Sentences with phrase «than language arts»

«Not only does the Extreme Read expose a math teacher, for example, to a young adult novel he or she would not typically have used in the classroom, but it allows students to see teachers and adults other than their language arts teacher as readers,» she added.

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With a network of 40,000 artists from more than 120 countries, Bucketfeet empowers artists to share their stories and perspectives using the universal language of art and the shoe as their canvas.

Today, Flocabulary has a library of more than 550 educational hip - hop videos that explore a wide range of subjects, including math, science, social studies, language arts, and current events, which are used by teachers in 20,000 schools across the country.

Women are most likely to move away from education (by more than 1 percent share of women's enrollment if counting all education fields together), literature and language, sociology, psychology, and liberal arts and history.

Thus, language, law, science, art, manners, customs, history, and tradition are elaborations of the human spirit no less than is religion.

Ideally they also learn and practice other languages than their own; their holidays are used to gather knowledge and understanding of art and other cultures, rather than just sunning on a beach.

More than any other single work it has helped shape the English language, inspired great music, literature and art etc..

To be sure, each culture has its own language, dialect, accent, etc. that is intimately attached to its culture, perhaps revealed no more explicitly than in the numerous African tribes or Chinese dialects that attach themselves to different forms of food, music, art, etc..

No one can fully understand the Latin culture or way of life without considering the impact that the corrida has had on the language, custom and art in Spain and more than half of our hemisphere.

Art therapy accesses traumatic memories in a different way than talking alone because art therapy speaks the language of trauma through imageArt therapy accesses traumatic memories in a different way than talking alone because art therapy speaks the language of trauma through imageart therapy speaks the language of trauma through imagery.

Teachers in the district's three schools are paid about $ 12,000 more than the state average, and the schools offer an array of top - notch educational opportunities, including low class size, foreign language instruction, fine arts and orchestra programs, low - cost preschool and a full - day kindergarten, before - and after - school care, and several extracurricular sports teams.

Your main obligation is to cover the 8 Key learning Areas (KLAs)- science, maths, English, the arts, studies of society and environment, technology, language other than English and health and physical education.

In April, parents across New York pulled more than 200,000 students in grades three to eight out of state tests in English language arts and math.

Backlash over the rollout of the Common Core learning standards, along with aligned state tests and new teacher evaluations, came to a head last April when more than 20 percent of the state's eligible students refused to take the state standardized math and English language arts exams.

Opponents, however, warned that continued public ire could result in more than 400,000 students opting out of state tests in English language arts and math in April.

Going forward, we must work to ensure that all students — regardless of the region of the state or the wealth of the district — have access to a rich array of course opportunities in the humanities, the STEM fields, the Arts, Career and Technical Education, and languages other than English (LOTE),» said Commissioner King.

In spring 2015, the boycott grew so large — with parents pulling more than 200,000 students out of testing in English language arts and mathematics, about 20 percent of those eligible statewide — that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called for a sweeping review of the state's academic standards and exams.

To address this, BWH investigators used state of the art natural language processing tools to review the course of more than 24,000 patients with coronary artery disease treated at either BWH or Massachusetts General Hospital between 2000 and 2011.

And «working with kids on science - text reading, in science class, is much more successful» than trying to do it in language arts classes, she says.

Culture means more than just a set of learned behaviors that vary from place to place, some argued; culture means history and tradition, art, philosophy, and religion — the last barrier, together with language, that separates humans from other species.

Brighton, UK (Scicasts)-- Learning a new language may be more of a science than an art, a University of Sussex study finds.

The duo present their findings from more than 100 studies on the art of attraction and persuasion in jargon - free language that anyone can understand.

The art of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, born blind, is more than music; his voice speaks to everyone despite the language barrier, it transcends everything... Continue reading →

Garland's screenplay is equally impressive, weaving references to mythology, history, physics, and visual art into casual conversations, in ways that demonstrate that Garland understands what he's talking about while simultaneously going to the trouble to explain more abstract concepts in plain language, to entice rather than alienate casual filmgoers.

Though Raybon is an English language arts (ELA) teacher, she's integrating more civics into her class this year as she has watched students struggle — more than ever in her 13 years of teaching — to make sense of current events.

When you start out embedding making in the curriculum, it is essential to share with teachers the relevance of making as problem solving and the importance of process so that they don't end up with glitter catapult assignments or extra crafty English language arts assignments that turn out more like craft experiments than true project - based learning.

More than six years after states began adopting the Common Core State Standards in English / language arts and math, most teachers say they are now familiar with the standards, and a growing number feel prepared to teach them to their students.

In addition, a survey of English language arts classrooms published by the Fordham Institute found that most elementary - school teachers, at least in the early stages of common core implementation, assigned books based on students» abilities, rather than grade - level complexity, as the standards state.

Starting with the 2002 — 03 school year, NWEA administered tests in mathematics, reading, and language arts to more than 90 percent of the state's students.

Some of the obstacles to including classes in the arts as essential rather than «enrichment» studies, they noted, are the imprecision of the language usually used to discuss the arts; incorrect assumptions by educators, students, and the public about the arts and learning; and a lack of precedents — except in higher education — for...

Our turnaround efforts have nearly tripled the number of students passing the New York State math test and more than doubled those passing the English language arts exam.

Even more varied than the languages spoken at Stanford are the multicultural lessons, activities, and arts that reach into almost every corner of the building.

There is one focused course of study (history, language - English and Spanish - and the arts; mathematics, science, and technology; and health); everyone is enrolled in it; an appropriate path for each student is developed (every child has a «personal learning plan»); most teachers have responsibility for no more than 50 students (this on a per - pupil budget that is the same or less than in nearby public secondary schools).

More than 40 states have now signed onto the Common Core standards in English language arts and math, which have been both celebrated as a tremendous advance and criticized as misguided and for bearing the heavy thumbprint of the federal government.

Since 2015, students in third, fourth and fifth grades have shown steady improvement on statewide English language arts and math tests, and more than 5,000 students are on the waiting list for String Theory Schools» enrollment lottery.

What could be more fitting as a language arts component to your harvest or farming unit than the adorable story of Charlotte's Web by E. B. White?

The plan sets a target of 66 % of working - age New Mexicans earning a college degree or post-secondary credential by the year 2030 — a rigorous goal given the current attainment rate of 45 %.1 The plan also sets a vision for New Mexico to be the fastest growing state in the nation when it comes to student outcomes, with a goal to increase the percentage of students who demonstrate readiness to more than 60 % on the state English language arts (ELA) and math assessments.2 These efforts are significant considering New Mexico's historically lower student academic proficiency rates compared to other states and to national averages3, and demonstrate how leaders are driving a sense of urgency to improve.

More than half of California voters say they know nothing or very little about the state's new Common Core standards for English language arts and math, according to a new report by the Policy Analysis for California Education / USC Rossier School of Education.

Common Core: In the Education Next public opinion poll, 49 percent of U.S. adults said they support the Common Core State Standards; in the other poll, conducted by PDK / Gallup, 24 percent of adults share that view, while more than half said they oppose the common standards for English language arts and mathematics adopted by most states.

If such petition is based upon results of the «all student» group on the English language arts and mathematics assessments or graduation rate, such petition shall be submitted pursuant to a date prescribed by the commissioner but no later than December 31st of the calendar year in which such assessments were administered, except that the commissioner may for good cause accept a petition submitted after such date.

Include assessments, in each of grades 3 through 8 and high school, in both reading / language arts and mathematics that have been operational for more than one year and have received approval through the NCLB standards and assessment review process.

Each school district shall develop and maintain on file a uniform process by which the district determines whether to offer AIS during the 2015 - 2016 school year to students who scored above a scale score specified in subclause (3) of this clause but below level 3 / proficient on a grade 3 - 8 English language arts or mathematics State assessment in 2014 - 2015, and shall no later than November 1, 2015 either post to its website or distribute to parents in writing a description of such process;

A recent Public Policy Institute of California study shows that on average California school children did much better in 2015 - 16 than they did in 2014 - 15 on the Smarter Balanced assessments in English language arts and math.

The study also found Achieve3000 is significantly more effective at increasing student reading gains than standard English language arts programs.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, New Jersey, and Boston, pre-kindergarten programs demonstrate impressive outcomes that include positive effects on math scores, grade retention, and chronic absenteeism at the end of grade 8; increased achievement on language arts, literacy, math, and science, as well as decreased grade retention and special education placement at the end of grade 5; and stronger than typical impacts on academic readiness (effect sizes in the 0.4 — 0.6 range) at school entry.

I would also like to know about the red / green cards and adapting them for use in a language arts classroom rather than a technology class.

Beginning with the 2006 - 2007 school year, a limited English proficient student enrolled in school in the United States (excluding Puerto Rico) for less than one year as of a date determined by the commissioner and who received a valid score on the NYSESLAT may be counted as participating in an elementary or middle level English language arts assessment.

Prior analyses of assessment data uniformly indicate that ELL students are much less likely than other students to score at or above proficient levels in both mathematics and reading / language arts.

Language arts teachers devoted more time to reading comprehension than to other language arts topics such as study skills, penmanship, public speaking, and listening skills after the adoption of the promotion policy.

FINDINGS Overall, the high school Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics contained fewer standards rated at DOK Levels 3 and 4 than the 2009 New Jersey high school standards in ELA and math.