Sentences with phrase «school language arts program»

The middle school language arts program continues to focus on the development of student skills in the areas of reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

Baltimore school officials announced last week that they will scale back the use of a controversial middle school language arts program, after a review panel pointed to flaws in its implementation.

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Raise Your Hand's director Wendy Katten, who assembled the coalition of 16 parent and community groups to oppose Emanuel's initial 7 1/2 hour school day proposal, said that while the mayor shortened his proposal to 7 hours the group plans to keep pressing for more arts, music and foreign language programs...

Educators can use a school garden or cooking program to teach biology, chemistry, social studies, language arts, and geography.

Teachers in the district's three schools are paid about $ 12,000 more than the state average, and the schools offer an array of top - notch educational opportunities, including low class size, foreign language instruction, fine arts and orchestra programs, low - cost preschool and a full - day kindergarten, before - and after - school care, and several extracurricular sports teams.

Now that you mention it, I actually have no problem with programs that work nutrition education into the school curriculum, such as Recipe for Success's innovative seed - to - plate approach that uses math, science and language arts while showing impoverished kids how their food grows and teaching them about sound nutrition.

After having been a tutor / mentor in language arts for students in grades 3 -4-5 for several years, I wanted to see how another program worked to help students who were behind in school catch up.

The city will spend $ 1.8 million for professional development for arts teachers, $ 785,000 to provide arts education for English language learners and special needs students, and $ 220,000 to expand existing student programs like a two - week arts intensive for middle schoolers.

About Blog Beautiful Sun Montessori School offers a a fully bilingual program (English and Dutch) combined with a rich learning curriculum in subjects such as language, mathematics, science, geography, music and art.

* Change curricula: Schools should adopt more male - friendly language arts programs to encourage boys to read and write.

Mason has worked in many Massachusetts public schools as a language - arts coordinator, an elementary program coordinator for reading and language arts, and an elementary school principal.

Landry's Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) scores have improved over the past five years: In 1999, the school's language arts passing rate was 83 percent, while in 2003, the regular education students, after summer testing, achieved a 96.9 percent rate of success.

The study, part of the Program on Education Policy and Governance Working Papers Series at Harvard University, found that students moving from grade 5 into middle school show a «sharp drop» in math and language arts achievement in the transition year that plagues them as far out as 10th grade, even risking thwarting their ability to graduate high school and...

Lecturer Sarah Leibel, a master teacher in charge of the English / language arts strand and overall recruiting for the Ed School's new Harvard Teacher Fellows (HTF) Program, mentions how, in literature, students need «mirrors and windows,» meaning they can see them themselves in stories and also experience unfamiliar worlds.

Merilee MacKay, a language arts teacher at Sagemont Virtual High School in Weston, Florida, used the program for the first time last year, and plans to continue using it with her pupils.

Sunday's program offered some more leisurely activities, including a public art walk with an alumna who works in Boston's cultural affairs office; a calligraphy workshop with a Chinese language and culture teacher from Boston Latin School; and a storytelling and drawing workshop with a museum educator from New York.

In a sense, the IB's programs express the effort to nurture both ambitions: the Diploma Program along with its pre-secondary school counterparts embody the rigors of classical education, including the arts and sciences and mathematics, languages, and independent writing projects; at the same time the IB has developed career programs for students focused on more immediate employment.

Middle school English language arts teacher Hassan Mansaray shares how he uses an individualized learning model, Readers and Writers Workshop, to reach his students in an expanded learning time program.

Activities have included maneuvering through a low - ropes course to build teamwork skills; entertainment, such as speakers who interacted with faculty and presented strategies for teaching language arts; discussions on goal setting and human behavior in organizations; book dramatizations; and an artist - in - residence for a day who outlined integrating the arts into the school program.

Brendan Dotson learned about Urban Scholars Program while teach eighth - grade language arts and reading in SeaTac, Wash. «I was interested in the opportunity to spend time with educators who had been doing amazing work in urban schools all over the country,» he says.

While the Committee of Ten did suggest different programs of study for high schools (for example, programs specializing in classical languages, science and mathematics, or modern languages) and introduced the concept of electives to American high schools, its guiding principle was that all students should receive the same high - quality liberal arts education.

In a study I undertook in 1989, I found that 12 percent of the elementary and middle school magnet programs in my sample specialized in basic skills and / or individualized teaching; 11 percent offered foreign language immersion; 11 percent were science -, math -, or computer - oriented; 10 percent catered to the gifted and talented and 10 percent to the creative and performing arts; 8 percent were traditional, back - to - basics programs (demanding, for instance, dress codes and contracts with parents for supervision of homework); 7 percent were college preparatory; 7 percent were early childhood and Montessori.

On Jan. 24, readers questioned three members of the Teacher Leaders Network — Corrina Knight, a 6th grade language arts / social studies teacher at Salem Middle School in Apex, N.C.; Linda Emm, an educational specialist with Schools of Choice in Miami, and a consultant with the National School Reform Faculty; and Carolann Wade, the coordinator for national - board certification and liaison for Peace College's teacher education program of the Wake County, N.C., school district — about their work with teacher - directed professional develoSchool in Apex, N.C.; Linda Emm, an educational specialist with Schools of Choice in Miami, and a consultant with the National School Reform Faculty; and Carolann Wade, the coordinator for national - board certification and liaison for Peace College's teacher education program of the Wake County, N.C., school district — about their work with teacher - directed professional develoSchool Reform Faculty; and Carolann Wade, the coordinator for national - board certification and liaison for Peace College's teacher education program of the Wake County, N.C., school district — about their work with teacher - directed professional develoschool district — about their work with teacher - directed professional development.

Content: AmericaScores partners with urban schools to provide a high - quality, team - based program integrating soccer, language arts and service learning.

Because of the success of the first year's implementation as an after school program, the program is now being implemented as a language arts elective for middle schoolers designed to provide enrichment for students at all levels.

In the Executive Development Program, school leaders build a strong foundation in best practices in instruction and in the latest research around what makes for strong instruction in the content areas of math, English language arts and science.

Recently, the Core Knowledge Foundation has been piloting precisely such a language - arts program in a small number of schools in New York City and elsewhere.

® Live program three years ago, significant deficiencies in school readiness or language arts skills were common, particularly among younger students.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, New Jersey, and Boston, pre-kindergarten programs demonstrate impressive outcomes that include positive effects on math scores, grade retention, and chronic absenteeism at the end of grade 8; increased achievement on language arts, literacy, math, and science, as well as decreased grade retention and special education placement at the end of grade 5; and stronger than typical impacts on academic readiness (effect sizes in the 0.4 — 0.6 range) at school entry.

We should embrace opportunities where a middle school arts magnet program, or a dual language elementary school, or a regional science and technology high school can help to break down the concentration of our highest needs students in schools with access to fewer resources.

The six booklets — on the arts, English, foreign language, mathematics, science, and social studies — are part of the board's ongoing «Educational EQuality Project,» a 10 - year program begun in 1981 with the aim of both strengthening the academic quality of secondary education and ensuring that all high - school students have «equality of opportunity» for higher education, College Board officials say.

I hoped to combine the two languages and literatures within the then - new Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) Program, designed to bring scholarly and artistic pursuits into public schools and academies.

KIPP Delta College Preparatory School (DCPS) has a rigorous and intense academic program with a priority on the core subjects of language arts, reading, and math.

In an effort to help school districts provide students with a well rounded education that includes the humanities and arts, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to state and local education leaders outlining creative ways they may enhance holistic education programs by utilizing in conjunction various federal resources.The department defines humanities in the letter as history, civics, government, economics, geography, literature, art, music and other non-STEM subjects not usually found in the English / language arts curriculum.

Nevada's ESA program requires each participating child to take a norm - referenced achievement examination in mathematics and English language arts each school year; or, alternatively, the examinations in mathematics and English language arts required for pupils of the same grade pursuant to chapter 389 of the Nevada Revised Statutes.

Starting point: Do you have unmet needs in your schools for a supplementary, technology - based language arts program to help build vocabulary skills?

Schools offer a robust selection of classes and after - school programs in the arts, languages, and ethnic studies, as well as Advanced Placement (AP) and honors courses.

The group researched specific programs to use as part of the school's curriculum, adopting a math program from Singapore, a language arts program that emphasizes phonemic awareness and lab - based science lessons.

After graduating from high school, he completed a yearlong studied abroad program in French language and history in Paris, France and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science with a minor in education at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB.)

The program in these schools is accelerated and highly structured for strong academic achievement in literature, mathematics, language arts, world language, and the humanities.

NACA is excited to offer students a unique and innovative school, with classes that satisfy state - based education standards for math, science, language arts, physical education, and social studies and are enhanced through additional enriching programs.

District - run middle schools will receive approximately $ 1.3 million for art, music, and world language programs.

Kentucky, for instance, considers the quality of schools» programs in nontested subjects, such as world languages, arts, and humanities.

The Roots and Wings model consists of elementary school age learning programs, reading and language arts instruction, tutoring, family support and integrated services, social studies and science instruction, and mathematics instruction.

Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) is a school - based program that targets reading, writing, and language arts in grades 2 through 6.

He has been a senior program associate at Learning Point Associates; worked at Modern Red SchoolHouse and consulted for organizations, such as SchoolWorks, the Global Sleepover, Eduventures, and the Cesar Chavez Public Charter High School for Public Policy; and for 16 years taught language arts to middle and high school stuSchool for Public Policy; and for 16 years taught language arts to middle and high school stuschool students.

As Chief Program Officer and Chief Learning Officer, Fu has led innovative shifts in districts» teacher and school leader development strategies which have produced accelerated growth in student's math and English language arts knowledge.

Our award - winning school programs are designed around state curriculum requirements and are easily integrated into music, art, social studies, English, foreign language, math, and PE curricula.

To better meet these students» needs, schools should promote bilingualism and biliteracy development in grades K - 12, offer professional development to teachers on how to integrate explicit language and literacy instruction aimed at the long - term English language learners in their classrooms, develop specialized programs that differ from those targeting newly arrived students, and offer native language arts programs that focus on developing native language literacy.