Sentences with phrase «student learning needs at»

Districts have several options for using funds and changing policies and practices to address student learning needs at younger ages.

For decades, districts have also chosen to invest their Title I funds primarily in their highest poverty elementary schools because addressing student learning needs at the earliest age possible produces the greatest return on investment.

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Technologies like DreamBox, a math education software that's used in a number of classrooms across the US, adapts to each student's skill level and lets students learn at a pace best suited to their needs.

«We regularly review our course materials and textbooks to ensure they are up to date, and any changes that need to be made will be done at the appropriate moment to ensure the best learning outcomes for schools and students,» a spokesperson for the company told CNBC.

When members of the University of Texas at San Antonio student chapter of NAHB learned about a local family in need of a new roof after it was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey, they decide to put their construction knowledge and labor to work.

The emphasis is for each of our students to learn the basic fundamental skills needed to wrestle at the junior high and high school levels.

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When students have access to breakfast at school, they have access to the nutrition they need to grow and learn.

His program at Holy Trinity is telling us some important things about kids and school food — namely, that food doesn't need to be «dumbed down» for kids to accept it; that kids implicitly understand when deep care is being put into the preparation of their food and they respond with equal respect; and that improving school food can change kids» attitudes about food outside the school yard gates, as was the case with the student quoted by Chef Boundas who cut back on fast food now that he's eating healthful foods at lunch and learning about nutrition and cooking in Chef Boundas's kitchen.

NEW YORK, NY (10/29/2013)(readMedia)-- Today, The Business Council of New York State, Inc. testified at a New York State Senate Education Committee hearing illustrating the need to support Common Core standards, innovative learning models and access to early learning opportunities that will help prepare New York students to meet workforce needs.

Deane - Williams also indicated that besides looking at various safety procedures, the district will also need to look at how it classifies students She says that although Trevyan was classified as having learning disabilities, he was not classified as having autism, which might have triggered more supervision when he got off the school bus and entered the school each day.

This is a setting for success, where every learning tool a student needs is at their fingertips.»

In urban central cities, funding levels per student tend to be at least average, but student needs (e.g. for special education for students with learning disabilities and for general support for very poor students such as homeless students) tend to be much greater.

«Students enrolled at the Sports & Arts in Schools Foundation summer programs learn from top - notch teachers who are committed to providing them with the resources needed to excel in their future years.

The evening opened with brief remarks from Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, who presented a humanistic philosophy toward public education at sharp odds with prevailing notions that schools today are workplaces where students apply themselves to learn skills needed to pass tests.

What the proponents say: «This new technology means... that every child learns at his or her own pace; the students get the skills they need to succeed within the 21st century economy; they have access to advanced courses; parents and teachers can communicate; and teachers can access the assistance and training that they need,» Cuomo said during his State of the State.

Julie Vick, a counselor at the University of Pennsylvania Career Center, encourages her students to join a student - run club called the Penn Biotech Club to learn more about the legal, business, and marketing needs of industry.

By talking to representatives from industry, students can learn what industry wants and needs, they can expand their skills via placements organized by btS and thus learn at an early stage what it means to assert oneself as a scientist on the market.»

Since the telescope will be the centerpiece of your new module, you will need to show, specifically and in detail, how it will enhance the learning experience of your students — and other students at other institutions who would implement your new course.

But Wilson, whose department at New Mexico Tech embraced the multidisciplinary approach a decade ago, says his students are well - prepared to learn anything they need to know.

«Discovery» learning, in which students discover facts for themselves rather than receiving them directly from an instructor, has been in vogue lately; Blikstein and his colleagues at FabLab@School, a network of educational workshops Blikstein created in 2009, are trying to get at the heart of how much or how little instruction students really need.

Before taking any decision, «the student really needs to learn a lot about what to expect in graduate school to see if it will be a good fit for them,» says Laura Malisheski, a careers counsellor at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

If you listen to your students and stay flexible in giving what is needed at the moment, you will have a class where kids both learn a lot and have a lot of fun.

April 3, 2018 • A new survey finds that many students at universities and community colleges are struggling to pay for basic needs — and that's hampering their ability to learn and complete their degrees.

I learned that I needed to get to work at 7:15 AM for an 8 o'clock start time just so that I could get my head and heart together before the students came in.

Developed and perfected by a savvy band of teachers and administrators, Reteach and Enrich has ensured that every student receives differentiated instruction and the opportunity to learn every lesson at the pace he or she needs to master it.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

Using a backward - design approach, teachers at each grade level figure out the big ideas that students need to learn that quarter.

Second, if we really want to promote things like collaborative team work, risk taking, ongoing learning, creativity, and critical problem solving, and if we really want our student and parent communities to begin to take these seriously, we need to make sure these goals are provided with honored places at our awards tables.

Broadly speaking, we need to concentrate on improving the quality of teaching so that all students can learn at high levels.

If each student was given the opportunity to learn at their own pace with an education plan customized to their individual needs, then each and every student would achieve his or her God - Given potential for learning.

Meeting this fifth challenge depends on better ways of: identifying children at risk of being locked into trajectories of low achievement at the earliest possible ages; enhancing levels of school readiness; diagnosing learning difficulties upon entry to school; and intervening intensively during the early years of school to address individual learning needs to give as many students as possible the chance of successful ongoing learning.

Traditional distance learning models can be effective, but they need to be adapted to ensure the experience is accessible for students that typically enter programs reading at the 6th - 10th grade level.

The «What I May Need... What I Loved...» math investigation below was crafted out of a desire to teach students that learning requires a personal commitment, in class and at home.

Continual reminders that students are failing to meet high standards are less effective than establishing where exactly individuals are in their learning, tailoring teaching to meet students at their points of need, and monitoring and celebrating excellent progress towards high standards.

Most of the students in this book, either through their own drivenness or through the interventions of adults — either parents, teachers, or related services people, therapists and so forth — develop the strategies they needed to be successful: to be able to access education at a high level; to know how to handle the heavy reading load when they read at a very low rate; to learn how to manage pain, which was the case with one of the students in the book who has chronic pain due to his physical disabilities; or to learn how to manage anxiety, which is the case of two of the people in the book.

Alan Glasgow (Aglasgow) creates high quality video guides that allow students to learn at a pace that suits them, freeing teachers to circulate and support students where needed.

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There's a growing smorgasbord of initiatives and resources beyond the classroom supporting the push to improve STEM learning outcomes, so finding one to fit your students» needs at any given moment in time can feel a little overwhelming.

For most teachers this will be the only resource needed for teaching Buddhism at Key - stage 3 and may be of use to GCSE students in learning a comparative religion.

At some point — not too soon, they insist — the standards will need to be revised, to reflect new research on student learning and evidence about their validity in predicting college and career readiness.

What parents and policymakers need to know about a school is how much its students learn relative to what they would have learned at the school they would otherwise have attended.

Educators use frequent formative assessments to determine the needs of each student at Forest Lake Elementary School, and then leverage technology to tap into their learning styles.

Dreise notes that they'll think about where students are at in their learning and where they need to be.

The Secondary Student Focus Group commented: «I wouldn't normally be in school until this time now [10.30 am] and the trip has made me realise that I need my education, I enjoy education, I enjoy learning and I was in school at half eight this morning, which is a whole two hours before I normally am.»

At EducatorLab, we aim to bring quality, expert - led, low - cost coursework to teachers so they can learn the skills they need to effectively reach all students in their classroom.

At both schools — one in our city and one in Los Angeles — educators saw blended learning as a way to custom - tailor the school experience for urban students whose backgrounds and learning needs varied widely.

While it is suggested in the Australian Curriculum that the personal and social capabilities be addressed in all learning areas and at every stage of a student's schooling, the ASD - ENA findings suggest that work on the personal and social capabilities needs to go beyond integration in other learning areas and, for many students on the spectrum, will require far more explicit instruction and ongoing focus on these capabilities.

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While UDL was originally thought of as a way to help students with learning difficulties, today it is used as a way to tailor curriculum for all students, including, say, a student with dyslexia who may be talented at math but has trouble with word problems, or a student who needs an extra level of challenge to stay engaged.