The challenging
matter is good for students of Year 8 onwards.
The matter is good for students of Year 8 onwards.
Not exact matches
The school's letter thanked Brown - Berry
for bringing the
matter to their attention and said the purpose of the homework
was not to have
students argue that there
are any
good reasons
for slavery.
My proposal has
been that precisely because a theological school
is not defined by the goal of educating church leaders it may, as a
matter of contingent fact, prepare its
students very
well for leadership in congregations.
It
's nice to see some comradely debate on the Left and some talk about the things that
matter, it puts us in a
good position to get organizing
for the EMA protests on the 26th and the
student protest on the 29th, and once you
're breaking police lines or locked in a kettle together, a freezing Trot seems just about the same as a freezing Fabian.
«This
is the year the state should significantly increase the Foundation Formula, eliminate the Gap Elimination Adjustment and make
good on its commitment that, no
matter where
students live or go to school, they have the opportunity
for the sound, basic education the New York Constitution requires.»
«No
matter how much we do
for our schools, if our
students aren't
well - fed, they won't
be able to learn.
The research team
was led by graduate
student Yi Peng and associate professor of physics Yilong Han, both of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, as
well as Arjun Yodh, director of the Laboratory
for Research on the Structure of
Matter and professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in Penn's School of Arts & Sciences.
But
student loans — loans included in your financial aid package and guaranteed by the federal government at a low interest rate —
are one thing; loans
for,
well, just about anything else
are a completely different
matter.
As college
students, they tended to
be so sleep - deprived that,
for most, «it didn't
matter how much caffeine they had» — they slept
well whenever they finally hit the sack, said study researcher Jamie Zeitzer, an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University.
There
is a
well - deserved push
for schools to implement affordable breakfast programs that would promote healthy living
for all
students; no
matter what their financial or family situation.
For over 25 years, KY high schools have offered high school credit to
students who have served as peer «Extensive research has shown that no
matter how knowledgeable a clinician might
be, if he or she
is not able to open
good communication with the patient
Most importantly, the
best, highest standards in the world won't
matter if we don't accurately measure whether
students are truly learning, and hold schools accountable
for the results.
No
matter how
good the technology,
students will always need to
be surrounded by adults who set high expectations and hold them accountable
for achieving at the highest possible level.
As with all educational technologies, your two biggest resources
for using it
well (essentially the only ones that
matter)
are your peers and your
students.
«
Student success in the subject
matter,» say the authors, «will
be the result of how
well the teacher designs lessons and checks
for mastery.»
Joy and enthusiasm
are essential
for learning — literally, scientifically, and as a
matter of fact and research — and the
best edtech can help us increase these responses in our
students.
You'd
be amazed at the wonders it can do
for well -
being just by giving
students some time to colour
for a while — no
matter what their age, it
is something that
is very therapeutic and inspiring.
No
matter how
well prepared the majority of
students are when they enter high school, there will always
be those
students who don't fit the program —
for any number of reasons.
Students need to know that the economy constantly changes and that everyone, no
matter how
well educated, must
be alert to trends in the demand
for skills.
If the new information surprises respondents by indicating the district
is doing less
well than previously thought, the public, upon learning the truth of the
matter,
is likely to 1) lower its evaluation of local schools; 2) become more supportive of educational alternatives
for families; 3) alter thinking about current policies affecting teacher compensation and retention; and 4) reassess its thinking about school and
student accountability policies.
When you ask
students to tell you about their
best teaming experiences, they almost always cite an athletic team (if that
is a part of their lives), and they do that
for a reason — on those teams, everyone
matters.
Ultimately,
students need to know that the economy constantly changes and that everyone, no
matter how
well educated, must
be alert to trends in the demand
for skills and try to stay ahead of events.
Designing a
good residential
is a
matter of
being clear early on about the objectives
for the
students, the staff and the school, and how those can
best be met.
I learned that most people, no
matter teacher or
student, seek a community where they
are known and valued
for their contributions as
well as supported through the hard parts.
Though course work and grades
matter for students» academic trajectories, the subjective nature of course grading suggests that standardized tests may
be a
better measure of the impact of double - dosing on math skill.
It didn't
matter that assessment experts repeatedly said standardized test scores should not
be used
for high - stakes decisions and
are only a narrow window into how
well a
student is performing.
Hilliard City Schools has
been using Performance
Matters for several years and we continue to
be impressed with how
well the system keeps pace with the increasingly sophisticated ways we use data to drive
student achievement.
His previous books include Simply
Better: Doing What
Matters Most to Change the Odds
for Student Success and The Future of Schooling: Educating America in 2020,
for which he
was the lead author.
No
matter how invested a district (or even a principal)
is, when the classroom door shuts, the teachers will do what they believe
is best for themselves and their
students.
What does
matter is having a solid portfolio system across grades; high - quality work;
students who
are deeply invested and
well prepared; strong organizational logistics (it
's helpful to have a school handbook that explains these programs); and clear roles
for panelists.
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.»
«
For a decade or more, SED and its vendors have proved themselves incapable of creating valid, well - designed, non-abusive exams that can be reliably used for diagnostic purposes or to track trends in student achievement over time,» said Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matte
For a decade or more, SED and its vendors have proved themselves incapable of creating valid,
well - designed, non-abusive exams that can
be reliably used
for diagnostic purposes or to track trends in student achievement over time,» said Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matte
for diagnostic purposes or to track trends in
student achievement over time,» said Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size
Matters.
Obviously, your subject
matter and classroom environment will impact which of these would
be the
best fit
for your
students.
What the headlines don't capture
is what many of these
students are up against and why they might not perform so
well on test day, or any day,
for that
matter.
A former teacher and journalist, he
is the co-author of The 12 Touchstones of
Good Teaching: A Checklist
for Staying Focused Every Day and the author of Simply
Better: Doing What
Matters Most to Change the Odds
for Student Success.
Simply
Better: What
Matters Most to Change the Odds
for Student Success offers not a new «fad diet» for education, but rather the education reform equivalent of a «healthy lifestyle» — those things that decades of research says are most likely to have a big effect on student achie
Student Success offers not a new «fad diet»
for education, but rather the education reform equivalent of a «healthy lifestyle» — those things that decades of research says
are most likely to have a big effect on
student achie
student achievement.
A frequent conference presenter, he
is the author of Simply
Better: Doing What
Matters Most to Change the Odds
for Student Success, and co-author of The 12 Touchstones of
Good Teaching and Balanced Leadership
for Powerful Learning: Tools
for Achieving Success in Your School.
But no
matter which lense I use to evaluate the educational situations I
'm faced with — teacher or administrator — I must remember to use the information I've gained through both lenses to make decisions on what
's best for the
students in my care.
But I can tell you, I don't see
students learning any more or any
better... Crucial resources and support - staff
are tied up on «other
matters» and not
being used
for what we need... Too much of our time lately
is dedicated to studying the new teacher evaluation!
IDRA's Quality Schools Action Framework focuses change on what research and experience say
matters: parents as partners involved in consistent and meaningful ways, engaged
students who know they belong in schools and
are supported by caring adults, competent caring educators who
are well - paid and supported in their work, and high - quality curriculum that prepares
students for 21st Century opportunities.
It
is impossible
for Michelle Rhee, or anyone else
for that
matter, to eliminate the achievement gap because it
is completely impossible to make DC's lower class
students (mostly Blacks and Hispanics) with IQs predominantly in the 75 to 105 range perform as
well as DC's middle and upper class
students (mostly Whites and Asians) with IQs predominantly in the 105 to 135 range.
... Many financial planners, educators, banks and credit unions
are working hard these days to make certain that busy high school and college
students and young adults possess the financial knowledge to make
good decisions about such
matters as how far to go into debt, whether to sign up
for a credit card, how to establish a
good credit rating or how much college loan debt they should incur.
Further, the state should ensure that this subject -
matter test
for elementary teacher candidates
is well aligned with the Common Core Standards, which represent an effort to significantly raise the standards
for the knowledge and skills American
students will need
for college readiness and global competitiveness.
One in 4 children experiences a mental health disorder annually, 73 and half of those who will have a mental health disorder at some point in their life will first
be diagnosed at age 14 or younger.74 Furthermore, about half of all children will experience a traumatic event — such as the death of a parent, violence, or extreme poverty — before they reach adulthood.75 And as the opioid epidemic continues to grow,
students are coming to school affected by a parent's addiction as
well as the havoc and instability that it can wreak on family life.76 In addition, as
students experience other issues — such as puberty; family
matters, like divorce; and bullying — having supportive trained adults to talk to in school
is critical
for improving their
well -
being and attention to learning.
The increasing number of state legislators, auditors, comptrollers, parents,
students and academic institutions that
are calling
for more accountability in the charter sector
are right: If we
are committed to a public education system that strives to serve all children, with the understanding and the expectation that each and every one
matters, has potential and deserves the resources and opportunity to succeed, then we must rein in the current growth model of charter expansion, and insist instead on a
well - regulated and equitably resourced system of public schools that works
for all children.
No
matter how you mix it, it
's better to go with Value - Added,
student surveys, or both: As Dropout Nation noted last year, the accuracy of classroom observations
is so low that even in a multiple measures approach to evaluation in which value - added data and
student surveys account
for the overwhelming majority of the data culled from the model (72.9 percent, and 17.2 percent of the evaluation in one case), the classroom observations
are of such low quality that they bring down the accuracy of the overall performance review.
Perhaps the
best case
for the
Students Matter prosecution
is made by the victimized children themselves.
As a
matter of fact, writing a dissertation
is next - to - impossible even
for those
students who did
well with essays and reports.
No
matter who you
're shopping
for, the right book
is waiting.WHITE HOUSE HISTORYAs an elementary school
student, I had the
good fortune to
be part of a private White House Christmas tour led by my classmate's aunt, who
was First Lady Pat Nixon's press secretary.