Sentences with phrase «schools autonomy in»

The government is giving schools autonomy in this area and it is for schools to decide what to spend the pupil premium money on.

Country - level variables included in the analysis were per capita GDP, teacher salary levels, average expenditure per student, external exit exams, school autonomy in budget and staffing decisions, the share of privately operated schools, and the portion of government funding for schools.

The report finds that the discrepancy between traditional and charter school special education enrollment in California is caused by a host of structural barriers and challenges, the most important of which, is the degree of charter school autonomy in special education.

While serious efforts are underway to improve the professional practices of authorizers in California, inconsistent and ineffective authorizing has produced too little charter school autonomy in some cases and too little charter...

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After leading the Church's successful resistance to the Socialist government's effort to diminish the autonomy of Catholic schools in the early 1980s, Lustiger developed a good relationship with President François Mitterrand.

Spain had acted to protect the important principle of church autonomy, specifically, the right of the Catholic Church to designate which people could offer Catholic instruction in the public schools.

When children run into trouble in school, either academically or in the realm of behavior, most schools respond by imposing more control on them, not less, further diminishing their fragile sense of autonomy.

In the fall of 2015, Elm City Preparatory Elementary School in New Haven, Connecticut, one of the founding schools of the Achievement First network, introduced a wholesale redesign of its curriculum that includes an embrace of many of the beliefs and practices of deeper learning, including an increased emphasis on experiential learning and student autonomIn the fall of 2015, Elm City Preparatory Elementary School in New Haven, Connecticut, one of the founding schools of the Achievement First network, introduced a wholesale redesign of its curriculum that includes an embrace of many of the beliefs and practices of deeper learning, including an increased emphasis on experiential learning and student autonomin New Haven, Connecticut, one of the founding schools of the Achievement First network, introduced a wholesale redesign of its curriculum that includes an embrace of many of the beliefs and practices of deeper learning, including an increased emphasis on experiential learning and student autonomy.

Research confirms that all kinds of positive outcomes result from autonomy - supportive parenting: Teens learn better and do better in school, they are more engaged, and they persist harder if the face of difficulty.

Kristine Marbell - Pierre researched «autonomy - supportive parenting» as a graduate student at Clark University, and she is now the Head of Guidance and Counseling at The Ghana International School in Ghana.

Students in Waldorf high schools are given increasing autonomy over their education under the mentorship of teachers who are specialists in their fields.

Here in Houston, schools are sent their food by a huge central kitchen and principals have very little autonomy in terms of what is sent.

What a securely attached child - OR ADULT - looks like: competent, self - confident, resilient, cheerful much of the time, anticipating people's needs (not from a co-dependent place), empathic, humorous, playful, tries harder in the face of adversity; not vulnerable to approach by strangers because won't go to strangers (as adult, out - going without being foolhardy), good self - esteem, achieving, able to use all mental, physical, emotional resources fully, responsive, affectionate, able to make deep commitments as appropriate, able to be self - disclosing as appropriate, able to be available emotionally as appropriate, able to interact well with others at school and in jobs / careers, likely to be more physically healthy throughout life, self - responsible, giving from a «good heart» place of compassion, has true autonomy, no co-dependent self, because of well developed internal modulation system, less likely to turn to external «devices» (addictions) to modulate affect

«Daily habits that support school success are habits that allow children to develop their independence, autonomy skills, and confidence,» explains Laura Morgan, Head of School at Stratford School Sunnyvale Washington Park and De Anza Park, located in California, in an email interview with Rschool success are habits that allow children to develop their independence, autonomy skills, and confidence,» explains Laura Morgan, Head of School at Stratford School Sunnyvale Washington Park and De Anza Park, located in California, in an email interview with RSchool at Stratford School Sunnyvale Washington Park and De Anza Park, located in California, in an email interview with RSchool Sunnyvale Washington Park and De Anza Park, located in California, in an email interview with Romper.

EL Education is a research - based program that helps schools work with emotionally or behaviorally challenged students in therapeutic ways, then provides curriculum allowing students more autonomy and challenge.

Perhaps her kids waste time in front of the TV, eat processed foods, have week behavioral boundaries, attend overcrowded schools... things that are tolerated much more than giving children autonomy but potentially far more damaging.

Teachers understand this, but when students run into trouble in school, Tough writes, schools often respond by imposing more control, not less, via stern discipline such as out - of school suspensions, «further diminishing their fragile sense of autonomy.»

Faith schools undermine social cohesion, discriminate in admissions and employment (potentially affecting up to 1 in 3 teaching posts) and may teach that a single world view is the correct one, without ever exposing pupils to other world views or philosophies, disregarding children's autonomy and their right to a balanced education.

Adonis also encouraged state schools to adopt practices of the private sector and generally believed in giving individual schools more independence and autonomy from central government and the local education authorities.

This is potentially at odds with Mr Gove's previous statement that «I do not believe that the Government's policy of promoting autonomy, encouraging schools to convert to Academy status and establishing new Free Schools and Academies will alter the balance between faith and non-faith schools in this country.schools to convert to Academy status and establishing new Free Schools and Academies will alter the balance between faith and non-faith schools in this country.Schools and Academies will alter the balance between faith and non-faith schools in this country.schools in this country.»

The NEC also used the occasion to kick against the call for autonomy of local government councils, stating that the ghost of the effects of primary schools left in the hands of the local governments in the past had continued to haunt the teachers, leading to its near - collapse in terms of personnel, funding and infrastructural development.

In spite of promises made by government that autonomy is being handed back to teachers and schools, there is still an appetite among ministers to control everything rigidly from the «centre.»»

Struggling schools that were given more autonomy in the early 2000s improved GCSE results for their pupils.

The department and agency have set up an approach to oversight which emphasises schools» autonomy, but standards of financial management and governance in some free schools are clearly not up to scratch.

On topic question topics included the mayor's proposed $ 20 million allocation for arts programs and whether this is all new spending, whether it's typical for elementary schools to have arts teachers, the mayor's proposed $ 4.4 billion capital spending to address classroom overcrowding, how many new classroom seats that spending would produce and where they would be located, whether all trailers used by schools would be eliminated, the definition of «problematic behavior» used in dealing with the Absent Teacher Reserve, what the state funding to be used for middle school after school programs would have otherwise been used for and DoE support for schools that will participate in the program providing increased school autonomy.

It's unclear whether academies will work in the smaller and much more numerous primary schools — of which so far around 10 % are academies; and whether primary heads and governors have the breadth of expertise and the time to take on the responsibilities of greater autonomy.

Schools could opt to offer the same schemes, but will have more autonomy over how to do so as the Department for Education (DfE) reorganises the way it funds projects to tie in with the coalition's emphasis on localism.

«It is unfortunate that DOE is trying to stifle the autonomy of charter schools when their time would be better spent on evaluating what great teachers and leaders in the very best charter schools, traditional district schools and nonprofit providers are doing to make pre-kindergarten an investment that pays off in increased student achievement,» Merriman said.

Harold O. Levy, a former city schools chancellor, said he was skeptical of any arrangement that would give anyone in the Department of Education besides the chancellor leverage and autonomy.

But as Stacy Gelhaus, a postdoc in Ian Blair's lab at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, found out, there are many small ways that traditional postdocs can gain some early autonomy and, in the long run, prepare themselves for an independent position.

According to a recent study, parental support for the autonomy of young people promotes the well - being of the latter in all major educational transitions: from primary to lower secondary school, from basic education to upper secondary school, and from upper secondary school to university.

Reasons given included a desire for autonomy, leadership roles, prestige, high salaries, work variety, and opportunities for one's partner, according to the paper about to be published in CBE - Life Sciences Education (LSE) by researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Harvard Law School, and The Jackson Laboratory.

Moreover, they reported better QoL in five areas of life than adolescents in the general population — moods and emotions, self - perception, autonomy, relationships with parents, and school life.

In fact, compared with elementary schools, middle grade schools often have more students per grade, lower levels of student autonomy, less positive teacher - student relationships, and more competition and less cooperation among students.

The book's focus on teacher autonomy and creative license is a stiff rebuke to the troubling overemphasis on standardized testing and rote memorization in schools, a perspective that may frustrate some readers — while inspiring many others.

CER could have been tougher regarding school autonomy, especially on Florida and states that mandate NNR tests, but in general the high marks were warranted.

Good state laws preserve the current level of autonomy enjoyed by private schools over their educational programs while they participate in the program.

As Matt Ladner has noted, regulations that impinge upon private school autonomy may reduce private school participation in the program.

When schools already have many building blocks in place, the state should give those schools the tools and autonomy they need to make the next steps.

Elmore cites research that found «profoundly different opportunities for teachers» skill acquisition» in school cultures characterized by collaboration and continuous improvement versus those characterized by autonomy.

«Even in countries with strong national policies and laws,» says co-author Susan Garnett Russell, «several factors result in an implementation gap including lack of capacity in government schools, low levels of capacity among civil servants, autonomy of local and school administrators, and discrimination and xenophobia by the host communities.»

By contrast, nearly 100 percent of private schools are participating in Arizona, which received high marks for autonomy in both the CER and Friedman reports.

Over the last two years, the school I'm thrilled to be a part of has been able to create a laser - like focus that enables student achievement while protecting teacher autonomy in the classroom.

Recognition of the value of school leaders» autonomy in determining the best strategies at any particular point in time in a school's cycle of development 4.

Academies were first introduced under Tony Blair's Labour government back in 2000 as a way to raise standards in schools by taking them away from the control of local authorities and offering more autonomy over finances and day to day school management.

The latter might sound good to advocates for greater school autonomy, but it has created many problems in terms of charter school quality.

If converting to a standalone academy, the potential for greater autonomy in certain areas of school life may be one of your key motivations.

But «just right» policies — strong accountability, lots of operational autonomy, fair funding, no micromanaging — tend to be embraced by charter school realists in the center of the political spectrum.

This would, in turn, allow state leaders to give district - run schools charter - like autonomy and create a single citywide accountability system.

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