Sentences with phrase «rigorous academic pressures»
I am dedicated to protecting early childhood from the demands of rigorous academic pressures and standardized tests, and promoting the value of play and its role in the learning process.
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Not only are there social pressures and additional obligations such as sports or after - school jobs, but the academic requirements are much more rigorous than previous years.
Speaking at the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) conference, she said: «Time and time again over recent years, young people - and the people who teach them - have spoken out about how a rigorous culture of testing and academic pressure is detrimental to their mental health.
Via NY Times by Motoko Rich Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced on Thursday that states could delay the use of test results in teacher - performance ratings by another year, an acknowledgment, in effect, of the enormous pressures mounting on the nation's teachers because of new academic standards and more rigorous standardized testing.