If the kids are paying attention in class they will do good on the test. If the kids are doing good on the test it will show that the kids are paying attention in class and the teacher is actually teaching. ( Artia Rondone source 3 pg. 1) How the test is good is because it shows a lot about the students and the
Teachers have clear objectives to which they can tailor their lessons, and administrators have clearer means of monitoring progress in schools (Wright, 2012). During an interview with a parent of two school age children attending different schools had this to say concerning the act… NCLB is a positive approach to education because scientific studies show that children who have been held back often display a lack of confidence, social skills and often have issues with problem solving (Johnson, 2012), By getting immediate help when and where needed we can through this process avert that outcome and cause our children to be more confident and productive succeeding and achieving equally amongst their peers (Johnson,
Supervision for Instructional Improvement Ebony A. Wilson Grand Canyon University Supervision and Instructional Leadership EDA 551 April 20, 2011 Supervision for Instructional Improvement Professional development is an essential tool in a movement towards greater success for all students and meeting the needs for school change in a society that is desperately in need of one. As stated by DeSimone (2011), "Teacher professional development is one of the keys to improving the quality of U.S. schools. Many education reforms rely on teacher learning— and the improved instruction that ideally follows — to increase student learning, so understanding what makes professional development effective is critical to understanding
An article called “State line (Changes in Public Education),written by Chris Pipho, talks about how reform of mathematical curricula for schools can be a good change for the school systems. Change in the school district budgets can be good for many students too. Students can receive better textbooks, meaning students will be able to get new and improved ideas and learning strategies from their math curricula. The state doesn’t mind funding the school districts because with new and better school supplies knowing it will help better students, and teachers as well, the teachers will also feel better about teaching student the math lesson, with better curricula from the
Statistics tend to show a success gap between "hearing students" (students without hearing loss) and deaf students in public schools. Why do hearing students often achieve more in school than students with hearing loss? What can be done about this? There are many answers to these questions and many ways to improve this inequity. It is important to first look at the situation, identify the problem, and then discuss how to help students who are struggling with hearing loss.
Effective teachers and leaders are being placed in these schools to help student learn the necessary skills needed and achieve to their highest potential. The new teacher and principal evaluations are assisting with this goal. These evaluations are singling out the highest achieving teachers through the evaluation process as well as tracking the students’ performance and achievement. This evaluation system is encouraging “deeper analysis and use of data to focus on student needs” (Real Progress in Maryland, 2014). According to Astuto, Clark, McGree, Pelton Fernandez, and Read (1994), effective educators demonstrate a level of expertise that surpasses that of a teacher that has just basic skills.
All of these findings are extremely conductive of how mandating school uniforms would greatly improve our student’s ability to improve their school experience. “In addition, with the visual uniformity present across all students, the instance of school pride has increased. Similar to athletic team uniforms, dressing cohesively increase pride, unity, and a renewed commitment to the school. With uniforms, a more professional tone is set in school, encouraging students to take their studies more seriously” (Chen 1). Current interest in investigating the motivational dimension of school environments to guide both policy and applications stems partially from proposals by researchers in the early 1990s suggesting the focus on changing the child
These new realizations have been converted into the classrooms to better educate students. The correlation between cognition and learning is reliant, and learning cannot occur without the thought processes such as memory. Behaviors such as language cannot occur without the process of learning. References Huitt, W., & Hummel, J. (1997).
Single sex education is also beneficial because boys and girls build their confidence and self-esteem up when learning in separate classrooms, boys and girls have different learning skills, and there is no sexual pressure within single sex schooling. Single sex education is just as beneficial as co-education. "One of the key arguments supporting single-sex programs is that they create an institutional and classroom climate in which female students can express themselves freely and frequently, and develop higher order thinking skills (Salomone, 2006)." Within a co-education classroom, students worry about what others think of them so they cannot express their feelings in class discussions; or they are afraid to raise their hand to ask a question because they do not want to be teased or ridiculed. According to girlslearndifferently.com, in a single sex education classroom, students develop cognitive skills and they feel free to express themselves in class discussions.
The authors discussed many strategies that leadership could use to turn a school around, mostly about changing the culture in the school such as using school’s symbols, history, vision and values, stories, rituals and traditions. Used successfully, a leader can “create a cohesive, meaningful, nurturing social milieu for teachers to teach and students to learn” (Deal and Peterson, page 15). Additionally, Deal and Peterson describe how school leaders can transform negative and toxic cultures into positive and nurturing cultures which benefits both staff and students.