Minorities Fall Victim to Achievement Gap The achievement gap continues to be up for major discussion in America’s schools. Researchers‚ reformers‚ and educators alike are baffled by the achievement gap‚ for they have no concrete idea why it occurs or any stable solution to solve this growing problem. The achievement gap can be seen through-out grades‚ test scores‚ drop-out rates‚ and graduation rates. To show the extend of the achievement gap‚ Harold Berlak‚ a Senior Research Fellow at the Applied
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Common Core Standards Heather L. Dudziak MTE 501 February 14‚ 2011 Cristina Campisano Common Core Standards Today the federal government has taken a role as a promoter of educational opportunity to students with numerous disadvantages. These disadvantages range from poverty to discrimination based on race and sex‚ to special education needs or even language barriers (Umpstead‚ 2008). Funds are supplied by the federal government for specific programs to improve educational quality;
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Competency Framework FOR TEACHERS Competency Framework FOR TEACHERS TITLE: Competency Framework for Teachers SCIS NO. 1192142 ISBN 0 7307 4092 7 ©Department of Education and Training 2004 Reproduction of this work in whole or part for educational purposes‚ within an educational institution and on condition that it is not offered for sale‚ is permitted by the Department of Education and Training. This material is available on request in appropriate alternative formats including Braille
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worker receives a fixed rate per hour/week/month with no additional payment There are systems related in whole or part to individual or group performance or profit There are systems based in part on the worker gaining and using additional skills or competencies Pay systems provide the bases on which an organisation rewards workers for their individual contribution‚ skill and performance. Pay structures are different - they are used to determine specific pay rates for particular jobs‚ usually based on
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is a vital part of many organisation’s core business plan‚ consumer data‚ collected and held on in an information storage system‚ can steer a company’s operational practice. (Tapp‚ 2008) A solid marketing strategy will use consumers and existing customers as a basis‚ and then critically examine the organisation from this angle to internal business. For this paper‚ Gap 360 Ltd has been selected as a case study. Gap 360 Ltd is a company which focuses on the gap year travel industry‚ their strategic
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Is Competency-Based Education the Answer? It is no secret that the United States is currently facing a literacy crisis. It is estimated that 21 percent of adults in the United States are reading below a 5th grade level and 19 percent of high school graduates cannot read. In Mike Rose’s book Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook‚ he states “the government requires that one be able to read and write at a sixth-grade level to be functionally literate: that is‚ to be able to meet-to a minimal degree- society
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presented as an effective practice to improve competitiveness based on the development of managerial competencies. The centrality of knowledge and a reduced shelf-life of competencies raise the importance of bringing innovation in life-long learning and human capital development processes‚ above all in terms of people collaboration and interaction. COMPETENCIES In a management perspective‚ competencies are personal capabilities that are demonstrated through measurable knowledge‚ skills‚ abilities
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Students can: a. Present information‚ findings‚ and supporting evidence‚ conveying a clear and distinct perspective‚ such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning‚ alternative or opposing perspectives are addressed‚ and the organization‚ development‚ substance‚ and style are appropriate to purpose‚ audience‚ and a range of formal and informal tasks. (CCSS: SL.11-12.4) b. Make strategic use of digital media (e.g.‚ textual‚ graphical‚ audio‚ visual‚ and interactive elements) in presentations
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Customer Gap Perceived Service Service Delivery External Communications to Customers COMPANY Gap 3 Gap 1 Gap 4 Customer-Driven Service Designs and Standards Gap 2 Company Perceptions of Consumer Expectations Customer Expectations Gap 1 •Inadequate marketing research orientation •Lack of upward communication •Insufficient relationship focus •Inadequate service recovery Company Perceptions of Customer Expectations Customer-Driven Service Designs and Standards Gap 2
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the “wealth gap” has become between the upper class and middle class in the last 10 years. Upper class individuals are more likely to have larger percentages of their assets invested in the stock market and we have been in a bull market for the last eight years. Middle class individual’s largest asset is generally their home and for a large part of the last eight years the recovery in the housing market has been slow to return to the levels prior to 2008. These factors increased the gap between the
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