Sentences with phrase «while reaching more students»

The two we profile — American history teacher Scott Nolt and precalculus teacher Caitlyn Gironda — both exceeded growth targets while reaching more students, despite having less face - to - face time with students.

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But while the goal of the project is to reach out to younger students, writing the books also has opened the door for a lot more discussion at Olsen about bullying, noted Correll.

We shared five Reach Extension Principles for the new school models they would craft or tailor to their needs; they call for reaching more students with excellent teachers in charge of their learning, for more pay, within budget, while boosting development opportunities for all teachers and clarifying authority / credit for great teachers.

The report also explains how more than three hours went by before paramedics reached teacher Dave Sanders, who bled to death while students tried to help him.

Teachers who reach more students directly or by leading teams can earn more within recurring budgets, advancing their careers while continuing to teach.

And while they continued to ignore it, the misuse of tests became ever more extreme, in some cases reaching truly absurd levels — for example, «evaluating» teachers based on the scores obtained by teachers in other schools or teaching other subjects to different students.

Through the use of high - quality education technology, schools can extend the reach of excellent teachers to more students, while at the same time professionalizing the teaching career.

Advancement must be meaningful, letting teachers increase their impact by reaching more students and leading while teaching.

While no other studies have reached the same conclusion — and until much more research is done on the topic, we remain rather doubtful that prekindergarten or even elementary math achievement can accurately predict college graduation — it is clear that there is often a link between math achievement and overall student success.

By 2015, when the majority of those same students likely had reached sixth grade, the percentage of proficient black sixth - graders had inched up 2 points while that of white sixth - graders had increased more than 4 points.

While California's schools need to do more to help African American students reach academic proficiency, African American students at charter schools are closer to reaching grade - level proficiency than their TPS counterparts.

However, there is mounting evidence that the easier phases of reform are behind us in Texas, that some of the more intractable student achievement problem areas have not been reached by the reforms while serious backsliding is underway in others, that more of the same accountability and standards will not produce the results we want, and that a much more difficult phase of reform lies ahead.

What students want: great teachers every year What teachers want: career advancement while teaching, collaboration, on - the - job development and leadership, sustainably funded pay increases, and the chance to help more students succeed What both need: Policies to make a statewide Opportunity Culture possible Public Impact shows states the essential policies to reach far more students with gap - closing, Read more about Seizing Opportunity at the Top II -LSB-...]

Today, Tennessee's charter school movement — which serves more than 35,000 students across 112 schools — has revolutionized traditional thinking about public schools and helping students reach new heights of achievement while also paving the way for enhanced innovation in K - 12 education.

Launched in 2011, Project Leadership and Investment for Transformation, or L.I.F.T., is a five - year initiative in nine low - performing schools in Charlotte, North Carolina.35 The project focuses on innovative strategies to provide students with extended learning time and increased access to technology while supporting community engagement and excellent teaching.36 Project L.I.F.T. worked with Public Impact — a nonprofit organization that works with school districts to create innovative school models — to design hybrid teacher - leader roles that «extend the reach» of high - performing teachers to more students.37 These «multi-classroom leaders» continue to teach while leading teams of teachers and assuming responsibility for the learning of all students taught by their team.38 For this advanced role, teachers earn supplements of up to $ 23,000 annually, funded sustainably by reallocating funds within current budgets.39

Activities that promote an understanding of how others think and feel, that support the impulse to imaginatively reach beyond the self, can provide the same benefits realized by holding democratic class meetings — namely, helping students become more ethical and compassionate while simultaneously fostering intellectual growth.

While charter school reached was 30 % in 17 school districts in the United States, the percent of students attending charter schools was more than 50 % in three school districts, New Orleans, Detroit, and Flint, Michigan

While a formal civics course is not offered until high school, kindergarten students learn to «identify personal traits, such as courage, honesty, and responsibility» and third - graders learn to «explain how local government officials are chosen, e.g., election, appointment,» according to the Idaho State Department of Education's social studies standards.22 By the time students reach 12th grade, they are more prepared to learn civics - related topics, such as the electoral process and role of political parties; the methods of public participation; and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, than students with no prior exposure to a civics curriculum.

Again, while this does not demonstrate increased rigor, it also does not substantiate the concern that standards are being lowered to allow more students to reach graduation.

That's a shame too, because while a teacher with a strong repertoire of skills is valuable to have on staff, it's the teacher with heart that reaches more students and motivates them to achieve more than they ever thought they could.

The National School Boards Association's (NSBA) Center for Public Education (CPE) in its analysis of the report found that while overall scores remained flat, more students scored high enough to reach the ACT college - ready benchmarks in each of the test's four subject areas - English, reading, math, and science.

Worldreader, the US - and Europe - based organization that puts ebooks and e-readers into the hands of students in developing regional schools in Africa, announced this week that it has expanded its current reach to school children in South Africa and Malawi, while still making more headway in Kenya.