Sentences with phrase «individual school district curriculum»

While much attention has been been on the curriculum revisions taking place nationwide to align with the Common Core State Standards, individual school district curriculum changes are what parents need to understand in planning academic decisions for their children.

Not exact matches

«As this antigang initiative is advanced and implemented, we are working with school officials, community members and immigrant advocacy groups to develop a curriculum that will fit the individual districts and the communities.

Curriculum isn't what it ought to be partly because, as Merrow argues, our fixation on reading and math achievement has squeezed it, but also because it's been decentralized to individual districts and schools and because (as Hirsch has explained so often and well) the belief structure of most educators resists well - sequenced, knowledge - centric curricula.

With the responsibility of central government trimmed back, school districts and individual schools would have the authority and freedom to innovate around curriculum, staffing, and other matters central to what students are expected to learn and how they are taught.

Curricula, teaching methods, and schedules can all be customized to meet the learning styles and life situations of individual students; education can be freed from the geographic constraints of districts and brick - and - mortar buildings; coursework from the most remedial to the most advanced can be made available to everyone; students can have more interaction with teachers and one another; parents can readily be included in the education process; sophisticated data systems can measure and guide performance; and schools can be operated at lower cost with technology (which is relatively cheap) substituted for labor (which is relatively expensive).

The National Board urges that applied studies be done that look deeply into the effects of these tests in school systems, school districts, and individual schools, among different student populations, and on different curricula.

Like many school districts across the country, D.C. Public Schools leaves the decision on whether to include cursive as part of the curriculum up to individual principals and teachers.

Curriculum, therefore, is generally left to districts, which frequently leave it to individual schools and often to individual teachers or departments within them.

Most importantly, then, test results provide parents and teachers with vital information about student learning, and accountability policies challenge districts and schools to meet individual student needs with effective teachers, strong curricula, choices for families and students, and break - the - mold interventions for failing schools.

In schools and districts that take on a wide variety of roles and serve diverse student populations, more focus should be put on measures that impact individual student growth and their ability to access the curriculum.

Suggested individual or team activity: Arrange a meeting of the curriculum leaders in a school district.

The guide is intended for use by individuals or groups in K — 16 education (teachers, school and district administrators, curriculum directors, graduate and undergraduate students in curriculum, and others) who want to further develop their skill in UbD.

As my colleague Rob Samuelson points out, «the flexible nature of a charter school allows it to match curricula to individual communities, draw students from a wider geographic area and partner with local districts and organizations to attract a diverse group of students.»

The Center's subscription - based curricula for middle school and high school language arts are used by individual schools, districts, and county offices of education throughout the country.

Instead, he blames the curriculum that individual schools and districts have chosen to help teach them.

We also expected and guided participants to plan for changes in individual teaching practice, changes in school and district professional development strategies, and finally, changes in district curriculum efforts.