Sentences with phrase «most difference in the education»

Many important concerns have to come up within existing courses, and it is therefore the creative design of basic courses that often makes the most difference in the education a school provides.

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Comparing national test scores, Catholic schools in general (as with most private schools) perform better in both reading and math than public schools although the advantage is stronger in reading than in Math though the difference in Math was still statistically significant; however, this could be due to the self selecting nature of the students in Catholic schools where the parents have made the decision to value education to the extent of paying for it.

In a study of a homogeneous (similar age, SES and education) population where mothers had a favourable environment and most infants were breastfed, the duration of breastfeeding clearly made a difference in cognitive development at 13 months and five yearIn a study of a homogeneous (similar age, SES and education) population where mothers had a favourable environment and most infants were breastfed, the duration of breastfeeding clearly made a difference in cognitive development at 13 months and five yearin cognitive development at 13 months and five years.

It all sounds like a recipe for the most noxious liberal jerk - off movie since «Crash,» but in the hands of writer - director Richard LaGravenese, Freedom Writers turns out to be a superb piece of mainstream entertainment — not an agonized debate over the principles of modern education à la «The History Boys,» but a simple, straightforward and surprisingly affecting story of one woman who managed to make a difference.

Perhaps most interesting is the statistic that one in three Australian children aren't attending early education for the hours required to make a difference.

The question is whether we should be orienting our pedagogical practices primarily around these differences, as I think most personalized - learning supporters would urge, or instead take note of the many ways in which students are cognitively similar, and make these shared characteristics the focus of our education policies and practices.

By focusing on studies of these within - country differences in education systems, I discovered a clear pattern: it is the freest and most market - like systems that best serve families.

Colorado's education commissioner has dropped his membership in the Council of Chief State School Officers, citing policy differences with the Washington - based group that advocates on behalf of most top state education officials.

Commenting on the small differences in satisfaction levels among parents with children in the charter and chosen district sectors, Paul E. Peterson, professor of government and director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard Kennedy School, notes that «chosen district schools serve a smaller percentage of students of color than charters do, and they are more likely to use examinations as entry requirements, while most charter schools must accept all applicants or use a lottery to select among them.»

Over the last decade, research in public education has led us to three conclusions about the teaching profession: teachers are the most important in - school factor in determining student achievement; there is wide variation in teacher effectiveness; and those differences really matter for kids.

Most importantly, your donation will bear dividends in the lives of children and make a difference in improving education — nationally and internationally — for years to come.

HBCUs are making a significant difference in solving one of the most intractable problems in K - 12 education: how to recruit, retain, and develop teachers for high - need schools.

Announcing the funding, education secretary Justine Greening said: «This fund is about helping schools raise their performance by investing in evidence - led work, targeted at those areas where it will make the most difference.

The Rossell and Baker review is by far the most negative review of bilingual education published; in fact, it is the only one I know of that claims that all - English alternatives are better, and it concludes that differences are not huge and that more research is necessary in order to make «intelligent decisions.»

The difference for this group — participants in the Montana public schools» most successful online credit recovery programs — seems to be access to teachers who can help them troubleshoot technical difficulties and content - related challenges, according to the study, «Online credit recovery: Enrollment and passing patterns in Montana Digital Academy courses,» released last month by REL Northwest, a branch of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences serving Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.

No one but the most starry - eyed denies in private the reality of differences in intellectual ability that we are powerless to change with K - 12 education.

Robinson assumes that most education leaders are motivated by wanting to make a difference to the young people in their care.

So I thought I would take the most recent report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), called «Mapping State Proficiency Standards Onto NAEP Scales: Results from the 2013 NAEP Reading and Mathematics Assessments,» and released July 9, 2015, and convert it into something both my mother and my daughter can understand: grade levels, as in the difference between sixth and seventh grade.

In fact, education's fiercest and most intractable conflicts have stemmed from differences in philosophIn fact, education's fiercest and most intractable conflicts have stemmed from differences in philosophin philosophy.

A high school principal who was a child in Iran reflects on what immigrant and refugee students need most: an education that embraces their difference

As we built a political movement for education reform in Los Angeles, one of the most diverse cities in the world, our small, racially diverse staff had to confront our differences.

In the report, «Equations and Inequalities: Making Mathematics Accessible to All,» published on June 20, 2016, researchers looked at math instruction in 64 countries and regions around the world, and found that the difference between the math scores of 15 - year - old students who were the most exposed to pure math tasks and those who were least exposed was the equivalent of almost two years of educatioIn the report, «Equations and Inequalities: Making Mathematics Accessible to All,» published on June 20, 2016, researchers looked at math instruction in 64 countries and regions around the world, and found that the difference between the math scores of 15 - year - old students who were the most exposed to pure math tasks and those who were least exposed was the equivalent of almost two years of educatioin 64 countries and regions around the world, and found that the difference between the math scores of 15 - year - old students who were the most exposed to pure math tasks and those who were least exposed was the equivalent of almost two years of education.

«Working with Flint's most vulnerable young people, I've seen firsthand how a high - quality public school education makes all the difference in helping students of all backgrounds and challenges achieve and succeed,» said Kale, the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce's Director of Member Services, and a Flint native...

The States That Spend the Most (and the Least) on Education Several factors are behind the drastic differences in funding.

Most people enter education out of a desire to make a positive difference in the lives of young people and the nation.

Most notably, she has made a difference for independent study charter public schools, serving currently as the Executive Director for Visions in Education, and President of the California Consortium of Independent Study Schools.

It would be a far better use of most scientists and PhDs time who comment on this forum and on others like Open Mind to just STOP wasting YOUR time arguing with idiotic «drunken» deniers, and spend their time much more effectively by scouring the internet for such «events» as «Gas Fracking reviews by Government» etc etc in all nations across the world and use your education and skills and knowledge and actually make a positive difference to AGW / CC action by sending them a FORMAL SUBMISSION or offering up YOUR OPINION and EXPERTISE to be considered in their deliberations.

Thank God I had the sense to follow the good advice of my Local 6 colleagues and wear ear plugs when playing the big Broadway shows downtown in S.F. for the years that they were hiring real live string players — now we have a buying public that understands not the difference — chalk it up to the absence of music education, never mind what Plato said about the only two things we really need to study («music and gymnastic»), because, after all, those «useless» subjects just won't get us the rocket scientists who can come up with the formulas so that the richest, most «powerful» of our species can simply blast off and wave Earth «buh - BYE...» after, like hogs at the trough, they've finished plundering, polluting and otherwise raping this once - beautiful paradise..., to which I will now say: «GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAAAAD RUBBISH!»

We are foolish if we disconnect ourselves from community because we don't serve the children who we work with well by not helping them to understand that they are a part of a community because what we know is that that will last those children for a very long time into the community and if they leave our early childhood services feeling that they are a connected person and that there are people in that community who can help them if they get in trouble, and they also know that their families are part of a community and that there are differences in that community which are beneficial and important and most importantly I think in the context of contemporary early childhood education we see it as an opportunity for children to feel that they can be active participants whose voices are heard.

Most interventions have included parent education about normal sleep and sleep cycles, advice to maximise environmental differences between day and night, and strategies to encourage infant self - settling.7 - 10 Strategies included range from the graduated extinction method described above to encouraging parents to stretch night time feed intervals (in the hope that the infant will self - settle) and encouraging the use of parent - independent sleep cues.

Considering all the things we learn about in formal education, it's interesting that most of us were never actually taught how to have relationships — how to choose a partner, how to deal with differences and resolve conflict, and how to know when it's time to separate.

No significant differences between groups of parents were found in most demographic variables (parents» age, level of education, place of residence, family income, child's age and gender).