#student-achievement

#student-achievement

Niagara Catholic District School Board's director of education is moving to the much larger Toronto District School Board, which the province had stripped of much of its powers last year due to what it called financial problems at that board. The Niagara Catholic board said on Friday that education director Camillo Cipriano has resigned after six years. His last day will be June 5. The Toronto public board also announced on Friday that Cipriano has been appointed as the board's new chief executive officer, starting June 8.

The pandemic-era backslide in math and reading scores for students across the U.S. was not a sudden catastrophe but the continuation of a brutal, decade-long "learning recession" that began years before COVID-19's arrival.

"The role of the supervisor is to help put the boards get back on track ... to ensure that the school boards are focused on student achievement," he said. "Supervisors are not media personalities, they are there are to roll up their sleeves and get the job done."

Evidence accumulated over the past twenty years indicates that the extensive social and educational introduction of computers into classrooms has resulted in a measurable decline in students' academic and cognitive abilities. These results clarify the need for pedagogical, educational, and technological resources to be aligned with principles that strengthen the universal cognitive capacities required for learning.

Teachers have almost no authority over student behaviors or academic grading, and are given little, if any, respect from administrators, parents or even students. Instead, students have all the authority but no responsibility for their success. Students do (or don't do) whatever they wish, while empty-handed teachers are left to take the blame. Teachers no longer have the ultimate tool of flunking students.

As a "Big Picture School, MetWest follows a nontraditional model, where students spend three days a week doing core learning and instruction, and spend Tuesdays and Thursdays participating in internships and career learning with a mentor. Their internships are in fields ranging from automotive to education, healthcare, and videography. "At Big Picture Schools, we believe not all the learning happens inside the schools but outside as well,"

"I told my mom I wanted a horse and carriage for prom. She helped me get in contact with farms that do horse rentals. When I arrived, everyone was shocked."

The NYU Tandon students won the ITE Traffic Bowl for the sixth consecutive year, showcasing their expertise in transportation planning and engineering.