Sentences with phrase «offering alternative curricula»

The not - for - profit free schools, usually offering alternative curricula or religious education, occupy a niche within the private school sector and are extremely slow growing.

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There are alternative strategies: curriculum enrichment as well as full - length course offerings.

The Waldorf curriculum offers a true and tested alternative education, especially suited to families who desire a strong intellectual and aesthetic foundation for their children, but who also wish to allow their children the opportunity to fully experience the joys of childhood without premature academic pressures.

Harris instead offers two potential alternatives: 1) the improved public / charter school performance in New Orleans made the performance of the private sector look relatively worse; and 2) the curriculum at most private schools may not have been aligned to the state test, so the poor performance merely reflects that lack of alignment rather than poor performance.

The need for alternative curriculum offerings like Achieve remains clear, with a third of school - leavers still not achieving five A * - C grade GCSEs and more than half of young people in Scotland not achieving 5 National Fives.

As optional schools, some charters adopt a specific curriculum focus, such as fine arts or math, while others offer smaller classes or alternative instructional approaches.

It also gives some responsibility of decisions regarding curriculum, course offerings, and methods of instruction to the Department of Education (italics are... Continue reading Hearing on SB 435, requiring the State Board to adopt rules for granting credit for alternative programs, on February 6

Our Education Counselors will answer your questions regarding curriculum and course placement, provide alternative teaching ideas, help you stay on track, and offer general homeschooling support and guidance.

In addition to our regular curriculum, GEE Preparatory offers internships and mentoring opportunities with local businesses, as well as field trips, clubs, and other extracurricular activities, setting GEE Preparatory apart from other alternative education programs or virtual schools, all at no cost to the student.

New curriculum for high school math and middle school ELA will complement existing offerings, giving school districts a broad suite of low - cost, standards - aligned alternatives to traditional textbooks.

Meanwhile the state allowed districts such as Fairfax County to evade their responsibilities toward preparing all children for success in higher education and life through its Virginia Grade Level Alternative assessment regime, which allowed districts to offer low - quality curricula to kids they didn't want to work hard to education.

For educators requiring more complex curricula development backed by a product development team for creating classroom texts, digital solutions, and integrated program alternatives, McGraw - Hill Education offers a personal concierge.»

The school removing it from their curriculum DOES NOT STOP YOU FROM ALLOWING YOUR CHILD TO READ A BOOK OTHERS FIND INAPPROPRIATE, BUT IT DOES STOP IT FROM BEING A REQUIREMENT THAT ANOTHER CHILD MUST READ IT and JUST LIKE NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO STOP YOUR CHILD FROM READING SOMETHING YOU ALLOW, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DEMAND ANOTHER PARENT»S CHILD BE EXPOSED TO A SUBJECT THEY FIND INAPPROPRIATE FOR THAT AGE OR THAT THE OTHER CHILDREN DO N'T RECEIVE A «VALID WELL ROUNDED EDUCATION» BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ALTERNATIVE OFFERED FOR THOSE THAT HAD PARENTS WHO FOUND IT INAPPROPRIATE.

This issue, guest edited by Cynthia Houston, presents alternative arguments for the importance of storytime in the digital age through engaging articles that offer a number of strategies for capturing students» imaginations and weaving interactive storytime activities into the English / language arts curriculum.

If the government's curriculum changes, funding cuts and fees are barring the way to education for many aspiring artists, independent initiatives might offer alternative routes into the creative industry.

The new, four - year curriculum, which will be offered as an alternative to its existing part - time and full - time programs, will embrace e-learning and make the most of classroom time.

Like all courses in the mandatory curriculum, the Minister may grant private schools an exemption from the ERC Program if they offer an alternative program that the Minister deems to be equivalent.

In addition to Adult Basic Education (ABE), Adult Secondary Education (ASE), and vocational training, the NDCS offers relationship, life skills, and parenting programs for inmates.62 Facilities in Kansas choose to offer either the InsideOut or Active Parenting Now programs, and can combine them with Play and Learn classes, in which inmates can apply the skills from the curricula with their children in a supervised setting.63 Washington has implemented two Parenting Sentencing Alternatives to keep nonviolent offenders with minor children out of prison: the Family and Offender Sentencing Alternative (FOSA), in which offenders» sentences are waived and they are placed under community supervision, and the Community Parenting Alternative (CPA), a partial confinement program in which offenders remain under electronic monitoring surveillance.64 These two programs are in addition to Washington's Strength in Families program, which is a parenting, relationship, and employment readiness program for soon - to - be-released prisoners.