Sentences with phrase «school curriculum focuses»

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A report issued by Deloitte in 2011 called for revamping the K - 12 curriculum to expose kids to entrepreneurial concepts, and Stuart says government officials and policy experts are even considering the possibility of specialized, innovation - focused schools.Programs like the lecture series currently offered at Toronto French School that brings in entrepreneurs to talk to students can make a difference, he says.

Valdis Krebs of Orgnet explains that «Schools are still stuck on teaching 20th century math for building things rather than 21st century math for understanding things» and suggests that curriculums focus less on the mathematics of engineering (e.g. algebra and calculus) and more on the mathematics of patterns (e.g. set theory, graph theory, etc.).

Most business schools focus on a core curriculum of finance, accounting and operations.

Designed by Babson College, the nation's top - ranked entrepreneurship school, the 10,000 Small Businesses curriculum focuses on practical business skills that can immediately be applied by small business owners, including negotiation, marketing and employee management.

The core focus of the Merage School's visionary curriculum involves three distinguishing factors: strategic innovation, information technology, and analytic decision making.

She also led the development of HBS's innovative FIELD curriculum, which focuses on learning experiences that are experiential and immersive, with the goal of advancing the School's mission to develop leaders who make a difference in the world.

Brown focuses far more than Kelly does on the structure and unity of a theological school's curriculum.

More often, efforts to deal with fragmentation and pluralism focus on reforming the curriculum of a school.

I am in the process of recruiting keen individuals from any sporting background to go into schools on a weekly basis and «take over» a Year 7 P.E session, following the curriculum but focusing on building key skills such as communication, trust and teamwork.

By focusing on the day - to - day necessities of a healthy schedule; an engaging, personalized, and rigorous curriculum; and a caring climate, this book is an invaluable resource for school leaders, teachers, parents, and students to help them design learning communities where every student feels a sense of belonging, purpose, and motivation to learn the skills necessary to succeed now and in the future.

Accredited by the German Government and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), the GISSV offers a dual - immersion program that follows ambitious curricula, focusing on science and social studies as well as arts and sports.

• Try to find a faculty member at the school with whom your child can build a benevolent relationship - someone who's not solely focused on your child's curriculum but also the social and emotional issues he / she may be facing.

Character Education: The Missouri Violence Prevention Curriculum Framework (2008) recommends that character education be taught in schools; especially focusing on responsibility and respect.

So charter schools can teach differently, they can have completely different curriculum, they can focus on a completely different philosophy.

The curriculum at a Waldorf school can be seen as an ascending spiral: the lessons that begin each day, the concentrated blocks of study that focus on one subject for several weeks.

CATCH for K - 5 focuses on coordinating four components: the Eat Smart school nutrition program, K - 5 Classroom curriculum, a Physical Education program, and a Family program.

EL's whole - school reform model combines a highly detailed, interdisciplinary curriculum that focuses on active learning, teamwork, and character education with training and coaching for teachers and school leaders.

Recently, GFI translated their material to secular publications (e.g., Babywise) This presentation focuses upon four of the teaching modules: Preparation for Parenting, newborns to age four months (PFP); Preparation for the Toddler Years, from five to fifteen months (PFTY); Growing Kids God's Way, for toddlers through elementary school age (GKGW); and Reflections of Moral Innocence, the GFI sex education curriculum for all ages of children.

Located in Baltimore, Maryland, the company provides a structured curriculum that focuses on developing the whole child and promoting school readiness.

This blog focuses on the philosophy of school, which sometimes is also called «restful learning,» or «joyful learning» as well as unique curriculum philosophies as alternative ways to homeschool children.

However, some have suggested that the recent failure makes nonsense of the processes, and emphasizes on the need for focus to be placed on restructuring the school's curriculum.

And the measure would have schools consult with state law enforcement officials at the Division of Criminal Justices to create a model curriculum focused on gang violence prevention.

In schools that are focused on achieving high scores on the state tests, she said, the curriculum becomes geared towards test day at the expense of deeper learning.

«Closing a school with a focused curriculum and community buy - in doesn't fix anything.»

With another grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Roseman and her colleagues are leading work on a new curriculum project that builds on the THSB project to focus on energy concepts in high school biology.

Donovan, who has been a middle school teacher for more than 20 years, explained that other science curriculum materials are often subject - specific, focusing lessons on individual scientific fields like biology and excluding disciplines like chemistry that can provide an essential foundation for students.

- Partnerships between industry and two - year and four - year colleges to strengthen education for technicians in the clean energy sector, focusing on curriculum development, teacher training, and career pathways from high schools to community colleges

This curriculum — organized into missions and quests — focuses on multifaceted challenges that may have more than one correct answer, letting students explore different solutions by making choices along the way, says Ross Flatt, assistant principal at the school.

The «keepin» it REAL» substance - abuse curriculum focuses on elementary and middle - school students» decisions, not drugs

MD - PhD programs are not the only available approach for training future physician - scientists, but they have, in many respects, become the most visible.2 — 4 In an MD - PhD curriculum, students complete the requirements for both the MD and the PhD, usually by starting with the first two years of medical education and then focusing on graduate school before returning to complete the medical degree.

The School's curriculum will focus on best practices in software engineering — version control, continuous integration, data management, programming paradigms, etc. — to promote reproducibility and reliability in research as well as aspects of modern high - performance computing architectures and code optimization.

Furthermore, while American schools are known for complementing design courses with classes that focus on marketing and merchandising, some French schools struggle to integrate business education into the design curriculum.

The core curriculum of each school will always reflect the Istituto Marangoni stamp, a contemporary and forward thinking approach to the world of fashion with a focus on execution in creative tasks and polished presentation in business projects.

The Finnish system focuses on a core curriculum developed by the government, which is then interpreted and implemented by the districts and schools at a local level.

School - turnaround experts say a few small things, such as aligning curriculum with state standards and creating focused time for reading and math, can yield short - term results.

But the bulk of the city's school reforms over the past decade have focused elsewhere, on building a pre-kindergarten system, creating new curriculum materials and instructional strategies and, above all, improving teacher quality — work that's largely unrelated to high school attendance.

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).

All kinds of research are being produced that could count as «instructionally relevant,» after all, from studies of systems - level factors like curriculum quality and school operations to those focused on what's happening in learners» heads, to those examining classroom - level techniques.

John Bishop makes the case for requiring high schoolers to pass curriculum - based exams in order to graduate, pointing out that students learn more and schools become more focused whenever these exit exams are in place.

The Digital Technologies Hub (DT Hub) is an online repository of resources for teachers, students, school leaders, and parents focused on the Digital Technologies curriculum.

Our school looks for ways to incorporate digital technologies all throughout the curriculum into rich learning tasks — focused on fostering student creativity and critical thinking.

MC2 (Metropolitan Cleveland Consortium) STEM High School is a year - round public school in Cleveland, Ohio, where instruction is through interdisciplinary project - based learning, and the focus is on providing students with an integrated curriculum that is informed by real - world experiSchool is a year - round public school in Cleveland, Ohio, where instruction is through interdisciplinary project - based learning, and the focus is on providing students with an integrated curriculum that is informed by real - world experischool in Cleveland, Ohio, where instruction is through interdisciplinary project - based learning, and the focus is on providing students with an integrated curriculum that is informed by real - world experiences.

Previous conferences focused on themes of Australian Curriculum, Teachers driving school improvement, and Improving assessments of student learning.

Schools Minister Nick Gibb has announced that the review will focus on the more than 500,000 pupils whose ability is below the national curriculum standards in the Key Stage 1 and 2 tests.

To prepare students for life and work of this kind, the school curriculum needs to include a greater focus on the collaborative solution of real, complex problems.

Whether the focus is on personal development and / or specific elements of the curriculum most outdoor residential practitioners will rise to the occasion if asked to think about how the school and pupils might get more benefit post the experience.

Curriculum and systems can reflect this focus, from the way parents are greeted at the school office to the ways discipline is used to teach appropriate behaviour.

Although there is some indication that the implementation of MCAS testing has improved curriculum and helped push students and teachers to focus more aggressively on academic achievement, the potential consequences of depriving thousands of students a high - school diploma is simply unacceptable to most teachers.

While research programs were always an integral part of HGSE during Graham's tenure, she re-established strong ties to public schools and brought a strong focus on education practice back to the curriculum.

The main focus of coaching and mentoring conversations for school improvement is to build the competency and capability of teachers, so that they can take steps towards achieving the school's strategic vision and priorities in the curriculum, teaching and learning, and assessment, and can effectively make judgments about students» progress and outcomes.