Sentences with phrase «model schools toward»

That said, what this Race to the Top very clearly does is signal to districts that moving away from our current factory - model schools toward personalized learning designs powered by digital learning is critical for student success.

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«Schools are moving toward a model of continuous, lifelong learning in order to meet the needs of today's economy.»

«The rhetoric is that we're still engaged in the formation of clergy,» she observes, but she worries that the school is moving further toward the religious - studies model.

One large step toward fairness is adopting the Olympic model for athlete compensation, which would free players to make money without requiring that it come from schools.

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For example, the model suggests that right after the strike, emergency managers should expect to see some people rushing toward ground zero, jamming the roads in a frantic effort to pick up children from school or find missing spouses.

Prohibiting runway models from participating in fashion shows or photo shoots if they are dangerously thin would go a long way toward preventing serious health problems among young women — including anorexia nervosa and death from starvation — according to experts from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Such incisive moments, though, are subordinate to the filmmakers» penchant toward deck - stacking caricature, most noxiously the character of Gwendolyn (Christina Applegate), a villainous PTA president who's so invested in her high position that she, as part of the election platform she articulates when a fed - up Amy eventually challenges her presidency, seriously advocates for a 365 - day school year, citing Genghis Khan as a model.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — A new report on schools implementing blended, or «hybrid,» instructional methods — which integrate traditional face - to - face teaching with greater use of online instruction — are pointing the way toward more effective and efficient school models.

Growth models track the progress of youngsters over time and could give schools credit for moving students toward proficiency.

As public budgets shrink, and technology enables increasingly individualized instruction, schools are justifiably looking toward online models for ways to improve student performance.

We need gentle pressure, relentlessly pursued toward transparent and defensible targets, esteeming the expertise of educators who make these difference, while building a profession based on this expertise... an education implementation model that is shared between schools and not resident in only a few.»

Districts» and schools» organizational structures and long standing policies built around traditional seat - time metrics may be inhibiting their ability to move toward competency - based models.

This is a fair objection, which we (and others) are now addressing, but a review of the top - ranked schools tells us what the profession looks toward as its best models.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

Thornton also moved toward a differentiated autonomy model, where resources for some of the city's most struggling schools are controlled almost entirely by the district.

Alonso's successor, Gregory Thornton, moved toward a differentiated autonomy model, where resources for some of the city's most struggling schools are controlled almost entirely by the district.

One of the problems that arose with the previous accountability regime was that it funneled schools toward one model.

The university business model makes it nearly impossible for any existing education school to direct resources toward a smaller, lower - margin product like an online degree at the expense of the core, on - campus offerings.

In contrast to charters in suburban areas, which tend toward a progressive pedagogy, central - city charters typically embrace the «no - excuses» model of teaching and learning, emphasizing strict dress codes, rigorous discipline, extended school days and school years, and high expectations for performance on standardized tests.

But, as cited on the National Center for Education Statistics website, school districts began moving away from the junior high model in the 1960s and rapidly toward the creation of middle schools starting in grade six or even grade five.

Innovating Toward Sustainability: How Computer Labs Can Enable New Staffing Structures, and New Savings Using wage and staffing data from states, authors Marguerite Roza and Suzanne Simburg project the financial and staffing implications of one innovative school model (the Rocketship lab rotation) to highlight potential impacts on the schooling workforce...

«The proposed increase in the budget through giving thousands of charter schools the funding needed to open new charter schools, and expand and replicate their successful models will go a long way toward providing those students and their families with a much - needed, high - quality public school education.

Intel can help school leaders» move toward the IT infrastructure model that supports their vision for learning.

Toward an organizational model of achievement in high schools: The significance of collective efficacy.

All of that said, President Obama and education secretary Arne Duncan have provided tremendous cover for the public charter - school movement and have helped shift the focus toward identifying those schools that are doing an outstanding job of educating students and giving them the green light to bring their models to scale.

Materials published and disseminated by Network Team Institute (NTI) regarding teacher training and data - driven best practices, EngageNY and teacher effectiveness aligned with the goals of the Common Core, and Uncommon Schools and increasing rigor toward data - driven instruction each provide models, framework, materials, and in some cases, training and professional development for teachers in their respective geographic... more»

The challenge for teacher educators is to prepare beginning teachers to be able to shift away from «that which parades as inclusive schooling yet is clearly reluctant schooling» (p. 385) toward a differentiated model of instruction that continually seeks to leverage technologies, including digital technologies within various contexts and environments to enable students to learn to the best of their abilities.

The NBOA Awards program was established to identify and encourage individual excellence in the management of independent school business and financial affairs, identify role models for the business officer profession, and contribute toward a positive perception of the profession.

As public budgets shrink, and as technology expands to allow for remarkably individualized instruction, schools are justifiably looking toward online models for ways to improve student performance.

Improving school reform by changing curriculum policy toward content - area instruction in elementary schools: A research - based model.

Part of the first Collaborative, this Memphis, TN, network is re-imagining its school model toward a more personalized, community - embedded, and responsive student experience with integrated technology and rigorous curriculum standards.

«Since then,» she said, «the program has evolved toward greater flexibility in the selection of school improvement models and the use of evidence - based interventions.»

In Dissatisfied Yet Optimistic: Moving Faster Toward New Models, Transcend co-founders, Aylon Samouha and Jeff Wetzler, along with two Transcend board members, Stacey Childress and Diane Tavenner, describe a vision for better school models that prepares and inspires all students for long - term success, and an emerging theory of change for what it would take to support their design and spread in the coming Models, Transcend co-founders, Aylon Samouha and Jeff Wetzler, along with two Transcend board members, Stacey Childress and Diane Tavenner, describe a vision for better school models that prepares and inspires all students for long - term success, and an emerging theory of change for what it would take to support their design and spread in the coming models that prepares and inspires all students for long - term success, and an emerging theory of change for what it would take to support their design and spread in the coming years.

For example, according to MDRC's Making Progress Toward Graduation, Evidence from the Talent Development High School Model, «TD schools nearly doubled the percentage of students earning credits in Algebra 1, a primary gatekeeper course for grade promotion and graduation.»

Making progress toward graduation: Evidence from the Talent Development High School Model.

Defendants of the program have appealed that ruling all the way to the state Supreme Court, and while a final ruling on the merits of the program is to come, today we take a second look toward other states that have implemented school voucher programs or similar models of their own to see how they have fared.

The program is geared toward gifted and creative students seeking a non-traditional high school model that includes a flipped classroom model, a blended learning environment, and concurrent enrollment with Front Range Community College (FRCC).

Through the ALEC Task Force, K12 has actually had an equal vote with state legislators on so - called «model» bills to divert taxpayer funds away from traditional public schools toward the objectives of ALEC's private sector funders, to help their bottom - lines and / or legislative agenda.

NGLC defines breakthrough schools as those that commit to helping students develop genuine college and career readiness by personalizing learning to match student needs; incorporating mastery - based student progress toward rigorous Common Core - linked learning; enlisting students in managing their own learning, in part through the use of technology; and using financially sustainable models capable of serving a growing number of students over time.

The Economic Opportunity Institute (EOI) undertook the first survey of the state's 296 districts in order to document the extent of school district involvement in early education, identify promising models, and help shape policy decisions about moving toward universal preschool and full - day kindergarten.This report presents an overview of the survey's findings.

The charter school model holds great promise for developing education innovations and improving the quality of public education overall, but the current direction of the charter school sector toward a few narrow approaches cuts short this potential.

Teachers and administrators within and outside the school district interested in moving toward a reading and writing workshop model visited her model classroom.

Now, he's bringing his entrepreneurial spirit and energy «inside» the nation's largest school system as the executive director of Innovate NYC Schools, a district initiative to discover and expand educational technologies with high potential for transforming classrooms toward more personalized, student - centered models.

As the field of school leader preparation undergoes changes toward intensive school - based training models, programs nationwide are beginning to develop selective admission practices.

Oregon's efforts to support innovation and school improvement have focused on proficiency - based learning models and early steps toward creating multiple measures data dashboards.

The resolution is a way the board is showcasing high - performing schools, and Garcia noted in a news release, «The movement toward 100 percent graduation in Los Angeles is a model for the nation on collaboration and partnership with students, families, educators, employees, schools and community partners.

Toward this end, the Center for American Progress has designed three school classification system models that capture a broader range of student performance than systems of the past.

Designed to prepare students to succeed in high school and continue on a path toward college and beyond, our educational model focuses on five core values: high expectations for all students; small, personalized schools and classrooms; increased instructional time; highly qualified principals and teachers; and parents as partners.

This allows us to target our philanthropic efforts toward growing new schools and regions while also ensuring that our educational models for our existing children and communities are not at risk of waning philanthropic support over the long - term.