It must always remain a national priority to afford students from our poorest communities with
the same learning expectations as students from Silicon Valley.
It is also sometimes considered «equitable» to set
the same learning expectations for all students in the same year of school.
In school education, an «equitable» system could be defined as one in which all students are treated equally — for example, a system in which all students are given the same opportunities, exposed to the same school curriculum, taught by teachers with equivalent expertise, held to
the same learning expectations and provided with equivalent levels of resourcing and support.
Students begin each school year at very different stages in their learning and development, meaning that it is unrealistic to set
the same learning expectations for all students or to expect all students to be at the same point in their learning at the same time.
Not exact matches
In the
same way «once upon a time» tells us to expect a fairy tale and «here is the news» to expect a report on the day's significant activities, the «sui generis» approach to the gospels invited the
expectation that we would
learn about the early Church, not the life of a historical figure.
Probably the
same thing everybody else has had to
learn: you have to change your
expectations a little.
In the
same way that we do not expect a first grader to
learn calculus, it is important to understand what age appropriate behaviour is and to shape your
expectations of your child and your discipline (teaching) according to what a child can reasonably be expected to understand at any given age.
And, rather than expecting all students to master the
same curriculum content and to be at the
same point in their
learning at the
same time, excellent
learning progress (or growth) is an
expectation of every learner — even those who begin the school year at more advanced levels of attainment.
While she shared some of Carlsson - Paige's concerns around implementation pressures (mine too), she was quick to note that when she taught kindergarten eight years ago, «there was this
same expectation around students
learning all of their letters, sounds, and sight words and beginning to read early emergent text.
Besides high
expectations for student achievement, Lambe said small classes, providing all schools with the
same amount of resources, and solid community support also contribute to a high level of student
learning.
Courses that present the
same body of content and grade all students against the
same expectations regardless of their starting points tend to be inconsistent with a view of
learning as long - term progress.
The new computing curriculum has raised
expectations of what the teachers must teach and what the children must
learn, which is quite difficult, and coupled with the fact that the support we used to receive from the local authority (LA) has been significantly reduced, means that we were in a challenging situation, and I'm sure so many other schools are in the
same predicament.
«The leadership of Great Ouse Primary Academy is moving across from Margaret Beaufort and will bring the
same ethos of high
expectations, excellent results and a positive
learning environment that created such success there, and which are shared across SAF academies.
An alternative to simply holding all students in the
same year of school to the
same year - level
expectations and judging and grading them on how well they achieve those
expectations is to expect every student to make excellent progress in their
learning, regardless of their starting point.
The professional development of principals should match the
same expectations of classrooms: increased rigor and interaction among peers for more effective
learning.
From district leaders in our higher - performing settings, we have
learned that once standard
expectations for curriculum, instruction, and leadership are implemented and sustained with a reasonable degree of fidelity and quality, further improvement in the quality of teaching and
learning is unlikely to be gained by doing more of the
same.
There has long been a push to create a set of national norms so that when kids move from state to state, the
expectations of
learning remain the
same, and so that the math kids are required to know in California is the
same as Colorado is the
same as New York.
Much has changed in the schooling enterprise, but our
expectations for the principal remain the
same: He or she needs to be the educational visionary, offering direction and expertise to ensure that students
learn.
However, I challenged them, and they defied all
expectations by
learning the
same curriculum and taking the
same standardized tests as their peers in general education classes.
Through simple yet powerful principles — structuring for success, teaching
expectations, observing and monitoring, interacting positively, and correcting calmly — your staff can
learn to dispel problems and at the
same time create solutions to improve the climate of the entire classroom.
: The worst student to teacher ratios in the country; near the worst per pupil funding in the US; low starting salary schedules that shortchange new teachers so the oldest teachers can be overpaid, though all do the
same work; LIFO policies so that younger teachers are always fired first no matter how good they are and no matter how poor senior teachers are; teacher layoffs expected at every recession, with waves of recessions expected indefinitely; bad funding in the absence of recessions and worse funding in recessions; constant loading with additional requirements and
expectations; poor and worsening teacher morale; poor and worsening working conditions; ugly architecturally uninspired facilities and often trashy temporary classrooms; inadequate
learning materials, resources and technology; inadequate administrative support with the worst student / administrator ratios in the county; inadequate librarian, psychologist, behavioral specialist, counselor, nurse support due to the worst ratios; inadequate student discipline structures; and much more...
Taking the time to «practice, practice, practice» ensures everyone is on the
same page and clearly understands
expectations for transition in and out of both digital and non-digital
learning activities.
Creating the
same expectations for all students so families can understand exactly what every student should
learn
Overlay curriculum pacing guide with
expectation all students
learn at
same speed and do the
same work
* Teaching all of their students with disabilities in the
same way, in the
same classes, with the
same strategies, and with the
same learning and mastery
expectations — even though their educations are supposed to be individualized, and their disabilities may interfere with them
learning as quickly or as completely as their «typical» peers
Instead, students are generally treated as absolute equals with the
same academic and personal
expectation; all students are essentially expected to
learn the
same material in the
same manner (Golann, 2015; Lack, 2009; Thernstrom & Thernstrom, 2004).
«At the beginning, eBooks were given a pass when they weren't up to snuff, but we're happy to see that readers today expect the
same quality and accuracy in a digital product as they have
learned to expect from quality print books, and are vocal when their
expectations aren't met.»
«At the beginning, eBooks were given a pass when they weren't up to snuff, but we're happy to see that readers today expect the
same quality and accuracy in digital product as they have
learned to expect from quality print books, and are vocal when their
expectations aren't met.»
The result was an ingenious product that exceeded my
expectation and at the
same time I personally
learned a great deal about the process.
And that artist's fans and collectors purchase the new book, de rigueur, in much the
same way that an avid music fan might purchase a greatest - hits or a remixes album — out of love and loyalty and connoisseurship and the obsessively acquisitive collector's impulse, but with no real
expectation of
learning anything new.
The
same people are often disappointed when they
learn that I can't represent them (lawyers can only do so much free work after all), but that is a challenge for pro bono providers in
expectation management.
The skills that are needed are the
same that the couple will need to create a healthy marriage — to communicate effectively, to maintain reasonable
expectations of each other, to share in decision - making and to
learn how to set goals together.Once married, couples will be deciding about children, about financials, about where and how to live, about each other's family's involvement and dozens of other daily decisions.
We
learned so much during the weekly sessions before, so it is exciting that we aren't freaking out since Lara taught us proper
expectations for our relationship with each other and for dealing with a newborn baby at the
same time.