Sentences with phrase «reporting less instruction»

Decreases in time devoted to foreign languages overall were less severe, with just 13 percent of principals reporting less instruction in this area.

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«If parents use 24 nappies and follow manufacturers» instructions to wash at 60 degrees C [140 degrees Fahrenheit] using an A-rated washing machine, they will have approximately 24 percent less impact on global warming than the report says,» said WEN's Ann Link.

A teacher survey revealed that teachers in those schools were significantly less likely to report that they provided tailored instruction for their students.

Further on, the AFT reports that charter schools spend more on administration and less on instruction than traditional schools.

With less than two months of instruction time left before summer vacation for most California schools, roughly half of the 3.2 million students expected to take the first online tests aligned with the Common Core State Standards have begun to do so, the California Department of Education reported Monday.

Also, teachers in higher - diversity schools report that teachers «leadership focused on collective responsibility for student learning is lower than that found in lowdiversity schools, and, again, that teachers in low - diversity schools are less likely to share norms around teaching and instruction.

In 2013, the California Department of Education reported alarmingly high rates of suspension and expulsions for black and brown boys in LAUSD, which meant these students were spending more time receiving discipline and less time receiving instruction.

As one of the major Wallace - funded studies reports, central offices need to be transformed so that the work of teaching and learning improvement can proceed.44 That is to say central offices need to «re-culture» themselves so they focus less on administration and more on supporting principals to improve instruction.

A 2004 report from the Education Commission of the States found that nationally, takeovers tend to improve administrative and financial practices but have less of an effect on classroom instruction.

FastBridge uses technology to automate the scoring, data entry, analysis, and reporting — so teachers spend less time engaged in assessment and more time engaged with instruction.

For example, teachers in one district were struggling with their district's report card format, as their new approach to instruction focuses less on teaching skills and standards in isolation and more on holistic knowledge - building.

A recent U.S. Department of Education study on school spending reported that in central cities - where greater numbers of students live in poverty and it costs more to educate them than non-poor students - schools must spend a greater portion of limited funds on instruction and less on repairing buildings or buying / repairing equipment, which has led to often - dangerous infrastructure conditions.

* In most states, charter school districts reported spending less money per pupil than traditional public schools on instruction, student support services and teacher salaries.

We find that ELL teachers report coverage very similar to general education teachers but that SWD teachers quite consistently report substantially less well - aligned instruction, especially reflecting content below grade level.

Jerenze Campbell, reporting from his viewpoint as a principal coach in Maryland's Prince George's County Public Schools, describes the constant barrage of new initiatives — and the endless meetings and trainings that come along with them — that have resulted in less time to focus on students and classroom instruction.

Teachers reported that from 1996 to 2000, 18 percent of 8th graders moved from having less than four hours of mathematics instruction each week to four or more hours a week, and from 2005 to 2011, another 6 percent of students started receiving five or more hours of math each week.

They reported a calmer and less emotional classroom atmosphere with an increase in instruction time.

Research on meditation in diverse populations of adults has accumulated sufficiently to provide convincing high - level evidence for reproducible benefits of meditation in mental health and pain management.69 — 71 In addition, data suggest that greater levels of mindfulness in adulthood may mitigate some of the negative health effects of adverse childhood experiences.72 The literature in children and youth, however, is less developed and, although suggestive of benefit, is just beginning to emerge.73 — 76 To provide the highest level of available evidence regarding the specific effect (s) attributable to meditation instruction for children and youth, conclusions in this report are based on findings from RCTs with active control conditions.

In 2015, a controlled study had couples who, via instruction, doubled their amount of sex were no happier the with their baseline rate and in fact reported enjoying sex less.

One of its less - heralded components was an instruction regarding the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), the case - level data collection process that connects county and state child welfare agencies to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).