Sentences with phrase «school curriculum already»

If a law school curriculum already has such a requirement, this is a ripe opportunity for academic law librarians to seize.

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Because beyond his typically bombastic proclamation that «it's already too late» for most women to become programmers is a much more important message: Computer science ought to be a basic part of school curriculum, giving both male and female students early exposure to an increasingly important skill set in today's economy.

(1) To address the coding skills gap and help prepare more people for jobs in software development, Apple created a powerful yet easy - to - learn coding language called Swift (TM), the free Swift Playgrounds (TM) app and a free curriculum, App Development with Swift, which are available to anyone and are already being used by millions of students at K - 12 schools, summer camps and leading community colleges across the country.

When I was teaching at the New School already 50 years ago, graduate students were dropping out of the field because they couldn't fit reality into the curriculum.

We have already made some big steps forward as part of our School Food Plan; Michael Gove has taken on board our advice to make cooking compulsory in the curriculum from September 2014.

Each individual school should have the freedom to shape the whole curriculum to their particular pupils» aspirations and priorities — a freedom already enjoyed by the growing numbers of Academies and Free

In her role as a monitor for the East Ramapo schools, George - Fields helped the district and school board in thinking through what programs were already in place and creating a plan for progress and change, particularly in terms of curriculum and instruction.

Plans are already underway to turn Hughes elementary into the Syracuse Latin School, which will offer a classical curriculum to high - achieving students who pass an admissions exam.

I had also already reached many levels of career success: I had two graduate degrees in curriculum and leadership, had become a school administrator, and had increased my salary by $ 50,000.

1decision, part of the Headway family of learning resources, already delivers its PSHE programme for 5 - 8 year olds to over 150 primary schools across 31 UK counties — and has now released its offer for the Key Stage 2 curriculum.

It should consider many factors such as IT that already exists in the school, finance, curriculum and pupil age, to create a holistic strategy for the 21st Century.

Already, we have witnessed examples of schools bringing programming aspects of the new Computing curriculum to life through investment in robotics and similar control systems.

Jones and her research team, using the SEL curriculum they'd already developed for schools, have now created just that kind of aligned intervention, called SECURe Families — a set of workshops for parents that mirror the strategies children are learning in schools.

How many voucher schools were already aligned with the state curriculum and / or administered the state test?

Now at the end of the first year of the study, Margolis has already observed how pressure to increase standardized test scores at the largely Latino school has edged «extras» like computer programming out of the curriculum.

«I definitely think if there were stories in my classes or things in relation to gender in the curriculum, it would have made my social transition in middle school much easier because the topic would have been known and most questions would have already surfaced instead of me being the lab rat for everyone.»

Many school leaders have argued that schools were struggling to fit in time for other subjects due to an «already tight curriculum».

But a premium should be placed on helping teachers rigorously implement the curricula that schools have already purchased and are using.

Green Lane Diary also followed core environmental education already embedded in schools» curricula.

Introducing the outdoors into an already busy school curriculum can seem like an impossible challenge, but with the right planning and a whole school approach significant progress can be made that makes a real difference, not only to the health and well - being of the school population, but also to their attainment.

When Maine's one - to - one laptop program for middle schools came along nine years later, King was primed to elevate its already innovative curriculum to a new level.

Gifted students, for instance, often spend half the school day or more learning curriculum they already know — hardly the conditions for excellence to blossom.

He also said that there will be no new tests or assessment for primary schools and no changes to the national curriculum, GCSE or A levels for the remainder of this parliament, beyond those already announced.

Colégio Bandeirantes (http://colband.net.br/), one of the 6 Brazilian schools that participated of the Project, already focused the formation of global citizens before the project and reinforced the global dimension of the curriculum afterwards.

Schools agree to implement the RCCP curriculum for at least a year before beginning peer mediation, which will reinforce the problem - solving skills already being developed in classrooms.

Most teachers believe that the new standards promise better learning for their students, and a majority say that their schools have already made progress toward implementing the standards, including relevant curriculum changes and professional development.

Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said: «Primary schools are already under immense pressure from having to introduce an untried baseline assessment scheme this year alongside a new primary curriculum, and new tests at the end of key stage 2.

Though UC's rules aren't affecting a great number of students right now, because they apply only if a school submits proposals for new curricula, ACSI's Burt Carney believes it is only a matter of time before the university goes after the 150 or so schools in California that already offer these classes.

Included in the curriculum that Nida already has piloted on four boards are lessons on aligning the budget with school goals and «working with the school leader.»

Gaynord says although schools were already covering most of the elements of the new curriculum, the Computer Science component was something new.

This inevitably led to being stuck in those dreadful back - to - school lines with my future students, which was doubly frustrating because I had brought it on myself and because I already had enough to think about with my curriculum to get the new school year started right.

Sex and relationship education is already compulsory in all maintained secondary schools and we expect academies and free schools to teach it as part of the curriculum.

National school systems already have buildings, trained teachers, and an established curriculum.

The positive impact of 3D printing on school curriculum has already been well - documented.

And it protects public education from a nightmare scenario already developing in many schools, described by one teacher from California and relayed by Weingarten to the audience: «Within a couple of years, «we start testing on standards we're not teaching with curriculum we don't have on computers that don't exist.»»

Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders union, said many secondary schools already had strategies and tests to ensure pupils moving up from primary had the basic skills for the secondary curriculum.

Solomon said organizers also took into account that Summit already has a presence at several public schools in Oakland, providing coaching and training in its methodology and curriculum, which emphasizes coursework and opportunities related to individual student interests and abilities.

By the time my daughter was nearing kindergarten age, I had already spent nearly 50 years in schools: 20 as a student; 8 as a teacher; and 20 as an education policymaker and adviser to schools and school systems, especially in the area of standards and curriculum.

As advocated by Russ Whitehurst and Matt Chingos, the search for more effective curriculum materials can yield outsized bang - for - the - buck, because schools are already buying textbooks and better textbooks do not cost more on average than less effective ones.

Already class sizes are increasing, school staff levels are being cut or jobs not being replaced, subjects are disappearing from the curriculum and materials and resources are scarce.

The reception curriculum is already at risk of being narrowed and formalised — Ofsted's Bold Beginnings report is a clear pointer in that direction, and Baseline will steer schools towards the same limited idea of practice.

Many schools are already incorporating components, or entire programs, of social - emotional learning curricula.

Free schools, with more than 250 already open and more than 150 approved, are new state schools which have the same independence as academies, operating outside the local authority and with greater flexibility over the curriculum and staffing.

My children already attend after school activities and I think it's awesome children are doing activities which we would be paying thousands out of our own pockets I feel we working parents as a whole pay enough taxes for extra curriculum activities my children come home happy healthy content and don't have enough energy to roam streets so that means more family time

(Calif.) Even as a press event by the state superintendent last week focused attention on a handful of schools already teaching lessons based on new science standards, legislation was being crafted that would delay until 2017 development of the tools educators need to bring that new curriculum into all California classrooms.

Curriculum Crafter, a one - of - a-kind web - based curriculum and plan management tool already improving learning at more than 300 Michigan schools, announced today that GR Current was awarded funds to provide Business Acceleration Services to Curriculum Crafter LLC to help launch its newest version throughout thCurriculum Crafter, a one - of - a-kind web - based curriculum and plan management tool already improving learning at more than 300 Michigan schools, announced today that GR Current was awarded funds to provide Business Acceleration Services to Curriculum Crafter LLC to help launch its newest version throughout thcurriculum and plan management tool already improving learning at more than 300 Michigan schools, announced today that GR Current was awarded funds to provide Business Acceleration Services to Curriculum Crafter LLC to help launch its newest version throughout thCurriculum Crafter LLC to help launch its newest version throughout the Midwest.

Curriculum Crafter is already in use in more than 300 school districts and Smith indicated the company will be announcing partnerships with the Illinois Principal Association, Association of Wisconsin School Administrators and the Indiana Association of School Principals in the coming mschool districts and Smith indicated the company will be announcing partnerships with the Illinois Principal Association, Association of Wisconsin School Administrators and the Indiana Association of School Principals in the coming mSchool Administrators and the Indiana Association of School Principals in the coming mSchool Principals in the coming months.

Jonathan Kantrowitz: A FACT based assessment of the Common Core (Jonathan Kantrowitz, a fellow blogger and expert on school curricula reminds readers that Connecticut already has extensive school standards already in place and that while standards can and should be improved, the Common Core standards aren't the end all and be all they claim to be).

That's why they are already part of the curriculum: every primary school is teaching them, and every child is learning them.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Madison School Board member Mary Burke on Wednesday blasted Republican - backed legislation to replace the Common Core State Standards, saying the plan would waste the «precious resources» that school districts have already spent building a curriculum around the standards since they were adopted inSchool Board member Mary Burke on Wednesday blasted Republican - backed legislation to replace the Common Core State Standards, saying the plan would waste the «precious resources» that school districts have already spent building a curriculum around the standards since they were adopted inschool districts have already spent building a curriculum around the standards since they were adopted in 2010.