Sentences with phrase «work than traditional schools»

Some may offer a lighter load and others may challenge students with even more work than traditional schools.

Not exact matches

Holberton was announced last month as a project - based school that aims to teach the software - engineers - of - the - future how to attack problems and how to think using a project - based format, rather than traditional degree work.

In the same way that the zero - tolerance approach to discipline sends precisely the opposite psychological message to disadvantaged kids than what we now know they need in order to feel motivated and engaged with school, so do many basic elements of traditional American pedagogy work in direct opposition to what the psychological research tells us will help those children succeed.

The MTC's work is not entirely original, though, and takes its lead from a number of public schools — most notably in New England — that have been rethinking traditional methods of assessing students for more than a decade.

Today, HCZ works with all seven of the traditional public elementary schools in the Zone, serving more than 2,400 students.

The findings show that out of 1,000 adults working in STEM roles, 61 per cent found that learning technical skills at school would have been more useful than learning a traditional subject.

Although the model was originally designed for older - than - traditional - age college and graduate students, Fann believes «there's nothing stopping» the principles of competency - based education and assessment from working in primary and secondary schools.

When educators learn about the work of Envision Schools and the work of our partner schools in the Deeper Learning Network, they almost always ask for evidence or data to show that this approach is better than traditional approaches to leSchools and the work of our partner schools in the Deeper Learning Network, they almost always ask for evidence or data to show that this approach is better than traditional approaches to leschools in the Deeper Learning Network, they almost always ask for evidence or data to show that this approach is better than traditional approaches to learning.

During our work with district, charter, and private schools — large, small, urban, rural, as well as progressive and traditional — the master scheduling process tends to be more alike than different.

She will also discuss how she is currently working with districts across the country to help their students overcome these obstacles and stay engaged and on - track with school work, while partnering with the school district to operate an online program at a lesser cost than their traditional program.

A total of 34.6 percent of teachers in North Carolina's traditional public schools missed more than 10 days of work because of sick days or personal days, compared to 12.8 percent of teachers in the state's charter schools.

DPS» adoption of the LLN allows the district to shift more toward an authorizing body and service provider rather than a traditional command - and - control school system that emanates from the Superintendent's office with a focus on «one best system» which we know does not work if you want a diverse set of great schools.

Now that the Trump administration has made school choice a cornerstone of its education policy, we thought it would be worth exploring how charter schools work, who runs them, how they're funded and whether they work better than the traditional public schools they're often competing against.

The misconception suggests that if the charters, virtual, and catholic schools are working to close the gap for students than there is no need for the traditional schools.

High school teacher and instructional coach Tony Winger laments how traditional classroom grading practices lead to grades becoming a distraction from learning — a commodity students feel they work the system to attain — rather than a clear message to students and parents.

A number of studies have shown that charter school teachers are asked, on average, to work longer hours than traditional school teachers do, which has also led to a higher burnout rate.

As a chief financial officer and attorney who has worked in the charter movement for more than six years, and also as an elected member of my hometown traditional School Board, I am fortunate to see education from both sides.

A second characteristic of residencies is a longer clinical placement than is found in most traditional or alternative programs, generally at least a full school year, with residents working under the guidance of an experienced, expert mentor — before becoming the teacher of record.

As teachers are pressed to extend their craft to prepare more diverse students for the challenge of work and life beyond school, they are challenged to provide more authentic instructional contexts and activities than traditional knowledge - based curricula.

The high schoolers felt that being taught as a «teacher» rather than as traditional student of dance, as they were used to, helped them to think about implementation and time management more mindfully when working with both the middle schoolers and their own club.

Since you are able to complete courses at your own pace, including optional work on the weekends and over the summer, students are able to accelerate and complete high school in less than the traditional four years.

In the final analysis, Figlio's work indicates that it does not matter whether the private schools who accept voucher money are better than traditional public schools.

The fraud - prevention mechanisms work exactly the same for traditional public schools as for charters - neither the safeguards nor the outcomes are unique to charters - why charters are being singled out here belies a different motivation than more accurately representing the challenges of fraud prevention in the public school SECTOR.

With the emphasis on creating an intensive working situation in which workshop leaders produce art alongside other participants rather than function as teachers in the traditional art school sense, the Emma Lake Artists» Workshop became the model for a number of other workshops.

Arguably, graduates of DNS would be even more qualified to work in document review jobs than graduates of traditional law school programs because the focus of their studies would be specifically on serving in that role.

Law schools are in the business of training the next generation of lawyers, but most have remained steadfast in teaching «traditional» topics and methods rather than adapting to the new realities of work and technology.

It was another shining example of why Collaborative Divorce is such a great thing for clients that are willing to work with one another to resolve their case with less stress and pain than in a traditional «old - school» divorce case.

Whether you are freshly out of law school and admitted to the bar, or have been working in your own traditional law practice or larger firm for years, our current technological climate gives you the ability to start, operate, and maintain a virtual law office in ways that are easier than ever before.

It's much more convenient than traditional traffic school - you can log in whenever you choose, and work around your schedule.

It was another shining example of why Collaborative Divorce is such a great thing for clients that are willing to work with one another to resolve their case with less stress and pain than in a traditional «old - school» divorce case.

When mothers worked in paid employment, elementary - school aged children's school achievement was higher than that of children whose families received traditional welfare.

Note: changing households on Friday after school often works better than on the traditional Monday after school approach (allowing for a «winding - down» at the time of transition, rather than requiring «gearing - up» at that time).