Sentences with phrase «toward rewarding schools»

And $ 10,000 goes toward rewarding schools that meet the district - wide attendance targets.

Not exact matches

The new emphasis on the extrovert ideal, she argues, is reflected everywhere — from the way we educate our kids in a school system increasingly skewed toward group work and participation, to the traits most commonly rewarded in the corporate world.

If you're looking for ammo, give your school principal a copy of The Use of Food as Reward in Classrooms: The Disadvantages and the Alternatives (while geared toward the state of Kentucky, a national version of this excellent white paper is in the works — so stay tuned!).

The competition ought to instead encourage districts to look away from seat time toward actual student learning; schools should be rewarded equally if this is accomplished through providing online course opportunities accessible from anywhere or through real - world learning.

Budget includes $ 100 million for teacher - quality initiatives, half of which will be directed toward raising teacher salaries and half designed for financial rewards for teachers at low - performing schools whose students show marked academic gains.

Rewarding expert teachers with the status and salary currently enjoyed by school principals would go a long way toward achieving this aim.

Simple rewards — recognition from peers and the school through certificates or assemblies, extra recess time, homework passes or even dancing in the hallways — go a long way toward motivating students.

The Find Your Balance Challenge is open to elementary school classrooms in grades K - 5 and rewards student teams for taking steps toward achieving Energy Balance in your own school communities.

Although we appreciate the $ 300 million in new Title I funds to reward successful schools, we are concerned about a significant shift in support toward competitive grant programs and away from the formula programs, notably Title I and IDEA, which provide the vast amount of federal support for K — 12 schools and students.

Student Growth: Based on a formula that rewards schools for students» progress toward higher performance levels and penalizes schools if students drop below proficient.

A couple of years ago, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan wrote a compelling op / ed in which he reminds us of the Commission's analysis which shows a revenue formula badly skewed to reward success on the court despite a total absence of success off the court by players at many participating schools in terms of progress toward graduation.

On the one hand, it's nice to see Wisconsin's public schools finally moving toward a human resources model that most of the rest of the working world has been using for years — i.e., rewarding or sanctioning employees based on how well they do their jobs.

By using Southwest's Rapid Rewards shopping portal for as many back - to - school purchases as possible, Mettler earns points that count toward qualifying for her next Companion Pass.

Some even offer cash - back or other rewards programs that can help with school expenses, accumulate miles toward a spring break trip or study abroad experience or just put more money in your pocket for the things that you love.

Those kind of statistics are great news for those just starting school and working toward a counseling degree, or for those seeking a career change, and desiring a dynamic, rewarding career that affects and changes lives.