Sentences with phrase «promoting higher academic standards»

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In her first year on the job, Jewell - Sherman launched Excellence for All, a comprehensive plan aimed at improving teaching and learning to enable students to reach high academic standards, and promoting involvement with the community as a way of addressing nonacademic barriers to student achievement.

Advocates of accountability insist that high standards for all students are necessary to promote academic growth and spur achievement to levels heretofore unseen.

While necessary and appealing, this drive toward higher standards raises justifiable concern: Are schools promoting academic excellence for those who already have a competitive advantage, while turning away from the far more difficult task of fostering achievement among those who do not?

The Obama administration, as part of a strategy to promote school reform, has promised to double funding for new charter schools with high academic standards, which many believe are key to improving the nation's K - 12 system through competition with traditional public schools.

Each of the applications will be subject to peer review in the context of five priority areas: supporting effective teachers and principals; promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics education; supporting the implementation of high academic content standards and high - quality assessments; turning around low - performing schools; and improving graduation rates in rural schools.

Both competitions will fund projects across five priority areas: supporting effective teachers and principals; promoting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education; helping implement rigorous academic content standards and high - quality assessments; turning around low - performing schools; and improving graduation rates in rural schools.

He praised the Bush - era law for shining a light on academic disparities but said it should be revised to promote a well - rounded curriculum, equal opportunity for disadvantaged students and academic growth toward high standards.

The Skowhegan Area High School community values rigorous and relevant academic standards, fosters personal integrity and growth, and promotes self - reliance and social responsibility.

Striving for Excellence in University Education: Trinity Western promotes not only academic and intellectual excellence, but integrates these with high standards of personal, moral, and spiritual integrity.

Establish and promote high standards and expectations for students and staff relating to academic performance.

During class I always set out clear instructional goals to those I teach, promote a culture of excellence at every opportunity and hold my students to extremely high academic standards.

Parent - child interactions affect many different domains of development.41, 42,43 Child - focused, responsive and moderately controlling parenting attitudes have been positively associated with self - esteem, academic achievement, cognitive development and fewer behaviour problems.44, 45 Furthermore, high warmth and contingent responsiveness promote a wide range of positive developmental outcomes.46, 47,48,49 Parental management style and affective involvement may be especially salient for children's prosocial development, self - control and internalization of behaviour standards.41 The quality of parenting has been found to be important for child socialization, 50,51 and parenting variables show direct links with child adjustment.52