Sentences with phrase «students getting the grades they need»

Are your students getting the grades they need to graduate and be accepted into competitive colleges?

Not exact matches

Economists such as Carleton University professor Frances Woolley note that we've moved to this rebate system because everyone wins: well - off students with mediocre grades (who wouldn't have gotten into university at all back when I went) are now effectively subsidizing the smart kids and the ones who need financial aid.

I too have been reading since the beginning — who needs a story — you've got the man, you've got the happiness, and you've got the skills to make one hell of an empty stomach feel like the luckiest organ in the world — Besides, my husband, who was able to vote when I was born, just happens to be my professor from college... And when people ask what grade I got in his class, I become quiet and with a slight whisper say «I got a B» — And that was only 1 of 3 B's I got in college... Our story is wonderful for him since he nabbed the young student... Doesn't sound so good for me, but I love him and sharing it regardless... Happy Anniversary Deb and Alex!!!

In math: rather than a grading scale, ask students how many questions they believe they need to get right in order to feel they've mastered a particular skill.

If your Plan A is to teach science in a liberal arts college, you will need to get comprehensive teaching experience (developing a syllabus, delivering a lecture, engaging students in active learning, writing exams, giving grades).

«My goal as a teacher, in regards to self - assessment,» says Karina Hean, the chair of NMSA's visual arts department, «is to get students to a place by 11th grade where they can visualize what needs to adjust and be their own editor.

So we looked at what could we do to make sure that the students are still being instructed on those grade - level standards, but getting the interventions that they need.»

Viewpoint: Harvard Students, DOJ Will Find Admissions Answers Elusive (The Boston Business Journal) You'll Need More Than Perfect Grades To Get Into America's Top Universities (Good Education) Natasha Warikoo discusses the Department of Justice's investigation into affirmative action in college admissions.

With the addition of the new students and new grade levels, the school needed an event that would bring in parents and get them involved in school activities.

Some people who get high grades will make a big effort and move up through the pack and we need to acknowledge that, but we also know that there are students in our schools who can do quite well without stretching themselves — they coast in some cases.

And our academic case management system assigns a staffer to every HCZ student from fifth grade up to not just solve problems but prevent them; to make sure they get what they need, whether it's grief counseling, chess lessons, or a weight - loss regimen — a Zone defense, so to speak.

Diagnosed in second grade with a learning disability, Grant says she was supported in her public schools in Massachusetts and Kentucky and feels the legislation helped her get the accommodations she needed as both a student and later as a teacher.

It is a good worksheet that helps to build up the confidence of students and also to encourage them on what they need to include to make their writing effective and fun and to get higher marks / grades.

States press to ensure that students from kindergarten on get the literacy support they need to meet 3rd grade reading milestones.

Don't put a grade on an assignment; just provide descriptive feedback about where student is, where they need to be and how to get there.

With the BOOST Oklahoma Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

With the BOOST South Dakota Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

With the BOOST Nebraska Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

For instance, a K - 4 school might start with only K - 2 and add a grade each year... and that means you're only getting half the money you need for a building that will ultimately house twice as many students.

With the BOOST Illinois Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

Many school systems have gotten the message that they need to be more data driven, and they are now awash in data - not just yearly student test scores, but figures on how different groups of students are doing in particular subjects or grade levels, how successful a school is at attracting and retaining teachers or closing the achievement gap among disadvantaged students, or how equitable funding is from school to school.

He added that the raising of the mark needed to get a C grade between the January and June exam units left thousands of students victim to «inconsistency within the year group» and «a lack of even - handedness».

This ensures that students get ample practice reading grade - level text, building the stamina and strength they need to read complex informational text and preparing them for the challenges of college and their chosen career.

With the BOOST Michigan Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

Her switch to standards - based grading has helped her students take more ownership of their learning and enabled Amundson to differentiate instruction so students get remediation help (or enrichment) in the areas they most need it.

With the BOOST Montana Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

With the BOOST Arizona Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

With the BOOST New York Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

With the BOOST Vermont Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

«We need to lower the class sizes so that each student can get that one - on - one attention that they need,» says a second - grade teacher.

By breaking out of a crowded classroom, 7th grade students get the one - on - one attention they need to be successful in all subjects, even the ones they struggle in.

With the BOOST South Carolina Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

With the BOOST North Dakota Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

With the BOOST New Jersey Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

As Dropout Nation has noted ad nauseam, few of the accountability systems allowed to replace No Child's Adequate Yearly Progress provision are worthy of the name; far too many of them, including the A-to-F grading systems put into place by such states as New Mexico (as well as subterfuges that group all poor and minority students into one super-subgroup) do little to provide data families, policymakers, teachers, and school leaders need to help all students get high - quality education.

With the BOOST Florida Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

With the BOOST New Mexico Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

Millspaugh and his team looked at their own data and realized that the first - grade teachers needed more support to get their students ready for second grade, and that second - grade teachers needed to know more about third - grade expectations.

With the BOOST Massachusetts Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

With the BOOST Minnesota Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

With the BOOST Colorado Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

With the BOOST Indiana Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

With the BOOST Pennsylvania Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

With the BOOST Virginia Edition, Tier II and Tier III intervention and special education students get the targeted and intensive instruction they need to meet grade - level goals without missing out on standards - aligned instruction, with:

It's important that districts identify middle school students who need intervention and take steps to get them back on grade level and really ready for high school.

«You need to be a pretty darned good math student in order to get from the ninth - grade year of math to college statistics as a senior,» Hill said.

Answer: One of the things that we discovered when we got our collaborative team together, we reviewed our results and our data and our interventions, is that we lacked a systematic system for students who had the most needs academically from [Kindergarten] through 12th grade in our system.

Williams said that when she first learned how she was supposed to support and monitor students taking online courses, a colleague recommended she look at students» answers before they submit quizzes and tell students which answers they need to change in order to get a passing grade.

Just last August, Superintendent Quesnel told the Middletown Patch news outlet that, «The East Hartford Public Schools are utilizing Alliance District funding [the extra state taxpayer funds his town was given] to support early literacy — particularly for getting needed materials for students in grades K - 2... These resources provide Common Core aligned instruction that help students reach grade level by Grade 3.»

I am an 8th grade math teacher and I get that I need to teach my students through discovery.