Sentences with phrase «more schools across the nation»

As the Singapore Math Method gains popularity, it's starting to be used in more schools across the nation, leaving more parents to figure out what this method is all about.

So, in five years I hope we're able to help even more schools across the nation to improve public education as a whole.

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More recently, the trend to «dress up» uniforms and create an innovative athletic test lab on campuses has moved to high schools across the nation.

More and more outbreaks of the antibiotic - resistant skin infection or «super bug» known as methicillin - resistant staphylococcus aureus («MRSA») are being reported in schools across the natMore and more outbreaks of the antibiotic - resistant skin infection or «super bug» known as methicillin - resistant staphylococcus aureus («MRSA») are being reported in schools across the natmore outbreaks of the antibiotic - resistant skin infection or «super bug» known as methicillin - resistant staphylococcus aureus («MRSA») are being reported in schools across the nation.

Tomball High School is one of nearly 500 schools and 1200 locations across the nation, Puerto Rico and Canada that have partnered with HUMAN Healthy Vending to make healthy food more convenient than junk food.

More than two months after the Parkland, Florida school shootings, students in Buffalo and across the nation continue to demand action from their elected leaders.

The President of the state's largest teachers union, New York United Teachers Richard Iannuzzi, says more steps need to be taken to ensure that schools are safe, including «a serious tightening of gun control laws across the nation.»

According to the official government count, the program now operates in more than 101,000 public and private schools as well as residential childcare facilities across the nation.

As our nation wrestles with the immigration issue more broadly, a concern raised across the political spectrum is how the public schools can best educate immigrant students.

While students across the nation walked out of school to protest gun violence, the 19 - year - old accused of killing 17 people and wounding more in the Florida school shooting sat in court silently, his head bowed.

The unanimous ruling, which is expected to affect more than a half - million students in the nation's largest school system, is the most recent development in a trend that is rapidly spreading across the country.

Reville played a primary role in the drafting and passage of the Achievement Gap Act of 2010 — the most sweeping education legislation since the landmark Education Reform Act of 1993 - which included the nation's first «smart cap» lift on charter schools and created the pathway for more than 44 Innovation Schools that are now up and running across theschools and created the pathway for more than 44 Innovation Schools that are now up and running across theSchools that are now up and running across the state.

Nearly all classrooms (97 percent) have one or more computers, but half of the nation's teachers say they need training to better integrate technology into classroom instruction — and such support is unevenly distributed across schools.

As it compiles information on «effective» leader and teacher practices from its third cohort of low - income schools across the nation, the New York City - based New Leaders for New Schools principal - training program is pushing to make the resulting resources more user - frschools across the nation, the New York City - based New Leaders for New Schools principal - training program is pushing to make the resulting resources more user - frSchools principal - training program is pushing to make the resulting resources more user - friendly.

Not only are people inclined to like their local schools more than schools across the nation, but we see a clear upward trend in the percentage of the public awarding their schools either an A or a B. Over the course of the decade, the shift upward has been from 43 % to 55 %.

However, the debate among parents, schools, and policymakers as to whether the ruling calls for all - inclusive classrooms is still very much alive, Minow writes, with schools across the nation appearing more segregated than ever.

Lagemann's efforts have resulted in a school of education that is now more influential in the areas of policymaking and research, not only in Boston and Cambridge, but across the nation.

While discipline policies vary across schools, districts, and states — and as the nation's largest school district the New York City public schools are likely more bureaucratized and formalized in matters of school discipline than smaller districts — the scale, scope, and level of complexity of the legal regulations affecting day - to - day school practices appear quite formidable.

Across the nation, religious and lay leaders are creating new schools, new networks of schools, new governance models for existing schools, new pipelines of talent, new philanthropic efforts, new public programs, and much more.

Although the 40 - year - old statute appears to have been the only one of its kind in the nation, officials from nonprofit institutions across the board, including boarding schools and private colleges, had expressed fears that if Maine's approach were upheld, more states might seek to provide greater tax benefits to institutions that mostly serve in - state residents.

Schools across the nation have been taking part in a special activity to find out a little more about the wildlife on their doorstep.

«The survey also found that more than two - thirds of public charter schools, 67 percent, across the nation reported having children on their waitlist, with an average waiting list of 214 students.

More hours in the school day for teachers as well as students can lead to improved academic achievement, according to a new report that studies 17 schools across the nation that give teachers more time for collaboration and professional developmMore hours in the school day for teachers as well as students can lead to improved academic achievement, according to a new report that studies 17 schools across the nation that give teachers more time for collaboration and professional developmmore time for collaboration and professional development.

The study, released Wednesday by Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes, which has conducted extensive research on charters across the nation, also concludes that significant improvements in charter school performance over time is rare among middle and high schools, though it occurs more often in elementary schools.

(Va.) Despite recent efforts of the Obama administration to provide states more flexibility in developing new accountability systems, school districts across the nation continue to rely on performance measures tied to conventional testing systems, according to a new report.

«So if you really wanted to take a look at spending in a very detailed way, you'd have a lot more information... analysis this is just a first cut across all the 200 odd school districts of size across the nation.»

I hope the Newark experience inspires parents and educators across the nation to find more ways to work together, and with other public education partners, to find innovative solutions that not only help your own school but transform public education system for your city or state as a whole.

One increasingly popular focus among theme - based schools is the Montessori Method, a child - centered education approach that prioritizes the growth of the «whole child» — including their physical, mental, social, and emotional development.81 There are currently more than 5,000 Montessori schools across the nation.

Do more with less — this is a statement that rings true for many schools across our nation,» said Partin.

Across the nation, 604 charter schools, or 12 percent, operate with unions, and more than half of them must do so under state laws, according to data compiled for the last school year by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a nonprofit advocacy organischools, or 12 percent, operate with unions, and more than half of them must do so under state laws, according to data compiled for the last school year by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a nonprofit advocacy organiSchools, a nonprofit advocacy organization.

However, a similar, more in - depth study authored by Caroline Hoxby, an economics professor at Harvard University, examined children of the same age in 99 percent of charter schools across the nation.

Public education in America is far from one - size - fits - all, and there is dramatic diversity within the more than 13,000 school districts across the nation — from the 1 million students in New York City's more than 1,500 public schools, to the 60 students at the K - 8 school on Beals Island, Maine, and its 100 - student high school shared with the nearby town of Jonesport.

It will include nearly 200 teachers and 10,400 seventh - grade students in 66 public middle or junior high schools across North Carolina, which researchers find provides a demographic sampling that is more representative of the entire nation and thus more likely to reliably reflect the impact of the program.

The U.S. Department of Education announced today new grants totaling more than $ 157 million through its Charter Schools Program (CSP), which funds the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the Schools Program (CSP), which funds the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the schools across the nation.

Since being piloted in 20 schools in 2009, the YouthTruth survey has now been taken by more than 275,000 students in 300 schools across the nation with an average student response rate of 75 percent, according to Jen Vorse Wilka, the non-profit's director of partnerships.

The two organizations have worked with more than 600 public schools, districts and community colleges across the nation to support students who need additional help reaching their academic goals.

Writing for Education Week, Catherine Gewertz reports on one of the nation's biggest school - redesign competitions, through which 10 teams won a collective $ 100 million to create new high schools or transform existing ones across the country: Each of the winners of XQ: The Super School Project will have $ 10 million over the next five years Read more about 10 High School Redesign Projects Win $ 100 Million in «XQ Super School» Contest -LSschool - redesign competitions, through which 10 teams won a collective $ 100 million to create new high schools or transform existing ones across the country: Each of the winners of XQ: The Super School Project will have $ 10 million over the next five years Read more about 10 High School Redesign Projects Win $ 100 Million in «XQ Super School» Contest -LSSchool Project will have $ 10 million over the next five years Read more about 10 High School Redesign Projects Win $ 100 Million in «XQ Super School» Contest -LSSchool Redesign Projects Win $ 100 Million in «XQ Super School» Contest -LSSchool» Contest -LSB-...]

In the letter, Mr. Gentzel wrote «The National School Boards Association (NSBA), representing more than 90,000 local school board members across the nation, working with and through our state associations, supports passage of the «Every Student Succeeds Act,» and applauds the work of the Conference Committee for its bipartisan effort to modernize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (School Boards Association (NSBA), representing more than 90,000 local school board members across the nation, working with and through our state associations, supports passage of the «Every Student Succeeds Act,» and applauds the work of the Conference Committee for its bipartisan effort to modernize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (school board members across the nation, working with and through our state associations, supports passage of the «Every Student Succeeds Act,» and applauds the work of the Conference Committee for its bipartisan effort to modernize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

Now, more than 575,000 students across the nation are attending 2,700 charter schools.

In the past five years SoundOut has worked with more than 75 K - 12 schools across the nation to help students and educators re-envision the role of students in education.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) looked at computer use among 15 - year - olds across 31 nations and regions, and found that students who used computers more at school had both lower reading and lower math scores, as measured by PISA or Program for International Student Assessment.

But the vast majority of teacher preparation programs in California are still failing to adequately prepare teachers, according to a controversial new report released Tuesday that rated more than 1,200 schools of education across the nation.

For more information: Jesse Hagopian, Teacher Garfield HS, 206-962-1685, [email protected] SEATTLE — In perhaps the first instance anywhere in the nation, teachers at Seattle's Garfield High School will announce this afternoon their refusal to administer a standardized test that students in other high schools across the district are scheduled to take in the first part of January.

Schools across the nation spent more time and money on preparing materials to help students pass tests and reduced the time for the arts, science, history, physical education, and even recess.

The CSP provides grants to fund the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the nation, giving students access to more options for their education.

While some districts across the nation have found initial success in offering bonuses and higher salaries to those who teach in high - needs schools, studies have found that in these schools, supportive school leaders and positive working conditions were more important to teachers when deciding whether to stay in their schools.

Similarly, in his visits to schools across the nation, Pflaum (2004) found that computers were rarely used to facilitate and enhance instructional practice and more often were used for student and teacher productivity.

A better understanding of D.C. school reform, which was long heralded by the Obama administration as a national model, matters even more now that Donald Trump's administration aims to expand school choice policies across the country — likely beginning with the nation's capital.

For more than six years, Hanna Skandera has been a bold and innovative leader of New Mexico's public school system, transforming it from one lagging behind the nation to one that is experiencing remarkable growth across every objective measure of student success.

The Campaign for Grade - Level Reading is a collaborative effort by foundations, nonprofit partners, business leaders, government agencies, states, and communities across the nation to ensure that more children in low - income families succeed in school and graduate prepared for college, a career, and active citizenship.