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Accountability systems that provide incentives and rewards for educators, students, and parents to work together to help students reach these standards. By 1998, almost every state had implemented or was in the process of implementing academic standards for their students in math and reading.
One possible explanation is that college students have greater cognitive capacity, enabling them to better separate informational and controlling aspects of rewards. Hence they are able to interpret rewards as indicators of effective performance rather than controlling their behavior, which causes them to operate with performance-goal orientations.
A 2008 study by the Fordham Institute suggests that the lack of incentive for schools to meet the needs of high achieving students had serious consequences: while between 2000 and 2007 students in the lowest 10th percentile (low performers) had improved their average performance on the 4th grade reading portion of the National Assessment of ...
Yahoo Finance spoke with six students from White Plains High School in Westchester County, NY, and got their thoughts on virtual learning, what it has been like going to school wearing masks, and ...
As of Aug. 6, 664 American colleges and universities are requiring vaccinations for new and returning students, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Many others are only encouraging...
In November 2020, President Thompson announced a UW System incentive for students to work in public and private health care settings during winter break and beyond. Specifically, the system would ...
An online school (virtual school, e-school, or cyber-school) teaches students entirely or primarily online or through the Internet. Online education exists all around the world and is used for all levels of education (K-12 High school/secondary school, college, or graduate school). Virtual education is becoming increasingly used worldwide.
Therapeutic boarding schools are boarding schools based on the therapeutic community model that offers an educational program together with specialized structure and supervision for students with emotional and behavioral problems, substance abuse problems, or learning difficulties.