Sentences with phrase «with educational performance»

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In England, the leading center has been in Cambridge, where Jeremy Begbie's project on theology through the arts in the Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies has sponsored a range of publications, performances and educational initiatives, and is due to culminate in September 2000 with an arts festival embracing new film, drama, sculpture, music, painting and poetry.

Performance of acceptable behaviors was higher postintervention even if no educational sessions were attended (22 % before and 40 % after), with incremental performance improvement noted with increasing attendanPerformance of acceptable behaviors was higher postintervention even if no educational sessions were attended (22 % before and 40 % after), with incremental performance improvement noted with increasing attendanperformance improvement noted with increasing attendance (Fig 3).

In addition to the activities at the Boston Common, we partner with a number of nonprofit organizations to provide educational and cultural field trip experiences including cooking classes at the Boston Public Market, interactive theatre at the Boston Public Library branches and performances at the Wheelock Family Theatre.

While counselors might have to spend a lot of time focusing on individual education plans, testing, and other educational issues, school personnel should also be available to talk with children about emotional issues that affect their performance and demeanor at school.

Early and exclusive breastfeeding helps children survive, but it also supports healthy brain development, improves cognitive performance and is associated with better educational achievement at age 5.

The index is a composite indicator of health status, educational attainment (social development) coupled with per capita income (economic performance) and remains one of the most credible measures for human development across countries and regions worldwide.

The prime minister argued that Britain alsoneeds to improve its educational performance to compete with countries like China and India.

«Assisted reproduction not associated with reduced academic performance in adolescence: US Nationwide analysis of more than 8,000 ART children finds no difference in educational test scores.»

Kyle is also the education content manager and senior master trainer for TriggerPoint Performance, where he collaborates with leading universities and industry professionals conducting researching creating evidence - based support for educational material.

Nonetheless, Trumbo is an interesting film that's both entertaining and educational - and honours its subject with a solid script and strong performances.

Two conclusions from recent PISA studies are that increased national performance is associated with greater equity in the distribution of educational resources and that equity can be undermined when school choice segregates students into schools based on socioeconomic background.

With a strong emphasis on spelling and grammar, timetables and long division, the new National Curriculum has been heralded as a return to high standards and rigour as we strive to catch up with the world's best performing nations in terms of educational performaWith a strong emphasis on spelling and grammar, timetables and long division, the new National Curriculum has been heralded as a return to high standards and rigour as we strive to catch up with the world's best performing nations in terms of educational performawith the world's best performing nations in terms of educational performance.

A new study has found that classrooms with greater gender balance can help boys improve their educational performance.

A Plus Learning prides itself on providing teachers and counsellors with quality educational materials and resources that are designed to enhance the engagement and performance of students allowing them to achieve excellent results.

Of course, whether educational preferences based on demographics or dissatisfaction with existing school performance manifest themselves in support for charter schools depends on other circumstances as well: notably, the political power of opponents to charter schools, the most prominent opponents being teachers unions; and the degree of school choice already available to parents.

As a not - for - profit dance organization, KPD commissions and produces the work of dance artists with and without disabilities — presenting excellence in dance through our quality - based programs, community performances and educational workshops.

Hanushek et al. attribute this widening, in part, to states» differing levels of knowledge capital, measured as workers» educational attainment combined with their test - score performance.

State education officials in Kentucky, Texas, and New Mexico have moved to intervene in the affairs of school districts charged with financial mismanagement or inadequate educational performance.

Most educational standard setting, performance assessment, and judgments about appropriate levels of achievement today are based on history and custom with a little bit of «professional dreaming.»

List — with the help of fellow economists Roland Fryer of Harvard and Steven Levitt, also of the UC — is following more than 600 students in several Chicago schools to «find out whether investing in teachers or, alternatively, in parents, leads to more gains in kids» educational performance.»

I would, therefore, ask Hanushek and Lindseth to stop tilting at windmills and to join with me in instituting a dialogue in major areas in which we do agree, like the fact that courts can and should hold states and school districts accountable for better performance, and that «school funding policies must recognize the underlying heterogeneity of students and their educational challenges and ensure that all schools have the means to succeed» (Hanushek and Lindseth, Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses, page 218).

Across the OECD, there is a strong relationship between the math performance of students from families with high and with low educational backgrounds.

Above all, the law's requirement that students be tested annually in reading and math in grades 3 - 8 and once in high school has provided parents, teachers, and other citizens with detailed information about students» performance in these foundational subjects — and therefore the extent to which they have mastered skills that are prerequisites for other educational goals.

It's no secret that the American educational system today lists under the weight of some massive, seemingly intractable burdens such as poor college preparation, modest achievement results compared with other nations, high dropout rates, significant teaching and performance disparities across racial and socioeconomic backgrounds, and a deficit of graduates equipped with the necessary skills for tomorrow's workforce.

Mobile and collaborative technologies support students» autonomy and reinforce the notion of collaborative work, which is exactly what this method» sideology is based on - providing a better educational experience with digital tools is positively influencing the student's performance and motivation in the classroom.

While we continue to develop daring new live experiences for young audiences, we are working with artists to capture and offer «virtual performances» so students and teachers outside of NYC can watch BAM performances at their local cinema, on their computers or devices, participate in virtual workshops with BAM teaching artists, and access BAM's extensive archive and library of educational resources.

U.S. students lag in educational performance compared with their peers in other industrialized countries.

With BSEC becoming more directly involved with schools and educational workshops, there was also a special performance by the Shakespeare Schools Festival — the largest drama festival in theWith BSEC becoming more directly involved with schools and educational workshops, there was also a special performance by the Shakespeare Schools Festival — the largest drama festival in thewith schools and educational workshops, there was also a special performance by the Shakespeare Schools Festival — the largest drama festival in the UK.

However, despite the enthusiasm for both school restructuring and transformational leadership, the findings from international meta - analytic work comparing the impact of various approaches to educational leadership, along with wider developments and concerns over quality teaching and student performance noted in earlier chapters, caused a re-examination of the worth of instructional leadership.

As a new presidential administration nears the close of its first year in office and educators across the country grapple with the challenges and opportunities in implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act, the nation's educational performance earns a grade of C from Quality Counts 2018, the 22nd annual report card issued by the Education Week Research Center.

has or would have the effect of unreasonably and substantially interfering with a student's educational performance, opportunities or benefits, or mental, emotional and / or physical well - being; or

And what can possibly be wrong with knowing as much as we can about the educational performance of high school students?

Third, today's focus on results - based education, combined with plenty more data on school performance in an era of educational accountability, means that reform - minded education leaders are getting bolder about closing bad schools — and sometimes (but not always) opening new ones in the same building.

Providing engaging training with a focus on the student experience, their mission is to empower you to create memorable educational content while helping you improve your professional performance.

We choose to partner with a diverse array of national, state and local organizations that share our commitment to improving educational performance.

School choice programs with design flaws will not show the same high degrees of efficacy and educational performance as well - designed programs.

However, the GIEP team must do enough assessment to come up with a «reasonable calculation» of the student's present levels of educational performance.

Poised to influence educational policy, practice and performance across the country, the Institute provides and connects charter school authorizers, governing boards, school leaders, founders and other stakeholders who are serious about ensuring all students are prepared for success in college, work and life with the programs, tools, services, counsel and support they need.

Education Week recently released its 19th annual edition of Quality Counts complete with state by state grades and data in six areas of educational policy and performance.

That information is important to have, and the student needs to develop skills regarding each, but those reasons have nothing to do with the student's present level of educational performance.

The NYS Charter Schools Act of 1998 was created for the following purposes: • Improve student learning and achievement; • Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at - risk of academic failure; • Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods; • Create new professional opportunities for teachers, school administrators and other school personnel; • Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and • Provide schools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement results.

Therefore, our work on educational assessment systems ranges from helping schools and districts design and implement productive classroom formative and performance assessment systems to working with states and other partners on both technical and practical issues associated with large - scale assessments.

◦ the focus of the charter school's curriculum, the instructional methods to be used, any distinctive instructional techniques to be employed, and identification and acquisition of appropriate technologies needed to improve educational and administrative performance which include a means for promoting safe, ethical, and appropriate uses of technology which comply with legal and professional standards

Along with other national testing experts, FairTest advises policy makers and educational practitioners that using standardized test scores alone as the basis for describing school performance or improvement is both unreliable and unfair.

It collects educational achievement data at the 4th and 8th grades to provide information about trends in performance over time together with extensive background information to address concerns about the quantity, quality, and content of instruction.

A child may be found eligible for special education and related services as a child with an intellectual disability if there is an adverse effect on the child's educational performance due to documented characteristics of intellectual disabilities which are described as a significantly sub average general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period.

The GMDT shall be formed on the basis of the student's needs and shall be comprised of the student's parents, a certified school psychologist, persons familiar with the student's educational experience and performance, one or more of the student's current teachers, persons trained in the appropriate evaluation techniques and, when possible, persons familiar with the student's cultural background.

Marlena Gross - Taylor is the founder of #EduGladiators as well as a district EdLeader for Maury County Schools, Tennessee, with a proven track record of improving educational and operational performance through vision,...

These reviews are based on a methodology where an OECD team including outside experts undertakes background work on the educational performance of the country in question (including but not restricted to PISA data), along with collection of information on the country's economic performance, educational policy history, and patterns of poverty and inequality.

increased capacity to improve the effectiveness of governing boards in line with the «Competency framework for governance» (particularly boards» ability to provide strategic leadership and data - driven accountability for educational standards and financial performance)