Sentences with phrase «more robust student»

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The school is also dropping its health insurance plan for students because the new health care law requires employers to provide more robust coverage, making it more expensive, said Tom Sofio, a spokesman for the Franciscan University of Steubenville.

«With the approval of these assessments, New York State is leading the way in new, innovative pathways that not only preserve our robust graduation requirements but also offer students rigorous alternatives that will keep them engaged in learning and result in more career prospects,» Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa said.

Arguing the new proposal is more «robust» than the original, the official said: «Students will have more protections now than they ever have in the history of the state of New York.»

Robert Chapman, lead author and RMIT PhD student, said the technique employed was far more robust against inevitable noise and experimental errors than standard techniques.

«The key to the film's performance is the highly - ordered spacing of the pores, which gives it a more mechanically robust structure without impairing the refractive index,» says Xu Zhang, lead author of the paper and a Ph.D. student at NC State.

In the research, PhD student Alastair Key and his research associate Christopher Dunmore, of the University's School of Anthropology and Conservation, showed that the production of stone tools requires the thumb on the non-dominant hand to be significantly stronger and more robust than the fingers.

that's what I tell my students — you may need to hem your skirt more in the front than the back if ya know, you got a, uh, robust back end.

Professional, amateur and student developers focusing on the Mac platform will now have access to the robust features and tool sets YoYo Games, creator... [Read More]

If research continues to show that comprehensive character education has positive effects on student achievement as well, then the movement may in time gain more robust political and financial support from education policymakers.

Whether it's communicating more efficiently with students and parents, or providing information about school holidays, the syllabus, and results, schools can benefit from a robust online strategy.

While content marketing thrives on quick bites that leave people feeling they have learned something new, eLearning students often need more formal, thorough, individualized, or robust instruction to really come away with something of value.

Students» critical thinking as supported by the utilization of both essential questions and visible thinking routines creates a more robust model for digital portfolios.

In cities like New Orleans and Detroit, which have especially robust charter sectors, more students attend charters than district schools.

Rather, the results provide support for robust efforts to regulate the for - profit sector, to improve degree attainment and promote income - contingent loan repayment options for all students, and to more fully address the particular challenges faced by college students of color.

Among the book's more «robust» conclusions, to use the economists» term, is that the high Swedish expenditure on adult education (which is very well developed in Sweden, as a resource for unemployed workers and as a way of upgrading or changing one's credentials) is not warranted by its returns: But how could it be, when, we learn, «individuals received student pay [all students are paid in Sweden — part of the commitment to equality] at the level of unemployment benefits, which in Sweden replace up to 80 percent of forgone earnings.»

But as these formative tests become more widespread and robust, they might also serve as an accountability mechanism, providing ongoing information on how students in schools across a given state are progressing.

Going forward, though, how a more robust federal partnership might yield the next generation of benefits, especially to raise students» capacity to read and reason, is the pressing question.

It appears that private schools have more robust anti-bullying programs, have students who are more likely to report bullying and yet fewer reported instances of bullying.

I've been working to bring Socratic seminars to Spanish classes, and these are my classroom - tested suggestions to incorporate them in a way that allows students to become more robust, independent, and critical thinkers.

ED's press release explains, «The administration's proposal for fixing NCLB calls for college and career - ready standards, more great teachers and principals, robust use of data and a more flexible and targeted accountability system based on measuring annual student growth.

In part because of its dismal public school system and in part because of a strong religious, especially Catholic, tradition, New Orleans had a robust private school network before Katrina: some 25,000 students, more than a third of the number in the public schools, attended 92 different schools.

These studies still leave plenty of open questions, including whether the estimated effects are robust to more rigorous methods of evaluation, and whether the reforms affect student outcomes beyond grades in the «gateway» college - level course.

In contrast, Ruth Schoenbach and Cynthia Greenleaf elevate the term with a more robust definition: «By adding the word engaged, we mean to distinguish between the skilled but rote and unsophisticated kind of academic literacy that many «successful» students master, and the more analytic, critical, and discipline - specific ways of making meaning emblematic of engaged learners.»

Combining it with Danielson's framework begins to give a more robust profile of our teachers — and to help identify those who are doing the most, or the least, for our students.

Now that the technological foundation for the use of robust systems of longitudinal education data has been laid in most states and school districts, experts say the focus needs to turn to making such data more useful for teachers, administrators, parents, and students, That will require a mix of strong leadership at the state and districts levels, greater collaboration across state agencies, and much better professional development and ongoing support for teachers and administrators.

The impact on work products in and out of the classroom can be substantial if robust reflective questions are leveraged properly and educators more fully understand students» interests.

Flashcards can be printed (printing on card may give a more robust flashcard) and cut out for students to answer on the back.

Student achievement remains a far more robust measure of teacher quality than many others available.

The need for a more robust safety net for these students is a key systemic challenge for many urban school districts.

Today, more than 2 million students are taking advantage of this robust public school choice option in over 5,600 charter schools across the country.

That doesn't sound as precise as CREDO's methodology, which compares each student's growth to a «virtual twin» — a more robust way of controlling for demographic differences.

Here I incorporate these notions into a more robust model for assessing the effects of language programs on long - term outcomes for LEP students.

Or, is the public's appetite for the information provided by regular student testing broader and more robust than the media coverage would indicate?

One of the most effective ways that Arizona can address the financial barriers that obstruct low income students — while also increasing enrollment and completion, and alleviating the financial strain on universities and colleges — is by offering more robust state - sponsored grant aid.

«Student outcomes should be determined in a far more robust way than mainly using test scores, such as through student grades, projects, other student work and regular observations,» said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, according to the AssociatedStudent outcomes should be determined in a far more robust way than mainly using test scores, such as through student grades, projects, other student work and regular observations,» said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, according to the Associatedstudent grades, projects, other student work and regular observations,» said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, according to the Associatedstudent work and regular observations,» said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, according to the Associated Press.

The Kent School District has created a web site dedicated to its laptop initiative, including a robust section on the policies, infrastructure, technical specifications, student and teacher training, family involvement, and more.

Overview The goal of this study tour is to learn how schools are integrating more robust academic content, higher - order skills, and academic mindsets practices with career education as they prepare students for postsecondary success.

Over the course of time, public charter schools enrolled more students, stabilized financially, witnessed academic gains, and then began to hear from parents who wanted more; robust athletics, fine arts including, music, dance, and theater, a slew of extra-curricular activities, and more recently, dual credit courses or additional Career and Technical Education offerings.

''... that benefits [of proficiency grading] include improved student engagement, greater attention to development of robust interventions systems and more deliberate collective and collaborative professional work.»

«The report released by the IBO implies that students left behind in failing schools as they phase out are harmed, but the findings contradict those of the Research Alliance which released a similar study in November using a more robust sample of schools (the IBO study looked at 6 schools while the Research Alliance analyzed results from 29 schools).

«By creating a more robust postsecondary data infrastructure, a student - level data network can begin to paint a more complete picture of student outcomes in our postsecondary system.»

Now more than ever, students need the intellectual power to recognize societal problems; ask good questions and develop robust investigations into them; consider possible solutions and consequences; separate evidence - based claims from parochial opinions; and communicate and act upon what they learn.

Including former English learners in the English learner subgroup allows states and districts to present a more robust picture of how well their English learner students are progressing after meeting exit criteria.

«Our teachers needed more robust assessment tools and data to be able to identify and close learning gaps for underperformers and to make sure that every student, at every level, achieves measurable growth throughout the school year.

It includes more robust financial aid and loan counseling, which will help students have the information they need to make informed postsecondary finance decisions.

School climate is also commanding greater national attention under the Every Student Succeeds Act as groups work to include school discipline practices and other measures that can help make new ESSA accountability systems more accurate, robust and reflective of the daily challenges and opportunities in education.

«ESSA shifts much of the responsibility for student outcomes to states, which must develop robust accountability systems that target large graduation rate gaps that continue to exist between different groups of students, as well as high schools that fail to graduate one - third or more of their students,» said Gov. Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education.

Personalizing learning is more robust than adaptive learning, since requires focus on big ideas or making something through which student display their individual talents.

School safety promoted by engaging students, parents and promoting dialogue Meeting in the wake of yet another school shooting — this one in Sparks, NV — speakers and attendees at CEP's first - ever School Safety Summit Oct. 24 in Washington, D.C., rallied around the ideas of greater student engagement, wider community involvement and more robust support from the federal government.

According to the Kentucky Department of Education, their new accountability model is a more robust — next generation model that holds all schools and school systems accountable for improving student performance and creates four performance classifications that determine consequences and guide interventions and supports.