Sentences with phrase «new goals for the student»

What are the new goals for the student in preparation for the next assessment?

Virginia intends to revise its new goals for student achievement in public schools, after state and federal officials agreed that those goals did not do enough to narrow the gap between students with the worst and best scores on annual state exams.

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Shauna - Kay Jones, co-founder of Motify, an app for students with autism, walks us through accomplishing goals as a new startup, in 60 seconds.

Focus on the Family said that the Day of Dialogue «will boast a new name while maintaining the same goal it's had since its 2005 inception: encouraging honest and respectful conversation among students about God's design for sexuality,» in a press release that is scheduled to go out Thursday.

The goal is for students to understand the value and growing number of careers in the field in the New York region and beyond.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson Wednesday announced an increase in a major funding source for the city's public schools, with the goal of helping many high - need students.

I am a founding member and current vice president of the New Paltz Central School District Foundation for Student Enhancement, a not - for - profit charitable organization whose goal it is to provide 21st - century enrichment opportunities for all students.

Bill Lipton, New York State director for the Working Families Party, argued CUNY funding intersects with a host of other liberal goals — including passing the DREAM Act, which would make undocumented college students eligible for state tuition assistance.

CIVIC CENTER — Mayor Bill de Blasio could potentially use space in New York Public Library branches and New York City Housing Authority buildings to meet his goal of providing full - day universal pre-K to all city students by fall 2015, the mayor's office said Monday as de Blasio headed to Albany to make the case for his plan.

As U.S. officials consider new education standards in mathematics and English, a long - term AAAS science literacy initiative continues its efforts to encourage a standards - based approach to science education and set specific learning goals for K - 12 students.

Work has begun on a new building for the center, which has a goal of 100 researchers, 100 Ph.D. students, and 300 Master's students by the end of 2013.

The creation of a «data science for all» ecosystem is the goal of a new initiative at Purdue University that will make data science education part of every student's learning experience on campus while also boosting research and partnerships to help grow the data - driven economy.

New research illustrates just how precarious willpower can be for young people: Middle school students who want to achieve a goal and who actively agree to suffer a consequence if they don't achieve it may still be unable to change their counterproductive behaviors.

As educators anticipated the requisite 21st century skillsets that are now the goals of the CCSS, their assessments included more interpretation of information and new ways for students to apply what they learned.

«Even though our school is undergoing an accreditation study this year, is adopting a new math program, and has a significant amount of state mandated instructional in - service as a result of a court decision, our primary goal is to provide the best possible day — full of creative, profitable learning experiences — for each student!»

And with that, the discussion moved on to new teaching strategies, new delivery strategies, resources for new lesson plans, and the team's goals for Hope's students.

New Research from Harvard Graduate School of Education Reveals Tax Credits» Goals Unachieved New research from the Harvard Graduate School of Education finds no evidence of increased college enrollment among students eligible for federal tax credits, despite the tax credit's primary purpose to increase access to higher education.

You might ask what students like most about school, what they did during the summer, what their goals for the new school year are, or what they are really good at.

The success of the Massachusetts approach has important implications, especially as states roll out the new Common Core standards academic goals for what students should be able to do in reading and math at each grade level to ensure high school students graduate ready for the demands of higher education and the 21st century workforce.

Intense competition among private schools in New York State for a limited supply of students and teachers has some institutions using below - the - belt tactics to meet their admissions and hiring goals, according to the schools» state association.

The report, «Achieving State and National Literacy Goals, a Long Uphill Road,» prepared by the Santa Monica, Calif. - based RAND Corp. for the Carnegie Corporation of New York, suggests that inadequate progress is being made to bring more students to proficiency in reading by the 2014 deadline set by the No Child Left Behind Act.

Why: It's important for students to network and develop new relationships — one of the goals of EdConnect.

The New York Times, September 26, 2011 «To reach the ambitious goals policy makers have set for academic achievement, most students will need more learning time.

In the department's new framework, the top goal is to «ensure all English Learners are college and career ready for a global society by building on students» linguistic and cultural assets.»

My point is that when states like Massachusetts set out to do education reform in the 1990s, we intended to achieve a radical new goal for education: educating all of our students, so that not just a few, but all were prepared to be successful in college and careers.

As a new academic year ramps up, so do goals for student achievement, curricular reforms, teacher development, and more.

Our lab actively advocates for honest, data - driven conversations about the failings of the current education delivery system, the impact of poverty on student learning, and the necessity for designing and building new systems that guarantee that our twin educational goals of equity and excellence are achieved for each and every child.

Without more conversations about our educational values and purpose in the wake of this new age of open learning, we will surely struggle to set realistic boundaries for safety and clear goals to support all students to their individual successes.

The goal was to set a baseline for Needham High students, allowing them to review old lessons and master new ones through the slides.

«We needed a new type of instruction that better reflected the goals we wanted each student to achieve, demonstrate, and document,» says Paul Curtis, one of the original lead teachers at New Tech and now director of curriculum for the New Technology Foundatinew type of instruction that better reflected the goals we wanted each student to achieve, demonstrate, and document,» says Paul Curtis, one of the original lead teachers at New Tech and now director of curriculum for the New Technology FoundatiNew Tech and now director of curriculum for the New Technology FoundatiNew Technology Foundation.

We hoped that by modeling ways to respond to student voice, we would give our teachers new ideas about how they could bring that into their classrooms — for example, how they could model discussions about goal - setting and standards while making room for students to express what works for them in a way that is valued and respected.

Spurred by concerns about international competition, economic troubles, and a perceived stagnation or regression in student performance outlined by the now famous 1983 report, A Nation at Risk, the standards debate gained new life as politicians looked for ways to clarify goals, measure progress, and hold schools accountable.

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The plan sets a target of 66 % of working - age New Mexicans earning a college degree or post-secondary credential by the year 2030 — a rigorous goal given the current attainment rate of 45 %.1 The plan also sets a vision for New Mexico to be the fastest growing state in the nation when it comes to student outcomes, with a goal to increase the percentage of students who demonstrate readiness to more than 60 % on the state English language arts (ELA) and math assessments.2 These efforts are significant considering New Mexico's historically lower student academic proficiency rates compared to other states and to national averages3, and demonstrate how leaders are driving a sense of urgency to improve.

Forty - six states and the District of Columbia have adopted new shared goals for what their students should...

Action By More than 80 Colleges and Universities: Over 80 colleges and universities are — in addition to their efforts in other categories — taking actions like engaging in new efforts to recruit students who might not otherwise attend their university, expanding need - based aid for low - income students, setting new goals for increasing the share of low - income students, committing to additional community college transfers and taking new steps to improve outcomes for low - income students once they arrive on campus.

California's new school funding system is driving districts in diverse regions of the state to shift their resources to achieve one of the key goals laid out in the sweeping financial reform effort — graduating students so they are ready for college or careers.

When students are repeatedly exposed to a process for completing problem based units, it's easier for them to transfer this way of learning into new contexts, which is my ultimate goal: to leave them equipped to learn well beyond the walls of my classroom.

Given the new frontier of accountability for states using measures of CCR, this motto is an example of how to embrace data outside of formal state accountability to focus on a specific goal and group of students.

Our goal is to create safe and supportive school climates in all New York City public schools without the need for school police or metal detectors, where young people are not suspended and removed from class, and where teachers and students have training and support to prevent and resolve conflicts in positive ways.

Unlike No Child Left Behind, which had the goal of all students being proficient by 2014 (less than 14 months away), D.C. officials are implementing new, lower standards of academic performance for African American, Latino, and poor children compared to their more affluent White and Asian counterparts.

And here are a few examples of teachers» goals: to more consistently draw on student data to inform my teaching; to employ high standards for all of my students, not just the ones I easily relate to; to be more open to experimenting with the new technologies in my classroom; to working more collaboratively; to getting better at saying «no»; to giving supportive and constructive feedback to my colleagues; to be more open to my colleagues» feedback about my teaching.

Effective schools are characterized by explicit, agreed - upon academic goals for all children; a strong focus on academics; order and discipline in the classroom; maximum time on learning tasks; and frequent evaluations of student performance — all principles repudiated by the Disney school and also by many «new» education reforms.

The staff of the Minnesota New Country School model the focus and assess the progress of students and the school itself through regular self - reflection, school - wide assessment, and on - going planning for continuous improvement of programming, instruction, collaboration, and opportunities to serve the goals, the mission, the students, the communities, and the future more effectively.

There are a range of critical issues, such as: the implementation of the reauthorized ESEA (now called The Every Student Succeeds Act) which includes new flexibility for states in designing state standards and accountability systems as well as a hard cap on the number of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities taking alternate assessments on alternate standards; regulations on disproportionate identification of minority students to special education; and, the goal to transition more disadvantaged students into college and careers that will have a significant impact on some of the most vulnerable children.

With the new board of education about to unveil a primary district - wide strategic goal to prepare nearly all students ready for work or college without remediation, the district must invest in building more capacity to create high schools that can deliver these graduates.

By working together and sharing responsibility for successful management of the Center, the goals of Teacher Centers can be achieved for the ultimate benefit of New York State's teachers and students.

(Spoiler alert, New Mexico received praise for its plan, which included a goal to reduce the number of students who need remedial education after high school.

In this role, she is responsible for developing and implementing all NCTR programming for new residency sites and network partners with the end goal of ensuring students in high - need classrooms are taught by effective teachers.

Texas has established foundation standards and goals for all Texas schoolchildren, though some may need revisiting under the new graduation endorsement scheme as some students may not be prepared to go to college upon graduation.