Sentences with phrase «student educational gains»

Whereas the most universal finding is that the presence of full - time, credentialed school librarians and appropriate support staff who implement a quality, school integrated program of library services is directly related to these student educational gains;

Not exact matches

Unlike full - time MBA students, executives who gain an executive version of the degree must balance work and family with an often grueling educational load.

Learn about the most common ways teachers measure student educational progress for special education programs and gain valuable tips that will help you make educational decisions for his special education program.

A high IELTS score is a must to gain entry into any educational institution in the UK for the international students.

In fact, students at liberal arts colleges realized virtually the same educational gains, no matter their major, according to the UI report released earlier this month.

«In other words, the institution has more of an impact than the major» on a student's educational gains.

Despite recent gains, a wide educational attainment gap remains for these students, making them less likely than Caucasian and Asian pupils to complete science coursework in school and pursue STEM careers.

In our research, we've long pointed out that merely cramming computers in schools or simply handing them out to students won't produce the educational gains well - intentioned people desire when they start with technology.

Mary: Even when the legislative environment is inclusive and extends educational opportunities to refugee learners, as we see in the Kenyan context, national security threats can roll back any progress made by refugee students in gaining access to national schools, as fear and xenophobia trigger government crackdowns on relocating urban refugees back to the camps or their countries of origin under the guise of «voluntary repatriation.»

School Wastage Study - National Absenteeism in Armenia «The term, school wastage, can be broadly defined as lack of demonstrated school success or realized educational gain (or value), measured as output of student achievement, outcome of social and economic returns, from provided educational services, finance, and other schooling related consumption of resources.

Students using educational technology also find themselves with lots to gain, considering electronic versions of text books are 33 - 35 % cheaper than their physical counterparts.

As social learning continues to gain traction, students can connect themselves to teachers, other students and a wide variety of experts in a wide variety of settings — from one - on - one sessions to rich communities regardless of where they live — to collaborate on a variety of educational projects.

After decades of educational attainment gains among African American and Latino students, American educators find themselves in the midst of a major retraction of many of those gains for the students who can least afford it.

List — with the help of fellow economists Roland Fryer of Harvard and Steven Levitt, also of the UC — is following more than 600 students in several Chicago schools to «find out whether investing in teachers or, alternatively, in parents, leads to more gains in kids» educational performance.»

This course is for students who are interested in gaining a better understanding of how social entrepreneurs can generate sustainable educational innovations.

This strand is designed for students with a strong interest in policy, program development and evaluation as well as educational research or to gain experience in research in preparation for doctoral study.

The strong educational foundation provided by Beaumont Leys School, coupled with the many Leicestershire Cares Employability Projects and Nylacast's commitment to bridging the skills gap proves to continuously provide enthusiastic, dedicated students and apprentices with the hunger to succeed in developing their careers alongside gaining higher education.

When Jill Biden convened a gathering of researchers and university faculty to mark the five - year anniversary of Operation Educate the Educators last spring, they also celebrated significant policy gains, like the enactment of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, which smooths transitions by eliminating conflicting state educational requirements, and the «military - student identifier» provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act, which requires states — for the first time — to track outcomes for these ststudent identifier» provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act, which requires states — for the first time — to track outcomes for these stStudent Succeeds Act, which requires states — for the first time — to track outcomes for these students.

An idea that is beginning to gain a lot of favour in educational circles at the moment is the notion of fixed versus growth mindsets, and how they might relate to students and learning.

The resulting «Warnock Report» strongly argued for the inclusion of special needs students in mainstream schools and helped parents gain both educational support and new rights for their children.

Thus, by measuring gains, we can pinpoint the «value» that a school has «added» to its students» educational experience.

Schools already can employ a variety of preventive measures to keep most student «cybersurfers» from gaining access to pornography and other illicit materials from school computers, those who administer educational - telecommunications networks say.

He said, «Rethinking policies around seat - time requirements, class size, compensating teachers based on their educational credentials, the use of technology in the classroom, inequitable school financing, the over placement of students in special education — almost all of these potentially transformative productivity gains are primarily state and local issues that have to be grappled with.»

Learn Better might be of value to teachers - in - training and students of educational leadership, who could gain insights and information relevant to their work.

Teachers who are new to using technology will gain confidence from «safe, discrete» learning activities that connect to what they are already doing with students, says Paula Don, director of educational technology for the School District of Philadelphia (SDP).

The wide - ranging concept of leadership is one of the most studied topics in all of academia; however ~ the more specific issue of educational leadership has gained attention in recent years due to the increased expectations of public schools to improve student achievement.

High standards may also generate broader educational gains as schools, teachers, and students struggle to attain them.

While students showed gains on achievement tests after one year in the choice program, researcher Valerie Martinez of the University of Texas found that their families also had stronger educational backgrounds than those not in the program.

You'll learn: • BPS's approach for staying current with filtering technology and best practices • How BPS structured and conducted its Request for Proposal (RFP) process • Gaining constituent buy - in and arriving at the final selection • Lessons learned from deployment and usage Providing access to digital educational tools and protecting students from cyberthreats is a delicate balance.

«The students will take a hands - on role by developing and delivering areas within the project and gaining invaluable experience in a wide range of educational settings.

Rising educational expectations, increasing accountability, equitability for diverse populations, and new technologies are creating opportunities for gaining growth and higher outcomes for every student.

From their fellow students — who represent myriad personal, socioeconomic, racial, religious, political, educational, and career backgrounds — they gain insight into new ways of thinking and living.

Conforming to those criteria does not ensure that their students will in fact gain any educational benefits.

Using data generated by student interaction with educational software programs, teachers gain insight into each student's precise strengths and weaknesses.

By combining teacher - student links with the ability to measure achievement gains using common assessments, we could be generating lower - cost, faster - turnaround evaluations of curricula and other educational interventions.

It may well be the case that these costs are justified by the achievement gains of having students spend more time in the school, but in the current fiscal environment substantial increases in educational spending are unlikely to be forthcoming.

To be meaningful, achievement gains must result from greater student understanding, and they must be important in some educational sense.

With 1.4 million students in 4,600 schools, charters are by far the most significant achievement of the «choice» movement that strives to promote educational gains through school competition.

The favorite way of measuring gains, or lack thereof, in student learning is through «value - added» models, which seek to determine what each teacher has added to the educational achievement of each of his or her students.

The advisers will be placed in communities with low college - going rates and low adult educational attainment rates as part of MCAN's efforts to increase the number of students gaining additional training or degrees after high school.

The program offers 22 courses and has enrollments of 760 students, giving even more individual learners the opportunity to achieve their educational goals, graduate on time, and gain invaluable experience with 21st century technologies.

At Anna Yates, she led the school to significant achievement gains and improvements in the educational experience of students through community partnerships, parent outreach, and smaller learning communities.

The MIT study conducted a review of 100 + educational technology studies, and concluded that ASSISTments is one of the most promising programs in the US based on an outside evaluation that showed it double student's» yearly gains on a standardized mathematics assessment.

The foundation maintains an online library of lessons at www.wallacefoundation.org about what it has learned, including knowledge from its current efforts aimed at: strengthening educational leadership to improve student achievement; helping disadvantaged students gain more time for learning through summer learning and an extended school day and year; enhancing out - of - school time opportunities; and building appreciation and demand for the arts.

Districts, states, and schools can, at least in theory, generate gains in educational outcomes for students using value - added measures in three ways: creating information on effective programs, making better decisions about human resources, and establishing incentives for higher performance from teachers.

That brings us to an indispensable tenet of educational romanticism: The public schools are so bad that large gains in student performance are possible even within the constraints of intellectual ability.

The Advocate Guest column: School choice data doesn't reflect classroom reality As school choice continues to gain support, we must broaden the conversation about effectiveness to include more than scores, and we must seek access to more data that can help us determine not just how students are performing in math and reading, but what effect expanding educational options has on them beyond graduation.

Students who have the most effective teachers make gains three times as large as those with less effective teachers, according to experts such as Stanford University's Eric Hanushek, whose specialty is economic analysis of educational issues.

Besides standardizing data and defining requirements for graduation, Brodt and Bonsteel suggest giving parents more choices — vouchers, educational savings accounts, tax credit scholarships — to increase the probability of students buying into the educational process and working to gain the knowledge required to graduate.

The federal role in education has been critical to safeguarding the civil and educational rights of English learners, minority students and those with disabilities, and it is important to ensure that gains in federal law are not lost in state and local accountability plans.