Sentences with phrase «learning achievements came»

We chose to spotlight online schools in Idaho this time because the state's online - learning achievements came highly recommended to us by experts in the field.

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A very peeved Dr Afriyie Akoto continues to rebuke the journalist in the audio by adding that «I don't know how old you are but my son will be older than you, you understand, even the owner of your station does not come anywhere near my standard in terms of life achievement so you have to learn to be respectful, don't use those words on me»

When he came back to Egbe in 1915, he was regarded as successful because learning to read and write was a big achievement then.

With the development — finally — of better measures of student learning that came from tracking achievement across grades comes the ability to see where success and failure reside.

One group of award - winning teachers says that the greatest boosts to student achievement come from linking learning to real life and getting parents involved in their children's education.

Over the coming 12 to 18 months, as successful conversions take place at schools using the parent trigger, we are confident the new school leadership will bring significant improvement in student learning and achievement.

Our data on student achievement come from the Washington State Assessment of Student Learning, a statewide test given annually in 3rd through 8th grade as well as in 10th grade.

Across the board, experts and educators agree that with an increased focus on academic achievement comes an inadvertent decreased focus on social - emotional learning — the process for recognizing and managing emotion and how to develop concern for others.

Arts in Education (AIE) student Jennifer Lehe came from Brooklyn with an eagerness to learn more about the «so - called achievement gap.»

That said, due to test prep and other kinds of manipulation, «achievement increases may not correspond to actual learning gains» and «reading and math gains came at the expense of instruction in other subjects.»

Learning organizations, or professional learning communities as they are often called in school settings, insist that no teacher and no administrator is alone when it comes to raising achiLearning organizations, or professional learning communities as they are often called in school settings, insist that no teacher and no administrator is alone when it comes to raising achilearning communities as they are often called in school settings, insist that no teacher and no administrator is alone when it comes to raising achievement.

This achievement underscores the importance of coming together to support our students and further our mission of fostering a learning environment that promotes a lifetime of learning,» said Diane Cottman, LAMB's Executive Director.

And when it comes to closing the long - standing academic achievement gaps, the research bears out that students» understanding of lesson purpose can greatly accelerate their learning.

(James J. Barta and Michael G. Allen); «Ideas and Programs To Assist in the Untracking of American Schools» (Howard D. Hill); «Providing Equity for All: Meeting the Needs of High - Ability Students» (Sally M. Reis); «Promoting Gifted Behavior in an Untracked Middle School Setting» (Thomas O. Erb et al.); «Untracking Your Middle School: Nine Tentative Steps toward Long - Term Success» (Paul S. George); «In the Meantime: Using a Dialectical Approach To Raise Levels of Intellectual Stimulation and Inquiry in Low - Track Classes» (Barbara G. Blackwell); «Synthesis of Research on Cooperative Learning» (Robert E. Slavin); «Incorporating Cooperation: Its Effects on Instruction» (Harbison Pool et al.); «Improving All Students» Achievement: Teaching Cognitive and Metacognitive Thinking Strategies» (Robert W. Warkentin and Dorothy A. Battle); «Integrating Diverse Learning Styles» (Dan W. Rea); «Reintegrating Schools for Success: Untracking across the United States» (Anne Wheelock); «Creatinga Nontraditional School in a Traditional Community» (Nancy B. Norton and Charlotte A. Jones); «Ungrouping Our Way: A Teacher's Story» (Daphrene Kathryn Sheppard); «Educating All Our Students: Success in Serving At - Risk Youth» (Edward B. Strauser and John J. Hobe); «Technology Education: A New Application of the Principles of Untracking at the Secondary Level» (N. Creighton Alexander); «Tracking and Research - Based Decisions: A Georgia School System's Dilemma» (Jane A. Page and Fred M. Page, Jr.); and «A Call to Action: The Time Has Come To Move beyond Tracking» (Harbison Pool and Jane A. Page).

Equipped with the knowledge and expertise gained from Assignments Matter, readers will be able to create meaningful learning experiences for their students and come to appreciate the author's belief that «assignments may well be the missing link in school reform efforts to improve student achievement.»

There, you and a group of your K - 12 talent management leaders will come together to help advance student achievement and learn from influential educators, such as Todd Whitaker, whose experience as a teacher, coach, principal and middle school staffing, curriculum and technology coordinator has made him one of the leading authorities on staff motivation, teacher leadership and principal effectiveness.

A clear example that poses a significant threat to the opportunity to learn for children who are suffering most from the achievement gap is the President's call to launch» a national competition to improve our schools» as the lead policy frame for the coming year's education reform - modeled on the Race to the Top and the Innovation Fund initiatives.

Other plans have been presented already and more will come before the school board as well, because there are subcommittees in each of the five objectives of Human Capital, Learning and Teaching, Achievement, Balanced Assessment, and Community Engagement.

Come and attend this workshop to learn effective literacy strategies and practices for children in Grades 2 and up that accelerate reading achievement in your afterschool programs.

High - quality implementation of standards - based reform requires the following: specificity in stating the content goals of teaching and learning; consistency / alignment among the policies and practices put in place to pursue those goals (e.g. content standards, student achievement tests, performance standards, curriculum materials, professional development, accountability); authority / legitimacy to those charged with implementation; power through rewards and sanctions; and stability — when policies, practices, and leadership are in a state of flux, it is difficult to take each new thing that comes along seriously.

Importantly, then, we found that the promising graduation and college readiness findings hold for students coming into Linked Learning with low prior achievement levels, as well as the Latino and female students who make up half or more of the study sample.

Currently, professional learning most often comes in the form of one - size - fits - all workshops, which do not always improve student achievement.27 School districts can improve their current systems of professional learning by having teacher leaders design and facilitate professional development specifically tailored to the needs of their colleagues.

Through Junior Achievement, our students will learn about entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and work readiness as our social students and math standards come to life in hands - on activities.

Its students (75 % of whom receive free or reduced - priced lunch; 40 % come from immigrant or refugee backgrounds) still score much lower on achievement tests than do students from more advantaged communities, but their performance has improved significantly, and they now enjoy far stronger opportunities to learn.

On one side I see smart, well - intentioned people continuing to discuss school reform strategies via the illusory lens of achievement, and refusing to acknowledge the ways in which that word has come less and less to reflect any fully conceptualized reflection of the real thing we seek — learning.

Student achievement comes ecven while California's charter schools are educating a higher percentage of lower - income pupils and those with learning problems than public schools.

While it's fair to say that the Obama administration's emphasis on the importance of high - quality teachers has brought increased visibility to notions about professional development, it first became an issue when the Madison School District learned in the last decade that its proud reputation for academic achievement doesn't hold up when it comes to minority students.

The officials had come to learn about state - of - the - art reform strategies for using sophisticated data - tracking to link teacher evaluations to student achievement.

More so than family income or education levels — two reasons widely cited by educators why students are not learning — it is quality teaching that matters most when it comes to student achievement (Haycock, 1998; Peske & Haycock, 2006).

Social and emotional learning (SEL) programs, which previously have shown immediate improvements in mental health, social skills, and academic achievement, continue to benefit students for months and even years to come, according to a 2017 meta - analysis from CASEL, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University, and the University of British Columbia.

From role - playing games for students to parent seminars, teaching social and emotional learning requires a lot of moving parts, but when all the pieces come together such instruction can rival the effectiveness of purely academic interventions to boost student achievement, according to the largest analysis of such programs to date.