Sentences with phrase «school curriculum remains»

The state emphasized that this is only a guide and that school curriculum remains a local decision.

In 1964, the Junior League of Lincoln established the museum's docent program, whose forward - thinking ties to school curriculum remain a model today.

Not exact matches

So long as the educational system remains objective with no religious influence upon the schools» curriculum and books, and the cross continues on not speaking or trying to convert her children to Christianity, then the cross symbol in schools seems to be not a problem.

New York's Education Commissioner told a gathering of school, district, and BOCES administrators that while the state has made progress in areas like curriculum and assessments, much more work remains to be done.

Reacting to the publication of the review, BHA Chief Executive Andrew Copson said: «Whilst of course we welcome the recommendation that teaching about religions in schools remains a statutory requirement, we continue to support the addition of RE, the contemporary subject in which such teaching occurs, to the national curriculum, which would end the pattern of varying quality across schools that currently exists.

Meanwhile, the e-learning tablets for Senior Secondary Schools remains an initiative of Governor Aregbesola, the first of its kind anywhere in the world which covers 17 Core Subjects with over 5 Extra Curricula Subjects for Senior Secondary 1, 2 & 3 levels.

Consider another example: the Progressive Education Association officially expired in 1955, yet 20 years later many schools were still providing the curriculum recommended by its Life Adjustment subsidiary - that 20 percent of high - school students should receive vocational training, 60 percent a «general» curriculum, including such courses as «marriage and the family,» and the remaining 20 percent academic instruction.

In principle though, it will be down to schools to decide whether ICT remains a major area for investment in the curriculum, and at the heart of the school improvement plan.

At the launch event Sally Williams, head of the Design & Technology faculty, made the insightful comment: «With skills shortages in areas such as design, manufacturing, construction and engineering it is important that Design & Technology and arts subjects remain in the school's curriculum, the students of today will be the designers and engineers of tomorrow.

Rather than bouncing around from one education fad to another, our schools had no choice but to remain steadfast in their dedication to «back - to - basics» curricula and a traditional «no - excuses» culture.

Our own theories would suggest that companies offering one - off learning games or «the best» math activity that complements the main curriculum — in other words, companies that do not offer a full course worth of curriculum — will struggle to sell into public schools because their business model will remain challenged in the current environment.

The first step toward this core curriculum was the creation of a new course, Thinking Like an Educator (TLE), which utilizes the case method, an approach that has been successful in other professional schools, yet has remained largely untried in education.

For example, Montessori curricula were invented nearly a century ago, but remain too «innovative» for the vast majority of district schools.

Our goal remains to create games and tools that help children reinforce what they are learning in school, because all our games are curriculum validated.

Two large (and largely overlooked) problems remain at the root of the reading crisis: a lack of a coherent elementary school curriculum, and a stubborn insistence on teaching and testing reading comprehension as a how - to «skill.»

Our point here is straightforward: if a curriculum simply marches through lists of content knowledge and skills without attending to the concomitant goal of cultivating independent performance, high - schoolers will remain as dependent on teacher directions and step - by - step guidance as fourth graders currently are.

Of the remaining primaries, swimming provision is so poor that only a third of schools (36 %) are providing effective lessons that reach all three national curriculum standards.

An outgrowth of school integration in the»60s, magnet schools remain models of progressive education, featuring learning themes, diversity, innovative curriculum, rigor, and community involvement.

The remaining 60 per cent of the curriculum is delivered by their home school.

There is a danger that the DfE remains focused on replacing the old school building stock with environmentally efficient replacements but with little thought for the occupants, especially if there isn't an appetite for exploring alternative ways to deliver the curriculum from the teaching profession.

The NAPLAN results of Australian school children have remained relatively steady despite a rise in withdrawal rates according to the annual NAPLAN report released by the Australian Curriculum Assessment Authority (ACARA) today.

The need for alternative curriculum offerings like Achieve remains clear, with a third of school - leavers still not achieving five A * - C grade GCSEs and more than half of young people in Scotland not achieving 5 National Fives.

Most school districts have comprehensive sexual education policies and curricula in place, according to two national surveys to be released this week, but sexuality education, and particularly the promotion of abstinence - only education, remain magnets for controversy.

In the considerable majority of cases, however, the children's teachers have remained unaware of their extraordinary intellectual potential or, where psychometric evidence of this has been made available, the school has refused, on ideological grounds, to develop any form of differentiated curriculum for the gifted child.

When it comes to the curriculum, some schools have heeded the government's advice that the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) route should be the default choice for all but the most vulnerable students, while other schools remain committed to «doing what's right for our students», which usually means dumbing down the curriculum to make it more «accessible».

Participate in ongoing analysis and planning to ensure that the school's curriculum remains aligned to state standards.

DPI spokesman Tom McCarthy said in a statement that the department hasn't seen any legislation GOP lawmakers are working on, but that DPI remains supportive of keeping the standards and that «final decisions about standards, curriculum and textbooks must continue to rest with local school boards.»

«I remain committed to the ambition of providing all teachers and leaders with the right skills and knowledge to benefit pupils and make sure schools can deliver the new curriculum and vision for education in Wales.»

Delaware (where my daughter just moved) is right, Secretary DeVos should review this guidance letter, and until the federal government gets its act together on secondary education (which it appears may never happen), families should opt out of state schools subject to federal dictates, opting in, instead, to learning institutions that embed preparation for exams at a pre-university level that can lead to placement advanced in future course sequences: these advanced level subjects should be embedded within the balanced curriculum that an international baccalaureate education represents, in contrast to the narrow extension of elementary school that DC bureaucrats remain focused on, as if time had not run out on the Obama administration and its failed efforts to improve the lives of American youth, now mired in debt that it encouraged in pursuit of a «North Star» goal that led the United States astray.

Under the local initiative school model, Mann's teachers will remain members of the UTLA teacher union, but the school has freedom from certain contract requirements like scheduling, budgeting, professional development, assessment, and curriculum.

While significant challenges remain to the reliable measurement of outcomes, the extent to which schools are actively promoting life skills development through the curriculum, extra-curricular activities and dedicated programmes — particularly for those from more disadvantaged groups — should be included in Ofsted inspection criteria.

In these cases, the teaching force remained stable, yet the introduction of a new school - wide curriculum created added value that can not be attributed simply to the aggregate quality of the teaching force.

It remains up to each local school district to design curriculum to help their students successfully achieve the standards.

Functions The teacher leader: a) Facilitates the collection, analysis, and use of classroom - and school - based data to identify opportunities to improve curriculum, instruction, assessment, school organization, and school culture; b) Engages in reflective dialog with colleagues based on observation of instruction, student work, and assessment data and helps make connections to research - based effective practices; c) Supports colleagues» individual and collective reflection and professional growth by serving in roles such as mentor, coach, and content facilitator; d) Serves as a team leader to harness the skills, expertise, and knowledge of colleagues to address curricular expectations and student learning needs; e) Uses knowledge of existing and emerging technologies to guide colleagues in helping students skillfully and appropriately navigate the universe of knowledge available on the Internet, use social media to promote collaborative learning, and connect with people and resources around the globe; and f) Promotes instructional strategies that address issues of diversity and equity in the classroom and ensures that individual student learning needs remain the central focus of instruction.

I really am interested in how a former undersecretary of education has come to the point that he is so determined to attack teacher tenure, teacher unions and «restrictive work rules» for teachers — especially during a time when public schools have been systematically defunded, forced to jump through hoops (Race to the Top) in order to get what remains of federal funding for education, like some kind of bizarre Hunger Games ritual for kids and teachers, and as curriculums have been narrowed to the point where only middle class and wealthier communities have schools that offer subjects like music, art, and physical education — much less recess time, school nurses or psychologists, or guidance counselors.

Following the closure of the Bauhaus, when its remaining faculty members refused to re-open the school in compliance with the Third Reich, the couple emigrated to the United States in 1933, first settling in North Carolina, where they taught and helped to develop the design curriculum at Black Mountain College, at that time a noted site of avant - garde activity.

Today, Open Circle is used in over 300 schools across the United States and remains a leading provider of evidence - based curriculum and professional development for SEL in elementary schools, reaching more than two million children and 15,000 educators.

In Palo Alto Unified, as in many districts, school staff work to build social skills and prevent bullying in dozens of ways that differ from school to school and grade to grade, from instituting «student social kindness ambassadors» to using the Second Step curriculum, which teaches students how to use «self - talk» to remain focused, among other self - management skills.

The Curriculum does not prescribe how to deliver the content — this remains the responsibility of the relevant state and territory authorities and the schools themselves.