Sentences with phrase «turning schools at all levels»

The National Union of Teachers» (NUT) has accused the government of «turning schools at all levels into exam factories».

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My son hardly ever got sick, has tested out in schools at advanced level (he is actually a year ahead), is incredibly mature for his age and enjoys a ton of friends (he is now in 10th grade and just turned 14 in April).

«We can turn to her whenever we have questions about health issues affecting schools and communities at the national or state level and know she will provide well - researched data and medical opinions, as well as her own perspective.»

High lead levels in drinking water fountains and some classroom sinks turned up at both the Caroline and Enfield Elementary Schools.

I'm going to bring community leader, other elected officials at the local, state and federal level, have access to other financial and human resources to give the school board and the superintendent what's needed to turn the city around, which is to turn the school district around.

These national ERAOs and their counterparts at the state level are focused on enacting sweeping education policy changes to increase accountability for student achievement, improve teacher quality, turn around failing schools, and expand school choice.

Let's turn now to the preferred strategy, which controls for the fact that students performing at different levels may be sorted into smaller or larger classes both between and within schools.

The proportion of instructors with Ph.D. s in exam schools is higher than the norm, and many have had experience teaching at the college level or working in fields related to the disciplines they teach (e.g., engineer - turned - science teacher).

In these schools the emphasis on academics, at every turn and at every level, helps create a positive and proactive environment.

A short - term objective should be to reduce between - school differences to levels that existed at the turn of the century.

Now that the technological foundation for the use of robust systems of longitudinal education data has been laid in most states and school districts, experts say the focus needs to turn to making such data more useful for teachers, administrators, parents, and students, That will require a mix of strong leadership at the state and districts levels, greater collaboration across state agencies, and much better professional development and ongoing support for teachers and administrators.

ts, at all grade levels, should turn into stories worth telling — stories that will be remembered long after their K - 12 school years are behind them.

Classroom experiences for all students, at all grade levels, should turn into stories worth telling — stories that will be remembered long after their K - 12 school years are behind them.

• Satisfaction levels are higher among private - school parents than among those with children at charter schools and chosen district schools, who in turn register higher levels of satisfaction than parents of students attending assigned district schools.

That was certainly true in 2010, when a voter backlash against Obamacare triggered a wave of Republican victories, especially at the state level, which in turn set the stage for major progress on education reform priorities in 2011 (rightfully dubbed «the year of school choice» by the Wall Street Journal).

Create a separate funding stream to improve student achievement at the middle and high school levels and turn around low - performing secondary schools.

If they're a strong principal demonstrating these competencies at a high level, they can turn around a school.»

In order to examine our quantitative findings more thoroughly, we turned to our qualitative data for an in - depth look at district level policies and practices intended to engage parents and community members in school - improvement efforts and, specifically, efforts to increase student learning.

The expectation is that the teacher will then train teachers in that practice, and that, in turn, will lead to good implementation at the team, school, or even district level.

«There's a level of autonomy at the school so the school can turn, and the teachers have a level of autonomy, so it goes all the way down.

As schools across America look for ways to provide individualized instruction for students at a variety of skill levels, many districts are turning to blended learning to bridge the gap.

Would you discuss the turning point in your career, whether it was at the K - 12 level or at the graduate school level, where you decided that you wanted to be a professor so that you could study these phenomena from an academic standpoint.

What began at the turn of the 20th century as a movement from highly variable one - room schoolhouses to a district - level «one best system» had by century's end become a national effort to use the power of the federal government to create uniformity across the nation's public schools.

With your help, the Colorado League of Charter Schools can continue to provide supports and services to charter schools at every level - from new school developers working to turn a concept into reality, to schools who have been in operation for 20 years, and everyone in bSchools can continue to provide supports and services to charter schools at every level - from new school developers working to turn a concept into reality, to schools who have been in operation for 20 years, and everyone in bschools at every level - from new school developers working to turn a concept into reality, to schools who have been in operation for 20 years, and everyone in bschools who have been in operation for 20 years, and everyone in between.

By synthesizing the latest research on early warning indicators and systems, we put research evidence into useable formats that can be easily turned into action at the state, district, and school levels.

The campaign money from charter school advocates has been flowing into Malloy's political operation at record levels while Malloy's administration has been turning a blind eye to the fact that charter schools are violating Connecticut laws, regulations and policies.

I'm also fortunate enough to work in a school that gets it on a larger level, a level geared towards teachers being given the opportunity to apply their professional discretion at the last minute when it comes to turning grades into the school's senior grading system at year's end.

Pressed about claims that the ASD's test scores are lower than Neely's Bend's, Barbic said with one in five students at or above grade level, an intervention is necessary and contends LEAD's presence in two other Nashville Schools are cause to believe they can turn Neely's Bend around.

Charter school families and supporters consistently turn out to vote at higher levels than the general electorate, making it especially important that we mobilize them around charter school policy issues.

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