Sentences with phrase «lives of middle school students»

Telecollaborative Project Develops Compassion, Global Awareness Educator Brenda Dyck reflects on the power of telecollaborative learning in the lives of middle school students.

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Toward High School Biology — Developed with support from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences and in partnership with BSCS, AAAS Project 2061 has developed and tested an innovative eight - week curriculum unit designed to integrate physical and life science concepts to help middle school students understand chemical reactions and their role in the growth and repair of living orgaSchool Biology — Developed with support from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences and in partnership with BSCS, AAAS Project 2061 has developed and tested an innovative eight - week curriculum unit designed to integrate physical and life science concepts to help middle school students understand chemical reactions and their role in the growth and repair of living orgaschool students understand chemical reactions and their role in the growth and repair of living organisms.

AAAS Science Assessment Website — Science educators have easy access to more than 700 high - quality multiple choice items for testing middle and high school students» understanding of 16 important topics in earth, life, and physical science and the nature of science.

The questions have been field - tested by over 100,000 middle school and early high school students for their ability to assess students» knowledge of life and physical sciences and to identify students» common misconceptions about the sciences.

They used a nationally representative sample of 5,593 middle and high school students between the ages of 12 and 17 years old living in the United States to find out how many youth participated in digital self - harm, as well as their motivations for such behavior.

They presented «A Day in the Life of a Scientist / Engineer» to middle - and high - school students throughout the city's school districts.

Cantet — a gifted storyteller whose better films include «Human Resources» — has turned it into a pseudo-documentary by casting Begaudeau in the lead role of Francois, along with real - life teachers and students from an actual Paris middle school.

In a similar vein, middle - class and more - educated parents tend to shape Christian schools toward less tension with the outside world, greater emphasis on academic excellence, less rigid social control of students, greater room for individual creativity and expression, and less denominationally distinctive ways of integrating religion into school life.

Educators working with middle and high school students likely are aware of the explosive interest and involvement of youth in such online sites as MySpace, Xanga, Facebook, Live Journal, and the like.

The Mint: Start Your Own Business This site, sponsored by Northwestern Mutual Life, provides middle school and high school students with advice, quizzes, pro and con discussions of business ownership, and other business education resources.

Scott, now an assistant professor of social studies education and history at the University of Delaware, points to a middle school math teacher who asked his students to interview adults about the ways math comes up in their everyday lives.

Not so many years ago, an elementary - or middle - school student eager to impress a classmate might have stuffed a live frog into the pocket of his windbreaker.

For example, proponents of the middle school philosophy feel it is very important to offer students in this age range services tailored to their unique phase of life....

Several years ago, a group of parents in Silicon Valley came together to reimagine the middle and high school experience, with the goal of radically improving student readiness for college and for life after school.

This set of REVIEW QUBES is designed for middle school life science and can be used by groups of any size, from pairs of students all the way up to an entire class divided into teams.

Drawing a «Life Map» Lindsay Bigham, who teaches at Liberty (South Carolina) Middle School, submitted this lesson in which students create «life maps» of their liLife Map» Lindsay Bigham, who teaches at Liberty (South Carolina) Middle School, submitted this lesson in which students create «life maps» of their lilife maps» of their lives.

As word spread of the giants coming to life, more and more volunteers offered their help, including students from the primary, middle, and secondary schools.

«Not Much, Just Chillin»,» a Window on Middle School Life Washington Post education writer Linda Perlstein spent a year following five Maryland middle school students, and then wrote «Not Much, Just Chillin»» a rare insight into the lives of young adolesMiddle School Life Washington Post education writer Linda Perlstein spent a year following five Maryland middle school students, and then wrote «Not Much, Just Chillin»» a rare insight into the lives of young adolesSchool Life Washington Post education writer Linda Perlstein spent a year following five Maryland middle school students, and then wrote «Not Much, Just Chillin»» a rare insight into the lives of young adolesmiddle school students, and then wrote «Not Much, Just Chillin»» a rare insight into the lives of young adolesschool students, and then wrote «Not Much, Just Chillin»» a rare insight into the lives of young adolescents.

«The students have created some traditions, and they work hard to paint a complete picture of student life here at Batchelor Middle School.»

With the University of Cambridge they run UK Summer Schools, free subject - specific residential courses to give students a taste of life as an undergraduate; and Sutton Scholars, the Trust's flagship programme to support highly able low and middle income students in early secondary sSchools, free subject - specific residential courses to give students a taste of life as an undergraduate; and Sutton Scholars, the Trust's flagship programme to support highly able low and middle income students in early secondary schoolsschools.

Parents may be invited to participate in a conference (preferably at the middle school) with their child and the high school counselor to discuss course work and schedules, visit the high school with their child in the spring or in the fall, spend a day at the high school to help them understand what their child's life will be like, and help design and facilitate some of the articulation activities for students.

Instead, we are treated to empathetic descriptions of «legions of genuinely good teachers both touching lives and successfully teaching skills and content in hundreds of middle schools» and hear the complaint that «most of the mandated assessments being used to determine students» attainment of the standards focus heavily on recall of facts, one of the lowest forms of thinking.»

We focused on students in late middle school and beyond, because we expected them to be both inclined and capable of thinking about the concept of culture, as well as about their own identities and lives, in relatively complex ways.

At each grade level, the variety of life science words, for which definitions and contextual sentences are provided, mirror elementary and middle school science curricula so as to engage all learners and challenge even the most gifted science students.

Leandro Gonzales, a middle school math teacher at Whittier Health Sciences Academy in the San Antonio Independent School District, is the kind of public school teacher who, years from now, will be remembered by students for changing the trajectory of their education and, indeed, their school math teacher at Whittier Health Sciences Academy in the San Antonio Independent School District, is the kind of public school teacher who, years from now, will be remembered by students for changing the trajectory of their education and, indeed, their School District, is the kind of public school teacher who, years from now, will be remembered by students for changing the trajectory of their education and, indeed, their school teacher who, years from now, will be remembered by students for changing the trajectory of their education and, indeed, their lives.

«In our nation's public schools today, most teachers are white, middle class, and female, while most of their students» families are people of color living in low - income neighborhoods.

Educating Students who Live in Poverty A discussion with Ray Landers, principal at Boaz Middle School in Boaz, AL, and finalist for the 2009 MetLife / NASSP National Principal of the Year award, about the reform efforts he has implemented at his school to reach students from low socio - economic backStudents who Live in Poverty A discussion with Ray Landers, principal at Boaz Middle School in Boaz, AL, and finalist for the 2009 MetLife / NASSP National Principal of the Year award, about the reform efforts he has implemented at his school to reach students from low socio - economic backgrSchool in Boaz, AL, and finalist for the 2009 MetLife / NASSP National Principal of the Year award, about the reform efforts he has implemented at his school to reach students from low socio - economic backgrschool to reach students from low socio - economic backstudents from low socio - economic backgrounds.

However, at the same time and independent of each other, both Ref and Jacqueline had developed an identical vision of an ideal middle school for students who lived in the two Los Angeles communities where students were failing and dropping out of school.

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We must ensure that families have the know - how to exercise choice wisely and that students in every elementary school leave fully prepared to win acceptance to the middle and high schools of their choice later in life.

When I co-founded a middle school in my community, I was driven by my passion to ensure that students between elementary and high school were able to attend a school that prepared them both academically and socially for the rest of their lives.

Eighth graders at Philadelphia's Warren G. Harding Middle School, where 75 percent of the students come from low - income families, used their service learning project to find ways to debunk society's stereotypes about inner - city students as unmotivated youngsters bound for a life of crime, drugs, and marginalization.

A Glimpse into the School Lives of Young Adolescent Immigrant and Refugee Students: Implications for the Middle Level David C. Virtue

Students in Trousdale County Schools have detailed plans for their lives after graduation before they complete middle school, setting the stage for successful use of time in high school.

Two middle schools are outliers in terms of boundary participation rates, attended by at least 70 percent of students who live in - boundary, but the other 24 in - boundary middle schools have boundary participation rates of 40 percent or less (see Figure 6).

And consider these scores: At my son's middle school, 96 percent of students passed the math test, compared with 20 percent in the school district where I live.

Since founding our first middle schools in 2003, KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools has been united around one goal: to help students develop the strength of character and academic abilities needed to succeed ischools in 2003, KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools has been united around one goal: to help students develop the strength of character and academic abilities needed to succeed iSchools has been united around one goal: to help students develop the strength of character and academic abilities needed to succeed in life.

Not only are black and Hispanic children more likely to grow up in poor families, but middle - class black and Hispanic children are also much more likely than poor white children to live in neighborhoods and attend schools with high concentrations of poor students.

Fifty four percent of middle school students report feeling their school work was relevant to life outside the classroom, compared to just 46 percent of high school students.

CCSA released a new report on Oakland middle and high schools which shows that Oakland charter schools are renewing the promise of a high - quality public education and changing what is possible for students of all demographic backgrounds to achieve in their lives.

Sylvan Hills Middle School Assistant Principal Monica Blasingame, center, and Principal Artesza Portee, right, discuss «big life goals» with a student as part of a goal - setting exercise in Atlanta Public Schools.

Our middle school teachers strive to improve the minds and lives of students in and out of the classroom;

(Oakland, CA)- The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) has released a new report on Oakland middle and high schools which shows that Oakland charter schools are renewing the promise of a high - quality public education and changing what is possible for students of all demographic backgrounds to achieve in theirSchools Association (CCSA) has released a new report on Oakland middle and high schools which shows that Oakland charter schools are renewing the promise of a high - quality public education and changing what is possible for students of all demographic backgrounds to achieve in theirschools which shows that Oakland charter schools are renewing the promise of a high - quality public education and changing what is possible for students of all demographic backgrounds to achieve in theirschools are renewing the promise of a high - quality public education and changing what is possible for students of all demographic backgrounds to achieve in their lives.

Dedicated teachers and staff at Glendale Middle School in Utah show how hard work and a boundless belief in students can raise achievement in an environment where most of the students live in poverty and many have enormous challenges in their home lives to overcome.

Cedar Middle School has teamed with Southern Utah University to provide a day of workshops and activities, which provides seventh - graders the opportunity to see a university and spark an interest to help the students become life - long learners.

Camouflaged is a tool for educators to help middle and high school - aged students explore the role of the military in their lives and in their communities.

In fact many elementary schools focus on PBL projects that would fit in steps 1 and 2; so if PBL is built into the scope and sequence of the entire life of a student, one can only imagine the amazing things students can do at the middle - grades level, let alone in high school.

KIPP Indy Public Schools is a nonprofit network of college - preparatory, public charter schools educating students in elementary and middle school for success in college anSchools is a nonprofit network of college - preparatory, public charter schools educating students in elementary and middle school for success in college anschools educating students in elementary and middle school for success in college and life.

The goal of the AfterSchool Program is to provide opportunities for elementary and middle school students to improve their academic performance, develop necessary life skills, create positive relationships with caring adults, explore the arts, and nurture their faith.

Description: South Pasadena Nonpublic School seeking a dynamic Special Education Teacher for an Elementary or Middle School classroom who is looking to make a difference in the lives of students.