Sentences with phrase «standard educational learning»

It is an academic school that fully integrates the arts into the teaching of a unique curriculum that surpasses all standard educational learning goals and benchmarks.

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The faculty artfully integrates State - adopted educational standards into the school's curriculum while creating a vibrant and stimulating environment that not only engages, but improves student attention and develops a life - long passion for learning.

Our educational philosophy of arts - integration combines content and skills taken from arts practices with developmentally appropriate early childhood learning standards and socio - emotional skills.

Indeed, far from making Wales a learning country, eight years of Labour Government has left us with some of the lowest educational standards in the United Kingdom.

The unremitting task in successfully sustaining higher education is to constantly improve standards of learning, to maintain the credibility of educational qualifications, and to ensure that the student experience is both satisfactory and viable.

In seeking to extend learning beyond the classroom and school it became the case that a system of badging for providers who service the educational demand elsewhere ought to have some form of accreditation to safeguard schools, their students and teachers and confirm that acceptable standards of good practice are being applied at those learning venues.

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) NCREL's mission is to «strengthen and support schools and communities in systemic change so that all students achieve standards of educational excellence,»... «to help teachers teach better, students learn better, administrators provide better leadership, and policy makers make better policy.»

How about this: In service learning, students learn educational standards through tackling real - life problems in their community.

Firstly, learning outside the classroom raises educational standards.

Lobbyists, Administration officials, and Congressional aides said they expect the most contentious issue in the conference committee to be how strong the measure's provisions requiring states and districts to set educational standards should be, especially any mandate on «opportunity to learn» standards.

Synopsis: The bill to renew the federal preschool program for five years would authorize a 7 percent increase in its budget, to $ 4.66 billion in FY 1999, strengthen Head Start's educational component by adding new standards for what children should be learning, and require most teachers to have a college education by 2003.

Headteacher, Chris Hill explains their path to implementing a successful learning platform: «Eastfield is a part of Northampton's Area Improvement Partnership (AIP), which was established to promote effective collaboration between schools in the area to raise educational standards.

«We are committed to establishing a worldwide educational system by simultaneously raising the standards of learning, affording greater autonomy at the local school level, and creating increased accountability for student success,» said Lillian Gonzalez, the director of the Department of Defense Education Activity,...

Memory has long been viewed as a key aspect of learning, but as the emphasis in educational standards has shifted away from rote memorization and toward the knowledge and skills needed to process new information, working memory is increasingly taking center stage.

Asking students to demonstrate their understanding of the subject matter is critical to the learning process; it is essential to evaluate whether the educational goals and standards of the lessons are being met.

She is considered an expert in brain research regarding learning and the brain and is a presenter at educational conferences and professional development workshops nationally and internationally about the brain, learning, memory, differentiation, reading, vocabulary, and standards - based learning.

School practices are organized into eight categories: student focus and support; school organ - ization and culture; challenging standards and curriculum; active teaching and learning; professional community; leadership and educational vitality; school, family, and community partnerships; and indicators of success.

At Daugherty Elementary, a public school in Garland, Texas, the architecture and design firm Corgan created a learning courtyard that offers a variety of educational zones connected to Texas state standards.

Over the decade, we have witnessed — perhaps contributed to — the advance of school reform: the proliferation of school choice from vouchers to tax credits, charters, and online learning; the evolution of accountability's focus from schools to teachers; renewed attention to national standards; and a more realistic understanding of the uncertain connection between educational expenditures and school quality.

Ian Pearson, general manager of the School Travel Forum, looks at the wealth of evidence showing that school trips and learning outside the classroom raises educational standards and attainment in schools, as well as benefiting pupils personally and socially

The commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any school that has conditions that threaten the health, safety and / or educational welfare of students or has been the subject of persistent complaints to the department by parents or persons in parental relation to the student, and has been identified by the commissioner as a poor learning environment based upon a combination of factors affecting student learning, including but not limited to: high rates of student absenteeism, high levels of school violence, excessive rates of student suspensions, violation of applicable building health and safety standards, high rates of teacher and administrator turnover, excessive rates of referral of students to or participation in special education or excessive rates of participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment, excessive transfers of students to alternative high school and high school equivalency programs and excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject areas other than those for which they possess certification.

As educators build proficiency - based systems, they must continuously evaluate how well their educational programs and pathways provide each student with the opportunity to learn and make progress toward demonstrating proficiency of Maine's learning standards.

And in recent years, most states have adopted sweeping educational policy changes, including teacher evaluations tied to test scores and Common Core academic standards that have changed what and how students learn in the classroom.

In the absence of an unflinching, daily reaffirmation of standards of educational excellence, the structural disadvantages common to many public schools - the poorly paid and underqualified teachers, the crumbling facilities - inevitably begin to encroach on, and then to corrupt, the learning environment.

(LTI ®) is an emerging specification specifically developed to establish a standard way of integrating learning applications with platforms like learning management systems, portals, learning object repositories, or other educational environments.

The program helps students meet state learning standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and math; provides homework help; offers students a broad array of enrichment activities that complement their regular academic programs; and offers literacy and other educational services to the parents and families of students.

Sinnema, an associate professor in the school of Learning, Development, and Professional Practice, studies the improvement of teaching and learning — and related policies — across four main strands: educational leadership, curriculum, practitioner inquiry, and stLearning, Development, and Professional Practice, studies the improvement of teaching and learning — and related policies — across four main strands: educational leadership, curriculum, practitioner inquiry, and stlearning — and related policies — across four main strands: educational leadership, curriculum, practitioner inquiry, and standards.

In addition to an increase in the number of poor students, the funding for schools declined, Common Core standards were introduced, the use of educational software increased, and, in many schools, time spent on test preparation expanded (which often detracts from learning).

As with any educational initiative or strategy, the right Blended Learning model, used in conjunction with a digital curriculum, should deepen student understanding, critical thinking, and independent problem - solving capabilities as outlined in the Common Core and other standards documents.

The ELPS Program offers degrees at the master's, educational specialist, and doctoral levels and includes learning experiences to meet state standards for the Principal and Administrator Licenses.

As a product of its time, the 1999 principle reflected an idealistic belief in the potential of digital technologies to transform teaching and learning in social studies, during what O'Brien (2010) described as a «period of ambivalence» and «inertia... as the nation's attention turned to standards - based educational reform» (p. 212).

Standard 2: Candidates who complete the program are educational leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by promoting a positive school culture, providing an effective instructional program, applying best practice to student learning, and designing comprehensive professional growth plans for staff.

The module addresses Standard 2 by focusing on how educational leaders can understand and facilitate teacher learning focused on the obstacles faced by students of color and students who are situated in poverty.

Teaching in a standards - based grading system has the power to overhaul the learning process and put students in the driver's seat of their educational journey.

There is ample evidence that social and emotional learning is strongly related to several of our national educational goals and standards, and provides precisely the kinds of skills that national reports indicate are critically needed by youngsters to help avoid disaffection, dropout, and other self - destructive behaviors.

We're thrilled that Magnolia's study — an independent, randomized control trial study, which is the gold standard for rigorous educational research — shows the positive and dramatic impact of our solutions on student learning outcomes.

James Henderson, with the Michigan Association of Public School Academies, who serves as a Quality Schools Facilitator across the state proudly endorsed and recommended Curriculum Crafter to all educational stakeholders, saying that «[he] learned quickly that the gold standard for a curriculum and curriculum support was Curriculum Crafter.

These include educational approaches such as competency - based education and project - based learning and new curriculum standards such as the Next Generation Science Standards, the Common Core State Standards, and state standards like them, but with different names.

«The newest PD Online courses focus on critical 21st century issues — educational technology, STEM education, and the Common Core standards — and are designed for interactive, self - paced professional learning.»

An exceptional educational environment will provide a platform for students to support their intellectual growth, develop their leadership capabilities, and maintain a dynamic learning community that holds personal and academic expectations to the highest standard.

EDLounge is proven to improve behaviour, reduce exclusions, raise attendance, break down barriers to learning for a variety of users and enhance standards in a range of educational establishments.

The gifted child learns differently enough from most other children to require something other than a standard curriculum and a standard educational approach.

With an increased focus on connecting educational leadership to student learning, creating cultures of improvement, and other big picture concepts, the standards can be seen, in part, as a force for helping principals remind us as a nation that the moral purpose of educational change is to improve society and the lives of its citizens, especially those most in need.

Thinking Maps are linked to eight specific thought processes to help students and teachers visualize their thinking and learn techniques that are essential to 21st Century educational standards.

(3) Learning List's Fill - in — the - Gap (TM) tool and search - by - standard search filter make it easy to identify new materials, including free open educational resources that are aligned to the standards students are struggling with.

The Social Studies collaborative focuses on identifying, developing, and sharing high - quality educational resources that support student and professional learning through rigorous standards, engaging curriculum, balanced assessments, effective professional development and attention to equity.

In the standard educational model, blended learning often refers to the use of laboratory equipment or computers to complement the class sessions and strengthen the teaching process through practice and the application of theories learned in class.

In the following lesson plan, which is in line with common core standards, students will investigate educational resources in order to learn about irregular migrant detention centers.

Woodhead was eclectic in his conception of the term «standards» and over time used it to advance his views on educational performance, learning, curriculum and above all teacher quality.

This chapter demonstrates how teachers learn to use data to improve their practice and meet educational standards.