Sentences with phrase «rigorous curriculum which»

Teaching a rigorous curriculum which combines the school's standards, Georgia Core standards, and national standards.

«The answer is to ensure that as many children as possible have access to an academically rigorous curriculum which gives them a sound platform on which to base their future educational and career choices.»

In a report released Thursday, Flanagan recommended that the state Education Department to allocate money from its existing budget to support teachers as they transition to curriculum aligned to the Common Core, a rigorous curriculum which promotes critical thinking and problem solving.

Not exact matches

First, several small but notable Christian colleges (unmentioned by Epstein) still promote the liberal arts through their rigorous core curriculums: Thomas Aquinas College (which offers one degree: B.A. in the liberal arts), the University of Dallas, and Calvin College all deserve mentions.

Students receive one of the world's most rigorous curriculums at the Perelman School of Medicine, and our faculty's interdisciplinary research leads to new approaches to treating disease, which ultimately provides patients with most advanced, personalized care.

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).

The Department for Education insists that every school must have a rigorous whole - school literacy policy which is implemented systematically across the curriculum, that all teachers view themselves as teachers of literacy and language regardless of their subject specialism and that all schools must do everything possible to ensure pupils can read.

In order to take these tests and graduate with a diploma, students had to have access to a rigorous curriculum and be included in courses in which they may not have participated in before.

That model, I think, is now well known across the state: standards - based curriculum, radically better assessments,... a fair but rigorous accountability system which, as you know, the Regents will soon put into regulations creating the framework of evaluation for principals and teachers.

The new Sats have been created to assess children's grasp of the recently introduced primary school national curriculum, which is considered to be more rigorous than the previous one.

Why design education in schools needs to be sustained is powerfully articulated in the excellent Design and Technology curriculum Purpose of Study, which bears quoting in full: «Design and technology is an inspiring, rigorous and practical subject.

As long as Christian schools in California are offering academically rigorous and substantive courses — which, from the looks of the curricula they submitted and my interviews with faculty, students, and parents, they are — there is no reason they should be subjected to a different standard.

We have seen urban public schools successfully adopt many charter school «secrets,» including the nine - hour school day (e.g., United for Success Academies in Oakland); a rigorous, standard curriculum (e.g., the more than a dozen Chicago public schools that offer the International Baccalaureate); merit pay (e.g., the Washington, D.C., system); and the regular use of teacher video in professional development and evaluation (e.g., the Houston system, which was using video in this way as early as the 1980s).

The Common Core, which has been adopted by 45 states including New York, is described as a more rigorous curriculum intended to better prepare students for college and career.

«That is why we are replacing failing schools with sponsored academies, which are proven to raise standards, opening new free schools where parents want them and introducing a more rigorous curriculum, with qualifications that match the world's best.»

The AVID curriculum, based on rigorous standards, is driven by the WICOR method, which stands for Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading.

Sound and rigorous curriculum has the potential to shape the quality of student thinking, reasoning, and questioning, which are essential components of the Common Core State Standards.

For these reasons Trinity offers a rigorous yet flexible curriculum enhanced with a wide range of interdisciplinary programs and special opportunities, all of which are designed to provide real world experiences, increase international exposure and understanding, and instill the values required for global citizenship and making a difference.

A new report from the Alliance for Excellent Education examines how implementing rigorous and engaging curriculum aligned with college - and career - ready standards fosters positive school climates in which students are motivated to succeed, achievement gaps narrow, and learning and outcomes improve.

These included a strong vision of and value for public education in which almost Finnish children participate as the creator of Finland's future society; resulting high status for the country's teaching profession whose members are stringently selected through rigorous university - based teacher education programs that confer Masters degrees on all of them; a widespread culture of collaboration in curriculum development among teachers in each school district; an equally robust culture of collaboration among all partners in strong local municipalities where most curriculum and other policy decisions are made; and a system of widespread cooperation and trust instead of US - style test - based accountability.

«Their legislation seeks to change teacher licensing standards from requiring that teachers pass a Praxis exam to requiring that they pass the much more rigorous North Carolina Foundations of Reading and General Curriculum tests, which are based on Massachusetts» MTEL teacher licensure exam.»

Pennsylvania students in grades 6 to 12 can attend 21CCCS, which provides a rigorous and personalized curriculum, highly qualified instructional staff and a supportive educational community.

The Cambridge / AICE Program is an internationally - recognized, pre-university curriculum which offers a rigorous and relevant program of studies and is sponsored by Cambridge University in England.

Through rigorous and relevant curriculum, which combines theory, applied research and interactive learning experiences, graduates leave the program prepared to address the unique challenges faced in K - 12, higher education or professional environments.

Through advanced technology tools and a rigorous curriculum, Georgia Connections Academy's Georgia - certified teachers work closely with students to develop individualized learning plans which nurture strengths and provide additional support for areas of difficulty.

Our Online programs utilize a number of curriculum partners and tools which provide rigorous instruction for scholars in an online environment.

And higher standards, of course, don't guarantee better student achievement, which depends on effective curricula, quality teaching, useful assessment and rigorous accountability.

So we must continue to overhaul how we recruit, train, evaluate, and reward teachers; develop stronger, more - entrepreneurial school leaders; expand the number of high - quality school options for all kids; provide all kids with rigorous college preparatory curricula; make parents the lead decision - makers in education and given them the tools they need to make smart decisions for their kids; and build cultures of genius in which the potential of all kids can be nurtured.

Sela will offer children a rigorous dual language curriculum in which students will develop greater literacy skills through the acquisition of two languages.

This study identified three essential tasks — building community, reinventing curriculum, and generating knowledge about change — which small learning communities must take up in order to become intimate and rigorous learning communities.

School directors had a few questions about the curriculum, which Mauser said is rigorous and includes foreign language starting in kindergarten.

«That's why we are raising standards with a rigorous new curriculum, world class exams and new accountability system that rewards those schools which help every child to achieve their best.»

BCS» academic program, which includes character development, project - based learning and a rigorous international curriculum, prepares our students beyond standardized testing - they are becoming 21st century global leaders.»

This is all coinciding with more rigorous academic standards, known as the Common Core, which require whole new curriculums in some cases.

«I am committed to carrying out the vision and mission of Mater Brighton Lakes Charter School, which is to provide our students with a viable educational choice that offers an innovative, rigorous, and seamless college preparatory curriculum.»

The Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) curriculum is a rigorous four - year program which provides a broad - based education to all students.

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS • Successfully adapted already administered curriculum to adapt to the individual needs of students, 4 years in a row • Conducted rigorous training sessions to help other teachers translate lesson plans into actual learning experiences for students • Established standards of behavior for students which helped achieve a functional learning atmosphere in class • Implemented a program dubbed Students First, which proved influential in assisting students solve health, attitude and learning problems

NRFC relies on multiple avenues to share information including: the fatherhood.gov website, media campaigns, social media, virtual trainings, outreach and presentations at events, written products to advance the fields of responsible fatherhood research and practice, and a National Call Center for fathers and responsible fatherhood practitioners.10 In addition, the ACF's Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is implementing several research and evaluation projects, including the Building Bridges and Bonds (B3), the Parents and Children Together (PaCT) Responsible Fatherhood Evaluation, the Fatherhood and Marriage Local Evaluation and Cross-Site (FaMLE Cross-Site) project, and the Ex-Prisoner Reentry Strategies Study, all of which partner with Responsible Fatherhood programs.11 OPRE also awards grants to fund research on Healthy Marriage / Responsible Fatherhood, and provides information on the curricula used by Healthy Marriage / Responsible Fatherhood grantees through its Strengthening Families Curriculum Guide.12 To promote rigorous evaluation, strengthen the field of fatherhood research, and share information on effective fatherhood research and evaluation practices, OPRE funded the Fatherhood Research and Practice Network (FRPN).13 FRPN provides grants to study responsible fatherhood programs, develops and shares measurement instruments for use in fatherhood program evaluations, and provides training and technical assistance to practitioners and researchers through webinars, written documents, and its Researcher and Practitioner Forum.14