Sentences with phrase «math at area schools»

Pine and her colleagues worked with a funder in Boston that wanted to foster greater interest in science and math at area schools.

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Anticipated areas of high need include special education, math and science at elementary, middle and high school levels.

To evaluate the effects of a little bedtime math, Beilock, psychologist Susan Levine, and colleagues at the University of Chicago recruited 587 first - graders from 22 schools, public and private, richer and poorer, in the Chicago metropolitan area.

After being a classroom teacher and a content - area teacher (math and science) at the early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school levels for over 10 years, I wanted to specialize and gain expertise in an area that I was passionate about: literacy.

At my independent all - girls school in Bethesda, Maryland, the students assemble in a common area to play math games on iPads or smartphones for up to 20 minutes.

As a scholar of math teaching, Dr. Dieckmann's research interest is in the area of mathematical explanation (oral and written), especially for linguistically diverse students at the middle and high school levels, collaborating with Kenji Hakuta at Understanding Language.

Upon successful completion of their first year, T2MS students earn the equivalent of the Initial Teaching Certification from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in at least one science or math subject area at the middle or high school level and a Masters of Education degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Educschool level and a Masters of Education degree from the Harvard Graduate School of EducSchool of Education.

A few major areas I hope will receive attention during reauthorization are college / workplace readiness, including the promotion of more rigorous standards; greater accountability at the secondary level; more sophisticated policy and greater accountability for improving teacher effectiveness, particularly at the late elementary and secondary levels; a broadening of attention to math and science as well as to history; and refinements in AYP to focus greater attention and improvement on the persistently failing schools by offering real choices to parents of students stuck in such schools.

At least in areas where there is a critical mass of highly and exceptionally gifted math students, a better solution may be to group them together in a magnet school with unusually rigorous classes that go above and beyond the normal «honors» or «advanced» curriculum.

«Often, in those areas, you might have fairly new graduates teaching science or maths with no - one else at the school who can work with them and mentor them.

We have some students coming into ninth grade ready to do highly challenging work, and others still at an elementary school level in areas like math and reading.

Though Upitis» areas of research have spanned computer technology, math, music, and the arts, this former dean of education, and current professor of arts education at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, is now focused on the power of school architecture.

The study found that in primary schools, many teachers report that the amount of time spent on the core subjects of English and maths increases in Year 6 in order to prepare for the Sats tests taken by 11 year olds, with other areas taught less, or not at all.

But the most extensive survey of student performance at charter schools, from Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes, found that, of the 2,403 charter schools tracked from 2006 to 2008, only 17 percent had better math test results than the public schools in their area, while 37 percent had results that were «significantly below» those of the public schools and 46 percent had results that were «statistically indistinguishable» from their public - school counterparts.

If early - elementary - age students had more opportunities to experience success and parity with peers (particularly in areas other than math and reading, where large performance gaps between students at this age are common), they would be less likely to give up on school learning.

Other majors available at UAA include undergraduate and graduate offerings in postsecondary education (including specialty areas such as reading, history, math, science, etc.), counseling, administration, special education and school psychology.

At eight Parent Benchmark Nights at Lincoln Elementary School in Wichita, Kan., parents and children received portfolios focused on the different assessments in reading, math and writing, and scores in all three areas rose that yeaAt eight Parent Benchmark Nights at Lincoln Elementary School in Wichita, Kan., parents and children received portfolios focused on the different assessments in reading, math and writing, and scores in all three areas rose that yeaat Lincoln Elementary School in Wichita, Kan., parents and children received portfolios focused on the different assessments in reading, math and writing, and scores in all three areas rose that year.

Taylor, who manages a program at a local elementary school, says, «We are in the middle of a three - year agreement with the school... We will do an assessment to see if math learning and other subject areas are impacted positively through the program.»

In year 2, the pilot has expanded to include hybrid station rotation and individual rotation models in K - 2 within the math and reading content areas at Mineola Primary School, 3 - 5th grade math classrooms at Mineola Elementary, 6 - 8th grade ELA at Mineola Middle School, and 9th grade biology and Algebra I at Mineola High School.

For example, if all of the teachers in a middle school create a curriculum map for their math classes, teachers in every grade can look at each other's maps and identify areas in which they can reinforce learning.

As Laurel Street begins the process of adapting to the new standards, much of the focus is on their math program, a traditional area of strength at the school.

§ Must be a junior or senior (completed at least 60 college credit hours) in a course of instruction with the intent to attain licensure as a teacher in math, science, special education in a public school in Arizona or attain licensure as a teacher in elementary education in a public school that is located in a geographic area (Apache, Cochise, Graham & Greenlee) in Arizona that is experiencing a shortage of teachers as determined by the state board of education.

Full - time teacher at any school of math, science, foreign languages, bilingual education, or other fields designated as teacher shortage areas

Educational loan forgiveness and cancellation programs are available at the state and federal levels for graduates who teach in low income or underrepresented schools; for those who teach math, science, and special education; for those who teach in agricultural and life sciences and nursing; and for those who plan to teach in other teacher shortage areas as defined by individual states.

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