Sentences with phrase «students meet the challenges they face»

School districts across the United States are honing their approaches to help newcomer students meet the challenges they face - from developing processes to identify students» academic and socioemotional needs, to connecting them with mental - health and legal supports, and tailoring curricular pathways in ways that balance student needs with policy constraints.

We welcome articles on preparing teachers to better help students meet the challenges they face, as well as descriptions of effective schoolwide programs.

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The goal of our ecoliteracy and sustainability initiatives are to empower students with the knowledge, confidence, and ethical foundation to meet the challenges they will face in modern society with depth, imagination, and purpose.

More than 31 million children in the United States participate in the National School Lunch Program, or NSLP, each school day, 1 and a large number of students consume up to half of their daily calories at school.2 Yet, many schools were built decades ago and face challenges as they strive to serve foods that meet children's dietary needs.

[Associated image: Students line up to meet Richard Harris after his lecture on the reproducibility challenge facing science.

To achieve all of this though, and to support the wider education sector in meeting the challenges it faces, they need to explore ways of enhancing the experience and usability of the app for students and teachers.

With schools today facing an array of complex challenges — from working with an increasingly diverse population of students, to integrating new technology in the classroom, to meeting rigorous academic standards and goals — observers...

Making time in the school day to emphasize academics, tutor students who need extra help, schedule common planning times for teams, or meet a wide variety of other needs is a challenge all principals face.

The 1986 Carnegie Report made a case for the idea that the economic challenges the nation would face in the years ahead could not be met unless students were held to much higher academic standards and the nation did what would be necessary to fully professionalize its teaching force, much as medicine had done a century earlier.

One of the most daunting challenges Hawaii has faced in the 10 - year effort to overhaul its special education system is finding enough adequately trained teachers to meet students» needs.

School principals need support to face a tidal wave of challenges: new college and career readiness standards and assessments, new educator performance evaluation, fewer resources available to meet expanding student needs, and short timelines for improving performance.

The School Day: Fitting In Everything Requires Creative Scheduling Making time in the school day to emphasize academics, tutor students who need help, schedule planning times for teams, or meet many other needs is a challenge all principals face.

Infused with state and federal money but facing more requirements and students with challenges, staff at two Native American schools in Maine talked with Education World about meeting their two missions: passing on Native American culture and boosting academics.

This 2014 white paper jointly produced by AASA: the School Superintendents Association and BBA as a companion to the documentary Rich Hill illustrates the unique challenges many rural schools face in meeting their students» needs.

Among the thousands of participants who engaged in professional education at HGSE this past summer, new college presidents worked together to prepare for their roles as leaders of higher education institutions; scores of academic librarians met to discuss the challenges facing their ever - changing field; and over 100 early career principals developed leadership skills to better support teacher development and student achievement.

Students who enroll in alternative schools come into these programs often with limited options because of challenges they face at home and previous schools that were not able to meet their needs.

Still, the district has faced a challenge in efforts to meet federal conditions for continued academic growth especially because the district has close to 2,800 students who have been classified as Exceptional Children (EC).

We identified several specific solutions to meet challenges faced by teachers and schools trying to best serve these unique student populations (USPs).

Martin said the growth of publicly funded private charter schools and private school vouchers is also an important issue because those programs divert critical tax money away from public schools, thereby increasing the challenges public schools face in meeting the growing needs of their diverse student bodies.

The law was passed in 2015 and in 2017 states drafted their plans, which included new accountability systems based on multiple measures that include factors other than test scores; conducting needs assessments for struggling schools and learning communities facing the greatest challenges in order to tailor support and intervention when needed; developing clear and concise plans for targeting federal funding in ways that meet the needs of students in the school; and implementing programs and monitoring their progress in collaboration with educators.

Members also are provided with special reports and notified of other meetings and events that address the challenges faced by students from ethic and racial minorities.

Meeting the Education Needs of Immigrant Newcomers April 21, 2015 Teen students from other countries face challenges beyond just learning English when they start school in the United States.

How can teachers face this challenge and meet such a variety of student learning needs?

«These schools serve students facing real challenges, and they've risen to meet them through hard work and dedication,» Torlakson said.

With the help and advice of practicing educators, Agile Mind has created professional experiences, tools, knowledge, and data to equip teachers and leaders with elite resources worthy of the challenges you face every day — enabling you to elevate your practice to meet the needs of all of your students.

Faced with the challenge of meeting the needs of a diverse student population, district administrators are focused on increasing student achievement and ensuring all students are graduating ready for college, work, and life.

This is the challenge good teachers face: how to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of every student.

As globalization and information technology transform the world, schools must be equipped with the ideas and the expertise to prepare students to meet the challenges they will face — challenges not just of skills and knowledge but of character and purpose.

FCAN's Kathy McDonald, Assistant Director of Network Partnerships, recently hosted Complete Florida's Dr. Michelle Horton, Director, and Jehan Clark, a Complete Florida graduate and Program Manager, for a discussion on the common hurdles adult students face and how creative institutions are meeting the challenge.

As we met with community members, educators and students to build this vision; one critical principle came through: every challenge we face can be overcome by our strength, resilience and commitment to the next generation.

The challenge that school administrators at Carlton faced was finding a partner who could not only provide a curriculum adaptive enough to meet the needs of each student, but could also provide teachers with insights to engage with students in more meaningful ways.

NAESP is pleased to have played a role in creating the opportunities that are now afforded to schools under the new law, such as allowing accountability systems to include multiple measures, factoring in elements other than test scores; conducting needs assessments for struggling schools and learning communities facing the greatest challenges; developing clear and concise plans for targeting federal funding in ways that meet the needs of students in the school; and implementing local programs and monitoring their progress in collaboration with educators.

This clinic will highlight the challenges high poverty schools are facing as they try to meet the needs of special education students as well as provide attendees with key strategies for meeting the needs of these students.

With the arrival of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and a general trend to more rigorous educational standards, students who are reading below grade level will face even greater challenges in meeting them,» said Peter Cohen, president of McGraw - Hill School Education, in a press release.

Many students with student loans face challenges meeting all of their financial expectations.

Partnership involves collaboration with academics, students and startups to put new technologies into practice, and meeting the business challenges faced by Thomson Reuters customers.

Teaching student drivers good driving judgment and their responsibility when they get themselves behind the wheels are also important so that they will be able to meet the challenges they may face in their driving lives.

Resources to help you learn the challenges facing college students who are homeless, and how higher ed institutions and communities can meet their needs.