Sentences with phrase «prepare kids for college»

Well - trained educational staff are critical partners in our work to prepare our kids for college and career.»

«These programs disproportionately prepare kids for college.»

«In New York City, the schools that actually prepare kids for college is so small»: Parents and Administrators Bemoan Mayor De Blasio's School Improvement Failure

The new tests will reflect Common Core standards, adopted by Utah and most other states to better prepare kids for college and careers by outlining concepts and skills students should learn in each grade.

The consequences of continuing to fail to prepare our kids for college, the workforce and a global economy are clear and...

The consequences of continuing to fail to prepare our kids for college, the workforce and a global economy are clear and troubling.

But if the point of these standards is to prepare kids for college and career, how can we not tell those closest to children whether such preparation is actually happening?

The state education department's Wagner says the ultimate goal is to prepare kids for college and successful careers.

I mean, it's normal to prepare your kid for college by packing some pull - ups, right?

It's about ensuring that you are not only offering a unique type of educational program, but that you also happen to be preparing kids for college and beyond.

She argued that, «it's now about preparing kids for college and not just taking a test.

«This new military academy is a perfect example — offering a program that teaches leadership and discipline while preparing kids for college through an enhanced math and science curriculum.»

[The final years of high school are the decisive ones in this case, because we want to know how well our k - 12 system has prepared kids for college and the workforce.]

They recognize that years of cuts to our schools have dealt a critical blow to preparing our kids for college, the workforce and their adult lives,» said [CEA president Bev] Ingle.

In other words, high schools were already preparing kids for college quite well.

The school library is a safe and dynamic place that can provide professionally curated content to every student — content that, once mastered, prepares kids for college and their careers.

Not exact matches

What kind of satisfaction can there be for a coach or administrator who takes such an unprepared kid under his wing for athletic development, places him in a strange, unmanageable academic environment, allows him to fail and then, after four years of «college,» turns him out, penniless and prepared only for an unreachable NBA or NFL?

A competitive atmosphere that prepares kids for the next level and provides them with insight and information of what it takes to become a full - time college athlete.

With our culture and our nation's emphasis on high academic achievement, the perception that in order to get into college kids need straight As and perfect test scores, increased course work and more complex curricula, teachers are feeling the pressure to cover more material, and to prepare kids for the next grade.

Kids preparing for college don't need (or truly understand) the complications of relationships.

Saving gets you prepared for college and eases the big financial hit when kids enroll.

With readings of encouragement and inspirational quotes, this devotional helps parents prepare their hearts for their children's independence, whether their kids are just starting kindergarten or graduating from college.

Whether your kids are in kindergarten or college, learn how to prepare your hearts for your kids» independence with Vicki Caruana's The Joy of Letting Go.

And Novo Nordisk's financial health means it can offer some unique benefits, including a concierge, health insurance for pets, and «lunch and learn» sessions with college coaches to help parents preparing to send their kids off to university, she adds.

This report was prepared by Informa with contributions from leading organisations including Consilium Education, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Fielding Nair International, The Arabian Education and Training Group, AURA Academic Institutions, Kids First Group, Brighton College International Schools, Blossom Nursery / Blossom Early Learning Centre, American University in Sharjah and Nora systems GmbH.

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Not every college is prepared, interested, or has the resources to go the extra mile for low - income kids of color.

But No Excuses charters are prepared to build a deep, broad safety net for these kids who don't have the baseline expectation that comes from being in a well - off and well - educated family, where kids have grown up «assuming» they would go to college.

In an article for Education Next, Mike Petrilli wrote about why there is still so much confusion among parents and students about whether kids are prepared for college.

«The most important thing you can do for high school kids is help them understand how important it is to be prepared for college,» Elmore says.

They also bring to the fore a major concern of advocates for disadvantaged kids: If we don't prepare all students for college, then low - income and minority kids will be pushed toward non-college tracks.

Virtually all kids aspire to go to college and prepare for a satisfying career.

If the CCSS are meant to ensure that kids are prepared for college, it seems to me that tracking their success there will tell a valuable part of that story.

But in 1985, starting in Minnesota, states began looking at dual enrollment as a way to prepare even average students for college and to move nonacademic - minded kids into career and technical education.

Kevin has come to some conclusions that don't sound all that remarkable at first: That college — or at least postsecondary education — is essential for poor kids to make it into the middle class; and that it's not enough to exhort his students to raise their aspirations, or even prepare them academically.

And throughout this country, these families are often not informed about their options for preparing their kids for success in school and in life, including opportunities to take Advanced Placement courses or participate in the growing number of dual - credit programs that allow them to take community college courses that they can use for getting ready for the rigors of higher education.

DC School Reform Now is educating, organizing and advocating to build support for public education strategies that prepare kids to become college and career ready.

«Based on their interactions with the public school and college kids, my kids know that they're fully capable and prepared for the next step.»

«For more than fourteen years, we've been meeting kids one - on - one, at their individual reading levels, and preparing them for college and career succeFor more than fourteen years, we've been meeting kids one - on - one, at their individual reading levels, and preparing them for college and career succefor college and career success.

It's time to stop the misguided rhetoric and for all of us to work together (districts, families, policymakers, schools) to ensure that our kids can reach their full academic potential, be prepared for college and become contributing members to society.

Torlakson underscores the importance of high - quality math education when preparing kids for future college and career paths and believes that this guide is a valuable tool to help teachers link their mathematics lessons to everyday life as well as the Common Core standards.

A rigorous, rich, college prep education helps prepare our kids for productive, enriched lives, whether or not they attend college, trade schools, apprenticeships or any other form of higher education.

Nevada is one of the 10 states selected to participate in New Skills for Youth (NSFY), an initiative enhancing state efforts to increase the number of kids across the country who are prepared for success in both college and career.

«There are probably at most 20 to 25 [NYC] public high schools that are preparing kids for what I would consider rigorous college - level work.»

Success looks like kids who are extremely well - prepared for secondary school with a very clear understanding of what it takes to go to college, and parents who understand what their children need to get to college and can be strong advocates for them.

Unfortunately, a large percentage of public schools are failing our kids by not preparing them with the necessary tools to become successful individuals in society or prepare them for college.

The standards lay out what kids should be learning from ages 5 through 18 to prepare them for college and careers.

«Building Excellent Schools has developed a national reputation for creating excellent schools that prepare their kids for success in college,» Candler said.

Getting school age kids from low socio - economic backgrounds to start preparing for a college education is not an easy task.

But those schools, too, need to be part of the solution, not just by preparing their pupils more effectively but also by advising parents — in those annual test - score reports, of course, but also in teacher conferences, quarterly report cards, and other bulletins — as to the kinds of colleges that their kids are or are not on track for.