Sentences with phrase «more rigorous curriculum»

This is a new, very competitive testing system from a more rigorous curriculum, so let's not get discouraged by the results,» said Susana Zambrano, a parent leader with the immigrant advocacy group CARECEN in Los Angeles.

Access to a more rigorous curriculum for underserved students can bridge gaps by equipping students with the deeper learning skills they need to be college ready.

The main takeaways are first, American schools are not failing; they are getting the best results in our history in areas such as graduation rates, pursuit of more rigorous curriculum, performance on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science (TIMMS), achievement on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), parent satisfaction with their local schools, and student perceptions of their teachers compared with students around the world.

Since the introduction of the more rigorous curriculum, Rainier Beach's enrollment has more than doubled.

But Daniels says he believes the program isn't only offering voucher students a more rigorous curriculum — it's also saving the state money.

The government has said it is determined to raise standards and the tests reflect the «more rigorous curriculum», but that they should not cause pupils stress.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has been critical of the signature education strategy of his predecessor, Mike Bloomberg, a strategy that involved closing large, failing high schools and replacing them with smaller specialized schools that offer a more rigorous curriculum and a more personal brand of instruction.

«Many schools have responded well to this more rigorous curriculum, supporting their pupils to be leaving primary school better prepared for the demands of secondary school,» he said.

If you remove Common Core from everything else — the new teacher evaluation plan, the perceived charter - Pearson - TFA cabal, increased testing, whatever — I can't see why anyone would oppose a more rigorous curriculum that holds students to a higher standard.

Nicky Morgan, education secretary, has promised that «no more» than «1 percentage point more» would fall below the floor this year, as schools work under a tougher, more rigorous curriculum and testing regime.

Flexible pathways to a diploma acknowledge four - year college degrees are not necessary for every high school graduate, but a more rigorous curriculum is needed for those going directly into the workforce.

«That is why we are replacing failing schools with sponsored academies, which are proven to raise standards, opening new free schools where parents want them and introducing a more rigorous curriculum, with qualifications that match the world's best.»

According to local educators, America's public elementary and secondary schools are on the path to a more rigorous curriculum, and in their view this will lead to a better educated citizenry.

The Common Core, which has been adopted by 45 states including New York, is described as a more rigorous curriculum intended to better prepare students for college and career.

If, rightly, we want to reject a zero - sum trade - off between our values, if what we need are a highly attractive long - term profession for successful teachers, accountability for student results, and a far more rigorous curriculum driving far higher learning outcomes for our students, are we willing to rethink the system from scratch and put everything on the table?

Needless to say, they include a vastly more rigorous curriculum, higher expectations for all students, a knowledge - based rather than a methods - based emphasis in teacher education, and a more thoughtful system of assessment rather than the relatively mindless fill - in - the - blank approach of so many conventional standardized tests.

Youngsters are showing up in huge numbers at high school, totally unprepared for the rigor of the current curriculum, not to mention the even more rigorous curriculum that must be put in place to meet our graduates» needs.

Today's results reinforce this success, with teachers and pupils responding well to the new more rigorous curriculum introduced by this government.

The Republicans are tapping into an anger among many parents in New York state over the botched rollout of a more rigorous curriculum that relies more on standardized tests, and is tied to teacher evaluations.

Most of the complaints about the more rigorous curriculum have been heard before, but the bigger question now is if anything can be changed.

Ravitch, who has written about the issues and is the author of a very popular anti-Common Core blog, doesn't have anything good to say about the new, more rigorous curriculum that's taken over New York state classrooms.

State Senator Ken LaValle is calling on education department commissioner John King to «hit the delay button» with rolling out new, more rigorous curriculum in public schools through the Common Core.

A new, more rigorous curriculum was put in place in public schools in 2012 and the impacts of that exploded in classrooms across the state this past year.

Not exact matches

The Church needs to find its way in a world where public school administrations are more preoccupied with transgender rights than restoring a rigorous academic curriculum.

For example, despite massive investments in pre - and in - service teacher training and curriculum materials development, the roundtable assembly recommended more rigorous and attractive science and math training for high school students and their teachers.

Standing for reform apparently means supporting rigorous testing, a back - to - basics curriculum, higher standards, more homework, more science and math, more phonics, something called accountability, and a host of other often daunting initiatives.

Their schools offer a rigorous college - preparatory curriculum and a host of extracurricular activities aimed at helping them to become more competitive.

But it's far better to have an education destination worth reaching, i.e. rigorous standards set forth with sufficient specificity, clarity, and rich content to provide real guidance to curriculum designers, classroom teachers, test developers and more.

In the absence of more rigorous scientific research, the decision to adopt a curriculum like Investigations is being made on what the Times sportswriters would call «instinct and whim.»

The tests are new and are based on a new, more rigorous national curriculum - based on the best evidence from across the world.»

The news comes after the tests, taken by 11 - year - olds, were made tougher, with many teachers and parents criticising the more rigorous testing methods and new curriculum.

And so that's why in this age of common core, ensuring that the curriculum is rigorous and aligns to the common core standards is more important than ever.»

The new Sats have been created to assess children's grasp of the recently introduced primary school national curriculum, which is considered to be more rigorous than the previous one.

The plans are to introduce a more rigorous maths curriculum, new AS and A level maths qualifications and high quality «core maths» qualifications so that more young people can secure their first job, an apprenticeship or go on to further study.

Ms. Reed, a Republican, was first elected in 1992 and supervised the implementation of a more rigorous, college - preparatory curriculum and a controversial high school exit exam.

Darling - Hammond, who has worked with the consortium for more than a decade, points to member schools» high college acceptance rate compared with that of all New York City schools (91 percent versus 62 percent) as a testament to their rigorous curriculum and assessment.

A Department for Education (DfE) spokesman said:» We have introduced a new, more rigorous maths curriculum at GCSE and a gold standard A-level.

Implementing the flipped class using digital curriculum provides teachers with more face - to - face time with students, allows for true differentiation, compels students to take responsibility for their own learning, and enables students to master rigorous course concepts.

Her daughter's teacher explained that a new, more rigorous math curriculum was now in Texas elementary and middle schools.

Those include incorporating student voice, implementing a rigorous and relevant curriculum, embracing career exploration, and more.

Read about how the Edwards Middle School uses more time to develop a rigorous core curriculum and supplements it with a tiered academic support program called Academic Leagues.

«When all kids get the same, rigorous high school curriculum, we know that poor and minority students can more than hold their own in college,» said Education Trust Director Kati Haycock.

The goal was to develop a math curriculum that districts could choose to use that would be carefully and thoughtfully aligned to new, more rigorous college - and career - ready standards, known as the Common Core.

There are public schools and charter schools serving some of the most disadvantaged students in the country, and yet they are recruiting great teachers, making the curriculum more rigorous, using data to see what works, and graduating students ready for college.

The change in curriculum gives schools the chance to review and enhance current approaches in order to provide an even more exciting and rigorous curriculum.

For example, comparisons of the transcripts of 1990 and 2009 high school graduates reveal that larger percentages of 2009 graduates from all major racial and ethnic groups completed a rigorous curriculum than did comparable 1990 graduates, and, on average, 2009 graduates completed about 420 more hours of coursework than did 1990 graduates.

We have seen urban public schools successfully adopt many charter school «secrets,» including the nine - hour school day (e.g., United for Success Academies in Oakland); a rigorous, standard curriculum (e.g., the more than a dozen Chicago public schools that offer the International Baccalaureate); merit pay (e.g., the Washington, D.C., system); and the regular use of teacher video in professional development and evaluation (e.g., the Houston system, which was using video in this way as early as the 1980s).

Local efforts to create a more rigorous high school curriculum were stimulated by internal analysis and by resources acquired from a National Science Foundation project that involved two universities.

Curriculum is often at the center of school and district efforts to transition to the new, more rigorous Common Core State Standards.

The district has also established more rigorous expectations for teachers and principals regarding their pedagogy and the expectations they hold for students, and developed (with external consultation) has developed a tool to help teachers align curriculum with the new grade - level expectations as well as state and national standards, assessments, suggested teaching strategies, and resources.