Sentences with phrase «standard school curriculum»

In order to fully develop their abilities, these children may need services beyond what is usually available in the standard school curriculum.

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We're increasing enrollment in high - quality early education, raising standards in our public schools as a leader in implementing the Common Core curriculum and working with the business community on STEM programs that are relevant to the job market.

DO allow religious schools to opt out of the same national standards and core curriculum that you expect of everyone else, you can't expect us to teach our children science can you?

Our innovative approach to curriculum means they'll be getting a real - world education that combines project - based assignments and industry - standard workflows, giving them working experience while they're still in school.

The governor told Reuters, «I do not believe that this legislation changes the scientific standards that are taught in our schools or the curriculum.

Standard theories of secularization might be interpreted to suggest that all societies would witness a gradual erosion of the place of religion in school curricula as they became more modern.

For a detailed description of the curriculum the reader is referred to the catalogue of any school offering such a program, and also to the statement of standards for membership in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.

Barton is also active in the national struggle over public school curricula, consulting with both Texas and California on educational standards.

The College of Teachers, together with the faculty, sets and carries out important policy directions affecting the school's educational programs, academic standards, and curriculum development.

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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.

Primary school students planted and nurtured carrots and lettuce as part of standards - based curriculum lessons.

Personally, I don't see the point in romanticizing our local schools if they aren't doing what they should, which is teaching the majority of kids the majority of the curriculum to an acceptable standard.

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.

The primary reason for this perspective is that governments, when they function well, are oriented towards equality and will therefore seek to impose uniform standards on all schools as well as to prescribe curriculum requirements

To assess an applicant, the committee considers achievement and motivation, appraises the standards of the previous school's curriculum, and carefully reviews application essays.

She spoke with parents, students, teachers, and school and district leaders to hear what they had to say about the State's learning standards, curriculum, assessments, and teacher and principal evaluations.

Dietz then reopened the case this past January, hearing testimony on how the extra funding and curriculum standards overhaul had affected school districts.

Schools have improved in the last 13 years in many ways - in raw standards, in the number and percentage of pupils who now gain the magic five A * - C (or equivalent) GCSEs, in the quality of teaching and learning in our schools, in the quality of our school buildings, in the creativity and flexibility of the curriculum, and in the range and quality of specialist equipment in sSchools have improved in the last 13 years in many ways - in raw standards, in the number and percentage of pupils who now gain the magic five A * - C (or equivalent) GCSEs, in the quality of teaching and learning in our schools, in the quality of our school buildings, in the creativity and flexibility of the curriculum, and in the range and quality of specialist equipment in sschools, in the quality of our school buildings, in the creativity and flexibility of the curriculum, and in the range and quality of specialist equipment in schoolsschools.

Now, in a second attempt, the new task force will review the Common Core standards, the state's curriculum guidance and the tests» quality, develop a process to ensure that tests fit the curriculum and standards, examine how schools can cut back on the length and number of tests and suggest reforms, according to a news release.

Meanwhile, the agreement to delay all effects of the tests until the 2019 - 2020 school year gives the education department a chance to rethink the Common Core standards and devise a better curriculum.

All state - maintained schools should be held to the same standards of equality and non-discrimination in the way they operate as each other and be inclusive, and that means an end to religious discrimination in admissions, in the curriculum and in the staffing of our schools.»

Nick Clegg has spoken of his discomfort around three current areas of Free Schools policy: teacher qualifications, Core Curriculum and school meals standards.

He had been seeking relief for private yeshivas from curriculum standards, and was refusing to support various priorities sought by New York City, including design - build authority for the Brooklyn - Queens Expressway and increasing the number of speed cameras in school zones.

Excerpt: «Keep teachers and parents in control of their school standards and curricula.

«We should let the local teachers and parents and school boards make the decisions about standards, curriculum and assessment,» he continued.

«Let the local teachers and parents and school boards, the people who care the most about their local school children, make decisions about standards, curriculum and assessments,» Hawkins said.

The UFT's other legislative priorities this year include new curriculum and teacher training aligned with the education standards that are being developed; restored funding for Teacher Centers statewide; additional funding for community schools and the Positive Learning Collaborative; closing tax loopholes to ensure the wealthy pay their fair share; and increased investment in technology and career and technical education programs.

«Let the local teachers and parents and school boards and people who care the most about their local school children and the make decisions about standards, curriculum and assessments,» Hawkins said.

The Regents also plan to work with local school districts to cut down on unnecessary tests and develop a different curriculum for mentally disabled children, instead of holding them to the standards of non-disabled students.

As that process unfolds, the task force recommended that the state declare a ban on using state growth scores to evaluate students or teachers until the 2019 - 20 school year while it reviews and alters the Common Core Learning Standards, develops curriculum aligned to the updated standards and tries out new assessments.

Students at P.S. 122Q are held to high standards, for as long as they excel within the G&T curriculum, they should be able to pursue the K - 8 education at the school.

Steiner notes matter - of - factly that Black «lacks evidence of knowledge» in a host of «critical areas» confronting New York City's public schools, including education standards, curriculum and turning around low performing schools.

Sen. George Latimer, a Westchester Democrat, told City & State he's not sure if he would pass a high - school level state exam based on the new, more difficult Common Core curriculum standards, and he bets not all of his colleagues would pass it, either.

The schools are allowed to set their own curriculum and employment standards including hiring teachers without formal qualifications.

The task force appointed by New York governor Andrew Cuomo to overhaul the Common Core standards the state adopted in 2010 issued a set of recommendations on Thursday that, if adopted, will see school curricula and assessment standards move further away from the Common Core, the New York Times reports.

Mulgrew said that the continuing and severe delays in getting curriculum materials to schools and the unevenness in how well - prepared schools are for the new standards is ultimately unfair to not only teachers but also their students.

«In participating schools, ADAP is delivered as part of the standard health education curriculum, which facilitates its sustainability,» says Holly Wilcox, Ph.D., M.A., associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the researcher who oversaw the study on the effectiveness of the ADAP curriculum.

«The program's structure in which volunteers from within the school receive brief training and then follow a standard curriculum can overcome the concerns of some teachers and parents that they don't have the knowledge to help kids be more active.

Although many states have taken steps to require dating violence prevention as part of standard health curriculum in middle or high schools, not all take the additional step of providing funding to implement and study these programs.

BETHESDA, MD — In commemoration of National DNA Day, the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) hosted the 2016 DNA Day Essay Contest to encourage high school students and teachers to learn about human genetics concepts beyond the standard curriculum.

BETHESDA, MD — In commemoration of National DNA Day, the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) hosted its 10th Annual DNA Day Essay Contest to encourage high school students and teachers to learn about human genetics concepts beyond the standard curriculum.

YA registers yoga schools based on criteria from a standards committee and a curriculum that might include everything from anatomy, sequencing, breath work (pranayama), meditation, Sanskrit, and more.

All the yoga alliance approved schools follow a curriculum that matches the standards set up by the non-profit international community of yoga.

In addition to a standard medical curriculum, schools require their graduates to complete four years of training in disciplines such as clinical nutrition, botanical medicine, physical medicine, and counseling.

The curricula for all diploma programs in the School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine meet or exceed the licensing standards set by the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of British Columbia.

He is the inventor of the Gustilo Classification System which is part of the standard curriculum of medical schools worldwide.

The general disregard for curriculum as a means to improve teacher effectiveness and student outcomes is reflected in the observation that «many teachers do not have access to strong, standards - aligned curriculum; in fact, most teachers spend hours every week searching for materials that haven't been vetted and aren't connected to ongoing, professional learning activities in their schools.»

School - turnaround experts say a few small things, such as aligning curriculum with state standards and creating focused time for reading and math, can yield short - term results.

Strong American Schoolswill not endorse specific presidential candidates, but will instead focuson three components the group believes form the building blocks ofbetter schooling: a call for stronger, more consistent curriculum standards; lengthening the school day and year; and improving teacherquality through merit pay and other measures.