Sentences with phrase «meeting academic standards in»

She said District 218 began to pull kids from remedial classes a few years ago because students in those classes were not meeting academic standards in science.

If only measuring students meeting academic standards in the classroom was as easy as it is in the performing arts or athletics.

Not exact matches

It may be an arrangement that factors out different aspects of the school's common life to the reign of each model of excellent schooling: the research university model may reign for faculty, for example, or for faculty in certain fields (say, church history, or biblical studies) but not in others (say, practical theology), while paideia reigns as the model for students, or only for students with a declared vocation to ordained ministry (so that other students aspiring to graduate school are free to attempt to meet standards set by the research university model); or research university values may be celebrated in relation to the school's official «academic» program, including both classroom expectations and the selection and rewarding of faculty, while the school's extracurricular life is shaped by commitments coming from the model provided by paideia so that, for example, common worship is made central to their common life and a high premium is placed on the school being a residential community.

Animal welfare advocates, farmers, academics and consumers are disappointed that the government department responsible for draft industry standards for poultry welfare released in late 2017 colluded with the industrial livestock industry before the release, and failed to meet expectations to phase out battery cages.

Other standards UNC didn't meet: Operation of academic support services, the faculty's role in governance & handling of financial aid.

In fact the authors point out that there are no studies of meditationamong children in a general school population that are designed well enough to meet the standards of the gatekeeping organizations — like CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning), the Department of Education, or the Society for Prevention Research — that would endorse program changes in schoolIn fact the authors point out that there are no studies of meditationamong children in a general school population that are designed well enough to meet the standards of the gatekeeping organizations — like CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning), the Department of Education, or the Society for Prevention Research — that would endorse program changes in schoolin a general school population that are designed well enough to meet the standards of the gatekeeping organizations — like CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning), the Department of Education, or the Society for Prevention Research — that would endorse program changes in schoolin schools.

We want to make sure that we haven't made any mistakes, that we've been really transparent in how we've calculated our numbers, and that it meets the standard of rigorous peer - review for an academic journal.

New York Education Commissioner John King has canceled four scheduled meetings with the public to discuss the Common Core academic standards following a raucus session Thursday night in Poughkeepsie.

Currently, only one in five Black or Hispanic students can read or write at grade level, and more than 200,000 Black and Hispanic students could not meet academic standards on this year's state exams.

Sadly, the empirical work presented here is naive in the extreme and does not meet current academic standards.

In The British Medical Journal, academic experts asserted that PHE had failed to meet the most basic evidentiary standard of public health policy.

The peer review process for research published in academic journals helps verify that the methods and conclusions have been evaluated by experts in the field and meets rigorous standards for accuracy.

With schools today facing an array of complex challenges — from working with an increasingly diverse population of students, to integrating new technology in the classroom, to meeting rigorous academic standards and goals — observers...

The Four Corners states had consistent failings in the eyes of the NACSA raters: None of the states» laws had a renewal standard tied to academic performance or a default closure provision, under which a school would lose its charter «by default» if it did not meet a minimum standard of performance.

These were, in fact, forms of «credit recovery» and they honored both the American principle of second chances and the schools» insistence that certain academic standards be met by their pupils.

«We're providing not only the academic skills — by meeting state standards, and through work in theater education, literacy, and public speaking — but we are also targeting anger management and social skills,» she explains.

Her litany of complaints about the academic results of Klein's «radical restructuring» is somewhat familiar — «inflating» test results and «taking shortcuts» to boost graduation — except for the charge that «the recalibration of the state scores revealed that the achievement gap among children of different races in New York City was virtually unchanged between 2002 and 2010, and the proportion of city students meeting state standards dropped dramatically, almost to the same point as in 2002.»

ESSA wisely eliminates cost - by - cost testing for SNS, a practice which discouraged schools from spending Title I funds on comprehensive services and perversely encouraged spending on add - ons (like pulling students out of academic classes to work with paraprofessionals) that met compliance standards but were not necessarily helpful in improving educational outcomes for low - income students.

In September 2005, approximately 18 months after the School Funding Task Force report was released, the Association of Metropolitan School Districts, the Minnesota Rural Education Association, and Schools for Equity in Education contracted the services of APA to «examine the Task Force results and, using widely accepted methodologies, determine the costs necessary to ensure that each public school student is educated to meet the state's academic standards.&raquIn September 2005, approximately 18 months after the School Funding Task Force report was released, the Association of Metropolitan School Districts, the Minnesota Rural Education Association, and Schools for Equity in Education contracted the services of APA to «examine the Task Force results and, using widely accepted methodologies, determine the costs necessary to ensure that each public school student is educated to meet the state's academic standards.&raquin Education contracted the services of APA to «examine the Task Force results and, using widely accepted methodologies, determine the costs necessary to ensure that each public school student is educated to meet the state's academic standards.»

The three institutions that enrolled the most gratuidad students in 2016 are the least selective of the 30 participating universities, and most of their students would not have had access to other forms of financial aid because they would not have met the academic standards.

Their stories offer convincing evidence that service - learning — done right — not only meets academic standards but also makes a lasting difference in the lives of young people.

After some research, administrators determined that 3,000 students in those three grades did not meet standards and could be retained after the 2000 - 2001 academic year.

The 1986 Carnegie Report made a case for the idea that the economic challenges the nation would face in the years ahead could not be met unless students were held to much higher academic standards and the nation did what would be necessary to fully professionalize its teaching force, much as medicine had done a century earlier.

In addition, they likely include some of the estimated 165 competitive «examination schools» like Stuyvesant High School in New York City, a district - run school that offers accelerated academic programs for students who meet rigorous entry standardIn addition, they likely include some of the estimated 165 competitive «examination schools» like Stuyvesant High School in New York City, a district - run school that offers accelerated academic programs for students who meet rigorous entry standardin New York City, a district - run school that offers accelerated academic programs for students who meet rigorous entry standards.

Students who are identified as English language learners (ELLs) can participate in language assistance programs to help ensure that they attain English proficiency and meet the same academic content and achievement standards that all students are expected to meet.

Our experienced consultants can help ensure that your students are engaged in real - world problems and tasks, while still meeting the demands of rigorous academic standards.

In a targeted assistance school, however, Title I funds may be used to provide services only to those students who are not meeting, or most at risk of not meeting, a state's academic achievement standards.

In order to be eligible, schools have to meet certain financial and academic performance standards and have to be operating for at least two years.

Religious Diversity in the Classroom, a free webinar series produced by Teaching Tolerance and the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, examines how teaching about religion across grade levels and subject areas can help meet academic standards.

The programs included in title I are designed to help disadvantaged children meet high academic standards.

In proficiency - based education, students who have not met standards receive additional academic support to help them achieve proficiency.

Now comes a big study to say something different: Holding kids back at third grade when they don't meet the academic standards will give them a boost in achievement, by some measures.

At the same time, the convention delegates narrowly defeated several proposals that would have permitted some freshmen to participate more fully in athletic programs even though they did not meet the higher academic standards scheduled to take effect in August.

That is to say, their students are making impressive gains — catching up, even — but not yet at «grade level» in terms of meeting academic standards.

The program helps students meet state learning standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and math; provides homework help; offers students a broad array of enrichment activities that complement their regular academic programs; and offers literacy and other educational services to the parents and families of students.

Notably, the Math - in - CTE model was not developed to address rigor or level of mathematics or order of instruction required to meet state academic standards.

Housed at Southside Elementary, Lawrence - Lawson Elementary, Maplewood Elementary, Cataract Elementary and Meadowview Schools, CLCs help students meet state and local student standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and math; offer students a broad array of enrichment activities that can complement their regular academic programs; and offer literacy and other educational services to the families of participating children.

VDOE funds, through a competitive process, projects that provide significant expanded learning opportunities for children and youth, and that will assist students to meet or exceed state and local standards in core academic subjects.

Superintendents acknowledge that federal and state standards and accountability systems have created a situation in which district and school personnel can not ignore evidence about students who are struggling or failing to meet mandated standards for academic performance, as reflected in test results and other indicators of student success (e.g., attendance, graduation rates).

The program helps students meet state and local standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and mathematics; offers students enrichment activities that complement regular academic programs; and offers literacy and other educational services to the families of participating children.

Center for American Progress / Public Policy Polling found that eight in 10 voters (79 percent) agree that we should create a set of high quality academic standards or goals in English and math and let communities develop their own curriculum and strategies to meet these goals.

This report focused on the inability of existing evaluation tools to distinguish between different levels of educator performance, finding, among other things, that nearly all teachers were rated as «good» or «great,» even in schools where students failed to meet basic academic standards.

«It's another tool in the tool box to provide districts with ways to help students meet (academic) standards.»

Our flagship professional development program challenges teachers of all academic subjects to build student achievement and meet rigorous standards in creative and effective ways.

In DC, for example, the Charter School Board has taken great strides to shut - down charters that don't meet certain standards or don't achieve acceptable academic gains.

This state - administered, federally funded program provides five - year grant funding to establish or expand before - and after - school programs that provide disadvantaged kindergarten through twelfth - grade students (particularly students who attend schools in need of improvement) with academic enrichment opportunities and supportive services to help the students meet state and local standards in core content areas.

The Board of Trustees found Calvert Academy had failed to meet academic standards and were not in compliance with charter expectations.

Further doubt was cast Tuesday on California's ability to meet a mandated August 2 deadline for adopting new common core academic standards in math and English language arts developed through a national consortium.

Migrant education funds support high quality education programs that meet the special needs of migratory children to help them succeed academically in a regular school program, meet the same academic and content standards that all children are expected to meet, and graduate from high school.

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41