Sentences with phrase «state learning initiatives»

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Through this state - of - the - art technology learning initiative, scientists, educators, and students will be able to interpret changes in the Tidmarsh landscape as it is documented using video cameras and hundreds of electronic sensors embedded in the habitats of the site.

The Empire State Excellence in Teaching Program aims to reward teachers who «foster creativity, instill a love of learning, and inspire independent thinking and student initiative,» according to an announcement from Cuomo's office.

She has served on many executive committees including the American Association of School Administrators, the New York State Council for School Superintendents, the Association of Small City School Districts, and the New Standards Project, a national initiative that launched the transformation to standards - based instruction, a concept that remains the framework for teaching and learning across the nation.

The borough president said they discussed the mayor's upcoming State of the City address and the open house Oddo held on Sunday for the public to learn about his office's initiatives.

As the state focuses on fiscal and budgetary matters in Rockland County's troubled East Ramapo school district, former monitor Monica George - Fields said the teaching and learning initiatives laid out last school year also need to be a priority.

Photo: State Senator Jeff Klein, with UFT President Michael Mulgrew and Community Learning Schools Initiatives Director Karen Alford (from left to right), announces $ 1.5 million for Community Learning Schools at the International School of Liberal Arts in Kingsbridge.

«When I arrived in Buffalo, I was pleased to learn of Buffalo State's impressive record of collaboration with the Buffalo Public Schools in several areas, including many STEM initiatives,» said Buffalo State President Katherine Conway - Turner.

More than 800 UFT members boarded buses headed for Albany at dawn on March 27 to lobby state lawmakers for more public school funding, charter school accountability, an extended and enhanced millionaire's tax, support for Community Learning Schools and other important education initiatives.

«By investing in education, workforce development, agriculture and public safety initiatives, we are improving the quality of life for residents across the state and providing new opportunities for families to learn, work and live in New York.»

These graduates have learned invaluable skills and received critical training through the Bronx H.I.R.E. Survivors Program, and I am proud to have partnered with State Senator Jeff Klein and the Bronx Chamber of Commerce on this important initiative,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..

Communities across the Adirondack Park should host forums to learn more about state initiatives that impact them, including the broadband initiative.

State legislators addressed members at the convention center just before the educators fanned out to lobby their local elected officials to call for an increase in school funding, more Teacher Centers, an end to the charter equity gap and further expansion of the Community Learning Schools initiative.

Tea party groups have suddenly begun pressuring Republican state lawmakers to reassess their support for the bipartisan initiative on Common Core Learning Standards backed by President Obama.

If you've just given birth and have to deal with a lot more complexity and care, it's hard,» said Bethanie Van Horne, Dr.P.H., assistant director of state initiatives at UTHealth's Children's Learning Institute.

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Between 1991 and 2007, the Washington, D.C. - based Center for American Progress found that more than 300 initiatives across 30 states had expanded learning time, primarily in high - poverty and high - minority schools.

After leaving office, Bush created the Foundation for Excellence in Education to promote the kinds of reforms that he had backed in Florida, started an organization for reform - minded state education leaders called Chiefs for Change, and launched, with former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise, the initiative Digital Learning Now to promote the smart use of technology.

And when trying to implement large - scale initiatives like the Common Core State Standards that require rethinking professional learning, curriculum and instructional materials, family engagement activities, assessment and other aspects of the education system, collaboration is particularly important.

So in total, less than half of these parents first heard about a major education initiative that will (in those states that adopted the CCSS) impact their child's learning from the institution or individuals helping guide that learning.

Considered to be one of the most significant initiatives in American education in decades, CCSI will attempt to set forth standardized math and English curriculums in every participating state, thereby providing clarity about what students are expected to learn and creating common goals across states and districts.

Today, 45 of 50 states and the District of Columbia have a state virtual school or online initiative, full - time online school, or both, according to «Keeping Pace with K - 12 Online Learning,» (3M) a 2009 report sponsored by ten schools and organizations across the country.

Another big goal of the Common Core initiative was to help states make the shift to «next generation» assessments — the kind that would encourage better teaching and learning in the classroom, tap the advantages of online testing, and remain faithful to the higher standards.

, a national initiative advancing state policies that create a high - quality learning environments, profiles 12 states that have introduced elements of such legislation so far.

Requiring states to draw up learning guidelines for all young children — not just those in prekindergarten or Head Start — is part of President Bush's early education and literacy initiative, federal officials told members of the National Association for the Education of Young Children gathered here Nov. 20 - 23 for their annual conference.

Some of the organizers behind Education Forward have some clever ideas about how to fund the online courses a student might take, for example — by offering 50 percent of funding to the provider up - front for enrollment, 25 percent for the student passing the course, and the last 25 percent upon successful passage of the state final exam — but this idea, which moves the focus to student outcomes, isn't codified explicitly in the initiative (although the notion of competency - based learning is, which might lead to such an outcomes - based funding system).

Today, 45 of 50 states plus the District of Columbia have a state virtual school or online learning initiative, full - time online schools, or both.

According to the International Association for K - 12 Online Learning, 48 states had established a significant form of online learning initiative as Learning, 48 states had established a significant form of online learning initiative as learning initiative as of 2012.

Maine has become the eighth state to join Re: Learning, a cooperative education - reform initiative sponsored by the Education Commission of the States, the Coalition of Essential Schools, and participating sStates, the Coalition of Essential Schools, and participating statesstates.

Johns engaged the crowd with his frank talk about the lessons he's learned as part of the initiative, as well as what needs be done in the United States in order to ensure all students — especially students of color — achieve academic excellence.

He organizes and supports a group of state education leaders called Chiefs for Change; and, with former West Virginia governor Bob Wise, he's pressing another initiative, Digital Learning Now!

«The time is right,» says Jennifer Davis, president and cofounder of Massachusetts 2020, a nonprofit organization that has led the state's learning - time initiative.

The time is now for states and districts, charter management organizations, schools, and all of the educational initiatives to align with assessing deeper learning outcomes.

More than half of U.S. states now operate online - learning initiatives for K - 12 students, an increase over the 15 states that did so just two years ago, according to a new survey.

He stated: «Initiatives like the Raspberry Pi scheme will give children the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of programming.»

The interview represents one of the first opportunities to hear from Buffett on what he thinks about the state of U.S. education today, and why Susie Buffett is committed to supporting early childhood learning initiatives.

Advocates of an increase in online and blended learning often point to the Common Core State Standards initiative as a very positive step that will allow providers to more easily work across the country.

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The use of adaptive learning is closely tied to the Race to the Top early learning reform initiative, alignment with Common Core State Standards, and to teach 21st century skills to increase U.S. student competitive advantage.

12) The Obama administration's key education initiative, Race to the Top, had a competition for states to compete for federal dollars for early learning initiatives.

Some districts in the state have even spearheaded their own initiatives, and the state is working to use them as «learning labs» for others.

Elsewhere, students participating in the Kansas Reading Initiative — a two - year pilot blended - learning program that provides Lexia Learning's Lexia Reading Core5 at no cost to the participating schools so long as they meet and maintain minimum usage requirements, which cleverly insures some implementation fidelity — saw dramatic gains in the first year of the initiative with roughly 20 % — or 225 — of elementary schools in the state particlearning program that provides Lexia Learning's Lexia Reading Core5 at no cost to the participating schools so long as they meet and maintain minimum usage requirements, which cleverly insures some implementation fidelity — saw dramatic gains in the first year of the initiative with roughly 20 % — or 225 — of elementary schools in the state particLearning's Lexia Reading Core5 at no cost to the participating schools so long as they meet and maintain minimum usage requirements, which cleverly insures some implementation fidelity — saw dramatic gains in the first year of the initiative with roughly 20 % — or 225 — of elementary schools in the state participating.

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High - stakes testing is a «failed policy initiative» that does not produce gains on other measures of student learning, researchers at Arizona State University in Tempe argue in a recent paper.

Sarah Shad Johnson, a parent of children in Charleston County Schools and co-founder of Community Voice, says, «The timing of Secretary Duncan's visit comes at a critical time when our state legislators are discussing whether or not to support the adversarial Common Core State Standards, as well as bills regarding school choice, charter school expansion, and tax credits for private schools; our State Superintendent of Education seems to be embracing a controversial stand on the teaching profession; and the focus here in Charleston County appears to be only on experimental, questionable, and expensive initiatives, as opposed to goals of increased learning opportunities.&rstate legislators are discussing whether or not to support the adversarial Common Core State Standards, as well as bills regarding school choice, charter school expansion, and tax credits for private schools; our State Superintendent of Education seems to be embracing a controversial stand on the teaching profession; and the focus here in Charleston County appears to be only on experimental, questionable, and expensive initiatives, as opposed to goals of increased learning opportunities.&rState Standards, as well as bills regarding school choice, charter school expansion, and tax credits for private schools; our State Superintendent of Education seems to be embracing a controversial stand on the teaching profession; and the focus here in Charleston County appears to be only on experimental, questionable, and expensive initiatives, as opposed to goals of increased learning opportunities.&rState Superintendent of Education seems to be embracing a controversial stand on the teaching profession; and the focus here in Charleston County appears to be only on experimental, questionable, and expensive initiatives, as opposed to goals of increased learning opportunities.»

Prominent among the policy initiatives adopted by the California State Department of Education to support the framework was the California Learning Assessment System (CLAS).

As part of its Race to the Top initiative, The Florida Department of Education, through its Partnership with Learning Sciences International, will provide School Districts across the State with a Research Based Framework and Implementation Services for a Teacher Evaluation System.

«By combining the research and services from The Leadership and Learning Center and Learning Sciences International, HMH Educational Consulting Services is able to offer Florida an unprecedented holistic solution that is aligned to state legislative and regulatory mandates, and also supports key priorities within the Race to the Top initiative,» said Senior Vice President of HMH Educational Consulting Services Dave West.

If legislation voiding the state's current academic standards passes, Indiana will be the first state to exit the Common Core initiative and write its own expectations for what students should know and learn at each grade level.