Sentences with phrase «read by other schools»

Afanasiw and her colleagues in the English department at Silver Lake Regional High School in Kingston, Massachusetts, investigated books read by other schools and communities.

Not exact matches

The book, Swimmy, by Leo Lionni, which Kalin read with the careful intonation of an elementary school teacher, is about a small fish that bands together with other fish to scare away a hungry tuna.

Economic Value Management has been selected as a Featured Book Recommendation or «Recommended Read» by numerous publications including, among others, Harvard Business School's HBS Working Knowledge, CEO Refresher, Directors Monthly, Global CEO, The Corporate Board, The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, Valuation Issues, On Philanthropy, Accounting Today, Cost Management, and The Journal of Accounting and Finance.

Nobody thought much of religions other than Christianity; as was obvious by our public school pledge — which admonished us all to be good Christian citizens... Sure, I had questions too, but our church was pretty low - key so I was safe from some of the more radically - minded (read: brainwashed) of my peers.

And Protestants possessed a sense of unity as well, mostly when confronted by Catholics seeking public money for parochial schools or Jews seeking to oust Bible readings from public schools and other practices that seemed to cross the church - state line.

I read this article by charisma magazine which i thought was well written which is pro Women preaching http://www.charismamag.com/blogs/fire-in-my-bones/16851-why-i-defend-women-preachers This debate is an on going one John Piper who i respect as a bible preacher believes that scripture is clear women shouldnt have authority over men or teach in the church some go as far as saying women shouldnt preach in sunday school if the classes are mixed.Personally i think times are changing and i say that because i have a women manager she has authority over me and other men so if we follow the biblical example i shouldnt allow myself to be in that situation which is just crazy thinking.

Children in Waldorf schools and in Finland don't learn to read until age 7, and they catch up to other kids by age 11.

I have not used them, but reading about how T is starting to like hugging and other things you mentioned made me think about theratogs and how it is also supposed to be helpful to kids who have sensory needs by providing hugging type feelings which calm them (like at school when you can't give him a hug yourself).

When schools are run by government bureaucrats... the details of 9th - Grade biology classes, the propriety of patriotic rituals & religious observances, speech / dress / behavior codes... and every other possible issue — from how to teach math & reading... to vending machine contents & cafeteria menus — becomes a POLITICAL issue.

Better parenting practices and increased reading and other language - related activities at home help positively affect school readiness by creating bonds, promoting self - regulation and self - confidence, and engaging in the interactions that stimulate communication and learning.

So why do some books that aren't) of obvious (at least to me) interest to most high school students placed on reading lists, and why are others of much greater interest (as judged by sales and / or library borrowings) ignored?

«We believe there are more suitable places for this stop, such as near parking lots, on wider streets that are less residential and not close to schools, parks or other facilities frequented by children,» read the letter to DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik - Khan and Dave Leach, Greyhound's president.

The statement read by Nevergold was just the latest twist in a longstanding feud between Paladino and the board president, who fall on opposite sides of a divided school board and have both previously attempted to have each other removed from office.

Being a responsible student, maintaining an interest in school and having good reading and writing skills will not only help a teenager get good grades in high school but could also be predictors of educational and occupational success decades later, regardless of IQ, parental socioeconomic status or other personality factors, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

While parents use DVDs and other media in an attempt to teach their infants to read, these tools don't instill reading skills in babies, a study by researchers at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development has found.

Other benefits highlighted by these stakeholders included: Literacy and numeracy assessments can be used to celebrate learning, identify strengths, needs, barriers to learning and allow teachers to make informed and objective judgements about learning; Focusing teachers» and schools» attention on the need for phonics to be taught explicitly and systematically to achieve the necessary level of word reading skills that are required to develop skilled reading; Early identification of children with learning difficulties or [those who] need additional instruction.

Like all the other students in Joanna Ecke's American - literature class at Wilton High School here, Sister M. Andrina Logan dutifully carries her textbook to class four days a week and does the required readings by Mark Twain, Henry David Thoreau, and Benjamin Franklin.

Buoyed by its findings, two Colorado legislators — one Republican, the other a Democrat — introduced a bill in May that would pay first - through fifth - graders in high - risk schools $ 2 for each book they read and for which they pass a comprehension quiz.

States should seize the possibilities for more innovative approaches to school improvement posed by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaces a law much criticized for its heavy - handed federal role and for focusing schools heavily on teaching for low - level multiple - choice tests in reading and math to the neglect of other subject areas and higher - level skills.

A 2005 study by the Public Policy Institute of California found the improvement in reading «so definitive that San Diego's efforts are well worth a look by other school districts in California and the nation.»

I hope that his comments will be read by the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court and others who fatuously contend that while the state can not aid the religious segment of private - school programs, it can aid the secular phase.

Staff visited other MI schools, such as the New City School, in St. Louis; they brought in MI education consultants like David Lazear and Gloria Lapin; they attended workshops, events, and lectures by MI gurus such as the head of New City School Tom Hoerr; and they read books like Teaching and Learning Through Multiple Intelligences, by Bruce and Linda Campbell and Dee Dickinson.

But not for all the usual reasons that people raise concerns: the worry about whether we've got good measures of teacher performance, especially for instructors in subjects other than reading and math; the likelihood that tying achievement to evaluations will spur teaching to the test in ways that warp instruction and curriculum; the futility of trying to «principal - proof» our schools by forcing formulaic, one - size - fits - all evaluation models upon all K — 12 campuses; the terrible timing of introducing new evaluation systems at the same time that educators are working to implement the Common Core.

Finally, this research helps demonstrate that schools produce important educational outcomes other than those captured by math and reading test scores, and that it is possible for researchers to collect measures of those other outcomes.

Given the new demands levied by the Common Core standards, teammates and ’14 master's degree graduates Taylor Percival, Michelle Skinner, and Jessica Yarmosky are busy with CommonLit, a free online library for middle school teachers to help them easily find news articles, poetry, and other short texts aligned with the Common Core curriculum that help build reading skills across a wide array of abilities.

And read The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander, who among many other things, pointed out at our Law School last month that while public school buildings crumble, new prisons School last month that while public school buildings crumble, new prisons school buildings crumble, new prisons gleam.

But if Tucker had read the chapter on Shanghai, he would have found a description of a system by which «students choose schools in other neighborhoods by paying a sponsorship fee.

By juxtaposing counts of the most frequently required readings with the absence or near - absence of others, we were able to provide a first portrait of what future teachers are — and are not — learning at leading schools of education.

The school consulted with students, teachers and parents, explored research (including the work of Alfie Kohn and John Hattie), read articles by Joe Bower on abolishing homework, and looked at policies in other jurisdictions — all of which informed the decision to stop setting formal homework.

Please Stop Laughing at Me, by Jodee Blanco: A «must read» for educators dealing with bullying and other violent situations in schools.

For example, some states prohibited districts from spending Title I on school climate supports, counselors, science, or other costs other than reading and math, even though that wasn't required by federal law and didn't reflect state policy priorities.

By the high - school years, moreover, achievement levels range widely: some students still need basic reading and arithmetic, while others crave university - level coursework and Intel science competitions.

Read more about charters in Arizona and the other Four Corners states in «In Defense of Education's «Wild West»» from our Spring 2018 issue, or learn more about charter schools by visiting our topics page.

Like some other states, Alabama requires schools to choose reading curricula from a short list of programs that have been certified by the state as based on scientific reading research.

Morton's view is shared by leaders in many other states, where thousands of Reading First elementary schools have reported unprecedented progress closing the «literacy gap» among the poor.

61 per cent of pupils on free school meals reached the expected standard in reading in KS1 assessments by age 7, compared to 78 per cent of other pupils

Not only does she give them the time at home to read by not assigning other homework, but she also makes books readily available: Around school, there are book baskets in the halls.

A long - awaited inspection of the federal Reading First program found today that federal education officials may have steered the grant - application process for the $ 1 billion - a-year initiative to ensure that particular reading programs and instructional approaches were widely used by participating schools, and that others were essentially shReading First program found today that federal education officials may have steered the grant - application process for the $ 1 billion - a-year initiative to ensure that particular reading programs and instructional approaches were widely used by participating schools, and that others were essentially shreading programs and instructional approaches were widely used by participating schools, and that others were essentially shut out.

Other prizes include author - led writing workshops and Premier League trophy school visits, as well as winning poems being read aloud by football stars.

The latest performance data for primary schools shows that the gap between disadvantaged pupils and others in a combined measure of English, reading and mathematics has decreased in each of the last six years, narrowing by 1.3 per cent in the latest year and 10.5 per cent since 2011.

To be considered highly qualified as an elementary school teacher who is new to the profession, you must also have demonstrated subject knowledge and teaching skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and other areas of the basic elementary school curriculum by passing a rigorous state test.

Fischer and Blatt offer other examples of the range and depth of information on the Usable Knowledge site: how school systems can become «data wise,» by using test results to improve instruction; why education leaders need to overcome the universal «immunity to change» in order to move their organizations forward; how «teaching for understanding» is driving innovative use of distance learning for professional development; and what new insights from research brought a truce to the «reading wars.»

By contrast, government - run schools turn the curriculum, what books are read, and what values are taught into political decisions, which can pit factions against each other and create winners and losers.

In 2003, Thorstenson began laying the groundwork to implement a PLC at Work model by having her whole staff read Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap: Whatever It Takes by the DuFours and two other co-authors, and by meeting with the school board, teachers, parents, administrators and union leaders to achieve consensus on going forward with the model.

Among 4th graders in math, parity is observed in one model, but private schools outperform public schools by 2 and 3 points in the other two models; in 4th - grade reading, private schools have an advantage that ranges from 7 to 10 points.

This is consistent with a number of studies that show larger effects in math than in reading, presumably because reading achievement is more strongly influenced by family and other factors besides schooling.

Eric Hanushek, joined by nationally recognized school finance lawyer Alfred Lindseth: Since about 1970, the achievement levels of U.S. students on the reading and math tests of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have remained largely flat despite massive financial and other efforts to improve them.

Educational policy makers, who were in high school 20 - 30 years ago, remember a classroom that no longer exists — one with students quietly reading while the English teacher grades essays and one with students checking each others» math papers while abiding by the honor system.

Results Time spent in small group instruction for reading distinguished the most effective schools from the other schools in the study and was offered by teachers in these schools as a reason for their success.

In contrast to statistically nonsignificant differences for the teachers within levels of school effectiveness, these statistically significant differences among teachers across schools suggest that a teacher's preferred style of interacting with students is a teaching dimension which is less well influenced by the practice of others at the school level than other dimensions of teaching being investigated in our study (e.g., time spent by students in independent reading, or degree of home communication).