Sentences with phrase «with national literacy»

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Public - radio stations will be featuring special programming this week pegged to coincide with National Literacy Day, Sept. 8.

Jane Winterbotham, Publishing Director at Walker Books said: «We're delighted to be working with the National Literacy Trust and Facebook on the welcome return of Alex Rider — Anthony has long been acknowledged as key force in getting reluctant readers excited about stories and we hope that by teaming up with Facebook we'll engage many more potential readers both in schools and at home.»

The winners of the BBC's Comedy Classroom writing competition launched in partnership with the National Literacy Trust were announced today [Thursday, November 10th].

«We are delighted to be working to develop this new capacity with National Literacy Trust, its extensive school networks, and their partners in the Aldridge Foundation and Ormiston Academies Trust groups of academies.»

Not exact matches

In consultation with the U.S. Department of the Treasury and President Bush's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy, the FINRA Investor Education Foundation commissioned the first national study of the financial capability of American adults in 2009.

The overarching research objectives of the National Financial Capability Study were to benchmark key indicators of financial capability and evaluate how these indicators vary with underlying demographic, behavioral, attitudinal and financial literacy characteristics.

The categorisation of a country as developing or developed is subject to objective criteria, such as infant mortality rate, adult literacy rate, Gross National Income per capita, percentage of infants with low birth weight, percentage of population using improved water sources and percentage of population urbanised.

«That this House notes that young people today grow up in an increasingly complex financial world requiring them to make difficult decisions for the future, often without the necessary level of financial literacy; believes that financial education will help address the national problem of irresponsible borrowing and personal insolvency and that teaching people about budgeting and personal finance will help equip the workforce with the necessary skills to succeed in business and drive forward economic growth; further believes that the country has a duty to equip its young people properly through education to make informed financial decisions; and calls on the Government to consider the provision of financial education as part of the current curriculum review.»

This is a fellowship program designed for genetics professionals with an advanced degree who are early in their careers and interested in the development and implementation of national genomics literacy efforts, informal science education, science education policy, program development, or science education research.

In the mid-1960s, David was instrumental in developing a high - school engineering literacy curriculum under the auspices of the National Science Foundation and in collaboration with colleagues from both academia and industry, according to the family statement.

Dyslexia Action is National charity that aims to improve the lives of those with dyslexia and literacy difficulties.

SANTA MONICA, CA (September 1, 2011)-- This National Literacy Month, LIONSGATE ® (NYSE: LGF), in cooperation with Scholastic and Scribd, is thrilled to announce that new fans of The Hunger Games can read a never - before - released sample — the entirety of Chapter 2 — from Suzanne Collins» bestselling book.

Jonathan Douglas, Director, National Literacy Trust, says of the winners: «I was delighted to join the judging panel for Comedy Classroom; it was fantastic to see how pupils played with language and grammar in clever ways to create hilarious scripts and captions.

Anne Reed, Yorkshire Water's Education Manager, said: «We're delighted to offer schools in East Yorkshire and Humberside the opportunity to take part in our education programme, It's been developed with school teachers to cover the core elements of the Key Stage Two National Curriculum, including numeracy, literacy, geography, science and, of course, water.»

Additionally, a study from the National Literacy Trust on the effects of ebooks on reading progress suggested that boys were keener to read ebooks than their paper counterparts, with ebooks facilitating a 25 per cent rise in the number of pupils who read daily and a 22 per cent increase in those who read for an hour or longer.

In partnership with the National Education Association, BetterLesson launched a new website in January 2014, featuring over 10,000 CCSS - aligned lessons for math and ELA / literacy.

The National Literacy Trust has also been commissioned by Oxfordshire County Council to work with a cluster of secondary schools over two years, as the «Oxfordshire Gaining Momentum Campaign».

A major study of 415,000 school students conducted over five years to 2012, «Student Attendance and Educational Outcomes: Every Day Counts», has linked increasing rates of absenteeism with declining scores in national literacy and numeracy tests.

The National Literacy Trust's research, Children's and Young People's Reading in 2014, found that children who enjoy reading «very much» are three times more likely to read above the level expected for their age, compared with their peers who do not enjoy reading at all.

The grant will support the creation of the National Adult Literacy Center at HGSE, a collaborative effort between HGSE and World Education, a nonprofit economic and social development organization with expertise in programs for adult lLiteracy Center at HGSE, a collaborative effort between HGSE and World Education, a nonprofit economic and social development organization with expertise in programs for adult literacyliteracy.

A complete literacy mat for use with the R081 pre-production skills unit of the L1 / 2 Cambridge Nationals Creative iMedia course.

ACARA chief executive Rob Randall said there were no problems with the test results for NAPLAN (National Assessment Program — Literacy And Numeracy) and the national results will be released next week as National Assessment Program — Literacy And Numeracy) and the national results will be released next week as national results will be released next week as planned.

The impact of these Healthy Schools activities means that: pupils are more engaged in P.E; literacy has improved; pupils have better relationships with one another and are more physically active at break and lunch times; attendance is in line with national averages; there are very low incidences of bad behaviour recorded after lunch time; all pupils that attended swing high club showed improved handwriting as a result of this intervention; 55 fruit pots are sold each day to pupils in KS2; and 40 pupils attend breakfast club.

To address these issues, The JJ Charitable Trust has granted # 1m over 3 years to the National Literacy Trust to implement the «Academies Programme» with the Aldridge Foundation and Ormiston Academies Trust academy chains.

It wants to use the national discussion paper consultation to establish a set of agreed principles for teaching sport and physical activity, and is working with academics to develop an Australian Physical Literacy Standard.

This threatens the state's ability to sustain the current economic boom and traps the workers themselves in jobs with little opportunity to advance, according to New Skills for a New Economy, a new study based on over two years of research conducted at the Harvard Graduate School of Education's National Center for Adult Literacy and Learning (NCSALL) and Northeastern University's Center for Labor Market Studies.

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«Even small amounts of unauthorised absence from school were associated with substantial falls in average Naplan (National Assessment Program — Literacy and Numeracy) test scores.

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The National Literacy Trust also found a significant gender gap, with 51.9 per cent of girls enjoying writing, compared to 36.8 per cent of boys.

Research by the National Literacy Trust highlights the link between enjoyment of reading and attainment, with enjoyment of reading putting children over three years ahead in the classroom.

COPELLS was designed with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) with the goal of improving science literacy for middle school students, especially ELLs.

Traditional teaching is back in the spotlight with Canberra releasing a review of the National Curriculum that recommends a greater focus on literacy and numeracy in early years.

Principals, themselves being pressured from above, are concerned with raising their performance in high - stakes National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) testing.

News Wise was developed by the National Literacy Trust in partnership with the Guardian Foundation and the PSHE Association.

The literacy - intensive curriculum is partially based on the best practices developed by the National Writing Project, and it combines required state standards with literature by Latinos and other writers of color.

Students consistently achieve outstanding results, performing well in literacy and numeracy tests when compared with national average levels and other statistically similar schools.

The national curriculum places a strong emphasis on the importance of reading, stating that the overarching aim of English «is to promote high standards of language and literacy by equipping pupils with a strong command of the spoken and written word, and to develop their love of literature through widespread reading for enjoyment.»

With research from the National Literacy Trust finding that pupils who regularly use the school library read at or above the expected level for their age, now is the time for schools to make a change and recognise the importance of library provisions.

The additional $ 1.2 billion promised by the Coalition will be delivered using state and territory assessments of the neediest schools, as was recommended by the Gonski review, along with a number of other conditions (such as a standardised Year 1 assessment of literacy, phonics and numeracy against national standards, as well as a minimum standard of literacy and numeracy skills for Year 12 students).

... In Australia, one could argue that the imperative for instructional leadership only (re) gained momentum in the context of the National Assessment Program — Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests introduced in 2008, and with the establishment of the My School website in 2010 (which lists NAPLAN results for every school in Australia along with other information).

The resources for the three learning stages — Knowing, Growing and Showing — are aligned with the Australian Curriculum the National Consumer and Financial Literacy Framework and ASIC's MoneySmart program.

We want to see a measurable outcome for physical literacy in schools, with agreed minimum levels of physical activity, outdoor learning and play mandated as part of the national curriculum, and outcomes assessed by Ofsted.

Ed became National Board certified and taught in Chicago Public Schools for 10 years before founding The Laboratory Chicago, a space to experiment with STEAM and literacy.

Thanks to these various initiatives and to the educational policies which had a great success, the National Literacy Survey carried out in 1994, indicated that 75.6 % of adults were literate, with 81.3 % of female and 69.4 % of male.

Teachers will be able to nurture their future comedy geniuses by using free downloadable classroom resources and activities produced by the National Literacy Trust with BBC Learning.

In the light of this situation, some national and foreign programs have been created to increase the literacy rate in Jamaica and help the country dealing with its main issues, closely related to illiteracy.

They had various opportunities to study Master Artists and Art History as part of my literacy goals and objectives as well; all while aligning with State and National Standards.