Sentences with phrase «middle school founders»

, MOVING FORWARD FROM THE PAST: EARLY WRITINGS AND CURRENT REFLECTIONS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL FOUNDERS (pp. 222 - 233).

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I'm Leticia, founder of Tech Savvy Mama and a DC Metro area dwelling mom of two middle schoolers.

The founder of MomsTeam, Brooke de Lench, explains why she fought for a no - cut policy at her sons» middle school.

In the middle of the last school year they hosted conversations with individuals and groups from the various sectors of the school: parents, teachers, founders, staff, board members, donors, and older students.

New York City's Department of Education said that it would not find space for five new middle schools proposed by the Success Academy charter school network in time for the locations to be approved by a city panel in November, setting up another clash between the mayor and Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz.

The Success Academy schools, headed by Founder and Chief Executive Officer Eva Moskowitz, had sought to bring Harlem 4, a middle school of grades 5 to 8, into the building.

At 10:20 a.m., Success Academy Charter Schools founder and CEO Eva Moskowitz makes an announcement about the middle school space proposal recently sent to Success Academy by the New York City Department of Education, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Rick Shertle, middle school teacher and founder of the Washington Maker Workshop in San Jose, California recently opened his doors to the community by securing a space from a local church for free.

Tennenbaum, which was recently renamed to honor a big donation by the founder of a Los Angeles hedge fund, is part of Alliance College Ready Public Schools, a charter management organization with 14 high schools and 6 middle schools throughout Los ASchools, a charter management organization with 14 high schools and 6 middle schools throughout Los Aschools and 6 middle schools throughout Los Aschools throughout Los Angeles.

A more middle - ground perspective from small - school founders on the issue of content would be refreshing and productive.

They include Jim Barksdale, the former chief operating officer of Netscape, who gave $ 100 million to establish an institute to improve reading instruction in Mississippi; Eli Broad, the home builder and retirement investment titan, whose foundation works on a range of management, governance, and leadership issues; Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Computers, whose family foundation is valued at $ 1.2 billion and is a major supporter of a program that boosts college going among students of potential but middling accomplishment; financier and buyout specialist Theodore J. Forstmann, who gave $ 50 million of his own money to help poor kids attend private schools; David Packard, a former classics professor who also is a scion of one of the founders of Hewlett - Packard and has given $ 75 million to help California school districts improve reading instruction; and the Walton Family Foundation, which benefits from the fortune of the founder of Wal - Mart, and which is the nation's largest supporter of charter schools and private school scholarships (see «A Tribute to John Walton,»).

Besides Peiser, who started Boston Collegiate Charter School in 1998, just after earning his master's in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School, there was Doug Lemov, a founder of Academy of the Pacific Rim (also in Boston) in 1997 and later a best - selling author (Teach Like a Champion); Evan Rudall and John King of Roxbury Prep in Boston (Rudall is now CEO of Zearn, a new educational technology nonprofit, and King is commissioner of education for New York State); and Paul Bambrick - Santoyo, then managing director of North Star's middle and high schools in Newark (and later author of Driven by Data and Leverage Leadership).

Chelsea Dale is the founder and president of On Giants» Shoulders, a not - for - profit organization which advocates a strategy for repetitively motivating under - performing elementary and middle school students to respect their teachers, peers, schools, and the learning process using 15 - minute, once - per - week online chats with academically accomplished high school students who appreciate the value of education.

by Brett Wigdortz, founder and CEO, Teach First; Fair access: Making school choice and admissions work for all by Rebecca Allen, reader in the economics of education at the Institute of Education, University of London; School accountability, performance and pupil attainment by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within - school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of Lschool choice and admissions work for all by Rebecca Allen, reader in the economics of education at the Institute of Education, University of London; School accountability, performance and pupil attainment by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within - school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of LSchool accountability, performance and pupil attainment by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within - school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of Lschool variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of Lschool gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of Lschool: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of London.

Over the next year, Aaron Tang and Ethan Hutt, the energetic founders of a new education advocacy group, aim to get 1 million middle school, high school, and college students to sign a petition calling for high - quality public education for all students, not just those in suburban and middle - class neighborhoods.

The founders searched high and low for an affordable facility (charter schools outside of NYC do not receive access to state aid for their buildings) and finally found one at Ernie Davis, the old middle school building in Elmira.

Tennenbaum, which was recently renamed to honor a big donation by the founder of a Los Angeles hedge fund, is part of Alliance College Ready Public Schools, a charter management organization with 14 high schools and six middle schools throughout Los ASchools, a charter management organization with 14 high schools and six middle schools throughout Los Aschools and six middle schools throughout Los Aschools throughout Los Angeles.

Bob Lesser is the founder and Executive Director of Mott Hall Charter School, an innovative public middle school serving low - income families in the South School, an innovative public middle school serving low - income families in the South school serving low - income families in the South Bronx.

Workplace Experience: 1972 - 1979 Private education teacher (reading and study skills for middle and high school) Wood School 1979 - 1982 Director, Learning Dynamics Study Skills Center 1979 - 1982 Adjunct faculty, University of San Diego, Education Dept. 1982 - 1988 Extension faculty, University of California at San Diego Education Dept. 1983 - 1985 Adjunct faculty, National University, Education Dept. 1982 - 1987 Co - founder / Educational Director of SuperCamp Residential academic enrichment skills program 1995 - 2009 Adjunct Faculty, San Diego State University 1996 - 2006 Co-founded The Brain Store (Publishing Company) 1997 - present Co-founder, Jensen Learning school) Wood School 1979 - 1982 Director, Learning Dynamics Study Skills Center 1979 - 1982 Adjunct faculty, University of San Diego, Education Dept. 1982 - 1988 Extension faculty, University of California at San Diego Education Dept. 1983 - 1985 Adjunct faculty, National University, Education Dept. 1982 - 1987 Co - founder / Educational Director of SuperCamp Residential academic enrichment skills program 1995 - 2009 Adjunct Faculty, San Diego State University 1996 - 2006 Co-founded The Brain Store (Publishing Company) 1997 - present Co-founder, Jensen Learning School 1979 - 1982 Director, Learning Dynamics Study Skills Center 1979 - 1982 Adjunct faculty, University of San Diego, Education Dept. 1982 - 1988 Extension faculty, University of California at San Diego Education Dept. 1983 - 1985 Adjunct faculty, National University, Education Dept. 1982 - 1987 Co - founder / Educational Director of SuperCamp Residential academic enrichment skills program 1995 - 2009 Adjunct Faculty, San Diego State University 1996 - 2006 Co-founded The Brain Store (Publishing Company) 1997 - present Co-founder, Jensen Learning Corp..

John Glover is founder and CEO of Alpha Public Schools and founding principal of Blanca Alvarado Middle School in San Jose.

Ideally, Brooke founder Jon Clark would like to add another middle school and a high school for all his high - performing middle schoolers to attend.

Pearl, an E4E - Los Angeles teacher and founder of the first pilot middle school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, spoke as part of TED's first - eschool in the Los Angeles Unified School District, spoke as part of TED's first - eSchool District, spoke as part of TED's first - ever...

Going back 25 years, he has been a classroom teacher at the middle and high school levels, a central office professional development coordinator in Los Angeles Unified School District, a school founder and administrator, and university professor in teacher education at the Cal State Univeschool levels, a central office professional development coordinator in Los Angeles Unified School District, a school founder and administrator, and university professor in teacher education at the Cal State UniveSchool District, a school founder and administrator, and university professor in teacher education at the Cal State Univeschool founder and administrator, and university professor in teacher education at the Cal State University.

Patricia Benson is the former founder and director of the Center for Excellence in Education that garnered two national awards for increasing student achievement in high - needs middle schools throughout Michigan.

Justin was a counselor at Paul Revere Charter Middle School for 6 years, where he received the Founder's Day Award in 2012 - 13 school - year for excellence in educSchool for 6 years, where he received the Founder's Day Award in 2012 - 13 school - year for excellence in educschool - year for excellence in education.

A Los Angeles book launch event on Dec. 2 featured four Teach Plus Teaching Policy Fellows and contributing writers: Sujata Bhatt, founder of the Incubator School; Kyle Hunsberger, a mathematics teacher at Johnnie L. Cochrain, Jr., Middle School who developed and successfully implemented a 6th - grade basic - skills intervention program; Jeannette Marrone, a founding teacher at Environmental Science and Technology High School; and Stephanie Widmer, a Teach for America Learning Team Leader and humanities teacher at Camino Nuevo Charter Academy.

The Mind Trust's Founder and CEO David Harris speaks with Inside Indiana Business» Gerry Dick about the importance of K - 12 education and The Mind Trust's investment in a high - quality girls» middle school.

«We can serve the 250,000 «at - risk» students here in the Orange County area,» says Erin Craig, Founder of Unity Middle College High School.

Kevin Teasley, the founder and CEO of the GEO Foundation that operates 21st Century and the Gary Middle College, blamed his school's D grade on what he called a «flawed» grading system.

Richard Kahan, founder and chief executive officer of the Urban Assembly, a network of 20 small high schools and middle schools in the city, said he knew that students were doing better in small schools than large schools, but was still surprised by how positive the results were in the study.

That is a core concept of the school and child development strategy created mainly for elementary schools by Yale University child psychiatrist James Comer, and of the program that KIPP's founders, Mike Feinberg and David Levin, created for middle schools.

Mario Jovan Shaw and Jason Terrell, the founders of Profound Gentlemen, saw this first hand as middle school teachers in Charlotte.

Founder Samantha Saffir Barnes is a creative cook and former middle school educator who launched her company in 2006 with the goal of empowering young people to unleash their creativity in the kitchen, and later founded subscription box service Raddish.

WHAT: Climate Day of Action: DC Youth Rally for a Carbon Price WHERE: Front steps of the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington DC) WHEN: Friday, April 13, 12:30 pm SPEAKERS: — Three D.C. middle school students — Payal Shah, Moms Clean Air Force — Riley Place, Generation E PAC — Kymone Freeman, founder of We Act Radio - Camila Thorndike, CCAN Action Fund

Created by Anne Armstrong, former middle school teacher and founder of the My Gnome on the Roam educational toys line, the app offers daily prompts for building quality family time and meaningful experiences in the midst of our busy schedules, and has different themes on different days (Make It Monday, Tell Me Tuesday, Wanderlust Wednesday, Throwback Thursday, Freaky Friday, Saturday Dazzle Day, Soul Food Sunday).

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