Sentences with phrase «of alternative school models»

A number of alternative school models, including cyber charters, are beginning to gain traction as a result of the interest in and availability of online coursework.

The primary empirical challenge in any study of alternative school models is selection bias.

Not exact matches

Harris and Campbell will travel together to San Antonio for ANC 2016, and they both say learning more about alternative delivery models for school breakfast is an area of particular interest.

During this one - hour webinar, we'll hear highlights from FRAC and the National Association of Secondary School Principals» joint report, discussing what it takes to gain support for, plan, and launch an alternative breakfast model.

Overall the reports indicate that participation in school breakfast programs continues to rise, due in part to the success of breakfast - in - the - classroom and other alternative breakfast models, as well as the growth of the Community Eligibility Program.

Alternative breakfast model selection should include the «best practice» of Breakfast in the Classroom for elementary schools and «Grab - n - Go» for middle / high schools

Better alignment of English as a Second Language (ESL) programs with the needs of our English language learners, including expansion of the APPLE model, an alternative high school program for 17 - 18 year - old students to learn the language, graduate, and get a job or go to college.

Instead of facilitating the growth of high - performing alternative school models, Mayor de Blasio has continually opposed and obstructed their expansion.

An alternative model comes from Rachel Yehuda and her colleagues at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Bronx Veteran Affairs Medical Center in New York.

Their entire brand is built on an anti-bodybuilding sentiment, a philosophy of anti-competitiveness and «no gymtimidation» and the chain is aggressively marketed as a friendlier alternative to traditional gyms, the antithesis of both the old - school hardcore gym and the boutique fitness model: a judgement - free zone away from those sweaty, steroid - addicted meatheads obsessed with lifting heavy stuff off the floor or gorgeous women with perfect bodies who'll fat shame you to death.

Colorado requires that 95 percent of students be in a high - risk group before a school can be labeled an AEC and the D.C. Public Charter School Board is considering a proposal based on a «gap» model that would set the threshold at 60 percent high - risk students, while some other states allow schools to bypass conventional accountability systems if their missions focus on serving alternative student populaschool can be labeled an AEC and the D.C. Public Charter School Board is considering a proposal based on a «gap» model that would set the threshold at 60 percent high - risk students, while some other states allow schools to bypass conventional accountability systems if their missions focus on serving alternative student populaSchool Board is considering a proposal based on a «gap» model that would set the threshold at 60 percent high - risk students, while some other states allow schools to bypass conventional accountability systems if their missions focus on serving alternative student populations.

Take for example, the call for extending the school day; the development of a more demanding curriculum that better prepares students for a global, information - driven economy; building K - 12 and higher education collaboration such as in a K - 16 model, and providing alternative educational opportunities for high school students who feel they must go to work.

The EEF will now discuss with the Switch - on team options for developing and testing an alternative model for scaling the intervention that can be delivered in many schools, but with the same positive effects of the smaller trial.

Dashboard Alternative School Status Program (PDF) An explanation of the Dashboard Alternative (DASS) replacing the Alternative Schools Accountability Model (ASAM).

Design a school that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Nowschool that pays more and reaches all with excellence — October 10, 2013 Public Impact Co-Directors Refresh Vision: Opportunity Culture for ALL — September 25, 2013 Report shows promising alternative to closing failing charter schools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Noschools — August 14, 2013 Rocketship Education: Bringing tech closer to teachers — July 24, 2013 Case study: New charter pays more, extends teachers» reach, gets strong results — July 9, 2013 Case study: How Charlotte zone planned Opportunity Culture schools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Noschools — June 27, 2013 Case study: How one Leading Educators fellow extends her reach — June 17, 2013 Opportunity Culture district creates paid role for student teachers — May 22, 2013 Reports: City - based organizations» roles in quality digital learning — May 15, 2013 Nation's fifth - largest district explores extending reach of excellent teachers — May 9, 2013 A Better Blend: Combine digital instruction and great teaching to dramatically improve learning — April 30, 2013 Indiana Encourages Dramatically Different Models in New Charter Schools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — NoSchools — April 18, 2013 Charlotte Flooded with Teacher Applicants Seeking Roles to Extend Their Reach — April 11, 2013 New charter school study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Nowschool study shows the steps to great schools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - Pager — Dec 13, 2012 Career Paths That Respect Teachers» Time and Talent — Nov 15, 2012 You Know Who Your Great Teachers Are — Noschools — March 14, 2013 Nashville Joins Sites Extending Excellent Teachers» Reach — March 7, 2013 Opportunity Culture Network to Link Charter School Organizations — February 6, 2013 Share Opportunity Culture with Your Teachers: New Slide Deck and Two - 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LJAF's investments in K - 12 education seek to advance the portfolio model of school governance, an alternative structure that promotes a decentralized administration, more school choice for families, and increased flexibility and accountability for educators.

Businesses can be contracted to run public schools based on alternative models of school organization.

Naming North Carolina as one state of several where new «parent choice» laws have been passed, the Waltons are putting even more money into the Alliance for School Choice, on organization that provides model legislation for state lawmakers to use as they introduce bills that would create alternatives to public education.

Although schools of education are in competition with some of the alternative certification programs for students, some of the schools like what they see in the residency model.

The results are tested for robustness to alternative ways of quantifying private school regulation, and to alternative regression models, and the question of causality is addressed.

That's the model Spokane put in place — an array of support systems that includes alternative schools, credit - recovery programs, tutoring and counseling services, and a dual - credit program with a community college for students who need inspiration rather than remediation to be re-engaged in their studies.

Human Resources From the archives: Facing rising costs and new ACA rules, independent schools take closer looks at alternative models of health care delivery.

Superintendents and union leaders looking for an alternative to a high - stakes, data - driven movement in education have showered the community schools model with praise, noting that it has expanded access to health care and social services, tackling problems thought to be causes of academic failure.

New technologies now offer teachers alternative models of collaboration with schools overseas, but how effective are they as professional development opportunities?

This vision of the school, as a technocratic site, became the privileged model, but it never quite succeeded in cancelling out alternative models.

The Professional Learning Community Model for Alternative Pathways in Teaching Science and Mathematics (PLC - MAP) is a partnership of North Harris Montgomery Community College, Texas A&M University, and 11 urban, suburban, and rural school districts in the Greater Houston area.

California is currently home to 912 charter schools, but the report excluded several from its report including small schools that test less than 20 students and schools that are part of the Alternative School Accountability Model.

As parents dissatisfied with schools in both districts flock to charters, the debate continues: What is their impact on public education, and can traditional educational models amicably coexist with an alternative movement that shows no signs of abating?

In terms of concrete alternatives, advocates point to models that focus on improving relationships within the school building.

This inspiring text offers a refreshing alternative to the portfolio and high - stakes accountability models of school improvement.

Media was on hand to document the celebrations, and we were grateful for the opportunity to share the benefits of school breakfast, and how alternative delivery models can improve participation.

R. Out of this appropriation, $ 613,312 the first year and $ 613,312 the second year from the general fund is provided for planning or start - up grants for extended learning time models, grants for preschool, and grants for alternative instructional delivery or school governance models.

This bill would also require the State Board of Education to develop, and each local board of education to adopt, a comprehensive model policy for the supervision and monitoring of low risk juvenile sex offender students attending school with the general student population and would require alternative educational placement for any juvenile sex offender who is a moderate or high risk for re-offense.

Hefner - Packer (1991) has studied these models and has described five models of alternative schools:

Numerous models of alternative schools have been developed to serve local needs and are operating with varied degrees of success.

Even «alternative» educators need to consider whether their approach is overly «child - centered» in a troubled world, because, they assert, being neutral or indifferent to the moral condition of the world into which we are educating children ultimately amounts to an endorsement of the transmission model; it is to say, in effect, that learning is an objective process and that the purpose of education is to transmit «knowledge» into young minds, even if the form of transmission doesn't look as harsh or artificial as it does in conventional schooling.

(b) The purposes of establishing charter schools are: (i) to stimulate the development of innovative programs within public education; (ii) to provide opportunities for innovative learning and assessments; (iii) to provide parents and students with greater options in selecting schools within and outside their school districts; (iv) to provide teachers with a vehicle for establishing schools with alternative, innovative methods of educational instruction and school structure and management; (v) to encourage performance - based educational programs; (vi) to hold teachers and school administrators accountable for students» educational outcomes; and (vii) to provide models for replication in other public schools.

In support of this initiative, the Dignity in Schools Campaign is releasing a set of model school discipline policies that provide guidelines to help districts and schools implement the moratorium and phase in positive alternSchools Campaign is releasing a set of model school discipline policies that provide guidelines to help districts and schools implement the moratorium and phase in positive alternschools implement the moratorium and phase in positive alternatives.

Schools experience a greater increase in breakfast participation when they serve higher quality breakfast items and incorporate alternative breakfast delivery methods, rather than the traditional model of breakfast served in the cafeteria.

eLecta Live Professional is available under three alternative licensing models carefully designed to match the specifics of universities, online schools and businesses of all sizes.

A variety of school choice options exist today including tuition vouchers, private scholarship programs, and charter schools, which provide an alternative to the cookie - cutter district school model.

Charter schools, which create an alternative to the traditional school model and shift the structure of the public institutions through which public dollars flow, can also generate their own advocates in the communities they serve.

Odysseyware curriculum can be delivered in a variety of settings, including fully online, as part of a blended learning model, after school, lab setting, alternative program, and / or over the summer.

Some [of the students I worked with at the alternative school] could use more positive male role models.

Over the past 10 years, however, an alternative school of thought has emerged: that detailed microphysics need not be included in models in order to accurately simulate tropical tropospheric humidity.

I read this post 10 Big Reasons We Need to Reinvent the School Year from Online Colleges and it resonated with me because of my research and recent article — Applying the Alternative Fee Model to Law School Tuition, which has generated some additional discussion.

One cost conscious alternative to an institution provided lab environment would be for institutions to mandate the purchase of a single model student laptop upon admission to law school.

Strategies: Promote alternative models of education delivery; support the implementation of recommendations of» Learning Lessons» review of Indigenous Education; assist homeland residents in lobbying for support for the establishment of community controlled and staffed schools; upgrade the qualifications and skills of Indigenous education workers to nationally recognised standards; provision of early governance training in curriculum; community authority and control of performance management.