and increased access and space for outdoor play and learning.

The Commission will examine state and local policies to increase parent and family engagement, including: how the school calendar meets the needs of students and families to optimize engagement such as parent - teacher conferences and half - days; district and school - level policies to address student attendance issues; access to information regarding teacher effectiveness; and parental involvement in school policies such as placement of students in low - performing schools and in the classrooms of ineffective teachers.

With increased wi - fi in schools and many opting to roll out 1:1 device schemes, increased internet access allows language teachers to make use of online specialist language software in class.

And, in the long run, those same students would likely become teachers themselves in the camp, increasing educational access for future children.

In fact, having taught for decades it has become abundantly clear that the teachers who increase test scores may have unethical access to the tests themselves and have the ability to coach and prep their kids.

In that time, he won praise for uniting education reformers, teachers, principals and business stakeholders behind an aggressive education reform agenda that included opening more than 100 new schools, expanding after - school and summer learning programs, closing down underperforming schools, increasing early childhood and college access, dramatically boosting the caliber of teachers, and building public - private partnerships around a variety of education initiatives.

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

Instead, the system demands that teachers put increasing numbers of grades in the grade books for parents to be able to access and monitor progress.

Evidence that the school has eliminated low ‐ track classes and, more generally, evidence of the steps the school has taken to increase the access of students to challenging curricular materials and high - quality instruction (e.g., letters sent to parents and regular outreach by teachers or counselors).

By giving students the opportunity to access learning materials from anywhere, teachers will increase their students» productivity.

In a brief we wrote with Christen Holly and Gillian Locke for the Center for American Progress, Giving Every Student Access to Excellent Teachers: A Vision for Focusing Federal Investments in Education, we suggest four ways the federal government can dramatically increase access to excellent teaching and transform the profeAccess to Excellent Teachers: A Vision for Focusing Federal Investments in Education, we suggest four ways the federal government can dramatically increase access to excellent teaching and transform the profeaccess to excellent teaching and transform the profession:

A new study finds that teachers who were given access to a set of «inquiry - based» lesson plans and online support on how to use the lesson plans saw increases in student achievement.

Personnel policies that treat different teachers differently should be a focus of efforts to increase access to high - quality instruction for all students.

The article discusses how increased access to broadband Internet will allow students and teachers to access a range of digital education technologies.

Testing was not the only barrier to technology integration, however: Two teachers — Ann, a third - grade teacher, and Hannah, a K - 5 English as a second language (ESL) teacher — did not increase their use of technology because access remained an issue.

IF the IDOE collaborates with key stakeholders, including LEAs, institutions of higher education, and educator associations, to refine existing human capital management systems that leverage evaluation and support systems to recruit, prepare, develop, support, advance, reward, and retain great teachers and leaders, THEN increased educator capacity and effectiveness will ensure equitable access to excellent educators and lead to improved student outcomes.50

I'm talking about things like teacher licensing mandates, which researchers have long found do not improve teacher quality and traffic in disproven education fads (but do provide easy - access cash cows for state departments of education and teacher colleges since teachers are required to keep buying their products to maintain certification); ever - increasing testing and data - entry mandates; centralized curriculum mandates like Common Core; centralized teacher evaluation and ratings systems; and the massive data entry required to document things like student behavior problems and special education services.

For Skylar, part of increasing student access also meant recognizing that students can figure out the technology without as much teacher assistance as she previously thought.

Kris Nordstrom, a consultant for the progressive N.C. Justice Center (the parent nonprofit for N.C. Policy Watch) and a former fiscal analyst for the legislature, warned legislators that their efforts would be better spent on proven methods, such as increasing access to pre-K programs, expanding instructional time, recruiting and retaining high - quality teachers, and addressing poverty - related issues such as mental health and child nutrition.

This knowledge will help teacher leaders support teachers in their efforts, making sure that students can both access the tasks and increase their understanding of important disciplinary ideas.

The opportunity for social studies teachers to integrate primary sources into the classroom and engage their students in doing history has now become more of a reality due to increased access to archival material, once only available to historians visiting the archives.

In a statement on Monday, Ms. Anderson said that she was «extremely proud» of her accomplishments, citing the teacher contract, an increase in graduation rates — to 70 percent, from 56 percent — and «improved access to schools» through One Newark.

«The teachers in our study confirmed what we at Teach Plus have learned from previous research and from speaking with thousands of teachers over the past five years: that alignment between assessments and curriculum, access to highly valued activities, and the autonomy to choose what's right for students all contribute to how teachers perceive the value of activities they use to prepare their students for tests, and are all factors that can be changed to reduce wasted time and increase valued instructional time.»

There are big challenges in education right now that require our immediate attention — raising literacy levels, increasing access to high - quality teachers and clearing pathways to careers in STEAM, just to name a few.

Earlier study reports have documented a dramatic increase in the proportion of teachers with access to a student data system between 2005 and 2007 and described school practices with respect to data use and the challenges that are part of student data system implementation.

The piece highlights how teachers will have increased access to professional development programs in all subjects under ESSA.

Transferring this line of reasoning to the LS - TPACK model might lead one to the conclusion that increases in teachers» observed LS - TPACK could be attributed to increased ability to write lessons that please the reviewer, since the teachers have access to the reviewers» comments throughout the entire process.

Now, increased access to technology and evolving blended learning strategies offer teachers more effective ways to meet the individual needs of ELLs — and all students, for that matter.

It aims to increase subject expertise, promote research and champion university access within schools by supporting PhD graduates to become excellent teachers and research leaders, who are committed to closing the gap in attainment and university access.

Increasing class sizes is one way, but we have many other options, Public Impact's co-director, Bryan C. Hassel, said at Thursday's «Expanding Access to Great Teachers» discussion at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute — watch it below.

Although access to the books will likely increase the amount of informational text students read, books alone do not provide support for the teacher.

When students take an increased role in goal - setting and determining access points for learning, it frees up teachers to transition into a coaching role for each student.

With Hansen's paper adding evidence that students can benefit from increased access to excellent teachers, we hope teachers and school leaders everywhere will start adjusting schedules and roles to make it happen.

From online webinars, videoclips, and tutorials to graduate programs, teachers now have access to real - time and any - time, 24/7 options for increasing their knowledge and skills.

The impacts of test - based teacher evaluations, school closures, and increased charter - school access on student outcomes.

To address the question of how to increase access and scale effective programs nationally, panel members urged continued federal funding for AP course and exam access for low - income students as well as for teacher training, mentoring, and retention in the accelerated programs.