Sentences with phrase «recent curriculum program»

So when Seller and Miranda's father, Luis Miranda Jr., visited Gilder Lehrman's 45th Street office last summer, the institute's director of education, Tim Bailey, showed them a recent curriculum program he had written called Vietnam in Verse.

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Kelly's summary of the trends in the curriculum of Oberlin Seminary applies to many others as well: «The program of study was changing from the dogmatic to the practical, from the ecclesiocentric to the socio - centric... «34 More recent examinations show the continuation of these emphases in our time though they also show a revival of interest in systematic and exegetical theology and in the Biblical languages.

Simply stated, she believes it should recapture the strengths of the traditional public school system, incorporate a vigorous common curriculum and renounce many of the theories, practices, policies and programs that have constituted America's major education - reform emphases in recent years.

However, according to a recent Daily Report Card report, his plan is under attack by the left, many of whom complain of cultural bias in testing, and by the right, who fear any national testing program could lead to a national curriculum.

Increasing teacher leadership capacity has also seen a range of teacher - led curriculum programs emerge in recent years.

A recent Friedman Foundation report, for example, bemoaned testing requirements that «may force all participating schools to move in the direction of a single, monopolistic curriculum and pedagogy...» And analysts at the Cato Institute went so far as to send letters to Indiana private schools urging them not to participate in the state's new voucher program, which it called a «strategic defeat» for school reform, in part because of its testing and transparency requirements.

But recent revisions in the Program Performance Standards, which govern the quality of Head Start services, have begun to address weaknesses in teacher training as well as curricula.

Our recent research examines the evaluation of the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) program (Molnar, Smith, and Zahorik, 2000; Molnar et al., 2001; Zahorik, Molnar, Ehrle, & Halbach, 2000), an initiative that requires participating schools to maintain the student - teacher ratio in K — 3 classes at 15:1 and develop rigorous, standards - based academic curriculums.

Recent books include: Comprehensive Curriculum for Gifted Education (with Tamra Stambaugh), Curriculum for Gifted Students, Designing and Utilizing Evaluation for Gifted Program Improvement (with Annie Feng), Content - based Curriculum for Gifted Learners (with Catherine Little) and Curriculum Planning and Instructional Design for Gifted Learners.

«This model of learning helps bring curriculum to life, by making education more relevant to college and careers,» Steinberg said in a recent statement about the program.

Although packaged language development programs exist, recent research (Ong, 2010; Freeman & Freeman, 2009) shows that designing language instruction aligned to the core curriculum is ideal.

In recent years, his particular interests have included formative assessment, curriculum - embedded performance assessment, and new models for accountability assessment programs.

At the Law Society's recent Indigenous Law Issues program, Grant wedge, Executive Director, Policy, Equity & Public affairs asked panel members what ought to be included in an Indigenous issues curriculum for lawyers.

It's true that there have been some successes in spanning the divide in recent years — the involvement of a number of law professors in the CBA Futures project and the efforts on the Prairies to reduce duplication between the JD curriculum and the content of the Bar Admission program come to mind.

Two reports published in recent weeks have declared Chicago - Kent preeminent in using innovative curricula and programming to prepare students for the future of legal practice.

Her recent work focuses on early literacy development among children who are English language learners and evaluations of early childhood curricula, programs, and professional development aimed at supporting children's school readiness.

In recent years, Dr. McCaffree has developed curricula and implemented training programs for educators and other health professionals in South Africa, Zambia, Nigeria and the Philippines.

Recent federal grant programs have required or emphasized the development of kindergarten entry assessments: the Race To the Top Early Learning Challenge Act, the Preschool Development and Expansion grants, and a research grant to three consortia of states to develop appropriate, valid kindergarten readiness assessments.Children who transition to kindergarten from Head Start will be assessed in kindergarten, and how Head Start programs align to the state's definition of kindergarten readiness will impact choices of curricula and teaching practices, formative assessments, and other supports for children in the preschool years.

One recent theory - driven program in Sydney has delivered promising results in reducing intergroup bias, with a long - term impact — positive results sustained over a 12 month period — and as a pointer to how schools and teachers could reduce racism and discrimination via the curriculum.