Sentences with phrase «school reading program through»

Improving the attendance rate for African American male students in an after school reading program through parental involvement, positive male role models, and tutorial instruction.

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Kumon is an after - school program that guides students through a method that helps them develop critical, self - learning math and reading skills.

But as I read through all that advice, I could only think of a post I wrote back in 2014 in which I mused that «there are few jobs on this planet harder than managing a district's school food program.»

food manufacturers have managed to invade what should be a commercial - free zone through vending machines and «pouring rights»; branded foods (like Pizza Hut pizzas) sold in the national school lunch program; the sale of a la carte foods; the use of Channel One television in the classroom; the creation of textbooks replete with math problems that use the products» names; give - aways of branded items like textbook covers; offering their products as rewards for academic performance (read X number of books over the summer and earn a gift certificate to McDonald's); and much more.

They invest in programs that support children from birth through high school such as providing learning materials, summer camps and reading tutors.

In addition, two studies using stratified random sampling found that a high - quality home visiting program positively impacted school readiness through better parenting practices, increased reading to children at home, and a greater likelihood of enrollment in preschool programs.

As you'll read in this year's annual report, BNC is committed to deepening this commitment to the natural world through our work with Boston Public School students, our participants at camp and vacation week programs, and with the Willow Tree Youth Leaders.

For the study, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health, the researchers followed the progress of 989 graduates of the Chicago Public School District's CPC program, which provided intensive instruction in reading and math from preschool through third grade as part of a school reform School District's CPC program, which provided intensive instruction in reading and math from preschool through third grade as part of a school reform school reform model.

It focuses on children from birth through the first years of formal schooling, and offers practical guidelines, program descriptions, advice on resources, and strategies that can be used in everyday life to improve childrens reading and educational prospects.

Lecturer Pamela Mason, M.A.T.» 70, Ed.D.» 75, director of the Language and Literacy Program and the Jeanne Chall Reading Lab, served on the Board of Trustees of Cathedral High School in the South End and supervises language and literacy students placed at the high school through the Field Experience PrSchool in the South End and supervises language and literacy students placed at the high school through the Field Experience Prschool through the Field Experience Program.

«We know when we get our primary - age children fired up about reading, they stay readers all the way through middle school, and the Accelerated Reader program helps teachers do that,» Ingram explained.

She also keeps her students engaged through Reading Buddies, a program that recruits staff and students from the Ed School to volunteer time once a week for the length of the academic year to read to an Amigos student.

Word of Read and Ride has spread through its Web site, spawning similar programs in other schools.

Because of this converging scientific consensus, the No Child Left Behind Act requires school districts to demonstrate that they are using reading programs that have been tested for their efficacy through scientific studies in order to qualify for federal reading funds.

Last September, Principal Gail Thompson challenged her 220 kindergarten through 6th - grade pupils at the Doniphan (Neb.) Elementary School to read a total of 10,000 books in six months under the national «Book It» reading program.

Teachers who enter New York City schools through alternative pathways such as Teach For America and the city's Teaching Fellows program are as effective as their traditionally certified counterparts in raising student test scores in mathematics and reading, a report says.

The proposed reforms, outside and inside schools — to reduce the test - score gap between whites and poor minorities; to help poor minority families increase their income through steady work at livable wages and then their children's test scores will improve; to establish research - proven reading programs for every single, poor, or minority child; to give each kid a laptop computer — are endless and uncertain in their outcomes.

Additionally, as reported above, three or the four schools had recently implemented a regionally developed, research - based reading intervention program from kindergarten through grade 2 or 3.

Prior to Aveson, Kate was a teacher, district administrator and an educational consultant through the Comprehensive School Reform Grant program... Read more...

G reat emphasis is currently being placed on improvement of early reading achievement through reform of schools, educational programs, and teaching.

Through the support of the program, the school is starting to see gains in student achievement, with scores increasing across all grades in reading and writing over last year.

The Second Evaluation of the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (2009) provides findings on how grant funds are targeted to schools, uses of the grant funds, staff collaboration and professional development, and the relationship between participation in the program and reading achievement Program (2009) provides findings on how grant funds are targeted to schools, uses of the grant funds, staff collaboration and professional development, and the relationship between participation in the program and reading achievement program and reading achievement scores.

The program accomplishes these tasks by guiding students through the process of thinking and writing about books commonly read in schools today.

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

This Education Trends report explores research on how the arts bolster the development of deeper learning skills, provides examples of programs that successfully increased access to the arts in education in public schools, and includes state - and local - level Read more about Advancing Student Success through the Arts -LSB-...]

This certificate will provide the research and practical knowledge necessary for school leaders and classroom teachers to develop and implement literacy programs and practices that will help sustain the gains students make in the early years and support reading success as students proceed through elementary school.

Schools implementing MTSS through MIBLSI need to establish behavior and reading programs.

Later, as the chief academic officer for the Charlotte - Mecklenburg public schools in North Carolina, she implemented initiatives such as intensive reading programs for students in Kindergarten through the third grade; extensive training for teachers instructing English learners and professional development strategies to teach children of poverty.

Advocates point to successes, such as the Montgomery County, Maryland, school district, which claims measurable, albeit modest, academic improvements, at least in the short term, in reading and math for low - income elementary - school students sent to predominantly middle - class schools through a program of dispersed low - income housing.

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Sponsorship Enables Increased Awareness of Dropout Prevention Programs and Policies Clemson, S.C. (April 20, 2016) The National Dropout Prevention Center / Network (NDPC / N) is pleased to announce that K12, Inc., a technology - based education company and leading provider of proprietary curriculum and online school programs for students in pre-K through high school, is now sponsoring Solutions to the... Read morPrograms and Policies Clemson, S.C. (April 20, 2016) The National Dropout Prevention Center / Network (NDPC / N) is pleased to announce that K12, Inc., a technology - based education company and leading provider of proprietary curriculum and online school programs for students in pre-K through high school, is now sponsoring Solutions to the... Read morprograms for students in pre-K through high school, is now sponsoring Solutions to the... Read more»

A study in one major metropolitan school district found that students participating in the PATHS program * in grades 3 through 6 were more likely to achieve basic proficiency on their state's achievement tests in reading (grade 4), math (grade 4), and writing (grades 5 and 6), compared to students who received limited SEL instruction.

Read testimonials from elementary through high school students about Project Wisdom and how the program has affected their lives.

Only about 46 percent of children aged three through six in families below the federal poverty line are enrolled in center - based early childhood programming, compared to 72 percent of children in families above the federal poverty line.1 Poor children are about 25 percent less likely to be ready for school at age five than children who are not poor.2 Once in school, these children lag behind their better - off peers in reading and math, are less likely to be enrolled in college preparatory coursework, less likely to graduate, and over 10 percent more likely to require remediation if they attend a four - year post-secondary institution.3 All of these issues compound one another to create a cycle of low opportunity: children in poverty are less likely to achieve high educational attainment, and low educational attainment leads to lower median weekly earnings and higher rates of unemployment.

The new program partially fills the gap after the $ 25 million Reading Is Fundamental program and $ 19 million Improving Literacy Through School Libraries program were defunded by Congress in FY11.

Continue reading «Niskayuna High School receives $ 1k through the Hannford Helps Schools Program»

On one hand, since teachers» work lives often leave little time for professional reading and professional community, social media may serve important functions by providing teachers with quick access to current events in education and crucial access to professional communities or political action campaigns that otherwise might not be available through their local schools, communities, or teacher education programs.

Through the West Virginia Department of Education's Summer Learning Reading and Math Challenge, the schools with the highest percentage of students who pledged to read over the summer could win their choice of reading programs, including AchieReading and Math Challenge, the schools with the highest percentage of students who pledged to read over the summer could win their choice of reading programs, including Achiereading programs, including Achieve3000.

Through education programs, print and online resources, and literacy events, the Open a World of Possible campaign promotes the importance of independent reading for children and provides tools to support and sustain independent reading initiatives in our home and school communities.

These school systems would use well - tested reading programs that are usually available only through pricey private companies.

Prior to Aveson, Kate was a teacher, district administrator and an educational consultant through the Comprehensive School Reform Grant program and... Read more...

But the new principal, Anissa Brown Dennis, expanded collaboration and professional development for teachers, implemented an aligned reading and math curriculum from pre-K through third grade, and offered summer learning and after - school programs for struggling students.

School districts cycle through reading and math programs without great success.

In doing so, she gained valuable feedback from other teachers, modeled her own professional thinking and learning process to neophyte teacher researchers, and directly impacted student learning through her focus on improving the after school reading intervention program.

Baker & Taylor, the world's largest distributor of digital and physical books and entertainment products, announced today that through a pilot program it will now be able to make available more than 450 popular ebook titles from Simon & Schuster imprints to classrooms and school libraries using the Axis 360 digital... [Read more...]

Lexia Reading Core5 is a research - based program for students in PreK through fifth grade that is friendly for schools with lots of different types of technology.

So far, grants have been applied for through Patterson's website for everything from educational programs, property taxes and physical repairs to stores, and in one case, a book fair - style retrofitted bus that the shop can take to schools to foster kids» interest in reading.

Today OverDrive announced that their Big Library Read is coming back next month, which is a global ebook club of sorts that gives people around the world an opportunity to read the same ebook, or listen to the audiobook, for free through the 30,000 + public libraries and schools that use OverDrive's ebook lending progRead is coming back next month, which is a global ebook club of sorts that gives people around the world an opportunity to read the same ebook, or listen to the audiobook, for free through the 30,000 + public libraries and schools that use OverDrive's ebook lending progread the same ebook, or listen to the audiobook, for free through the 30,000 + public libraries and schools that use OverDrive's ebook lending program.

Through a food program for local primary schools in Northwest Cameroon, now coupled with a literacy program and the introduction of digital reading, they hope to improve the impact of education in the area.

This free program for elementary and middle school students provides playful exploration of storytelling through a group reading and art - making activity inspired by AAM exhibitions.