Sentences with phrase «raise academic expectations»

In summer 2017, LFHS math, science, English and social studies teachers in grades 6 — 12 attended four days of training to empower them to raise academic expectations in the school and support students to achieve at higher levels.

These grade - level planning opportunities allow teachers to work together to raise academic expectations and to improve student achievement.

Her work helped contribute to the shift to raise academic expectations for students across all grade levels.

The aim of the new standards, state officials say, is to raise academic expectations for all students.

New York State Commissioner of Education Thomas Sobol has proposed doubling the number of students who master three years of high - school mathematics as one of 12 strategic objectives for the year 2000 designed to raise academic expectations in the Empire State.

The nation needs to engage in a concerted push to raise academic expectations for Hispanic students and increase their college - completion rates, according to a report released last week by a presidential commission.

Such a curriculum would, I thought, challenge the child - centered orthodoxies and raise academic expectations.

This study raises academic expectations as well.»

Our innovative approaches have raised academic expectations for more than 135,000 students and have also helped more than 12,000 teachers transform their teaching philosophy and practices.

With nearly 20 years of experience, KnowledgeWorks has helped more than 12,000 teachers grow learner - centered practices, raising academic expectations for over 135,000 students.

«We have raised academic expectations in Louisiana in order to prepare more students for success in college and the workplace, and it is encouraging to see our students and educators embracing these expectations and achieving at levels competitive with other states,» said State Superintendent John White.

Principal Nathaniel Higgins said he has been raising academic expectations.

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New York and Texas see a connection between their early decisions to raise expectations for public schools and the progress their students have made toward closing gaps in academic achievement.

Decades of research on effective schools conclusively demonstrates that setting high standards and expectations for all children, but especially those most at - risk of academic failure, creates a more positive, inclusive school culture and raises their level of achievement.

Raising awareness of academic expectations: collaborative work in the EAP classroom by Scott J. Shelton Strong More articles by Scott

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In doing so, teachers will foster academic optimism, raise expectations of excellence for every child, connect with each student's prior knowledge and deliver content knowledge in ways students can understand.

The standards were an attempt to raise expectations by establishing a new set of rigorous K - 12 academic benchmarks, and the CAP analysis underscored the need for more rigorous standards, Read more about Do Schools Challenge Our Students Now?