Sentences with phrase «other pilot schools»

We decide to scale parent alerts and digital data walls for the other pilot schools in the spring, given that they address some key teacher needs.

It's noteworthy, however, that the observational estimates of pilot high school treatment effects are larger for schools used in the lottery study than for other pilot schools.

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Whether you are a practicing or retired pilot, you can share your aircraft flying knowledge and skills with others by setting up your own flight school.

La Leche staff members hope the pilot program, which the organization will fund at about $ 7,500 a year, catches on at Amundsen and expands to include boys» classes before moving to other high schools.

The study, titled «Chocolate Milk Consequences: A Pilot Study Evaluating the Consequences of Banning Chocolate Milk in School Cafeterias,» examined what happened when chocolate and other flavored milks were removed from the cafeterias at 11 Oregon elementary schools.

Just one day before the scheduled markup of the House Education and the Workforce Committee «s «Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016» (an Orwellian name if there ever was one, given how the bill would gut child nutrition), Congressman Todd Rokita (IN - R), chair of the subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, introduced a substitute amendment which, among other things, proposes a three - state block grant pilot for school breakfasts and lunches.

Each study details the implementation of universal breakfast - in - the - classroom pilot programs, one in Memphis City Schools and the other in Dallas Public Schools.

The evaluation revealed that the nutrition integrity project had a positive impact beyond the schools that participated in the pilot; once the benefits of combi ovens were explained and publicized, other schools wanted to follow suit, either through the program or by finding other creative ways to finance their purchases.

Ideas and advice compiled from the universal free school meal (UFSM) pilots and other local authorities, which have already implemented UFSM.

At 11 a.m., Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, other lawmakers and violence prevention advocates introduce the «Jessica Tush Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program,» a pilot Common Core education program scheduled to begin this month at K. 558 Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design, 257 N. Sixth St., Brooklyn.

New York City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ

Earlier in his welcome address, the Commander 401 Flying Training School, Group Captain Yusuf Dari, stated that the School had, since inception, trained over 800 pilots for the NAF, Nigerian Navy and other sister African countries starting with SPC 1.

Implementing an effective blended - learning program may require hiring outside help, visiting other school systems, or running semester - or year - long pilots to get teachers onboard.

We developed a pilot version of the game and trialled it with a number of schools - nine out of ten players wanted to learn more about coding after playing, which makes us very excited about the response from other schools going forward!»

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & UccePilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccepilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

The state is also about to start a pilot program that pairs up students with an adult mentor who can, among other things, help students understand the purpose of school and set and meet academic goals.

For one thing, in getting a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act, Indiana (like other states) promised the Obama administration it would adopt standards that met federal criteria; align curricula and teaching; select, pilot, and administer new tests aligned to the standards; and integrate the standards into both school - and teacher - accountability systems.

Districts and charter schools have begun to embrace Public Impact's vision of an Opportunity Culture, creating pilot schools that use 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.

A pilot program sponsored by the National School Boards Foundation, based in Alexandria, Va., and the AOL Foundation, part of the Internet giant America Online of Dulles, Va., will link the school boards to their constituents via e - mail, message boards, Web site polls, and other electronic School Boards Foundation, based in Alexandria, Va., and the AOL Foundation, part of the Internet giant America Online of Dulles, Va., will link the school boards to their constituents via e - mail, message boards, Web site polls, and other electronic school boards to their constituents via e - mail, message boards, Web site polls, and other electronic tools.

Silva so values these so - called soft skills that he has never seriously considered the security cameras and metal detectors or even the Palm Pilots many of his peers at other schools use for on - the - spot record checking.

After piloting Brain Games in schools and classrooms, the next phase will focus on developing kernels that target other SEL skills, such as perspective taking, empathy, and emotion understanding.

Other issues that Tall Oaks came across during the pilot included problems securing supplies of free milk and fruit when other schools were clOther issues that Tall Oaks came across during the pilot included problems securing supplies of free milk and fruit when other schools were clother schools were closed.

For example, during an initiative to revolutionize STEM learning across the Los Altos School District in California, assistant superintendent Alyssa Gallagher tapped math teacher Courtney Cadwell and three others to be part of a blended learning pilot team tasked with integrating online learning tools.

The foundation focuses on improving Oakland's troubled schools and is funding the pilot with help from the Quest Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and others.

Fifteen years after the first charter school opened in Boston, a research team led by Professor Tom Kane released a highly publicized study that shows that charter schools outperform other public schools in the city, including pilot schools.

Most Aviation High School students have been placed with one of the more than sixty active mentors the school has engaged — men and women who work, or have worked, as pilots or engineers or in other areas of the indSchool students have been placed with one of the more than sixty active mentors the school has engaged — men and women who work, or have worked, as pilots or engineers or in other areas of the indschool has engaged — men and women who work, or have worked, as pilots or engineers or in other areas of the industry.

When the council has evaluated the success of the pilots, it will decide whether to roll out the scheme to other schools in the borough, although not all schools will be suitable for School Streets.

We are piloting and implementing new resources, interventions, and strategies that enable us to apply our messages in homes, schools, and other settings, as well as gather information that will help us further refine and develop our media messages.

The project will also work closely with teachers and other school staff in 24 pilot schools across the UK to improve understanding of the needs of EAL teaching and improve school provisions for EAL learners.

Currently in its pilot phase and set to roll out to other schools in Spring 2018, the Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) has launched MELT, a project that offers students the chance to contribute to the understanding of our planet's environmental cschools in Spring 2018, the Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) has launched MELT, a project that offers students the chance to contribute to the understanding of our planet's environmental cSchools (IRIS) has launched MELT, a project that offers students the chance to contribute to the understanding of our planet's environmental changes.

JS: Absolutely, our pilot trial, while the findings are very promising and they do give support to our idea around how this program might be beneficial, it's not definitive, it's just one school that got the program compared to one other, but it's proof of concept.

The Rutgers Social - Emotional and Character Development Lab is piloting the Students Taking Action Together framework with the goal of introducing it and supporting its use in other middle schools in New Jersey.

On the other hand, pilot schools are free to set policies with regard to curriculum, student promotion, and graduation.

Students and teachers from the pilot schools and a growing number of others across the United States and Europe continued to visit the Web site each day.

The pilot gave the SCDE an opportunity to gauge the need for and response to the program around the state, as well as the SCDE's strength in supporting other initiatives — such as high school redesign and adult education — and in meeting legislative mandates to give all students access to high - quality instruction.

All pilot programs should be driven by and involve significant buy - in from school - based actors, supported by coaches or other partners to support learning and planning around trauma - sensitive approaches.

Assisting in the process was a program advisory committee, composed of SCDE personnel and district - and school - level educators from the pilot sites, charged with reviewing research on online learning, information from other state virtual programs, and feedback from the pilot sites to refine policies and procedures for the SCVSP.

The school, called «N.C. Virtual Academy,» will be one of two virtual charters (the other backed by education behemoth Pearson) to participate in a four - year pilot program enacted by lawmakers last year.

When the Grade 3 teachers expressed strong support, the school extended the pilot to the other grades and decided to adopt Eureka Math in Grades 1 — 4 for the 2016 — 2017 school year.

They have announced the launch of a Small Schools Pilot, with the help of Annabel Karmel, The Local Authority Catering Association and an alliance of other public and private sector bodies, which will aim to develop a scalable a model that:

I'd like to pilot hybrid positions for teacher leaders in NC schools for teachers who could teach for part of the day and mentor other teachers for part of the day.

The pilot is backed by the Small Schools Taskforce, a cross-sector coalition of caterers, kitchen designers, manufacturers, support organisations, and others, working together to provide good food for small sSchools Taskforce, a cross-sector coalition of caterers, kitchen designers, manufacturers, support organisations, and others, working together to provide good food for small schoolsschools.

Schools that partner with LEAP receive professional development support as they build and pilot a personalized learning model to fit their school context, including the integration of an edtech product vetted by a national panel of experts, and then scale key learnings to other classrooms and schools within their nSchools that partner with LEAP receive professional development support as they build and pilot a personalized learning model to fit their school context, including the integration of an edtech product vetted by a national panel of experts, and then scale key learnings to other classrooms and schools within their nschools within their network.

Before we know which states will follow New Hampshire's Performance Assessment for Competency Education (PACE) pilot or develop other models, states, districts, and schools can begin to lay the groundwork needed.

«Indianapolis, Puerto Rico, and three other school districts have applied to join the Every Student Succeeds Act's weighted student - funding pilot during the 2018 - 19 school year,» writes Education Week's Alyson Klein.

All lessons are piloted by ourselves and in a variety of other schools.

Sixteen pilot schools along with several other Lead schools in the English sector experimented with the key concepts of the program of study, as well as school organizational approaches that could be best suited to the strategies required to maximize the effectiveness of the learning environment.

With delivery of Leading Together starting in Spring 2018, we will initially pilot it in schools meeting these criteria in the North West and Yorkshire & Humber, with plans to expand to other geographical areas in the future.

At the end of May, LEAP Innovations brought together schools from our Breakthrough, Pilot Network, and other programs for a professional development session from Wonder by Design, national experts in innovative school space.

If FastBridge assessments are being piloted in one school in a district, it can be helpful for the building team to keep a record of how they selected the measures and why; such information can be reviewed by other schools in subsequent years.