Sentences with phrase «many urban educators»

Most likely for the same reason that urban educators from an earlier generation made excuses: successfully educating large numbers of low - income kids is very, very hard.»

Many urban educators complained that the large high school was simply too big to work and too impersonal to reach every child, much less hundreds of children.

As chairman of the Board of Directors of the Council of the Great City Schools, Carlos A. Garcia says part of his job is telling people what urban educators are doing right.

Her stormy tenure is being closely watched by school reformers, the teacher unions, urban educators and Congressional Democrats, who variously believe that the chancellor is either the troubled district's last hope — or worst nightmare.)

In today's environment of high - stakes accountability and limited resources, urban educators must be able to address urgent challenges on multiple fronts.

We recently had the opportunity to sit down with her to learn more about program she designed and the issues facing urban educators today:

I kept having that feeling of — I know what he's talking about, I've lived it for years as an urban educator — but I've never seen anyone make such a clear argument for the fact that schools need to focus on developing students» social and emotional skills.

Eric J. Smith, superintendent of schools in Charlotte - Mecklenburg, North Carolina, was named the top urban educator in October.

Because of the size of city school districts — New York City is the nation's largest school system with 1,189 public schools and 78,100 teachers — urban educators often teach large numbers of at - risk students.

In spite of all the challenges that they face, when given the support and the resources, urban educators are producing good results, especially in our elementary schools.

Focus, Higher Standards Can Bring Urban School Gains As chairman of the Board of Directors of the Council of the Great City Schools, Carlos A. Garcia says part of his job is telling people what urban educators are doing right.

Here in Chicago, I've found that just because urban educators may know about the trauma their students experience, it doesn't mean that they know how it impacts them or how best to help them.

For these efforts and others, Dr. Hall earned the award for the nations top urban educator.

As the authors note, the operators of the two South Side charters schools were some of the country's most skilled urban educators and researchers.

BTR operates within our two neighborhood based Teaching Academies, schools that provide a world class education for all students while preparing outstanding new teachers for successful, sustainable careers as urban educators.

Most recently she was invited by Gardner - Webb faculty to become involved with the Urban Educators Leadership Collaborative (UELC) through Teachers College at Columbia University, NY.

Many urban educators live in fear: of their schools being labeled failures, of increasingly punitive sanctions, of loss of respect and livelihood.

«Such a quick and impactful read, from some of the most successful urban educators.

With an ever - widening achievement gap, urban educators face much different challenges in the classroom than suburban or rural teachers.

However, as urban educators, we are charged with actively participating in the preparation of our young people to critically analyze the violence they are exposed to and guide them toward becoming engaged citizens.

Reach helps urban educators acquire the professional knowledge and skill needed to foster both deeper and more equitable student learning.

This common problem, which surfaces in school after school, led us to consult some of the most successful urban educators we know — teachers and principals who have been involved in founding new, small high schools in New York City and Boston, Massachusetts.1 These schools, which serve low - income, minority communities, have begun to routinely graduate and send to college more than 90 percent of their students.

The School of Education has been preparing the nation's best urban educators since its inception in 1890.

«As an urban educator, I am a strong advocate for ensuring that schools are set up to support kids» social and emotional needs.»

As a mother of four children and an urban educator since 2005 in the Syracuse City School District, I know without a doubt my success as a teacher is attributed to building relationships with my students.

Urban educators, including teachers and administrators, will be included in this process.

At yesterday's EdSec confirmation hearings, senator after senator went out of their way to praise the selection of Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan and how terrific it will be to have a real urban educator at the helm of the U.S. Department of Education.

A highly - regarded urban educator in New Jersey for over twenty years, Principal Baruti Kafele distinguished himself as a master teacher and a transformational school leader.

If you fit any of these descriptors, and you aspire to be a career urban educator, we hope you choose to apply to Dallas Teacher Residency.

The authors consulted with successful urban educators who were involved with innovative, small high schools in New York City, and asked what strategies they recommended for engaging students in doing their schoolwork.

Not exact matches

One was the work of a sociologist, Earl Brewer, who, with the aid of a theologian and a ministries specialist, sought by an extensive content analysis of sermons and other addresses given in a rural and an urban church to differentiate the patterns of belief and value constituting those two parishes.67 The second was the inquiry of a religious educator, C. Ellis Nelson, who departed from a curricular definition of education to envision the congregation as a «primary society» whose integral culture conditions its young and old members.68 James Dittes, the third author, described more fully the nature of the culture encountered in the local church.

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During a conference in Saratoga Springs, state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia called on teacher educators across the state to train future teachers who can rise to the challenges inside struggling urban schools.

As a traveling sales rep and educator, she enjoys spreading herbal knowledge to Urban Moonshine's nation - wide network of enthusiasts.

Educators discussed using community organizing as a strategy to build civic participation and power in low - income communities and for change in urban schools at the Thursday, March 9, Askwith Forum, «Community Organizing and School Reform.»

At both schools — one in our city and one in Los Angeles — educators saw blended learning as a way to custom - tailor the school experience for urban students whose backgrounds and learning needs varied widely.

«Asil's experiences as an English learner shaped her interest in the science and art behind literacy education, even as a math educator in an urban district,» says Senior Lecturer Pamela Mason, faculty director of L&L.

Learn about School 21 — a public, urban school in London, U.K. — and how educators there bring cross-curricular, arts - infused project - based learning into the classroom.

The biggest misconception about urban schools is to solely regard these youth as «at risk,» instead of as youth who bring a multitude of strengths to the school community including leadership capacity that we as educators can help unleash if we are willing to share the power we hold.

Some educators believe the tests penalize urban children.

NIUSL brings together educators from urban contexts with Harvard faculty and top experts in the field to examine best practices and research - based techniques that support student achievement.

Educators across the country are faced with ethical dilemmas every day and, as one teacher shares in her first year teaching at a large urban school, they don't always know how to respond.

While I have thoroughly enjoyed my experience here, often times I found myself realizing that certain teaching and learning frameworks presented in class were the very same ones espoused and developed for teaching artists and community - based educators, especially those using culturally responsive arts in their practice in urban settings.

«Superintendents Prepared,» a joint project of three Washington - based research and consulting organizations, is designed to move 90 highly qualified educators and other professionals into positions as urban school chiefs over the next three years.

The Urban Scholar curriculum allows us the opportunity to hear presentations from an incredible group of educators, and I am able to interact with a great group of talented peers from all across HGSE.

The Urban Scholars Program, which offers its recipients tuition - free enrollment in their selected master's programs, was started in part due to Dean Kathleen McCartney's vision of creating a prestigious fellowship for educators in urban school sysUrban Scholars Program, which offers its recipients tuition - free enrollment in their selected master's programs, was started in part due to Dean Kathleen McCartney's vision of creating a prestigious fellowship for educators in urban school sysurban school systems.

According to educators at the Critical Issues in Urban Special Education institute, recent research shows that early intervention and high - quality preschool programs can improve special education students» outcomes later on.

6 - 9 — Education research: 5th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, sponsored by the Asia - Pacific Research Institute of Peking University, the Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology, Saint Mary's College of California School of Education, and the University of Louisville's Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods Program, for researchers and educators, at the Ilikai Waikiki Beach Hotel in Honolulu...

In her class we learned about the political construction of urban schools and explored what it meant to be an effective educator in this context.

Brendan Dotson learned about Urban Scholars Program while teach eighth - grade language arts and reading in SeaTac, Wash. «I was interested in the opportunity to spend time with educators who had been doing amazing work in urban schools all over the country,» he Urban Scholars Program while teach eighth - grade language arts and reading in SeaTac, Wash. «I was interested in the opportunity to spend time with educators who had been doing amazing work in urban schools all over the country,» he urban schools all over the country,» he says.