Sentences with phrase «of academic rigor in»

The nationwide push toward greater school accountability and common standards has generated a chorus of calls for raising the level of academic rigor in U.S. schools.

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Time and again, even in the highly academic SIL, Pike had to reassert the place of scholarship and its fundamental importance to producing good translations of the Bible when evangelistic activism threatened to usurp scholarly production and academic rigor.

Such a description presumes academic rigor and loving care of the Christian lore (not conventional catechesis) and the corporate nurture of the soul as well as the mind — for life in the world, not out of it.

No one doubted that she could handle the athletic rigors of college, but some of her friends wonder if Sarah would have been better off in a less competitive academic environment.

The Patriot League, a Division I - AA nonscholarship conference modeled after the Ivy League, with a level of talent and academic rigor that's close to the Ivy's, began accepting football playoff bids in 1997, and its teams have gone 2 - 6 in the postseason.

The study, reported in the journal Academic Medicine in February, brought to the fore the problem of depression among students immersed in the rigors of medical training.

It will take a lot to make public schools more effective for all students: greater academic rigor, higher standards of conduct, more parental involvement, meaningful professional development for teachers, stronger incentives for the students themselves, and, of course, more access to health and social services for the many students who are in need of such.

Not surprisingly, perhaps, board members who are or were educators (27 percent of the total surveyed) believe that funding is a barrier and that the focus on student achievement is misplaced; these beliefs were held «regardless of the actual level of funding in the district,» «regardless of the actual teacher salaries» in the district, and «even after controlling for the type of student population that the district serves and the actual rigor of academic standards» in the district.

In this Harvard EdCast, Chu discusses her experience with the Chinese way of schooling — including the positives, such as academic rigor and respect for teachers — and suggests what the United States and China could learn from each other regarding education.

But despite these shortcomings in academic quality and rigor, there were other important benefits of the program that were available as a direct result of the use of blended learning.

Since the late 1980s, the push to infuse academic rigor into the middle grades has been supported primarily by tens of millions of dollars in seed money from the Lilly Endowment, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, and the...

The permaculture design principles are a filter for developing more strategic outcomes that contain rich academic rigor and an increased understanding of students» tremendous potential as change makers in their communities.

«To be clear, higher academic standards are necessary, and the rigor of the Common Core State Standards must be the new minimum in classrooms.»

These twin, established facts about learning have guided my framing of the concept of knowledge - based constructivism or, in language friendlier to teachers and the general public, academic rigor in the thinking curriculum.

High Tech High School, located in North Bergen, New Jersey, is a county - wide vocational school that combines high levels of academic rigor with a strong focus on vocational subjects.

Her suitemate, Colleen Cronin, who lives in Massachusetts and is now a senior at the prestigious Phillips Academy, says Oxbow lacks the academic rigor of her regular school.

For instance, sometimes middle school teachers, in the name of increasing rigor, focus all our attention on content and academics.

Today, as legislators see it, dual enrollment offers something for everyone: academic enrichment for kids who have maxed out the honors and accelerated classes their schools offer; a glimpse of college rigor for high school laggards; and a leg up on a career for those who enroll in trade programs.

The program promotes a sense of confidence in answering a variety of test questions while also preparing students for the rigors of academic testing.

And damn sure they never read about it in whatever passes for textbooks in most graduate schools of education, that lame crap masquerading as academic rigor in the diploma mills serving the education profession these days.

We are also recognized as a leader in the Catholic school renaissance — a nationwide effort to strengthen and rebuild urban Catholic schools as models of academic rigor and transformational change for the communities, students, and families they serve.

In an article that appeared in the Summer 2008 issue of Ed Next, Paul Peterson and Rick Hess examined the rigor of each state's academic standards as compared with NAEP and found that only three states — Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Missouri — had established world - class standardIn an article that appeared in the Summer 2008 issue of Ed Next, Paul Peterson and Rick Hess examined the rigor of each state's academic standards as compared with NAEP and found that only three states — Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Missouri — had established world - class standardin the Summer 2008 issue of Ed Next, Paul Peterson and Rick Hess examined the rigor of each state's academic standards as compared with NAEP and found that only three states — Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Missouri — had established world - class standards.

The award annually honors a doctoral dissertation that «manifests academic excellence, originality, and methodological, theoretical, and empirical rigor, and that addresses issues of social justice and equity in an international context.»

Notably, the Math - in - CTE model was not developed to address rigor or level of mathematics or order of instruction required to meet state academic standards.

Recommended Classes for College Success The academic rigor of your child's high school courses is an important factor in the college admission process.

They will share observation rubrics that will be used as teacher reflection tools and measure academic rigor of content in the arts and the integrated subjects.

Student learning, academic rigor, the sense of pride in athletic teams, as well as thriving clubs and activities, were evident in student conversations, in displays of student work, in daily announcements, but most importantly in the hearts of the young men and women who walk the halls.

Catholic schools provide a culture of academic rigor resulting in disciplined, critical thinking and fluent writing skills.

In the United States, educational reform financed by federal Race to the Top funds and standardized through the Common Core State Standards Initiative has brought buzzwords like «grit» and «rigor» into the national lexicon, while quietly doing away with play - based developmental learning in the lower grades in favor of an increasingly academic structurIn the United States, educational reform financed by federal Race to the Top funds and standardized through the Common Core State Standards Initiative has brought buzzwords like «grit» and «rigor» into the national lexicon, while quietly doing away with play - based developmental learning in the lower grades in favor of an increasingly academic structurin the lower grades in favor of an increasingly academic structurin favor of an increasingly academic structure.

High School Allotment: Provides $ 275 per high school student in additional funding to districts to prepare students to go on to higher education, encourage students to take challenging course work, increase the rigor of academic courses, align secondary and postsecondary curriculum, and support promising high school reform initiatives in grades 6 through 12.

Topics in the Overall School Experience section of the survey address Student Engagement, Academic Rigor, Relationships with Peers and Teachers, School Culture, and College and Career Readiness.

Many of the courses are online and only require students to demonstrate basic proficiency in the subject, which has caused some to question the academic rigor of the online courses.

· Collaborating with other members of the academic team, establish a unified vision of academic rigor grounded in data - driven instructional decision making.

In addition to the SSM, the CCSA accountability framework includes measures of rigor (in the form of a school's status as measured by its Academic Performance Index, or API, score) and momentum (in the form of growth in API over a three - year periodIn addition to the SSM, the CCSA accountability framework includes measures of rigor (in the form of a school's status as measured by its Academic Performance Index, or API, score) and momentum (in the form of growth in API over a three - year periodin the form of a school's status as measured by its Academic Performance Index, or API, score) and momentum (in the form of growth in API over a three - year periodin the form of growth in API over a three - year periodin API over a three - year period).

When education insiders pick apart the factors that make a school successful, there's often a lot of conversation about academic rigor, resources, quality of teachers and even, in some cases, the socioeconomic makeup of the students within the school.

«The achievement of the educators and students in these award - winning schools is especially noteworthy given the increased rigor of the commonwealth's academic standards and assessments.»

They were only using the resource they were provided in their own training by either an academic organization or professional development provider who specialized in training that addresses the cognitive rigor of college and career ready standards.

Through the creation and development of a high - quality, teacher - led professional learning community, teachers will become empowered to implement highly engaging strategies, routines, and texts in their lessons, which will develop independent readers and writers and increase the level of rigor and academic standards in ELA classrooms.

We had experts evaluate our bilingual classrooms to see if they were teaching at the level of rigor in their native language so that they would have the Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) needed to operate in both languages.

While the field of teacher preparation has made significant advances in recent decades — creating stronger clinical partnerships, developing better performance assessments, making better use of newly available data sources, meeting more demanding state approval and national accreditation standards, and developing new models and patterns of preparation — not all of these advances have been universally adopted at the program level.3 To consolidate the gains and to overcome challenges to implementing universal high standards for admission and academic rigor in teacher preparation, states, school districts, and teacher preparation programs must work together to enact key policy changes.

Great teachers, the safety of the child in the school, and academic rigor are three of the biggest priorities for Black and Latino parents.

The Osceola School District is located in the heart of Central Florida, and provides academic instruction, rigor, and support each school day to more than 72,000 students in 60 schools.

«For example, we saw that our focus on academic rigor was causing stress and lack of confidence for some students although they were perfectly functional in school.

The Academies of Pre-Engineering, Pre-Business, and Health & General Medicine at Renaissance Charter School at Central Palm provide qualified students with a curriculum of academic rigor, integrated with hands - on experiences in preparation for future endeavors in high school and college.

«All ICT classes use gen ed curriculum and have the same sense of academic rigor as we would expect in any other class,» says Foti.

Goalbook partners with districts around the country, helping educators bridge the gap between the theory of academic rigor and its practical application in the classroom.

Quite frankly, given the rigors of the IB program, I continue to be impressed by his academic achievements coupled with his devotion to, and leadership positions in, a multitude of clubs and organizations,» said Theory of Knowledge instructor Jonathan Illuzzi.

Monarch Academy provides an enriched curriculum of academic rigor and project - based learning that integrates arts and technology in its lesson planning and provides a physical environment that touches the emotions, stimulated the intellect, and excites the senses.

In students» junior year of high school, counselors look at specific student needs and interests — for example, the academic rigor of their course load and their SAT / ACT score, in addition to GPA — to compile a list of schools that are a good academic fit, as well as match students» interestIn students» junior year of high school, counselors look at specific student needs and interests — for example, the academic rigor of their course load and their SAT / ACT score, in addition to GPA — to compile a list of schools that are a good academic fit, as well as match students» interestin addition to GPA — to compile a list of schools that are a good academic fit, as well as match students» interests.

In their view, dual enrollment is presumed to lead to a long list of positive outcomes for all participating youth, including increasing the academic rigor of the high school curriculum; helping low - achieving students meet high academic standards; providing more academic opportunities and electives in cash - strapped, small, or rural schools; reducing high school dropout rates and increasing student aspirations; helping students acclimate to college life; and reducing the cost of college for studentIn their view, dual enrollment is presumed to lead to a long list of positive outcomes for all participating youth, including increasing the academic rigor of the high school curriculum; helping low - achieving students meet high academic standards; providing more academic opportunities and electives in cash - strapped, small, or rural schools; reducing high school dropout rates and increasing student aspirations; helping students acclimate to college life; and reducing the cost of college for studentin cash - strapped, small, or rural schools; reducing high school dropout rates and increasing student aspirations; helping students acclimate to college life; and reducing the cost of college for students.