Sentences with phrase «praised by educators»

One of only two social - studies series approved by the California state school board last fall, Houghton Mifflin Company's new K - 8 social - studies texts have been praised by educators for the engaging style in which they are written and for including discussion of world religions and non-Western cultures.

The plan was praised by educators as the first step toward creation of a national system allowing transfers of pension benefits.

Not exact matches

Mulgrew praised the union's political action efforts by both in - service members and retirees in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 6 elections, which he said would have a huge impact on the future of students, educators and the entire country.

The educator suggests praise and positive reinforcement in the classroom are fundamental tools teachers can use to combat low confidence and low self - esteem experienced by their Indigenous students.

The general tenets of praise are understood by most educators.

«Dr. Richard DuFour's In Praise of American Educators takes a surprisingly fresh approach to the traditional education blame game by spending the first four to five chapters talking about what schools and namely schoolteachers are doing right in America's public education system.

Over the course of his career, he was the author of numerous books, including the best - selling Professional Learning Communities at Work ™, Learning by Doing, and In Praise of American Educators.

I beg all real educators not to be a part of the testing charade by celebrating better test scores — if you do — you are actually buying into this sorry state of affairs --- and what happens when they go down again — which they will — do you make excuses or feel bad or ashamed --(testing needs to be used for what it was intended for)-- lets NEVER forget that — sing praises to your students real accomplishments on a daily basis — and stay true to your calling and to your heart ---- The tide will turn if you do so — and our students will benefit when that time comes again ----- Tom

Educators must explicitly teach students a variety of collaborative skills, including basic social skills, such as addressing classmates by name and offering praise; group process skills, such as encouraging peer participation and paraphrasing others» ideas; and reflection skills, such as assessing a group's success and identifying personal contributions to that success.

Developed by the organizations that led the successful and widely praised prototyping of items for the PARCC Consortium, Agile Assessment 5.0 provides educators with flexible tools for creating high - quality formative assessments, and for using real - time data on student learning to customize and strengthen classroom -, school -, and district - level math programming.

Co-authored by renowned educators and researchers Abigail L. Boutz, PhD, Harvey F. Silver, EdD, Joyce W. Jackson, and Matthew J. Perini, Tools for Thoughtful Assessment received high praise for its teacher - friendly approach to improving classroom assessment practices and empowering students to take responsibility for their own learning.

The report received wide acclaim, and was the cover feature of TIME magazine and praised broadly by educators and the media.