Sentences with phrase «language gaps in»

The city's language access expansion efforts are a significant step that will help notably reduce language gaps in our schools.

Furthermore, some apps have translation capabilities, which enable educators to bridge the language gap in an instant.

Not exact matches

Fresh from his high end gap year, Simmons launched Learnirvana in 2012, a web tutor program that helps users learn languages.

(1) To address the coding skills gap and help prepare more people for jobs in software development, Apple created a powerful yet easy - to - learn coding language called Swift (TM), the free Swift Playgrounds (TM) app and a free curriculum, App Development with Swift, which are available to anyone and are already being used by millions of students at K - 12 schools, summer camps and leading community colleges across the country.

The true testing ground for the implicate - order strategy, it seems to me, may indeed be biology rather than physics, where abstract methods are so powerful as to perhaps make it dispensable: just as the old style building - block materialist was refuted not by philosophical polemic, but by the one authority in which he trusted, i.e., by physics itself, so the nothing - but reductionist in contemporary biology will modify his views should it be possible some day to provide him with a mathematical language that fills the currently existing gap between our formal knowledge of gene structure and combinations, and our intuitive apprehension of growth and shape.

For most babies, this readiness falls between 8 and 12 months of age although sign language can be useful to fill in the gaps of communication through toddlerhood.

Citizen Action of New York's Karen Scharff agreed, saying his new language» is very much tied into his call for ending the inequality gap and raising the minimum wage... Public funding of elections is not only a way to end corruption but to give ordinary New Yorkers a voice in our elections.»

«The truth is that the Tories» change in language has touched a nerve, reflecting a big gap in our own political narrative,» Mr Lammy says, before going on to attack the Tory leader's lack of depth.

There remains an important need for people in DC who are «bilingual» in the languages of policy and science, said Koizumi, to bridge the gap.

Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services is holding the «Bridging the Word Gap Challenge» that will award $ 300,000 in prizes for innovative solutions that promote language development skills among children from low - income families, Doggett said.

The real value of a short, intensive course like the boot camp, Gray says, is in learning the language and recognizing the gaps in your knowledge so that you know what to study in the future.»

The Department for Education has just published its national plan to improve social mobility in young people; at the heart of their strategy is the ambition to close the language gap that develops between the most and the least disadvantaged children in our society.

As the ranks of children in Norway's universal child care program increase, the language skill gap between rich and poor children narrows, according to the study of more than 60,000 children.

By age three, the language improvement of low - income children attending early education and care has led to a significant narrowing of the gaps in the language skills between low - income and high - income children

The intervention also appeared to narrow the achievement gap between English language learners and children proficient in English.

Girls have been shown to have earlier brain maturation, eye contact, and joint attention, which may in turn influence greater maternal responsiveness.12, 25,26 A significant gap in language input from fathers may have long - term implications.

Plus, translation tools help bridge the language gap, so you don't need to be fluent in Russian (or English) to make a real connection online.

People have an openness for making real connections, and we're proud that Rosetta Stone helps bridge the communication gap by getting learners speaking and having life changing conversations in new languages.

This high - budget (supposedly $ 135 million) summer - blockbuster escapist film is dull formulaic fare that has a questionable history premise, a star who does not light up the screen with charisma (Matthew McConaughey), a foreign - born female lead (Penélope Cruz) as eye candy who struggles with the English language to a point where it's an unwelcome distraction, and a tiresome and silly plot line to fill in the gaps while the adventurers are involved in their all too familiar set action pieces.

Instead, the special education gap begins in kindergarten, when students classified at a young age as having a speech or language disorder are less likely than other students to apply to charter schools.

I suspect that the kindergarten gap is driven primarily by the fact that school districts often provide speech and language services to students in need of them prior to entry into kindergarten, and the parents of such students are reluctant to switch to a charter school, thereby interrupting the continuation of these services.

At this time, advisers will also review key benchmark assessments in language arts and math and will plan any interventions that may be necessary to address learning gaps or credit deficiencies.

In the wake of a 1995 study that found a dramatic gap in the number of words heard by high - and low - income children — the so - called 30 million word gap — much attention has been given to efforts to enrich kids» language exposurIn the wake of a 1995 study that found a dramatic gap in the number of words heard by high - and low - income children — the so - called 30 million word gap — much attention has been given to efforts to enrich kids» language exposurin the number of words heard by high - and low - income children — the so - called 30 million word gap — much attention has been given to efforts to enrich kids» language exposure.

Students who are identified as having speech and language disabilities play a much larger role in the gap story, especially among students in kindergarten (see Figure 1c).

One area where policymakers could influence the special education gap is by providing charters with resources and incentives to better recruit students with disabilities (particularly those with a speech or language impairment) to apply in kindergarten.

With increased instruction in academic language, and increased attention to understanding of morphology and connectives, Lesaux hopes to close the gap between students» reading skills and their comprehension.

We're essentially bridging the gap between learning the concepts of coding and learning how to code in the same way a developer does; children learn languages quickly and easily, so why not teach them the real language of technology?

«In order to close that gap we need to provide schools with the resources to facilitate the language development and growth of students who start school with few literacy skills.

Staff members regularly review data together to catch any students in need of extra support and help ensure students grasp concepts by focusing lessons on grade - level skills and then modifying content to address any language gaps.

It refers to schools with stubborn achievement gaps or weak performance among «subgroup» students, such as English - language learners or students in special education.

Focus School: A school with persistent achievement gaps or poor performance among «subgroup» students, such as English - language learners or students in special education.

Instead, the gap begins primarily because of differences in enrollment rates of students who have a speech or language disability, many of whom receive services within district schools prior to kindergarten.

Fill in the gaps - language and gender.

Winters suggests that policymakers could influence the special education gap by providing charters with resources and incentives to better recruit students with speech or language impairments in their kindergarten year.

In an attempt to close the gap that exists between the increasingly important role that foreign countries, cultures, and languages play in world affairs and Americans» lack of international knowledge, the Goldman Sachs Foundation and the Asia Society have established an award for excellence in international educatioIn an attempt to close the gap that exists between the increasingly important role that foreign countries, cultures, and languages play in world affairs and Americans» lack of international knowledge, the Goldman Sachs Foundation and the Asia Society have established an award for excellence in international educatioin world affairs and Americans» lack of international knowledge, the Goldman Sachs Foundation and the Asia Society have established an award for excellence in international educatioin international education.

Medford High Students Chosen as Finalists in National Challenge (The Medford Transcript) As part of a national challenge with HGSE's Making Caring Common and The KIND Foundation, a student team from Medford were selected as finalists and will develop their project to bridge the gap between academic English language learning and everyday language use and needs.

«We have a persistent achievement gap and the kids stuck in that gap are poor, they speak English as a second language, they have special needs.

For states, that means closing gaps in achievement and making sure English - language learners and special education and low - income students have the same access to education as middle - class and upper - class college - bound kids.

Gillim, a former teacher and education media professional, developed the character and series with an explicit purpose to enrich young audiences» vocabulary, close the gap for those who don't grow up in language - rich environments, instill a love of language, and foster better reading comprehension.

Caught in that achievement gap are low - income students, English - language learners, students with disabilities, and students of color.

Academic Leagues at Edwards Middle School - Excerpt provided by NCTL from the Time Well Spent Report, explaining how Edwards has closed the achievement gap within Massachusetts in math, English language arts, and science with their Academic Leagues

To this end, the Center has developed a three - stage knowledge transfer process: (1) Knowledge Synthesis — a critical analysis of cutting - edge science and program evaluation research to identify core concepts and evidence - based findings that are broadly accepted by the scientific community; (2) Knowledge Translation — the identification of gaps in understanding between scientists and the public, and the development of effective language to communicate accurate scientific information in a way that can inform sound public discourse; and (3) Knowledge Communication — the production and dissemination of a wide variety of publications and educational media via print, the Web, and in - person presentations.

Spanish San Valentin Lesson Kit includes: - Text on the history behind Valentine's day tradition - 1 exercise sheet analysing the language in the text - 1 set of comprehension questions based on the text - 11 pages of vocabulary building exercises (crosswords, fill the gaps, word puzzles etc...)

Whether charter schools do a better job than regular schools in closing the achievement gap between English - learners and students who already have a command of the language is expected to be a thread in testimony at a hearing scheduled for Sept. 17 before...

Research indicates that a gap in language, gesturing, and other developmental markers begins to open by age 2, Ferguson says — even though there are virtually no racial or social class differences in the mental abilities of infants before age 1.

of internationalism, but it is a huge step towards opening lines of communication, and an even bigger step towards helping shorten a skills gap in languages that is now apparent in the UK.

The RCSLT survey also revealed gaps in joint commissioning arrangements for children and young people aged 0 - 2 and 18 - 25, with 43 % of respondents commenting that speech and language therapy support was not being commissioned for these groups.

In addition to this, the report shows that there is a widening gap between the take - up of language between pupils in London and the rest of the countrIn addition to this, the report shows that there is a widening gap between the take - up of language between pupils in London and the rest of the countrin London and the rest of the country,

«This study therefore shows that good teaching can indeed be taught and this is an example of a «technology» which is helpful in closing the gap between students who start out with disadvantages (whether economically or in terms of language proficiency) compared to others.»

Ambition on is closing the word gap by boosting access to high quality early language and literacy, both in the classroom and at home, ensuring more disadvantaged children leave school having mastered the basic of literacy that many take for granted.