The program is designed to help
schools and school systems boost their training capacity and bring data inquiry to scale in cost effective and context - specific ways.
Not exact matches
Boosted Fuel Efficiency Standards Coordinated International Response to Financial Crisis Passed Mini Stimuli Began Asia «Pivot Increased Support for Veterans Tightened Sanctions on Iran Created Conditions to Begin Closing Dirtiest Power Plants Passed Credit Card Reforms Eliminated Catch - 22 in Pay Equality Laws Improved Food Safety
System Expanded National Service Expanded Wilderness
and Watershed Protection Gave the FDA Power to Regulate Tobacco Pushed Federal Agencies to Be Green Leaders Let Space Shuttle Die
and Killed Planned Moon Mission Improved
School Nutrition Expanded Hate Crimes Protections Brokered Agreement for Speedy Compensation to Victims of Gulf Oil Spill Pushed Broadband Coverage Expanded Health Coverage for Children Helped South Sudan Declare Independence Killed the F - 22
Hands on learning: Waldorf
system helps children's development, Kids Naturally An article written by Halton Waldorf
School As early as infancy, as children suck on fingers
and grasp objects of interest, their hands transmit important sensory information to
boost brain development.
In Humanists UK's view, any attempt to
boost integration in the education
system is likely to be a non-starter if new
and existing faith
schools can still religiously discriminate in admitting all of their places.
Those groups would like to scrap the Common Core as part of a reform agenda that would also target teacher tenure
and boost charter
schools and voucher
systems.
The
school has also had a «celebrated nutritionist
and alternative therapist» talk to parents «about how we can
boost our immune
system naturally.
Currently,
and for the last nine years, all new academies
and free
schools have only been able to religiously select half of their places, a requirement that has been hugely effective in
boosting integration in the education
system and ensuring that local places are open to local children, irrespective of their religion or belief.
This year, his campaign is pushing for a single - payer health care
system, 100 percent reliance on clean energy in 15 years, a «Green New Deal» to
boost employment
and fully - funded public
schools.
Combine those issues with rising pressures to
boost school funding, reform the criminal justice
system, address the minimum wage rate
and pay for a new Tappan Zee Bridge - well, it's a recipe made for behind - the - scenes deal - making in a Capitol where trading political chits has become an art.
«Modulation of PPAR - γ
and GLUT - 1 levels may
boost the immune
system to fight infection,» said principal investigator Prasadarao V. Nemani, PhD of CHLA
and the Keck
School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.
I immediaitely put my family onto whey protein
and find that it certainly
boosts the immune
system as we all have far fewer colds despite having young children who bring home anything that is going around at
school.
Kentucky must equalize spending among
school districts, revise its tax
system,
and significantly
boost its share of
school revenues if it is to fulfill its obligation to children under the state constitution, an advisory committee appointed by a state trial judge has concluded.
«The Accountability Plateau,» by Mark Schneider, just published by Education Next
and the Fordham Institute, makes a big point: that «consequential accountability,» à la No Child Left Behind
and the high - stakes state testing
systems that preceded it, corresponded with a significant one - time
boost in student achievement, particularly in primary
and middle
school math.
Still, even a modicum of
school choice
and competition can
boost student test scores, especially when combined with a comprehensive examination
system for high -
school graduates, says Ludger Woessmann, whose systematic, sophisticated analyses of international test - score data best summarize what can be learned from abroad.
From low - consumption lighting infrastructures to more acutely optimised heating
systems,
schools and colleges of higher education throughout the UK are beginning to reap the benefits of technologies designed to
boost operational efficiencies
and reduce energy bills.
To create such programs, states
and districts must identify the most important elements of student performance (usually academic achievement), measure them (usually with state tests), calculate change in performance on a
school - by -
school basis,
and provide rewards to
schools that meet or beat performance improvement targets — all of which must be backed by
system supports that enable all
schools to
boost results.
Key elements included a new principal evaluation
system, a pay - for - performance teacher evaluation
system, a Leadership Development Fellows Academy for principals, an Accelerating Campus Excellence plan that seeks to attract educators to «struggling»
schools,
and an emphasis on dramatically
boosting the number of students earning career certifications.
Ackerman's first superintendent position was in the Washington D.C. Public
Schools from 1998 to 2000, where she made key changes to the system that included reworking the schools budget, revamping instruction resulting in boosted test scores, and reorganizing staff str
Schools from 1998 to 2000, where she made key changes to the
system that included reworking the
schools budget, revamping instruction resulting in boosted test scores, and reorganizing staff str
schools budget, revamping instruction resulting in
boosted test scores,
and reorganizing staff structure.
Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews has previously announced the Victorian Labor Government will reintroduce Tech
Schools and boost the state's TAFE
system with a $ 320 million cash injection.
In the piece, headlined «Alternative» Education: Using Charter
Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System, ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell describes how traditional schools and districts are pushing kids into low - cost, low - quality alternative programs in order to hide dropouts from the public and boost test scores and graduation
Schools to Hide Dropouts
and Game the
System, ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell describes how traditional
schools and districts are pushing kids into low - cost, low - quality alternative programs in order to hide dropouts from the public and boost test scores and graduation
schools and districts are pushing kids into low - cost, low - quality alternative programs in order to hide dropouts from the public
and boost test scores
and graduation rates.
It describes the era of 21st century in terms of educational progress
and how the «old
school»
systems became the «new
school»
systems that
boosted digital education.
They find that not only do greater accountability, autonomy,
and choice (in various configurations) in a country's
school system boost student achievement, they also
boost noncognitive skills
and increase equity (breaking the link between student achievement
and socioeconomic status).
The digital revolution occurring in
schools has focused predominantly on online education in its various forms — including fully online courses, learning management
systems, games,
and mobile applications — to personalize learning
and boost the performance of all students.
The publicly funded US Charter
schools system has been praised for
boosting attainment in deprived areas
and has expanded across the US.
Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews announced this week the Victorian Labor Government will reintroduce Tech
Schools and boost the state's TAFE
system with a $ 320 million cash injection.
We at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute have a longstanding interest in advancing quality
school choices for kids who need them
and a parallel interest in
boosting educational achievement with the help of rigorous standards, assessments,
and accountability
systems.
The central problem with making growth the polestar of accountability
systems, as Mike Petrilli
and Aaron Churchill argue in «Stop Focusing on Proficiency Rates When Evaluating
Schools,» is that it is only convincing if one is rating schools from the perspective of a charter authorizer or local superintendent who wants to know whether a given school is boosting the achievement of its pupils, worsening their achievement, or holding it in some kind of steady
Schools,» is that it is only convincing if one is rating
schools from the perspective of a charter authorizer or local superintendent who wants to know whether a given school is boosting the achievement of its pupils, worsening their achievement, or holding it in some kind of steady
schools from the perspective of a charter authorizer or local superintendent who wants to know whether a given
school is
boosting the achievement of its pupils, worsening their achievement, or holding it in some kind of steady state.
Some standards include setting up a governing board for each
school system to oversee operations
and ensure the charters live up to their service commitment
and to track student data to improve programs to
boost academic success.
The
school system recently created an Office of Innovation
and Research to develop strategies for
boosting achievement, particularly for African American
and Hispanic male students, the chancellor said.
A
system in which leaders possess that kind of data is far better equipped to
boost school performance than one in which leaders have a pallette of achievement data
and little else.
Furthermore, research shows that
schools can work on certain key factors — such as strong student - teacher relationships, the relevance of coursework to students» future goals
and the coordination of instructional
and programmatic
systems —
and through those efforts,
boost attendance.
This ingenious incentive, managed by the district's human resources office
and celebrated publicly at a year - end board meeting, costs the
school system little, but provides a priceless
boost for the program's accountability
and local brand.
Switching to a mayor - led
school system can provide a huge
boost in student achievement,
and cities across the country are experimenting with this new method of district control.
It became official Thursday: The largest, most organized voice for Oklahoma teachers issued an ultimatum to legislators that teachers will shut down much of Oklahoma's public -
school system indefinitely unless serious money is found to
boost teacher pay
and education funding.
In other words, several states are significantly underfunding their K - 12
systems, therefore jeopardizing the overall quality of
school districts
and education reforms that are proven to
boost student achievement.
2 Title IV, Part F, Subpart 2 — Community Support for
School Success Full Service Community Schools program The bill also contains provisions that advance the community schools strategy, including the requirement for indicators beyond academics in state and district accountability systems; supportive programs including Promise Neighborhoods and 21st Century Community Learning Centers; and a new set of tools and resources to boost results - focused school - community partnerships for young people's success, including integrated student supports, needs assessments, and professional development for educators to work more effectively with families and commun
School Success Full Service Community
Schools program The bill also contains provisions that advance the community schools strategy, including the requirement for indicators beyond academics in state and district accountability systems; supportive programs including Promise Neighborhoods and 21st Century Community Learning Centers; and a new set of tools and resources to boost results - focused school - community partnerships for young people's success, including integrated student supports, needs assessments, and professional development for educators to work more effectively with families and commu
Schools program The bill also contains provisions that advance the community
schools strategy, including the requirement for indicators beyond academics in state and district accountability systems; supportive programs including Promise Neighborhoods and 21st Century Community Learning Centers; and a new set of tools and resources to boost results - focused school - community partnerships for young people's success, including integrated student supports, needs assessments, and professional development for educators to work more effectively with families and commu
schools strategy, including the requirement for indicators beyond academics in state
and district accountability
systems; supportive programs including Promise Neighborhoods
and 21st Century Community Learning Centers;
and a new set of tools
and resources to
boost results - focused
school - community partnerships for young people's success, including integrated student supports, needs assessments, and professional development for educators to work more effectively with families and commun
school - community partnerships for young people's success, including integrated student supports, needs assessments,
and professional development for educators to work more effectively with families
and communities.
Boosting student achievement is vital for America's future.66 Raising outcomes in the nation's
school system will both maximize the potential of every child
and foster the skills of tomorrow's workforce.
They also successfully wooed The Douglas Stewart Company, a leading distributor
and marketer of computer products, consumer electronics
and school supplies, to exclusively serve the education market
and boost interactive learning for
school systems» students, faculty,
and staff.
This is because this city
boosts excellent private, public
and charter
schooling systems, a great student to teacher ratio
and a 15.5 % increase in employment in the next few years.
A study performed at the
School of Medicine
and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin — Madison showed that health care practitioners who are empathic seem to be able to reduce the duration of the common cold in patients
and boost their immune
systems.