Sentences with phrase «special approaches to education»

One particularly disturbing approach, although currently suggested as beneficial, is application of genetics to create special approaches to education.

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«I think that Hollinsclough School encapsulates a very special, creative and innovative approach to young people and their education.

«We are looking to carve out a special niche amongst universities in Ontario,» says William Smith, dean of the faculty of science, «From the get - go we have been about combining advanced teaching technologies with an innovative interdisciplinary approach to both education and high - quality research.»

Education Next has invited eight experts to contribute to a special forum on how states should approach the post-NCLB era.

Be sure to see a special Education World series, Help for Homework Hassles for tips and unique approaches to «the homework dilemma.»

Looping allows for a wait - and - see approach to a student who's struggling; otherwise, a teacher may feel pressured to move a student whose grasp of material is tentative into special education classes for fear of not responding to the child's needs.

King put an end to tracking and special education «pullout» classes at about the same time it adopted the project approach to learning and began emphasizing the use of technology.

In giving feedback to the states a year ago, for example, Melody Musgrove (who directs the Office of Special Education Programs at ED) forewarned chiefs that ED was redesigning their monitoring system into «a more balanced approach that considers results as well as compliance.

When the strategies don't result in quick success, teachers often «move to maybe a completely different - looking individualized intervention,» according to Professor Joe Wehby, chairman of Vanderbilt University's special education department and an expert on student behavior approaches.

This special report, produced with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, examines the education marketplace and new approaches to schooling that are changing K - 12.

This special report, the second in an ongoing series on virtual education, examines several of those approaches and aims to identify what is working and where improvements are needed.

The Commission will examine factors that impact spending in education, including: school funding and distribution of State Aid; efficiency and utilization of education spending at the district level; the percentage of per - pupil funding that goes to the classroom as compared to administrative overhead and benefits; approaches to improving special education programs and outcomes while also reducing costs; identifying ways to reduce transportation costs; identifying strategies to create significant savings and long - term efficiencies; and analysis of district - by - district returns on educational investment and educational productivity to identify districts that have higher student outcomes per dollar spent, and those that do not.

Collaborative teaching, a resourceful approach to main streaming, is a keystone of this school's plan to raise the achievement of special education students and move them into the era of state standards - based education.

Using case studies and surveys, the report outlines special education requirements for charter schools — including the challenge of pursuing unconventual approaches but still staying true to the legal foundations of federal special education law.

The school has taken a radically different approach to education, developing a special character with it's community (in Otara, South Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand) that focuses on bilingual, critically conscious, culturally responsive, social justice education.

As well, CT showed larger effects on the mathematics achievement of special need students than that of general education students, the positive effect of CT was greater when combined with a constructivist approach to teaching than with a traditional approach to teaching, and studies that used non-standardized tests as measures of mathematics achievement reported larger effects of CT than studies that used standardized tests.

Inside Algebra's unique, hands - on approach of using manipulatives and games, benefits all students, including special education students, in grade 8 - 12 who struggle to master the math concepts necessary to learn algebra.

Schools can apply for grants to develop innovative new approaches to special education.

Much the same litany can be invoked for special education, for the budgeting and control of a school's funds, or for approved approaches to school discipline.

City and state leaders can accomplish this by ensuring that charter authorizers are paying attention to recruitment and admission practices, by ensuring that schools are getting their fair share of funding, by giving charter schools access to excellent special - education expertise and networks, and by promoting innovative new approaches through grants and charter — district partnerships.

The number of special education teachers often is the determining factor in school's approach to inclusion.

Before changes made in the late 1990s, special education funds in California were distributed on a cost - based» model but the Legislature moved to a census - based» approach beginning in 1998 - 99 on the theory that the educational costs of students with disabilities would be spread somewhat evenly throughout the overall student population, according to a report from the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst.

We do not need special education and remedial educators to think they are attempting a new strategy when, in fact, it is the same approach from a different publisher.

Charles uses his expertise as an educational justice organizer, strategist, advocate, and fundraiser to support Education Cities» member organizations with their approaches to community engagement and advocacy, with a special emphasis on lifting up the voices and influence of the parents and families most impacted by educational inequity.

At Norris Public Schools, students from pre-school through 12th grade can count on a fully integrated approach to special education.

CCSA's new report takes a look at 10 outstanding California charter public schools and the effective and innovative approaches behind their special education programs, their best practices for implementation, and what policy arrangements have allowed them to improve outcomes for students with disabilities.

South San Antonio Independent School District superintendent Abelardo Saavedra said ELL funding calculations could better mirror the state's approach to special education students, who receive two to five times more state funding than a regular student.

Through frequent discussions and special workshops, the education staff of arts organizations learn about specifics of DCPS content standards and other curriculum requirements as well as other pressing topics in arts and humanities education to be able to adapt their offerings to better meet classroom needs and to plan and strategize around approaches to leading the education improvement agenda.

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DMGroup's approach to «inclusion» doesn't fit our community and district's vision for inclusive special education.

I ask not that public school special educators and administrators circumvent special education guidelines and laws but that they approach the process with their brains and put their hearts in their practices to allow for positive changes in special education.

For more information on Noble's approach to special education, please visit Noble's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWN7Ye8bDtM.

Their approach is to reduce special education staffing, add special education to the work of regular classroom teachers, and exclude high - needs students from regular classrooms and schools.

eAchieve special education staff takes a team approach, including a big emphasis on family involvement, to ensure each student receives a quality education.

Chapters address: (1) an overview of the whole language approach; (2) examples of how special education teachers use whole language to teach children with learning disabilities; (3) suggestions on how to create a child - centered classroom; (4) the role of the teacher in a whole language classroom; (5) examples of democratic classrooms; (6) assessment procedures that are compatible with a whole language philosophy and how assessment data can be used to respond to individual needs; (7) examples of different strategies teachers use to teach students with learning disabilities reading and writing; (8) literacy development in students with disabilities and how to foster self - directed learners; (9) how teachers develop learner - centered curriculums and how to move toward an inclusive environment; and (10) one teacher's move to the whole language approach.

Jacqui Kirkpatrick, supervisor of the early childhood special education program in Calcasieu Parish, LA, brought the curriculum to her district because she wanted an approach that gave teachers more structure, was developmentally appropriate, and that was engaging and meaningful for children.

Participants will experience firsthand how technology accelerates learning in the primary grades through language immersion, early childhood, special education, and the arts while Minnetonka's 1:1 iPad program highlights the district's approach to digital learning at the secondary level.

CHIME pioneered the approach for how a charter school provides special education programming to students.

The IRIS Center is placing special education content into interactive Web - based learning modules that incorporate the STAR Legacy model (a problem - solving approach that commences with a challenge for students to resolve).

In the United States, deficit views, entwined with the entrenched categorical approach to school - based disabilities, contributed to ethnic disproportionality in special education.

Obstacles to powerful collaboration between math teachers and special education colleagues included lack of co-planning time and a lack of understanding of one another's approaches.

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DPI legislative liaison Jennifer Kammerud concurred with Spitzer - Resnick, agreeing that the proposal would strip children with special needs of their federal right at public schools to a «free and appropriate education,» with no guarantees they will get anything approaching what they need in private schools.

The 11 families named in the suit have demands for the state, county, and district that includes health and educational screenings, special education services, universal pre-K, and changes to current discipline approaches; Flint has a much higher suspension rate for special education students than the state average.

It worked so well in special education that we applied the TranZed approach to regular education through charter schools to serve families who wanted a non traditional approach to education, then to foster care and school based mental health.

In the interventionist framework, specialists in English - language learners, special education, gifted education, and support for students in poverty have ongoing, joint professional development to share approaches and techniques.

b.The district's approach to servicing special education students was / is extremely problematic.

Additionally, the Network will focus on documenting and disseminating evidenced - based solutions, developing cross-organization collaboration and incubating innovative approaches to addressing pressing special education human capital needs.

A problem left unaddressed in the legislative package was Michigan's approach to financing special education services, and that omission has the real possibility of derailing the fresh start provided to Detroit's primary public school option.

This paper explains (a) the essential components of Response to Intervention; (b) key terms; (c) the role Response to Intervention plays in special education eligibility; (d) how parents can be involved in the process; (e) potential benefits of RTI; and (f) next steps in implementing RTI approaches.