Sentences with phrase «which focuses on literacy»

According to Gittler, it can be seen as the result of efforts made by ConTextos, an international nonprofit she founded in 2010, which focuses on literacy development in Central America.

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A Ted Talk by British researcher Richard Wilkinson, for example, focuses on the harm to society that results from economic inequality — notably the gaps within (not between) societies, which includes life expectancy, literacy, infant mortality, crime, teenage births, obesity and mental illness.

Exposing your toddler to rhyming verses and activities helps her to focus on the sound structure of language, which is important for supporting language and emerging literacy development.

In fact, they have all expressed support for Cash and the key tenets of his plan, which include community schools, lower class sizes and a focus on literacy.

If we take seriously the ways in which literacy skills drive academic success, focusing immediate reform plans on bolstering these skills makes good sense, and that tack has been widespread.

The state also invested substantial support for early readers and focused on retaining 3rd graders who fail to read at grade level; state law allows for, but does not require, those students to be held back, which both Skandera and Martinez criticized as insufficient in a state with exceptionally low rates of adult literacy.

A # 5 million investment to trial evidence - based home learning environment (HLE) support programmes in the north of England, which focus on early language and literacy, was also announced.

«They feel they are not doing a good job by their pupils because they are having to focus on literacy and maths, which are important, but are not everything.

We wanted his students to think and read like programmers, so we focused on computational literacy, which «requires being able to do computer programming at some level,» according to Bruce Sherin of Northwestern University.

He is the founder of Lower Bay Learner's Guild, which focuses on building makerspaces and developing project - based curricula that bridges the gap between STE (A) M disciplines and ELA literacy.

Last year, Newlands School in Southwark won the award thanks to its new building, which has superb facilities for sport, design, construction, hospitality and catering, art and the performing arts alongside specialist teaching focus on literacy and numeracy.

Following on from brain push - ups, communication and navigation (encompassing literacy and numeracy) which are the focus of each morning, the day then leads into the following topics:

Currently, Dillon is a post-doctoral fellow at Haskins Laboratories, a research institute in New Haven, Conn., that focuses on speech, language, and reading and biological basis, where she investigates the effects of a three - year study in which first - grade teachers were provided professional development seminars and in - class coaching in literacy instruction.

While reducing class sizes and increasing teacher quality have also been estimated to increase student achievement by roughly 0.1 standard deviation, the costs of such programs far exceed those of the literacy hour program, which focuses only on changing teachers» practices.

«Readiness for school is delivered through a focus on literacy and numeracy foundational skills, familiarity with the school programs in which the students will participate in the future, and it provides initiatives that engage parents and other family members with school staff, including the school principal,» the report explains.

The test assesses three skills that education systems like to focus on which are used in today's workplace, namely literacy, numeracy and problem solving.

Micro-schools do not typically focus on basic literacy and numeracy, which does not bode well for democratizing access, as both scaling and equity require accepting students with a broad range of experiences and incoming abilities.

He was the project manager for the development of the Inter-ED software, a multi-lingual (11 Official Languages) software solution for foundation - phase learners focusing on Literacy, Numeracy and Life Skills which provided learners, irrespective of their language and socio - economic background, the opportunity of being taught in their mother tongue during the foundation phase.

The Trust recently produced a report, «The Fish in the Tree», which praises recent improvements in literacy teaching, including the focus on phonics, which is important in helping children with dyslexia.

The program, which is focused on family literacy, has been a big success.

This article focuses on two attempts to improve the Jamaican literacy rate as well as the educational level of its people and aims to raise people awareness on the situation of the country which is too often considered through prejudices.

As teachers» understanding of literacy was expanded to include a new literacies perspective, they were able to find ways in which technology could support literacy practices, rather than focus solely on ways to use technology for the sake of using it.

Teachers of science, math, and other subjects are now taking on the challenge of integrating literacy into their curricula, she says, citing new practices from organizations such as the National Science Teachers Association, which is increasingly focusing conference offerings and resources on literacy instruction for members.

The authors of «Diving In,» which leads this issue's focus on literacy and reading, describe the purpose of reading as «deeply understanding a text and then doing something with it.»

These case studies focus on three beginning teachers who created a personal digital literacy story and the ways in which they repurposed that activity for use with their own students.

This session will highlight Pro-LIT, a tool which focuses on the use of appreciative inquiry to promote a deep understanding of literacy acquisition and development across content areas.

Literacy centers are a great way to reinforce students» reading / writing habits, which allows teachers to focus on instruction rather than classroom management.

Anderson Elementary — a school in Reno, Nevada, that had slipped from status as a high - achieving school to one in which most students failed standardized tests — turned itself around in three years through focusing intensely on literacy and teacher collaboration.

Utilizing a social design approach in which participating teachers and the researcher co-construct student learning cycles focused on the analysis, design, and sharing of digital political narratives, the study will highlight the literacy aspects of participatory politics and its implications for re-imagining the nature and purpose of civic expression.

The program also stands out because of the breadth of its education and classroom certification programs that focus on literacy and educational technology, which supports literacy across content areas and the use of technology to assess student learning.

It focuses in particular on the most recent figures from the international reading and literacy study which found that only 40 % of English children were keen readers as opposed to 64 % of Italians.

Through a partnership with Digital Promise, the thought - leader in competency - based educator development, BloomBoard offers a library of over 200 micro-credentials which focus on a variety of skills such as data literacy, teacher leadership, and deeper learning.

That history resonates throughout our current work in education, which is focused on three major areas: 1) advancing literacy, 2) urban school reform, and 3) teacher education reform.

In this position, she focused on early literacy, which became nationally recognized.

For one, educators may choose to teach struggling ELs in the ways with which they are most comfortable, namely focusing on the concrete and familiar, and incorporating conventional basic literacy development.

To add to her many accomplishments, Gale has started a nonprofit called Flint Kids Matter which focuses on improving literacy, getting kids prepared for higher education, developing workforce skills, and recovering from the effects of the Flint Water Crisis.

Her current research focuses on communities and schools in Detroit, Michigan, including a project in which she uses an array of methods to understand what motivates adolescents to persevere in the face of content literacy challenges.

New York, NY — January 5, 2015 — Literacy Design Collaborative's $ 12 million grant application has been selected for funding under the U.S. Department of Education's $ 129 million Investing in Innovation (i3) 2014 competition, which focuses on innovative approaches to improving student achievement and scaling effective strategies nationwide.

Funded by the Annenberg Foundation, this initiative focuses on literacy and math coaches providing support to teachers from across the major subject areas to create literacy - rich classrooms in which students actively engage in learning tasks that deepen their content knowledge and strengthen their abilities to think critically and communicate well.

Approximately 400 teachers, counselors, and school board leaders across Texas will participate in the pilot programs which focus on six key areas including teacher effectiveness, college and career readiness, early literacy, career technical education, and ethics and student outcomes alignment for school governance.

A sociocultural perspective highlights the way in which language mediates these interactions, whether the language focuses on text comprehension and interpretation or the literacy curriculum itself.

«I've got to make sure the lesson focuses on a 21st century skill,» he says, which could mean civic responsibility, financial literacy, global awareness, health and wellness, problem solving, resiliency and systems thinking, among others.

One of the major focuses for the recent event was the emphasis on government spending on education, which translates into higher literacy rates, a better level of English - language instruction which will allow more readers to enjoy English pleasure reading, and a growing interaction with tablet computers thanks to spending initiatives to put more tablets in schools at even the primary levels.

The researchers focused on 18 - to 22 - year - olds in Georgia, Idaho and Texas — three states which implemented state - mandated financial literacy courses that first measured results for the class of 2007 without making any other significant changes to their schools» coursework.

Earlier this year, she launched a literacy non-profit organization known as «Retooling Detroit,» which focuses on giving children in the Detroit Public Schools individualized instruction in order to bridge the literacy divide.

She launched a literacy non-profit organization called Retooling Detroit in 2013, which focuses on giving children in the Detroit Public Schools individualized instruction in order to bridge the literacy divide.

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Our findings add insight into the pathways linking early childhood adversity to poor adult wellbeing.29 Complementing past work that focused on physical health, 9 our findings provide information about links between ACEs and early childhood outcomes at the intersection of learning, behavior, and health.29 We found that ACEs experienced in early childhood were associated with poor foundational skills, such as language and literacy, that predispose individuals to low educational attainment and adult literacy, both of which are related to poor health.23, 30 — 33 Attention problems, social problems, and aggression were also associated with ACEs and also have the potential to interfere with children's educational experience given known associations between self - regulatory behavior and academic achievement.34, 35 Consistent with the original ACE study and subsequent research, we found that exposure to more ACEs was associated with more adverse outcomes, suggesting a dose — response association.3 — 8 In fact, experiencing ≥ 3 ACEs was associated with below - average performance or problems in every outcome examined.

Participants also called for greater recognition of the high levels of media literacy among Aboriginal children, which belied the mainstream media's focus on the NT's poor NAPLAN results as a justification for the abolition of bilingual education programs.

Her programs have evolved with the American Library Association's Every Child Ready to Read framework, which focuses on early literacy skills and parent / caregiver education.