Sentences with phrase «particular student populations»

In both of these networks, participants are working together to learn which strategies work in different schools and with particular student populations.

Fairness must take into consideration the need and circumstances of the particular student population.

What complicated the matters even more in the eyes of ths particular student population was that George Bush had attended my high school.

Voucher programs narrowly targeted to income - disadvantaged urban students reach a particular student population that appears to benefit most from access to private schooling.

Presenters will share inspiring examples of how their communities reduced chronic absence, even when it reached high levels in a school, district or particular student population.

It includes examples of attendance initiatives from communities across the U.S. showing that how chronic absence can be turned around, even when it reaches high levels in a school or district or among a particular student population.

Not exact matches

The school targets marketing toward diverse populations, whether it's women, international students, or those with particular backgrounds.

Both of these types of organizations, among others, tend to have diverse populations, it would be nothing short of doctrinaire to impose a particular religious dogma on the medical care of everyone who is a patient, a student or an employee.

In addition, schools should be able to gauge the particular needs of their student populations on a case by case basis to determine which dates are ideal for scheduling major academic programs in the first place.

First did you identify any particular population of students that is lacking these healthy non-cognitive skills more than others?

It has emerged that the accommodation facilities, in particular, are not sufficient for the student population because of the expected increase in enrolment following...

«Dear colleagues, I urge everyone to contribute to the growth and development of our department in particular, and by extension, our renowned Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; the university with the largest student population in Nigeria, which has produced so many accomplished Nigerians who have contributed and are still contributing to the progress of diverse sectors of the Nigerian society.»

In particular, it is not known whether teachers leave schools with high concentrations of disadvantaged and low - achieving populations for financial reasons or because of the working conditions associated with serving these 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).

This is not to dispute the importance of additional research to investigate the particular settings in and populations with which nudge strategies are most effective, or the mechanisms through which nudges affect students» decisions, but rather to observe that, in fact, multiple researchers have demonstrated, through well - designed experiments, positive impacts from nudge strategies.

Create skits and plays focused on peer conflicts that are common among your particular population of students (consider age, gender, demographics, etc.).

And they must report the results, for both the student population as a whole and for particular «subgroups» of students, including English - learners and students in special education, racial minorities, and children from low - income families.

In particular, because schools that serve difficult populations are likely to have higher student / teacher turnover, higher remediation rates, and lower attendance, these measures are likely to be biased if the goal of the system is to gauge school performance fairly.

This resegregation is happening despite the nation's growing diversity, in particular the rapid growth of 245 % in the Latino student population over the last 30 years.

This special report dives into the toolbox available to those looking to boost school quality, approaches that may show promise in specific schools and with particular populations, and the opportunities and challenges posed by the new Every Student Succeeds Act.

In particular, the results are most useful for understanding the effects of charter schools run by education - management organizations on student populations that comprise largely low - income and racial / ethnic minorities.

In particular, he overlooked the Chinese hukou, an internal passport system that culls migrant children from Shanghai's student population as they approach the age for PISA sampling, fifteen years old.

Has the national performance of a particular subgroup of the student population improved over time?

While districts, large ones in particular, are charged with serving the needs of a wide range of students, charters have the flexibility to design programs to serve a specific population, and decide how dollars are spent, Haft said.

Work with diverse parent populations, in particular Spanish speaking parents, to become active members of a school team ensuring all students learn.

What specific characteristics of different populations you've taught might make a particular model preferable for those particular students?

This has made me extremely sensitive to the needs of the ENL population, in particular, students with interrupted formal education (SIFEs).

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.

Rises may also reflect changes in the population of students tested more than particular school improvement strategies.

In the pilot, state test score gains in a particular class were analyzed and scored relative to the student's predicted growth based on past scores, and relative to the average gains seen across the district and within different groups of the student population.

He works in the Higher Education division at ETS and, over the past several years, Markle has researched the role of noncognitive skills in student success and student learning with a particular emphasis on traditionally underserved populations.

If chronic absence levels are significant for particular schools, neighborhoods or populations of students (that is, specific ethnic or language groups or, for example, children in special education), schools should partner with community agencies and families to understand the factors contributing to early absence to develop appropriate responses tailored to their realities.

In particular, is he doing a better job educating his primary target population of African American students?

California's disqualification in particular frees up more money for the participating states; final awards will be determined based on each state's student population.

The Texas waiver request is of particular interest to education leaders and policy experts, not only because of the state's considerable student population, but also because Texas has suggested that it would apply for a waiver without agreeing to all of the college - and career - readiness, school improvement, and teacher effectiveness reforms that the department is requiring in exchange for flexibility on key components of the law.

(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.

Federal funds, which comprise the smallest share of school funding, are delivered almost exclusively through formula grants targeting specific populations of students or particular programs.

District budgets determine how funds are distributed among the schools, and those funding allocations are most often made based on the allocation of resources (such as teachers) and not directly on the composition of individual schools» student populations and the particular educational needs of those students.

First, states and districts can use rates of kindergarten chronic absence to identify if they need to expand investments in high - quality pre-K programming in particular schools, neighborhoods, or for certain student populations.

Shanker's model was that a school with slightly looser management could allow teachers to pay special attention to particular populations (such as gifted or special education students) while still remaining part of the public school system.

This report breaks down some of the broader demographics across district and charter schools, gives a profile of the special education populations, breaks downs suspension and attendance, and provides some reflection on particular disparities for African American students.

In Indiana, Louisiana, and Ohio, researchers speculated that participating private schools may lack the immediate capacity and resources to educate students who are academically behind, who are English - language learners, or who have disabilities.50 This potential lack of capacity is of particular concern for the participating populations in all four contexts, because the students who tend to use vouchers are more likely to be behind academically.

During the press conference, Cheatham also recognized how great the charge is to show academic improvement for the district's most vulnerable populations, with a particular focus on black students.

Increasingly, scholars recognize that early childhood interventions have a stronger effect on particular populations of children, thereby contributing not just to overall increases in achievement for all participating students, but providing particular boosts to children who need it most.

For years, leaders of both parties had poured more and more money into federal programs for disadvantaged students, at a rate greatly exceeding the increases in inflation; yet the improvements in reading performance, for the student population as a whole and for disadvantaged students in particular, had been modest or flat.

Given that the student population is primarily Latino at 92 % and that nationally only 21 % of Hispanics are performing at or above the level of proficient in mathematics, it is imperative that ARISE teachers are able to effectively implement formative assessment practices that are known to improve achievement, in particular with the lowest achieving students.

Even when a product is marketed to a specific segment of the population — students, small business owners, travelers and so on — the issuer still has the upper hand and can select its cardholders based on whoever it is looking for at that particular moment.

The pervasiveness of this fear is only compounded by the extent to which anxiety disorders exist in not only the general population but also among lawyers and law students in particular (Part II).

Regarding the question of how long it takes to reach competence in an area within a domain, for instance facilitating a support group for a particular special population (e.g., undocumented immigrants, international students from Iran, Lesbian parents), we turn to Malcolm Gladwell.