Sentences with phrase «teachers say the problem»

«It was a bunch of teachers saying these problems get too big for us to handle by the time kids get older,» O'Brien said.

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Pachter says that this is how young children address their teachers: «Mrs. Susan, can you help me with this math problem?»

In a study published in The European Journal of Social Psychology, students who wrote out self - advice using «you» not only completed more problems but said they would be happier to work on more in the future compared with students who used «I.» The researchers speculated this is because second - person self - talk may trigger memories of receiving support and encouragement from parents and teachers in childhood.

Just do your best,» a teacher or parent should say «When you learn how to do a new math problem, it grows your brain.»

Apple shareholders Jana Partners and the California State Teachers» Retirement System are urging the smartphone maker to take steps to address what they say is a growing problem of young people getting addicted to Apple's iPhones, Jana partner Charles Penner said.

Kurth said she was a registered Republican and Trump voter who supported the Second Amendment, but she had problems with the idea that teachers should be armed.

Absent Cruz's school records, it is hard to say precisely when Cruz's behavior became an acute problem for teachers and administrators.

They only need satisfy themselves that their position is a just one, suitable for teachers of the Christian faith who have come to realize in recent years that the faith has something to say to the problems of the day.

There were «missed opportunities to share and record problem behaviour» before a teenager murdered Christian teacher Ann Maguire in a classroom, an inquest jury has said.

I remember my teacher on first grade went this kind of dispute happen — «No me NO you» she say «stop everyone and bring the best you have to share» end of problem.

Most pastors and Bible teachers say exactly the opposite, that the problem with Christianity today is that we don't obey the Bible enough.

Her response was as long as the teacher was not saying that the report must be on a religious figure then she saw no problem with that.

«The AED device is a great invention, but the problem is that it is not always made accessible to coaches,» said Brew Schumer, a middle school PE teacher.

«Because the teacher sees your child in a variety of situations at school and can compare your child's progress to that of other children, she's in a good position to notice any potential problems,» says Eve Stabinsky - Ackert, an early childhood education specialist in Monroe, Conn..

They found that moms who reported being more supportive also rated their children as more socially skilled, but teachers said these kids had fewer socioemotional skills and more problem behaviors.

JS: How do you respond to people who say these kinds of interventions are not enough to combat systemic problems of poverty and that we shouldn't be putting our focus on parents or teachers?

Or would you say that the problem is grave enough for the teachers to either question the parenting that goes on at home or call in expert help or both?

The other problem, Pope says, is that summer homework packets (frequently put off until the last unhappy week before school begins), often seem to fall into an academic black hole once they're turned in — with no feedback from teachers and no effect on kids» grades.

«While public policy and legal approaches are important, what's especially exciting to me is that individual schools, principals, teachers and community members are in many cases taking this problem into their own hands and saying, «What we can do to solve it?»»

Riots, Communities and Victims Panel Report Commenting on the independent report which emerged today from the Riots, Communities and Victims Panel, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «While many teachers are only too aware of the social problems and all too often grinding poverty that some of their pupils face, it has to be remembered that the key task of teachers is tTeachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «While many teachers are only too aware of the social problems and all too often grinding poverty that some of their pupils face, it has to be remembered that the key task of teachers is tteachers» union, said: «While many teachers are only too aware of the social problems and all too often grinding poverty that some of their pupils face, it has to be remembered that the key task of teachers is tteachers are only too aware of the social problems and all too often grinding poverty that some of their pupils face, it has to be remembered that the key task of teachers is tteachers is to teach.

We want someone to come to office to solve our problems, not somebody who sits in office and says I am a Northern President so I am going to let them steal your SADA money, cancel your Teacher and Nursing Training Allowances, collapse the National Health Insurance Scheme and not provide any services for your socio - economic advancement; that is not the type of Northern President we want.

A real - time electronic poll of BME teachers attending the seminar found that: 78 % do not think the work and contribution of BME teachers is recognised and valued by schools; 58 % do not think treatment of BME teachers has improved in the last decade; Only 36 % feel outcomes for BME pupils have improved in the last decade; 98 % feel that racism continues to be a serious problem in the UK today; 53 % do not see themselves still being in the teaching profession in the next five years, with 31 % saying they are planning to change career and the rest saying they plan to retire or take a break from the profession.

The Executive Director of the Centre for Family Peace Initiative, Mr Chinedu Ikogwe, said the project would re-orientate parents, teachers and other stakeholders to address the problems of children, including the upsurge of criminal gangs, drug abuse, cult activities and juvenile crimes across the country.

Christine Blower, the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: «Academy chains simply do not have the resources or expertise to resolve problems where they occur.

NUT Cymru, the largest union for teachers in Wales, says that the decision to follow a Westminster Government approach will not tackle the core issues of absenteeism; more worryingly, in the long term it threatens to create a host of new problems in our communities.

And he says changing to a new testing company is not going to change what teachers and some parents view as the fundamental problem, the overreliance on the tests.

The teachers union says this prevents teachers from discussing test questions or pointing out problems with the exams.

They say they like a new agreement on teacher evaluations, but a narrow margin say the governor is overall making the problems in the education system worse.

Cuomo has said repeatedly that more money is not the answer to the state's education problems, and he's feuded with the teacher's union.

The New York State United Teachers union said Thursday that New York should end computerized testing until it is confident there will be no more problems.

«We felt that schools and teachers were well intentioned but they were over-diagnosing the problems - teachers in the classroom weren't confident they could deal with the problems,» she said.

pupil behaviour remains a major concern for teachers, with nearly three - quarters of teachers saying they believe there is a widespread behaviour problem in schools; 84 % stated that they did not believe that the increased powers to search pupils, introduced by the Government, would help tackle pupil indiscipline; 55 % do not believe that same - day detentions, a power initiated by the Government, will assist them in maintaining discipline; 52 % did not feel that the power to confiscate items from pupils would be of assistance to them.

«Gov. Cuomo seems to have a problem with teachers and parents who are speaking their mind about education,» said another.

City United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said: «We have been very vocal on what our positions are on a whole range of problems created by the rollout of the Common Core.»

«Even if he prevails, he is no closer to the solution, because the real problem is not teachers and their unions,» Urbanski said.

He said he's seen the effects of inadequate funding, and one of the biggest problems is lack of enough teachers.

One man said some school buildings in the district are so defunct that it's impossible for teachers and administrators to safely supervise and protect students, and that the district needs to build new schools with modern layouts to help solve its safety problems.

«The kids will have double problems — larger class sizes — and not have any of their service,» one special needs teacher from Brooklyn said.

«The newer teachers who've been willing to go to those schools with the greatest pedagogical problems, which are typically poor neighborhoods — that's where the greatest carnage would be and it would be in the elementary school level,» Bloomberg said.

«This is the last issue we need to crack in New York City and to do that we need to locate the voters who are really concerned and who will vote on charters, vote on parochial schools, vote on the problems caused by the strength of the teachers» unions,» he said.

Commenting on the primary school performance tables released today by the DfE, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The NASUWT has consistently highlighted to Government the serious problems with the reforms to primary assessment, particularly the impossibility of comparing data for last year with previous years due to changes introduced to the testing system.

Speaking further, Bichi who said one of the factors responsible for the mass failure, examination malpractices and cultism in Nigerian schools from primary to tertiary level is the misplacement of priorities by the governments, parents, teachers and students blamed the problems on the absence of Social Workers who can help to discover students» potentials and guide them based on their uniqueness.

Magee says the union and the commissioner are getting along better now, and she realizes that problems need to be fixed, but says teachers are not ready yet to change the judgment they made in the spring.

Teachers say they hope Gov. Andrew Cuomo's newly appointed education commission will fix problems with the controversial Common Core learning standards.

Representatives of the state's major teacher's union, New York State United Teachers said, as of Thursday afternoon, they heard of problems in schools from the Rochester area as well as Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks.

He said, Zamfara workers were faced with a number of problems which include failure to pay the salaries of 1,400 recruited by the government more than two years ago, non payment of backlog of pension and gratuities, non payment of minimum wage to primary school teachers and local government employees as well as non payment of annual salary increment.

While his critics blame these tactics for the problems in the Buffalo Public Schools — saying he defends the status quo — many teachers and supporters say he is just skilled at doing his job — defending members.

«They've made it very difficult for teacher to get in the «highly effective» or «effective» rating, that's the problem,» Rumore said.

«I want to thank Gov. Cuomo for his leadership in crafting a wide - ranging solution to the state's budget problems,» United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said in a statement.

For single and working parents, the five days children are off for spring break can really pose a problem,» said Frank Cassano, Resource Coordinator at P.S. 83 Bronx, United Federation of Teachers.