Sentences with phrase «raising teaching standards»

She set up her business precisely to help schools improve by raising teaching standards and therefore welcomes the recent DfE guidance on standards for teachers» professional development.

As the nation's top educator, Riley promoted initiatives to raise teaching standards and student achievement.

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hey G, I am acquainted with your theory there... it is called Preterism... it is the standard interpretation of Revelation given by liberals... I walked away from that belief and the church I was raised in when I found out what they are teaching... Nope, the book of revelation is not a «code» for the events of the day at the time of the fall of Jerusalem.

We who teach in seminaries, colleges and universities often hear the issue of standards and excellence raised.

For the most part I was not raised in the orthodox christian church so that doctrine was never much of a problem for me but it is standard teaching for the Baptist, Penetecostals ect....

Character Education: ICLS 105/5 27 - 12 (2005) requires teachers to teach students «respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, trustworthiness, and citizenship, in order to raise pupils» honesty, kindness, justice, discipline, respect for others, and moral courage» to lessen crimes and raise the standard of good character.

He is committed to constantly upgrading his teaching skills and raising standards.

As I have written before on Total Politics, a campaign to expand parents» and pupils» understanding of what the country's best schools teach and expect will also help to raise standards.

«We know that giving schools more freedom over how they teach and how they run and organise their schools can help to raise standards.

I can assure Balls that his policies on Licence to Practise and school report cards would have made as little contribution to raising standards of teaching and learning as Gove's free schools and new academies are likely to do.

The school has also not been able to raise the standard of teaching and learning over a number of years, which has left up to about 80 percent of second and third - year students unable to properly...

«The Chief Inspector is right to send a clear warning about the Government's obsession with further structural changes as being the way to raise standards for pupils; what matters is creating the conditions in which teachers can focus on teaching and learning, without unnecessary and wasteful distractions.

Hawkins» platform includes a call for a $ 15 hourly minimum wage rate, a ban on hydrofracking, using government money to hire unemployed workers for public projects, a single - payer healthcare program, rejecting the Common Core teaching standards (and the federal money that came with them), refiguring school aid to give more help to poorer districts and raising taxes on the richest New Yorkers.

Recent data show states that have adopted the new learning standards and raised standards for teaching show significant gains in student performance.

Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said improving the quality of teaching was the way to raise standards and described the Conservative pledge as «a terrifying admission of failure».

In that area, «you're not only teaching the students to a good level, you're also trying to raise the whole standard of the whole establishment,» he says.

It's insidious in that when people come to consider teaching, they see that teacher salaries are becoming less and less competitive and we know you can't raise standards without attracting the best people into teaching.»

However, the suggestion of forced academisation drew heavy criticism from teaching unions and the Labour Party, who argued that there was no clear evidence that academy conversion actually raised standards and it would be a waste of money to force successful local authority run schools to convert.

In 1982, when I was the president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, I proposed raising standards for all teaching fields to a level that would assure competence in content and pedagogy.

The more that we can do to show people that teaching is complex, that's it's admirable, and that it's really a profession that involves a lot of skills and knowledge, the more we can raise the standard for what teaching looks like and who's attracted to it.»

As Cohen and Walsh say in closing, «State involvement promises to raise standards for the teaching profession to a degree that would be impossible for districts at the bargaining table.»

Most of the nearly 50 people interviewed for this series believe that staff development can be improved, and that it must be if the standard of teaching in public schools is to be raised.

School financing policies should be driven by an analysis of what it costs to raise the bar and close the gap in student achievement, bringing teaching and learning opportunities in all schools up to a high standard.

Tasked with developing leaders At the forefront of this school - led system has been the creation of a national network of teaching schools: outstanding schools with responsibility for developing leaders and teachers and a significant role in the drive to raise standards.

The hope is that, over time, more students will reach the standards as schools raise expectations and improve teaching and learning.

The same day, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan outlined a policy manifesto that would raise standards in schools, tackle failure and improve the quality of teaching in this country.

I want to get the basics right and let teachers get on with teaching so we can continue to raise standards.

«We are raising standards across the country so that every child can go to a good school where they are taught the knowledge and skills they need for future success and we're investing # 5.8 billion to create even more good school places.

«The standard of teaching and learning music has definitely been raised!»

By using a range of strategies, we raise the level of thinking in schools working in partnership to raise the standard of teaching and of learning, improving outcomes and increasing opportunities for all of those whose futures are so dependent upon the public education system.

State involvement promises to raise standards for the teaching profession to a degree that would be impossible for districts at the bargaining table.

And is it raising the standards and performance of the teaching profession and the achievement of students?

«To prepare our kids for the global digital world, we needed to first raise the level of cognitive demand in our standards, and then we needed to start teaching the skill sets that the corporate members of the partnership — the Microsofts, the Intels, the Ciscos, the Dells, and the Apples — had clearly identified.»

Collaborative teaching, a resourceful approach to main streaming, is a keystone of this school's plan to raise the achievement of special education students and move them into the era of state standards - based education.

Latest figures show more students with ATARs under 50 are being admitted to teaching degrees, raising questions about minimum entry standards from the Australian Education Union (AEU).

Latest figures show more students with ATARs under 50 are being admitted to teaching degrees, raising questions about minimum entry standards from the Australian Education Union.

Developing a high - quality teaching profession and creating inspirational leaders to help raise standards are among the aims of a new national education plan launched by Kirsty Williams today (Tues 26th Sept).

Our mission is «to help raise the standards of 21st century teaching, training and learning across the entire learning life - cycle within Australasia and Asia - Pac».

Do you want to include more whole novels in your teaching in order to fire pupils» imagination and to support raising standards?

The report of the Committee to Study Certification, released earlier this month, also details recommendations to raise the state's certification standards and improve the quality of the teaching ranks, such as by requiring periodic testing of teacher candidates during their training.

• The teaching profession should be strengthened by raising standards for training, entry, and professional growth.

Government sources have told the BBC that leading educationalists in the US have had to face similar issues to their contemporaries in England, not just in raising standards but in responding to the demands of teaching unions.

As Chairman of the Senate Education Committee and later as Senate Speaker Pro Tempore, Jamie was a key leader in efforts to identify and support effective teaching, overhaul Tennessee's K - 12 education funding formula, raise academic standards for Tennessee students, turn around low - performing schools, and expand high - quality public charter schools in Tennessee.

Serving for both of President Clinton's terms, Riley helped to launch many historic initiatives to raise academic standards, improve instruction for the poor and disadvantaged, modernize schools, expand grant and loan programs for higher education, and improve teaching, among other significant advances.

Ensure the procedures for self - evaluation and review are consistent across the Academy and effective in raising standards through sustained and continuous improvement of teaching and learning.

PRP in teaching is not about raising standards.

The aim of IFERI is to contribute to raising standards of literacy in the English language based on robust research and high - quality instruction in the teaching of reading, spelling and writing.

She mentors and supports new Headteachers and has particular expertise in leadership and management, raising standards in teaching, learning and assessment, strategic planning.

«For less than 1 percent of what our nation spends on education each year, we've convinced nearly every state in the country to raise their standards for teaching and learning — the first time that's happened in a generation,» said Obama, referencing the Common Core.

At the core of these efforts is a call to rethink the practice of teaching in ways that would raise standards, increase student achievement, reshape curricula, and restructure the way schools operate.