Sentences with phrase «summer learning of students»

In addition, unless the child is attending summer school, schools play a limited role in summer learning of students.

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(1) To address the coding skills gap and help prepare more people for jobs in software development, Apple created a powerful yet easy - to - learn coding language called Swift (TM), the free Swift Playgrounds (TM) app and a free curriculum, App Development with Swift, which are available to anyone and are already being used by millions of students at K - 12 schools, summer camps and leading community colleges across the country.

This would provide seminarians with learning opportunities through summer internships, enlarging the student's world and motivating students to find creative and collegial patterns of partnership within the global village.

Oakwood Summer Arts Academy welcomes children from the entire community and provides an enriching summer learning environment where students explore a variety of subjects all geared toward active and engaging leaSummer Arts Academy welcomes children from the entire community and provides an enriching summer learning environment where students explore a variety of subjects all geared toward active and engaging leasummer learning environment where students explore a variety of subjects all geared toward active and engaging learning.

Learn about the wide variety of job opportunities for youth and students while exploring the many jobs available this summer and in the near future.

All that time this past summer we got to learn about little Brock Turner, Stanford - student - star - swimmer - future - amazing - human - being - who's - really - just - a-rapist, had me shuddering to think of what my daughter will face during her college years.

Explore Japan Summer Cultural Exchange Program (Milton, MA) is a series of 2.5 - week programs where local students learn about the many facets of Japanese culture (art, language, cuisine, etc.) while hosting and spending time with visiting Japanese exchange students.

Throughout the school year and during the summer, students practice science skills through the study of local habitats, learn about Massachusetts» native wildlife, work as a team to plan and execute stewardship projects that benefit their school and the larger Lowell community, and participate in community - based events.

Hands - on learning can be one of the best ways for a student to master a skill and have fun with it this summer.

Each summer, he coordinates the mentoring of a group of about 15 students from around the world who are learning to write open - source code through the Google Summer of Code prsummer, he coordinates the mentoring of a group of about 15 students from around the world who are learning to write open - source code through the Google Summer of Code prSummer of Code program.

[BOX 7] Center for MultiSensory Learning, Lawrence Hall, Berkeley (SAVI / SELPH) Little Rock Museum of History and Science: Summer Programs, 1984 «Within Reach» (copy of original book with photographs) Wallops Island Program for Handicapped Youth - Ed Keller Film We Can With Reach: Design and Layouts of Book Within Reach: Blueline Copy of the Book Out of School Science Programs, Summer 1985 Out of School Programs in Science: Blueline copy of the book Out of School Programs in Science: Design and Layouts OOPS Reception for Slide Premiere GW University, Follow up with Programs, Dec. 1981 Science Education - Special Needs and Curriculum of the Handicapped Students, Colorado Out of School Science Proposal and Final Report

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The focus of the research team, which includes UD graduate student Clark Nissley, was on the Atlantic brant goose, a bird whose population has been fluctuating and on a moderate decline for many years, to learn if limitations during the summer breeding season have accelerated that trend.

As an undergrad, Stefan attended a 5 - week summer course intended to prepare Austrian business and science students for working with Chinese colleagues, where she learned the importance of respecting hierarchy and giving others a chance to save face.

The 2016 cohort of interns joins the more than 400 students since 2001 who have spent a summer learning advanced techniques in molecular biology, genomics and bioinformatics at BTI, while making life sciences discoveries and exploring new careers in research.

It was an intense week of learning and development that left students enthused and inspired: «Thank you for organising this great, exciting and inspiring summer school» «I really appreciated the amazingly high quality of the speakers, of the discussions, as well as of the delegates, and I am really excited by the new interactions I could establish during my stay in Hydra.»

This unique summer research experience combines faculty - guided research with student - directed learning through participation in modules, workshops and group discussion that encourage responsible leadership, critical thinking and the development of teamwork skills.

Rivera first learned about the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Internship Program (SIP) during the Short Course, where students also learn about all of NIH's training programs.

Most students in the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering's (CSNE's) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program are studying and working in labs on the University of Washington campus this summer (learn about their experience here); however, there are students participating in the REU program on both the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) and San Diego State University (SDSU) campuses as well.

The film follows a 20 - year old New York University student who moves to California for a summer of surfing, only to see his strong - willed magazine editor mother following him to the West Coast when she learns of his opportunity - wasting exercise.

We welcomed our new staff mid-July for summer professional development, and spent three weeks aligning around the vision of RISE and learning the instructional and student support models.

Help can include targeted, high - quality professional development; curriculum improvements; additional time for student learning after school or in the summers; establishment of wraparound services, including community school models; redesign of schools to support personalization and more authentic work in classrooms and internships; or pairing of struggling schools with successful ones serving similar students.

In a recent study, Lynch and summer learning expert James S. Kim, an associate professor at HGSE, examined the effects of a summer math intervention in which students were given access to an online math program and asked to do three «playlists,» or worksheets, a week.

Jill Carlson International Education Policy City: Oakland, California Current job: Director of Individual Giving at Aim High, an award - winning summer learning program in the greater Bay Area founded by a HGSE alumnus Career highlight (s): Relaunching Students Helping Students at Room to Read, and being able to mobilize students (and their families) all over the world to raise awareness and funds for literacy and girls» education; cheering on Deb Gittler, Ed.MStudents Helping Students at Room to Read, and being able to mobilize students (and their families) all over the world to raise awareness and funds for literacy and girls» education; cheering on Deb Gittler, Ed.MStudents at Room to Read, and being able to mobilize students (and their families) all over the world to raise awareness and funds for literacy and girls» education; cheering on Deb Gittler, Ed.Mstudents (and their families) all over the world to raise awareness and funds for literacy and girls» education; cheering on Deb Gittler, Ed.M.»

I spent the last weeks of summer dipping into my own pocket to make sure that my classroom was beautifully appointed with pictures, posters, and various sundry learning tools; and that my bulletin boards stood at the ready — waiting to showcase the brilliance that was sure to emerge from my students in those early months of the school year.

Yes, I know that in this modern age good old flash cards might seem antiquated, but daily review of basic math facts will go a long way in helping students to stave off summer learning loss.

While the rationale is perhaps a bit misguided (some evidence suggests that our students already experience as much instructional time as their peers ~ and other research confirms that teachers in the United States spend more time on instruction than teachers in other nations do) ~ there are certainly reasons to focus on the issue ~ not least of which is the summer learning loss that disproportionately impacts our nations most disadvantaged youth.

This summer, we will once again be providing our middle school students with an academic summer camp that is aimed not only at reducing the summer learning loss gap, but also positioning students to be ahead of the game when they return to school in the fall.

«In September, it was clear to me that many of my students forgot what they had learned and had not read much in the summer.

This summer Mapp led her first Program in Professional Education (PPE) institute, «Family Engagement in Education: Creating Effective Home and School Partnerships for Student Success,» which focused on designing family engagement practices connected to student learning, and increasing the capacity of educators, families, and community members to develop and sustain partnerships that improve student ouStudent Success,» which focused on designing family engagement practices connected to student learning, and increasing the capacity of educators, families, and community members to develop and sustain partnerships that improve student oustudent learning, and increasing the capacity of educators, families, and community members to develop and sustain partnerships that improve student oustudent outcomes.

To prepare students for their summer experience, EF will provide a series of learning experiences throughout the coming months, including an accelerator program with energy experts and innovators modeled on the Hult Prize.

Last spring, network members distributed about 400 copies of radio announcements focusing on summer learning activities for students.

Each summer, Education Pioneers provides a diverse group of graduate students with a unique opportunity to network with and learn from one other while working on a mission - critical project for an education organization.

What I found was that when given an alternative learning space, and choice in response, my students were dynamically engaged in discussing one of their summer reading novels!

Although the average low - income U.S. student lost at least two months of learning last summer, the average Summer Brain Gain participant disummer, the average Summer Brain Gain participant diSummer Brain Gain participant did not.

Summers's school (like the other leadership - themed schools described in the book) is a funny mix of progressive (lots of teamwork and decisionmaking activities) and paternalistic (students learn catchy songs emphasizing the 7 Habits and keep notebooks, graphs, charts, and diagrams showing their goals and the progress they are making toward them).

Note also that in Odden's peer review in 2004 of William Driscoll's and Howard Fleeter's Ohio study of the costs of bringing all students to proficiency in math and reading in order to comply with NCLB, he castigates the study's authors, who called for expanded summer school, because they «reference no research to support this assertion, when in fact most research shows that summer school as typically administered has little if any impact on learning.»

Last year, school leaders in California, including the president of the school board in San Francisco, nominated Lee as part of President Obama's «Champions of Change» program, recognizing leaders offering high - quality summer learning experiences for students.

With only 90 days of summer, every day a student is not participating in summer learning is a loss by every measure.

A New Day for Learning The seven documentary films included on this DVD provide examples of how student learning can be improved during and beyond the school day, taking advantage of after - school or out - of - school periods, including afternoons, evenings, weekends, and Learning The seven documentary films included on this DVD provide examples of how student learning can be improved during and beyond the school day, taking advantage of after - school or out - of - school periods, including afternoons, evenings, weekends, and learning can be improved during and beyond the school day, taking advantage of after - school or out - of - school periods, including afternoons, evenings, weekends, and summers.

In this episode, David M. Quinn of the Rossier School of Education at USC joins EdNext Editor - in - chief Marty West to discuss how researchers analyze summer learning loss and how it varies by student background.

You will learn so much from just talking with colleagues about what projects and lessons they are using with their students.I teach at a summer program for gifted and advanced students, where I work with other teachers of gifted in the school district, and I always pick up new ideas and methods from hanging around them.

NASA Shares Stem Resources With Teachers Some future teachers took a class this summer to learn how to use NASA's huge warehouse of educational resources to interest students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

Since 1986, Lee has championed the power of summer learning for students through his organization, Aim High, a free summer learning and enrichment program that brings high - quality classroom experiences to low - income middle school students in the San Francisco Bay Area.

With three out of four students in the U.S. lacking access to summer learning programs and a shortage of interested K - 12 students in STEM subjects, Boys & Girls Clubs serve as a partner to schools by providing a safe and supportive place for youth to learn without limits during out - of - school time.

This summer, have your students make their reading meaningful by thoughtfully applying what they learn to areas of their life that matter to them.

Teachers at Desert Sky had already developed the Earth Inc. curriculum unit, but in the summer program, they enhanced the unit by adding a service - learning component in which students actually inform their community about the fragility of the desert's resources.

Students at the greatest risk for summer learning loss can lose up to two years of grade - level reading and math ability by the time they reach fifth grade when compared to children from higher - income households.»

This issue brief highlights the ladder of supports afterschool and summer learning programs provide to help students develop the skills and gain the experience that will benefit them in the workforce, from building students» communication and teamwork skills in elementary school to connecting students to internships and apprenticeships in high school.

Summertime brings on the phenomenon known as the summer slide where students can lose much of what they've learned in the previous school year.