Sentences with phrase «significant school challenges»

Before tackling the most significant school challenges, schools need to build their own local resource expertise in the model of a professional learning community that builds competence and networking regarding school culture and climate and social - emotional and character development.

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Even though the creators of the National Curriculum are keen to emphasise the importance of what they call «the English literary heritage», by which they mean «authors with an enduring appeal that transcends the period in which they were writing, and who have played a significant role in the development of literature in English» [Qualifications and Curriculum Authority 2007, 71), their choice of recommended authors reveals a set of post-Protestant secular assumptions which need to be challenged if Catholic culture is to flourish in Catholic schools.

This venue is unregulated and represents a significant challenge to improving nutrition in schools.»

Actually, the USDA memo on the two year waiver on 100 % whole grain rich foods states that «school districts that wish to take advantage of this two - year flexibility must obtain approval from their state agency by demonstrating that they experienced significant challenges in preparing and serving whole grain - rich pasta products in their schools».

Challenge number two is — this is something that I became more aware of working on Helping Children Succeed — that even going beyond the challenges that low - income kids face and the gaps in our academic outcomes, there are significant problems with some of the basic approaches to teaching and education that we have in our schools: The basic principles of American pedagogy, how we teach math, how we teach anything.

Despite these proactive steps, 65 % of responding districts report challenges with the current mandate that all grains offered with school meals be whole grain rich; 22 % of responding districts note a «significant challenge»

The high - tech school faces «significant academic and operational challenges» and «a culture of disempowerment and opaqueness,» Sammakia told the assembly, minutes show.

Yehuda Weissmandl, President of the East Ramapo School Board, says in a statement he welcomes the designation of Szuberla and Sipple as monitors for the district and that over the last 18 months, state education department monitors have been invaluable in helping the district meet difficult challenges and make significant improvements.

«If we can't instill confidence in the young families that live here, that have chosen to make a life here, that they can send their children to school and receive good instruction and be in a safe environment, if we can't do that, then we are going to face very significant challenges in our future,» Maxwell said.

«While the constraints of the levy cap have challenged school district operations, most have managed without a significant impact on credit quality.

«The report confirms that even the most significant challenges schools have faced were surmountable and that the small number of schools continuing to face difficulties should learn from those that have implemented the policy well.

Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, challenged the First Minister on why had his government seemingly not properly prepared schools for the significant changes.

Other challenges, it said, included special schools, such as schools for the blind and the deaf, which were either closing down or about to do so, subvention not being released to the psychiatric hospital in Accra, nearly all statutory funds being in arrears and a significant number of public sector workers, including nurses and district chief executives employed by the government over a year ago not being paid.

The community college system represents a potential source of student diversity for medical schools and physicians who will serve poor communities; however, there are significant challenges to enhancing the pipeline from community colleges to four - year universities to medical schools.

Predominantly white schools — and workplaces — face significant challenges in creating inclusive and welcoming environments, but various methods are available to do so.

A group of Woodrow Wilson School students took part in a crisis simulation in which «senior officials» across the Asia - Pacific region confronted two significant challenges: a clash between China and the Philippines brewing in the South China Sea and the prospect of serious instability on the Korean peninsula.

But the challenges are significant: with a financial structure different from most US counterparts, Alpert Medical School does not have many revenue streams to support research and educational investments.

Portraying a character from age 25 to 45 was a significant challenge, Cumberbatch says — as was capturing the attitude and vocal mannerisms specific to Patrick's class: «I went to a very posh public school, second to Eton, yet I had only one friend from the landed gentry.

DI's promise is a strict, clear formula for teaching sounds and words — and for children who start school with significant developmental challenges, there is evidence that it is working.

Meeting this third challenge requires a significant rethink of the school curriculum.

Especially significant was the Third Plenary Council, which met in Baltimore in 1884 and saw schools as central to their effort to meet the challenges facing American Catholicism.

However, real reform and significant progress in improving the quality and equity of Australian schooling depend on tackling our deepest and most stubborn educational challenges.

The significant funding we've announced today is going to make a huge difference to those schools chosen to take on Schools Challenge Cymru.schools chosen to take on Schools Challenge Cymru.Schools Challenge Cymru.»

School principals who have led significant improvements in low socioeconomic areas often report that their first challenge was to confront low expectations based on students» backgrounds.

A study by Josh Goodman published in Education Next challenges the conventional wisdom that the number of school days cancelled due to snow has a significant impact on student learning.

The challenges for schools and those involved in efforts to improve the teaching and learning of soft skills are significant given the nascent nature of the enterprise and the significant gaps in knowledge.

And, while she strives to make this happen for every single student, her school community faces many significant challenges.

When all this is factored into a growing population, threats to public funding and an increasing shortage of available land for development, the challenges for those with the responsibility to plan, design and deliver school places are significant and there has never been a greater need for innovative solutions.

Public prekindergarten programs operating in the states have the potential to help children succeed in school, but they face significant challenges, concludes a report from the Santa Monica, Calif. - based RAND Corp..

All of these schools received financial support through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Next Generation Learning Challenges, the earliest and most significant philanthropic investment in personalized learning to date.

Many of these schools are graduating at least 80 percent of their students and sending them off to college, even while facing significant challenges, such as serving high levels of low - income, minority, and special - needs students.

«Teacher supply remains a significant challenge for schools generally, and it seems evident that this is constraining schools» ability to increase teaching time of EBacc subjects, especially science and languages.»

Introducing the outdoors into an already busy school curriculum can seem like an impossible challenge, but with the right planning and a whole school approach significant progress can be made that makes a real difference, not only to the health and well - being of the school population, but also to their attainment.

In my role as a guest presenter in high schools and as a small group facilitator in California Film Institute Education programs, I encounter many high school students who wrestle with significant emotional challenges.

He said: «The evidence we have after 18 months suggests that the programme has already led to significant progress in the performance of schools in some of the most challenging areas of the country.

A significant challenge for school leaders is to cultivate an atmosphere where testing — and sometimes invalidating — innovative ideas is an accepted part of the creative process.

But to look at some of the possible solutions to these challenges, in terms of teaching and leading, in the report you say: «During my discussions with leaders of small schools, it became very apparent there is significant potential to free up more of a teaching principal's time for teaching and supporting learning by reducing their administration load.»

Depending on a school's position before they enter academy status for some, managing their own finances and meeting the demands of legislation may be a significant challenge.

Schools across Britain are facing significant challenges.

This year it focuses on the significant challenges and some possible solutions in promoting improved STEM learning in our schools.

These families face significant challenges, and the schools that serve them do as well.

The Welsh education system has «massive untapped potential» and the Schools Challenge Cymru (SCC) initiative has a made a «significant impact» within its first two years, according to a leading Welsh government adviser.

Education policy needs to take account of the differing experiences that children have in their communities and at home, and not assume that schools alone can overcome the multiple and significant challenges posed by poverty and social disadvantage.

The school faces many significant challenges.

Throughout my journey setting up the Reinventing School Challenge, I did a significant amount of research to ensure I had a thorough understanding of what existed already, what worked, and what was possible.

One of the most significant challenges facing formal education in the United States is the chasm separating schools and communities.

Real reform and significant progress in improving the quality and equity of Australian schooling depend on tackling our deepest and most stubborn educational challenges, writes Professor Geoff Masters AO.

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At the same time, California faces significant challenges in implementing the standards in its racially, ethnically, and economically diverse school system.

All schools present significant challenges for states and other entities charged with holding them accountable for their effects on student learning outcomes.