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The Plano Academy was designed for experimental project learning and advanced studies. Because of the project-based learning, students are able to work independently or in a group with less teacher management. Graduating students are required to have at least one internship by their senior year. As part of the curriculum, all students graduate ...
Duke(1982) [15] suggested six functions of instructional leadership related to teacher and school effectiveness: 1) Staff development: recruitment, in-service education, and staff motivation, 2) Instructional support: organized activities to maintain an environmentgeared towards improving teaching and learning, 3) Resource acquisition and ...
Curriculum focuses on core subjects such as language, mathematics, science and the humanities. [38] [39] [40] Learning experiences, strategic goals, national frameworks and school philosophy are also considered in curriculum development; [41] schools consider values and progressive skills in the development of a holistic curriculum. [42]
James K. Galbraith — head of the University of Texas Inequality Project at the LBJ School of Public Affairs; Barbara Jordan — the first black woman from a Southern state to serve in the U.S. House; Gretchen Ritter, professor of government at UT Austin from 1992 to 2013. [72]
The core subjects, mathematics, language arts, science, and social science, are taught mostly in Mandarin. However, the middle school curriculum provides only a Chinese class and math class in Mandarin. The school dedicates some of its instructional time to the development of English language skills. [14]
Flags have been lowered to half-staff at many federal and public buildings across the country in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29. Texas governor orders flags to be raised ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday ordered the state’s flags be raised to full-staff on Inauguration Day, as President-elect Trump enters his second term in the White House. The move disrupts ...
Numerous Chinese martial arts teach the staff as part of their curriculum, including (in English alphabetical order): Bagua seven star rod ( Chinese : 八卦七星竿 ; pinyin : bāguà qīxīng gān ) or Seven Star Stick (Qi Xing Gun), also called the Whip Stick (Bian Gun) or Heart High Stick (Xin Gun) - it is lighter and faster than the Ba ...