Sentences with phrase «sustained model of education»

We appreciate your support of these ideas to develop a sustained model of education that moves our students forward into the world they will live in.

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This observation, that poor teacher preparation turns everything to garbage, strikes me as the skeleton key that unlocks so much of our failure to make and sustain gains in American education, regardless of grade, setting, subject, and school - governance model.

Like most established organizations in other sectors, the education system's inclination when it sees a potentially disruptive technology is to cram it into its existing model to sustain what it is already doing, but not fundamentally transform that model into a student - centric one (the importance of making this transformation should be clearer in light of the ACT's announcement today that 60 percent of 2012 high school graduates are at risk of not succeeding in college and career).

«Success» in implementing standards - based reforms under this model is defined not in terms of test scores in a limited number of subject areas, but broadly, in terms of providing all students a sound basic education on a sustained basis.

The Edcamp model has not only made an impact, but it has sustained and continues to grow — so much so that it took over the United States Department of Education during the summer last year.

Those six words, if taken seriously and implemented with care, hold the potential to create and provide resources to sustain a new model for decision - making within state education agencies and school districts — a model that benefits students and taxpayers and, over time, enhances our knowledge of what works in education.

She has developed, expanded and sustained this innovation from different organizational spheres: as the first Escuela Nueva National Coordinator, Director of Distance Education in Javeriana University, ViceMinister of Education of Colombia, UNICEF's Regional Education Adviser for the LAC region and now, from Fundación Escuela Nueva, a nonprofit she founded in 1987 to ensure the quality and sustainability of the Escuela Nueva model in Colombia and abroad, and to further adapt its proven, cutting - edge pedagogy to new contexts and populations.

Questions focused on the impact of the PT3 grant on the teaching practices of the general education faculty, plans for sustaining the modeling of technology integration in general education courses, and particular insights gained over the life of the grant.

«This gives us the opportunity to build upon our teacher leadership programming and work with the New York City Department of Education, and refine a model that can be replicated and sustained in school districts across the country.»

Her areas of interest center on supporting the implementation of evidence - based interventions by teachers and schools, including professional development (PD) and coaching models to reduce the research - to - practice gap; Implementation Science, including frameworks across fields and factors associated with sustained use of evidence - based interventions; and, the application of MTSS across general and special education, including Response - to - Intervention and School - Wide Positive Behavior Intervention Supports.

Ricardo and the Social Environmental Institute are currently focused on youth education programs that promote sustainable development in Brazil's Ribeira Valley, where Western conservation models are squeezing out traditional agricultural practices that have sustained the land for generations of families.

Instituto Socioambiental ($ 35,000): For youth education programs that promote sustainable development in Brazil's Ribeira Valley, where Western conservation models are squeezing out traditional agricultural practices that have sustained the land for generations of families.

By acting as a continual advocate for diversity and higher education, JTB sustains a cycle of academic and professional achievement and role models for underserved communities with a high proportion of at - risk - students.

(I) The model conforms to a clear consistent home visitation model that has been in existence for at least 3 years and is research - based, grounded in relevant empirically - based knowledge, linked to program determined outcomes, associated with a national organization or institution of higher education that has comprehensive home visitation program standards that ensure high quality service delivery and continuous program quality improvement, and has demonstrated significant, (and in the case of the service delivery model described in item (aa), sustained) positive outcomes, as described in the benchmark areas specified in paragraph (1)(A) and the participant outcomes described in paragraph (2)(B), when evaluated using well - designed and rigorous --

Team Tennessee strives to promote the social and emotional development of children, birth - early elementary age, through a cross agency collaborative professional development system, including community based training, continuing education and higher education, that fosters and sustains the state - wide, high - fidelity use of the Pyramid Model integrated with other relevant Tennessee efforts.