Sentences with phrase «leaving the classroom behind»

In committing resources to this endeavor, the Secretary will help make National Board Certification the norm and not the exception for teachers who wish to grow in the profession without leaving the classroom behind.

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Books were set alight destroying two first grade classrooms and threatening messages were left behind: «There is no coexistence with cancer» and «Kahane was right,» referring to the controversial Rabbi Meir Kahane, who called Arabs «dogs» and advocated for their removal.

A school that leaves religion behind and puts all people in the same classroom, or campus would do more to promote understanding between groups than persisting in keeping them separate.

Advocates who make the case for suspensions often portray them as beneficial to the students left behind in the classroom, even if they're detrimental to the suspended students themselves.

The «No Child Left Behind» act, signed by President Bush in January, greatly expands federal oversight of public education, mandating annual testing of children in grades 3 through 8 and one grade - level in high school, insisting every classroom teacher be fully certified and setting a 12 - year timetable for closing racial and economic achievement gaps in test scores.

«No Child Left Behind sounds good, and it's generated a lot more data about what is happening in the classroom,» she adds.

Each September, Tyson Schoeber takes under his wing 15 fourth through seventh graders that normal classrooms have left behind, defeated and too often, deflated.

It has become a mantra in education that No Child Left Behind, with its pressure to raise test scores, has reduced classroom time devoted to the arts (and science, social studies, and everything else besides reading and math).

The situation provides an early indicator of states» responses to the new teacher - quality mandates in the «No Child Left Behind Act» of 2001 — and of how a state that has had chronic problems finding qualified teachers for its toughest classrooms might meet them.

Meira Levinson, a political philosopher and faculty member at Harvard, details an approach to addressing race and bias in the classroom in her book No Citizen Left Behind.

To evaluate the claim that No Child Left Behind and other test - based accountability policies are making teaching less attractive to academically talented individuals, the researchers compare the SAT scores of new teachers entering classrooms that typically face accountability - based test achievement pressures (grade 4 — 8 reading and math) and classrooms in those grades that do not involve high - stakes testing.

The Philadelphia school district has formed a commission to find ways to reduce violence in the classrooms of city schools, including decreasing the number deemed «persistently dangerous» under the No Child Left Behind law and helping implement recommendations from state safety audits on 25 dangerous schools.

A year ago in January, the «No Child Left Behind» Act of 2001 made a «qualified teacher in every classroom» the law of the land.

In No Citizen Left Behind, Levinson argues that a truly egalitarian society starts with civic empowerment both in and out of the classroom.

Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, schools have until the end of the 2005 - 06 school year to ensure that their classrooms are staffed by «highly qualified» teachers.

State education officials initially insisted, unlike their counterparts elsewhere, that teachers already in the classroom when the federal No Child Left Behind Act took effect in 2002 should win highly qualified status the same way that new teachers...

Like many of our education colleagues around the country, we have struggled with the constraints brought on by the federal No Child Left Behind Act, initially seeing its demands for consistency as the enemy of classroom creativity and innovation.

«Our multi-million pound investment will enable local councils to build new classrooms and improve facilities for pupils, ensuring that no child is left behind,» he added.

And each of the 43 states to which the Obama administration has granted a waiver from No Child Left Behind is now in the process of implementing evaluation systems that employ multiple measures of classroom performance, including student achievement data.

A new study tracking the classroom impact of the No Child Left Behind Act in California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania suggests that teachers are adjusting their teaching practices in response to the law — but not always in ways that educators and policymakers might want.

This seems a disservice to the hardworking teachers of this nation who struggle every day to leave no child behind in shamefully overcrowded classrooms.

Some of the more prominent initiatives - like the Reading First component of No Child Left Behind and the «Success for All - Reading First» program begun at Johns Hopkins in the late 1970s - involve the implementation of a highly structured classroom framework that spells out what should be taught, how it should be taught, and for how long.

Spending time ensuring our educational measurements are smart can help us work out what really works in the classroom, and ensure that no pupils are left behind.»

The basics of No Child Left Behind (NCLB)-- adequate yearly progress benchmarks, provision of supplemental services, and a «highly qualified» teacher in every classroom — are known.

No Child Left Behind had brought more equity to the classroom, but the state's top educators felt that the pressure to optimize test scores had led to sacrifices in creativity and innovation.

RH: During the No Child Left Behind era, many schools felt pressured to raise these math and reading scores, and cut down on recess in favor of more time in the classroom.

Many educators may not realize that Enhancing Education Through Technology, part of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, provides assistance — in the form of funds and guidance — for improving technology proficiency among educators and increasing technology use in classrooms.

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In traditional classrooms, averages are often used to analyze student performance, and students not mastering skills are often left behind as a teacher proceeds to the next concept.

The naïve calls for «highly qualified teachers» in the No Child Left Behind act have been replaced by recognition that credentials and qualifications — the objects of past policies — are not closely related to teacher effectiveness in the classroom.

I envision that it won't be long before those who are falling behind will become less and less effective in the classroom to the point that they will choose to leave because it is all just so overwhelming without these new tools for connecting and learning.

A number of states have instituted new policies in this area since the 1990s, and the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 contained a mandate requiring that all classrooms be staffed with a «highly qualified teacher.»

Indeed, the regular classroom is becoming even more standardized as schools adjust to meet the testing and accountability mandates of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

I believe that these rigorous standards have the potential to dramatically improve the quality of instruction in the typical American classroom — to move teachers far beyond the test - prep and bubble - kids obsessions of the No Child Left Behind era.

From open classrooms, to No Child Left Behind; from digital classrooms, to the Common Core State Standards; the veteran teacher is a member of the staff who knows that change is a constant factor in education.

When building the digital classroom, it's possible to benefit from the best aspects of digital technology and leave behind the worst.

In the U.S., for example, a key part of the important legislation No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was to put a «qualified teacher» in every classroom.

Improving instruction Hensley did a lot of first - hand observation in classrooms, leaving behind detailed notes for teachers, sharing «gold nuggets» of exemplary practices, things to think about and next steps for improvement.

In too many classrooms, students and their teachers focus so much attention on the cognitive elements of education that other life skills are left behind.

Until recently it was strange that teachers and pupils alike tended to leave the technology - enabled lives behind them as they entered the classroom.

After the No Child Left Behind Act took effect, for example, the new federal requirements on adequate yearly progress incentivized poor practices in the classroom, such as drill - and - kill teaching to the test.

If those leading the classrooms aren't empowered to make a difference in the lives of those they teach, then we are leaving every child behind.

Unfortunately, the accountability requirements of No Child Left Behind have created a different definition of positive classrooms for many educators.

Teachers in attendance, most of whom also worked under No Child Left Behind, ESSA's predecessor, spoke of their experiences in the classroom and offered ideas for how Minnesota can improve educational opportunities for their students under ESSA.

This issue has taken on even more urgency because of the No Child Left Behind Act's requirement that schools ensure a «highly qualified» teacher in every classroom.

The latest results on the most important nationwide math test show that student achievement grew faster during the years before the Bush - era No Child Left Behind law, when states were dominant in education policy, than over the years since, when the federal law has become a powerful force in classrooms.

As teachers who have taught under No Child Left Behind (NCLB)- the well - intentioned but flawed reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)- we have seen this law fail to reflect the realities of the classroom and the need of our students.

One of the negative ramifications of No Child Left Behind and the accountability movement is a teach - to - the - test mentality that severely limits the amount of discussion many teachers allow in their classrooms (Parker, 2006).

They are not isolated behind their classroom doors with a «leave me alone and just let me teach» attitude.

President Obama has just signed into law an act that will replace the widely despised No Child Left Behind, but whether it'll succeed in its goals — boosting the attainment of disadvantaged students, reducing the amount of testing taking place in schools, promoting classroom innovation, and so on — is far from guaranteed.