Sentences with phrase «particular educational focus»

Alaska, Delaware and North Carolina, for instance, permit charter schools to give admissions preference to students who demonstrate interest in their particular educational focus.

Not exact matches

When one beholds the staff - generated devices dreamed up by boards and commissions to focus the attention of the church - in - convention assembled upon their particular programs, one wonders if the motivation is exclusively either educational or evangelical.

The 2017 Conference Program will feature 75 educational sessions allowing attendees to focus on topics of particular importance to their business.

The STEM fields, in particular, are notorious for being male - centric — to begin to address the imbalance between the genders in work environments, we as a society need to focus first on encouraging girls to take these subjects while in the educational system, in hopes that they will continue on and start forging a career out of them.

The two entities have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for joint research and educational activities, focusing in particular on Public Health Genomics.

We also have a major new educational initiative underway, First Two, which works to increase retention of STEM students in their first two years of college, with a particular focus on first generation college students.

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).

The educational goals were finely focused, as one correspondence school executive explained: «The regular technical school or college aims to educate a man broadly; our aim, on the contrary, is to educate him only along some particular line.»

Climate Week enables teachers to put a particular focus on the issue for one week of the year, and provides practical, educational and creative ways to engage students and pupils.

The ESSA also requires that, if students fall behind in meeting these standards, States and local educational agencies (LEAs) implement evidence - based interventions to help them and their schools improve, with a particular focus on the lowest - performing schools, high schools with low graduation rates, and schools in which subgroups of students are underperforming.

While some pursue mainstream accreditation through the major agencies, others seek approval from smaller associations focused on a particular educational approach, such as Christian or Montessori schools.

In particular, the paper examines his practice and focuses on his incorporation of educational technology (the Internet, multimedia technology, and word - processing applications) to achieve his pedagogical goals while teaching in a school with significant technology resource constraints.

Dr. Holme's research focuses on the politics and implementation of educational policy, with a particular focus on the relationship among school reform, equity, and diversity in schools.

The shift in educational rigor that globalization has ushered in is pushing policymakers to embrace systemic change in public education, with particular focus on closing achievement gaps between disadvantaged students and their peers.

Provided that a school adheres to the laws regarding open admissions, a charter school may, through its educational focus, target a particular population of students with a specific need, such as students with disabilities, English language learners, or students at risk for dropping out of school.

In contrast, Teach to One: Math, which has been implemented in several urban districts, focuses on transforming students» educational experiences in a particular subject or grade level.

Using this approach to educational technology inquiry, our focus can shift from technologies» supposed «effects» to understanding the processes and interim results of how and why specific tools can and should be appropriated in particular ways to help students with distinct needs and preferences to achieve identified learning goals.

Instead of seeking educational uses for particular technologies, Papert urged, educators must focus upon how to best assist students» learning.

The work of this committee focused on interventions that show particular promise to support the rapid educational improvement of high numbers of students by targeting supports to these schools.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

The work of this Committee focused on interventions that show particular promise to support the rapid educational improvement of high numbers of students by targeting supports to these schools.

ESSA requires state accountability systems to annually measure five indicators that assess progress toward the state's long - term educational goals, with a particular focus on certain student subgroups: those who are economically disadvantaged, minorities, children with disabilities, and English language learners.

As a literary journal with an educational twist, Mason's Road aims to focus each issue on a particular element of the writing craft.

In particular, the challenges of mathematical and scientific formulae need to be solved, and technology providers need to respond to the educational market with increasingly cost - effective, end - user focused and school environment appropriate solutions.

Our grants will focus on servicing the most urgent and immediate needs such as housing, food, and vet bills, but also on training programs to make animals more adoptable and educational programming about the wonder of animals and the responsibility of owning pets, with particular attention to children.

These gallery visits may include follow - up educational activities based on the exhibition's content and conceptual premise with a focus on a particular area of study or curriculum requirement.

Justin's practice includes representing educational institutions and, in particular, companies focused on the development and delivery of online education.

Some personal financial advisers give focus on tax issues and mortgages but it requires a more specific educational and training background and professional experiences for you to be hired by a company for these particular functions.

Rather, they can focus on the future plans they have, like their educational plans as pursuing a particular course in college to show how this job can help them improve their knowledge in obtaining that future educational degree.

Counseling or Psychotherapy is for addressing emotional or psychological problems whereas coaching is more focused on a particular goal and is a more educational than therapeutic process.

For depression in particular, where contextual factors (family breakdown, parental mental health, social and educational factors) have been shown to be critical in the development of the disorder, these have not generally been the focus of the treatments that appear in the research literature.

Essex County: We support local programs directed at meeting community needs, with particular focus on social and educational services for families with young children that will have a long - term impact on addressing community problems.

Her educational background and research focuses on early childhood special education with a particular interest in social emotional competence; social interaction and peer relationships; challenging behavior; and communication delays and disabilities.

Participants spent time discussing a paper, written by Katja Engelhardt and Roger Blamire, which focuses on bullying and its prevention, with particular reference to students with special educational needs and disabilities.

improving outcomes for young Indigenous Territorians, including through early childhood intervention - a key focus of which will be improved mental and physical health, and in particular primary health, and early educational outcomes;

He has experience in educational leadership and student - management, with a particular focus on wellbeing, student meta - cognition and higher - order thinking.

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is dedicated to improving the well - being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8.

The Forum focused on healing of all Indigenous Australians, in particular Stolen Generations survivors and their families, as well as on what healing encompasses for Indigenous peoples and the educational and broader outcomes for children.