Sentences with phrase «reflect classroom reality»

The Advocate Guest column: School choice data doesn't reflect classroom reality As school choice continues to gain support, we must broaden the conversation about effectiveness to include more than scores, and we must seek access to more data that can help us determine not just how students are performing in math and reading, but what effect expanding educational options has on them beyond graduation.

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More than any other school show, it attempted to reflect the realities of an urban classroom during years of radical change.

While on the surface, schools suggest initiatives that promote an individual's freedom to critically think, reflect, challenge, and be challenged, though the reality is that there is very little room for true criticism or reflection in the classroom; the focus of education is not on challenging students, but rather on explicating absolute skills that can be translated in something that can be effectively numerated and explicitly bought.

In reality, however, this underrepresentation reflects the education system's own failure to identify such kids and counsel them into a sufficiency of classrooms, schools, and programs — a failure that inevitably advantages upper middle class youngsters with pushy, well - educated, well - connected parents.

As teachers who have taught under No Child Left Behind (NCLB)- the well - intentioned but flawed reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)- we have seen this law fail to reflect the realities of the classroom and the need of our students.

It's not clear, however that this stereotypical view reflects the reality of East Asian classrooms or that the educational goals in these countries are commensurable with those in Western countries.

Most teachers agree that poverty is no excuse for lousy schooling; much of our work is about proving that the potential of our students and communities can be fulfilled when their needs are met and the reality of their lives is reflected in our schools and classrooms.

This publication highlights a series of video clips in which participants in a recent Reform Support Network convening of the Teacher and Leader Effectiveness / Standards and Assessment Community of Practice reflect on the work of translating college - and career - ready standards from policy adoption by States to reality in the classroom.

We must update the foundation formula to reflect the realities of the modern classroom and give every student the opportunity to succeed.