He also created the quality assurance program and institutionalized sales training for Mathnasium Learning Centers, an after -
school math learning center franchise with over 450 locations on four continents, and he founded Personal Academic Trainers, an after - school tutoring company.
Before joining Owl, he founded Personal Academic Trainers, an after - school tutoring company, and created the quality assurance program and institutionalized sales training for Mathnasium Learning Centers, an after -
school math learning center franchise with over 450 locations on four continents.
Not exact matches
The airplane will fly around the world, making virtual command centers available for
school kids, getting them excited about science and
math learning.
More recently, we worked with Disney Pixar to bridge the disconnect between what students
learn about
math and science at
school and tackling creative challenges in the real world with an initiative called Pixar in a Box.
But anyone who says that must not have done very well in elementary
school when they
learned basic
math.
That's kind of like saying I
learned my multiplication tables in grade
school and accept the truth that 2 +2 = 4, but that Algebra stuff those satanic liberals and all those
math guys the world over are trying to shove down my throat are lies meant to deceive us and lead us into hell.
Students go to
school to
learn language,
math, science, art, and music.
In fact, in grade
school, my friends and I would always bring a bunch of pies to class on Pi Day to avoid having to actually
learn any
math that day.
Kumon is an after -
school program that guides students through a method that helps them develop critical, self -
learning math and reading skills.
Those skeptics (and others) point out that in the 1960s and 1970s, «project - based
learning» was used in some low - income
schools as a euphemism for the practice of having poor kids build Lego models and doodle in coloring books while the rich kids across town
learned how to read and do
math.
- The Department of Education, which has for years pushed an agenda that places paramount importance on
schools» test scores, especially in reading and
math, leaving no time for the nutrition education which is such an important part of helping children
learn to make sensible eating choices.
Parents, preschool teachers and the community will become more knowledgeable about the importance of early
math and science
learning as it impacts both
school readiness and later
math success
With these potential
learning and health benefits, don't be surprised if your child's
school modifies its gum policy, begins to offer gum as a reward for good behavior or encourages chewing in
math class.
Students participated in 25 farm to
school standards based lessons, including using
math skills to measure garden spaces and mark off rows,
learning about how weather affects plants, and exploring different types of soil.
From discovering the alphabet in the first grade to discovering anatomy, algebra, and U.S. history in the eighth grade, and all the way up through their high
school studies, Waldorf students take part in the
learning process by creating their own textbooks — beautifully - drawn journals containing stories, essays, poems, maps, illustrations, lab descriptions, and
math equations.
Cooking together reinforces the
math and reading lessons your child is
learning at
school.
Those higher
math scores were equivalent to roughly a fifth of what kids this age typically
learn in a
school year.
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Ultimately our son chose a university based on the quality of the programs he thinks he wants to pursue (
math, biology, research),
learning community opportunities, cost, and which
school offered him the most attractive scholarship.
You may have limited family time to spend with your child (by the time you get home from work and you eat dinner together as a family and go through your evening routines — make sure homework is done,
school bags are packed for the next day, teeth are brushed, baths are done, and so on — there's very little time to sit and review schoolwork with your child); but you can try to look over what your child is doing with his tutor, and try to use free time on the weekends to incorporate fun into
learning by playing
math games, reading fun books and helping your child pick out books he likes to encourage reading and more.
Learning disabilities — such as being slow in reading and
math — may go unnoticed until the first few years of
school.
I'm not sure that the boys are covering everything on the National Curriculum - Tim in particular doesn't appear to be doing a lot of
maths - but they're certainly
learning plenty of other things, and enjoying life considerably more than some of their friends who go to
school out here.
«We sometimes confuse the goals of
school as
learning how to read and write and do
math.
Yes, they probably have multiplication tables, addition facts cards and
math manipulatives at
school, but when your children are
learning math facts, they need to practice at home too.
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During the early
school years, children spend a lot of time
learning basics like reading and
math — fundamental skills necessary for a productive life (not to mention good test scores!).
A Board of Regents committee on Monday approved the reworked Next Generation
Learning Standards for English and
math, with plans to fully implement them with the start of the 2020 - 21
school year.
As predicted by state education officials, scores on the first English and
math tests given statewide to elementary
school students under tougher new
learning standards are not very good.
A new study says that on average, New York City charter
school students show growth equal to 23 extra days of
learning in reading and 63 more days in
math each year, compared with similar students in traditional public
schools.
Reading Stephen Hawking's book made me realize that you can pull together all these topics you
learn in high
school — not just
math and science, but also philosophy and religion.
Her father, a
math and physics professor, and her mother, headmistress of a respected boarding
school in Russian - occupied Warsaw, instilled in their five kids a love of
learning.
On the other hand, studies have shown that
learning another language can help
school - age children do better in
math and can delay the onset of dementia in older adults.
The new program, called
Math Forward, draws upon the work of Deborah Ball, dean of the
School of Education at the University of Michigan, who believes that effective
math teachers have an understanding of their subject that goes beyond what they have
learned in course work and what they are required to teach in the classroom.
«Preschoolers
learn from
math games, to a point: Games found to improve conceptual
math skills, but gains may not carry over to primary
school.»
As the paper states, «Although the
math games caused persistent gains in children's non-symbolic mathematical abilities, they failed to enhance children's readiness for
learning the new symbolic content presented in primary
school.»
One possibility, Duflo observes, is that children in Delhi primary
schools learn math in a rote style that may not have allowed the experiment's set of games to have an effect.
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Never mind that his kids will be half a grade behind in
math when they return to public
school next year — they're
learning to remodel a swimming pool!
Melanie (Sennia Nanua) loves solving
math equations,
learning new stories from Greek mythology, and going to
school — but most of all, she loves her favorite teacher, Miss Justineau (Gemma Arterton).
Students in grades five and up in 11
school districts
learned math problems through videotaped problems over a three - week period (The Adventures of Jasper Woodbury series).
A collection of
Maths puzzles and activities - perfect for planning an after
school activity or «extra» stuff for time filling but still
learning!
The story I heard that day was about an experimental new
learning model in New York City called the
School of One (now called Teach to One) that was being used to teach middle school
School of One (now called Teach to One) that was being used to teach middle
schoolschool math.
The public release of these ratings — which attempt to isolate a teacher's contribution to his or her students» growth in
math and English achievement, as measured by state tests — is one important piece of a much bigger attempt to focus
school policy on what really matters: classroom
learning.
The authors report that much of the enthusiasm for the potential of blended
learning comes from
School of One, a
math program operating inside three New York City public middle
schools.
Researchers have found that replacements for low - rated teachers have produced four or five months» worth of additional student
learning in
math and nearly as much in reading over three
school years.
If a
school plans to use a Station - Rotation model for
math with one curriculum provider, for example, it will likely contract with one
math vendor that provides supplemental
math content — like Dreambox
Learning or ST
Math — or use a free solution like the Khan Academy.
Charles R. Drew Charter
School is a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) school, and project - based learning is their instructional delivery m
School is a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and
math)
school, and project - based learning is their instructional delivery m
school, and project - based
learning is their instructional delivery method.
«Even though our
school is undergoing an accreditation study this year, is adopting a new
math program, and has a significant amount of state mandated instructional in - service as a result of a court decision, our primary goal is to provide the best possible day — full of creative, profitable
learning experiences — for each student!»
In a seminar with some graduate students, I mentioned my conviction that reading and
math scores (even on terrific assessments) only capture maybe 30 to 35 % of what I want students to
learn in the course of K - 12
schooling.