Sentences with phrase «raising academic achievement»

WUWM recently spoke with Means about his theories for raising academic achievement among students of color.

When people think of «urban education» in its most favorable light, they think of dedicated education professionals working hard in difficult conditions to eliminate the achievement gap by raising the academic achievement levels of their low - income, disadvantaged students.

By raising academic achievement, it will improve well - being now and for future generations of Americans, and it will encourage long - term economic growth.

Rewarded with a six - year renewal from the Louisiana Department of Education in 2015, Tubman plans to keep raising academic achievement and become a model of successful school turnaround for schools around the country.

Trauma - informed practices and programs, like guided meditation, Collaborative Problem Solving, and Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS) have been successful in a growing number of schools, reducing reactions to trauma and lowering student discipline problems while raising academic achievement.

We look forward to seeing what this school year brings, as the charter community continues to build on the tremendous success of improving access to quality schools and raising academic achievement for all children in Illinois.

Unfortunately, the idea of harder textbooks has captured the attention of educators and policymakers interested in raising academic achievement.

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Board of Education is honoring 55 Title I schools and one school division for raising the academic achievement of economically disadvantaged students.

The Virginia Board of Education is honoring 57 schools and two school divisions for raising the academic achievement of economically disadvantaged students.

The Virginia Board of Education is honoring 46 schools and one school division for raising the academic achievement of economically disadvantaged students.

According to this year's state - sponsored evaluation of charter schools by California's nonpartisan Legislative Analyst, charter schools «are meeting original legislative intent: expanding families» choices, encouraging parental involvement, increasing teacher satisfaction, and raising academic achievement, particularly for certain groups of disadvantaged students.»

Vatterott illustrates how standards - based grading can be instrumental in promoting student responsibility, raising academic achievement, and enhancing college and career readiness.

The approach appears to be a genuine attempt at raising academic achievement for our students.

Three educators, recognized for their efforts to integrate technology into schools or to raise academic achievement for students deemed at risk of failing, were awarded the Harold W. McGraw Jr..

A report released just today by the University of Minnesota has found that charter schools are meeting and sometimes exceeding their promises to raise academic achievement.

Wilshaw said: «This drive to raise the academic achievement of our young people is a laudable ambition but undoubtedly a very challenging one.

Whether these practices can be replicated in traditional public schools or raise academic achievement across the full range of traditional public - school students remains to be seen.

From 1994 to 2003, Price served as president of the National Urban League, where he launched a national campaign to raise the academic achievement of black youth.

In a 17 - page paper published recently by Learn Inc., a Washington - based policy - research organization, Mr. Walberg said Chapter 1 (formerly Title I) money has not raised the academic achievement of needy students and has often been spent on students who are not poor.

On the other hand, exit exams and higher graduation requirements may raise academic achievement, and properly designed choice programs may also help disadvantaged students.

By 2011, charter schools were roughly equivalent to traditional public schools in terms of their ability to raise academic achievement.

A thought - leader in higher education, she has spent more than two decades at prominent national educational institutions and at the highest levels of government, working to implement effective strategies to raise academic achievement and opportunity for low - income and minority students.

I haven't seen any data that shows that school choice raises the academic achievement of the kids who are «left behind.»

The nation's public schools can dramatically raise academic achievement among struggling students over the next two decades with a coordinated strategy that puts greater emphasis on accountability, urban schools, and early - childhood education, argues a report released here last week.

The title of the presentation is WHAT DO SUCCESSFUL LEADERS OF AT - RISK LEARNERS DO TO RAISE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.

All past efforts to raise the academic achievement of low - ability students, according to Murray, have failed, and so has NCLB.

A combination of funding pressures, a push by Superintendent John Deasy to find innovative ways raise academic achievement and a desire by local school sites to gain more control has led to a big jump this year in schools adopting new «autonomy» models.

2) High - stakes testing doesn't raise academic achievement and harms children and their education — why increase such testing?

Dr. Marzano's keynote address will discuss the state of teacher evaluation and how focusing on teacher growth as it is connected to student learning gains provides the necessary support for all teachers to raise academic achievement to a world - class level.

Teachers unions were very supportive of school integration in Wake County, and the very positive role they can play on national policy was underlined in December, when the National Education Association announced an effort to establish 100 new peer assistance and review programs to better train and, if necessary, weed out ineffective teachers; and the American Federation of Teachers proposed an innovative approach to raise academic achievement in a low - income community in West Virginia by going after the effects of poverty directly.

From Chicago to Houston to Washington, D.C., districts around the country are beginning to experiment with longer school days as a way to raise academic achievement.

Topeka is working to lower discipline problems, raise academic achievement, and build student resiliency by using a variety of trauma - informed strategies and interventions throughout its 28 schools.

Sir Michael said: «This drive to raise the academic achievement of our young people is a laudable ambition but undoubtedly a very challenging one.

Quil Ceda - Tulalip Elementary is recognized for incorporating Native American practices in plan to raise academic achievement.

«Our school adopted the Project RESTORE model because it has raised academic achievement in multiple IPS schools and shows great promise for transforming George H. Fisher into a world - class school,» said principal Nicole Fama.

If the low - performing school is public, he said the proposal process would also allow the same public school administrators to apply, but with a different plan to raise academic achievement.

This study calls into question the notion that providing underprivileged children with computers will automatically raise their academic achievement.

Cultural awareness award for school (April 30, 2013) Quil Ceda - Tulalip Elementary is recognized for incorporating Native American practices in plan to raise academic achievement.

When James Coleman, the great sociologist of education, analyzed the school characteristics that had the greatest impact on educational achievement and equity, he found that schools with greater academic intensity — a persistent, goal - directed focus on academics — produced not only greater learning, but also narrowed the achievement gap between ethnic groups.30 That such academically focused schools would raise general achievement is obvious since an intense focus on academics is self - evidently the most likely means to raise academic achievement.

Those conversations, he explains, led to a tightly coordinated effort between the district, the United Way of Greenville County, and other community partners to tackle poor attendance, raise academic achievement, and boost graduation rates in the White Horse Road community, a section of the county with the highest concentrations of poverty.

Research has found that this approach can raise the academic achievement of low - income students without lower the achievement of higher - income students, as well as giving all students the benefits of a diverse learning environment.

In this article, Christi A. Bergin and David A. Bergin share research into students» sleep habits and conclude that helping students get adequate sleep has potential to raise academic achievement.

With the right plan in place, you can improve student attendance and, with it, raise academic achievement.

LE raises the academic achievement of students by developing teachers to take on leadership roles within their schools, thereby expanding the influence of these highly effective teachers.

They also expressed concern some schools were being persuaded by the appeal of a sales pitch to use various so - called neuroscience based teaching methods or products which had not been rigorously and scientifically tested and for which there was no peer - reviewed evidence they helped raise academic achievement.

This body of research, however, does not always identify how we can raise academic achievement or calculate the costs and benefits of investments that do so.

We know that one of the most effective ways to promote faster and more widely shared economic growth is to raise academic achievement and narrow socioeconomic - based achievement gaps.

It will serve up to 120 pupils when full and offers short term, highly personalised learning programmes to develop pupils personal and social skills, and raise their academic achievement en route to employment, training or a return to education.

Instead of fostering progress and accelerating academic improvement, many NCLB requirements have unintentionally become barriers to State and local implementation of forward - looking reforms designed to raise academic achievement.

Several studies of LSC reform conclude that site - based management under parent - majority LSCs successfully raised academic achievement.3 Further study showed that schools where LSCs were allowed to continue as the main policy - making body for the school after mayoral control was established in 1995 improved substantially more than schools where the district intervened and usurped LSC control.4