Sentences with phrase «students meaningful access»

«It will be powerful to see what is possible,» Nelson - Barber said, «what can give students meaningful access so that they can demonstrate their learning, and what can yield information that will be useful for teachers.»

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It will take a lot to make public schools more effective for all students: greater academic rigor, higher standards of conduct, more parental involvement, meaningful professional development for teachers, stronger incentives for the students themselves, and, of course, more access to health and social services for the many students who are in need of such.
Students said they valued their meaningful relationship of trust with their FLO caseworker above all other services that they access.
Addressing the design flaws we have identified in teacher evaluation systems will bring districts closer to achieving the primary goal of meaningful teacher evaluation: assuring greater equity in students» access to good teachers.
«He will be a tremendous asset to our students — especially those studying international education and education policy — and his expertise will be invaluable to the school as we define and execute a strategy to help ensure that children around the globe have access to meaningful education.»
With record gains being made in providing students with access to computers and the Internet, more schools are shifting their priorities toward other areas that have been simmering on the back burner — namely, figuring out how to integrate technology into the curriculum in meaningful ways.
They described efforts to provide multiple avenues for students to access content, strategies for using audio and video to scaffold independent learning, opportunities to adapt instruction based on real - time data, and the chance to engage in more meaningful face - to - face conversations.
Our agenda for reaching this goal will require that all students have access not only to great educators, but also to rich and meaningful curriculum, health and social services, and an array of supports and experiences in their local communities and beyond.
Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.
Participants learned ways to engage students in planning for their own college success, generate meaningful support from families, and use data to track the success of college access programs.
AzCAN's College Access Standards support the state goal of helping all Arizona students succeed in life — from completing high school and postsecondary education to finding success in meaningful careers.
Implemented 100 % one - to - one Chromebook devices for students at the Golden Hills Education Center, increasing access to technology for meaningful real - world learning experiences
Centaurus has instead sought to ensure meaningful access for all its students to a broad and engaging set of classes of other opportunities.
With decreasing costs and increasing functionality, usability, and access, the potential of technology in the social studies classroom to support transformative and innovative instructional approaches and more meaningful and appropriate learning opportunities for students is greater than ever.
Anyone who has worked in education has seen cases or heard stories of maltreatment and lack of access to a meaningful education involving special education students that make one's blood run cold.
Identifying more meaningful approaches has become increasingly difficult given 21st - century students» exposure and access to mobile technologies in a digital age.
Subsequent chapters in this book will be aimed at providing you with tools for helping students gain meaningful access to deeper comprehension and analysis of what they read.
PDE's plan for STEM includes increasing access to counselors who make STEM career options available to students as careers; however, students are unlikely to desire a career in subject matter they have never engaged with in meaningful ways.
In order to address this area of critical need, we need to provide students with meaningful access to where academic language is found.
IHEP participates in activities with a broad coalition of more than 50 organizations representing students and college access, veterans, consumers, and civil rights to support meaningful regulations that protect students and taxpayers from career programs that over-charge and under - deliver.
«We need to fairly fund kids across all types of public schools and ensure that all students have access to great teachers, leaders, and schools, and that there is transparency and meaningful accountability for results.»
Alternate ACCESS for ELLs is secure large — scale English language proficiency (ELP) assessment administered to students in grades 1 — 12 identified as English learners (ELLs) with the most significant cognitive disabilities who are unable to meaningful participate in ACCESS for ELLs 2.0.
ensuring, through grants, that high - achieving, low - income students throughout the country have access to meaningful, high - quality educational experiences.
The network also provides schools with access to: a national «knowledge network» of CWC teachers and principals who can share best practices with one another, meaningful professional development opportunities and evaluation tools, student assessment tools and help tracking student achievement, training in school operations, interest - free start - up loans to help new schools get off the ground and long - term financial planning assistance, and help resolving outstanding academic issues when requested by the school.
William Bass, Innovation Coordinator for Instructional Technology, Information, and Library Media, Parkway School District, Chesterfield: Among his other systemic considerations to the meaningful adoption of technology, William Bass defines equity as access to content, access to equipment and devices, and equity of the experience a student will have in a classroom.
That is, the least restrictive environment provision is IDEA's anti-segregation provision: it precludes public schools from simply shunting students with disabilities off to the side, separate and unequal, with little or no meaningful access to peer interaction with typically developing students.
Since its launch, LEAP has worked with more than 120 public schools in Chicago to personalize students» educational experiences, giving them access to tailored and meaningful learning opportunities.
This report details how personalized learning initiatives have sparked transformations in student learning through shifting the role of teachers, using technology to increase access to resources, restructuring assessments to provide meaningful information, and increasing college and career readiness exposure.
The CHATS framework gives teachers a number of ways to ensure that all students in their classroom have meaningful access to such opportunities.
Maryland: Dr. S. Dallas Dance, Superintendent, Baltimore County Public Schools, MD Dr. Dallas Dance has made meaningful use of technology a priority in his 110,000 district by engaging the community in the creation of a five - year, Blueprint 2.0 strategic plan; leading the Students and Teachers Accessing Tomorrow (S.T.A.T.) initiative to ensure every school has an equitable, effective digital learning environment; and being an avid personal user of social media to connect with the public.
The purpose of the RtI ² framework is to increase access, participation and meaningful progress in the core curriculum for all students, while simultaneously emphasizing early intervention for students experiencing difficulties.
Giving parents greater access to high - performing schools while closing low - performing schools was also shown to have a positive and educationally meaningful impact on student achievement, according to the Harvard study.
Agreement requires parent participation in a meaningful 504, parent input into 504 determinations, and notice to parents of determinations and procedural safegaurds available in order to enable the student to have full access to programs and activities to the same extent as students without disabilities.
Designing CTE curricula with project - based blended learning strategies and techniques gives students access to a meaningful, engaging mix of independent and classroom - based activities that can help them understand and prepare for postsecondary options — and the workforce.
Please use and share this report as a tool to explore meaningful next steps, opportunities for learning, and solutions to ensure that all students have access to a high - quality public education, including Oakland's most vulnerable and disadvantaged students.
That event launched a new era for the students, faculty and staff of Wichita State University, and the greater Wichita community to access meaningful encounters with the art of our time.
Attorneys for Aleeha Dudley have reached an agreement with Miami University after the school failed to provide Ms. Dudley with equal and meaningful access to her curriculum to help her attain educational success as a blind student studying zoology.
Justice Rowles explained that special education is the means by which «meaningful access» to educational services was achievable by students with learning disabilities.
Building upon the success of Law Jobs: By The Numbers ™, the institute is developing a new data - fueled tool that will give prospective students access to meaningful, individualized information about the law school options available to them.
Without long - term solutions to the front - end burdens and barriers to accessing legal education (for example, through lowering tuition), providing greater flexibility in how students can obtain legal education provides an attainable and meaningful pathway to greater access and inclusion in Canadian Law Schools.
We believe the legal profession and the clients they serve will benefit as a whole if law students are utilized in a meaningful way through exposure to 21st century skills and practical experience by working with technology tools that are expanding legal access and improving the delivery of legal services.»
We believe the legal profession and the individuals they serve will benefit as a whole if law students are utilized in a meaningful way through exposure to multidisciplinary skills and practical experience developing tools to expand legal access and improve the delivery of legal services.
The American Bar Association's Law Student Division can provide advertisers and sponsors with meaningful access and engagement with a large share of law students.
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