Sentences with phrase «part of the academic improvements»

According to this recent LA Times editorial (New schools = better student performance), PSC may have been a part of the academic improvements in LAUSD.

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Technology alone will not improve academic achievement, but when used as a part of a comprehensive school improvement approach it will empower students to take a greater role in their own learning and will provide equity in access to quality instructional resources.

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Because of the research associated with strong social and emotional skills as they relate to academic performance, we believe that this is a strong indicator of student improvement and should be considered as part of a state's implementation plan.

The event, held at the Rubin Museum in Manhattan, honored five people who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to enacting positive change in education: Tanell Pendleton, an English teacher who has worked at Bronx Haven High School for eight years, and Michael Wolach, founding teacher and instructional coach at Jill Chaifetz Transfer School, both of whom have worked with Eskolta on multi-year projects on topics ranging from developing students» academic mindsets to implementing outcomes - based grading; Cristal Cruz, a graduate of Brooklyn Frontiers High School, who, after facing significant challenges during school, graduated as salutatorian, enrolled in college, and is now working at Good Shepherd Service to support students in the same way she was supported; and Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders of the Raikes Foundation and part of the founding team of Microsoft, who have become champions of school improvement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvementimprovement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency ImprovementImprovement Community.

It was part of a larger undertaking on the part of the district and the union to see one another not as adversaries, but as permanent partners in an effort to keep St. Louis schools viable and on a path of academic improvement.

Ask state and local school districts / superintendents to consider the magnet school approach as an option for promoting student academic achievement in the lowest performing schools as part of a comprehensive Title I school improvement strategy.

Corinne Gregory, the president and founder of the Seattle - based schoolwide SEL program SocialSmarts, suggested the improvement in those soft skills likely caused the rise in academic achievement, in part because educators could teach more efficiently with calmer, more cooperative students.