Jen Walmer, state director of DFER Colorado, added, «The Republicans» focus on the charter school model, coupled with the Democrats» focus
on equity for students ultimately moved the legislation.»
The rubric, with 24 components of teacher practice, is also overlaid with the Pittsburgh district's core values, which include an emphasis
on equity for students.
«Reach focuses
on equity for ALL students.
These commitments included being open - minded and practicing transparent communication, working as collaborative teams, focusing
on equity for all students and their individual needs, asking thoughtful questions when clarification is needed, facilitating a student - centered environment and working respectfully with students, staff, families and visitors to the school.
The state says it's «the next step in a series of major shifts in California K - 12 schools, changes that have raised the bar for student learning, transformed testing and placed the focus
on equity for all students.»
Not exact matches
Telstra's administrative headquarters
on Stirling Street has been sold and the new owner, a private
equity player from China, plans to redevelop it into a 500 - bed
student accommodation facility, the second such proposal
for the area.
They find that New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have higher balances,
on average,
for mortgages, home
equity lines of credit (HELOC),
student loans and credit cards compared to the national average.
«The Regents and I are focused
on providing greater
equity for students throughout the entire education system,» Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa said.
«The court order in the Campaign
for Fiscal
Equity lawsuit was founded
on the principle that all schools need adequate funding levels in order to provide every
student a «sound basic education.»
At 9 a.m., Assemblywoman Deborah Glick participates in panel
on «Women's Pay
Equity: Getting Even» at the New School's Center
for New York City Affairs, Theresa Lang Community and
Student Center, Arnhold Hall, I - 202, 55 W. 13th St., Manhattan.
Emphasizing opportunity
for students and
equity among schools, Richard Carranza
on Tuesday addressed hundreds of New York City teachers in Manhattan, his first
on - the - job remarks since starting as the city's new schools chancellor.
JEF, based in the Washington, DC, area, has been working
on leveling the playing field
for minority
students in science, mathematics, and technology since before
equity initiatives started emerging.
They define
equity, disadvantage and
student needs along socioeconomic lines; allocate resources to schools at least partially
on the basis of
students» backgrounds; and design programs and interventions specifically
for low socioeconomic and Indigenous
students.
What are the adjustments that teachers can make
on an everyday basis to increase
equity, access, rigor, and engagement
for all
students?
By using a four - step teacher decision - making framework and implementing structured classroom routines rooted in research
on cognition and motivation, you will increase
equity, access, rigor, and engagement
for all
students.
At the root of Martiniello's research is a quest
for fairness and
equity by questioning the validity of standardized math tests, given their significant implications
on students» lives.
Although I still have a lot to learn, thanks to the encouragement and support from my cohort members, professors, and TFs I'm
on the path to realizing my vision of
equity for all
students.
A winner of an ALTC award
for outstanding contribution to
student learning in 2008, and recipient of the ATEA Early Career Researcher Award in the same year, her research and teaching interests focus
on access and
equity, language and literacy and educational policy implementation.
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.
New data released in the 2016 Brown Center Report
on American Education shed light
on tracking, who it applies to, and its implications
for student achievement and
equity in American schools.
Video of Dear #edtech: Thoughts
on Digital
Equity Justin Reich is a fifth - year doctoral
student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and the project manager
for the Distributed Collaborative Learning Communities project.
Since 2010, the civil rights office has issued detailed directives
on eliminating racial disparities in school discipline; the allocation of school resources among racial groups; schools» responsibility
for preventing bullying; the use of race - based assignments to achieve diversity; achieving gender
equity in intercollegiate and interscholastic sports, and support
for pregnant and parenting
students.
To do this, create a simple «
equity tracker» with
students» names
on the left side and a column
for each day of the week.
Create a simple «
equity tracker» with
students» names
on the left side and a column
for each day of the week.
Above all, we need a new policy regime that gives teachers and schools ample incentive to press
for academic growth in all their
students, just as we need a culture that embraces excellence as well as
equity and demands that its education system raise the ceiling
on achievement even as it also lifts the floor.
In my in - depth interview with the OECD Director
for Education and Skills, Andreas Schleicher,
on the newly published PISA 2015 results, there are many fascinating findings: Just four provinces in China now provide 13 % of the world's top - performing
students; Singapore, Canada, Estonia, Japan and Finland have combined excellence and
equity over a number of PISA tests, and interestingly these countries have a steadfast commitment to outstanding teaching and to supporting schools and
students that are struggling.
Micro-schools do not typically focus
on basic literacy and numeracy, which does not bode well
for democratizing access, as both scaling and
equity require accepting
students with a broad range of experiences and incoming abilities.
The focus
on equity is greater now because school populations are becoming more diverse and school systems are struggling to cater
for the wider range of
student backgrounds and learning needs.
The CRDC collects information from schools
on a variety of measures such as
student access to courses, staff and resources and school climate measures that impact education
equity and opportunity
for students.
Dr. Burris is the coauthor of Detracking
for Excellence and
Equity; Opening the Common Core: How to Bring ALL
Students to College and Career Readiness (2012, Corwin Press); and
On the Same Track: How Schools Can Join the 21st Century Struggle against Resegregation.
One of the team's stated goals — part of the Mayor and Chancellor's larger
Equity and Excellence
for All agenda — is
for every
student to have an individual college and career plan as well as resources to support the plan
on the path to high school graduation and beyond.4 The team offers a series of resources and tools that help support
student CCR pathways.
This can be valuable, especially in the wake of the Campaign
for Fiscal
Equity settlement, which is supposed to be focusing resources
on low - income
students.
Because New York State law is different, the group's legal argument here will probably rest
on students» right to a «sound basic education» — a standard established in 2001 by the Campaign
for Fiscal
Equity lawsuit.
«Across the country, states, districts, and educators are leading the way in developing innovative assessments that measure
students» academic progress; promote
equity by highlighting achievement gaps, especially
for our traditionally underserved
students; and spur improvements in teaching and learning
for all our children,» stated U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. «Our proposed regulations build
on President Obama's plan to strike a balance around testing, providing additional support
for states and districts to develop and use better, less burdensome assessments that give a more well - rounded picture of how
students and schools are doing, while providing parents, teachers, and communities with critical information about
students» learning.»
It is in this vein that we submit these comments, which are not intended to reflect the entirety of our concerns with the proposed regulations, but rather to illustrate where they impede progress toward ESSA's overall goal: to provide states with maximum flexibility while ensuring a focus
on improving performance,
equity and access, and improvement
for all
students.
But this welcome new emphasis
on the early grades may not yield the hoped -
for improvements in
equity and overall achievement if, while correcting
for an earlier neglect, we persist in ignoring the content taught in
students» formative years.
The report is one of a series of reports
on accountability LPI has released this year to help states as they develop systems to advance
equity and improve outcomes
for all
students.
The Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) supports urban school boards and fosters effective leadership
for excellence and
equity in public education, with a specific focus
on underrepresented
students.
Throughout, Samantha said she's turned to Leadership
for Educational
Equity (LEE)
for strategic advice
on how to foster positive relationships with her
students» parents and the larger community as well as organize residents to discuss shifts in school enrollment.
I built
on her conception of
Equity Literacy to include the skills and consciousness with which teachers ought to be equipped in order to create equitable learning environments
for students and families in poverty.
The tension between advocates
for equity and defenders of flexibility was reflected in comments
on proposed options
for meeting the funding law's key requirement — that districts provide additional programs and services
for high - needs
students in proportion to the additional revenue that the funding law allocates
for them.
For instance, members of the
Equity Coalition have published joint statements
on discipline and to the Trump Administration and 115th Congress regarding critical issues impacting
students with disabilities in charter schools.
In turn, the PPSF gives dollars to schools based
on a formula that accounts
for several factors: PTA funds, local school foundation funds, previous
equity grants, federal Title I funds, and
student demographics.
«NEA will continue to work with Congress
on a comprehensive bill that works
for students and reflects the important federal role of ensuring
equity while working with states and local school districts to support the public education system,» said Van Roekel.
Members have a clear and compelling long - term vision
for the impact they want to have with
students and families
on educational
equity.
A report
on student activism
for education
equity stated, «Whatever the risks, there is no shortage of reasons
for teachers and others to support young peoples» education advocacy work.»
After the plans became available
for public review, organizations like Bellwether Education Partners, the Collaborative
for Student Success, Alliance
for Education, National Council
on Teacher Quality and the Brookings Institution reviewed the submissions to understand their overall strengths and weaknesses, and to determine whether elements like educator
equity and benchmarks
for federal accountability were present.
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for advocacy, and eventually to a passionate drive to take action to improve school experiences to provide
equity and excellence
for each and every
student.
The Achieve3000 platform is powered by built - in blended learning, actionable data, and proven efficacy, ensuring
equity of access to core instruction while accelerating
student learning, improving performance
on high - stakes assessments, and preparing all
students for college and career success.
The Aspen Institute Education & Society Program and the Council of Chief State School Officers released a set of recommendations
for state education chiefs
on improving
equity for students under ESSA.