Sentences with phrase «own reading initiative»

CNBC Meets» Tania Bryer speaks to cultural icon Dolly Parton about her international reading initiative the «Imagination Library».

Battle of the Books is part of the New York State Summer Reading initiative Build a Better World, taking place at all 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries.

Battle of the Books is part of the overall Summer Reading initiative run by the 37 - site Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System where school age children are encouraged to read during the summer months in an effort to advance their academic performance.

Hundreds of special programs and events are planned throughout the summer as part of the Library System's all - ages Summer Reading initiative.

SALAMANCA — The Chautauqua - Cattaraugus Library System and Seneca Nation of Indians Libraries will kicks off the 2018 NEA Big Read initiative with a celebration this week.

As President Bush's flagship reading initiative hits full stride, it is yielding a more uniform approach to teaching the essential skill to children deemed at risk of failing the subject.

Events, competitions, whole - school reading initiatives and book corners can all help to develop a culture of reading for enjoyment - the National Literacy Trust Network offers a wealth of resources and ideas to help teachers to promote reading for pleasure across the school.

Oklahoma also has 27 categorical programs that provide money for such efforts as reading initiatives, professional development, textbooks, employee health benefits, and teacher retirement.

The state also provides categorical aid for transportation, reading initiatives, professional development, compensatory education, early - childhood education, technology, and school construction.

Some have attributed the spectacular Florida gains to the state's accountability system, its Just Read initiative, or the state's school choice programs.

While all teachers are supposed to be observed as part of the state's teacher assessment system, the reading initiative and programs like Success for All have created an environment that makes observation and monitoring a normal part of daily life for teachers.

The reading initiative has created an environment that makes observation and monitoring a normal part of daily life for teachers.

A DOE spokesperson tells me that an implementation plan for the mayor's early reading initiative is coming later this year, and that the city will work with «national experts and universities» to train the seven hundred new reading specialists they plan to hire.

Houston's reading initiative has brought this to schools that aren't using a comprehensive school - reform model.

As with the reading initiative, the curriculum - alignment initiative has the power to improve instruction simply by making what happens in the classroom the subject of discussion and critique.

Another $ 9.2 million is also included in proposed budget for grants that would support in - school reading initiatives.

The lawmakers aired concerns with how the federal agency has interpreted provisions on testing and what kinds of reading programs can be supported with federal aid under a new K - 3 reading initiative.

Mississippi To Receive $ 100 Million Gift for Reading: Mississippi's 2 - year - old reading initiative has received a big boost with a $ 100 million donation for teacher education, professional development, and instructional materials.

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings calls it «the most effective and successful reading initiative in the nation's history,» yet she removed its two leaders from their jobs.

Arsenal Football Club played host to education secretary Justine Greening yesterday to celebrate the launch of a joint reading initiative between Arsenal in the Community and the University College London's Institute of Education (IOE.)

Dr. Diane Vautrot will share her experiences leading a reading initiative in a public school system in a culture of poverty in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.

We administer a statewide reading initiative for Florida's public schools, and among community groups and volunteer organizations that support them, with a goal of having every child able to read at or above grade level.

The state has such programs for special education, transportation, bilingual education, gifted - and - talented students, reading initiatives, capital outlays and debt service, vocational education, class - size reduction, and technology.

It would be a logical error to infer that leadership as it is distributed and practiced for one leadership scenario, such as leading a new reading initiative, would necessarily be similar to leadership distribution across other scenarios, such as changes made in the science curriculum.

Current superintendent connected to senior administrators from prior position in a larger district, and through the regional education center to network of supts.. One elementary school principal takes advantage of personal network with private reading consultant to support reading initiatives.

State Department of Education: how effective has the statewide reading initiative has been these last few years?

In pitching the reading initiative during his election campaign, Walker said students who couldn't read by the end of third grade should not advance to the next grade.

There are other issues in the proposal that will be of grave concern to many but are not tied directly to testing (e.g., ELL students must become fluent in English in 3 years; heavy phonics approach to teaching reading in a new reading initiative).

Walker included $ 1.2 million in the current biennial budget for the reading initiative.

Inservice workshops are the most common form of professional development for secondary school teachers in schools implementing new reading initiatives.

The program increases phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary and has been chosen as the curriculum for America Reads, a U.S. Department of Education reading initiative.

So we began a reading initiative for students with disabilities.

From directing statewide reading initiatives to managing ELA research centers, this highly qualified team of professionals is fully invested in improving student and district outcomes.

Through education programs, print and online resources, and literacy events, the Open a World of Possible campaign promotes the importance of independent reading for children and provides tools to support and sustain independent reading initiatives in our home and school communities.

This week, Scholastic announced its new global reading initiative, Open a World of Possible.

Ms. Dukes has worked with many school districts in Florida to develop strategic reading initiatives and has guided and supported these districts throughout their implementation efforts.

Our Reading Interventionist, Betsy Hood, has implemented a truly successful reading initiative.

Proceeds benefit the San Antonio Public Library Foundation's Born to Read initiative, which gives babies born in Bexar County special bilingual literacy bags with books and Library information.

As outlined in research compiled as part of Samsung Galaxy S6 edge's Summer Speed Reads initiative, three - quarters of Britons aged 18 - 25 were reported to take their mobile phone to the poolside or beach, compared with just over a quarter (26 %) who plan on reading a book.

Ashley Gordon of Mockingbird Publishing called my attention just the other day to the «writers in place» efforts of the Room to Read initiative.

Sponsor book events and reading initiatives, the Nook brand needs to be synonymous with e-books and reading in general

As part of the Get Reading initiative, NOOK and the London Evening Standard will host an event, with support from London Mayor Boris Johnson, in the capital's iconic Trafalgar Square on July 13.

The Ride & Read initiative is free, but San Antonio residents have visit one of six kiosks located at VIA's Downtown Information Center, Centro Plaza, Ellis Alley Transit Center, Medical Center Transit Center, Crossroads Park & Ride and the North Star Transit Center.

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 15 / PRNewswire - FirstCall / — Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) today announced a strategic investment and commercial partnership with Kobo, Inc., a global eReading service that is the newly named spin - off of Toronto - based Indigo Books & Music Inc.'s Shortcovers digital reading initiative.

Not to be deterred, the city has adopted a new digital reading initiative that has users scan book covers QR codes and get free ebooks on their mobile phones and tablets.

The last time we have seen B&N slash prices of its ebook reading devices was during the Get London Reading initiative it was promoting.

The B&N Nook Simple Touch discount is a result of partnership with the London Evening Standard to endorse their London Reading initiative which aims to promote reading across the country.

Philip Jones blogs on adult illiteracy and the sad demise of the Quick Reads initiative.

I've even become an ambassador for a national reading initiative in Australia, so I'm really happy with where my original journey has led me.

We encourage citizens to read the initiative which Nora Hiller has kindly posted in these comments.