Sentences with phrase «of reaching more students»

Khan and his kindred may be able to overcome that, but it reinforces the importance of reaching more students with excellent instruction — live and online — during the 35 hours per week they are already in school.

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But more American students fell on the lowest end of the scale than in other nations: 17.8 percent did not reach basic proficiency versus 15.3 percent globally.

Parents, students and teachers from South Florida, the state's Democratic stronghold, have been a forceful presence in the Capitol since last week, when busloads of Stoneman Douglas High students spent two days lobbying — and protesting — lawmakers, urging them to take more far - reaching action and ban all assault weapons.

Kathy: I am essentially the set of eyes that looks at student and staff leadership development and programming and staff supervision through the lens of multiethnicity so that InterVarsity's ministry more effectively reaches out to the diverse student populations on campuses across Illinois and Indiana.

A Kaplan survey indicated that more than 80 percent of college admissions offices will reach out to and recruit students on Facebook — which means the people who are holding the keys to your academic future could be browsing your page.

Learn how to gather, analyze, and compile breakfast data into a report that can be used to draw attention to areas of your state that could reach more low - income students with the School Breakfast Program.

In response to written questions, a Chicago Public Schools spokesman said that recent food service improvements include the elimination of trans fats and deep - fat fryers; a universal breakfast program aimed at reaching more students; a sliced - fruit pilot program in 31 schools featuring produce from farms within 150 miles of Chicago; and an initiative to serve local, frozen vegetables.

The standards also increased the portion sizes of fruits and vegetables and required students to select at least 1 serving of fruits and / or vegetables.4 Because the National School Lunch Program reaches more than 31 million students each day in 99 % of US public schools and 83 % of private schools, the new standards have the potential to significantly and consistently affect the nutritional health of children.5

National studies show that students who eat school breakfast are more likely to: reach higher levels of math achievement; score higher on tests; have better concentration, memory and alertness, improved attendance, behavior, and academic performance; and maintain a healthy weight

Inspired by the students who survived the Florida shooting and are demanding more be done to keep high - powered guns out of the reach of killers, about 80 teenagers, mostly students and recent graduates of Clarence High School, gathered in a Clarence park to send a message: «Enough is enough.»

As he prepares to make his pre-K pitch in Albany, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio released a report that says his plan to expand the program by taxing the rich would reach 53,000 students by September — more than 70 percent of the children who need it.

The Legislature today, led by the Assembly, reached an agreement on a package of education proposals that will immediately increase state aid to schools, provide that teachers are evaluated on more than a single student test score and ensure local oversight of struggling schools,» United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said.

Their mechanical properties actually reach close to those of fiber composites, which are far more laborious to prepare,» says PhD student Paramita Das.

The fact is that many disabled students don't even reach the point at which they could benefit from the cornucopia of unbiased grant money, but more diversity in research personnel only means a broader scope of research approaches and results.

Yet games alone will not make schools more efficient, replace teachers or serve as an educational resource that can reach an infinite number of students, he adds.

The authors replicated the approach with a separate sample of 289 Facebook users, containing fewer students and more males than the first sample, and they reached the same conclusions.

The 20 - mile trip took more than two days, leading mules, professors and students 3,000 feet up and over a high alpine plateau and down several thousand feet into a valley, where they slowly weaved their way along a river in the direction of a boulder field until they finally reached the glacier's base.

In Baltimore, the program runs in 45 schools (36 of them Baltimore City public schools), reaching more than 4,000 students a year.

More importantly, FOSS is adopted in 50 of the 100 largest urban school districts where FOSS reaches large populations of under - served students.

Give to Bent On Learning to allow for more students to receive the benefits of yoga during the school day, giving them tools to regulate their minds and bodies and to reach their potential.

She finds it exhilarating to see her students reach their fitness goals; become more mobile, flexible and aware of how movement can enhance their overall well - being ~ physically, spiritually and emotionally.

She continues to spread the companies message and jewelry line in hopes of helping more high school students reach their dreams of attending college through the The Shine Scholarship Project and to become the future leaders of tomorrow.

It is a field enriched by active discussion group lists like Kinema Club (6) which reach out for numerous motivated students of Japanese cinema worldwide, and, no less importantly, by the fact that there are more academic positions held by Japanese film specialists than ever before.

For many low - income students, economic trends are making the prospect of getting into the college of their choice, and reaching graduation, even more difficult.

And if that is the approach taken by schools, then she's right to question the validity of making more of a push for technology in schools, to fall in line with President Obama's call to prepare students for an «increasingly competitive world,» through «a free and open internet» that «extend [s] its reach to every classroom and community.»

If they combine the smart use of those tools with equally smart investments in teacher and leader effectiveness, the goal of having every student succeed will start to seem less like the horizon line we can't reach and more like the finish line we can.

By the time students reach KS4 they are much more focused on exam syllabi, and many access - specific activities (such as climbing, kayaking and hill walking) as part of their GCSE PE course.

If you look at the distance some of these students have to travel to reach proficiency, the requirement for them to get there in just one year is more of a deterrent to effort than an inspiration.

Last year, the Geekbus served 15,000 students and has already reached more than half of that number in the first quarter of 2017.

If every school starts from scratch, the prospects are grim for reaching more than a scattered handful of students in every city.

Opportunity Culture models redesign jobs to extend the reach of excellent teachers to more students, for more pay, within budget — typically in collaborative teams on which all teachers can pursue instructional excellence together and are formally accountable for all of the students they serve.

Susan Brownlee of the Grable Foundation is thrilled with her Pittsburgh experiment: She reached more than 500 students, and believes that, for many of them, yoga provided relief from the tensions of living in impoverished areas with high crime.

In addition to requiring more spending for special - education programs, the agreement reached in late July between the district and the federal agency calls for the timely and appropriate placement of some 3,500 students who are awaiting spaces in special - education classes.

We feel confident of this based on the study results: Great teachers can lead small teams to reach a lot more students with high - growth learning — and support their colleagues» success really well.

But we didn't know what methods of extending teachers» reach would work best for students: reaching more students directly with extra paraprofessional support, or leading teams.

* In math classes, excellent blended - learning teachers will use the rotation version of Time - Technology Swaps to extend their reach to more students, and also work in a team of developing and novice teachers on their way to becoming blended - learning teachers.

It provides an end - to - end suite of services designed to help universities launch, market, and scale their online programs to reach profitability — and more students — faster and more effectively.

When we launched Opportunity Culture, our goal was to boost student learning by extending the reach of excellent teachers to more students, for more pay, within schools» regular budgets.

A year ago, Public Impact began working with school design teams of pilot schools in the Charlotte and Nashville public school districts to choose and tailor school models for extending the reach of excellent teachers to more students.

Beginning in 2009, we presented a vision for addressing the challenge of reaching every student with excellent teachers, using job redesign and age - appropriate technology to extend excellent teachers» reach, directly and by leading other teachers, in fully accountable roles, for more pay — but within budget.

Dozens of other NCLB critics have reached similar conclusions, and scads of proposals for that law's rewrite offer remedies, such as including more subjects in the accountability system and giving schools credit for student growth across the achievement spectrum.

Key components of our elite tenure example are far more career and pay opportunities for great teachers, including the chance to extend their reach to more students.

But while the goal of the project is to reach out to younger students, writing the books also has opened the door for a lot more discussion at Olsen about bullying, noted Correll.

Introduced in 1977, The Stock Market Game was the first educational stock market simulation, and now has reached more than 9 million students, making it the most widely used program of its kind.

We shared five Reach Extension Principles for the new school models they would craft or tailor to their needs; they call for reaching more students with excellent teachers in charge of their learning, for more pay, within budget, while boosting development opportunities for all teachers and clarifying authority / credit for great teachers.

Public Impact has just posted brief descriptions of more than 20 school models for extending the reach of excellent teachers to more students, for more pay, within budget.

As they reach more students, they should earn more out of the per - pupil funds generated by the expanded number of students.

Despite moves to ease limits on bilingual education in California and Massachusetts, more ELLs are now learning in English, taught by teachers who use an array of strategies to reach nonfluent students.

Today more than 9,000 Teach For America corps members are in the midst of two - year teaching commitments in 43 regions across the country, reaching over 600,000 students, and nearly 24,000 alumni are working inside and outside the field of education to continue the effort to ensure educational excellence and equity.

Instead of an impressionistic study of the sort offered by Mirel, the kinds of reports that would be helpful to education professionals, and ultimately to students, include evaluations of designs that track individual student performance year to year; the percentage of students reaching local and state standards; a more widely disseminated study of design implementation so others can benefit from lessons learned; and the establishment of a district - wide roadmap for bringing comprehensive school improvement to fruition.